#1695 Dud Rate

The Americans are very depressed. They didn't expect such a thing to happen. The Germans wrote, directed and acted, and successfully put the shit pot on the Americans' heads. Moreover, no matter what they say, the Mexicans will not believe it.

It was nothing short of a diplomatic insult.

Just when the White House was annoyed by this matter, on the other side of the ocean, another action by the U.S. Navy was slowly taking place.

Sneak attack on German naval bases and shipyards!

The city of Saint-Nazaire, a town and harbour in the Loire department of Atlantic France, is located on the west coast of the French Atlantic Ocean, on the right bank of the mouth of the Loire River in France. It is the fourth largest port in France, the outer port of the Port of Nantes. It is the first and most complete port facing the Atlantic Ocean, providing transportation of oil and gas, coal, timber, feed, etc.

On the side of the harbour, there is the largest shipyard in France.

Although the flags flying on the shipyard have become swastika flags, people are still living a normal life every day. They are working hard to create warships, and at the same time, they have also exchanged huge income. Now, almost all of Europe is using a unified euro currency, which greatly facilitates circulation and promotes economic development.

Although it is still in a state of war, the industrial level of France is even more prosperous than before the war. The busy tower cranes are building battleships like building blocks. The sparks of the arc are shining, a new landing ship , is gradually showing its prototype.

"This scene is really pleasing to the eye!" At this time, just outside the shipyard, a few nautical miles away, a submarine was showing a periscope, looking at the shipyard like a prey.

On the "Black Falcon" submarine, the captain, Das Pete, was keeping his eyes fixed on the periscope, looking at the busy scene.

This is quite dangerous behavior.

In the practice of submarines, it is considered that the use of periscopes is very dangerous, and it is easy to expose yourself and be attacked by the enemy. Therefore, the most common tactic of US Navy submariners is to lurk underwater and use sonar to locate. The enemy, and then attack, after all, the use of sonar is quite concealed.

As a result, this made their combat results quite small. The sonar of this era has obvious effects. Using sonar to locate and launch torpedoes is almost like a blind man touching an elephant.

Daspit is one of the more daring submarine commanders. He is bold enough to use a periscope near the sea to look at the opponent's shipyard. At the same time, he can also choose a good target and wait until night before using it. Use your own torpedoes to kill all those targets that have already been launched and are outfitting!

You must be able to create a brilliance by yourself, and you can complete the tasks that the plane can't complete.

Captain Daspit turned the periscope, just half a circle, and suddenly, there was a burst of joy, and in front of him, an aircraft carrier that was undergoing sea trials appeared!

The straight deck and the elevator on the side can't be wrong. It's an aircraft carrier. I really didn't expect to meet a big guy here!

Due to the distance, Captain Daspit did not see clearly. He originally thought it was an attacking aircraft carrier, but in fact, it was just an escort aircraft carrier of less than 10,000 tons.

At this time, the aircraft carrier is undergoing trial voyages, and it is sailing slowly on the sea, which is simply a good target!

At this moment, Captain Daspit hesitated for a moment. He thought about the targets in the port. There were three or four targets, all of which he could attack. Then, looking at the present, there was only one target.

If you attack this target, you will definitely be shocked, and the subsequent targets will no longer be able to be attacked.

It was a tough choice, but Captain Daspit just hesitated.

What goals are most valuable? Of course, it is an aircraft carrier. Now, since there is an aircraft carrier, there is no reason to give up, even if it is an aircraft carrier that has not yet been commissioned, it is quite important.

"Attention, the left rudder is full, ready to seize the launch position, the bow launch tube, load the torpedo, and fix the depth to three meters." Captain Daspit finally gave the order.

Following his orders, the submarines were quickly mobilized, and they crossed the Atlantic to the coast near France, just to launch an attack, and now, since there is a target, just kill it!

Four launch tubes, loaded in turn with four MK14 torpedoes, the only torpedo they can carry.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer, the target at this time is neither escorted by sea or air nor following a zigzag route. It is simply a target placed on the water. Moreover, the position of one's attack is exactly on the side of the opponent, almost nine. At a ten-degree angle, there is absolutely no chance of missing the target.

Daspit already felt that victory was beckoning to him. It was easy to sink the ship in front of him. The difficulty was how to escape the next blow. This place was too close to the opponent's coastline. , there is sure to be an earth-shattering escape.

That also has to fight bravely in the area!

"emission!"

With the sound of high-pressure air, one after another torpedoes came out of the water one after another, heading for the target in front. Among the submarine forces of the entire U.S. Navy, the captain who dared to use a periscope to observe and command the launch was probably only Daspit. Now, he is about to create a brilliant victory.

His hands were trembling, ready to press the shutter at any time.

The periscope is attached to a camera, which allows the captain to take pictures when needed, and also serves as a record of the results of the battle.

At this time, Daspit's eyes were staring at the target closely, and the electric torpedo could not see much trajectory. Although the propeller at the tail stirred the sea water, there would be some air bubbles, but they were too few.

He can only look at the target.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... The time passed slowly, and Daspit changed from excitement and excitement just now to disappointment and confusion.

what happened?

It must have collided, and he would not have miscalculated, but the opponent was unscathed and there was no torpedo explosion. What happened?

At this moment, the target suddenly emitted thick black smoke, and it had begun to accelerate. There was a report from the sonar room, and there were three sounds of impact just now!

Hearing the sound of impact indicates that the torpedo collided with the opposing ship, but there was no explosion. Why?

It must be a fuse problem!

Daspit was quite speechless. He had heard about the unreliability of this torpedo before, with a dud rate of over 70%, but he didn't expect his luck to be so bad. The first time he fired it, the dud rate was hundred percent!

How to do?