Battle of the Third Reich

"Maintain the original course, raise the periscope!" Karl Heinck took off the white combat soft cap, and turned it over the brim to buckle his head again.

"Good captain, raise the periscope." Lieutenant Lieutenant Zeko pulled the switch on the control panel and searched for the periscope in the sizzling sound of the motor to quickly lift up from the shaft in the middle of the command cabin.

"Azimuth zero thirty, high-speed propeller, captain." The sonar operator reported from the door of the sonar room.

"Azimuth zero three zero" Heinke unfolded the folding handles on both sides of the periscope, and put his eyepieces with rubber pads on his eyes.

"Battleship, [Vajra] class, five thousand seven." Heinke said, the deputy captain stood on the other side of the periscope and recorded the reading on the dial.

"Another [Vajra]-class battleship at a distance of 49,000. The recorded course is 210."

"Heading two hundred and ten, captain." The deputy captain reported the reading.

"The speed is twenty knots, five thousand six hundred, cruiser two, destroyer three no, four, they didn't find us." Heinke folded the armrest of the periscope.

"Put up the periscope, now let's take a look." The captain of the navy hurried to the chart table, picked up the compass and the ruler and began to calculate the route.

"They didn't carry out anti-submarine maneuvers. They were just a bunch of targets. We can turn to zero sixty and cut to their inside." Heinke said to the deputy captain.

"Good captain, Norman, right rudder fifteen degrees, two cars at full speed, heading to zero sixty." The deputy captain ordered.

"Follow the order, the right rudder is fifteen degrees, and the two cars are at full speed." The chief navigation officer called back loudly, holding the helmsman's shoulder.

It has been 14 days since u1001 went to sea. Originally, she was going to return to the temporary anchorage of Kunshan Island for rest.

The German navy u-type submarine (representing the Greek letter one hundred) tropical seaworthiness test has come to an end. The data proves that u1001 can fully adapt to this sea environment. As long as the cold storage on the submarine does not cause problems, the crew We don't care about the hot climate here.

An hour ago Heinke received an order from the Fleet Command to change course. At that time, the u1001 was still submerged 15 meters underwater. This is the characteristic of the long-wave radio station. The long-wave signal can penetrate the sea water and reach 18 The submarine at a depth of 20 meters carries out one-way communication.

The identity of the u1001 is relatively sensitive. This is the latest submarine model in Germany. It has never appeared in the public, so it has always maintained a mystery in Indochina and never surfaced during the day.

In fact, for u1001, there is not much difference between water and underwater, the underwater speed of this boat is higher than the water surface.

The command of the Fleet Command is for her to immediately rush to the coordinated waters to monitor the actions of the Japanese fleet. If possible, you can test the Japanese anti-submarine capabilities. Because u1001 is the German submarine closest to the conflict zone, the headquarters really didn't want to use this valuable prototype boat if it could not find the manpower.

In order to reach the target area within the stipulated time, Captain Heinke led his team and unearthed all the potential of this submarine, stunned it ran out of the underwater speed of 19.2 knots, which has exceeded the future generations. Most conventional diesel-electric submarines are gone.

By the time they hurried to the coordinate area, the Japanese and French fleets had already encountered it, and the two sides also happily launched a simulated naval battle.

"The Imperial Japanese Navy does not have the most basic anti-submarine consciousness, they don't even know our existence, and I will prove it now." Heinke raised his wrist and looked at the time on his watch, then began to climb up the straight ladder The control tower enclosure.

Opening the protective cover, the captain sat in front of the attacking periscope.

"It's like a duck in a playground pool, look at these big guys." Heinke leaned in front of the periscope eyepiece and turned the crank, the Japanese warship in the telescope head seemed to be close at hand.

"The speed is still twenty knots, and the course is 2221. If we launch a torpedo now, what would you say?" Heink asked the deputy captain in the command cabin loudly.

"It will trigger a naval battle, and then General Deniz will unscrew your head. Carl, this joke is not funny at all." Zeko teased while entering the target parameters measured by the attack periscope into the ballistic computer.

"Torped No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4. Then the battleship "Boom" is finished." The sailor made a gesture of sinking the battleship towards the navigator. The navigator smiled and hammered the shoulder of the non-commissioned officer fist.

At this moment, a dull roar came from outside the boat. At this time, the submarine was advancing at a quiet sailing speed of six knots. The explosion under the water appeared particularly clear.

"What happened? Hey! Karl!" the deputy captain shouted toward the hatch of the control tower while supporting the straight ladder.

"That cruiser exploded suddenly, and I don't know what happened? Hi, don't look at me like this, I didn't do anything!" Heinke answered the hatch.

"You really should come up and look at this. The entire center of the ship is exploded into the sky. It looks like it was hit by an ammunition depot. The fire burned up."

"Direction 120, high-speed propeller." A sonar soldier's warning sounded in the cabin.

"Destroyer, a Japanese destroyer, she seems to see us. Dive! Zeko, emergency dive! Put away the periscope!" Heinke closed the protective outer panel that attacked the periscope, and then climbed the straight ladder to enter the command cabin , Quickly locked the pressure hatch leading to the enclosure.

Major General Kolini witnessed the explosion of the heavy cruiser [Guying] on the ship bridge of Dunkirk. From 12,000 kilometers away, the momentum was still very amazing.

No one present knew what was happening on the Japanese side, and even most of the captains thought it was a Japanese warship firing at themselves. A variety of interrogation messages suddenly sounded on the radio. The slower responders were still asking what had just happened. The quicker responders had asked the flagship for permission to fire.

On the other hand, the Japanese fleet is now in a mess. Everyone wants to know what happened to [Gu Ying], but no matter how the flagship inquires, the re-tour has never given any response.

After all, these are professional soldiers with professional skills. No one thinks that this explosion is related to the French fleet in front of you, because if the French fire, there are so many eyes up and down here, staring at the high-power rangefinder. It will be discovered in a moment.

Obviously this was an accident of the "Guying" himself. As to what is the reason, he could only wait for the "Guying" to explain himself.

What Takasu is most worried about now is whether the explosion of [Guying] will cause misunderstandings by the French because the French fleet has turned the rudder and pulled away, obviously regrouping and preparing for artillery operations.

"[Gu Ying] replied!" a staff officer reported with a telescope aloud.

"The commander-in-chief and the captain of the team were seriously injured and the deputy commander's hull broke down and requested rescue!" The staff interpreted the light signal opposite the word by word.

"Order the twentieth expulsion team and [Gagu] to go to the rescue immediately, the fleet stops moving forward and rescue [Guying] with all their strength."

Takasu also knew that he couldn’t understand the cause of the explosion for a while, but now the key is to keep this precious warship of His Majesty the Emperor. If you watch [Gu Ying] lose here, the fifth fleet will go up and down from his fleet. The commander-in-chief all the way to the battle chief of staff will also end here.

The most troubling thing for Takasu is that this happened in the face of the French fleet. The face of the Japanese Imperial Navy disappeared at the moment. If put in the Meiji period, this is a major crime enough for the person in charge to cut the belly.

"Around 2,400, 1,500 meters, the periscope was found." The cry of the lookout hand pulled Takasu's thoughts back into reality.

"Oh Mokasi breaks (right full rudder)" The captain immediately issued a command to turn the rudder conditionedly.

"The bridge has many sacks! (Wait a minute) It may be a French submarine." Takasu's mood was disturbed at this time, and he really didn't want to grow out of it.

"[Xili] of the Second Deportation Team rushed up." a staff officer reported loudly.

"Alright, order her to drive away the submarine, but it is not allowed to launch an attack, this is the commander's order." Takasu turned back and walked towards the bridge stairs, he was ready to go to the deck to personally command the rescue of [Guying] action.

"Ha! Signal Xi Li immediately!" The signal ordered loudly.

The "flagship command to drove the submarine to attack" the signal soldiers on the [Xi Li] interpreted the slogan issued by [Vajra] with difficulty.

"Xi Xi, [Xi Li] is moving forward at full speed poi." Captain Yoshimoto Benhui stood on the open bridge and waved his arms forward.

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