Chapter Seventy-Seven: Submarine Sortie VII
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The torpedo was fired, with a small sound of water, and fired towards the moving British battleship. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
At the same time, another 19 submarines also fired torpedoes one after another, and the 19 submarines had a clear division of labor, each attacking its own target.
A series of torpedoes with a slight splash trajectory under the sea surface, after these oxygen torpedoes are launched, not only the traces are very small, but also the speed is very fast, with the snail speed of this era battleship, more than a thousand meters of distance, it is difficult to dodge at all. Coupled with the faint fog on the surface of the sea, it was difficult to spot them.
"Torpedo No. 3 launched!"
"Torpedo No. 4 .....!"
Under the calm water, more than a hundred white water bands suddenly sprang out, rushing towards the British fleet.
More than three o'clock in the morning is the time when people's defenses are most relaxed, not to mention that this place is still far from the power of the British Empire. Even if the fleet of a hostile country is dispatched, it can't hide a lot of eyeline, so the entire fleet has no sense of vigilance at all.
Even the British sailors on the destroyers on the periphery of the guard did not have the slightest vigilance. For the mighty British Empire, almost no one dared to recruit him. Therefore, all the members of the fleet thought that the crisis was still far away from them, that this place was tens of thousands of kilometers away from the German Empire, which was hostile to the British Empire, and that there was no need to worry about anything at all.
In addition, Wilhelm II did not have the courage to challenge the British Empire, and the German Empire did not have a naval fleet that could handle it.
On the destroyer Ruoya at the front, a British sailor on the deck walked to the side of the ship in a drowsy manner. I saw him put the rifle on the deck, and then unbuckled the belt, just as he was about to release the water. The destroyer's lights were sweeping into the sea, and something was quickly coming this way.
The British sailor stumbled upon the thing rapidly approaching his ship. But the sailor hadn't reacted yet, and he didn't know what it was.
It's just that he has some doubts in his heart, is it a big fish? As the torpedo got closer and closer, under the light on the destroyer, the appearance of the torpedo also came into the eyes of the British sailors, and for a moment, the British sailors were completely sleepy.
But this British sailor did not believe that this was true, there were no enemy warships around, how could there be torpedoes? It's simply impossible. No country yet dared to fire a torpedo at the fleet of the British Empire, unless the opposing commander showed off his head.
At first, the British sailor thought he was hallucinating, but he rubbed his hazy eyes and finally saw that there was a torpedo under the water by the light of the destroyer.
After he was sure that it was not a hallucination, the torpedo was already very close at this time, and the appearance of the two torpedoes was clearly imprinted in his eyes.
The British sailor suddenly shouted in horror: "Torpedoes, there are torpedoes!" ”
He didn't even pull up his pants, and he didn't even pick up the guns on the deck, and began to run towards the control tower. As he ran, screams of terror kept coming out of the mouth of the British sailor.
The quiet sea was suddenly boiled by the frightened cries of the British sailor, and the other sailors on the destroyer were confused by the English sailor's words.
Torpedo? It's not April Fool's Day, is this sailor sleepwalking? No kidding, where will there be torpedoes on the territory of the British Empire? There were a lot of torpedoes, but they were kept in the torpedo compartment of each battleship.
At this time, all the British sailors had not yet reflected what was going on, this was the first reaction in the hearts of the British sailors.
The observer aboard the destroyer Roya is a reflex veteran and experienced in naval warfare. Unlike the others, the observer had a pair of sensitive ears, and when he heard someone shouting in horror, "There is a torpedo", he began to listen to the sound of water on the surface of the sea.
When he heard that indeed two torpedoes were approaching his destroyer, he did not hesitate to sound the battle alarm when he thought of the panicked sailor shouting just now.
The captain of the destroyer, who was staying on the control tower, was a little unhappy when he heard the shouts of the sailors. Like the others, the captain thought the soldier was playing a prank or delusion. The channel has been on its own for several years, and there has never been a torpedo. The British Empire has a naval fleet that dominates the world, and there is no country that dares to challenge the wrath of the British Empire.
However, the sound of fierce battle sirens ensued to stir up the hundreds of sailors on the destroyer. Not only that, but the entire fleet sounded the battle alarm and rioted in unison. All the searchheads of the warships were lit up at the same time, constantly shining on the sea.
Although the British sailors were well-trained and the captains were experienced in naval warfare, it was too late, and unless they were possessed by God and Jesus, there was absolutely no chance of salvation.
When the sailors on the destroyer Ruoya were just about to run to the combat post, and the sailors who were woken up in their sleep did not have time to get dressed and were about to run out, when the helmsman of the destroyer was quickly maneuvering the battleship to avoid the underwater torpedoes, two torpedoes rushed from the direction of the starboard waterline of the Ruoya, which was only less than 20 meters away from the destroyer.
With the speed of the Ruoya, in such a short period of time, it seems a little reluctant to avoid a torpedo with a speed of 45 knots, unless this Ruoya is favored by God and directly casts magic to make the torpedo stand still.
The destroyer Ruoya, which was still advancing, seemed to be frozen in an instant. I heard two crashes on the hull of the ship, as if it had hit something and paused, but then a violent explosion erupted. The first explosion, the second.
533mm torpedoes belonged to heavy torpedoes during World War II, and the general 533mm torpedo warhead is about 120-280 kg of attack explosives, and theoretically as long as the explosion point is appropriate, it is possible to destroy a 10,000-ton warship.
For a British destroyer with a displacement of about 2,000 tons, in fact, one torpedo is enough to destroy a destroyer, unless God favors it, and the torpedo only hits the stern. One 533mm torpedo is theoretically enough to destroy a ship with a displacement of 2000 tons.
In order to be safe and ensure that one blow would hit, Li Xiaoyun ordered both destroyers and cruisers to be greeted with two torpedoes, and as for battleships with a displacement of 20,000 tons, they were to be dealt with with with four torpedoes.
The battleship was a thick-skinned fellow, with countless watertight compartments, and without a few torpedoes, it was difficult to send him to the sea.