Chapter 619

From the end of 1937 to May of 1938, German submarines sank more than 1.8 million tons of British warships, which had been pretended to be British warships, with an average of more than 300000 tons per month. You know, the gross tonnage of German submarines is only 600000 tons, and they have destroyed three times their gross tonnage of the enemy, and their own losses are small.

This exaggerated record was not created by submarine officers and men alone, including intelligence personnel far away in the United States, who provided dunnitz with reliable information about the departure of ships; It also includes the troops of butcher reconnaissance planes stationed in France. These long-range planes fly for more than ten hours to help German submarines confirm the exact location of the opposing fleet. When the German submarine officers and men finally launched the attack, in fact, they had already won. With the help of akkado, this set of tactics was finally completed, which became the standard attack procedure of dunnitz underwater wolves.

But in the Far East, in the broad Pacific Ocean, German submarines did not have the spider web spy network in the other side's port to provide intelligence, nor did they have the specific location of the other side's fleet provided by large reconnaissance aircraft. They had to rely on themselves and use the most primitive way to find the target they were going to attack.

Although there are such and such difficulties, even if the submarines are far away from home, they may not be able to be repaired, but the Germans still started their own operations according to the orders. They are loyal and rigid to lovely. Their rigorous character makes them have submarines with very low failure rate, and also gives them inherent military temperament.

Of course, the good news is that there are so many Japanese ships here that people can find the target they want to attack without much trouble. The Japanese army does not attach importance to submarine operations. If their aircraft carrier commanders can't twist their arms and legs in front of the belief in big ships and huge guns, then the submarine commanders have no chance to speak at all. The Japanese did not believe that submarines could bring destruction to transportation lines, just as they never believed that aircraft carriers could sink battleships.

There were too many Japanese transport ships, passenger ships full of soldiers, merchant ships, and freighters carrying ore, rubber, and even slaves. There are even large fishing boats and warships that are not alert. Such a good combat environment even makes the German submarine captains who are used to firing when they see the opportunity begin to be picky about food. Prion has released two small boats of about 2000 tons in a row in order to save torpedoes for attacking more valuable targets.

Just yesterday, the captain of a submarine that failed to catch up with the Arctic hunting operation ran out of torpedoes and was forced to return. This unfortunate guy has developed a problem in the British escort operations in the North Atlantic, that is, seeing ships without escort, he habitually comes to a torpedo. As a result, after he ran out of ammunition, he found that there were still Japanese ships in constant flow, which made him realize that he had made a serious mistake.

He could only return to the east coast of Australia with his submarine, replenish 10 new torpedoes there, and then come out to continue his mission - because the torpedoes supply ship is still far away in the South Atlantic Ocean, and Donitz did not expect that the torpedoes of Australia would be used so fast, if it was not for akkado's warning, He can't even remember that Australian submarines need ammunition.

Therefore, before the arrival of new torpedoes, the German submarine forces in Australia had only 80 torpedoes in total. Among them, 32 torpedoes were from a returning submarine and "materials" left by a faulty submarine. 48 torpedoes were from destroyers and supply ships. Because they had to bring other materials, the amount of ammunition was limited.

"Sir! Find a warship! Look, the profile is bigger than the battleship! " The sergeant in place of prion on the sea search gave a loud cry. It was a big fish for them. So he was a little excited. After all, if he sank another warship, their legend would be more perfect.

"Bigger than a battleship?" Prion quickly leaned to the periscope, hands on the handle, gently rotating, and soon saw the huge warship in the distance! This is a battleship! Prion immediately had a general understanding of the target. Now he was so proficient that he could see the approximate tonnage of the other side at a glance, so he was not confused by the exaggerated superstructure of the Japanese battleship.

Japanese battleships have a remarkable feature, which is tall and cumbersome superstructure. Military enthusiasts describe the bridge design of this kind of battleship as "illegal building". Therefore, in the distance, it seems that Japanese battleships are bigger than other battleships of other countries in the same period. No wonder prien's Sergeant chief will say that they are bigger than battleships.

"Profile... A bit like... Fusang level!" The sergeant looked at the less detailed silhouette of enemy warships and murmured. Different from the detailed comparison of British warships, the profile comparison of Japanese warships is much simpler and coarser. Obviously, Germany's combat preparation for Japan is not enough.

"It's Fusang, that's right! That superstructure is so ugly! My God, don't these Japanese have any idea of beauty? " Prion said with a frown as he aimed his periscope at the Japanese battleship in the distance. Obviously, he was disgusted by this ugly Japanese warship. Compared with the regular silhouettes of British warships, Japanese warships are no longer difficult to describe.

"I want to talk more about you, my captain, Colonel prion." The adjutant asked, "first the Barram and the Regal, then the battleship Hao, then the Ukrainian, and now another one... Are you a magnet? A battleship magnet that can attract the other battleship? " Prion was slightly stunned, then rather embarrassed to touch the tip of his nose: "may be my luck is better?"“ Lucky Mr. magnet. " The adjutant laughed and joked, and then yelled, "tune the torpedo! All men, prepare for battle