Chapter 674: The final blow of the German submarine in the decisive battle of the Atlantic

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"Reverse at full speed!"

The deputy of the pipe ** pulled the handbrake down suddenly, and the four giant oars weighing 100 tons suddenly stopped, and then reversed sharply. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.infoβ•”β•—

However, for the battleship Guanghua Emperor, the sudden reversal of a behemoth of more than 100,000 tons could not be completed instantly.

β€œ25!”

β€œ24!”

The countdown to the torpedo impact is ticking by second. The sound of the second hand moving seemed to hit everyone's heart one after another.

"It's the Fengyang!"

With an exclamation, everyone looked at the side of the gunwale. I saw that the Fengyang hunting ship with the number 382 was speeding at high speed.

Although the Fengyang Hunting Destroyer still adopts the hull design of the Fengxian-class hunting ship of the Chinese Empire during World War I, as the development standard of the Chinese Empire's naval industry in the more than 20 years after World War I, by the time of World War II, the Fengxian-class hunting ship had made a qualitative leap. It is only equipped with a twin 120 mm 65 x diameter MK40 rapid-fire gun in the bow, which is more than twice as powerful as the old Phoenix-class class, although the caliber is reduced and the number is half that of the old Fairy-class destroyers, although the caliber is reduced and the number is reduced, but the firepower output is more than twice that of the old Phoenix-class.

The key to this is, of course, the Chinese Imperial Naval Industry specially developed in order to adapt the hunting destroyer to modern sea and air operations in the context of the aviation age. β•”β•—The Fengyang only has a twin 120mm main gun, but its main gun is completely equipped with an automatic lifting machine, an electrical cannon aiming and firing device, and a circulating water cooling system, so that the main gun has a rate of fire of an astonishing 80 rounds per minute. Several times more powerful than the old 128-mm rapid-fire gun.

In this way, the main guns of the new destroyers of the Chinese Imperial Navy could not only fire at the air, but also against torpedoes advancing at high speed on the sea. This was simply unthinkable for a hunting ship before the First World War to attack a torpedo with its main guns.

At this moment, the Fengyang destroyer was responsible for the security and defense of the side of the battleship Guanghua Emperor. When a German submarine was spotted as a fish that had slipped through the net and attacked the Guanghua Emperor, the other frigates and hunting ships were unable to turn around and defend themselves. The Fengyang destroyer was exactly in the direction of the German torpedo attack.

Admiral Shi Zhong, the captain of the Fengyang destroyer, did not think twice, and immediately ordered the Fengyang to rush to the rescue.

I saw the Fengyang hunting ship galloping at a speed of 35 knots, the bow of the ship split a huge wave several meters high, and the twin 120-mm rapid-fire guns spat out tongues of fire, continuously firing at the incoming torpedoes.

"Bang bang bang!"

The MK40 rapid-fire gun, which has a strong rate of fire, fired dozens of shells in more than ten seconds, quickly filling the defensive loopholes of the Vulcan Dense Array of the Guanghua Emperor. A dense net of fire was spread.

With a loud "boom", the third incoming torpedo was hit. β•”β•—

"The third torpedo was intercepted!"

"There's another torpedo looming!"

"Ten seconds countdown to impact!"

β€œ9!”

β€œ8!”

β€œ7!”

"Hurry up and stop it!"

Everyone is looking forward to it. Equally. The same is true of Colonel Shi Zhong, the captain of the Fengyang.

It's just that. The main guns of the Fengyang destroyer were not designed to deal with high-speed torpedoes from the beginning. It's just that after the Chinese Empire entered the war, the officers and men of the navy had just figured out a tactic in actual combat, and for all the officers and men on the Fengyang, they had not yet had time to conduct systematic and scientific training.

The third incoming torpedo that had just hit in an emergency was actually the luck of the luck. Although the rate of fire of the new Mk40 main gun is almost catching up with that of anti-torpedo guns, the probability of hitting a torpedo with the main gun is still very low.

The same attack did not work on the fourth torpedo.

β€œ5!”

β€œ4!”

"It's too late!"

The torpedo broke through the firing range of the main gun of the Fengyang. β•”β•— entered the dead end area and continued to shoot towards the Guanghua Emperor at high speed.

At this time. The battleship Guanghua Emperor had stopped moving forward and was slowly reversing. However. With a huge hull, reversing is very slow. The hull of the ship, which is more than 200 meters long, still has more than one-third of the area within the strike range of the incoming torpedoes.

The officers and soldiers who had just replaced the ammunition box for the Vulcan Phalanx system called for the 430 close defense gun to fire immediately, but at this time, the Vulcan Phalanx system exposed a fatal weakness, that is, the fire control automation could not give up other procedures like a person and immediately fire at the incoming torpedo, and the automation system had to come step by step, so that it lost the opportunity to attack.

The captain of the battleship Guanghua Emperor showed a disappointed look, and hurriedly grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted loudly.

"The whole ship is ready to be shock-proof!"

The order was issued, and all the officers and men of the Guanghua Emperor grabbed the fortified bunker nearby, ready to meet the impact of the torpedo.

At this moment, everyone's breathing seemed to stop.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the battleship Guanghua Emperor trembled suddenly. β•”β•—

"Shot!"

"Damage Report!"

"It wasn't us who got shot!"

"What?"

The officers and men on the Guanghua Emperor were suddenly stunned, thinking that they had been hit by a torpedo, but soon found that the last torpedo did not hit the Guanghua Emperor, but hit the Fengyang destroyer.

It turned out that at the most critical moment. The captain of the Fengyang, Colonel Shi Zhong, did not slow down the battleship, but turned sharply to the right, and resolutely decided to use the Fengyang to directly intercept the fourth torpedo. As a result, the bow of the Fengyang just collided with the incoming torpedo. The violent explosion instantly smashed the bow of the Fengyang, followed by the explosion of the Fengyang's ammunition depot one after another, and the unprecedented martyrdom caused the most advanced hunting ship of the Imperial Chinese Navy to be wiped out in an instant, and all the 107 officers and men of the ship, including Shi Zhong, died heroically for the country.

In the command room of the bridge, after Admiral Li Dingxin learned of the situation, he could not help but admire and admire the feats of Shi Zhong and the officers and men of the Fengyang.

However, Li Dingxin did not fully admire Shi Zhong's style. In his eyes, the lives of an excellent captain and more than a hundred excellent naval officers and sailors were not worth such sacrifices. Because a torpedo will not sink the Guanghua the Great at all. β•”β•— It won't even affect the normal battle of the Guanghua Emperor.

If Li Dingxin could stop it, he would definitely persuade Shi Zhong not to do it.

"Avenge the brothers on the Fengyang!"

Almost at the same time, the same words rang out on the warships of the Chinese Emperor ** who rushed to support nearby. They vowed to sink the German submarine that sank the Fengyang.

"Drop! Didi! Drip, drip, drip! ”

Rapid sonar pulses were emitted from the underwater active sonar systems of a cruiser and three hunting ships, and slammed into the hull of the German submarine UA531.

Listening to the increasingly rapid sonar pulse waves, the hearts of the one hundred and three German officers and men in the UA531 submarine suddenly pwitched.

"Damn, this didn't hit!"

Hawke cursed, but soon realized that there was no time to curse.

"One cruiser, three destroyers are approaching me!"

"What about the other submarines?"

"I can't get in touch all the time!"

"The enemy has discovered us!"

"They're starting to drop bombs!"

The sonar ner's report caused a dead silence on the bridge.

"You don't need to take revenge so soon!" Hawke smiled wryly. The submarine was immediately ordered to move quickly.

However, the sonar of the warships of the Chinese Empire kept hitting the hull of the Hawk submarine. Hawke knew he couldn't run away anyway.

Soon, there was an explosion around the UA531 submarine. Imperial Chinese warships locked onto the UA531 submarine and dropped a large number of depth charges on it. The violent blast wave of the explosion soon hit the submarine, causing the pressure pipes in the submarine to burst in many places, the electrical system to catch fire everywhere, and the lights to flicker on and off. When intense. The submarine reversed more than 90 degrees, and Hawke and other German officers and soldiers were shaken to the ground. Multiple people were injured.

"Let's surrender!"

A German recruit who was less than 17 years old choked up with fright. He always thought that it was better to be a prisoner than a German soldier.

Apparently, the underage child did not know Hawke, a Nazi die-hard.

Seeing that the others around him also showed yielding expressions, Hawke immediately pulled out his matching gun, and killed the 17-year-old recruit with a single shot.

"Who else is going to surrender?"

Hawke looked around, and everyone unconsciously took a step back, obviously all of them were frightened.

"Float to a depth of eight meters! Target Guanghua Emperor, full speed ahead! ”

Everyone was stunned. They knew exactly what Hawke was going to do. The helmsman didn't want to do it, he knew that hitting the battleship Guanghua Emperor would be nine deaths. But when I saw Hawke, he glared. He had to do it, because the latter was dead and dead.

That's it. The UA531 submarine no longer evaded the anti-submarine attack of the warships of the Chinese Empire, but directly rammed into the battleship Guanghua the Great.

At this time, the battleship Guanghua the Great had stopped reversing and was resuming its advance. The speed has not yet been raised, so it gives the UA531 submarine an excellent chance of impact.

"Enemy submarines are coming towards our ship!"

"Order the frigate to carry out fire interception!"

One cruiser and three destroyers of the Chinese Empire made every effort to intercept the UA531 submarine. A large number of depth charges exploded around the UA531 submarine, and the submarine, which was shocked by the shock wave, swayed from side to side. Hundreds of shells rained down, trying to destroy the enemy ship. But the shells penetrated the sea, but only a few shells were able to inflict heavy damage on the UA531 submarine.

In a matter of moments, the UA531 submarine has been beaten to a hornet's nest. The submarine was leaking everywhere, and more than 100 German soldiers were pointed at Hawke's pistol, but they didn't dare to resist, and they still honestly and desperately blocked the gap.

Hawke performed his miracle when the UA531 submarine actually broke through the fire strike of the Chinese Imperial warship and reached the bottom of the battleship Guanghua the Great.

Although the battleship Guanghua the Great made the greatest evasive maneuvers, the efforts did not come in exchange for the enemy's abandonment. No one could have imagined that the Germans would also resort to suicide attacks.

"Prepare for shock!"

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