Chapter 1315: Sound-guided torpedo
The opponent had already broken away from his firing position, and if Schupke continued to maneuver now, he might continue to successfully seize the position, but just now all four torpedoes were missed, and he had no hope.
Because, he has other trump cards in his hands.
With Schupke's order, the propeller in the tail spun at high speed again, and while waiting for the fighter here, the Stirling engine was still working at rated power, and the excess power was stored in the battery.
Now, the battery and the Stirling engine once again provided the submarine with surging power, and as soon as it said full speed, the propeller in the tail immediately began to rotate at high speed, stirring the seawater, and the hull began to accelerate.
The soldiers in the torpedo compartment in front of them, in the accelerated submarine, began to reload the torpedo, this T4 torpedo, using electric propulsion, but there is no need to set various parameters such as depth fixing, as long as the switch is turned on and the seeker is activated.
Compared to other torpedoes, it has more sophisticated electronics, and at the same time, the head of its torpedo is made of a special material, which can transmit sound!
At this time, the Paris Commune in front of it, still sailing normally, did not realize that by the current, it had escaped the attack of four torpedoes, each of which could almost send it to the bottom of the sea.
The tail propeller spun, churning the water and making a rattling sound.
Launch!
As the torpedo tubes were reopened, the high-pressure air ejected the two torpedoes, and the propeller at the tail of the torpedo began to rotate, superimposing the submarine's own speed to allow it to reach a speed of 30 knots.
In the shroud at the head, a sophisticated rubber film receiving device converts the sound into an electrical signal and transmits it to the control circuit that follows, which controls the steering of the servo at the tail and goes tightly in the direction of the noise!
"The propellers stopped, and they remained silent." Schupke continued to give the order, this was the first real combat of this torpedo, and he did not know if it could be hit, but he knew that this torpedo was quite terrible.
In the past, torpedoes were all direct-course torpedoes, which were actually no different from snipers hitting the enemy, just a well-designed encounter, but now, this torpedo is different, because it can sail autonomously!
It is similar to missiles in that they can adjust their position at any time during movement, so as to hit the target more accurately, but the German missile is still manually controlled, similar to the model aircraft, and this torpedo is different, it is completely self-guided.
This is the latest sound-guided torpedo developed by German technicians over the course of several years!
Historically, Germany developed it in 43 years, and almost at the same time, the United States also had a similar torpedo project, and now, with the continuous maturity of German electronic technology, especially the advantages of circuit miniaturization brought by transistors, finally, this mature torpedo appeared.
However, this is also dangerous, if it does not find the target, according to the design, it will enter the autonomous search stage, and maybe it will turn around and attack the submarine that launched it.
Therefore, the current U-100, after firing this torpedo, immediately stopped its movement to prevent it from being hit by mistake.
The torpedo is constantly receiving a noise signal from the front, and it is firmly locked on to the target warship, closer and closer, closer and closer.
When it is still a few meters away from the target, it suddenly goes downstream and drills directly below the opponent, this is the preset way, contact explosion, it is better to explode close to the bottom, and the impact of sea water is more powerful.
Then, the electrical signal triggers the electric detonator.
"Boom!"
A huge explosion suddenly appeared, and the whole ship echoed with such a sound, stimulating everyone's eardrums. At this time, the entire people on the Paris Commune did not realize that they had been attacked.
"Oh no, there's something wrong with our boiler." At the moment of the explosion, Nikolai said loudly: "Quick, lose pipe, how is our boiler?" ”
Due to the fact that at the time of the voyage, there was a problem with the boiler, which was repaired during the voyage, and just now, they tried to re-ignite their own boiler, but the explosion just happened.
It's just such a coincidence.
"Boom!" A second explosion was heard, and with the sound of the explosion, the hull began to tilt slowly.
It wasn't until this second explosion that Nikolai felt bad, and the sound didn't seem to come from the boiler in the back, but from the bottom of the ship!
"The boiler room is reported to be safe and sound, and no damage has occurred."
Not a boiler room, what is it? Shells for naval guns? Torpedo? Hit a mine, or was it attacked?
"Report, there is a big hole in the bottom of the rear hull, and the water is entering quickly!"
The bottom of the hull? Nikolai frowned, he already had a premonition that something was wrong.
It's okay for your own battleship to carry a few large-caliber naval gun shells, but you are definitely afraid of damage from the bottom of the ship.
"Quick, save our battleship!" Nikolai shouted: "Report to the fleet, we have been attacked!" ”
Just after he said this, suddenly, the whole ship went black.
The water ingress so quickly that the water has already flooded into the engine room and the generator has stopped supplying power!
The explosion of two torpedoes, each with a warhead charge of 400 kg, exploded at the bottom of the ship, blowing open a large hole in the bottom of the Paris Commune, and the sea water was pouring in.
At this moment, the Soviet sailors, showing great courage, took a deep breath and dived to the bottom of the ship, but when they saw the size of the opening, they knew that it was irretrievable.
"Wow...", spat out a mouthful of seawater, and the sailor came out and shouted to the people above: "No, the mouth is too big for us to stop!" ”
The battleship of more than 20,000 tons, the stern of the ship quickly entered the water, so that the bow was gradually warped, and in the moonlight, the battleship was experiencing the last scene of its life.
"Great!" At this time, in the U-100 submarine, Schupke quickly pressed the shutter and took this picture from the periscope as evidence of his own victory, and he achieved the result of sinking his first battleship!
"Shall we do it again?" The co-captain asked him.
"No, we sail forward, the follow-up warships of the Soviets, will arrive soon, and we will continue to ambush them on their way! Before dawn, we will have a new victory. Schupke said: "Right rudder three, full speed." ”
On the sea, the huge hull of the battleship Paris Commune gradually tilted, and despite all its efforts to salvage, the battleship slid step by step into the abyss.
The most unwillingly thing for them is that until they completely sank, they didn't see their opponents, and even they didn't know how they sank.
On the bridge, a hand-cranked generator transmitted electricity to the radio, and an electric wave was finally transmitted back before the sinking of the Paris Commune.