Chapter 228: The First Battle of the Submarine Atlantic

Although the Barbarossa plan at the beginning made the Germans achieve great results on the Eastern Front, in the Atlantic, the German navy suffered huge losses.

After the wolf pack tactics were used by the German Navy's submarine forces, the German Navy was indeed in the Atlantic, inflicting incomparably heavy losses on British ships, but with the improvement of British equipment and technology to deal with submarines, sonar, radio direction finders and more effective depth charges, the British anti-submarine strength increased greatly.

This made Britain no longer just passively beaten when escorting, and the German submarine force also began to taste the taste of being hunted.

As a result, the British began to gradually recover from the panic of wolf pack tactics.

In the spring of this year, the Germans had to choose to send surface warships to participate in the Atlantic blockade war, and in May, Germany's new battleship, the fastest battleship, the Bismarck, also joined the Atlantic theater.

However, Bismarck's fate was sealed, and at the end of May, after sinking the Hood and damaging the Prinz Eugen, the British Royal Navy's aircraft carrier fleet was finally sunk.

The sinking of Bismarck marked the strategic failure of the German Navy's attempt to win the Battle of the Atlantic by relying on surface warships.

At the beginning of the Barbarossa Plan, in order to be able to force the British to surrender early, submarines became the main combat force for the blockade of the Atlantic.

If the submarine can be combined with the air force to truly effectively blockade Britain, it is very likely that Britain will not be able to hold out until June next year.

The United Kingdom is an island country with very limited mineral resources, and strategic raw materials and food mainly rely on imports. In 1937, for example, 75% of oil, 88% of iron ore, 95% of copper, 93% of aluminum, 91% of rubber, 89% of wheat, and 93% of corn were imported. Before and after the outbreak of the war, it was necessary to import not only strategic raw materials and food, but also a large amount of munitions.

Imports were largely by sea, and sea lines of communication were a real lifeline for Britain and were of great importance for maintaining its war potential.

Therefore, the blockade of Britain became the fastest means to defeat the British, but in fact, in fact, Britain has eased a lot, at least not to the extent of famine.

Coupled with the radar station that Britain had secretly built again, German fighters could not fly freely over Britain again, and Germany began to lose more fighters over Britain again.

And in the Atlantic, the United States is also intervening more deeply in the European theater.

Out of the needs of its own strategic interests, the United States gradually increased its military aid to Britain during Germany's blockade of Britain, and last year, it "leased" 50 destroyers per share to Britain (Britain at the cost of seven military bases), thus saving Britain from the urgent need of insufficient naval escort forces.

After Barbarossa began this year, the United States directly sent troops to escort the British convoy, and more importantly, in the name of Lend-Lease, it provided Britain with a large number of arms and in fact free of charge, waging an undeclared naval war against Germany.

Without the support of the United States, Britain would not have been able to survive until the end of the war.

And now Germany can no longer care about the attitude of the United States, because Germany must ensure that there is no war on the Western Front, so that the German Army can defeat the Soviet Union with peace of mind.

This was to ensure that Britain could not cause any trouble to Germany.

The good performance of Satan's squadron, coupled with the fact that the mustache also knew that Fan Yize had a very powerful submarine force, so he opened his mouth to hire submarines from Fan Yize to participate in the encirclement of the Atlantic.

In fact, the mustache also considered many factors, so he opened his mouth to Fan Yize.

The first one is the submarine force under Fan Yize, which is obviously a super submarine that can go to the sea, and the transaction between Germany and Fan Yize is also completed through the transportation of these large submarines.

And the huge tonnage of these submarines will inevitably bring about an increase in combat effectiveness, which is obviously in line with the aesthetics and strength values of the mustache.

The hiring of the submarine force under Fan Yize's command has long been considered by the mustache, and the failure of the surface fleet of the German Navy has made the mustache let go of his last scruples.

Regarding the mustache's request to hire a submarine force, Fan Yize did not intend to refuse.

Because from the very beginning, Fan Yize was ready to let the submarine go on an expedition to the Atlantic.

The Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, an incomparably powerful strategic deterrent strike platform, is now a maritime transport brigade in the status of the Red Guard Corps.

The Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine of the Red Guard Corps has an unparalleled underwater speed and displacement, and after the removal of 24 launch canisters, the transport submarine after the Typhoon-class modification can transport nearly 10,000 tons of cargo, and the continuous underwater speed can reach 25 knots, and the nuclear power system has a worry-free range.

With such a good underwater platform, Fan Yize naturally has to make good use of it, and only Fan Yize can play so luxuriously with a nuclear submarine as a transport ship.

Of course, it is also because the Typhoon-class submarine platform has such a huge modification value, and it is impossible for other submarines to meet the transportation needs.

After the modification of the Typhoon-class submarine, it still has powerful underwater firepower, of which torpedoes are indispensable.

Dismantling the unnecessary vertical launch system and modifying the front torpedo compartment of the submarine, the Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine can carry thousands of torpedoes at a time, and these torpedoes can not only be used for the Typhoon-class itself, but also can be used as a supply platform for other conventional submarines.

Comprehensive attack and supply submarines, this is Fan Yize's functional positioning of the improved Typhoon class.

Inside the disassembled launch canister, in which all hatches are open, there are four sea replenishment devices, which are capable of completing the submarine-to-submarine replenishment at sea.

With these supply submarines, the Red Alert Navy's underwater wolf pack can also enter the Atlantic Ocean to fight far away from the chrono portal, and have the ability to continue operations for a long time.

In the Titanic world, the submarine force built by the Red Guard Navy, which has naturally become a sword in Fan Yize's hands.

As long as Fan Yize needs, after considering the upcoming battle in the Pacific, the Red Guard Navy still has the spare capacity to send at least fifty submarines to the Atlantic.

You know, this number already exceeds the number of German submarines operating in the Atlantic.

According to Fan Yize's words, if there is surplus strength, since you are going to the Atlantic, you must perform well.

Fifty Anonymouss, accompanied by five Typhoon-class submarines, rounded the waters of Antarctica, turned into the Atlantic, and finally entered the North Atlantic after a two-month voyage.

At this time, it was also the time when the United States began to vigorously support Britain, and a large number of American merchant ships were departing from the United States.

For this reason, Fan Yize specially dispatched Ling Han, an outstanding commander and fighter of the Red Police Submarine Force, to personally go to the Atlantic Ocean to direct the operation.

After a two-month voyage, the submarine unit of the Red Alert Navy still maintained its vigorous combat effectiveness, and as soon as it arrived in the North Atlantic, the submarine force immediately entered the battle.

According to intelligence from the United States, a large fleet codenamed NX85 had departed from the United States a few days ago and was expected to enter the North Atlantic.

This fleet mainly transported a large number of aircraft parts, and once these parts were delivered to the UK, the British would be able to quickly assemble hundreds of fighter jets, as well as a large amount of munitions.

German submarines also received information about this convoy and contacted nearby German submarines to destroy this convoy as much as possible.

However, this was not an easy task for the German submarine forces, because the fleet was carrying munitions and fighter parts, and the fleet was very large, but the destroyers escorted were also very large.

Relying on the current number of German submarines in the Atlantic, it is simply impossible to effectively attack a fleet with such a powerful anti-submarine escort.

Dönitz got the approval of the mustache, got the contact information with the submarine force of the Red Police Navy, and began to share the information obtained by Germany with the Red Police Navy.

This allowed the Red Alert submarine force to quickly lock on to the fleet, because there were German submarines following the fleet from afar, and the precise position of the fleet was locked.

Located 500 nautical miles south of the Faroe Islands, the sea at night is dotted with lights, which are the signal lights for the fleet.

A large fleet, in order to prevent being attacked by submarines, in strict accordance with the rules of navigation, form a large and dense fleet to reduce the anti-submarine pressure of anti-submarine destroyers.

Each merchant ship was closely aligned with each other, moving in the same direction and speed.

The surrounding destroyers listened carefully to the underwater signals, and the role of this fleet was too important for Britain.

With the armament of this fleet, Britain will be able to at least ensure that it will be in the air, and there will not be only German fighters.

The British were very careful, especially when they began to notice the signal that German submarines were infesting the area.

What they didn't know, however, was that on the ground twenty nautical miles ahead of the fleet, an underwater submarine force of unprecedented scale had been arranged into a huge underwater encirclement, waiting for the fleet to plunge headlong.

And the signal of the German submarine that appeared next to him was just a planned suspicious soldier, far closer to the distance of being discovered, and then quickly escaped, attracting the destroyers in the fleet to be on alert.

At this moment, all the submarines were quietly parked in the middle of the ocean, and the communication buoys launched from the submarines were undulating in the turbulent waves of the Atlantic.

Ling Han fought against an underwater command submarine converted from a Typhoon-class and closely followed the movements of the fleet.

In the dark night sky, a small drone, the size of a domestic cat, is hovering around the NX85 fleet.

"Determine that there are eight escort destroyers, set priority attack procedures, and target eight escort destroyers."

"It was confirmed that the target range was not detected by the British Royal Fleet, and the attack time was increased by three hours."

"Priority attack effect, destroying the entire NX85 transport fleet."

"Command 1405 submarine, 1406 submarine...... Prepare to attack the target destroyer. ”

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One after another, orders were constantly conveyed, and one by one the anonymous submarines that released communication buoys quickly prepared for attack.

This is a big meal, in addition to the eight anti-submarine destroyers, the NX85 has a total of more than fifty large merchant ships, which is the main meal.

However, with such a fleet, the first battle against the Red Police submarine in this world is still more monks and less porridge.

Fifty Anonymous, five Typhoon-class, enough to destroy ten times its own fleet, just a few dozen large merchant ships, and the targets are still too few.

However, this was also the first battle of the submarines, which is why a joint attack was launched, and after this attack, the submarine forces would disperse and form an even more terrifying wolf pack to hunt the entire Atlantic.

A good hunter can decide the extent of the hunting grounds, the Germans can't do this, but the Red Guard Navy is an expert in this area.

The Anonymous, who has the ability to be very quiet, as if it were completely non-existent, the NX85 fleet is completely encircled, but the anti-submarine destroyers still do not find anything.

The torpedo attack unfolded, and one torpedo after another went in the direction of the flotilla.

The torpedo, which had a good ability to be silent, was not detected until it was very close to the destroyer.

However, these anti-submarine destroyers, which can hunt German submarines, are really not enough in front of the Red Alert submarines, because their sonar is still lagging behind.

Eight escort destroyers, almost simultaneously, were destroyed, and the entire fleet instantly boiled.

The sailors on the merchant ship looked at the destroyer that had been blown to pieces in amazement, and this was the first time they had encountered it.

The German submarine actually ambushed the anti-submarine destroyer first?

How many submarines does Germany have now? Also so daring?

But none of this mattered, the destroyers escorting the ship were killed, there was nothing left to say, the inexperienced crew hurriedly put on life jackets, and the experienced sailors were ready to put down the lifeboats.

The escort warship was sunk, and the fate of the fleet did not need to be thought about at all.

Six thousand meters away from the fleet, a German U-boat surfaced, and the German captain looked at the burning destroyer on the surface of the sea, and the whole person was stupid.

"It seems that God is on our side."

After a moment, the German submarine captain muttered, and then hurriedly shouted: "Torpedo ready, take out these merchant ships." ”

However, before the submarine could aim at the first target, in the flotilla in the distance, dense explosions were heard one after another, and one after another torpedoes continued to hit these 10,000-ton merchant ships, and the fire of the explosion on the entire sea surface was filled with thick smoke.

"Can you find the signal of their submarine?" The German captain asked again dumbfounded.

The sonar man shook his head, he could not hear the sonar signal of the so-called friendly submarine at all, only the sonar signal of the torpedo.

"Well, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that if we don't attack again, these merchant ships will not have our share."

It was a feast for the victors, and the Red Alert submarine force, which had launched its first round of attacks, began to retreat.

The first round of attacks had destroyed most of the merchant ships, and the remaining merchant ships could be left to the German submarines, and the Red Guard Regiment was unwilling to carry out a one-sided massacre without an order.