Imperial Overlord

The torpedo plunged into the water, splashing waves at once, and then under the sea level, two slender straight lines were drawn, spreading out into the distance.

At one end of these two lines is the U-47 submarine launching torpedoes, and at the other end is a huge silhouette of a transport ship under the night.

According to Prien's experience, this huge transport ship should at least have a displacement of more than 8,000 tons, which is a very huge target.

"Adjust the course! Continue to the full left rudder, 15 degrees!" After Prien attacked, he was looking for the next target worthy of his own fire.

After all, torpedoes are expensive weapons, and every time you attack, you must choose the highest possible value target and launch an attack that will ensure the sinking of the opponent.

He has already found another target, so he no longer cares about the unlucky transport ship he was targeting before.

Because in Prien's eyes, the transport ship has become a sinking ship at this moment.

It was as if he was a swordsman with high martial arts. As soon as he made a move, he knew that the opponent was already dead.

The two torpedoes quickly approached their targets one after the other, and the submarine U-47 that launched them was already turning its course at this time.

The so-called small boat makes a U-turn. The surface displacement of a German submarine is only a few hundred tons. In the rough Atlantic Ocean, it is like a flat boat, and the speed of turning is very fast.

Compared with those bulky transport ships full of cargo, it can only be said to be a small bean, not even one-fifth the size of the other party.

I don't know what direction the British destroyers were attracted to at this time, and Prien has yet to find those dangerous figures.

Because of the coming of night and the chaos of the fleet being attacked, these originally scattered anti-submarine forces may not be clear now, which direction the German attack came from.

Perhaps they were attracted to another direction by another German submarine, so the remaining transport ships could only be confused, watching their warships be attacked inexplicably, and finally sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Prien didn't know if he had been discovered, or if some people on the transport ship had seen his submarine by the firelight, but it seemed that the other party had no way to fight back immediately.

It may be a long time before the British destroyers who are not nearby come to expel Prien's U-47 submarine.

As if an assassin had found an undefended target, Prien felt that his luck was really good today.

After he adjusted his position and was ready, he immediately gave the order to continue firing: "Torpedo tubes No. 3 and No. 4! Launch!"

Hearing this command from his captain, the torpedo launcher immediately pressed the switch, letting the two torpedoes rush out of the torpedo tubes.

With the ups and downs of the submarine, two indistinct tremors came. Prien knew that his torpedo had been launched, and he emptied the loaded torpedo in the bow again.

"Continue to load the torpedo!" He gave the order casually, and then pointed the periscope at the position of the first target he aimed at earlier.

In the darkness of the night, the huge dark figure was still moving slowly, and after a while, a huge explosion covered most of its figure.

The reason why the torpedo attack has to set the depth is because the depth of the torpedo explosion in the water determines the damage power of the torpedo to the target.

In general, the closer the explosion is to the bottom of the ship, the greater the damage to the ship. Due to the tearing effect of the repeated expansion and diffusion of seawater after the underwater explosion, the power of one torpedo is comparable to that of several or even dozens of artillery shells.

Therefore, the torpedo must have a depth setting. On the one hand, the torpedo can avoid some low-value small tonnage targets, and on the other hand, the torpedo can have the greatest damage effect when it attacks the enemy ship.

This exploding torpedo almost lifted the entire target transport ship out of the water with the explosion, and the huge water column on the water surface was at least as high as a twenty-story building.

Thanks to the tearing force of the sea water on both sides, the transport ship that was lifted out of the water first suddenly increased in height in the middle of the hull, then dropped rapidly, and then simply broke into two pieces.

The bow and stern were lifted up after a few seconds due to buoyancy, and the middle part had begun to sink due to a large amount of water inflow.

The keel was broken at this time, so the entire transport ship was pulled by the cargo in the hull and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

At this time, the other torpedo played the role of repairing the knife when it fell into the hole. It exploded in the direction of the stern, causing the boiler and oil in the hull to burn.

In an instant, the entire transport ship became a piece of broken copper and iron floating on the sea, and there was no rescue value at all.

The leaked fuel ignited a fire, and the thick smoke even blocked the moon in the sky. I don't know what's in it, but obviously these goods have now become sacrifices to the **** of the sea.

"Hit!" Prien saw his own victory, and did not forget to cheer up the men in the submarine.

He shouted passionately that his torpedo hit the target, which greatly boosted the morale of the German sailors in the submarine. They cheered, and they were not nervous at all because they were in the middle of the enemy fleet.

"Long live the head of state!" Everyone laughed and shouted the slogan, but they didn't slack off in the work at hand. The people in the torpedo bay were busy loading torpedoes and preparing for the next attack.

They set the depth and launch angle of the torpedo, and then put the normal torpedo, which is not particularly advanced, on the loading rack.

During World War II, compared with the Japanese torpedoes with outstanding characteristics, the torpedoes used by Germany were not good.

The sound-guided torpedoes and other guided torpedoes developed later had problems with the reliability, and there were even embarrassing accidents where the torpedoes launched by themselves attacked their own submarines.

However, in this era, the torpedoes used by the navies of various countries are similar to this kind of cheating products, either with mediocre performance and good reliability, or with outstanding personality but cheating once in a while.

"Boom!" Just as the officers and soldiers in the torpedo compartment were loading their weapons, the two torpedoes fired by the U-47 submarine also hit their target.

The huge explosion made this target similar to the last big guy that was hit, and soon the transport ship was also broken in two due to the explosion and began to sink.

The two transport ships located in the middle of the fleet exploded one after another, attracting the attention of the transport fleet. The flames from the explosion also illuminated the sea surface, making it easier to observe.

Just when the second transport ship exploded, with the huge firelight, the lookout on a British destroyer in the distance, who was in charge of observing the sea, saw the blurry black shadow on the sea.

When the German submarine floated on the sea, it was an extremely slender figure. Its figure is so special that it is hard to forget at a glance.

"Look! Look over there! Is it a German submarine!" He pointed to the dark shadow in the distance and shouted loudly to his companions.

At this time, I didn't know that the transport ship might have found the target and fired a flare, which suddenly illuminated the nearby sky.

So against the background of flares and fire, the slender figure of the German submarine was clearly outlined.

"German submarine! In the middle of our fleet! My God! It's on our port side! It's on our port side!" The observer at the lookout post quickly grabbed the intercom and reminded the captain on the bridge.

The J-18 transport fleet is a very large transport fleet, with dozens of transport ships and 11 destroyers providing **** and cover.

Such a large-scale **** fleet has now suffered a disaster. Almost 10 transport ships were sunk, and all of these transport ships were carrying important things.

In fact, because of the night, the fleet commanders still underestimated their losses. They have now sunk 13 transport ships, and most of them are large tonnage ~www.readwn.com~ Because of the depth of the German torpedoes, many smaller ships survived, but those of large tonnage The ship was out of luck.

"Quick! Contact the escorting destroyers! In the middle of the fleet, there are German submarines! There are German submarines!" The captain loudly ordered the communicator to call the escorting warships quickly.

This British flare also made Priyan see clearly, and it was only at this time that he finally realized how big the British J-18 transport fleet was.

And this flare also reminded him that the British had discovered the U-47 submarine in the fleet, and he had no chance to launch torpedoes to continue the attack.

Flares, most of the time, are the flares used by German submarines to dive and retreat. Because the enemy destroyers will arrive soon, they must run away as soon as possible.

"Okay! Let's start diving, let's get out of here!" Priyan believed in his own experience, which was also a tradition that was half scientific and half superstitious.

Similar to lighting a candle when you touch Captain Jin for a fight, many industries have their own superstitions and firm persistence.

At least in Priyan's mind, he had something that submarine commanders had to stick to. He's not going to let everyone on the submarine take risks with him for some small bargain.

Seemingly bold and crazy moves are sometimes safe. But sometimes a greedy little decision can be a more dangerous move.

"Dive start!" The operator shook the handle again, and the water ballast tank of the submarine began to flood.

"The depth is 50 meters! Dive at the fastest speed!" Prien said the depth and speed of the dive.

Soon, waves began to roll out around the submarine, and the deck of the U-47 submarine was a little bit closer to the churning sea in the waves.