I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 58 Good Fortune and Great Destiny
In order to fight back, two things must be done well.

One is to determine the enemy's position through sonar. Only Lin Chen can do this. He works as a handyman in the sonar room and occasionally asks for advice. He generally knows how to do it.

The second is to understand the launch button of the German submarine torpedo.

In fact, there is another step, which is to hope that the German army will stop launching torpedoes.

Fortunately, the German army failed twice in a row and was worried that there were still wreckages on the sea, so they chose to move at high speed, intending to bypass the wreckage and attack again. This gave Lin Chen and others precious time.

"The enemy ship is in direction 140 and approaching at 130," Lin Chen reported loudly while wearing sensitive detection headphones.

"The enemy ship is in front of us, and should be facing us, only 400 meters away."

"Numbers 1 to 4, open the launch tubes!"

The first mate shouted,

"Comrade First Mate, the enemy has fired two torpedoes!" Lin Chen also had a look of despair on his face. There would definitely be no duds this time. How could he have such bad luck again and again?
"Fire all four torpedoes. Damn it, if we die, we must take the enemy with us." The first mate's face was grim. Their boat had not fired yet, so they could launch a saturation attack at once.

The torpedoes in the torpedo tubes were fired two by two.

A report came from the weapons room, "Send out all the torpedoes!"

The next step is to wait for God's arrangement. Will we die together or survive by chance?
The first two torpedoes were getting closer and closer to the two torpedoes fired by the enemy.

Lin Chen and his men were lucky. One of their torpedoes actually hit the torpedo fired by the other side, causing a violent explosion and also deflecting the other two torpedoes.

Both sides missed the target.

But at the critical moment, the enemy submarine was desperate and moved again. They wanted to use their maneuverability to choose an angle to attack again. Unexpectedly, by mistake, they drove right in front of the torpedo.

"boom!"

A huge explosion was heard, and the people in the U-boat realized that they were saved.

"Surface! Rescue the survivors!"

The first mate is now the highest-ranking commander, and what he says is the captain's order.

When they floated to the surface of the sea, they found that the sea was in such a mess.

There were wreckage and dead bodies everywhere. Except for Lin Chen's classmate Marcos who luckily escaped death because the captain sent him out to help, all the others were buried in the sea.

Everyone had no time to grieve. They searched everywhere but couldn't find the Enigma cipher machine. It seemed that it was destroyed along with the submarine.

There are only seven people on the submarine now.
In addition to Lin Chen, the first mate and Marcos, there were four sailors.

Among them, only Marcos knew a little about maintenance, because before the training class started, he had been a destroyer engine repairman. After the war started, the Soviet ships suffered great damage, so he was arranged to the training class.

"Marcos, go to the bow and fix the elevator. You must fix it, otherwise we won't be able to go back!" The first mate handed him the task very solemnly.

Lin Chen understood that there was a chance that the enemy would send a telegram at the last moment. If they did, reinforcements would arrive soon, and then it would be disastrous.

Although Lin Chen and his team also sent a telegram through the German submarine radio to request support, only God knows whether the navy has the spare capacity to rescue, so the best way is to rely on themselves. Through calculations on the sea chart, they roughly judged that there was still a long distance from the nearest Soviet seaport, and the fuel in the boat seemed to be running low (otherwise the German army would not have needed to send a "cow").

So they had to rush back as fast as they could to shorten the time it took for reinforcements to arrive.

The only thing to be happy about was that there was still enough food and fresh water in the submarine. Everyone also had the rare opportunity to enjoy the flavor of German black bread, plus some bacon and sausages, which was the best reward for everyone who had escaped death.

"Lin, you are my first mate. In the next period of time, you have to take responsibility, do you understand?" The first mate looked serious.

"Yes, got it."

"I just checked. The torpedoes at the bow are all empty. There is only one torpedo at the stern. In other words, we are no different from naked girls. We have almost lost our combat effectiveness. So concealing our whereabouts is the top priority. But there are many German warships on the way back. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Lin Chen was speechless. What good solution was there?

But after thinking it over, he boldly put forward his own idea, "Even if the Germans know that the submarine may be captured, it will take some time to confirm it. We might as well change into German uniforms so that we can avoid patrol planes. But if it is a German destroyer, we have no good solution."

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Are they going to wear German military uniforms?
But there really seems to be no other good solution at the moment.

"As long as we can bring this submarine back alive, what does it matter? Change clothes!" The first mate was very decisive. They dug out several military uniforms from the enemy's cabinet. Although the smell was extremely strong, they had no choice but to endure it.

Because they themselves smell bad and they haven't taken a shower for a long time.

"Report to the first mate, the elevator has been repaired. Fortunately, the damage is not serious, otherwise I would definitely not be able to fix it. I have also repaired the diesel engine in the engine room. Those Germans are so stupid. In fact, it was just a minor problem and it has been eliminated." Marcos walked in exhausted and reported.

"Well, you've done a great job! Come, have some hot tea to warm yourself up!"

After the submarine was repaired, it set sail immediately.

The goal is clear, to go home!
Although there was no Enigma cipher machine, it would still be of decisive significance if the U-boat could be successfully brought back.

The surrounding sea was silent, as if the fighting and tragedy that had taken place here not long ago had never existed.

The weather is really shitty. The sea conditions were originally very bad, but now it is as calm as a lake. The most annoying thing is that there is a bright moon above.

What everyone needs now is hiding, and under such weather conditions, the probability of exposing one's whereabouts will undoubtedly increase greatly.

Because there was not much fuel left, the first mate did not dare to order full speed and only dared to go forward at 2/3 of the speed. Everyone was already very tired. The first mate and Lin Chen were on duty, and the others hurried to rest for a while.

The way back is still long.

The two had nothing to talk about at first, but gradually started to talk.

Only then did Lin Chen realize that the first mate Cheryusoko was not a complete Soviet citizen, and his mother was actually German.

It’s hard to imagine how he got through the censorship.

Cheryusoko seemed to see what Lin Chen was thinking and smiled awkwardly, "At first they refused to let me join the submarine force, even though I had lived in Leningrad since I was a child. Later, after the Great Patriotic War began, I made continuous contributions and used my military merits to pave a successful path for myself."

He whispered to Lin Chen, "Other people hate war, but he likes it very much. If there were no war, he would probably still be looked down upon! Since he is at the bottom of society, he must strive to catch up and dare to fight."

(End of this chapter)