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Chapter 249 Submarine!submarine! (2)
"The Reef ordered the boats to turn on the No. 2 and No. 4 suction pumps, quickly dived 20 meters, and the formation remained unchanged." Zhao Guoqiang, the leader of the command boat Reef, issued orders to the submarines with advanced radio communication devices.

Soon the entire submarine formation completed the dive, the thick fog and gunpowder smoke slowly dissipated, and the original calm was restored on the sea.Simon looked at the dark sea water, his whole body was soaked in sweat, because he knew that the danger was not lifted.

"Colonel, what should we do now?" asked the first officer of the Goddess of Dawn.

"Order the ships to keep a distance of 500 meters, keep a close watch on the situation at sea, and open the torpedo launch bay at the same time, as long as the target appears, launch the torpedo to attack." Simon turned back and said to the signal soldier: "Resend a telegram to the Admiralty, We have been attacked by an unknown submarine, please send a reinforcement fleet as soon as possible."

Under the dark sea water, in order to reduce the noise from the submarines, Zhao Guoqiang ordered each boat to turn off the main circulation pump, and the atmosphere in each submarine suddenly became extremely tense. The well-trained Chinese submarine soldiers remained dormant and did not even dare to speak Voice.

"The Octopus and the Black Dolphin detour to the tail of the enemy fleet from the side. Even if all the torpedoes are released, the enemy's Grand Princess and New Zealand must be sunk." Zhao Guoqiang ordered that the two kerosene-powered submarines Octopus and Black Dolphin , like two underwater ghosts, quietly detoured from the right side to the tail of the Anzac fleet, slowly pressurized and floated up.

The cruiser Tiger is sinking irretrievably, the sea water has swallowed up one-third of the bow deck, and the soldiers on board are transferring to other ships in kayaks in batches.

Almost two-thirds of the soldiers on the New Zealand were fighting the fire, but the fire had already spread, and almost all the combustibles on the upper deck of the ship were reduced to ashes. The bottom of the boat is pouring backwards.

"The Gulang and the Tigershark turned around to the left side of the enemy's flagship Aurora, released two torpedoes after surfacing, and then dived quickly. The other three submarines deployed mines to the south of the enemy ship." The first phase of the Imperial Sea University Graduate Zhao Guoqiang calmly made an attack deployment.

"Octopus, Black Dolphin, eight for each boat, four batches, target at 90 degrees, launch!"

Following the command of Wang Hui, the leader of the Octopus, a narrow white light erupted from the front of the two submarines at a depth of more than ten meters. The first batch of two air-compressed torpedoes aimed at the scarred Princess. The location is coming at a high speed.

The signalman on the Grand Princess was the first to discover the torpedo, and shouted in panic: "Two torpedoes were found 600 meters to the north, and they are attacking the position of our warship!"

At the same time, the communicator on the Dawn Goddess also reported: "Two torpedoes were found 900 meters to the northeast, and they are attacking our warship at high speed!"

Simon was taken aback, opened his mouth and couldn't speak. He knew in his heart that his warship couldn't escape at such a close distance. He could only watch the torpedo rushing towards this side at high speed. The propeller at the tail of the torpedo shot out two long The swipe trajectory, the feeling seems to be seeing the god of death is coming.

Two torpedoes hit the Grand Princess first and exploded violently. After only 2 minutes, the entire hull tilted to 20 degrees. The soldiers on the ship threw away all their equipment and jumped into the water. The swimming soldiers were quickly submerged by the waves. Before the other soldiers could wait to rescue the kayaks, they encountered fierce fire from the submarine's machine guns, and the sea water was quickly dyed red.

The Grand Princess was carrying more than 610 soldiers, and after another 5 minutes, two thirds of the hull were swallowed up by the sea water, and the loud sound of the broken steel plates spread far along the sea surface, which was creepy.In the end, only less than 30 soldiers and sailors jumped into the sea to escape, and the rest were all taken into the deep sea by the Grand Princess.

The frantic cruiser New Zealand immediately rushed to the torpedo-launching Octopus, frantically throwing torpedoes at the Octopus, but after launching the first wave of torpedoes, the Octopus quickly dived forward, even away from the princess. The sinking of the No. 300 is only about 760 meters away.At this time, the New Zealand was just within the range of the Black Dolphin, and the entire side of the New Zealand was almost completely in front of the Black Dolphin. Two torpedoes were fired.

Two torpedoes hit the right front side of New Zealand's hull, one of which broke the entire bow, and the other also blasted the hull with a large opening with a diameter of 5 meters.Seawater poured into the hull without hindrance, and in less than 2 minutes, hundreds of tons of seawater pressed the entire front of the hull into the water, the tail of the hull was raised high, and the two huge propellers were idling at high speed.The relatively weak flat armor plate could not bear the weight of several thousand tons at the rear of the hull. After a loud rattle, the hull began to break from the middle, and the entire rear hull fell heavily on the sea.The broken hull accelerated the sinking speed, and in less than 3 minutes, the sea water had submerged the New Zealand above the waterline.

The tiger shark and the Gulang submarine aimed at the same target at the same time, the flagship of the Anzac fleet, the Aurora, and two torpedoes hit her left side almost simultaneously. The huge explosion even threw the ship's capital out of the water, and then hit the fell down.Overpressure-negative pressure-the huge tension of the overpressure completely broke the steel plate at the front of the hull. Although the girder was only severely bent and not broken, several large pieces of cracked steel plates made the entry of seawater appear extremely smooth.The rapidly influx of seawater even broke through the deck to form a high water column. The girder of the hull could no longer withstand the pressure and broke suddenly, and the entire hull was also broken into two pieces. It sank to the bottom of the sea together with this warship.

Simon finally boarded the Australia, and immediately ordered all warships to move south at full speed.

This time, the four submarines including Octopus just took a powerful attack position, and launched a fierce attack on the remaining three enemy ships from the left and right wings.

However, the cruiser Southampton, which had been searching for the submarine angrily, did not obey Simon's command. Instead, it discovered the periscope of the submarine Gulang, and immediately rushed over to the right rudder, and the four 220mm front main guns also sprayed out anger. Tongues of fire come.

Just after the Gulang fired two torpedoes, it found that the enemy ship was rushing towards it. The artillery fire was extremely violent, and it had to dive into the water immediately to maneuver.Other submarines took advantage of the gap between the Southampton's frantic search for the Gulang, and lost no time in attacking the fleeing Australia and New Zealand.

Although the three submarines including the Octopus only had a cruising speed of only 10 knots, the air-compressed torpedoes they launched reached a terrifying speed of 22 knots, and soon caught up with the Nottingham, which started slightly slower. At the same time, the torpedo exploded on the tail of the ship. The steel plate below the waterline at the tail of Nottingham completely cracked, the huge steel rudder was blown away from the hull, and the entire warship began to tilt due to the sinking of the rear. Only 5 minutes later, One-third of the ship has been swallowed by sea water, and the 3 officers and soldiers on board are crying and praying at this time.

At this time, three submarines, including the Reef, which had just ambushed the mines, also outflanked from both sides. The two torpedoes launched by the Haiyu submarine happened to hit the New Zealand within the draft, and the torpedoes that hit the stern of the New Zealand knocked the New Zealand away. The right propeller was blown up, causing it to lose half of its power and ignited the fuel tank. At the same time, a large hole was torn open in the stern of the ship. Hundreds of tons of water entered within a few minutes, and the ship tilted to the right by 15 degrees. The bow is also gradually upturned away from the water.

Another torpedo from the Eel passed through the bottom of the New Zealand and just hit the midship of the Australia, blasting a hole about 1 meter in diameter. If the soldiers hadn't closed the two drainage gates in time, the ship's The water pump is just enough to ensure that the water intake will not increase, otherwise the gap will continue to grow.

"Ignore the torpedo, head to the south, and go at full speed!" Simon frantically ordered to the chief engineer.At a speed of 19 knots, the Australia dropped the rapidly sinking New Zealand, rushed out of the submarine's encirclement, and quickly fled south.

The abandoned cruiser New Zealand was still struggling in the fire. After just 8 minutes, the sea water had submerged the bow deck, coupled with the severe right leaning of the hull, soon the soldiers on board and the ship symbolizing New Zealand The warship of sea power sank completely in the vast sea.

Zhao Guoqiang ordered the Eel and Haiyu to pursue the fleeing Australian warship, while the rest of the submarines surrounded the isolated and helpless Southampton.

At this time, the five submarines from China, like a pack of wolves smelling blood, divided into two parts, with the Reef and Drum Wave on the left, and the Black Dolphin and Octopus on the right, forming a pincer attack on the Southampton.

The six periscopes were raised at the same time, and after a slight adjustment, six high-speed torpedoes with a fixed depth of five meters rushed towards the Southampton from both sides. The Southampton, which was almost in despair, could only use the side guns to blindly fire on both sides. Thirty seconds later, a huge explosion sounded from the lower part of the warship. Many soldiers were thrown into the air by the blast wave, and the entire warship immediately fell into a raging fire.The lower hull was pierced through six terrifying holes, and the sea water poured in with an unstoppable force. The sinking of the Southampton was only a matter of time.

After cleaning up the Southampton, the five submarines rearranged into a butterfly formation and pursued the Australia.

Simon looked at the enemy submarines that were drifting away, touched his chest and let out a long breath. The thrill just now seemed like a nightmare. Where did it come from? Could it be sent by China?But he quickly denied his own idea. Although the Chinese navy has developed rapidly in recent years, it is impossible to have the strength to manufacture submarines anyway. Even the powerful British navy cannot do this.Anyway, now I am free from this nightmare, God bless me and my family.

But Simon's nightmare was far from over. The high-speed Australia suddenly bumped violently a few times, and at the same time there were several loud bangs from the bottom of the ship.

"What's going on? What's going on!" Simon's highly nervous nerves were about to collapse, and he roared hysterically.

"Mine, we have been attacked by a mine again." A soldier replied tremblingly.

Simon slumped on the chair, and all his dreams vanished in an instant. He looked back in despair. The dark submarines, like a group of sea monsters with fangs, were about to attack the Australia. Start a bloody hunt!

(End of this chapter)