Chapter 7: The First Encounter with the Deep Sea
After three months of floating on the sea, Xu Zhonglin was very tired, but in fact, the distance in a straight line was only a few days, and he couldn't stand up to various subject drills. On the other hand, it is food, and I can't bear it at all. The lemon leaf tea was bitter and astringent, and the baguette was hard enough to open on the street, and several times he almost vomited when he stuffed food into his mouth. This made him decide that when he was looking for a shipwright in the future, he would give priority to finding someone with excellent cooking skills.
It's easy to rest once, of course, to have a good dream, in the dream, Xu Zhonglin hugged Yiawa on the left, Yamato in his right hand, and stepped on Essex, very proud. It was beautiful, and a terrible scream sounded.
Enemy attack!
Xu Zhonglin sat up, and when he looked at it, the port was dark, which was controlled by lights, and he did not look like he had been shelled. But he still hurriedly put on his clothes and ran to the dock in a 100-meter sprint.
At this time, the radio sounded: "The town guard of Hierro Island has been attacked by the deep sea, and the enemy's strength is unknown, please rescue the admirals quickly." ”
At this time, Xu Zhonglin vaguely saw the sapper, and hurriedly went up and grabbed the other party: "Quick, where is the battleship, let's go!" ”
"Ah, over there, but ......"
Xu Zhonglin dragged the sappers all the way: "No, the wartime regulations of the Naval Academy, in the event of a battle, the temporary commander and the ship's mother are automatically grouped together, and when they encounter the deep sea, they must join the battle unconditionally, otherwise they will have to go to the International Military Tribunal." ”
The sappers did not refrain from refusing, and happily launched their ships and sailed out of the harbor with the large force.
"Turn on the warning lights and be careful not to collide." Xu Zhonglin was actually very nervous, but he tried to calm his mood, remembering what he had learned at the academy and began to command the sappers. The sappers were also panicked, but fortunately the speed in the port was slow and nothing went wrong.
"Turn on sonar, speed 10 knots, pay attention to listening." He was afraid that there would be enemy submarines ambushing outside the harbor, and he knew from the academy's information that the intelligence of the deep sea was sound, and the command system was more efficient than that of humans.
"The speed is ten knots, the sonar is on, it is working normally, and nothing has been found."
The sea is very dark, and the sappers are now sailing against the wind, but fortunately, the wind and waves are very small, and just when Xu Zhonglin faintly saw the outline of the town guard on La Gomera Island, there was a shocking noise behind him, and then several explosions in succession. When I turned my head, the sea was already on fire!
Still attacked by a sneak attack!
This shows that the submarines in the deep sea have long been ambushed around the port, and the destroyers on guard at night are derelict in their duties!
Looking from Xu Zhonglin's direction, he could vaguely see that at least three huge ships of more than 20,000 tons were paralyzed on the sea, and nearby destroyers had already rushed up to drop depth charges.
"Hurry forward, don't worry about the back, others will naturally deal with it."
"Receiving the message, the town guard of Hierro Island is in an emergency, the enemy ships have eight battleships, the number of cruisers is unknown, a large number of expulsions, and the front has been engaged. We had five battleships, two battle cruisers, seven cruisers, and five destroyers. ”
Depend on! This TM is really a high-energy world, and this configuration can rank among the top five naval powers even in World War II.
Bypassing the island of La Gomera, Xu Zhonglin could see the flickering fire from the muzzle of the cannon from a distance, evenly divided on both sides along a central line, and the two sides were clearly evenly matched. Seeing that the sappers were sailing towards him, he decisively ordered:
"Change course, go around to the rear of the enemy's flank, and test the perimeter fire."
The battle situation at night is unknown, and the visual distance between the two sides is relatively far, Xu Zhonglin is impossible to get close to the large formation at this time, the large formation must have the unified command of the official commanders, at this time, rashly entering will disrupt his own formation, the biggest contribution he can make is to get close to the enemy, and it is best to fire flares.
This order is no different from sending to death, it generally requires a formation of several destroyers, led by a pilot light cruiser, but the sappers opened their mouths, but they still did not refuse, at this time the port channel was blocked, the rear support could not come up for the time being, but the enemy situation on the front line was unknown, and every second of delay would be more dangerous.
As he approached the deep-sea fleet a little bit, Xu Zhonglin was also very nervous, and just when the sappers were almost 30,000 meters away from the enemy, a ball of fire suddenly broke out in the fleet of the ship girls, and the flames that rushed to the sky lit up half of the sea.
"The second turret of the Dunkirk ship exploded, and the ship was rewound!"
Without the sapper report, Xu Zhonglin could also see how badly damaged the battleship that was withdrawing from the battle with the flames. He bit his silver teeth: "Lean in!" Flares are prepared. ”
Because his own side was lit up, several battleships had already burst into flames, and the seven battleships on his own battle line seemed to be only one less than the place, but Xu Zhonglin judged from the muzzle fire that two of them had only six main guns firing. Six main guns, it must be a battle cruiser or battleship main gun damage, if the losses before the arrival of support, the consequences are unimaginable.
"But if you get closer, you will be detected by enemy radar." The sappers were a little scared.
"Execute the order!" Xu Zhonglin went through the radar level of the deep-sea fleet in his mind, and the detection distance to the air was 100 kilometers, and the sea was about 20 kilometers, and there was still room for it.
A little later, a heavy shell fell directly in front of the Sapper. The sapper screamed, and his voice was out of shape: "It's a 203-mm shell, the other side has discovered us!" ”
Xu Zhonglin also saw the flickering fire on the opposite side, and about four warships fired at him, but the distance was far away, which could not scare him, so he ordered.
"Three flares! Then retreat. ”
Of course Xu Zhonglin is not stupid, the other party's cruisers and destroyers are all shrunk behind, and if they rush up at this time, they will be set on fire, which is not heroic, but looking for death.
Just as the sappers were firing flares, the sea suddenly seemed to be boiling, and large and small water columns rose one after another around the battleship, some of which were already very close.
Xu Zhonglin tried not to care about his trembling legs, his hands tried to grasp the handrails, his eyes stared at the trajectory of the flares, and he shouted loudly in his heart: Hurry! Come on!
Eventually, the flares reached their highest point and began to descend slowly, emitting a dazzling glow.
A large black shadow appeared on the surface of the sea, and the whole view of a huge black ship could even be seen in the near distance. It was a purple-black ship, and the size comparison should be a heavy cruiser, and three triple heavy guns were aimed at the sappers.
But he didn't have time to take a closer look at the ship. I only had time to count the number of opponents according to the size of the opponent's blurred outline, one, two, three, while the flashbangs were still there......
"Steer, full speed back! Beware of evasion. ”
Xu Zhonglin closed his eyes and tried to recall the picture he had just seen, although he didn't see all of it clearly, it was almost the same. The Engineer was turning at full speed, fortunately it was a destroyer, the hull was nimble, but the speed was so high that the starboard side was almost close to the sea. The shells around were getting closer and closer.
At this time, the hull of the ship shook violently, but fortunately, Xu Zhonglin's hand grabbed the handle, but in time, he still felt that he had hit something all of a sudden, and his head was spinning, his eyes were pitch black, and his whole heart was even more in his throat.
The stall caused by the turn still caused the hull to be shot!
"Hit on the port side, penetrated, it was supposed to be a 120-mm armor-piercing shell with a higher position and two secondary guns."
OK! I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, but at this time I didn't have time to sigh at all.
"According to the external report, our ship has found 12 enemy cruisers and 24 destroyers, which are retreating."
"It was sent out, the commander-in-chief of the frontal battlefield received it, the town guard of La Palma Island received it, and it is rushing to support, the town guard office has received it, the waterway has been cleared, and it is coming."