"Ahem, ahem, Captain! Let's decide! Anton coughed violently, his bloodshot eyes staring at the captain, Captain Marinesco, and everyone in the command cabin looked at his captain!

"Prepare for an artillery battle! Floating! ”

At 8:30 a.m. on November 9, the boat was filled with a strong and pungent smell of chlorine, and Marinesco gave this almost suicidal order!

What happened to C-1? It had to start with an hour: at 7:28 a.m., Lieutenant Yeliseyev, the navigator on duty in the command cabin, spotted a target through the periscope: a cargo ship accompanied by escort ships. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is impossible for Soviet cargo ships to appear in this sea area, and even "neutral" Swedish cargo ships will only dare to sail along the northern shore of the Baltic Sea - the Baltic Sea has long been listed as a war zone by the Soviet Union and Germany, and it is unlucky to sink it!

The lights of the whole boat immediately changed to wartime red, the snorkel was lowered, and it was turned to electric propulsion, and everyone in the boat entered their combat positions! The crew members who were resting quickly ran through the passage, and countless drills allowed the comrades to be in place in more than ten seconds.

Marinesko carefully looked at the target 3 nautical miles away through the periscope for a while, and the opponent did not seem to notice it, and was still sailing in a straight line.

"It is possible that a German cargo ship transporting non-ferrous metals from Finland to East Prussia." Yeliseev whispered from the side that he had observed the target just now.

"Put down the periscope." After speaking, Marinesko turned around and measured it with a triangular ruler on the operation diagram on the side, "A 5,000-ton cargo ship, an escort anti-submarine escort ship, about 500 tons, must be a German fleet!" ”

Seeing the captain's movements, everyone in the command cabin became excited: it could be seen that the captain had made up his mind!

"Heading 010, speed 6 knots. Torpedoes No. 1 to No. 4 of the first torpedo chamber are prepared, set at a depth of 1.5 meters, and wait for orders. ”

Anton repeated the captain's order loudly through the intercom, and the gunner, Lieutenant Shutov, would be in the torpedo compartment and instruct the sailors to quickly prepare for the launch.

The C-1 submarine is a medium-sized ocean-going submarine with only 42 personnel, and there is no torpedo chief, and the gun chief is in charge alone. There was no mechatronic chief in the submarine, only an electromechanical officer, Second Lieutenant Metel, who was also in the command deck, and using the new mechanical calculator to calculate the attack route was his forte, faster than anyone else.

Based on the parameters given by Metyem, Marinesko quickly calculates the attack window; The watertight door to the rear hull of the command cabin was not closed, and Anton had already walked over and stood at the door of the listening room, so that he could report to the captain as quickly as possible on the movements of the enemy ship.

The listener, Master Saxo, was watching the hearing intently, not sparing the slightest movement in his ears: something strange to him, but not sure for a moment. "Vice-captain, I seem to hear the propellers of three boats, two high-speed propellers and one low-speed propeller."

Saxo's ears are more turent than cat's ears, and if he thinks something is wrong, there must be something wrong - there are only two boats, why is there a sound of three propellers?

The speed of the enemy fleet is 14 knots, this should be the cruising speed of that cargo ship, and the German ship with a tonnage close to that between the anti-submarine frigate and the frigate should be equipped with a high-speed propeller, and it should be no problem to run at a maximum speed of more than 25 knots, but why is there a third ?!

"What location?" Marinesko poked his head out and asked Anton, who was a few meters away.

Sakf also poked his head out, did not look at the azimuth hand dial, and closed his eyes: "Three voices together, with a radius of up to 6 to 8 chains (one chain is equal to 0.1 nautical miles.) ）。 With that, he turned his head back to the listening room and stared at the dial.

Marinesko scratched his forehead: "It seems that there is another escort ship, just on the other side of the cargo ship, we didn't see it just now." ”

Now the situation is serious: one escort ship is trivial, and two are not easy to deal with! Dry? Or give up?!

"How deep is the water?"

"85 meters, flat seabed." The captain does not need to look at the charts to answer the captain's question accurately: the captain's question is deciding whether to attack or not.

"Keep course."

Hearing the captain's order, everyone knew that the choice was to attack: it was a big deal to hide under the sea and hide in the dive seat. The Stalin can safely dive to 100 meters, and the Baltic Sea is a shallow sea, and except for a few deep waters, the C-1 can dive to the bottom of the sea.

The 20 minutes of silence were met only by a brief command from Marinesko, who did not want to get too close, as there was a greater chance of being charged with depth charges.

The speed of the ship has been reduced to four knots, and except for the gentle sound of electric motors, the sound of each person's breathing can be heard in the command cabin.

"Raise the periscope!" Turn your big-brimmed hat back, keep your eyes on the raised periscope scope, and control the height yourself. The position of the German cargo ship and escort ship can be seen in the faint white waves, "Fan launch, zero point 2 degrees!" ”

As soon as the button was pressed, the periscope was lowered, "One, put it!" ”

Everyone felt the submarine tremble slightly, "One launch!" ”

"Two, put!" "Three, let's go!" "Four, let's go!"

In the icy waters of the Baltic Sea, four torpedoes swooped down on the target at high speed -- fan-fired at a small angle in order to make it possible to piggyback on the escort ship on their side, and the fixed depth of 1.5 meters was also for the same reason. If the target was just the stupid German cargo ship, the torpedo would have to be at least 2 meters deeper.

"Heading 090, diving to a depth of 40 meters, speed of four knots!" With Marinesco's order, the submarine quickly turned - run!

The mechanical and electrical officer on the side, Second Lieutenant Metel, was calculating the torpedo contact time, but before he could count, a loud voice broke the silence in the submarine, and everyone didn't expect that the voice of Master Sachf, who had always liked to be quiet, would be so loud! "The target is turning, and two high-speed propeller ships are accelerating their turn! It's coming straight to us! ”

All hearts are pinched: discovered! The torpedoes loaded by C-1 at sea this time were all thermodynamic torpedoes, because the electric torpedo base with a quiet and hidden track did not have a single shot! Apparently the Germans saw the torpedo track, the cargo ship was evading, and two or two escort ships pounced on them like wolves!

"Close all watertight doors!"

In the blink of an eye, without Saxf's report, everyone could hear the sound of two propellers rushing towards them, getting closer and closer, and the speed was definitely over 20 knots!

"Prepare for a collision!" Marinesco was also nervous: C-1 was going to have its first taste of depth charges! Everyone looks for fixed objects around them, so as not to crash and fly around when they are bombed: since the day they became submariners, they have been mentally prepared like today, but when this moment suddenly comes, everyone will still be nervous, and it is very likely that the submarine that they have always been proud of today will be their own grave!

Suddenly, a violent explosion sounded, the lights in the command cabin suddenly dimmed, the hull shook violently, and Marinesco's head, who was holding the fixed column of the calculator, hit the pillar, and everything that was not fixed flew everywhere!

Several valves cracked, and the icy sea **** went in - "Close the valves!" Fast! Marinesko didn't have time to pay attention to the sharp pain in his forehead and gave a loud order. Anton was the first to pounce on the leaking valve, despite the fact that the depth charges were still dropping explosions, and this scene was played out in all the cabins.

After a dozen explosions divided into two groups, the desperate explosions suddenly stopped, and the two German ships had passed over the sides of the submarine, and everyone felt as if they were already in a cold sweat!

Before Marinesko could ask about the damage in the boat, a voice from the third compartment came from the intercom: "The battery compartment is flooded!" There is chlorine spilling! ”

"Repair it now!"

The sailors immediately put on gas masks, but the news was not promising: both battery packs were damaged, and the damage was to the point where it was impossible to repair them! What's even more terrifying is that most of the high-pressure air cylinders are leaking quickly - the Germans on the sea will soon find a large string of bubbles on the sea!

Bubbles are mixed: the German ship was given directions, and it could have made the German ship think that the target had been sunk, but in any case it could not be considered good news - Anton quickly calculated that in 5 minutes, the submarine would lose the minimum high-pressure air that surfaced!

What to do?! Diving has also become unfeasible, that's waiting for death!

Chlorine gas has entered the command cabin through the broken pipes in the boat, and there are no gas masks here! "Ahem, ahem, Captain! Let's decide! ”

"Prepare for an artillery battle! Floating! "Marinesco doesn't have a choice!" Open watertight doors! ”

Gas masks were brought from the aft compartment, and everyone except the command cabin attendant and the engine room personnel were in place, and the gun shooters were on standby at the mouth of the cabin, led by several officers armed with assault rifles.

Comrades, this is going to be desperate! The submarine has a 100mm deck gun, a 37mm machine gun and two large-caliber machine guns, and there is still a fight against two miscellaneous German escort ships!

Velocity! Speed is everything now!

At the moment when the submarine just rushed to the surface, the chief engineer started the diesel engine, and the maximum horsepower output! Anton was the first to rush to the bridge through the hatch with an assault rifle!

Two German ships were turning, and the closest one was only six or seven hundred meters away from the submarine!

Anton didn't have to think about it, he swept the German ship a few hundred meters away with the assault rifle in his hand, and at this time, the person who rushed to the deck first at the front hatch was already shooting at the German ship!

Buy time for the artillery crew! (To be continued.) )