Six Hundred and Forty One Battle Song

"No. 1 torpedo cabin! Ready!" With a shout, the sailors concentrated on waiting for the command from the commander. When they heard their captain yell the word launch, they pressed down the water injection launch valve in their palms hard.

Because the torpedo was squeezed out of the launch chamber, the huge force made the whole submarine tremble slightly. For the soldiers on the submarine, this was a reminder they were most familiar with, indicating that there would be bad luck for enemy ships again. up. No doubt they were in a happy mood, because this was the last torpedo in their submarine.

This torpedo is advancing rapidly in the sea water, and the spray from the propeller on the sea surface looks very beautiful. On this straight line representing death and killing, the other end point is a moving freighter. It seems that this freighter has at least 7,000 tons, which is definitely a big fish.

"Boom!" The torpedo hit the unsuspecting target accurately and cruelly without any accidents. The huge explosion caused a water column tens of meters high to rise up on the sea surface. The twisted force of the sea broke the entire transport ship in half. The poor transport ship sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean quickly without even putting down the lifeboat and swimming ring.

"Good job, gentlemen, we can return to the voyage now." Prien took his eyes off the periscope and handed the handle in his hand to his adjutant: "Pay attention to the sea surface and be careful of the other side's revenge."

"Captain, who are we fighting with? Why are we fighting the Japanese for a while, and the Americans for a while?" The adjutant took the handle of the periscope and asked Prien beside him with a frown. They sank the battleship Yamashiro of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the waters of northwest Australia, but they then received orders to stop their attacks on the Japanese Navy and start attacking American shipping routes instead. Moreover, Dönitz ordered them not to wear any signs of nationality, and to leave the warring waters immediately after the attack.

This order also clearly stated the intensity of the attack on the U.S. Navy transport fleet, prohibiting overly intense sneak attacks. He even asked Prien not to attack U.S. warships, but only to attack transport merchant ships—so Prien, who received the order, led his troops to launch another attack on the U.S. transport fleet.

Poor Prien, he couldn't get the reward for sinking the battleship Yamashiro of the Japanese Navy, and he couldn't even make the record public. Dönitz could only promise him that after the war, if it didn't violate the imperial diplomatic strategy, then he could With the consent of the head of state, the fact that Prien sank the battleship Yamashiro was made public.

However, the reward for the head of state's special instructions was sent to Prien immediately. The message was only a few short sentences, but it made everyone on the submarine excited for more than ten days. It just read: "I sincerely Thank you very much for your outstanding contributions to the empire, and I would like to express my high gratitude to you on behalf of individuals. After you return to your country, you will enjoy a one-month holiday and get a bonus from me personally! ——Imperial head of state Acador Rudolph."

But Prien has nothing to complain about,

He was born in Germany, received training from the German submarine school, received the most advanced submarine tactics in the world, and played his own abilities without hesitation in the German navy queue, which in itself is much luckier than many people up.

For example, the poor Japanese navy submarine force is currently queuing up to deliver rice noodles to Kauai Island. If Prien is allowed to do this kind of errand now, he will definitely think it is a kind of discrimination and insult to him personally. If compared, the submarine formation of the German Navy is a group of vicious sharks cruising in the depths of the ocean, then the submarine force of the Japanese Navy is just a pond of cute koi.

"Are we going back like this?" For most German naval submarine officers and soldiers, being forced to return to the voyage after running out of ammunition is definitely a very depressing thing. After all, they can add their own achievements in the Pacific Ocean where the hunting environment is so good that there is nothing to say , is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But Prien got the news that a supply ship was already sailing in the South Atlantic Ocean, and he had to join the supply ship and rush back to the Gibraltar naval base leased by Spain to Germany.

If you have not forgotten that during the Spanish Civil War, the Franco Group promised to lease the naval base of Accador, then it is not difficult to understand why after the German Navy defeated the British Navy, Spain changed its style of sitting on the wall and put this The treaty was fulfilled, and after the German army landed on the British mainland and forced the British royal family to flee overseas, the Spanish Franco Group stood firmly on the side of Germany.

Therefore, with the help of a German army regiment, after capturing the British naval base in Gibraltar, the Franco Group gave the port to Germany without hesitation, and it became Germany's closest naval base to Australia. What is even more gratifying is that the British lost too quickly, and they gave up to the German navy before they even had time to destroy the facilities here.

As a result, the German wolves and the South Atlantic Pocket Squadron had their own new ports. They did not have to return to France for supplies, saving more time for more intensive strikes on the Allied supply lines.

Akado's originally planned demonstration voyage to Japan turned into a super long-distance successful assassination, and killed the battleship Yamashiro of the Japanese Navy in one fell swoop. The tug-of-war between Japan and the United States is not the same, and it is also inconsistent with Germany's fundamental interests in the Pacific.

So Dönitz took the initiative and used the "intelligence" of the Germans to solve this problem in the simplest way-since the two sides of the balance cannot be balanced, then add or reduce weights to keep it in balance That's it. And since it is impossible to add any leverage to the Japanese, reducing the strength of the Americans can also achieve the goal, can't it?

Prien faithfully implemented this plan to make up for the losses he caused to the empire by sinking Japanese warships, so six German submarines were ordered to go north to attack American ships in the waters east of Hawaii. Obviously their luck is very good. The Americans and the Japanese have no good way to perform anti-submarine missions in millions of square kilometers of sea area. The Germans once again achieved the record they wanted.

"The next batch of torpedoes will not arrive in Australia until one month later, and there is no good way for us to wait here. According to the order of the head of state, in fact, we were ordered to carry out an ocean-going voyage mission, and we got Australia's Some of the charts have already completed the task very satisfactorily." Prien spread his hands helplessly, expressing that he also felt a pity: "I also hope to hunt in this kind of place, but the logistics supply is really troublesome, isn't it?"

Everyone grinned. After all, they have sunk about 100,000 tons of warships in less than a month, including a main battleship of the Japanese Navy. This record is already unique in the German Navy Well, there's no need for them to be upset because they are the undisputed kings of submarines.

"For us, there is no difference between day and night. We are searching to sink the enemy in the far sea! We are in the ship with the waves on our heads, letting the damp seep into the bone marrow, and we hold the binoculars to guard the enemy ship!" Suddenly, a corner The valve soldiers in the war hummed their own war song, which was specially written for the German Navy submarine force, and it was also the song that all submarine soldiers must hum when they returned from victory.

"The diesel engines are running at full speed, but the sea is rougher, our submarine is so small, and the sea is so vast! The battle depends on every member in the leather jacket, from the captain to the ordinary soldier! "The helmsman and sonar soldier on the side also laughed, nodded and sang the voice in their hearts along with the melody.

"Motherland, so far away! Motherland, I salute you! I will travel all over the world for you, just to defend you!" This is Prien's favorite lyrics, so he also hummed along, after all, it is At a moment of victory, when all the ammunition on the submarine is exhausted and the submarine returns home with a dazzling record, it is what everyone is looking forward to.

"Reaper is hidden in the torpedo tube, rushing towards the enemy, the U-boat continues to move forward. Before I know it, it has been 2 weeks since I sailed, and the destination is still out of sight! The boring days are passing by, and the prey is still gone. Show up." The first mate sang along, but he was interrupted by everyone laughing, because they had been out for more than two weeks, and their destination had already arrived.

"A huge escort fleet rides the waves. The success or failure of the battle depends on every member wearing a leather jacket, from the captain to the ordinary soldier!" After everyone sang the last verse, the American transport ship in the distance also It can no longer be seen, it seems that there has never been a battle here, and the Pacific Ocean is still very quiet, as if all the battles have nothing to do with it.

This unknown battle is the final battle of two elite German submarines in the Pacific Ocean. The two submarines with a record of 100,000 tons left the sea area where they fought one after the other, while the remaining six submarines will be a little Reduce your size a little bit until it is completely scrapped in Australia.

Of course, there is still a bloody storm in the Pacific Ocean, the Japanese Navy is recharging its strength, and the U.S. Navy is also waiting for an opportunity. They are all preparing for a larger-scale war, trying to force each other to submit in the fastest time.