Far away 7 nautical miles, the submarine that was discovered by Jesse did not hide under the water and flee in all directions as they expected, what these formations did not expect was that the sound of the submarine they heard was reported to them by the other submarine, in fact, the submarine was under the water at a depth of ten meters, and after rising rapidly, it had reached the surface of the water, and was moving in the opposite direction, moving rapidly. Because of the size of the submarine, the speed on the surface of the water is not high, this one is an exception, as an early experimental submarine, after the installation of the Northwest special power system, the surface speed of the submarine reached 22.7 knots, not as good as the small capital ship, but it is already good, at least several knots faster than the general submarine.

In fact, the anti-submarine fleet also found a submarine sailing at high speed on the surface of the water after 10 minutes, this is the first time they have encountered, the previous submarine, will hide and hide below, until the depth charge finds him by luck, after all, under the protection of the sea, in the case of the engine turned off, even the listener, may not be able to find the exact location, but according to the previously found position, calculate the speed and direction of the submarine, and draw a general area, under normal circumstances, 1000-1500 depth charges, it is possible to take out a submarine, like now, it is really strange to come out and run directly, or the first time you see it.

No matter how high the submarine is, it is impossible to run faster than the battleship, in terms of the speed of the fastest battleship, at most an hour, you can catch up with the other side, and when the time comes. It's not that they want to kill or follow them, the only thing that is a little dissatisfied is that they are equipped with a large number of depth charges. In a formation of 10 ships, there were less than 30 guns, and it was almost impossible to hit them with the high speed of the submarine and the depth of the water. If you can't hit it, you can't hit it, catch up and talk about it, and easily get a sinking number. This is a great thing for everyone, because submarines operate in the shipping lanes throughout the North Atlantic. On the Admiralty side of the United Kingdom, the reward for the sinking of the submarine is also getting higher and higher, and not only the listener will get a huge reward. The same goes for other ships. Upgrading meritorious service is a huge temptation for any naval officer.

Now, however, there seems to have changed slightly, and it seems that the speed of the opponent's submarine is very fast, not exceeding the maximum speed of the fleet before the meal, but the distance is 7 nautical miles. To catch up, it takes at least an hour. And it's a high-speed voyage, but this piece is unobstructed, there is no special sea area, as long as you catch up with each other, there should be no problem.

They don't know that more than 30 nautical miles away from them, another larger fleet is also driving at high speed, the other party has already been shortlisted, a submarine is in front, the anti-submarine fleet is like seeing a fishy cat, it is impossible to let go of this opportunity, they must step forward to respond, as long as they reach the same area, they will definitely be discovered by the other party, confrontation, and even fighting, the first thing they need to do is not to let the other party escape, blocking all the necessary roads.

As for whether the battle can be won, this is certain, the German side has also seriously studied the opponent's fleet, mainly strengthened the depth charge and anti-submarine, the artillery, not even half, such a number of artillery, compared with the armed to the teeth to hunt the fleet, it is simply the difference between heaven and earth, as long as the confrontation, there is not much problem, it is definitely this side to win.

The pursuit lasted about 30 minutes, and the distance between the two sides was shortened to more than 3 nautical miles, that is, 6 kilometers, and the main guns of several destroyers began to fire at submarines, but unfortunately this was already outside the larger range, and there was no one even close to 1 kilometer, let alone hit. As the distance gets closer and closer, especially within 5 kilometers, even the cruiser-level artillery has a great threat to the opponent's submarine, as long as the artillery continues to fire, the opponent's submarine cannot go all out to move forward, so to a certain extent, the opponent's speed can be reduced, as fast as possible to catch up with the opponent's.

This goal seems to be impossible to achieve, because when it is about to reach 5 kilometers and is about to reach the range of the range, several huge pillars of smoke appeared in front, and the fleet itself in pursuit found the opposite pillar of smoke and was immediately startled. Above the sea, in the vast expanse of all directions, a column of smoke appeared, which proved that it was a large fleet, and at this moment, the people who came to them were definitely not friends, so there was only one possibility, and that was the enemy.

Their suspicions before, here, can be explained, why that ship is so strange, feelings are for them, at this time, no longer care about chasing submarines, first consider their own safety, because of the rapid pursuit, the entire fleet is in a scattered state, plus anti-submarine, in the setting of the fleet, there is no choice of artillery-based, only a few protective ships, if the number of ships on the other side is large, they are not optimistic. The commander of the anti-submarine fleet has prepared for the worst, the radio is not reliable enough, and there is no way to apply it in command, but it can be used as a last resort, and it is necessary to ask for help from the outside, and by the way, send out what happened to them, even if they are all sunk, they cannot make the other side feel better.

Both sides are high-speed ships, the anti-submarine fleet has reduced its speed on this side, and the other side, more than 30 knots, only less than 10 nautical miles away, more than 20 minutes later, it is already in a position that can be attacked, at this time, the anti-submarine fleet, but has just completed the integration of the camp, the opponent's shells have already hit, the main force of several cruisers, they have the main gun level artillery, that is, 254 mm guns.

At this time, there are each other's ships in the three directions of the southeast and west, a total of more than 20, the other side's ships are far above the anti-submarine fleet in terms of tonnage and number, and it is impossible to escape.

After a few rounds of back and forth, there were victories and defeats, and in terms of the effect of the artillery bombardment, the British side was a little higher, but the absolute inferiority in the number of artillery and the number of fleets made their form even more dangerous. The worst thing, after 5 rounds of shelling, appeared, the submarine with them into the trap that had already been set, in this sea area, scattered 30 submarines, and at this time they were already in a state of attack, the closest to the British Navy, almost only 1 nautical mile, this distance is already quite threatening, and the submarine commander found that the opportunity had arrived, and immediately ordered the attack.

Jesse didn't have much to do at this time, he blamed himself, he still didn't give up his work, with headphones, listening to the underwater movement, in an instant, he heard the sound of at least 30 propellers, after the radio wave gave the order by radio, all the submarines changed from a silent state, to an attacking state, and suddenly 30 submarines started together, and the sound of the propellers was like a light in the dark, eye-catching and abnormal.

"Oops!" This was Jesse's first thought, and at this time, if he didn't know that the entire anti-submarine fleet was in a desperate situation, he didn't deserve to be a qualified naval officer. At this time, there are 30 submarines around, as a special anti-submarine force, they have a very deep understanding of the German side, the German submarine, with unimaginable attack power, can be instantaneous, divided into two waves, send out 8 torpedoes, Jesse clearly remembers that in the first siege of the submarine, it was because of lack of experience, the area of the submarine was determined, when the depth charge was fired, the German submarine forcibly counterattacked, and the sudden 8 torpedoes, so that the two ships were damaged, One of them was so badly injured that it sank to the bottom of the sea without even going back to the port, and then when it dropped depth charges on the submarine, it was quite careful, at least the speed did not slow down, and it was always vigilant. In its current state, it is a dense camp of anti-artillery, and if there are more than 200 torpedoes, what will the result be, Jesse almost shuddered.

No matter how late it was to remind, the submarine had already been prepared, and quickly entered the position of attack, 240 torpedoes, attacking the anti-submarine fleet in a dense camp, at any time, torpedoes are more terrible than artillery against the ship attack weapon, there is no one, it is in the artillery battle, the anti-submarine fleet that is at an absolute disadvantage, has encountered the biggest crisis, dodged the torpedo, can't dodge the upper artillery, dodges the artillery, can't dodge the torpedo, after a wave of attacks, at least 7 ships were hit by torpedoes, Among them is Jesse's destroyer, the most unlucky one, was targeted by at least 7 submarines, more than 50 torpedoes, and finally hit 5, enough to pose a threat to the capital ship, against the destroyer of less than 2000 tons, it was simply an anti-aircraft gun to fight mosquitoes, the destroyer was directly broken into two sections, and there was no room for any churning, it was sunk.

The counterattack plan was a complete success, the dust settled, the whole raid operation lasted less than 30 minutes, and in the end, the anti-submarine fleet was completely destroyed, not a single ship remained, and after a mess, the submarine forces immediately separated to prevent the British from retaliating, as long as they left the main channel and entered the vast ocean, the probability of being detected would be reduced to a minimum. As for the main fleet, it will return immediately, this location, the distance from the Baltic Sea and the distance from the United Kingdom is about the same, as long as the speed is fast enough, it should be able to go back safely, this is the plan that has been determined before, and it must be strictly implemented in accordance with this plan, otherwise this relatively large fleet may be completely left behind. (To be continued......)