On the afternoon of August 5, about 200 kilometers west of the Orkney Islands, a British cargo ship was sailing southeast. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis cargo ship was sailing from Canada to the United Kingdom, and it was carrying grain.

Britain has developed industry in the mainland, but agricultural products such as grain need to be transported from overseas colonies. The little local production is simply not enough to meet the consumption of tens of millions of British people.

After the outbreak of the war, Britain was far from enough food. Therefore, the British government has issued an order to mobilize grain from the colonies of North America and Australia to Britain to support the consumption of the war.

More than 10 kilometers away from the British cargo ship, the submarine U-039 is sailing. Not enough, they quickly spotted the oncoming submarine.

"Captain, discover the British cargo ship! To the northwest of us, about ten kilometers away. ”

"Dive in at once, and don't let the British discover us." Dönitz immediately gave the order.

The water tanks of the submarine began to fill with water, and a large number of bubbles gushed out. In just half a minute, the submarine was completely submerged in the sea. Although a large number of bubbles were left on the surface of the water, it soon became calm and there was no trace left.

"Turn around and go around to the left side of the British. The torpedo in the bow was ready. Dönitz calmly gave the order.

It was their first success in the Atlantic, and Dönitz certainly didn't want it to slip away.

The submarine was underwater, slowly approaching the British cargo ship. At this time, those British sailors on the cargo ship did not expect that the crisis had come. Although, yesterday a lot of merchant ships were sunk. But the British government did not react in time, nor did it have time to inform the merchant ships in the Atlantic to evade.

As the minutes passed, the U-039 submarine had successfully circled the left side of the British cargo ship, and stretched out its periscope less than two kilometers away from the cargo ship.

"Ready, launch the torpedo!" Dönitz gave the order.

"Bang!" A 533mm heavy torpedo was fired from the torpedo tube and quickly headed for the British cargo ship two kilometers away. Because the speed of the cargo ship was only ten knots, Dönitz gave the order to fire only one torpedo. Under such conditions, even a torpedo has a very high hit rate.

With a distance of two kilometers, it only takes two minutes for a torpedo with a speed of more than 30 knots. The submarine U-039 did not immediately dive after firing the torpedo. Because the target of the attack is a cargo ship, there is no need to worry about being counterattacked by the target.

The British sailors on the cargo ship did not know at this moment that the crisis was coming. Until, one of the sailors on deck, suddenly saw something on the left side of the sea, which was rapidly approaching them.

"What's that?" The young waterman pointed to the water marks left by the torpedo on the surface of the sea and asked loudly.

"Oh God! Torpedo. It's a torpedo! We are under attack! An older sailor, who had served in the Royal Navy, shouted in horror.

Suddenly, the British sailors on the cargo ship were in chaos.

"Boom!"

When the torpedo kissed the left side of the cargo ship, an earth-shattering explosion occurred.

Although this cargo ship is a large cargo ship with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, the hull of the cargo ship is obviously far from being compared with a warship. In the violent explosion, the underwater part of the left side of the cargo ship was directly blown out of a large hole. The sea rushed into the cargo ship in a frenzy.

The sailors on the cargo ship, instead of controlling the loss and plugging the holes, rushed to escape to the lifeboats, and even fought for the limited number of escape places.

As more and more water poured in, the ship gradually tilted and eventually capsized.

"Turn around and continue sailing south!" Ignoring the sinking British cargo ship and the British sailors who fell on the surface of the sea and shouted for help, Dönitz directly ordered the submarine to leave.

The farther south you go, the more likely you are to encounter British merchant ships. Dönitz also wanted to sink more British merchant ships and get more results!

Although, the speed of the submarine is very slow and far inferior to that of surface ships. However, the attack of submarines was more covert. The enemy is not even aware of it, and the crisis is already in place.

After the 30 submarines of the German Navy entered the Atlantic, they immediately began to attack British merchant ships and transports, and the losses of British merchant ships began to rise in a straight line.

The German Navy's tactics of combining the surface fleet and underwater submarines caused the British transport fleet to suffer very large losses. On August 5 alone, the number of sunken British merchant ships soared to sixty-two, and the total tonnage lost exceeded half a million tons.

Although, in the course of the operation, the submarine also encountered the surface ships of the British Navy. But they were all dodged by these submarines with their excellent performance. With the existence of Qin Tian, a person similar to cheating, the submarines of the German Navy have been greatly improved compared to another time and space, which makes them greatly less likely to be sunk in the process of fighting.

With the loss of nearly 100 merchant ships, large and small, the British government knew that something was wrong, even if it was slow to react. Many of the merchant ships that were supposed to arrive at the port did not arrive on time, much to the surprise of those who were preparing to receive the cargo.

When the news was put together, the British government knew what had happened.

British Admiralty, Admiralty Chancellor Churchill's face turned blue.

Before the outbreak of the war, he was originally the Home Secretary. However, Prime Minister Asquith admired his ability in the navy and made a point of switching between him and McKenna, with him as Secretary of the Navy and McKenna as Home Secretary.

After taking over as Lord of the Navy, Churchill was even more confused. After all, as the war is getting closer and closer, the status of the Royal Navy, as the strongest force in the British Empire, is also rising, which makes his status as a naval minister become higher and higher.

Although, Churchill knew that now being the Lord of the Navy was not a good errand. The German Navy was aggressively catching up with the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy will face unprecedented challenges. But Churchill believed that the Royal Navy was sufficient to meet the challenge of the German Navy. If he can lead the LinkedIn Navy through this crisis, he will become a hero in history.

But what Churchill did not expect was that the war had just begun, and he was in such intractable trouble.