Chapter 1524 Proximity Fuze (Plus 1)

Blindfolded, it must be his own dazzled eyes. At this time, Christis felt inexplicably flustered.

He can't sound the alarm, and he can't let his side work in vain like yesterday. He feels that he must have misunderstood, and he actually had hallucinations.

So, he shifted an angle again and re-observed the sea surface. When he adjusted it clearly, the sea surface was exactly the same.

"Oh, damn, I still can't work, there's something wrong with my eyes." He roared helplessly, and almost as soon as he finished roaring, suddenly, a sharp alarm sounded on the sea.

"Submarines, discover German submarines!"

On other cargo ships, there were also lookouts who discovered the abnormality on the sea, but unfortunately, it was too late.

It is very difficult to spot periscopes on the sea by eye. Christis was able to spot several of them, indeed because of his luck, and also because there were too many submarines nearby.

A full eight submarines have arrived here, and now, they are on the starboard side of the fleet, and they are already in an attacking position.

Submarine U-124.

Last night, they reached the predetermined sea area and found the sailing fleet, but Moher did not order an attack.

Attacking the fleet at night is not very effective. In fact, this is similar to other tank battles. In the case of generally equipped with direct torpedoes, it is completely dependent on the captain's experience to obtain results, estimate the speed of both sides, and predict Estimate the opponent's turn, and so on. In the dark night, it is risky to observe closely, and it is impossible to make calls when you are far away.

Therefore, they could only wait until the day, and now, U-124 entered his attack position just after dawn, and his target was the first destroyer.

Yes, as long as the escorting warships are eliminated first, it will be easier for them to attack those merchant ships. When there are more and more submarines underwater, they are no longer afraid of the ships on the surface.

After all, they have an advantage in numbers, and at the same time, the anti-submarine skills of those surface ships are not high, there is no advanced sonar, only depth bombs and torpedoes, they are not afraid.

In the first wave, destroy them!

"Tube No. 1, G7U torpedo, fixed depth of two meters, maximum speed." Moher shouted loudly.

This was the first time he had launched a state-of-the-art hydrogen peroxide torpedo as captain, a precious torpedo always used against the most important targets.

Must hit!

"Release!" Following his order, with a bang, there was a sound of water in the submarine. With the help of high-pressure air, the torpedo had left the torpedo tube, like an arrow from the string, and quickly flew to 46 knots. Speed, towards the enemy's warship 1 nautical mile away.

At this moment, the alarm of the Soviets had just sounded.

Vigilance number.

"A thermodynamic torpedo found, coming from our port side!"

Thermal torpedoes have to expel gas, forming horrific strings of bubbles on the water, which is why they are easy to see, compared to electric torpedoes that go after them silently.

"Three forward, full left rudder!" Boris shouted loudly.

As the captain and as the leader of this escort formation, Boris has a heavy responsibility. He only sleeps for a few hours every day and appears on the bridge just as the sky is bright.

When he heard the alarm, he thought it was a false alarm like yesterday, but the torpedo came directly!

Without thinking about it, he immediately ordered the left full rudder.

As an old man, you must have the courage to rush up and fight the bayonet.

The torpedo was shot from the left, so he rushed to the left. On the one hand, the full left rudder can reduce the bombing area, so as to avoid being attacked, and at the same time, it can quickly kill the target.

"Prepare to drop deep bombs!" He gave the order again while holding the handle on the side, bearing the inertia of the left full rudder.

Rush up and blow you up!

The main defense against direct-flight torpedoes is to detect them in advance. As long as the torpedoes launched by the opponent can be detected in advance, it is easy to avoid them. After all, torpedoes have a fixed trajectory just like the bows and arrows fired.

However, if the torpedo is very fast, it is different, and the opponent will have no time to react at all, such as now.

With a body of more than 2,000 tons, the Vigilant's steering is not difficult. At the same time, its engine power is quite large. When it is in the process of turning, the speed is hardly reduced.

At this moment, Watching Post was watching the bubbles on the sea nervously while holding the handrail on the side tightly and keeping his body.

The speed of the bubbles is too fast! Almost instantly.

They could see that the bubble formed a line and came fast towards their side, and when they turned around, the line was already pointing straight behind them.

If he didn't turn around, he would just be blown off in the middle. Now, he should have avoided it, right?

"Boom!" A loud noise came from underwater.

A column of water several meters high emerged from the water.

With the explosion, the hull behind the destroyer seemed to be lifted from the water. Everyone's face turned pale at this moment. It seemed that the destroyer would break the hull in the next moment.

Proximity fuze, not impact fuze!

Ordinary torpedoes are impact fuzes, which will explode only after an impact. However, there are also some that use proximity fuzes, which are simpler than the proximity fuzes of artillery shells, and can reach their targets using magnetic detection.

This hydrogen peroxide torpedo is too expensive. In order to improve its hit rate, German technicians first used a composite fuze of collision and proximity on it.

As long as it is within five meters, it can be triggered. (I haven't found too much information. The proximity fuze of torpedoes is not high-tech. It has been used in World War II. If you know a lot, please explain it in the book review area.)

Now, although the rapidly turning vigilant avoided this terrifying torpedo, it still exploded because of the effect of the proximity fuze. The squeaking sound, it seems that in the next moment, the hull is about to break!

When the hull was balanced again, everyone had a kind of luck for the rest of their lives. Boris was still very determined and wanted to continue the pursuit, but found that the mechanical sound of the engine room had disappeared.

"Engine room, damage control report." Boris shouted loudly.

"The engine room is flooded, the engine room is flooded, and the boiler is submerged." The voice inside was anxious.

The god of luck did not favor them again. A few seconds later, there was a loud bang from the rear of the hull, and the steam pressure in the boiler was too high, and it exploded!

The Vigilant will lose all power and they will no longer be able to sail.

"Navy guns, fire on me, fire towards the sea." Boris continued to shout, as long as it did not sink, the fighting would not stop.