Little by little, the voyage stretched on the charts, and after dinner the next day, the U-38 was only twenty-seven nautical miles from the end of the route, which meant that the North Sea was already in sight. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info The air inside the submarine is no longer a little depressed, and Lin Zhun even has a suggestion to immediately float up and observe the sea surface at dusk and sunset, but this suggestion was vetoed by Li Kongrong as soon as he came out, and he didn't want to take any irrational risks. Since you plan to wait until the end of the voyage to ascend, make sure you get to that location. Lin Zhun's 'take a look' is the idea of many people, and Li Kongrong opposes everyone and no longer insists, it is nothing more than delaying it for six hours to breathe.

In fact, Li Kongrong himself was looking forward to the afloat, and the underwater voyage of more than 30 hours was suffocating, but fortunately, the food was extremely delicious. He finally understood why the food of the submarine sailors was the best of all the services - in an airtight container, only the best food could be eaten. Eating, watching, chatting, playing cards, sleeping, ......, this is the real submarine life.

"The battery power pointer is four, there are eight tons of fresh water left, and there are thirty-six ......tons of diesel," Gao Guangyou took the trouble to report to Li Kongrong, who succeeded him, on the consumption of submarine materials, and he ranked the power first.

"The power consumption is smaller than expected." Li Kongrong was a little surprised. The additional battery power is higher than expected, and until now the original battery is still nearly half charged.

"Maybe it's slow." Su Jinghu explained. "The slower the battery discharges, the more amperage it has, and the difference between sailing for only one hour and sailing for twenty hours is almost doubled."

"Okay, you go and rest. Now I'm taking over the command. Everything is developing in a good direction, Li Kongrong smiled at Gao Guangyou and told him to go down and rest.

"Salute!" Gao Guangyou suddenly saluted Li Kongrong - although he was busy all day, he couldn't suppress his excitement when he thought that he would be able to sail out of the strait at night, "Brother Hansheng can always do things that ordinary people can't imagine, Gao Guangyou admires it so much." ”

Gao Guangyou graduated from the 16th driving class of Yantai Naval Academy, and his graduation score was fourth, so he was sent to study at the Royal Naval Academy in Greennitz and the Portsmouth Naval Academy in England, and was appointed as the second officer of the Yuzhang ship in 1933 after returning to China. Considering that he is the same age as Li Kongrong, this is the backbone of the navy. He had always been steady before, and he had never said such a thing, but now he opened his mouth probably because success was in sight, and he was excited for a while.

Gao Guangyou saluted, Lin Zhun and Su Jinghu also stood up and saluted, followed by Xu Zhenqi at the helm, Liu Yongren, the navigation officer, and others, the control cabin was like this, and Lu Ruping in the radio room also stood up and saluted, and then passed all the way to the power cabin. Obviously, everyone admires Li Kongrong.

Li Kongrong had goosebumps on his back from Gao Guangyou's words, and when the entire crew on duty saluted him, his body was shaking slightly. He wanted to be humorous and make everyone laugh, but when it came to it, it became: "That's a lot of good signs." Let's salute when we get to Svalbard. After the ceremony. ”

"Yes, sir." Gao Guangyou didn't care about Li Kongrong's coldness, he just said what he wanted to say.

After he left, Li Kongrong took off the captain's hat to wipe his sweat and said, "I didn't expect a person like Fumin who doesn't make sycophants to be so powerful." ”

"Eating navy rice is a technical job, and everyone knows very well who can do it and who can't." Su Jinghu said with a smile: "Who would have thought that we could drive the submarine out, anyway, I didn't expect that in the future, no matter which country's naval history there will be such a stroke, and I will be famous in history with you." ”

"Disgusting!" Li Kongrong grabbed his hat and fanned Su Jinghu's words away like a fan, and he found that the atmosphere in the boat was a little wrong. Success was imminent, and everyone was overjoyed, and they expressed their 'loyalty' to him one by one. Confused, he went straight back to the captain's room, and once again opened the logbook written by the previous captain, Captain Heinrich Lieber. At first he didn't go in, but when he looked at it, he was fascinated. Just as he turned to the pages of the exercise, the hull of the boat suddenly shook, and the submarine seemed to stop moving forward, as if it had hit a wall in front of it. Li Kongrong was taken aback, he thought he had hit the ship again, and immediately jumped to the entrance of the passage and said loudly: "Shuangling stops!" ”

"Shut down!" Su Jinghu's face also changed suddenly in fright, he didn't have time to pull the bell, but yelled directly at the power cabin.

The distribution of the cabins of Type 7 submarines and Type 9 submarines is completely different, the electric motor room of Type 7 submarines is after the diesel engine room, and the diesel engine room is after the galley and the low-level officer's cabin, and in front of the low-level officer's cabin is the control cabin; And the electric engine compartment of the Type 9 submarine is before the diesel engine room, after the control cabin. As soon as Su Jinghu shouted, 'Shuangling stop', Xia Xin, who was in charge of the motor, heard it, and he quickly cut off the power supply to shut down the motor. This made the submarine stop immediately, and the hull stopped shaking.

"What's going on?" Su Jinghu looked at Li Kongrong blankly, he was frightened.

"I don't know yet." Li Kongrong also looked at the logbook and was confused, thinking that he had collided with the ship again, but after the shutdown, he found that it did not seem to be a collision with the ship, and now the submarine is located fifty meters underwater, how can there be a ship to collide? "It must have hit something. Call the two Chang Xiangqi from the torpedo compartment in front of them. ”

The submarine is sailing forward, and if it hits something, the torpedo compartment at the very front will definitely feel something. After a while, Chang Xiangqi came, and he said, "Report to the chief, there seems to be a wall in front of you." I just felt like I couldn't move forward. ”

"Yes, that's how I feel, too, as if there's something in front of me." Su Jinghu recalled the tremor just now.

"The two of them retreated slightly." Li Kongrong's face also changed, and he roughly guessed what he had encountered.

"The two of them retreated slightly." The motor hummed again, and the submarine slowly stepped back a little, and everything was normal.

"The two of them are moving forward at a slight pace. No, the lowest speed. Li Kongrong ordered again.

The motor reversed, and the submarine didn't seem to feel it moving forward, but after a while, the hull shook again. Su Jinghu hurriedly said: "Do you want to speed up?" ”

"Stop, back off!" Li Kongrong shouted directly to Xia Xin in the motor room, and the submarine retreated. Seeing this, he said: "There is an anti-submarine net in front!" Mother. Target! ”

"Anti-submarine nets?!" Su Jinghu was stunned. Lin Zhun and Gao Guangyou, who had just gotten up, were also taken aback, during their studies in Germany, they had heard from the instructor about anti-submarine nets, but there was no such training subject when they boarded the boat.

"It's definitely an anti-submarine net." The experience of hitting the net twice made Li Kongrong sure that he had encountered an anti-submarine net. The Germans seemed to be moving extremely quickly, and they actually thought of blocking the Skagerrak Strait with anti-submarine nets, which was indeed a good way to catch turtles in the urn.

"What should I do?" Lin Zhun was shirtless, he was scared out. "Can you go?"

"Of course you can." Everyone looked at him, and Li Kongrong didn't dare to say anything discouraged. "It's just a matter of effort." After saying that, he resolutely ordered: "Shuangqi retreats slowly, the left rudder is fifteen, and the level is maintained." ”

The order was really reassuring, and when the motor cabin returned to the bell, the faces of a large group of people who suddenly ran over became normal. Li Kongrong glared at these people and scolded: "What are you looking at, don't be on duty tomorrow?" Go back to sleep. ”

Li Kongrong slipped back as soon as he scolded the students, including Gao Guangyou, but Lin Zhun didn't want to leave, but when Li Kongrong looked at him, he said, "I can't sleep when I go back." ”

"If you can't sleep, go back, it's in the way here." Li Kongrong was not polite to him, stretched out his hand and pointed forward: "Go back!" ”

Li Kongrong's appearance was extremely serious, and Lin Zhun had to go back after a few glances. After he left, Li Kongrong, who felt that he had almost retreated, ordered again: "Return to the rudder and rise to thirty meters." ”

"Return to the rudder and rise to thirty meters." The helmsman repeated the command, the horizontal rudder bow went up and down, and the submarine began to slowly rise.

"Fifteen on the right side, two men advance at a slight pace." The order came again, and this time the submarine again turned to its original course, intending to break through again. Disappointingly, the submarine crashed into the anti-submarine net again. Li Kongrong did not dare to give the order to speed up the hard break, he was worried that there were blasting canisters or signal floats on the anti-submarine net, and whether it was bombed or the signal was triggered, the result would be a catastrophe.

"Shuangling retreated ...... slightly, and the left rudder rose to 20 meters ...... 15 ......" Li Kongrong once again ordered the submarine to sail south, and then tried again to pass through the area blocked by the anti-submarine net, but was still stopped.

"Did you float to the surface of the sea?" Su Jinghu suggested. "Sounds like there's no training boat up there."

"Since anti-submarine nets are arranged, there must be training boats, not necessarily warships, and maybe fishing boats." Li Kongrong shook his head. He ordered again: "The two of them retreated slightly...... Fifteen ...... the left rudder, ascending to the periscope depth ......"

"Still won't work." The hull collided again, and there was still an anti-submarine net ahead. "Can you dive deeper and give it a try?" This time it was Liu Yongren who suggested it, and he saw that Li Kongrong had been floating, and he felt that he might be able to pass by diving to a deeper position.

"I'm worried about getting caught in the net." Li Kongrong was covered in sweat, and he didn't think about diving deeper to try it, but it was impossible for the Germans not to know the depth of the U-38, and he didn't have sonar to scan the bottom of the sea.

"Then give it a try." Li Kongrong still accepted Liu Yongren's suggestion and prepared to dive. He opened the boat and said: "I am Li Hansheng, I encounter an anti-submarine net ahead, the submarine will sink to the maximum depth and pass, and the personnel in each compartment will immediately prepare to plug the leak." Complete! ”

After hitting the net several times, even the sleeping people were woken up, and at this time, hearing Li Kongrong's order, the crew went to the front and rear torpedo compartments, which were most prone to water leakage, under the leadership of the officer. After these people were in place and the tools and materials were prepared, Li Kongrong once again confirmed that the high-pressure gas was sufficient, and then ordered: "Fill all the water tanks with water and dive down to one hundred and fifty meters." ”

The main tank gate opened, the auxiliary tank gate was also opened, tons of seawater squeezed into the tank, the air inside squeaked out, and the whole submarine suddenly became heavier and began to sink. Li Kongrong's eyes stared at the depth gauge and the spirit level, the depth gauge pointer turned to the right at a rapid speed, from 20 meters to 100 meters, and then continued to deflect to 150 meters, the level was almost unresponsive, and the small bubbles inside kept vibrating at the zero scale, but not left or right.

The depth gauge readings were getting louder and louder, and the squeezing force of the water on the hull became stronger and stronger, and at 100 meters the hull began to creak and rattle, followed by the sound of the sea hitting the hull. One hundred and fifty meters of the depth gauge is the dividing line between the yellow and red scales, and watching the pointer deflect all the way to the red area, the people in the control cabin, including Li Kongrong, breathe rapidly. But after all, Li Kongrong knew the deep diving limit of German submarines, and he smiled when the pointer pointed to 150 meters, and then said: "Okay, now let's try again to see how deep the German anti-submarine net is." ”

In order to prevent collision with the anti-submarine net during the dive, the submarine's diving attitude is parallel to the anti-submarine net, at this time the rudder rotates again, the navigation is adjusted to 270, and the electric motor advances again at a slight speed. ......Thirty seconds passed, one minute passed, and five minutes passed, and just when everyone thought that the submarine had broken through the anti-submarine net, the hull trembled again and collided again.

"Keep diving." Li Kongrong grabbed his hat, he didn't expect the Germans to really arrange the anti-submarine net to 150 meters. With a width of 60 nautical miles and a depth of 150 meters in the Skagerrak Strait, are all German fishing nets thrown in this area?

......As the depth dropped, the hull of the boat became louder and louder, and more and more people turned pale under the light, and just as someone was about to close their eyes, there was a 'clang', and the hull suddenly shook, and everyone was thrown up like sardines, and the lights above their heads flashed a few times and finally went out. Li Kongrong heard several people screaming in panic, and the darkness made this panic even worse, and there was chaos in the boat.

"Damage has been reported in all cabins! Damage is reported in each cabin! He spoke into the microphone, but received no answer. Be quiet! Be quiet!! He screamed with all his might, and the scene was finally controlled, and Chen Ergong in the diesel engine room reported first, then the electric engine room and the front and rear torpedo cabins.

"It's just sitting on the bottom, what's there to panic about." The flashlight was turned on, and the submarine suddenly became silent, save for the periodic crackling of the compass indicator and the ticking of the ship's bell.

"Servos, fifteen left rudders, fifteen horizontal rudders. The duo moved forward at a slight pace. "After the lights returned to normal, the order was given again, at a depth of one hundred and eighty meters. With the order, the submarine turned again and moved forward, but as on the previous occasions, the submarine was once again blocked by the anti-submarine nets shortly after its advance.

After several netting experiences, Li Kongrong realized that this might just be a fishing net, and there were no blasters or signals on it, so he ordered: "Shuangqi move forward at a constant speed." Then his eyes were fixed on the small bubble in the spirit level.

As soon as the command was given at normal speed, the electric motor hummed, and the submarine seemed to advance a short distance, but it was still blocked by the anti-submarine net in front.

"The duo slowly retreated." Li Kongrong had to give up violently, but planned to try again in another place. But something unbelievable happened - the submarine couldn't retreat after retreating for a while, and something seemed to be pulling the submarine in front of it.

"The bow is entangled." Li Kongrong and Gao Guangyou immediately guessed the reason. The normal speed of progress just now caused the horizontal rudders of the bow to squeeze into the mesh at a certain point in the bow, and because of this, the submarine was pulled and could not retreat.

"The duo retreated at full speed." Li Kongrong wiped his sweat, and the captain's hat was thrown by him to the chart table.

The motor hummed and the submarine retreated at maximum speed, but only a little back before the submarine stopped moving.

"Float right away." Li Kongrong ordered again. But this was also in vain, and after ascending to a depth of 160 meters, the submarine was pulled again, and the whole hull leaned forward so violently that the people in the submarine could not stand on their feet without grasping anything.

"Fill the tank." The submarine had to dive to keep its balance inside. Finally, the submarine returned to a depth of one hundred and eighty meters, and the bubbles of the spirit level returned to zero, but everyone in the boat turned completely gray.

"The duo slowly retreated." Li Kongrong, who still did not give up, continued to struggle, and just like the last time, the submarine did not move again after only retreating for a short distance, and even had a tendency to be pulled back by the anti-submarine net.

"The left man moves slowly, the right man moves back slowly, and the right man is fifteen." He continued to give orders, with the aim of adjusting the bow attitude and breaking the rudder out of the mesh.

"No, stop." Su Jinghu said, he grabbed his hair with both hands. At this time, the submarine was again caught in the net and fell into a situation where it could not move.

"The other way around." Li Kongrong didn't seem to hear Su Jinghu's words: "The left man retreats slowly, the right man moves forward slowly, and the left rudder is fifteen." ”

The submarine moved again, and this time the anti-submarine net seemed to be loosened, and Li Kongrong shouted when he saw this, "Shuangqi retreats quickly!" ”

The motor 'buzzed' to accelerate to the maximum power, and the submarine was like a stone on a slingshot, and after a stalemate, it finally bounced out at high speed and finally broke free!

'Ahh Everybody breathed. After breaking free, Li Kongrong was exhausted, and he no longer wanted to fight against the submarine net. "Float to periscope depth."

"Passing from above?" In the continuous sound of deflation and pressurized water, Lin Zhun's throat had already lost his voice, and he repeated it before he spoke aloud.

"Try it." Li Kongrong helped him, and then asked Su Jinghu, "How much electricity is left?" ”

From the time it hit the anti-submarine net to now, the U-38 has been tossed for more than two hours, Su Jinghu shook his head when he saw the power gauge, and he smiled forcefully: "It's about the same as when we went out of the dock." ”

"That's good." Li Kongrong cheered up, and he secretly told himself that since the dock could come out, then this anti-submarine net could also break through.

"Risen to periscope depth." Sujinghu Report.

"Raise it a little higher." Li Kongrong said.

"Raise it again." Su Jinghu repeated. The high-pressure valve opened again, and the submarine rose imperceptibly, and the pointer of the depth gauge was only slightly to the left.

"The two are moving forward at a slight pace." Li Kongrong said.

"The two are moving forward at a slight pace." Xia Xin in the motor cabin replied directly that he was no longer pulling the bell.

"Slow!" After a while, Li Kongrong seemed to sense that the submarine was crossing the anti-submarine net, and he couldn't help but order again.

"Slow ahead." Xia Xin also felt that this time was a little different from the previous times, and the motor suddenly accelerated.

Time seemed to freeze in the boat, and the only thing in the air was the hum of the electric motor, and it was a moment before someone asked, "Is it over?" ”

"It's over!" At least ten minutes had passed, and Li Kongrong was sure that he had crossed the anti-submarine net, and it seemed that the struggle on the bottom of the sea just now had pulled down the entire anti-submarine net a lot. "The main water tank is filled with water, and the course is 270." After giving this order, Li Kongrong, who had collapsed, leaned directly on the periscope and kept wheezing. (To be continued.) )