Chapter 533: The Cruiser General Belgrano

Huge warships, sailing on the sea.

At this time, it was almost evening, and the sunset reflected the red sea, and the outline of the entire battleship appeared quite large on the sea.

Captain Bonsso stood on the bridge and looked out at the sea in the distance, full of thoughts.

The warship under his feet was the pride of the Argentine Navy, and for a long time, it was the flagship of the Argentine Navy, but no matter how large the Argentine Navy was, it could not confront Britain head-on.

If the Argentine fleet and the British naval fleet face off, they will not see the shadow of the other side, and they will be sunk by the opponent's carrier-based aircraft, not to mention that the other side has a large number of warships carrying anti-ship missiles.

Therefore, the wisest decision for the Argentine Navy is to avoid conflict with the Royal Navy's surface and submarine battle groups for most of its ships. However, the paradox is that the Azerbaijani Navy cannot avoid war or hang up the anti-war card to avoid being harmed by the dignity of the nation.

If the navy has not been dispatched, then the people will not let it go, and the fleet built by wasting so much money from the country is just for use?

So, they had to go on combat cruises.

Britain declared the waters around the Falklands a no-sail zone before reaching the Falklands, and the Argentine fleet, of course, had to break this so-called no-sail zone.

Now, they had sailed out of the no-sail zone and headed for their own shoreline, and on this day's cruise, everyone was ready for battle, but they did not encounter anything.

"Captain, we're 200 nautical miles out of the Falklands." Beside him, a voice said, "Shall we go back to the base as planned?" ”

"Yes, let's go back to base." Captain Bonsso said, "Is there any movement underwater?" ”

For the Argentine Navy, the threat comes not only from above the ocean, but also below the surface.

The British Navy, which has a large number of nuclear submarines, can run over and attack without knowing it, while the anti-submarine power of the Argentine Navy is the weakest, and once it is targeted by submarines, the consequences are serious.

"Something normal underwater." The adjutant said: "We have made several reports asking to upgrade our sonar system, but we have not been approved, so our sonar is actually limited. ”

Argentina's economic situation is very tight, and this warship has been upgraded and cost a lot of money, so it has been dragged, and their old sonar, even if there is a situation underwater, may not be detected.

God forbid.

They didn't know that while they were saying these words, on the right side of the sea in front of them, a nuclear submarine of the Conqueror, had already occupied the launch position.

"Note, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 launch tubes, loaded with No. 8 Type 4 torpedoes, fixed depth 3, maximum speed." On the submarine, the captain looked through the periscope with his eyes and gave orders to his subordinates.

If it is a confrontation with the navy of a big country, they will definitely not dare to do this, and if they show their periscope, they will expose their targets, and the radar carried by the opponent's anti-submarine helicopters will definitely be able to search for them.

However, the Argentine Navy, are there anti-submarine helicopters?

Boldly exposing the periscope for a visual attack is simply the practice of World War II, in fact, it is true, even the torpedoes they loaded are from the era of World War II.

Their submarines are equipped with the latest torpedoes, which are Tiger Torpedoes, and their performance parameters are very advanced, but the reliability of the Tiger is only 40 percent, so experienced captains do not like to use this so-called high-tech product, and prefer to use this old goods.

Torpedo No. 8, which entered service in 1925, has been in service for half a century since this point in time, and although it has been constantly reshaped, it is still an old model.

However, their target, which was also a World War II warship, should not have been able to defeat the surviving attack on the General Belgrano, who survived the Pearl Harbor attack with Torpedo No. 8.

"One second apart, launch!"

The captain shouted.

The other party was still sailing steadily, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, the huge shadow of the warship was imprinted upside down on the sea, not realizing that the danger had arrived.

"Bang." The front hatch opened, and the torpedo, under its own power, left the torpedo tube and sailed towards the front, because it was an electric torpedo, so the familiar bubbles would not be seen on the surface of the sea.

The torpedo was moving rapidly forward, and at this time, the target was also sailing smoothly, which was a carefully calculated impact.

"Boom!" With a loud explosion, the first torpedo hit the armor belt 15 meters behind the bow, however, its explosion had little effect.

Battleships during World War II have begun to pay attention to underwater protection capabilities, and if it is a battleship, it doesn't matter if it hits a few torpedoes, as long as it doesn't hit an important part such as the rudder.

And this cruiser, with one underwater armor belt, can still be carried down.

When they heard this explosion, everyone was immediately startled, and Captain Bonetso reacted almost subconsciously: "Attention, it's a torpedo attack, speed up, take the S route!" ”

Before he could finish his sentence, a second explosion was heard.

"Boom!" The second torpedo had already arrived, it hit 3/4 of the hull, the weakest point, and just after penetrating it, the 800-pound projectile exploded with a huge explosion.

It was as if it was papier-mΓ’chΓ©, and under the huge explosion, the place was directly blown through, and the restaurant and entertainment room on the two floors above were also filled with gunsmoke.

At this time, when the soldiers were eating, the torpedo was stained with blood, and more than 200 people were killed in an instant.

Smoke billowed and the torpedo exploded, causing great damage to the 10,000-ton cruiser, and although it did not cause a fire, it still filled the ship with smoke quickly, and the explosion damaged the ship's electrical equipment, making it unable to send a radio distress signal.

"Quick, get ahead!" Captain Bonsso shouted that there were two destroyers in front of him, but because of the sudden power outage, he couldn't ask for help from the destroyers in front of him.

A large amount of seawater poured into the ship from the gap created by the torpedo, and due to the power outage, the water could not be pumped away, and the ship began to sink.

Colonel Bonsso struggled for a few minutes and felt hopeless, so he gave the order to abandon ship.

The huge battleship, in a few minutes, swirled and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The people who got on the lifeboat were frozen all over, and seeing that the sky was about to get dark, the two warships in front finally found that the back was not good, and began to come back to rescue.

They dropped depth charges while trying to save their comrades from the shipwreck, but the wind blew and the lifeboats scattered, and many of them struggled on the brink of life and death that night.

Submarines have a huge advantage over surface ships, especially this kind of sneak attack, which is simply tailor-made for submarines.

Countless unjust souls sank into the icy Atlantic.

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