Chapter 1322 Surrounding at Sea

The fire illuminated the sea, and the fuel of the hit destroyer spread on the sea, forming a huge fire area. You can see the Soviet sailors on the battleship, in a dilemma.

The ship was about to sink, and they couldn't stay on the ship, but the sea around the ship was burning, and if they jumped off, they would also burn to death.

Unless you dive into the water immediately and swim across this area, but after all, few people can swim so far.

A sailor jumped into the water and was immediately burned by the fire, his screams echoed on the sea, and before dawn, his voice rang in the Black Sea.

Damn Germans! Gorshkov's eyes flashed with anger.

The destroyer that was hit belongs to the 7U class, which is an improved version of the Wrath class.

In the design of the Anger class, it was influenced by the Italian destroyers, and adopted the large single chimney structure, the basic ship type of the long bow and the layout of the power plant, etc., but the 130 mm single tube ship of the Leningrad class was used. Cannons, small shields, 2 in the front and rear in a piggyback style.

One of its most basic shape-identifying features is the presence of a large chimney, which indicates that the class does not have a unitary power-mechanical arrangement. There are 3 boilers in the boiler room and 2 steam turbines in the engine room behind.

However, such a power arrangement caused some problems in the early stage of service of this class of ships. There was serious vibration in the engine room, and the propeller blades were broken.

After that, Germany provided a solution, which was to switch to a diesel engine produced in Germany. After installation, it was found to be a great improvement over the prototype. This new modification is called the 7U-class destroyer.

That is, it is diesel burning.

If it is the previous heavy oil boiler, even if it is hit, it will not be able to catch fire. Heavy oil is difficult to ignite, but diesel is different. When it is ignited by torpedo, the diesel will burn brightly.

(Diesel can't be ignited directly, but it can be ignited with other igniters.)

Now, the whole sea is glowing with light, the Soviet warships are burning, and there is an angry fire in the eyes of every Soviet sailor.

"I found the periscope of the opponent's submarine, starboard position, in front of the burning destroyer to the right, about a thousand meters away!" At this moment, with the help of the light of the burning battleship, the lookout actually saw the periscope on the water!

As long as you see the periscope, you will see the submarine. Who would have thought that the German submarine had already left its own search area so quickly and went outside to ambush itself?

"Outside our formation?" Gorshkov was stunned for a moment. At this time, he finally reacted: "All the fleet, speed up and get out of this sea!"

Gorshkov stopped fighting, because he had already guessed that there was definitely more than one German submarine in his own waters!

He doesn't want to play anymore, he doesn't have time, and if he continues to play, he is still at great risk. Because the weapon in his hand, only depth charges.

During World War II, the only way to do this was to use destroyers for anti-submarine warfare. A number of destroyers were dispatched to round up. After the target was found, depth charges occurred continuously in order to destroy the opponent's submarine. This method is the only way, but it also faces certain risks.

Because the submarine is very likely to jump over the wall, the submarine will torpedo the other ship.

If it's during the day, it's okay to say, because of the wide field of view, if the submarine wants to launch torpedoes, it must use a periscope, and many lookouts can see it visually.

But not at night. If there is only one submarine, they can still search the net. If there are more than one, then their danger will be greatly increased. Now, German submarines are actually safe!

Gorshkov has no weapons at hand, which is also the future. In the late 1950s, the United Kingdom first improved the single mode that could only use depth charges for anti-submarine. Anti-submarine rockets appeared for the first time.

If Gorshkov's naval formation is equipped with anti-submarine rockets, when the opponent's exposed periscope is found, the roaring anti-submarine rocket can be launched in a few seconds, and it will definitely sink the opponent.

But now, when he wants to attack, he can only rush up and throw anti-submarine depth bombs, which will cause his warship to continue to be damaged, because there will be attacks in other directions.

As if to confirm his guess, in the other direction of the line, the sailors on the other destroyer had already discovered the bubbles emerging from the water.

"Attention, torpedo attack!"

The destroyer was at full speed and accelerated towards the front. The speed of the bubbles on the sea was so fast that it was beyond their imagination. It was a terrible torpedo, and the speed seemed to be fifty knots!

If it weren't for the light of the burning destroyers over there, they wouldn't have seen anything. At the same time, Dongfang also began to turn pale.

Those fast-moving bubbles drew a line, and finally, at the rear of the destroyer, passed the destroyer.

If it wasn't discovered in time, they must have been hit! Thinking of the terrible results, looking at the warships still burning in the sea over there, they shuddered.

"Oh, no!" At this moment, the officers and soldiers on the destroyer shouted.

They dodged that torpedo, but they plunged into another battleship alongside them! Because the battleship did not accelerate immediately, it was hit by mistake.

"Boom!" The terrifying explosion sounded again underwater.

For the German submarine force, this is a record that makes them proud of their whole life. Many submarines of the German Navy are actually at the door of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, less than 20 nautical miles from the port, taking turns. Attack the Soviet fleet!

There were nine submarines that arrived here successively. They formed an underwater wolf pack and launched a fierce attack on the Soviet surface ships. One by one torpedoes were launched as if they were free of money.

Faced with this situation, the Soviet Navy was unable to react and was at a loss! Gorshkov was stunned.

This naval battle was talked about until the end of the war, and it was written into military textbooks. However, in the analysis that followed, many military strategists knew very well that this tactic of submarine hunting and hunting surface ships was impossible. Copied, with too much luck in it, only relying on submarines, will never be able to compete with surface ships, this victory cannot be used as a representative of the omnipotence of submarines.

If it wasn't night, if Germany didn't decipher Soviet telegrams, know exactly where their fleet was, if German submarines weren't advanced enough, if the Soviet fleet had enough sonar equipment, if they had anti-submarine rockets, if they had a large number of destroyers and frigates , this naval battle will be completely rewritten! It can only be said that the Soviets made too many mistakes, and their biggest mistake was being attracted by the German surface ships and ignoring the underwater threat.