Battle of the Third Reich

Before the war, the German ocean-going submarine force was not treated by high-level figures in the German military. Even Hitler, who was sought after as a visionary, only used the submarine force as an auxiliary deterrent force. His eyes were placed on the huge and magnificent majestic surface ship. The head of state believed that the large ship cannon was the best example to prove that Germany was in his hands. ●⌒,

As a result, until after the war in history, Hitler found that the unseen submarine troops had a brilliant success at sea, and the surface ships that once had high hopes, but instead lost their warriors, will be out of the ocean. At this time, the Nazi government began to turn to the development of submarine forces. Unfortunately, when the scale was truly formed, the golden hunting season of submarines was also coming to an end. The huge wolf pack only enjoyed half a year of happy time, and began to be successively. Allied forces are buried in endless new anti-submarine weapons.

However, now that the new head of state came to power, the German navy began the development of new equipment early. It is conceivable that the future German submarine force will be stronger than the original history. However, before the new submarine was launched, the German ocean-going submarine force could only rely on the original old foundation to support the scene.

The ocean-going submarine u106 was originally the backbone of the second submarine group. This submarine was launched at the latest time. All the ix-class submarine manufacturing plans since her were stopped by the new head of state. It is said to be ready to empty the dock and make full efforts. Build a new type of submarine.

For this rumor that could not tell the source, Captain Hank. Captain Robin has always been disapproved of this. In his view, this ix-b ocean-going submarine is already the crystallization of the German shipbuilding art. He is not convinced that there will be submarines beyond this model in the short term. His u106 can easily dive to a depth of two hundred meters underwater. At that depth, the anti-submarine tactical equipment at this time basically has little effect. Because the sinking speed of the deep-water bomb is limited, when it sinks to a depth of two hundred meters, the submarine does not know how far it ran out. This ocean-going submarine carried 23 rounds of torpedoes, with a surface speed of up to 18 knots, surpassing most ocean-going cargo ships, and the voyage reached 12,000 nautical miles. You can go back and forth between the French bay of Scarpa and the North American coast. As long as there is enough food and ammunition, this submarine can fight at sea for twenty consecutive days without adding any fuel.

This is an ideal broken submarine, a sophisticated war machine. The perfect combination of human and technology, a milestone in the development of the German submarine. Because of the price and productivity issues, this submarine has only built 14 in history, which is totally inferior to the more famous vii type, but her record is enough to prove the success of its design. Because when the war ended, the average record of the 14 submarines actually exceeded 100,000 tons, and most of these records were the result of free hunting by single boats. The German ocean-going submarines were all fierce lone wolves, and rarely collected collectively. action.

And in Hank. Under the command of Captain Robin, the fierceness of u106 surpassed those of the colleagues in the boat team. The crew agreed that the captain with a temperament and a bold personality should go to the Caribbean Sea as a pirate, but it is precisely this This special leadership temperament has earned him the support and love of all the crew and officers. Under his command, the crew on this submarine is like a big family. Everyone knows their responsibilities and works together as one person. In a closed combat unit such as a submarine, this is a guarantee of combat effectiveness.

The water quality in the southeastern coast of Africa is exceptionally clear, even more than in some parts of the Mediterranean Sea. The seabed can clearly see the bottom of the sea of ​​twenty or thirty meters deep. A shipwreck covered with bullet holes lies on the side of the ancient coral reef tray and davit The cables of the lifeboat are ready and they still maintain the appearance when they were sunk. Directly above this shipwreck, Hank, the commander of the German Navy U106 submarine. Captain Robin. Sitting comfortably on a lounge chair placed on the back deck of an ocean-going submarine, enjoying the summer mixed drink prepared by the chef.

"Head, what's new in the newspaper." Brodo, the second-class soldier, asked beside the captain, holding a copper brush in his hand. At this time he and other gunners were preparing to clean the 37 mm single-barrel gun of the rear deck.

"There is nothing new, it's all articles that touted Petain, and the French government is preparing to relocate back to Paris." Captain Robin set aside the newspaper in his hand, then took a drink and took a sip.

"Igor! The rum inside is running out again." The captain screamed loudly.

"We don't have much inventory, just go on like this. We will have nothing left until Jakarta." The first officer leaned on the fence of the anti-aircraft gun platform of the control tower and said to the captain aloud.

"Wait a minute to get some supplies from the French. They have more wine than ammunition on board." Captain Robin stood up, pushed away the parasol above his head, and walked under the command tower.

"If there is no new task today, I am going to go around the island in the afternoon." The first officer made a request.

"There is nothing nice about this place. Except that the indigenous people are lush jungle, I think you still follow the French liaison boat to Port Moroni, there are good restaurants and hotels, you can also live on the island One night." Captain Robin offered his personal opinion.

U106 is currently stationed on the southeast coast of Comoros, this island and her affiliated islands have been French colonies since the eighteenth century. One of the details of the German-French Paris contract is that France opens all colonial ports to the German Navy and provides necessary logistics and supply services. U106 had stopped at Moroni Port, the capital of the island, for a day, allowing soldiers to go ashore and relax, replenishing some fresh food and filling up with fuel. Because the command of the command clearly required the submarine to stay on the southern end of the island to stand by for alert, after the supply was completed, Robin took the submarine to the coast of the other end of the island and stopped, but there was a nearby called Centini In the small fishing village of the harbour, German sailors can go ashore in shifts to take a walk and buy some local food.

"Speaking of it, for two days, why is there no news at all?" Robin raised his head and looked at his first officer.

"I am also waiting, sir. The last telegram I received ordered us to stay here for three days. Today is the next day. I guess there may be a new unit to join our formation."

"Oh, God, don't mess with us anymore, that French heavy artillery submarine has already made me tired."

"I have to remind you again that our two countries are allies now, and we are now on their territory."

"Pull down. It's no big deal. I'm alone."

"I support you. You will definitely be eaten by General Deniz. He hates the captain who disobeys the order, so that the submarine is under my command." Lieutenant Igor said with a smile.

"Dream. I'm not that stupid. Speaking of how the French liaison boat hasn't come yet. Today is the day to receive mail. I still have a bunch of things for them to send me back home."

"You are talking about the pile of tatters?"

"That's art, antiques, historical heritage. A layman like you wouldn't understand it." Captain Robin drank the drink from the glass and tucked it in the arms of a sailor beside him.

"Give me another glass and let the fat man add more rum to me."

"Observe, sir." The young sailor saluted the captain with a smile, and then quickly climbed up to the command tower.

"I hope that our convoy will have our supply ship. The spare parts of the engine are almost used up. Some of the batteries also need to be replaced. The ammunition is running out. We used too much that day, and we didn’t need to have so many guns. "

"The gunners lacked live-fire shooting experience. With such a target in front of them, how could it be wasted." Captain Robin corrected the military cap and turned back to the gunner who was maintaining the artillery: "Aim at the target!".

"Tear them!" the gunners echoed loudly with fists.

"You see." Captain Robin said, shrugging his shoulders at his first officer.

They were talking about the battle with the sunken ship under the seabed. At that time, u106 just turned from the other side of the island and encountered this passing Australian ocean-going tugboat. The Germans thought that the two sides had ceased the war, so they were generous. No dive. What the Germans did not expect was that the Australians fired on the German submarine after a period of hesitation. This armed trawler was only equipped with a two-pound gun and a Lewis machine gun, and the firepower was not strong. But enough to hurt some vulnerable parts of u boat.

Fortunately, the training of the Australian sailors was too bad, and the shooting level was too rough. Fortunately, the u106 did not suffer any substantial damage in this sudden attack. The angry German sailors responded quickly. The end result was that the Australian tug was shot by a German submarine for half a day. Eventually, the tugboat sank to the bottom of the sea, and none of the Australians abandoned the ship to escape. In fact, the Germans knew very well that they were bombarded by a 37mm two 20mm anti-aircraft guns and a 105mm naval gun. In fact, when the second round hit, there should be no living people on that tug.

"Report, the message just translated. Sir." The radio correspondent climbed up the command tower with a piece of telegraph paper.

After receiving it, the first officer looked at it, and then leaned down to deliver the telegram to the captain.

"The advance team of c formation? What is this formation? The new unit?" Hank. Robin reached out and stroked his back.

"Okay, Igor, it seems that your prayer this week has worked. There is a supply ship, the Grouse, an old friend. Do you remember that old William?"

"Don't care about that first, did you really not notice?" Lieutenant Igor looked at his boss with a defeated expression.

"What did you notice?" Robin stared at his mate and blinked.

"Below, look at the third name in the formation list."

"U1001? What's wrong?"

"God, haven't you seen the signal last month?"

"You know I only read the joke version inside."

"It was specifically mentioned in that issue that the new German submarine may have a four-digit number. This may be the legendary submarine... alas? What is your expression?"

Captain Robin squinted his eyes, arms around his fingers, and touched his chin, wondering what the conspiracy looked like.

"I'm going to flip out my camera, yes, are you going to live on the island tonight?" Robin raised his head and gave a standard commercial smile to his first officer.

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