Chapter 1318 Another Submarine

The Paris Commune exploded and was about to sink.

Sitting aboard the Red Caucasus, Gorshkov's career as fleet commander had just passed less than an hour when he received this report that left him speechless.

On the sea, the Paris Commune was more than 20 nautical miles away from them in the distance. I could have used the telescope to see the navigation lights on the Paris Commune, showing its position, but now, I can't see anything.

Gorshkov's face was quite ugly: "Now, we must find out the reason for the explosion of the Paris Commune, whether it was attacked by the enemy or a mechanical failure."

On the Red Caucasus, several senior commanders of the Black Sea Fleet are discussing nervously.

"It's not like it was attacked. If it was attacked, the Paris Commune should have exploded and caught fire," an officer said.

In their opinion, if it was hit by an attack, it should explode and burst into flames, and there would be a fire on the sea, which could be seen clearly without binoculars, but now, it is pitch black in the distance.

If it was not attacked, it should be a mechanical failure. After all, the warship is too old. Last year, it was planned to be repaired in the dock, and there was no time.

However, if this is the case, it will make Moscow angry, and Moscow will not care how much the military spends. The battle is approaching, and the battle has not yet started. As a result, due to mechanical failure, the most powerful battleship of its own was sunk. The whole The Black Sea Fleet may be swept from top to bottom.

Gorshkov must take these into account. In later generations, he has been a naval commander for decades, and he has done things under many general secretaries. He has this nerve.

And now, the accident on the Paris Commune will make their battle even more risky. The German fleet is already very strong. The 70,000-ton battleship is definitely invulnerable. The 305mm on the Paris Commune The naval guns may not be able to sink the opponent. Now that the Paris Commune has sunk, the remaining heavy cruisers cannot even have the confidence to fight the opponent head-on.

Although in the plan, the surface ships are the supporting role, and the naval aviation is the main force of the attack, but since Gorshkov has been appointed as the fleet commander, there is still hope. After that, it's better to go up and pick up the leaks!

The main force in picking up leaks is the Paris Commune. Who would have thought that an accident would happen.

Moreover, Gorshkov always had a hunch that this time it would not be so smooth, what if there was an attack from Germany?

"Fleet, sailing at full speed, the formation maintains a high speed of 30 knots, and reaches the target sea area as soon as possible." Gorshkov said.

Originally, the Paris Commune was slow. Although it set off early, it had to be dropped. Now that the Paris Commune is gone, the remaining battleships can finally speed up with confidence.

10 oil-fired boilers started to burn at full power, spraying heavy oil, black smoke came out of the chimney, high-temperature and high-pressure steam propelled 4 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, and the power of 55,000 horsepower drove the propellers. With the high-speed rotation of the propeller, the noise is even louder.

Along the water, the noise travels forward and is clearly picked up by the submarine U-100.

"The Soviet fleet has accelerated and is expected to meet in ten minutes," the sonar operator said.

"Tubes 1, 2, loaded with T4falke torpedoes, 3, 4, 5, 6, tubes, loaded with G7E electric torpedoes," Schepke said.

An XXI submarine can carry a total of 23 torpedoes, four of the most powerful hydrogen peroxide torpedoes have been emptied, and two of the four most advanced acoustic torpedoes remain, and the rest are all electric torpedoes.

In fact, although the performance data of the hydrogen peroxide torpedo is very outstanding, it will produce air bubbles. Therefore, it is the electric torpedo that attacks silently. After years of development, the German electric torpedo is also quite advanced.

At the same time, the most popular thing about the XXI submarine is not its amazing underwater speed and excellent equipment, but its loading system.

The submarine uses the latest hydraulic loading system, which can reload 18 torpedoes in 20 minutes. For other ordinary submarines, it takes 10 to 20 minutes to reload a torpedo.

Only fast loading can it have combat effectiveness. For example, now, its six launch tubes are all filled with torpedoes.

Shepke's periscope continued to look at the sea. The biggest failure of the Soviets this night was that they didn't know how to turn off their navigation lights!

The wave height is about half a meter. On the sea surface, you can clearly see the bright spots.

This is also for safety. When sailing at high speed at sea, only turning on the navigation lights can avoid collision and avoid falling behind.

Just when Shepke was silently waiting for his fighter plane and planning to launch an attack in the most suitable place, someone started earlier than him.

During World War I, the German Navy was handy with submarine operations, and in World War II, the German Navy's submarine force also developed a lot. Now there are more than a dozen submarines in the Black Sea. In the case of achieving victory, other submarines are of course not far behind.

At a distance of three nautical miles from the U-100 submarine, the U-96 submarine is in a state of snorkel sailing.

The submarine was not fitted with an AIP system, so it was in snorkel sailing most of the time.

Just half an hour ago, it turned off its noisy diesel engine and waited for its chance.

Heinrich Willenbruck, he was an orphan and grew up in an orphanage. This exercised his extremely firm heart and allowed him to find his own place in a submarine that needs to fight alone at sea. No matter what the situation is, he is always calm and calm.

Now, the Soviet warship appeared in his field of vision, and he was more bold and careful.

"Right rudder, three ahead," Willenbrook said.

Forward three? Hearing his words, the deputy captain looked uneasy. Now, the Soviet fleet is less than a nautical mile away, and it is already within the attack distance. What are you going to do?

However, no one can challenge his authority, and his words are military orders.

The propeller at the tail of the U-96 submarine began to rotate, and the huge submarine continued to accelerate and accelerate underwater. Then, the rudder at the tail began to control the steering of the submarine, and the Soviet fleet was about to collide!

"Right rudder one." Willenbrook continued to shout. At this time, the deputy captain had already understood that he was actually going to get into the middle of the Soviet fleet!