Battle of the Third Reich

It takes several torpedoes to sink a transoceanic cruise ship. In answering this question, German submarine captains are obviously the most authoritative. They have experience in this area that is unmatched by naval counterparts around the world.

Although they did not attack many similar targets during the two wars, and not every attack was successful, the only few successes each caused a worldwide sensation.

To tell the truth, those behemoths are not as fragile as people think they can be easily picked up by a small submarine.

The difficulty of submarines attacking transoceanic cruise ships is much higher than people estimate, which can be seen from the handful of transoceanic cruise ships sunk by German submarines during the war.

Regardless of the restrictions imposed on similar attacks by war regulations and German naval regulations, the technical gap between the two parties alone is enough to make any German captain feel depressed when facing such a goal.

Because passengers are given comfortable and high-speed travel, it is one of the selling points of Ocean Shipping to attract customers, so those luxury cruise ships of this year have made the tonnage one larger than the one, the power one is more than one foot, the speed is faster than one, and some of them are super cruise ships. The speed has reached the point where even slightly older military ships are willing to bow down.

At this time, the highest surface speed of the latest submarine in the world was even difficult to chase down a medium-speed zi lure. This is still a German submarine with the most advanced submarine technology in the contemporary era. If you change to an old submarine in the United States or Japan, Even when they are sailing at full speed, a new type of trawler with a little more horsepower can easily circle around them.

For most of the time, the captains of the German submarines could only watch the huge luxury cruise ships with black smoke swaying at high speeds on the sea level in the periscope, and then turned into one in the sky within a few minutes. Little black spots.

In times of bad weather, the submarine captains sometimes have no time to identify what type of ship the other is, not to mention what launch positions they occupy.

However, once a German submarine is given the opportunity to attack a cruise ship, it generally holds the purpose of killing the wrong one and never letting it go.

The tonnage of passenger ships can be much larger than those of small cargo ships, especially for transoceanic cruise ships, which is a top three trade.

Since the target speed is generally faster than that of freighters, especially in the seas where submarines are infested, the captains of passenger ships will involuntarily increase the speed, giving the submarine an opportunity to attack shortly, so German captains tend to automatically ignore them in front of such targets. Those necessary identification procedures have directly caused some innocent civilian passenger ships to fall victim to German submarines and have caused a series of human tragedies.

Now, in the eyes of people who saw the German torpedo track, the same tragedy is about to be staged, and even more sadly, they are the protagonist of this tragedy.

Four torpedoes, the Germans want to kill them. Although the Adriana has a large tonnage, advanced design, and reasonable watertight cabin layout, in the final analysis, she is just a civilian ship.

One torpedo is enough to hit a cruiser-class warship with an underwater protection system. Now the Germans are facing four civilian cruise ships without armor protection. It seems that the Germans are not trying to sink Adriana. No., and want to destroy her completely.

What is even more desperate is that now Adriana's cāo connoisseurs know nothing about the danger of rapid approach. The attention of the watchmen on the bridge of the Adriana was attracted to the negotiations between the captain and the British destroyer. Everyone expressed concern about the result of the negotiations concerning their own safety.

"Tuo, tuo, tuo, tuo... torpedo!!!"

In the end, it was the first officer with torpedo phobia who was so sad that it didn't look like a scream from human beings.

"Torpedo!!! Thirty degrees on port side!!!"

Lovell shouted, twisting his face at the sea outside the bridge.

As everyone turned their gaze to the surface of the sea, the sharp sound of the sound was also heard from the British destroyer on the side, and the harsh steam whistle suddenly rang through the sea.

"Left full rudder! Turn left thirty degrees!"

Cooper discovered the white torpedo tracks in the first time, and almost committed a heart attack on the spot. The distance was too close. It was too late for the cruise to make evasive actions.

However, his experience in naval service allowed him to immediately respond correctly, turning the cruise ship in the direction of the torpedo shot and minimizing the area where the ship was shot.

And compared to the hull, the bow is more able to withstand the torpedo. Even if the entire bow is knocked off, as long as the damage is done well, the tonnage of the Adriana is enough to insist that all passengers board the lifeboat to escape safely .

If you are lucky enough, you can even hold on to the nearest port. There are no shortage of similar examples in the history of navigation.

Relative to the chaos on the bridge of the Adriana, the destroyer's bridge on both sides of the destroyer showed an unusual tranquility.

The captain in a stern navy uniform is now looking around with interest at the glasses on the upper deck of the huge cruise ship beside him.

"The torpedo is 800 meters away... Captain."

In the sharp and harsh report of the destroyer, the first officer reported coldly.

"Ok."

The captain nodded slightly.

"Stop the Jing Bao, they have noticed."

"Observe, sir."

The sound of Jing Bao stopped abruptly.

The captain put down the telescope and turned his face to ask a whisper to the crew standing behind him: "Did you find the target?"

"Yes, I was in the viewing corridor a minute ago. Now that it has disappeared, I think the target has hid in the cabin."

The crew also answered in a low voice.

The sailor wore a navy tarpaulin long windbreaker. The hood on the collar covered most of his face, and he looked like a medieval monk.

This is a kind of work clothes assigned to low-level non-commissioned officers who need to work in the open air on the deck. They can only guarantee that they will not be frozen to death when they work in the bad weather of the Atlantic Ocean. But no one expects this kind of uniform to guarantee that you will not be flooded by the sea water in that situation, and you will only have this kind of end if you wear any upper deck in the event of a storm.

"You can take off this trench coat, now you don't need to continue to disguise, Captain."

The captain said with a smile.

"No, wait a little longer."

The other party was unimpressed with the captain's good intentions and continued to scan the deck of the cruise ship with his telescope.

"Five hundred meters... sir. At least one hit."

The first officer's cold voice sounded again.

"The right rudder is fifteen degrees, at full speed, pulling away from her, pulling the collision report, let everyone run on the deck."

The captain shook his head slightly, turned his face and gave orders to the first officer loudly.

"Observe, sir."

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"Captain! We can't hide!"

The captain of the Adriana wailed.

"God bless us...."

Cooper looked at the torpedo trail that was already in close proximity and grabbed the handrail by the porthole involuntarily.

"Everyone grabs the things fixed around them, the torpedo is about to explode!"

Lovell, who was still crying and howling a while ago, suddenly became calm. He hugged the pillar of the compass and loudly reminded the surrounding crew.

Two white trails quickly flew across the bow and rubbed the port side of Adriana. A watchman almost fell off the side of the bridge to see the scene.

But before he could report the situation to the captain, the other side of the bow suddenly sounded two loud crashes, like the dullness of the heavy oil tanks on the dock when hit with a gas hammer There are also some hollow metal knocks.

"We were hit, we hit two torpedoes, we are done! Captain!"

Less than ten seconds after calming down, Lovell returned to the hysterical state with two loud noises, and he screamed to Cooper!

Captain Cooper now can't wait to kick this noisy maniac into the sea.

"Shut up, bastard!"

The captain shouted at his first officer who was still sitting on the floor and holding the compass pillar.

"It doesn't look like an explosion."

Cooper looked suspiciously through the window of the bridge to the front deck.

"No smoke, no vibration, the deck is still intact, and no water column appeared on the side of the boat at the moment of the hit... Could it be..."

Cooper really couldn't believe his good luck. Although the two German torpedoes hit the Adriana, they obviously didn't explode.

"Send someone immediately to check the damage in the bow! Go ahead at full speed! Twenty degrees to the left! Send a signal to the British destroyer and ask for their protection! Also, take the first officer to his room, he needs to rest now!"

Cooper settled, took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then quickly issued a series of orders.

Now is not a time to celebrate. Cooper, who has worked in the navy for a while, knows how terrible the torpedo's destructive power is. He does not dare to expect such good luck in the next attack.

The Adriana has been attacked by a German submarine, and no one can guarantee that another torpedo will shoot towards the cruise ship in the next minute.

The sharp whistle sounded, and Cooper hurried to the call tube and pulled out the screaming rubber stopper.

"Funabashi, this is the front cabin."

There was a dull report from his pipe.

"I am Captain Cooper, how is it going!"

Cooper asked loudly.

"No major damage, Captain. God bless, neither of the two torpedoes exploded. The impact was very severe. Two steel plates on the port side of the first cabin have been bent and deformed, and the rivets are broken, but the cracks are not large. We are trying to find a way. Block the water intake."

"I see, I will send some people to pass."

Cooper finally breathed out.

"Hurry up and send a team of sailors to the first cabin, and add a pump to the past. Also, let the cabin attendants appease the passengers as soon as possible. I think there is already a lot of chaos there, and more people will go there. Let them pay special attention to the first class. A few people, so that they don’t have to panic, I’ll explain it to them in person later.”

After issuing these orders, Cooper walked over to the porthole of the bridge and picked up the telescope.

"Helmsman, go back to the rudder, turn left rudder thirty degrees!"

He turned his face and ordered loudly to the helmsman.

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"Captain, the two torpedoes have hit the target, and the target has not exploded!"

The first officer's cold report sounded again on the peaceful bridge of the double-sided god.

"Well, it seems that even a sophisticated plan can't keep up with the changes, Captain?"

The captain turned his face and looked at the mysterious captain.

"It's just a small question, we'll wait a little longer." The latter replied calmly.

"Captain, Adriana asked us to provide protection!" The first officer reported.

"Well, tell them that we are searching for the location of the German submarine and let them not panic!"

The captain asked in a low voice to the captain: "Why hasn't it exploded, so there will be no problems."

"Let's wait..." The captain raised his hand and looked at his watch. "Wait three minutes, this is the limit. If there is no change after three minutes, the only way is to adopt the final plan."

"Mr. Hansen, prepare for battle."

The captain turned quickly and ordered to the first officer.

"Observe, sir, prepare for battle."

"I sincerely hope that things will not progress to the point where the final plan is implemented, Mr. Captain."

The captain turned and stomped to the captain's side, frowning.

"I don't want it either, Mr. Captain, neither do I..."

The captain picked up his telescope again and looked at the cruise ship that was turning fast.

Suddenly, a huge orange fireball was lifted by the cruise ship near the waterline under the front bridge, and the thick water column then soared into the sky.

"exploded!"

The first mate's cold report sound unexpectedly brought a trace of lightness.

The explosion was so violent that the people on the double-sided Shenzhou bridge really felt the terrible destructive force, because a piece of what looked like a cracked steel plate of the ship’s hull rubbed after a second. The porthole of the destroyer bridge screamed past.

"Everything is going according to plan. Mr. Captain, it seems that there is no need to implement the final plan."

"Yes, Captain. It seems that it is not our turn to play. To be honest, it really relieved me."

The captain walked quickly to the bridge.

"Mr. Hansen, change to the first level of fine ring, and let the soldiers run two more laps. The full right rudder, full speed, heading to 310, we go home."

After giving this order, the captain opened the door and walked to the outside platform.

"Our mission is finally completed, it is really an annoying task, but it is finally over. Caorich, if you have a holiday after returning, come to the base to find me, I will take you with us. It’s fun, but there are a lot of good things out there that are hard to get outside. Okay, don’t cry, Mr. Captain, I know you have to report to your girlfriend first."

The captain pulled out a cigarette case from his pocket and took out a cigarette and handed it to the captain who came to him.

"Holiday? Hope."

The captain of the army took the cigarette and lifted his hand to lift the hood. His short blond hair shone brightly in the sunlight.

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