Rumble......

At 1:05 a.m. on August 24, 1944, a huge fireball suddenly burst out of the darkness, only to see that in the large array of American landing ships covering a large area of the sea, an MK2 tank landing ship suddenly rolled up a huge flame, and then smashed down on the sea, stirring up a wall of water of more than ten meters. The more than 1,500 officers and men of the US Marine Corps on the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info who were going to bring democracy and freedom to the people of Guyana (tank landing ships do not have to be equipped with tanks, but can also be equipped with people) were all shaken to the ground, and some unlucky "democracy fighters" were swept directly into the sea by the air waves of the explosion.

Hit a mine? Before the fighters of democracy in the United States came to their senses, the hull of this tank landing ship with a full load displacement of more than 4,000 tons had already tilted sharply to the right! It turned out that the two T2 electric torpedoes that hit it made a huge hole in the starboard side of the hull, and hundreds of tons of seawater poured into it, and the landing ship was facing capsizing in just a few minutes.

By this time, the American democracy fighters on the ship were already in disarray, and a screaming and exclamation sounded. These most experienced Marines in the United States had never encountered such a mess in the bloody battle of Nihau, and they were at risk of drowning before they had even set foot on land occupied by Nazi forces!

"The ship is capsizing, abandon the ship!"

I don't know who shouted, and then there was a splash and a splash of diving. However, most of the pro-democracy fighters who jumped into the water in a panic forgot to throw away the backpacks full of supplies and ammunition they were carrying, so they jumped down in a daze, and many even planted themselves in the water with rifles and submachine guns. After a few splashes in the water, I found that something was wrong, and I couldn't float up!

"Throwing backpacks and weapons, throwing backpacks and weapons ......"

Immediately, veterans who had encountered a similar situation on the island of Niihau shouted a warning, and then most of the pro-democracy fighters hurriedly threw away their backpacks and weapons and plunged into the water like dumplings.

Commander Holland of the Fifth Amphibious Army, who participated in the invasion of the German Rhine zone in the last world war and commanded troops to land on the island of Niihau. Vice Admiral Smith witnessed the capsizing and sinking of the LST-711 tank landing ship aboard the heavy cruiser USS Chicago (Baltimore class), the flagship of the landing group.

The lieutenant general, who had experience in the bloody battle on Niihau Island, was not at all alarmed, because after all, it was inevitable that a landing operation would run into a mine -- there was never a 100 percent probability of such a thing as a minesweeper.

In the bloody battle of Niihau, there were also a few American landing ships that were killed by Japanese mines, but they were really insignificant compared to the huge American landing fleet.

Rumble......

Another loud bang was heard, and this "mid-mine" was a medium landing ship LSM-630 with a displacement of several hundred tons. It was not as lucky as the LST-711, it was broken in two, and in the blink of an eye, it sank into the sea, and most of the 48 crew members and hundreds of marines on board sank along with the broken landing ship, and in the end only 19 people were rescued!

This time Lieutenant General Smith frowned slightly, but quickly regained his composure. Countless American democracy fighters on the sea are still moving forward in the landing ship as if nothing had happened.

And then...... There was another loud bang, and the dock landing ship Ashland, with a full load displacement of more than 7,000 tons, was enveloped in a large fire, and a few minutes later, the hull was seriously tilted to the left.

"Sir, the Ashland reported a mine on the port side!" Immediately the staff officers of the landing formation reported completely erroneous information. "Most likely a magnetic mine!"

"Got it." Vice Admiral Turner, still calm, waved his hand and said, "Rescue the Ashland as much as possible, and prepare for the evacuation of personnel." ”

And at this moment, the periscope of the submarine U-3001 once again popped out of the sea. Captain Manzek, who had already successfully killed two American landing ships, found that the "big fish" in front of him was still floating on the water, and although the hull was somewhat tilted, there was no sign that it was about to capsize.

"Torpedo tubes No. 1 and No. 2 are loaded!" Somewhat disappointed, Captain Manzek was determined to try again. However, he was reluctant to shoot 4 torpedoes at once, and only ordered 2 T2 torpedoes to be loaded. After all, the American dock landing ship that was hit and tilted has now stopped advancing, and such a half-dead ship should sink with a torpedo.

"Left rudder 15 degrees, 1600 meters."

"Prepare ......"

"One, two!"

Because of the close distance, the two torpedoes fired this time all hit, and two huge fireballs that could drown the dock landing ship Ashland suddenly rose on the surface of the sea.

"Kill it!"

After confirming from the periscope that the Ashland was engulfed in fire, Captain Manzek chose a new prey. "Right rudder 15 degrees, speed 10 knots." He put away the periscope, and then said to the first mate beside him, "There is a big ship of five or six thousand tons three nautical miles away, most of which is also a dock landing ship, and it should also be a dock landing ship, let's go and kill it, and then overturn two ships of Yankees and leave." ”

The U-3001 carried 24 torpedoes into battle, and has now fired 3 rounds of 4 salvos and 1 round of double salvos, a total of 14 torpedoes have been destroyed, and there are 10 spare ammunition left, almost 3 more American landing ships can be sunk.

And just as Captain Manzek was directing the U-3001 boat to quietly approach the new prey underwater, the Americans on the surface finally realized that something was wrong - how could the Ashland, which had obviously stopped moving, hit two mines in a row?

This is obviously a torpedo!

"Submarines! Damn, there are U-boats in the sea! ”

"Pull the alarm! Anti-submarine! Anti-submarine! ”

"Depth charge preparation!"

The entire landing fleet suddenly resounded with the exclamations of US officers and soldiers, how could the prestige of the German U-boat not be heard of by the US Navy and naval aviation? Now that the U-boats have slipped into the landing formation, and three landing ships have been sunk, who knows how many brave American Democratic fighters will die under the torpedoes of this terrible German underwater killer?

The German U-boats were attacking in droves!

Most of the landing ships of the Americans on the sea have chutes for depth charges, and now they don't care where the German submarines are, they just throw out the depth charges indiscriminately, even if they can't blow up the U-boats, it is good to make a little noise and give the democracy fighters on the landing ships a little courage.

Vice Admiral Turner, who was in charge of directing the landing operation on the heavy cruiser Chicago, immediately received a report that the landing group had been attacked by U-boats. He didn't care about the order of the landing ships rushing to the beach now, and hurriedly ordered loudly: "All landing ships are moving forward at full speed and rushing to the beaches and shoals of Georgetown!" Destroyer squadrons intensify anti-submarine search to prevent enemy submarines from approaching! The cruiser squadrons quickly evacuated ......"

On the sea, large and small US warships began to speed up at the same time, and the landing ships loaded with Marine Corps officers and equipment rushed to the beach with all their might. Dozens of destroyers began to form anti-submarine formations, preparing to clear the German wolves from the water with depth charges and hedgehog shells.

But all this did not work at all for the underwater U-3001 boat, which surpassed the American landing ships at a speed under water, and before the American destroyers on anti-submarine missions approached, it completed another round of attacks, firing 4 torpedoes at an American dock landing ship with a full load displacement of more than 7000 tons, 2 of which hit! The 7000-ton dock landing ship was hit by two huge breaches under the port side waterline by German T2 torpedoes, and sea water rushed into it frantically. In less than 15 minutes, the 7,000-ton landing ship capsized in the sea less than 20,000 meters from the Georgetown beachhead. The 1,889 US officers and men on board the ship hurriedly abandoned the ship, and many of them almost sank into the water because of the heavy equipment on their bodies.

15 minutes later, the U-3001 completed the 5th round of torpedo firing, firing 4 T2 torpedoes at a tank landing ship of the Mk2 type at a distance of less than 2000 meters, 2 of which hit the target! The tank landing ship, which was carrying an entire tank company, struggled on the surface for less than 5 minutes before capsizing and sinking.

The last torpedo attack of U-3001 was launched at 2:55 a.m. on August 24, 2 T2 torpedoes were fired at a tank landing craft converted into a fire support ship, one of which hit, and the fate of this fire support ship was much better than that of other U-3001 boats, and it was not sunk, but ran aground on the beachhead of Georgetown 20 minutes later.

After firing all the torpedoes, the U-3001 submarine immediately left the battlefield with a swaggering submarine at a full speed of 17.2 knots -- although its speed was not as fast as that of the American destroyer, if the American destroyer sailed at a speed that could catch up with the U-3001 boat, its sonar would be seriously disturbed by the noise emitted by itself, and there would be no trace of the U-3001 boat at all!

And the departure of the U-3001 boats does not mean the end of the doom of the American landing fleet, in fact, their catastrophe has just begun! Just as the U-3001 boat left the battlefield, five U-boats, U-2551, U-2561, U-2562, U-2563, and U-2566, had been attracted by the U-3001 attack.

They are all the same as the U-3001 boats, all of which are Type 21 U-boats. These powerful underwater killers will soon cause even greater carnage near the beachhead in Georgetown.

This dawn will be unforgettable for those American democracy fighters who landed in Georgetown!