Five Hundred and Sixty-Four Tricks

Walking back to his cabin, the bearded captain suddenly frowned. He felt that something seemed wrong, so he began to think repeatedly about the battle he had just experienced. (Starting) Countless moments spread out bit by bit in his heart.

He locked the enemy's submarine countless times, and marked the opponent's position on his own chart time and time again. Those seemingly disorganized points were sorted out and connected by him, and finally found the law that was difficult to be discovered.

An unintentional habit of the enemy submarine captain finally seized his opportunity, ordered the attack, and achieved the first victory of the Soviet surface ships against the German submarine force.

All this seems so reasonable, there seems to be no flaws worth deliberating and thinking about, he sank his opponent, there is a lot of evidence to prove that this record has worn out life jackets, broken planks and leaking oil stains. These things clearly prove the fact that the German submarine was sunk, beyond doubt.

The bearded captain stretched out his hand and stroked his beard. He would do this every time he encountered a problem that he couldn't decide. This is a habit of his, a thinking habit that has not changed for more than ten years.

In the end, he had to rethink the whole thing: from the time he started locking on to the opponent, then the messy trajectory, and finally he dropped the bomb and sank the opponent... Wait! He froze suddenly, and he suddenly realized that there was a problem.

What a coincidence! This is where the problem lies. The bearded man suddenly realized that it was definitely not an explainable coincidence that he had sunk that difficult opponent so accurately in his first attack! Under normal theoretical circumstances, when a submarine is locked by a destroyer, the only thing waiting for him is to be sunk! The biggest advantage of a submarine is that it is difficult to find, and when the submarine is discovered, all its advantages will disappear.

A submarine commander can deal with a destroyer captain for a long time in a locked state, but is easily sunk in the first attack. This coincidence itself is a bit unreasonable! The bearded man didn't believe that the opponent was so easily sunk, the more he thought about it now, the more he felt something was wrong.

The opponent seemed to deliberately sell him a flaw, and then waited for him to make a move at a critical moment, and then escaped with such a ghostly trick as feigning death. The bearded man suddenly stood up and walked quickly to the command cabin.

He came to the command cabin, immediately took over the command authority that had just been handed over to the first officer, and then ordered the warship to turn around immediately and head towards the area where the submarine sank. He silently prayed in his heart, praying that the other party would show some cheating feet.

Even, a confident smile appeared on the face of the bearded man again, thinking about the opponent's speed and the time he had to react. Regaining the lost advantage, the opponent will never be able to escape from his grasp this time.

The speed of the destroyer has been raised to the extreme, splitting the waves in the icy sea water, the cannons on the bow look majestic, darkly pointing straight ahead. And there is the place where the German submarine sank, and faint oil stains can still be seen vaguely.

"Sonar! Turn on the sonar and determine the position of the opponent's submarine! Hurry up!" As soon as he drove to the side of the oil stain, the bearded captain couldn't wait to order the orderly to turn on the sonar system and re-lock the position of the opponent's submarine.

"..." After a while of silence, the sonar soldier raised his head suspiciously and looked at the bearded captain. He didn't hear anything, and in his opinion, his warship had successfully sunk the opponent just now, why did he come over to search again now? This is completely unnecessary, because the oil stains and wreckage show that the opponent has indeed been sunk.

"Sir! I can't hear anything. There is nothing moving underwater here!" The sonar soldier finally expressed his judgment, even though he knew that his judgment was very different from that of his captain. If their captain didn't doubt his own record, then he wouldn't turn back and search for an empty sea area.

The bearded captain was taken aback for a moment. Obviously, he did not expect his opponent to be so cunning. It seems that the opponent has left this sea area. If he wants to catch up and continue to entangle, it depends on whether his next judgment can be guessed correctly. .

It is possible that the U-boat escaped to the right, or it could have escaped to the left. During the previous fights, the opponent used the "false habit" of full left rudder many times. This time, it is entirely possible to do the opposite and use a full right rudder to get rid of his pursuit. Of course, it is possible that the opposite is true. People will continue to use the full rudder, playing a superb psychological warfare method, and continue to crush in terms of IQ.

Whether to go left or right is definitely a key choice, which is related to whether you can continue to hunt down the German submarine. The bearded man finally decided to try his luck, and resigned himself to his fate, and issued his own combat order: "Full right rudder! Chase right!"

The destroyer turned to the right and continued to drive at high speed on the sea, but this time it no longer had such good luck, waiting for it was still empty and cold sea water, and the shipwreck that caused a tragic shipwreck near the Arctic Ocean near the coast of the Soviet Union The German submarine has completely escaped the pursuit at this moment.

"It seems that we are really safe now." Captain Prien smiled and confirmed with his sonar soldiers that there are no enemy ships nearby, and then said to his men: "Bring out the champagne, we are here!" Miracles have been created again and again!"

He has indeed created a miracle. In the battle of Scapa Flow, he sank two battleships. In the subsequent Battle of the English Channel, he sank another battleship with his own luck. Now his luck is against the sky , once again sank a battleship. It seems that the reputation of "Battleship Killer" is destined to accompany his legendary life.

Not any submarine commander has the opportunity to sink the opponent's 4 battleships. It cannot be achieved by relying on technology and luck alone. This kind of record requires unfathomable luck and skilled command skills. And this kind of record is a miracle that cannot be replicated, so it is even more precious in the long scroll of war history.

In the afternoon of the same day, the news of the sinking of the Soviet Union reached Murmansk, and the top Soviet leaders were shocked. A warship named "Nation" was sunk by the enemy. This was an intolerable shame for Stalin. However, the top leaders of the Soviet Union immediately showed their superb skills in concealing means. They changed the name of the Ukraine to the Soviet Union, and then announced to the outside world that the battleship Ukraine was sunk.

In fact, this kind of thing was done in Nazi Germany in another time and space. The Deutschland-class pocket battleship, that is, the Lützow-class armored ship, urgently changed its name during the war. The original Deutschland was renamed Lützow to prevent the battleship from being sunk. loss of national honor.

"The U-47 submarine called, and they sank a battleship near the Soviet coastline in the Arctic Ocean. This battleship should be the latest Soviet-built Soviet-class ship, but it needs to be confirmed which battleship it is." The colonel handed the document in his hand to Dönitz, and Dönitz put down the statistical report in his hand, and looked at the telegram on the sinking of enemy warships.

"It's really hard to deal with this time. He's already a colonel, so why should he be promoted to a major general? This is obviously not in line with the rules... It seems a bit condescending to be transferred back to the Naval Staff Headquarters." Doenitz said helplessly. He smiled wryly, sometimes his subordinates performed too well, which really caused headaches for many bosses. The rewards are coming to an end, but the achievements of these subordinates are getting bigger and bigger, which has to be said to be a pity.

Hearing what his leader said, Denitz's deputy hurriedly offered advice: "If it doesn't work... apply for a medal award?"

"Prien is already a Knight of the Oak Leaf Iron Cross, how can I apply for the award of the medal, and the higher level, even the commander of the army group... Wait!" Doenitz's eyes lit up when he said this, obviously the deputy's suggestion There is another layer of meaning. After he understood it, he felt that this method was really good.

The Air Force, the Navy, and the Army are all struggling to compete in terms of the number and quality of medals. The Army launched their Wittmann and Rennes, and the Air Force's ace is almost rotten. The same As the war continued, the Iron Cross on the Navy's side was no longer a rare item.

So the two sides began to compete for quality. The three armies of the sea, land and air have successively produced their own Oak Leaf Iron Cross. , it couldn't be more appropriate. Once it succeeds, the entire navy will be honored. If the election fails, then how to praise Prien will be a problem for the Supreme Command, and it will have nothing to do with itself.

"Send a telegram to Berlin and send Prien the proposal to be promoted to the Iron Cross. The legendary submarine commander who sank four battleships is definitely a role model for imperial soldiers!" Doenitz figured out the joint and immediately The order was given.

"Yes!" The deputy stood at attention with a smile and saluted, then turned and walked out of Denitz's office. But at this moment, in the remote Arctic Ocean, Prien, who was breathing the cold air and smoking a cigarette, didn't know that his name had been sent to the Supreme Command in Berlin to compete for the first Knight's Cross of Swords and Oak Leaves in the entire army. .

If he knew, he would rather bargain with Dönitz: give me half a year's vacation, I don't want any shit medals!

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