Chapter 268: 268 Assassination
Without much thought, Prion aimed at the moored battleship that was far away from him and fired three torpedoes in one go. This was the firepower density he had calculated a long time ago, because the moon was dark and the wind was high, he couldn't tell what type of warship his target was.
If an opportunity to attack is wasted in order to save a torpedo, this is clearly not cost-effective. After all, this is the anchorage of the British Royal Navy, and once there is a damaged unsunk situation, the British can quickly repair the damaged battleship.
So Prion decided to shoot three torpedoes at his primary target in one fell swoop, on the premise of ensuring sinking. As for why he fired at a distant target first, Prion also had his own considerations, which would buy him enough time to load his torpedo.
With three torpedoes left, the submarine swam to its own target. The torpedo mechanics inside the submarine hurriedly began to drain the torpedo tubes in the bow, unscrewed the loading hatch, and pushed the torpedo ammunition that had been prepared long ago.
"One, two, three! Push!" The torpedo mechanic below pushed the most comfortable torpedo into the launch tube, and then the leader skillfully closed the torpedo tube hatch and shouted loudly: "The No. 3 launch tube is loaded!"
And almost at the same time as him, the soldiers of the other group also shouted: "Tube No. 4 is loaded!"
The officer in charge here grabbed the intercom and reported loudly: "Report to the command cabin! The bow torpedo tubes No. 2, 3, and 4 are ready! They can be fired!"
"Is the turn complete?" Prien anxiously asked the first mate beside him, but the first mate did not answer. At this moment, he was too nervous to look at a pocket watch, imagining the exact time when the torpedo hit the target.
"Helmsman, is the turn complete?" Prien had no choice but to ask another insider.
"Report to the captain, turn to finish! I'm operating the steering wheel. The helmsman replied loudly.
Prion once again pressed his face to the sight and began to carefully observe his target, at first there was nothing in his scope but the sea, he had to wait patiently, and sure enough, only a few dozen seconds later, a huge stern entered his field of vision.
He hurriedly continued to confirm: "Aim at the target!"
"Make sure the torpedo is ready!" replied the torpedo operator with a glance at the instrument panel.
"Bow torpedo tubes No. 2, 3, 4, ready!" Prien confirmed again.
"Torpedoes No. 2, 3, 4!" the torpedo operator replied again.
"Fire!" Prien shouted his second attack order.
"Fire!" the torpedo operator expertly pressed the button to fire the torpedo.
"Bang!" everyone in the boat once again felt the muffled sound of the torpedo leaving the submarine, and the slight shaking caused by the recoil force.
This time, the prepared torpedoes were over-speeded, and the first three torpedoes were fired at an initial speed of 30 knots, while the three torpedoes fired this time were all set to a super-fast speed of 44 knots. Doing so will reduce the torpedo's range, but apparently this is no longer important.
"Don't stop turning! Keep reloading!" Prian ordered his submarine to slowly approach the third target, carefully observing the British Navy's reaction with a periscope that could look around the surrounding sea.
At this time, his first batch of torpedoes finally hit their target, the British Royal Navy battleship Barham. The officers and men of the battleship were still asleep at this moment, but they were stupefied by the sudden shaking and explosion.
At first, the soldiers thought it was a drill, so they just dressed themselves for errands, but when they noticed that the ship was beginning to tilt and the floor was beginning to pour into the sea, they finally realized the seriousness of the problem.
Soon the battleship lost its salvage value, because the three torpedoes attacked different parts, but they all destroyed part of the main isolation structure of the battleship, so that the water ingress of the entire battleship could not be controlled at all, and at this time, the oil tank of the Barham also began to leak, and with the explosion of the ammunition depot of the small-caliber secondary gun, the sea around the entire Barham was in flames.
"What the hell is going on?" the British sailors in the confusion still couldn't figure out what had happened, and most still thought it was an accidental explosion. Many people's first reaction is not to fight back, but to rescue the accident.
"I don't know! There was an explosion on our side of the city! There are a lot of brothers trapped underneath! We're trying to save them!" replied a damage officer, wearing a life jacket. There was chaos on the deck, and the damage officer grabbed one of his men and ordered: "Look at this situation, this warship has already rolled at least 25 degrees, or it will sink soon." I want you to find the captain and tell him to evacuate the sailors immediately. ”
However, just as they were beating gongs and drums to rescue their battleship, a huge flame also rose from the side of the aircraft carrier Brave on the other side, and only a second later, a huge explosion was heard again, and the soldiers on the deck were dumbfounded, and a very bad feeling came to their hearts.
"It can't be that two warships exploded at the same time, right?" muttered a soldier with a bare head and his hair tousled from sleep.
"Of course not!" George was rescued and followed home with the only destroyer that had escaped, and learned that the rest of the destroyers had been dumpled by the German Navy. He was assigned to continue his service on the newly commissioned aircraft carrier Ark Royal, just as he pushed open the hatch and walked to the deck.
He looked at the huge explosion and the rising fire, and the black plumes of smoke that could be distinguished even at night, and shouted: "Quick! Quickly sound the battle alarm! This is not an accident! It is an enemy attack!"
"Uh......h Woo......" As soon as his words fell, the battle alarm was sounded on the aircraft carrier Brave, which was hit. The whole scene was even more chaotic, and on the surrounding shore, anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns began to fire blindly, and many shells flew into the sky with the light in tow.
George stumbled over by someone passing by, struggled not to fall, and then hurried towards the bridge, where he found the captain of the Ark Royal already in a combat position.
"Anchor the ship's power system at once! Call the power room! Tell them to start the ship as fast as possible!" The captain glanced at George, nodded his head, and then looked at his lieutenant again: "Get all the artillery in place! Searchlights look for suspicious targets on the surface! I suspect enemy submarines or divers are sabotaging in Scapa Bay." ”
"Captain, I think it may be an air ......raid," the first mate asked, "Do you want the gunners in the air defense positions to interfere with the air firing?"
"No need! That will only make the scene more chaotic! The anti-aircraft artillery in the harbor is already doing the anti-aircraft shooting, and we can't afford to add to it!" The captain waved his hand and denied: "Prepare all the cannons!" When you find the target, you will immediately open fire. ”
Then he looked at George: "George, you take people to prepare for emergency repairs! I can't confirm whether our warship will be targeted." ”
"Understood, Captain!" George nodded, and went down to find his damage management force, and as he passed the flight deck, he glanced at the busy ground crew, who were removing the protective canvas for the only plane on deck.
But apparently the disaster was not over, and before George could step off the flight deck, the battleship Sovereign not far from them exploded, and the entire hull was lifted out of the water, twisted and deformed, and then fell back into the sea, and the sound of metal creaking was clearly heard on the deck of the Ark Royal.
George, who had already experienced a disaster, could tell by listening to the voice that the Sovereign was also finished, and the battleship could be said to be worse than the Barham, which was the first to be hit and exploded, because it seemed that the Sovereign had been detonated in the ammunition depot, so the explosion was even more tragic.
The officers and men of the British Royal Navy, who had just realized that they had been attacked, completely collapsed, and in a panic, the two destroyers collided together, and the sharp bow of one destroyer actually cut off the bow of the destroyer next to him. On the other side, several gunboat battleships that were already patrolling were rescuing British soldiers who had fallen overboard.
Soon another huge explosion came, and the ammunition depot of the Sovereign was detonated, and the powerful force of the explosion even caused the parts of the Sovereign to blow up to the deck of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal. The whole of Scapa Bay is in chaos. Under the watchful eye of countless searchlights, the second exploding aircraft carrier Brave capsized, and one of the planes on it, which had not had time to take off, finally couldn't hold on and slid headlong into the icy waters.
"This is the aircraft carrier Ark Royal! All the destroyers that have been activated immediately block the sea! Rush to the various outlets as fast as possible! Blockade the whole of Scapa Bay! Answer when you hear it, answer if you hear it. The captain of the Ark Royal stood next to the radio and held a walkie-talkie, helplessly issuing his orders.
He saw the burning and sinking battleship Sovereign through the window, and suddenly felt as if something was pressing on his chest, which made people very uncomfortable. Did he arrive here with a fleet of destroyers to witness the end of the Royal Navy?
On the other side, the people on board the German submarine U-211 were also in a hurry, they had shot out 12 torpedoes in one go, and now it was time to escape. In order to get out of Scapa Bay more easily, Prion had already chosen the direction to leave, and now he was turning in the water, and then moving full speed towards the pre-prepared escape route.
But no one has a bottom in their hearts, is the way back really smooth sailing?
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