Chapter 102: Strait 2
"I ...... last night, and it was really scary. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info A few of us swam along the river, and suddenly something floated over the river halfway through, and I was on the outside, looking closely, it turned out to be a water ghost...... "This is Jiang Jing's voice.
The U-38 then sailed at full speed to Cape Skagen, the tip of the German guillotine hawk and the northernmost point of Central Europe. Li Kongrong only let the crew rest for half an hour, and after half an hour, he asked them to immediately tie the more than 1,100 batteries with ropes, and at the same time ordered Xia Xin and others, who were in charge of the motors, to start connecting these batteries in series. Except for the eleven people in charge of sailing, everyone else was busy, and Jiang Jing was busy while bragging to the new trainees about the passing of the stealing boat last night.
"I was so scared that I almost had cramps in my hands and feet, but fortunately, Mazu blessed me. We went upstream, it went downstream, and in the blink of an eye, it was gone. Jiang Jing kept talking about his hands, he probably wanted to say that last night was nine deaths.
"When we got to the dockyard, we saw that it was broken, and all the lights were on, but we could not see anyone, but we could hear someone talking, and we did not know where the man was hiding. Time is precious, the sooner you go to sea, the sooner you go to sea, the sooner you go to sea, the farther away from Germany, but what if the dock lights on? After waiting for almost an hour, the commander couldn't wait, he jumped onto the deck with three shots of his gun, and at this time two German sailors came out, and the commander didn't say a word, and lifted up with two shots......"
Speaking of Li Kongrong, several students stopped, one of them said, 'The shooting will definitely attract the Germans,' and the other said, 'The Germans will be killed by us if they come.'"
After hanging his appetite for a while, Jiang Jing took out the Browning M1935 from his arms, and he smiled, "You don't know, Mazu bless, the chief fired a gun, but the gunfire was very light, 'pop ......' was lighter than knocking on chopsticks, and the two German sailors fell headlong on the control tower, and now there is still blood on it, I washed it in the morning, but no matter how I washed it, it was red." ”
Jiang Jing saw the students looking at each other, and she was very proud in her heart. Last night, he was actually scared to death, and his pants were wet, but he took the initiative to ask to participate, and it was really unreasonable to retreat when the matter came to an end. Last night he was scared to death, but now he is happy, he feels that he can be proud of this matter for the rest of his life.
Jiang Jing was about to make up the ghost story again, when Lin Huiping, who was in the cabin, shouted: "Jiang Jing, what are you talking about?" ”
"Nothing, nothing." Jiang Jing grinned and stuck out her tongue, looked at the students around her and smiled, and immediately stopped talking, so anxious that several people were itching.
"Discover merchant ships." A voice came from the bridge of the conning tower, and it was already dawn. Although the submarine has avoided the main channel, it will still encounter some merchant ships that are also not sailing in the main channel.
As soon as they heard that there was a merchant ship, several people immediately turned to Li Kongrong, but he said without looking back: "There is no need to avoid, keep the current course." After the order was given, he added, "Now we want speed, speed, you know?" There is no need to dive unless a German plane or a German warship is spotted. ”
"The bridge understands." At this time, it was Lin Xiangguang who took people to look out on the bridge, which was the second shift today.
"Where?" Li Kongrong turned his head to look at Liu Yongren, it had been less than an hour since he last asked.
"Sir, we're still in the Kattegat Strait, and we're about to pass through Greno. There are still 80 nautical miles to Cape Skagen, and at the current speed there are still about four hours and 30 minutes to go. "Liu Yongren is extremely clear about the location of the submarine. He was also anxious – at the speed of a submarine, it would take six hours to get from Sealand to Cape Skagen, while the German navy would be able to reach the Skagerrak Strait in just six hours, even from Heligoland.
"Is there a problem with the engine?" Li Kongrong didn't wait for Liu Yongren to finish speaking, he looked at Su Jinghu, he was worried about the failure of the host.
"No problem, the host is new." Su Jinghu agreed, and then he mentioned a question that Li Kongrong didn't want to hear: "The new battery will be connected in another hour, but if the submarine is charged, it will have to slow down." ”
Of course, Li Kongrong also knew that charging the battery needed to slow down, and the power of the main engine of the submarine was too small to be charged at full speed, in fact, the battery should have been charged in the Netherlands according to the plan, but it was in a hurry, and the horsepower of the temporarily leased merchant generator was too small, so it was only partially charged. Now, if the submarine slows down, it is very likely that it will not be able to reach Skagen Point, and when the range is not enough, it will have to float in the strait to recharge. Li Kongrong weighed it for a while before saying, "You can't slow down." We got to the vicinity of Skagen Point and slowed down to recharge. He then looked at Liu Yongren again, "Is there a suitable hiding place near Skagen Point?" ”
"Yes." Liu Yongren pulled out a new chart, all in English. "Sir, there are a number of islands across the corner from Skagen, near Gothenburg, Sweden, where we can recharge."
"Good!" Li Kongrong finally showed a smile, and he ordered: "Draw a chart to charge on the island near Gothenburg immediately." ”
Li Kongrong was satisfied, but Liu Yongren said: "Sir, if you sail 170 nautical miles underwater, it will take about 48 hours, and it will take several times to enter the Atlantic Ocean, do we have enough oxygen?" ”
"Enough." This time the answer was Su Jinghu, an hour ago, he thoroughly inspected the supplies on the submarine, oxygen and regeneration medicine plates were the top priority. "A normal submarine is equipped with forty-eight people, and we now have only thirty-three,"
"Report, received a telegram from the German Navy." While the chart was still being decided here, Lu Ruping in the radio room shouted.
"Read!" Li Kongrong was a little surprised, but since people called, it was impossible not to watch it.
"The telegram was sent from Colonel Dönitz, Submarine Command of the German Admiralty, to Colonel U-38 Lee." Lu Ruping glanced at Li Kongrong when he read the words 'Colonel Li', saw that his face was expressionless, and then continued: "Warning! Please abandon the operation immediately and surrender to the German Navy, you will have the utmost understanding from our Government, otherwise you will be sunk. ”
The telegram was extremely short and plain. Because Li Kongrong ordered Lu Ruping to 'read', not only did Su Jinghu and others in the control cabin hear it, but the naval cadets in the next cabin also poked their heads out to look, and after everyone whispered, they looked at Li Kongrong again, wondering what he would do, and even more wondering where the submarine would take him.
"Let's file it." Li Kongrong said that this was his first telegram after taking over the U-38 submarine, but he did not expect that this telegram would be 'sunk' as soon as it came up, which was really unlucky. He asked Lu Ruping to look at the people who were looking at him, and said loudly: "Since you have come out, it is impossible to go back." In front of us, we have to break through the sea of swords, mountains and fires. Each of you should do your best to do your job well, even if it is to rest and sleep, you must sleep honestly.
Dönitz sent a telegram, nothing more than to deter us, indicating that he already knew that the submarine was driven away by us, and another was to hope that we would not be able to help but call back, I believe that now the radio lateral finders of the entire German Navy are aimed at us, as soon as we call back, that position will be exposed. Guys, please take your place and do what you have to do, only then will we be able to escape the Germans, well, disband! ”
After Li Kongrong's brief speech, he dismissed the students who were around, after all, the students were too young and their psychological quality was not very strong, and they couldn't help but panic a little when they thought that it might be the entire German navy chasing and killing them. But it's useless to panic, and only by driving the submarine into the North Sea and sailing to the Atlantic Ocean can you escape alive.
"Dönitz is actually calling?" Lin Zhun was resting before, preparing to take Lin Xiangguang's class, but where could he sleep? Hearing a call from Colonel Dönitz of the German Admiralty, he got up.
"The wolf king, he is not a bureaucrat who deceives his superiors and subordinates, he always has a different bearing." Li Kongrong looked at the time, it was half past eleven, and he guessed: "I suspect that Dönitz had ordered the navy to go to the Skagerrak Strait before he sent the telegram, and his current call obviously means that he only knows now." ”
"If Dönitz had sent a destroyer two hours earlier, the Skagerrak Strait would be very long, and it would take five or six hours for the destroyer to reach Cape Skagen from the mouth of the strait." Lin Zhun was extremely clear about the submarine's escape route, and he had memorized those charts.
"But who can guarantee that the warship will definitely depart from the Golan?" Li Kongrong said another hypothesis. "If there were German warships in the North Sea, they would have reached Cape Skagen in six or seven hours, which is narrower than the Skagerrak Strait, only thirty nautical miles. If the Germans had arrived early, they would have chosen to blockade the place, and if they arrived late, they would have retreated to the mouth of the Skagerrak Strait, where they would have waited for other warships to arrive. ”
There seems to be no history to be found on the way to escape, let alone a loophole, and this time Li Kongrong can only rely on himself to get through. Thinking of this, he laughed and said, "If you're hungry, let's eat first." Didn't you bring the cook with you, and try their craft? ”
Li Kongrong laughed as soon as he said that the cook Lin Zhun was looking for a boat in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, when he was looking for a boat, he met a chef who was going to take a boat back to China, and he didn't think much about it and recruited him. Li Kongrong didn't agree, but when he thought that he really wanted to have a cook, he wouldn't make an example.
It was almost lunch, and it didn't take long for the new chef to bring the food - in order to save time, Li Kongrong originally only allowed bread, sausages and vegetables to be on board, but the supplies were not batteries after all, and the merchant ship boom hoisted the supplies directly onto the submarine deck and anti-aircraft gun platform, and the submarine did not dive when it encountered the merchant ship, and in less than an hour, these things were moved.
Rice, tomato and egg soup, roast beef with potatoes, and boiled live ......fish, the officers' meals were already good, and the cook's skills were not bad.
"It's better than Tianjin Restaurant." Su Jinghu ate the fastest, and when he wanted to eat, he found that the rice was gone.
"Good food is worth half of the military salary." Li Kongrong also couldn't get enough of eating, "The submarine food must be the best." ”
While he was talking, someone on the bridge suddenly shouted, 'Plane, dive now.'" After that, the alarm bell sounded.
Li Kongrong, who was sitting on the inside, was fine, but Lin Zhun and Gao Guangyou on the outside had to stand up immediately and get out of the way to let the students go forward to ballast. Lin Xiangguang on the bridge had already slid into the boat, and the last student who came in closed the hatch, and as the main water tank opened to fill the water, the submarine clanged a few times and slowly sank to the sea.
Lin Xiangguang, who was still nervous, came over and said, "Report, the lookout post has found a German plane." ”
Because of leaning forward, the dishes on the table were moving forward, Li Kongrong didn't care about these things, he said, "Did it see us?" ”
"I don't know, I don't." Lin Xiangguang contradicts himself.
"Who found out? Do you not know or not? Li Kongrong glared at him, and then walked to the control cabin.
"Report sir, I found out. It shouldn't have found us. Lin Xiangguang tried hard to recall and then said an answer. The plane was heading north, and if it saw us, it would have turned around. ”
"Are you sure?" Li Kongrong asked.
"Sure, sir." Lin Xiangguang puffed up his chest, he believed that his judgment was correct.
"Keep the depth you have." Li Kongrong turned to Su Jinghu and said. After waiting for more than ten minutes, he finally said, "Ascend to periscope depth." ”
The submarine was not deep in the first place, and Su Jinghu only slightly adjusted the bow and stern rudders, and the submarine rose to the periscope depth. The light of the control cabin immediately turned red, Li Kongrong pressed the button on the periscope, and his right eye turned twice quickly on the eyepiece, he didn't notice anything, obviously, the plane had left.
"Float. We continued on our way. Li Kongrong, who was sure that there was no plane overhead, ordered.
"It seems that Hitler already knew." After the submarine surfaced, the officer on duty was replaced by Lin Zhun. Hearing that the diesel engine started again, Li Kongrong said uneasily to Su Jinghu.
"What if Hitler knew?" Su Jinghu knew very little about Hitler and did not understand Li Kongrong's concerns.
"On his fiftieth birthday, when we were elated, we slapped him hard, what do you think will happen to him?" Li Kongrong said with a wry smile. He guessed exactly right, Hitler, who had just learned about it, was going berserk.
"It's all a bunch of rice buckets and scum!! You can't even guard a submarine......" Hitler clenched his fists and roared loudly in the Berlin Chancellery. Half an hour ago, he was still elated, but Goering's news made him no longer interested in celebrating his birthday - a new submarine of the German Navy was actually stolen into the sea by the Chinese Navy's students studying in Germany, does this mean that the noble Aryans should be insulted by the lowly yellow race? He immediately called the commander of the navy, Raeder, into a roar, and this anger continued to this day.
"Honorable Führer, the Navy is blocking all escape routes for the Chinese, they cannot escape from the Baltic." Hitler roared for half an hour and finally became thirsty, and while the Führer was drinking, Admiral Raeder immediately gave assurances.
"Arrest all Chinese involved in this matter, immediately expel all their military cadets, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to issue the strongest protest to China!" Hitler drank the water and began to wave his arms again, "If they don't surrender, then sink them ......" (To be continued. )