Chapter 1522: Proximity Fuze 1)
It was dazzled, it must be because of myself. At this time, Kritis felt a sense of panic.
He could not send an alarm, and could not let his side work in vain like yesterday. He felt that he must have read it wrong and he actually had hallucinations.
So he changed his angle again and observed the sea again. After he adjusted clearly, the sea surface was exactly the same.
"Oh, damn, I still can't work, there's something wrong with my eyes." He yelled helplessly, and almost just as he finished yelling, suddenly, a sharp alarm sounded on the sea.
"Submarine, discover the German submarine!"
On other cargo ships, some lookouts also discovered abnormalities on the sea surface, but unfortunately it was too late.
It is very difficult to find periscopes on the sea with your eyes. Kritis was able to find several, because he was lucky, and at the same time, because there were too many submarines nearby.
There were eight submarines who arrived here. Now, they had already set up attacking formations on the starboard side of the fleet.
Submarine u-24.
Last night, they arrived at the scheduled waters and discovered the sailing fleet, but Moher did not order an attack.
Attacking the fleet at night is not effective. In fact, this is similar to other tank wars. When it is generally equipped with direct flight torpedoes, it depends entirely on the captain's experience to achieve results, estimate the speed of both sides, estimate the other's steering, etc. In the dark, it is risky to observe close to them, and it is not accurate to be far away.
So, they could only wait until the daytime, and now, after dawn, the u-24 entered its attack position, and its target was the first destroyer.
Yes, as long as they eliminate the escort warships first, they will be more likely to attack those merchant ships. When there are more and more submarines underwater, they are no longer afraid of ships on the surface.
After all, they have an advantage in numbers, and at the same time, those surface ships have not had high anti-submarine skills. They do not have advanced sonar, only deep bombs and torpedoes, so they are not afraid.
The first wave will destroy them!
"The launch tube, g7u torpedo, has a fixed depth of two meters, and a maximum speed." Moher shouted loudly.
This is the first time he has launched the most advanced hydrogen peroxide torpedo since he was a captain. This precious torpedo has always been used to deal with the most important targets.
Must hit it!
"Let it go!" With his order, with a bang, a sound of water came from the submarine. With the help of high-pressure air, the torpedo had left the torpedo launch tube. Like an arrow from the string, it quickly reached a speed of 4 knots and headed towards the enemy's warships outside the sea.
Just then, the Soviets' alarm had just sounded.
Beware.
"A thermal torpedo was found coming from our port side!"
Thermal torpedo must discharge gas, which will form a series of terrible bubbles on the water surface, which is why it is easy to see. In contrast, electric torpedoes are chased silently.
"Go forward three, the left rudder is full!" Boris shouted loudly.
As the captain and the leader of this escort formation, Boris has a great responsibility. He only slept for a few hours every day, and appeared on the bridge just as it was dawn.
When he heard the alarm, he thought it was a false alarm just like yesterday, but the torpedo came directly!
Without thinking, he immediately ordered Zuo Mandu to do so.
As an old Russian, you must have the courage to rush up and fight for bayonets.
The torpedo is fired from the left, so he will rush to the left. On the one hand, the full rudder can reduce the area of ammunition to avoid being attacked, and at the same time, it can quickly kill the target.
"Prepare to drop a deep bomb!" He gave the order again while holding the handle beside him and under the inertia of the left rudder.
Rush up and blow you up!
The main thing to guard against direct flight torpedoes is to discover in advance. As long as the torpedoes fired by the opponent can be discovered in advance, it will be easy to avoid them. After all, the torpedoes are like the bows and arrows that are shot, and have a fixed trajectory.
However, if the torpedo is particularly fast, it will be different, and it will leave the other party with no reaction at all, such as now.
The Vigilance Vol. It is not difficult to turn the body with more than 2,000 tons. At the same time, its engine power is quite large, and its speed is almost not reduced during the steering process.
At this time, while the lookout whistle was holding the handrail tightly and keeping his body in place, he was also nervously looking at the bubbles on the sea.
The bubbles are so fast! They arrive almost instantly
They could see the bubble forming a line, coming quickly towards their side. Just as they turned, the line had already pointed straight behind them.
If there was no turning point, it was just blown up in the middle. Now, it should have been avoided, right?
"Boom!" A huge sound came from underwater.
A water column several meters high emerges from underwater.
With the explosion, the hull behind the destroyer seemed to be lifted up from underwater. Everyone's face turned pale at this moment, as if the destroyer's hull would break at the next moment.
A near-explosive fuze is not a collision fuze!
Ordinary torpedoes are impact fuses and will explode only after impact. However, some of them use near-fight fuses, which is simpler than near-fight fuses of shells. They can achieve the target by using magnetic detection.
This hydrogen peroxide torpedo is too expensive. In order to improve its hit rate, German technicians first used a composite fuse of collision and near-explosion on it.
It can be triggered within five meters. (Not much information was found. The torpedo's near-fighting fuze is not a high-tech one and has been used in World War II. If you know, please answer the questions in the book review area.)
Now, although the vigilance that quickly turned away from this terrible torpedo, it exploded due to the near-explosion fuse. The sea water tilted violently hit the hull, making a terrible squeaking sound, as if the hull was about to break in the next moment!
When the hull was balanced again, everyone had the luck of surviving the disaster. Boris was still extremely determined and wanted to continue chasing, but found that the mechanical sound in the engine compartment had disappeared.
"Engineering cabin, damage report." Boris shouted loudly.
"Water enters the engine compartment, water enters the engine compartment, and the boiler is submerged." The sound inside is very anxious.
The God of Luck did not favor them again. A few seconds later, a loud bang came from the tail of the hull. The steam pressure in the boiler was too high and it exploded!
The Watch will lose all its power and they can no longer sail.
"Battle guns, open fire to me and fire at the sea." Boris continued to shout, as long as there was no sinking, the battle would not stop.
Chapter completed!