Chapter 783: 783 white trail
Chapter 783 783 White Trail
It is a battleship whose design is basically based on the Bavaria-class battleship. It was designed by Tang State designers, so in terms of performance, Tang State almost knows everything about it.
At this moment, this behemoth with a full load displacement of nearly 40,000 tons is turning, and more warships are moving further away.
"Two torpedoes! Aim at the target! Adjust the bow!" After seeing the warship in the distance through the periscope, the captain of the submarine excitedly began to issue attack orders.
Because of the long distance, they must launch torpedoes in advance and calculate the angle to hit the target accurately.
As for shortening the distance, it is actually impossible. If the submarine wants to shorten the distance, it cannot get close to the target, because even if there is only a periscope tube on the sea during the day, it is extremely easy to be discovered.
It is very dangerous for the submarine itself if it is submerged all the way and comes close to surfacing: if a warship passes by the place where it is surfacing and the two sides collide, it is obvious that the submarine will suffer losses.
Even if there is less accurate sonar to determine the position of other warships, doing so is very dangerous: there are too many propellers and too many warships, and sonar cannot accurately locate every target.
Therefore, it is a wise idea to secretly launch torpedoes from a safe distance: facing such a dense battleship formation, torpedoes will always hit the target.
All they have to do is shoot out all the torpedoes and wait for them to hit the target.
"Torpedo No. 1 is ready!" the officer in charge of torpedo launching looked at the pressure gauge and shouted loudly. After a two-second pause, he confirmed the status of the second torpedo: "Torpedo No. 2 is ready!"
“The aiming angle calculation is completed! The bow of the boat has been aligned with the attack route!” Seeing that the mechanical computer had accurately calculated the launch angle, the adjutant shouted loudly.
“Launch!” the captain shouted, and with his shout, the torpedo launch officer pressed the launch button, filled the torpedo launch tube with seawater, and energized the torpedo inside.
The hatch of the torpedo launch tube directly in front of the submarine slowly opened, and the remaining bubbles inside rolled out and floated to the sea.
Subsequently, the electrified torpedo was pushed out of the torpedo launch tube by the compressed air, and the propeller stirred up the turbid seawater, and headed straight ahead.
Immediately afterwards, the second torpedo launch tube was opened, the bubbles were rolling, and the second torpedo also rushed into the distance with its wake.
“Torpedo No. 1 and No. 2 have been launched!” In the command cabin, the torpedo launching officer reported loudly.
"Adjust the course! Aim at the new target! The opponent is traveling at the same speed and is turning! Correct the attack direction...by two degrees! Calculate the attack angle!" the captain ordered to the adjutant.
“Adjust, left rudder two degrees!” The helmsman on the side immediately began to turn his steering wheel and began to correct the direction of his submarine.
“Launch torpedoes!” The captain made a prompt decision and once again issued the order to attack.
The torpedo launching officer, who had been waiting for this order for a long time, immediately repeated the captain's order, and then resolutely launched the No. 3 and No. 4 torpedoes.
They do not intend to miss such an attack opportunity. As long as they can fire enough torpedoes in a short period of time, they will definitely receive enough results.
Amid the busyness, the submarine once again adjusted its direction and launched two more torpedoes at the huge combined fleet in the distance.
These are their last two bow torpedoes. If they want to launch torpedoes as quickly as possible, they can only turn the bow around and use the torpedo tube at the stern to launch two more torpedoes.
"Turn! Turn!" The captain of this submarine did the same thing. He wanted to use the time when the submarine turned to reload the bow torpedoes, then launch the stern torpedoes, and then use the bow torpedoes to launch a new round of attacks. .
"Turn! Full left rudder!" The helmsman excitedly turned his steering wheel. The submarine's rudder quickly turned to one side, and the entire submarine turned rapidly in the calm water.
“I hope they can hit the target!” The sailors wiping their spare torpedoes issued their most sincere prayers.
Far away on the sea, the lookouts standing guard on the mast were shivering with cold, puffs of white mist spraying from their mouths. This is the northern sea of Mirage Country, and low temperature is always the main theme.
If it weren't for the inaccessibility and lack of many routes, they wouldn't be hiding here. They wasted several months trying to avoid Tang's secret weapon submarine.
On the battleship Neverwinter 2, the sailors complained about their two or three months of wandering at sea and cursed those **** naval commanders.
They receive supplies from the sea from time to time, and then replenish oil and coal in some small ports. The whole process must be done carefully, and they are no different from hamsters.
Such a huge fleet should have been invincible and could sail into the enemy's port and destroy the enemy's fleet. But until the war started, they didn't even have the courage to take a look south.
"Damn it, when will this kind of thing end?" A sailor with his hands intertwined was beating and cursing: "Those officers drink in the wardroom every day, let us come out and stand and enjoy the breeze!" The companion standing next to him had his nose turned red from the cold. He exhaled white mist and comforted him: "Did you hear that peace talks are not going to take place? I think we are going home soon."
Everyone has a basic judgment about this war. Many things have become meaningless, and it is time to end it.
It is not cheap to support such a large fleet. Since it has been of no use, should it be disbanded?
The war has been lost, and the previous plan to strangle Tang's maritime transportation lines has completely failed. So what's the use of continuing to persist?
"I hope it ends soon. This is a useless place! I don't want to stay here for a minute!" The lookout hand, holding his hands together, complained while seeing a strange white mark on the sea.
To be honest, he has never seen what a torpedo looks like, but he has heard descriptions and knows that a straight white line cannot be formed in nature.
"Hey! Look at that white line over there! What's going on?" He reminded his companions while grabbing the telescope on his chest.
The sailor whose nose was red from the cold also quickly grabbed the telescope hanging on his chest and looked in the direction of his companion's reminder.
In his eyepiece, he saw the white track, which was coming towards their direction at an extremely fast speed.
While he was in a daze, the sailor who first discovered the white track had grabbed the phone on the observation deck and loudly reminded the officer on duty in the bridge: "Starboard! Starboard! A white track was found. ! Rushing toward our ship! Rushing toward our ship!"
As soon as I grabbed the phone receiver, I heard someone shouting starboard, starboard. The officer on duty looked at the sea through the porthole, and he was almost scared out of his body.
There, a straight white track that should not appear in nature was quickly approaching where he was.
In fact, they have been receiving various news about "submarines". Although they have not actually seen them, they are studying them every day.
Those people are no strangers to torpedoes, because they have heard adjectives such as white tracks and powerful ones countless times.
So when he saw this thing, he knew it was a torpedo, almost a subconscious reaction.
It is one thing to know, but another thing to solve it. So far, there is not much experience in successfully avoiding torpedoes, and everyone can only guess how to avoid them.
The kind of captain who can tell at just one glance whether to reverse or to rudder left and right to avoid torpedoes must at least have relevant experience to learn from.
But now, the officer on duty was asked to judge how to avoid the torpedo after just one glance... He didn't seem to have that ability.
Since he didn't have the ability, he could only try with his eyes closed, so he could only grit his teeth and loudly ordered: "Left full rudder! Quick! Left full rudder!"
Originally, their warship was turning to the left, but now using full left rudder to increase the turning radius seemed to be a priority for evasion.
“Left full rudder!” Following his command, the helmsman quickly turned the huge steering wheel and repeated loudly.
“Signal the cruisers in front! Let them search the sea surface! Hurry!” The officer on duty quickly ordered: “Sound the battle alarm! Call the captain’s room! Ask the captain to come to the bridge immediately!”
He spoke very quickly, and it was obvious that he was very anxious. The next second, the battle alarm sounded for the entire battleship, and at the same time, the battleship began to turn rapidly.
With the undulating waves, the warship that looked like a huge island began to increase its turning speed, which was much more flexible than it looked.
The bow of the battleship crashed into the waves ahead. The four cannons on the deck in front of the battleship were swallowed up by the breaking waves, and then rushed out of the waves, showing their majesty of steel.
“Tail! There is a track at the tail!” An officer who had been observing the sea saw the second torpedo and shouted in horror.
Hearing the shout, the officer on duty immediately walked to the side and looked toward the stern of the ship through the porthole.
Sure enough, he also saw the white track, but looking at it like this, the torpedo at the tail couldn't hit them.
He couldn't help but feel lucky, thinking that precisely because of his steering order, his warship avoided the second torpedo!
Putting down the telescope, he immediately added an order: "Send a signal to the Neverwinter 1 battleship behind immediately! Remind them to be careful of submarines! Pay attention to the sea surface!"
After being silent for a few seconds, he continued to shout: "In addition! Send a telegram to all warships at the same time. We have encountered a submarine attack! Be careful on the sea!"
(End of this chapter)