The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

"The first landing force has not sent back any intelligence yet?" Eisenhower frowned and asked at the M Army Headquarters.

"No, there has been no news so far."The staff officer quickly replied.

Hearing this, Eisenhower was a little worried. The first batch of landing troops were all selected elites. It is said that they would not be completely wiped out even if they were ambushed.

Even if they were ambushed, there should be some response. It shouldn't be like now that there is no news at all.

"What on earth happened? Why is there no news at all?"

Unfortunately, no one could answer him, because the first batch of landing troops he had high hopes for had been completely wiped out.

"How is the second landing force doing now?" Eisenhower continued to ask, puzzled.

""We have already landed on the beach and are expanding our position." The staff officer immediately replied.

Hearing this, Eisenhower's face looked a little better. He nodded and said,"Let the third landing force prepare. This time we must completely capture Pantelleria Island."

"Yes!"

Just as commanders at all levels in M�� were busy directing their landing troops to pursue, Major General Bugdorf in the center of the island was listening to the chief of staff beside him reporting on the situation of various front-line positions.

"How many M troops have landed successfully now?" Major General Burgdorf asked seriously.

"There are about six infantry battalions, two tank battalions, and two artillery battalions."The chief of staff replied quickly.

"What's the other party's number?" Major General Burgdorf asked

"It's the First Mechanized Infantry Division of the M Army."The Chief of Staff reported immediately.

Hearing this, Major General Bugdorf's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and he murmured,"It's them. It is said that they are the ace troops of the M Army. If we kill them, wouldn't it be heartbreaking?"

"Of course, if they can be wiped out, the M Army will probably go crazy."The Chief of Staff said with a smile

"It's a bit difficult to wipe them all out, but it's definitely no problem to kill half of them. The enemy commander is not a fool, I believe they will soon discover the abnormality on the island."Major General Burgdorf shook his head and said

"How is the enemy's fleet? How many are left now? Are there any follow-up large forces to support it?"

The chief of staff frowned and said,"The enemy's warships were not damaged much. The caliber of our coastal defense artillery is not very large, so the results are not very good. We only destroyed some landing ships and a destroyer. The other warships did not suffer any losses."

"Not bad, it's within my expectations." Major General Burgdorf nodded and said

"Have our air force and navy arrived yet?"After looking at the map for a while, Major General Burgdorf said attentively.

"The Air Force will probably be late, but the Navy's submarine force is on its way and is expected to arrive in half an hour." The Chief of Staff said with a smile.

Hearing this, Major General Burgdorf smiled and said,"The Air Force must be inspecting the aircraft again, but the submarine force is enough. How many submarines are coming this time?"

Major General Burgdorf naturally knew about the Empire's submarine force. Their combat effectiveness was extremely strong, and some ace submarines had even sunk enemy battleships, so they should not be underestimated.

"There are almost thirty submarines. Marshal Dönitz has brought almost all of his best submarine forces." The chief of staff grinned and added:"There is almost no submarine with a combat record of less than 50,000 tons."

"My God, these are all trump cards. Marshal Dönitz is willing to give them up?" Major General Burgdorf said in surprise.

"I don't know. Maybe he wants to make a comeback. After all, the navy has been criticized by His Majesty the Emperor many times. If the navy wants to get the lion's share of the military budget for the next year, it must show its military performance, otherwise the other two branches of the military will definitely not accept it."The chief of staff said with a chuckle.

Major General Bugdorf pretended not to hear this level of fight between big men. He, a small major general, was not qualified to participate at all. He probably didn't even have the chance to attend.

At this time, on the dark seabed, thirty submarines were sailing at a speed of 22 knots per hour.

The submariners carefully observed the radar while sailing. All U-type radars were equipped with the latest radar equipment.

And all submarines were equipped with the latest torpedoes, hydrogen peroxide torpedoes.

Most of the torpedoes in this era are electric torpedoes. The technology is very mature, but the power is average. Modern countries use hydrogen peroxide torpedoes, which are a novelty for this era.

In fact, it is not too new. At least the distant island country uses this thing. The oxygen torpedo is a thermal power torpedo, which uses oxygen instead of air to make the fuel burn fully. Such a torpedo has a long range. , with the advantages of fast speed and great power.

The disadvantage is that it is unstable and very easy to explode.

Even in modern times, accidents often happen.

After all, with such a serious probability of accidents, naturally no captain likes to carry it.

No one wants to sit on a bomb, especially one that is very easy to explode.

The torpedo that the navy replaced is August.

Although it is unstable, it is powerful.

The power of the explosion is almost as large as an entire football field.

If it encounters a destroyer, it can be sunk directly with two bombs.

Aircraft carriers and battleships can only be hit by about ten bombs at most.

With ready-made torpedoes as templates and research and development at all costs, the fuse was soon solved and a magnetic fuse was successfully adopted. The stability was improved several times, but if the operation is wrong, it may still explode.

Of course, for safety reasons, the navy's torpedo planes still use old electric torpedoes and dare not use new torpedoes for fear of an explosion just after takeoff.

"Enemy ship spotted."

The captain of the U147 was very calm and said,"Prepare the torpedoes. Use new torpedoes. Be careful and don't explode."

He had a manual for the operation of hydrogen peroxide torpedoes and various precautions, especially the one that was prone to self-explosion, which made him tremble with fear of self-explosion.

Fortunately, the torpedo captain did not let him down and soon received a message that the torpedoes were loaded.

"Open the launch tube!"

With an order, the torpedo soldier opened the launch tube.

""Fire!"

Then, four hydrogen peroxide torpedoes were launched.

Thermal torpedoes are indeed much faster than electric torpedoes. The speed of ordinary electric torpedoes is 30 knots, which is the limit. At this time, the speed of the new torpedo has reached 45 knots, but it has not reached the limit.

At this time, the M Army warships were conducting naval gun baptism on the defenders on the island, and they didn't care about the sudden appearance of torpedoes.

Hydrogen peroxide torpedoes came whistling, and the M Army Navy would never have thought that there would be a submarine attacking them.

Just when the torpedo was about to arrive, the officers and soldiers of the M Army warships on the sea were still discussing

"You see, our bombardment is very effective. We have almost destroyed all the coastal artillery positions on the island."

"Captain, can the Italian coastal defense guns compare with ours? We can blow them up in just a few shots."The staff officer next to him quickly echoed with a smile on his face.

"Of course, you didn't see how the Italian coastal defense guns were destroyed and how they fled in panic, hahaha." The captain said in a good mood

""Captain, do you want to take advantage of the fact that the island's defense system has completely collapsed and launch another cleanup to completely destroy all the enemy forces on the island?" the staff officer suggested.

"No, the army has landed successfully. We cannot take credit for the army's achievements. Let the army handle the rest. We only provide long-range fire support for the army and are not responsible for occupying the island."The captain shook his head and said, although the navy also has marines, and their combat effectiveness is not weak, but now it is the army's action. If they really take over the army's action, there will definitely be a quarrel.

After all, the First Marine Division is a fourth-class idiot, and its status is naturally not comparable to that of the big guys in the army. Let them be responsible for the attack. What's more, he didn't care about a small island at all. His goal was Sicily, which was a big island. I believe that there will definitely be an opportunity for the Marines to attack at that time.

"But, are we just going to watch from now on?" the staff officer asked unwillingly.

"I'm just a colonel, not an admiral. Just obey orders." As the captain of a battleship, he naturally had a lot of say, but he was not as good as Eisenhower. He could only shrug and say,

"Don't worry, the island's defenders are strong. According to gossip, there should be D Army defending the island. If the army's offensive is unfavorable, believe me, the Marine Corps will be dispatched at that time. Let's relax now." The battleship captain said indifferently.

At this time, the officer in charge of radar rushed in and said,"Captain, a submarine was found. It is a German submarine. They have launched a submarine.���"

Hearing this, the captain of the M army changed his expression drastically and immediately shouted

"Sound the battle alert! Submarine spotted! All personnel ready for action!"

"Prepare depth charges!"

"Where are the frigates? Find the submarines and kill them immediately"

"Let the aircraft carrier send out reconnaissance planes immediately and make sure to find them."

The captain of the M Army battleship shouted loudly and quickly issued a series of counterattack orders.

At this moment, a cruiser had no time to dodge and was directly hit by four new torpedoes. As the issued operating manual said, if a light cruiser is hit by a new torpedo, it will either die or be disabled.

Unfortunately, this M Army cruiser exploded violently, followed by a series of steel twisting sounds that made people completely weak, and then the cruiser was completely broken into two.

The captain of U147 in the periscope looked at the cruiser, which suddenly exploded violently and then broke apart, with a smile on his face.

"It is indeed a new type of torpedo. It is so powerful that it can easily kill a 5,000-ton light cruiser. I just wonder how many torpedoes a battleship can withstand."

"So easy? What if there are dozens of them? Wouldn't our record soar?"The staff officer next to him was shocked and muttered.

Hearing this, the captain of U147 was very upset. Dozens of them? What do you think? This means that you are standing on a volcano that may explode at any time. You don't even have a chance to run away.

"Soaring? Copy the operation manual for me a hundred times."The captain of U147 said unhappily.

"Hey, Captain, what are you afraid of? If you choose to be a submarine soldier, you should put life and death aside. If you destroy a battleship, you will be famous in the empire, and even His Majesty the Emperor may receive us. The staff officer is also a courageous person, and he doesn't care about the operation manual that he has read a hundred times.

"Okay, fire all the torpedoes and evacuate the area immediately. I believe the US warships will retaliate fiercely later."The captain of U147 said unhappily.

"Got it!"

At this time, the surrounding D-army submarines also split into four directions, forming a cross-fire formation. The purpose of this was to prevent the M-army warships from evading and forcing them to retreat.

Once they retreated, the pressure on the island's defenders would be much lighter. Without naval guns, the island's defenders would surely be able to wipe out the landing M-army.

When the captain of the M-army battleship saw the numerous submarines, his face turned green. He didn't know what the radar unit was doing, and why they hadn't discovered it until now.

"All cruisers and destroyers, go to the periphery immediately."The commander of the M Fleet said with gritted teeth.

Now they had to sacrifice destroyers and cruisers to save battleships and aircraft carriers. With the industrial capacity of the United States, such light warships could be launched in a week at most. Battleships and aircraft carriers were main battleships, so launching them would take a certain amount of time, and it would also be more troublesome to train personnel.

"All submarines, launch torpedoes immediately! Fire!"

"Torpedo number one fires!"

"Torpedo No. 2 fires!"

"Torpedo number three fires!"

"Torpedo No. 4, fire!"

Basically every submarine carried several new torpedoes, some���Some carry more, some carry less, it all depends on the captain's courage. Of course, no one would say anything if he didn't carry it. After all, this thing is too unstable. Even if the fuse is improved, it will still explode if it is not handled properly.

When a large number of torpedoes rushed towards the M army warships, the commander of the M army fleet turned pale. He even covered his eyes and dared not look at what was in front of him. He knew that he was finished, at least those destroyers and cruisers were finished.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Then there were explosions one after another, louder than the last, resounding through the sky.

"Damn, the cabin is flooded."

"Ammunition depot exploded"

"Sinking"

"Retreat quickly!"