The relationship between children on the battlefield is always short, Cato is in charge of external liaison and intelligence sharing, and the French have the latest news - the German submarine has appeared!

"In the vicinity of Svetre and Edie! Six German submarines that were throwing mines were spotted by a French destroyer, and as a result, the gang directly engaged in an artillery battle with the destroyer, and the destroyer was sunk. ”

Lily was furious: "These German guys are too arrogant!" ”

There are not many cases of submarine and destroyer artillery warfare, such as the Type 21 submarine that Xu Zhonglin helped the mermaid transform only has four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, when fighting alone, this thing deters turtle speed aircraft such as water reconnaissance planes, and it is itchy to deal with targets such as destroyers and bombers, and the Type 9 submarine is only equipped with a 105 mm gun, and this small toothpick is prepared for dealing with merchant ships, most of them are only equipped with high-explosive bombs, and they can actually sink a destroyer, I have to say that it is a bit mysterious.

Cato muttered for a moment: "It is estimated that one or two ships were used as bait, and then the other ambushes fired torpedoes at close range." The people who informed us should be careful, if they encounter a submarine, they should not attack in a hurry, and wait for their teammates to come together to cover it. ”

The situation is unknown, so it's better to be careful.

As if the box had been opened, the next battle report kept coming, and the two sides had comings and goings, and it seemed that they were not left behind.

"A heavy cruiser was damaged by a mine."

"The expelling detachment found the target and confirmed the sinking of three submarines."

"A light cruiser was ambushed by a submarine and sunk. There are at least four or more submarines in the vicinity. ”

"The injured heavy patrol struck a mine for the second time on the way back and died."

Laussey Island in the north of Meenland Island is a small island, only half the size of Macao, with an area of 19 square kilometers, because the shape is almost circular, there is no natural sheltered bay, so there is only a civilian wharf at the southern end of the island, which can barely dock a small boat of about 500 tons.

However, the topography of Laussay Island is complex, with most of the island being mountainous, with a maximum elevation of 260 meters. There was a cave in a valley near the western end of the island, and it was pitch black, except for a candle flickering in the wind, and several people were hiding in it and talking.

A man shrunk and put his hands next to the candle: "This ghost weather is really cold, why don't we light a fire, there is no one nearby anyway." ”

A hook-nosed admiral with deep eye sockets next to him glanced at the man coldly: "Take it away, you block the light." ”

The man lowered his hand in a daze: "Why don't I go out and get some firewood?" ”

The third person couldn't help but persuade: "Heinz, you can go back if you can't stand it." But if you want to stay here, it's best to get used to it, it's only the first night, and just because there's no one searching today doesn't mean there won't be any in the future, and the hard days are still to come. ”

Heinz defended: "Jonas, I didn't mean that. I just wanted to say, can we find a leeward place to camp. ”

"Humph! If you want to go on your own, there is only this lake at the bottom of the valley nearby, which is suitable for seaplane take-off and landing, and we will not wait for you when the British call, I don't want to eat their cooking. ”

Heinz sneered and gave up the idea: "It's only been three hours of operation, and we've already lost four submarines. It's very bad for us to continue to consume it like this. ”

Jonas snorted coldly: "The British have lost even more!" Oh, and it is said that due north is the French. You should think that we dropped 2,000 mines in three hours, which is enough for those guys to clean up for half a year. And we also sank three enemy ships, and this one-to-one attrition is not a loss. ”

"How can you not lose? It's the other side is defenseless, and I don't think we'll be so lucky next. Moreover, it is very difficult to hunt the core of our submarines, and the value of a submarine may not be lower than that of a heavy cruiser, and it is not easy to accumulate to such a scale, it is not worth burying so much in this land of projectiles. ”

As if to confirm Heinz's words, the French changed their tactics and formed all the battleships, each consisting of two cruisers, one for the route and the other for the rescue. The British on the eastern side also sent a support fleet when they heard the news, and they were very active in defending their territory.

Under the joint strangulation of the two countries, the German submarines paid the price in blood. In the second half of the night, casualty reports would come back every ten minutes. In the heat of battle, German submarines even lost two submarines in a minute.

Heinz stood up irritably with the battle report in his hand, the cold wind was blowing, but he couldn't feel the cold anymore: "Look at what we've done!" In half a night we lost thirty-one submarines! The result? Only four thousand mines were laid, which is not worth it at all, this is a crime! ”

The atmosphere in the cave was somewhat oppressive, and everyone present had lost a few submarines to a greater or lesser extent.

Jonas pondered for a moment and said, "Heinz, calm down, we have at least fourteen victories, don't we?" This is also the first time we have implemented this tactic, and it is understandable that there were mistakes. Now it seems that this kind of large-scale sortie and concentrated mine-laying tactics did not work well. Why don't we contact Ruth's side to discuss the follow-up tactics? I think it's better to spread out and attack them individually, and slowly consume them. The Empire needs time, as long as we hold these guys here for two months, and when the Russians are done we'll be free to clean up these flies. ”

"Ruth's gang doesn't know where they're hiding on Meenland Island, can they listen to us?"

"You have to try, don't you? In one night we lost a tenth of our strength. If we continue like this, we will be finished sooner or later. ”

While the Germans were discussing tactics, Scapa Harbor was not at peace.

Lily frowned: "A submarine was found on the beach in D1, Eurydice sank one, and her searchlight also found a dozen fleeing figures on the beach, these guys are indeed on our island!" ”

Cato hurriedly looked at the map: "It's good that I found it in time, otherwise it would have been troublesome." I will then contact the French in Kirkwall, and join them in blocking the passage between us, and call the British to come and hunt them for tomorrow. ”

Scarpa Harbour and Kirkwall Harbor, one facing southwest and the other northeast, are only three kilometers away from each other, making them the narrowest stretches of Maynland Island.

Lily nodded: "Kirkwall is a dual-use port, and there are quite a few British fishermen living there. Let the French mobilize them, we don't have enough manpower. ”