Chapter 369 This Is Just the Beginning

The Polar Dawn was close to the Nisshin Maru, and two whaling ships on the left and right sandwiched the Nisshin Maru and the Polar Dawn. At this time, the Third Yongshin Maru blocked the protest ship. before the ship.

There were five ships in total, crowded into a small area. The distance between ships was only forty or fifty meters at most, which was a quite dangerous distance.

A protest ship named the Polar Dawn has been following the whaling fleet headed by the Nisshin Maru. The Polar Dawn could not keep up with the three faster whaling ships, so the Polar Dawn adopted the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao. When the three whaling ships left the Nisshin Maru to hunt whales, the Polar Dawn harassed the Nisshin Maru, and then the three whaling ships had to stop whaling and return to the Nisshin Maru. next to the ship and attacked the Polar Dawn with high-pressure water cannons in an attempt to make the Polar Dawn leave.

The entanglement between the Polar Dawn and the Nisshin Maru created perfect conditions for the Avengers to attack. Now the only thing the Avengers needs to consider is to avoid accidentally injuring the Polar Dawn.

When Gao Yang said to attack immediately, Ulyanke clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Guys, guys, take action and use what we have prepared."

Everyone did the same thing. They pulled out a hood from their pocket and put it on their heads, leaving only their eyes and mouth exposed. Then, they also put on sunglasses.

Before setting off, Ulyanko knew that there was a high possibility that the Nisshin Maru would be accompanied by a protest ship, and no matter which organization's protest ship it was, there would definitely be cameras and even helicopters in the air for reconnaissance and surveillance. Aerial photography. so. Wearing a hood to cover your face is essential.

Pavlovich also put on a hood. Following his order, the attack on the Nisshin Maru began immediately.

The four crew members ran to the front deck and lifted aside the fishing net covering the torpedo tube like a cannon coat.

The pilothouse of the fishing boat has now become the command room of the warship. One instruction after another is issued from Pavlovich's mouth, and then the person who receives the order will repeat Pavlovich's order loudly. Thorough execution.

"Torpedo power check. Ready to launch."

"The torpedo is powered on and detected. The torpedo is in good condition and can be launched."

"Course maintained, speed reduced to three knots."

"Yes, heading maintained, current speed is nine knots."

The Avengers approached from the right side of Nisshin Maru, its speed getting slower and slower.

The distance is getting closer.

Although the sudden appearance of the Avenger attracted everyone's attention, there was no reaction to the approaching Avenger of the fleet. Especially after the Avenger decelerated significantly, the Second Shonan Maru guarding the right side of the Nisshin Maru made no movement at all.

Struggle between whaling fleet and protest boats. It has been going on for decades. Both parties know each other very well, and they also know exactly what methods the other party will use, so they can do whatever they want to drink and just use all their strength to force the other party back.

Gao Yang's heart was beating faster and faster. He stared at the Nisshin Maru. As long as he eliminated the whaler on the starboard side of the Nisshin Maru, he could directly hit the Nisshin Maru with a torpedo.

When the distance from the Second Shonan Maru was about six or seven hundred meters, the Avenger's speed dropped to three knots. In order to maintain the ability of the bow to keep aiming at the target at any time, the Avenger could not stop completely.

Finally, Pavlovich gave the order to attack.

"Left torpedo, launch!"

A total of six torpedoes are placed in a symmetrical manner. The torpedo on the far left of the bow is numbered 53-39 direct torpedo on the left, the 53-65 self-guided torpedo on the second left, and the white-headed A-244 lightweight on the third left. Torpedoes, the torpedo on the right corresponds to this.

After a pop, a 53-39 torpedo was suddenly shot out of the torpedo tube on the left side of the bow into the sea. Then, the torpedo's engine started working, drawing a straight white line on the water at a speed of forty knots. The thread, like a sharp arrow, rushed straight towards the second Shonan Maru.

In modern naval battles, it is very difficult to hit a warship with a direct-sailing torpedo, because the warship will hide, make large snake-like maneuvers, and will have short-range protection measures on the ship. Therefore, it is difficult to use a direct-sailing torpedo to hit a warship. The combat method is usually to fire several torpedoes at the same time in a fan shape, making it impossible for enemy ships to avoid, in order to increase the hit rate.

However, the whaling ship is not a warship. The Avenger can keep approaching until it is almost face-to-face and fire torpedoes, just like putting a gun to a person's head and firing.

The several whaling ships and the Polar Dawn that were concentrating on the back and forth confrontation had already noticed the Avenger, but they ignored it. A krill fishing ship took a close look at the excitement. This was nothing surprising. After all, the confrontation between whaling ships and anti-whaling ships is not so easy to see. On the vast sea surface of the Southern Ocean, everyone who meets this kind of excitement wants to take a look, and whaling ships also have no idea about this. I have long been accustomed to it.

However, in the eyes of the crew on the Shonan Maru, there seemed to be something different this time. A Japanese crew member who was leaning on the deck and holding the guardrail to look at the Avengers saw a long, black thing leaping into the air not far away. In the sea, when a white line approached him at high speed, the crewman was very curious.

"Hey, come here and see what this is. It's so strange and so fast."

The curious Japanese crewman didn't think about torpedoes at all. Anyway, the Polar Dawn was on the other side and had nothing to do with them for the time being, so he called the crew members who were waiting on the deck to come over and take a look at the white line.

Seven or eight crew members crowded to the right side. At this time, the white waves caused by the rapidly advancing torpedoes on the opposite side were extremely clear. Looking at the extremely fast white line, a crew member who crowded to the side of the ship said in a daze: "Everyone, what is this? Why do I have an ominous premonition? This looks like a torpedo, but how could there be a torpedo here? Watanabe, you have served in the navy, what the hell is this? "

"Ah, it really looks like a torpedo, but it's definitely not a torpedo, right?"

Several crew members turned their attention to the leading Japanese, who was slowly walking from the side of the high-pressure water gun to the side of the ship.

"Are you guys all idiots? How could there be a torpedo here? Is that just a fishing boat, a krill fishing boat, idiot, or do you think there is a submarine on the sea? What the hell am I, huh? Ah? ?Ah! Torpedo, that’s a torpedo!”

There is only a distance of about 700 meters, and a torpedo traveling at a speed of forty knots can arrive in only thirty-five seconds, and the second Shonan Maru basically stopped in place, even if they discovered from the beginning that the torpedo was , and could not escape the fate of being sunk.

Watanabe's hoarse scream made the crew members around him realize that something was wrong. Those who reacted quickly immediately turned around and ran away, although he didn't know where to run, or how to run. Go there.

The man named Watanabe didn't move. It wasn't that he didn't want to move, but that although he subconsciously wanted to run, unfortunately his legs were weak at this time. He wanted to run wildly, but his legs didn't obey him. He stared at that person in horror. The white line rushed straight to his feet, and then, there was no loud noise. Watanabe felt as if he was flying up. Then, he didn't know anything, because before he realized that the explosion happened, he had been hit by the huge explosion. The impact was shocking.

Gao Yang watched the torpedo being launched, and watched the torpedo pierce the front third of the second Shonan Maru's hull at high speed. Then, he saw a water column rising into the sky, flying into the sky along with the sea water. Yes, there is also the second Shonan Pill.

The high-explosive warhead with a 400 kilogram charge caused an explosion the moment the trigger fuse came into contact with the hull. The huge power caused the 1,500-ton Daisho Nanmaru to first arch its bow upward, and then the entire ship. The body left the sea, flew to a height of five or six meters in the air, and then broke into two pieces in the air.

The water column stirred up by the explosion was at least 200 meters high. When all the water columns fell, the Second Shonan Maru had basically completely sunk into the water, and the Second Shonan Maru disappeared, except for leaving a trace on the water. Apart from a whirlpool, there is no other trace.

It was just a torpedo, and the second Shonan Maru disappeared quickly and neatly.

It was too fast. Gao Yang, who had witnessed the whole process, was completely stunned. Gao Yang, who launched the attack, was also stunned, not to mention Nisshin Maru, who was still fighting for the whale. So after a deafening explosion, although Everyone saw the high water column, but still didn't know what happened.

The Nisshin Maru sank to the bottom of the sea without giving any warning or any message. The crew on the deck of the Nisshin Maru looked at the place where there was a ship just now, and now there was only an empty sea surface and Revenge not far away. They couldn't even think of what happened just now even if they broke their heads.

Gao Yang didn't expect that the Second Shonan Pill would sink so happily, but after Grolev beside him suddenly let out a cheer, Gao Yang woke up as if from a dream, shook his fist vigorously, and yelled: "Little devil , die you all!”

Pavlovic glanced at Gao Yang and the others angrily, and said angrily: "Shut up, if you yell again, get out."

After roaring at Gao Yang and the others, Pavlovich immediately gave a loud order: "Right torpedo, launch!"

Next, we can directly attack the Nisshin Maru, because the obstacles in front of the Nisshin Maru have been cleared, and this process only takes less than a minute. This speed is completely beyond Gao Yang's imagination, but he is familiar with torpedoes. , Pavlovich, who knew the power of torpedoes, seemed to be prepared for this, so he immediately gave the order to launch the second torpedo. (To be continued...)

ps: Oh, it’s so hot today, there’s a power outage...