Chapter Seventy-Eight: Submarine Sortie VIII
All the sounds that had been on the surface of the sea were drowned out by the sound of explosions, and bright fires erupted in front of the flotilla, as if to light up the entire night sky. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Countless sparks flew out of the info fire, like fireworks blooming in the night sky. It's just that the price of this "beautiful" scene is too great.
After the destroyer Ruoya was hit by two torpedoes, not only did there a violent explosion, but the entire battleship was lifted out of the water by the impact of the explosion, and the violent explosion instantly blew the destroyer Ruoya into two sections, and then fell heavily on the sea. Most of the hundreds of sailors on board the destroyer were shocked to death in the violent explosion.
The destroyer Ruoya, which had been very formidable, quickly disappeared into the sea, leaving only a few small fires burning on the floating objects and sailors who did not die in the explosion fluttering on the sea, which could prove that there was a ship here.
Just a few seconds after the explosion here, loud explosions were heard in the other directions of the fleet. The distant sky was also lit up by flames. Destroyers and cruisers of several thousand tons, under the attack of two torpedoes, had no chance of getting lucky, and the ships that were shot were only a pile of floating debris.
The sea was full of fires and explosions, as if fireworks were being released. Rumble! Rumble! The sound of violent explosions was heard continuously.
20 submarines, one round can fire 120 torpedoes, one round of firing can cover almost all the warships of the British fleet. After a round of torpedoes fired, almost all of the battleships were re-fired or were sinking.
Without Li Xiaoyun's order, after the first round of torpedoes was fired, the loaded sailors were happily operating the mechanical loading torpedoes, waiting for the order to attack the second time.
"Torpedo No. 1 ready!"
"Torpedo No. 2 is ready.....!"
"Torpedo No. 1 launched!"
"Torpedo No. 2 .....!"
A second round of 20 submarines was launched, but this time the troop carriers and gunboats were targeted. The British gunboats in Australia were all with a displacement of several hundred tons, which belonged to large gunboats in this era. The naval guns installed on them were a deadly threat to the submarines, so the captains of the submarines had to sink them together.
However, the second round of torpedoes was only one torpedo target, because these targets were no longer enough to withstand the attack of two torpedoes. Whether it is a gunboat of several hundred tons or a troop carrier of several thousand tons to tens of thousands, it is not enough to resist a torpedo attack.
The violent explosion had woken up all the soldiers on the troop carrier, and at this time all the troop carriers began to be full of people, and many of the British Army soldiers on the troop carrier ran out without even wearing pants.
Hundreds of troop carriers were filled with shouting, and many soldiers slept in a daze, not even knowing what was going on. They were awakened by the sound of intense sirens and explosions, and the shouts of torpedo attacks could be heard from the troop carriers, which added to the confusion.
For many Army soldiers, fear has almost taken over all their thoughts. What will be the fate of the troop carrier in the event of an attack? The weak armor of the troop carrier was simply not enough to withstand the attack of torpedoes, and once it was hit by a torpedo, there was only one fate, that is, disintegration and sinking.
The sound of explosions everywhere just now, although many did not know what was going on, but they saw that many escort warships were exploding and sinking, which was enough to prove that the shadow of death soon enveloped the entire transport fleet.
The second round of torpedoes was like a group of knights who were not afraid of death, and they were rampage among hundreds of troop transports and dozens of gunboats. Hundreds of torpedoes, each looking for their own target with the shadow of death, were crashing into the ships at high speed.
A torpedo galloping in the water accurately hit the waterline in the middle of a troop carrier. With a loud bang, I saw that the troop carrier was lifted out of the water by a strong blast wave and broke into two sections in an instant.
The explosives carried by the torpedo instantly blew the troop carrier apart, and when it fell to the sea, it had already turned into countless lumps of iron.
Immediately after that, the second and third ......
The troop carrier looks quite small, and it is about 100 meters long. But this is only that the troop carriers are all modified from merchant ships, and their armor is very weak, so they have no defensive power at all.
The destroyer was much smaller than the troop carrier, but it was a warship with thick armor. One is the transformation of merchant ships, the other is covered with thick iron plate armor, and the two types of ships are completely different concepts.
If a torpedo can tear a four-meter hole in a destroyer, then on a troop carrier it can blow at least a large hole of no less than six to eight meters. And there will be great damage to the structure of the hull of the troop carrier.
Basically, as long as it hits the center line of the troop carrier, the explosive force of one torpedo can blow the entire ship into two sections, and there is almost no possibility of dodging a violent explosion without damage. Unless the torpedo fuse is mute, the torpedo does not explode, but the chances are slim.
The Chinese military torpedo is a combination of the best torpedo technology in World War II of Germany and Kou, which is not only very fast, but also has a long range, high concealment, and is extremely powerful. It can also be said that the probability that the torpedo dumb fire did not explode is almost non-existent, and even if there is, it is one in tens of thousands.
The hit troop carrier was lifted by a huge wave for a moment, and the entire hull was twisted, folded, or broken in the explosion. The troop carrier that was directly hit in the underwater position of the midline of the ship's side, most of the entire ship was blown directly into two sections from the middle.
Once again, the beautiful fireworks were staged, and the soldiers on one or two wrecked troop carriers had time to carry water and flee for their lives unless they were lucky enough to not be hit in important parts. Other troop carriers, many British soldiers at sea, became the protagonists of this fireworks funeral.
One by one, the torpedoes rushed towards the target like a dead soldier with a death charge. Explosions rang out again and again, this time it was still very dense, and dozens of troop carriers were hit at one time.
Although under the searchlight, these troop carriers were operating by experienced helmsmen and trying their best to dodge the speeding torpedoes, but the speed of troop carriers in this era was only about 10 knots.
The torpedoes fired by the Huaxia submarine force are all high-speed torpedoes, which can reach about 45 knots, which is about four times the difference in speed. Moreover, troop carriers are very heavy, and they are not ships with a high degree of agility such as destroyers or gunboats.
Although the helmsmen of these troop carriers had a very good idea and they worked hard, the truth was cruel, and it was simply unrealistic to avoid high-speed torpedoes at the speed of troop carriers, and the fate that awaited them was to be sunk ---- - to death.
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