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The Third Empire - Chapter 403

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:54:32 AM


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The battleship Royal Oak has more than 1000 sailors, but now less than 50 remain on board. They are mainly responsible for operating anti-aircraft guns.

Although it is now covered by smoke, it is also necessary to prevent those planes from flying suddenly. Therefore, the anti-aircraft artillery soldiers on the warship are already in place.

The bombing of the other side has lasted for half an hour, which is enough for them to step on their warship, open the medicine box, shake the handle and wait for the possible attack.

The warships did not light fire, which was unnecessary. Now they are equivalent to a fixed fort.

This warship does not have many anti-aircraft guns, only two mk.1 76mm L / 50 anti-aircraft guns and four 3-pound guns. The anti-aircraft firepower is far from that of other battleships.

On an anti-aircraft gun, Gunners are nervously watching the black smoke in the sky. If a plane suddenly jumps out of the black smoke, they must fire without hesitation.

At this time, of course, they all pay attention to the sky above their heads, and no one will pay attention to the sea.

This is common sense. The defense here is quite tight. It is absolutely impossible for German submarines to sneak in.

They didn't notice that the lens of a periscope and the vent pipe behind the periscope were still emitting light blue smoke three thousand meters away from the sea.

Prien wouldn't be so bold if it weren't for the chaos outside. After all, the vent pipe is best used during navigation. When the enemy's warship is overhead, the battery is the most appropriate.

Now, however, prien is convinced that these British people who have been badly bombed overhead will not notice their submarine, and maintaining sufficient power will make his attack more effective and fast.

If he only relied on the battery, he would not come to this corner and find the warship in such a short time. Now, time is the result.

Prien stabilized his submarine and gave orders.

"One second apart, launch!"

Launch! The bow and four torpedo tubes released one torpedo at a time. The propeller at the tail turned. The electric torpedo slid the sea water and accelerated the projectile to 30 knots, which is already their maximum speed.

"One ahead, full rudder on the right." After the four torpedoes came out of the water, prien immediately followed up with the order.

In the water, the submarine must move before it can turn. Now, he needs to turn his Submarine 180 degrees, aim the stern at the other party, and fire the fifth torpedo at any time.

The submarine was moving, and the periscope had been aiming at the target. At this time, prien took a deep breath.

This warship is our own! Be sure to sink it!

"Boom!"

A huge explosion came, and the first torpedo hit the target accurately!

As the captain of a submarine, he must be able to hit moving targets. Now, the stationary warship is simply a training target. If he can't hit them, he can simply retire and go home to take his children.

The first torpedo exploded at the bottom of the Royal Oak, and the vibration attracted the attention of the sailors.

What's going on?

A high artillery soldier looked back. He heard the sound coming from the position of the engine room. Is there a fault in it?

At this time, no one realized that they had been attacked.

If you want to attack them, you have to have a plane first, but it has always been very quiet here. Since there is no plane, it may be a mechanical failure of your warship.

"Boom!" Then there was the second explosion.

When the second explosion appeared, everyone was not calm. It was definitely not a mechanical failure. It was attacked!

A lookout of an antiaircraft gun aimed his telescope at the sea ahead. Soon, he found a strange phenomenon on the sea. A stream of smoke stretched out from a pipe on the sea, with a small pipe in front.

Periscope!, That's a submarine!

"Attention, we have been attacked by submarines!" The antiaircraft gun lookout shouted loudly.

This is the only thing he can do. They don't have any anti submarine means. Warships must move before they can put deep-water bombs.

"Boom!" The third sound followed.

On the shore, major general mailer was stunned.

The huge explosion also spread to the shore. He looked at his battleship, the Royal Oak. In the explosion, he trembled violently, and the fire spread from the battleship. These three explosions seriously damaged his battleship!

"Come on, save our warship!" Major general mailer immediately gave up these campfires, and his warship has been attacked!

Rescue the warship!

The sailors on the shore ran towards the warship. The warship was hit by a torpedo. It must be damaged below. We should quickly close the watertight door to prevent our warship from sinking due to excessive entry.

Rescue, rescue!

There were only three explosions and one torpedo failed.

Even careful maintenance could not guarantee that the torpedo was 100% effective. Prien looked at the smoky warship on the sea and issued an order very reluctantly.

"Launch!"

Stern, there's a torpedo! With his order, the T2 torpedo was launched again in the launch tube at the stern of the ship!

How many torpedoes can a battleship stand? If it is three hydrogen peroxide super torpedoes, it may be enough, but now the three electric torpedoes flying past are not powerful enough, they just hurt each other!

In the periscope, prien looks at his prey. The time is measured in seconds.

It's flying.

This torpedo did not bring any effect.

What should I do? Looking at the smoky battleship in the periscope, prien gritted his teeth: "advance one, the right rudder is full, the first launch tube, load the torpedo again!"

Normally, if the submarine fails to hit, it should retreat. Now, the other party must have known its existence. Although it can't move, it may still pose a threat to the submarine.

But prien was not afraid of threats. He was with the battleship.

U-47 submarine carries 14 torpedoes at a time. Now, he has launched 7 torpedoes, and the stock is not much. After this new round, if he has not sunk the other party, he will float up and bombard the other party with an 88mm deck!

Finding such a big goal is definitely an explosion of character. Now, how can you be reconciled if you don't dry it up?

Prien operated his submarine, completed a beautiful 180 degree turn again, and the torpedo tube in the bow aimed at the other party again.

Four, one second apart, launch!




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