Chapter 1420: Good Work Ethic
The sinking of the Manila Bay was even more terrifying, in the middle of the deck, the explosion of the carrier-based aircraft carrying the bomb caused irreversible structural damage to the hull, and the explosion of an electric torpedo below happened to be almost the same longitudinal section as the above.
As a result, in the explosion, the warship broke directly from the location of the explosion and became two sections!
The warship, which was hit later, was the first to sink to the bottom of the sea, and in a matter of seconds, it entered the waters of the icy Arctic Ocean, leaving two huge whirlpools on it, as if it were a monument to its sinking.
No one escaped, and sank so quickly that the sailors above had no chance at all, and, even if they did, jumping into the icy waters was no different from killing themselves, they would freeze in a matter of minutes.
The three aircraft carriers are all finished, and the remaining dozen or so cargo ships are already trembling.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" On a cargo ship, the captain almost went crazy, shouting loudly, looking at the sailors who floated on the water a few times and sank, the captain at this time had already begun to complain about the Germans, who were simply the Great Satan, who had come to bring death to their own side!
"Captain, we're already at maximum speed." Sailors are also voices of despair.
The speed of the cargo ship was not high, and now, this sea area is already a dead sea, it is impossible for them to escape, and even the last counterattack of the aircraft carrier has not worked, what can they do to dodge?
Thinking of this, they were even more desperate.
Call the Navy? This route is barren land, and even the Soviets rarely go here, and it is quite far from the Pacific Fleet in the east and the Northern Fleet in the west, and there are only these cargo ships five hundred nautical miles away.
Before dying, it is the most terrifying.
"Float up, revealing the conning tower." On the U-801, Otto gave this order, which made the people around him a little puzzled: "Captain, are we going to expose ourselves?" ”
"Yes." Otto said, "Execute my orders at once. ”
This terrible nuclear submarine is Germany's biggest secret, and when they set sail, everything was kept secret, and now Otto's order is a little puzzling, but he still carried out his order.
If you float below the surface of the sea, you don't need to empty the seawater, you just need to move the rudder of the shell, but if you want to float up to expose the conning tower, you must remove part of the seawater.
With the sound of high-pressure air, a small amount of seawater in the ballast tank is discharged, gravity is less than buoyancy, and the submarine will constantly float even if there is no other operation.
"Wow!" At the highest point of the submarine was the conning tower, which was now the first to be exposed.
"Open the hatch." Otto said, picking up a large trumpet in his hand and crawling towards it.
Because only a small amount of seawater is emptied, only the upper part of the conning tower is exposed, and the bottom is still sunk in the seawater, and from the outside, only a conning tower about two or three meters high can be seen, and the huge ghost below is still hidden in the seawater, which looks even more frightening.
The position where the submarine is exposed, which is exactly the side of the cargo ship formation, is the easiest position to attack them!
All the crew froze, what were the Germans going to do?
By this time, surprise had overcome fear, and they saw a German captain, who picked up a loudspeaker and shouted to them in fluent English.
"On behalf of the German Navy's submarine forces, I declare this a no-sail zone, and any ship sailing on this route will only be sunk!" Otto's words are extremely domineering.
"However, I also know that you are all innocent and forced by the U.S. government." Otto continued: "Now, give you five minutes, immediately put down the lifeboats, leave the boats, and in five minutes, we will destroy these ships!" ”
This is simply a manifestation of the good work ethic of German submarines!
As a Junker nobleman, the German officers were highly qualified, they attacked enemy ships, but when it was possible, they would carry out rescues, humanitarian rescue of the crews of the opposing side who had fallen overboard.
It's a pity that the cruelty of the war made this kind of action controversial for them, and under the strict orders of their superiors, the captains stopped this meaningless action.
Now, Otto is doing this to save the lives of these crew members, to demonstrate the high quality of the German Navy, and of course to have a deeper purpose.
In lifeboats, they have little hope of survival, there is no port nearby at all, and there are no people on the nearby continent, but if German submarines attack empty ships again, then they can be unscrupulous.
At the same time, those who are lucky enough to go back can also bring this fear back and tell them that the terrible German submarines are infested here, so that they do not dare to come to this route again!
After all, now Germany has only one nuclear submarine, and it is impossible to form effective containment tactics, so it can only use intimidation.
Otto's voice, echoing on the surface of the sea, heard the serious statements of the Germans, and the crew had long been frightened to the point that their legs were weak, but now that they were given a chance to survive, of course they had to seize it!
Release the lifeboat!
Every boat had a lifeboat with it, and at this time, they released the lifeboats, rowed the lifeboats, and left their cargo ship, they were wrapped in overcoats, and they shivered on the lifeboats.
Germans, it's terrible, if you can go back, never be a sailor again, never come here again, this damn ghost weather!
In just a few minutes, the sailors who had just fallen into the water on the sunken ship had disappeared, which was simply terrifying!
When the boats disappeared from sight, Otto continued with the order: "Continue to empty the sea water and prepare the deck guns!" ”
I just said so many reasons, in fact, there is only one most important reason, to save precious torpedoes!
Even if they have more than thirty torpedoes in their submarines, that's not enough, look at how much can be consumed in one naval battle? Thanks to the submarine's powerful cruising capabilities, they can roam and patrol here for months.
So, torpedoes must be spared!
Although this is already a nuclear submarine, the sleek shape fully attaches importance to underwater navigation, but as a backup weapon, there is still a deck gun hidden under the sleek exterior.
It's just that the caliber is not large, only 20 mm.