The vast Atlantic, choppy waves, hundreds of years ago Mayflower, created the history of the United States, since then the ocean can no longer block the footsteps of people's pursuit of geographical discoveries, into modern times, with the continuous improvement of navigation technology, the dangerous Atlantic Ocean has become a thoroughfare, at least dozens of routes, connecting Europe and North America, since then the itinerary is a busy channel, the annual cargo ships coming and going here, almost occupy an important part of the world's shipping industry.

Next to the main route from the United States to the United Kingdom, within a radius of less than 150 nautical miles, more than 7 submarines were divided, which belonged to the fourth submarine fleet, and the captain was the submarine commander Otto? Helsin, is an excellent submarine commander. Two months ago, during a cruise, he sank the British Royal Navy's light cruiser HMS Explorer, and under his banner, he has a total of nine ocean-going submarines, two of which are routinely inspected, and the remaining seven are here.

The character of the wolf is stoicism, and the sea wolves are about the same, when there is no order, they calmly wait here, 7 submarines are hovering below the surface, and they are not even open periscopes, according to the order, they need to wait here for the order of the command of the Navy's Far Sea Fleet and act according to the order.

Under the premise that the potential of submarines, especially the breakthrough of the blockade of the British High Seas Fleet, played an important role, Rear Admiral Ball of the Admiralty suggested that the Admiralty attach importance to submarines, proposed the establishment of a far-sea fleet, carried out an anti-blockade of the British blockade, and used submarines to strike at the British lines of communication, which had achieved the goal of countering the blockade of the British army and weakening Britain.

This issue was raised in 1913. It's a pity that no one paid attention, after the Battle of Qingdao. It was turned out by the top of the Admiralty and became a remarkable proposal. Bohr was also valued by Tirpitz and became the commander of the Far Sea Fleet, and the entire Germany, 52 ocean submarines, and nearly 100 that may be in service in the future, will directly belong to the Far Sea Fleet, and together with the allocation, there are more than 30 large ocean-going supply ships and various secret strongholds, only these are combined. In order to be able to become the basis for breaking diplomatic relations with the ocean.

Without logistical supplies, no matter how powerful a ship is, it will become a burning stick, and this is something that anyone who wants to give to a naval officer, and this is especially true for submarines, without which submarines can't even collide with ships.

The Far Sea Fleet was formed. When the blockade against the British was carried out, in fact, there was still a huge disagreement among the entire Far Sea Fleet, Pol felt. It should be the main thing to break diplomatic relations in the ocean, and some young officers and high-ranking members of the Admiralty tend to break diplomatic relations in the coastal waters.

Eventually, though. Pol still convinced everyone, after all, his reasons were very convincing. With the British Isles as the center, the lines of communication in the United Kingdom are restricted. This is conducive to curbing the pace of the British, one thing is certain, it is easy to be restrained by the other side, the closer to the British Isles, the number of cruisers and destroyers patrolling will increase, to a certain extent, depth charges and a large number of small ships, even torpedo boats, will be a threat to submarines, but not as good as the ocean routes, as long as they choose the route, they will pass through here, except for a small escort formation, even the British warships, it is unlikely to be nearby, This increases success and security. More extremely, even if the ship sinks, it sinks below a few thousand meters, and at this distance, even if the British want to salvage, they can't salvage it.

With a better choice, who will use the dangerous, the importance of submarines is highlighted, in a specific field, a submarine may not be much worse than a capital ship, and the entire German Admiralty has also reversed the idea of using submarines as cannon fodder or some kind of exchange, giving him the status of the main force, and it is easy not to let the submarine be sunk casually.

The submarine hovers in the seawater, but around, there are still all kinds of sounds, but these sounds are filtered out by the silencing tiles outside the submarine, from the northwest humanized design, so that the submarine's operating conditions, not the original, although all aspects are not sufficient, but some small environmental problems that can be solved have long been solved.

Dididi, in the red box, the portable radio sounded, the radio used by the submarine, there is only one high-power receiver, using the antenna to receive the signal, can receive at least 5,000 kilometers away, the high-frequency radio signal sent by the high-power radio transmitter, this transmitter is located at least 500 meters above sea level, the power is powerful, even in Germany, there are only 5 such machines, one of them, directly belongs to the Admiralty.

As for the transmission, the power is much smaller, the radio base of this era, especially the radio technology using electron tubes, has not yet reached the ability of global transmission, some portable, even if Yang Yuanzhao can use the all-in-one machine, to make a radio transmitter with high reliability, the power of transmission is not high, can only pass through a specific area, short-distance transmission signal, will not exceed 150 kilometers.

Although it is not possible to communicate in all directions, but for the operation of small groups, this is enough, convenient for the command of small regiments, Alto's seven submarines, distributed in an area of 150 nautical miles, can be operated with the help of radio command.

The radio order, of course, came from the command of the far sea fleet, to be precise, it was Pohl himself, and the general staff headquarters only had the right to make suggestions to the navy, not the right to command, but the information summarized by the general staff was transmitted to the command headquarters, and the command selected a part of the targets from the middle and sent them to these sub-fleets as operational targets.

The order issued to Otto was to attack 17 targets in 28 hours from now on, including individual cargo ships and fleets, with a total of 48 ships and about 370,000 tons.

Big business, Otto's eyebrows were raised, and there was an excited expression in front of him, soldiers like big goals, and the results of big goals represent rich results, 370,000 tons, in peacetime, this is a huge wealth, each 10,000-ton giant ship, according to tonnage, their price, at least more than 3 million US dollars, according to 37 tons of ships, this is almost a fleet of more than 100 million US dollars, if you add the materials on board, the value is higher, if you can capture, even if it is placed in Germany, also an unimaginable fortune, but now, they must sink them.

From the very beginning of the operation to break diplomatic relations, Germany had a very clear understanding that it was too dangerous to directly sink and capture a large 10,000-ton giant ship with a submarine if it was not captured, especially at present, when the German surface fleet had not yet rushed out of the Baltic Sea and was still blocked, and the whole world was still under the control of the British. Some officials of the German Admiralty coveted that among those ships, it was possible to transport goods and supplies, but Tirpitz's opinion qualitatively defined this matter, that is, to sink the submarine to protect the safety of the first, with the presence of submarines, it can continue to sink more ocean-going cargo ships, in order to achieve more results.

The mention of the northwest, the research of the General Staff, and the Admiralty itself, the in-depth study of submarines, found that submarines are simply a weapon to break relations, especially with the support of radio and intelligence departments, the vast sea has become his natural bunker, until now, submarines have not been found underwater, many times, it will be discovered after the submarine attack, and then the escort ships will come to attack the submarine, so that even for warships, submarines are not small offensive, not to mention unprotected merchant ships, Once you find them, it's almost impossible to escape.

In this case, as long as there are enough submarines and activities for a long enough time, the number of ships sinking the other side will be large, and when the number of ships is large enough to a certain extent, it is really a chain for Britain, or a chain that is constantly tightening.

The correspondent quickly translated the message, a long message, and after translating it, used up three or four sheets of paper, and finally handed the order to Alto's hands. In terms of intelligence, the 17 targets are very detailed, not only with the approximate route and possible passage time, but also with some important information and goods transported, and even a simple timetable and attack path, almost to the extreme.

After reading it, Otto said loudly: "That's good, guys, it's time to work." ”

The submarine hovering at a depth of about 150 meters seemed to accelerate suddenly, like a swimming fish, surfaced, slightly discerned the direction, and drove forward quickly at a speed of about 17 knots, and at the same time, the silent radio waves also passed through the sea surface and quickly transmitted to several other submarines.

The radio issued an order, 7 ships, all under Alto's order, began to approach, here is already the depth of the Atlantic Ocean, at least 800 nautical miles away from the British, even the farthest cruiser, it is impossible to cruise to this route, but here, it is the inevitable route for the United States to sail to the United Kingdom, as long as there are not enough escort fleets, submarines dare to attack and encircle, this is the natural hunting ground for sea wolves.

Seven submarines, all gathered together in a short period of time, and after several radio exchanges, they formed a simple formation on the surface of the sea, and headed towards the first target, which, according to the intelligence, would pass through the first target area between 9 and 10 a.m., and there would be no more than 30 nautical miles from where they were now.

After two hours of rapid progress, at about 8:30 a.m., they arrived at the specified area, and the seven submarines, divided into fan-shapes, separated by about 3 nautical miles, traveled a huge encirclement, dived into the attack area 30 meters underwater, released the periscope, and quietly waited for the arrival of this target. (To be continued......)