To be honest, Prion felt that if it wasn't his own life was too good, or the luck of the Japanese was too bad, his submarine carried a full 16 torpedoes, and 3 days of continuous combat had allowed him to shoot a full 8 torpedoes and sink 7 Japanese transports.

He even suspected that he had entered the full set of the Japanese, because for several days there were no Japanese destroyers to hunt him down. This would have been unimaginable in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Prien felt that the Japanese didn't seem to anticipate his arrival at all, but he developed a cautious style in the face of danger many times.

"Left full rudder, change course!" he commanded, looking at the precious chart in his hand. Above is a bathymetric map of the waters near the area of Australia's occupation, as well as the main shipping routes and Australia's own minefields. Because of their distrust of the German navy, the Australians provided only detailed maps of some of the sea areas, while the maps of the east coast were still only rough route maps.

However, this "half" map of the waters around Australia has allowed Prien to add nearly 30,000 tons to his record of sinking transport ships. And he didn't even see the shadow of the Japanese destroyers escorting the escort, which was a paradise compared to the icy North Atlantic.

"It looks like we're in luck. Prion leaned on the edge of the sonar's chair and said to his first mate with a smile: "I think that at least here, it will take half a month for the Japanese to organize an anti-submarine warning network...... We still have about 10 days to enjoy. ”

"Isn't it, it's been a long time since there's been such a pleasant hunt. The first mate also said very relaxedly. When on missions in the Atlantic, he and Prion had to keep their nerves in a state of tension at all times, because they were often chased by opposing anti-submarine destroyers, and some of the merchant ships were even equipped with weapons, which made them walk on thin ice and only fight cautiously.

Although the operation in the vicinity of the Arctic Ocean had a short period of time, the Soviet Union's anti-submarine power should not be underestimated, after all, the Soviet Union could organize an anti-submarine barrier in the far west, greatly shortening the anti-submarine defense line. The good times passed quickly, and hunting in the Arctic Ocean became difficult.

Sometimes Prion feels like a plague, making the other person feel uncomfortable wherever he goes, destroying the body's blood transfusion system like a virus, cutting off the opponent's transportation routes, destroying the "blood" that carries nutrients, and finally causing the enemy to bleed to death. Therefore, his opponents also used the fastest time to find the area where he was active, and then used the craziest means to drive him away to ensure the absolute safety of his sea transportation routes.

After the same lesson happened to others, it obviously did not make a deep impression, after Britain was attacked by German submarines and suffered heavy losses, the Soviets still did not learn to guard against German submarines, and after the German submarines had made the Soviets remember the horrors of submarine warfare, the German submarine commanders happily discovered that the Japanese still did not pay attention to German submarines.

There was a profession of people who prayed every day that no one would see him, so that he could do his job better, called assassins, and there were people who also prayed every day that no one could find them, so that they could get more medals and sink more enemy ships - these people were submarine officers.

If it were possible, a few months ago Dönitz really wanted to pat Churchill on the shoulder and say, "You just don't have to be my soldiers, okay?" but these seemingly inconspicuous submarines have achieved a record in the Atlantic that rivals that of any fleet.

Between the end of 1937 and May 1938, for almost half a year, German submarines sank more than 1.8 million tons of American ships that Britain had already passed off as British ships, an average of more than 300,000 tons per month. You must know that the total tonnage of German submarines was only 600,000 tons, and they had destroyed the enemy three times their total tonnage, and their own losses were not large.

This exaggerated feat was not created by the submarine officers and men alone, including intelligence officers from as far away as the United States, who provided Dönitz with reliable information on the departure of ships, and the Butcher reconnaissance aircraft unit stationed in France, which flew for more than a dozen hours to help German submarines determine the exact position of the opposing fleet. By the time the German submarine officers and men finally attacked, they had already won the battle, and this tactic was finally completed with the help of Accardo, and became the standard attack procedure for the Dönitz underwater wolf pack.

However, in the Far East, in the vast Pacific Ocean, the German submarines did not have the dense spy network in the enemy's ports to provide intelligence, nor did they have the specific location of the opponent's fleet provided by large reconnaissance planes, so they could only rely on themselves and use the most primitive methods to find the targets they were about to attack.

Despite all these difficulties, although the damage to the submarine may not be repaired even if it is far away, the Germans still started their own operations according to the order, and their loyal and rigid to cuteness, and their rigorous character allowed them to have a submarine with a very low failure rate, and also gave them an innate military temperament.

Of course, the good news is that there are so many Japanese ships here that people can find their targets without bothering to look for them, and the Japanese do not attach importance to submarine warfare, and if their aircraft carrier commanders can't twist their arms and thighs in front of the belief in big ships and giant guns, then submarine commanders don't even have a chance to speak. The Japanese did not believe at all that submarines could bring ruin blows to transport lines, just as they never believed that aircraft carriers could sink battleships.

There were too many Japanese transports, passenger ships full of soldiers, merchant ships, cargo ships carrying ores, rubber, and even slaves. There are even large fishing boats and warships that are not at all guarded. Such a good combat environment even made the captains of German submarines, who were accustomed to firing at the first opportunity, start a bad habit of picky eating. Prien had already spared two small ships of about 2,000 tons in a row in order to save torpedoes for more valuable targets.

Just yesterday, the captain of a submarine who did not catch up with the hunting operation in the Arctic Ocean shot all the torpedoes and was forced to turn back. This hapless fellow developed a habit of firing torpedoes when he saw ships without escort in the North Atlantic. As a result, after running out of ammunition, he found that there were still Japanese ships flowing, and only then did he realize that he had made a serious mistake.

He had no choice but to return to the east coast of Australia with his submarine, where he would have resupplied 10 new torpedoes, and then come out to continue his mission - because the torpedo supply ship was still far away in the South Atlantic, and Dönitz did not expect the Australian torpedoes to be used so quickly, and if it had not been for Accardo's reminder, he would not even have remembered that the Australian submarines needed ammunition.

Therefore, before the arrival of new torpedoes, Australia's German submarine forces only had a total of 80 extra torpedoes, of which 32 torpedoes were "supplies" left by a returning submarine and a faulty submarine, and 48 torpedoes were brought by destroyers and supply ships, because they had to bring other supplies, so the amount of ammunition was really limited.

"Sir, a battleship has been found! Look at the silhouette bigger than the battleship!" shouted the non-commissioned officer who had taken Prien's place on the surface search mission, which was definitely a big fish for them. So he was a little excited, after all, if one more battleship was sunk, their legend would be even more perfect.

"Bigger than a battleship?" Prion quickly leaned towards the periscope, his hands on the grip and rotated gently, and soon saw the huge battleship in the distance! This is a battleship! Prion immediately had a general understanding of the target in his heart, and he was now so proficient that he could see the approximate tonnage of the other party at a glance, so he was not confused by the exaggerated superstructure of the Japanese battleship.

One of the distinctive features of the Japanese battleship is the tall and cumbersome superstructure, which military enthusiasts describe as a "construction violation", so from a distance it looks like the Japanese battleship is taller and larger than the battleships of other countries of the same period, and it is no wonder that Prien's master chief would say that it is larger than the battleship.

"Silhouette...... Kind of like ...... Fuso class!" muttered to the Master Chief as he looked at the comparison chart of the silhouette of the enemy battleship that was not so detailed. Unlike the detailed comparison of British battleships, the silhouette of this Japanese battleship is much simpler and rougher, and it is clear that Germany is not fully prepared for battle against Japan.

"It's the Fuso class, that's right, that superstructure is so ugly! My God, don't these Japanese have any concept of beauty?" said Prion with a frown as he pointed his periscope at the Japanese battleship moving in the distance. Obviously, he was disgusted by this ugly Japanese battleship, and compared with the decent silhouettes of the British battleships, the Japanese battleships were no longer enough to describe as ugly.

"I'm more interested in you, my captain, Colonel Prien. The adjutant asked with some tears and laughter: "First the Balham and the Sovereign, then the battleship Hao, then the Ukraine, and now another one...... Are you a magnet, a battleship magnet that attracts an opposing battleship?"

Prien was slightly stunned, and then touched the tip of his nose rather embarrassed: "Maybe it's my luck, right?"

"Mr. Magnet of Good Luck. The adjutant laughed and teased, and then shouted: "Tune the torpedo!"