strictlysupreme Chapter 184 The turtle shell has been cracked open, and you can eat the meat
Chapter 184 The turtle shell has been cracked open, and you can eat the meat
"Damn it, what happened?"
Hearing the heavy footsteps and exclamations coming from outside, Major General Harvey, who was still immersed in a sweet dream, was awakened.
"boom...."
Suddenly, the door of the captain's lounge was pushed open, and an officer appeared at the door.
"General, it appears. The submarine of the Restoration Army appears and is attacking the Wild Swan."
Upon hearing this, Major General Harvey stood up suddenly.
He hurried out of the cabin and looked at the Wild Swan destroyer several kilometers away.
At this moment, the Wild Swan destroyer suddenly fired one flare after another into the sky, instantly illuminating the surrounding airspace.
At the same time, the speed of the Wild Swan destroyer was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“Fuck, they must have been torpedoed.
Order two Emerald-class cruisers equipped with new sonar to go to the area where the Wild Swan destroyer is located and find that damn submarine for me.
The remaining ships are on guard, centered around our ship. There are definitely submarines of the Restoration Army nearby, waiting for us to reveal a flaw."
The two Emerald-class light cruisers on the inner side of the fleet began to turn and head towards the Wild Swan.
The Emerald-class light cruiser entered service in the 26th. It is a post-war high-speed cruiser. A total of two ships were built, all of which serve in the Far East Fleet.
Its full load displacement reaches 9500 tons and its maximum speed is 32 knots.
装备了7门152毫米舰炮、3门102毫米副炮、2门40.5毫米砰砰炮。
After the modification, a depth charge rail was added to the tail to perform anti-submarine warfare missions.
These two light cruisers are also one of the core anti-submarine ships of the fleet.
Now we have finally waited for the Renaissance Army to launch an attack and reveal their tracks.
So Major General Harvey decided to find and sink the submarine whose position had been exposed first.
Even if he only sank one ship, he would become a hero of the empire.
As the flares rose on the Wild Swan destroyer, a black shadow about 2 meters underwater was exposed to their sight.
"Torpedo, incoming torpedo spotted, damn it, it's too close!"
At this time, the torpedo was less than 100 meters away from the destroyer.
There is no way to avoid it at this distance.
Under the desperate eyes of John's sailors on the deck, the black shadow directly hit the middle and rear part of the Wild Swan destroyer.
"boom....."
A short while later, a deafening explosion occurred in the boiler room of the Wild Swan destroyer.
In the huge explosion, the tail of the Wild Swan destroyer was lifted out of the water, and the sound of steel being torn was drowned out by the explosion.
When the stern of the Wild Swan returned to the surface, the huge impact force caused the hull and stern to separate and break into two pieces.
One shot into the soul!
The Wild Swan destroyer was broken into two pieces, and its fate can be imagined.
"Damn it, tell all ships to pay attention to their surroundings!"
Major General Harvey felt a vague sense of unease at this moment.
It was as if his fleet was surrounded by the Restoration Army's submarines.
What he didn't know was that his uneasy feeling came true.
At this moment, the anti-submarine formation is surrounded by 6 Hurricane-class attack nuclear submarines of the Renaissance Army.
Just as the UH-1101 nuclear submarine launched the attack, the remaining submarines also began to launch torpedo attacks one after another.
One torpedo after another shot out from the torpedo tube and headed towards their respective locked targets.
"Boom...boom..."
Two minutes after the explosion on the Wild Swan, two explosions suddenly occurred on a W-class destroyer on the other side.
In the dark night, fireballs rose from the destroyer's hull, and countless steel fragments rising into the sky could be vaguely seen.
The destroyer that exploded was the Tramp, which was also located at the outermost edge of the fleet.
It was attacked, which meant that the Renaissance Army's submarine appeared on the other side.
At this time, neither Major General Harvey nor the other officers and sailors could remain calm anymore, and panic began to spread in their hearts.
If they were facing a battleship, they would not have felt such panic.
As members of the Royal Navy sailors of John's Empire, they dare to face any powerful enemy.
This is also the naval spirit they have forged over the past two hundred years.
But submarines are an exception.
They couldn't see where the submarine was at all, but the submarine could see them and could launch a fatal attack on them at any time.
Visible enemies are not scary, invisible enemies are truly terrifying.
Human beings are always full of fear of unknown things, which is also human nature.
At this time, the searchlights of the remaining four destroyers were constantly scanning the sea, and flares were constantly rising.
There were also many people standing on one side of the deck, their eyes searching the illuminated sea.
Panic and anxiety appeared on their faces.
At this moment, everyone's heart was filled with torment.
It was as if waiting for the judgment of death.
"torpedo!"
The destroyer Truth, with D63 printed on its bow, spotted an incoming dark shadow in the sea.
They found the MK300 torpedo hidden 2 meters underwater on the sea surface about 35 meters away from the destroyer.
"Shoot! All weapons on this side, shoot at it!"
The captain of the destroyer Truth shouted at the top of his lungs, his face flushed red.
"Bang bang bang..."
At this time, the main guns, secondary guns, and anti-aircraft guns all began to frantically bombard the incoming MK35 torpedoes.
All the gunners fired hard at the torpedoes in the sea.
Just when the torpedo was less than 300 meters away from them, there was a sudden explosion and a column of water shot up into the sky.
They successfully intercepted the torpedo, and the explosion caused by the shell successfully detonated the torpedo.
"Pretty!"
At this moment, everyone's face was filled with joy of surviving a disaster, and smiles began to appear on everyone's face.
But the other destroyer, the Crooked Bird, was not so lucky.
They also spotted the two incoming torpedoes and fired at them.
However, both torpedoes failed to intercept.
A destroyer weighing only a thousand tons was hit by two torpedoes weighing more than 800 kilograms. The consequences can be imagined.
In the huge explosion, the steel was ruthlessly twisted and torn apart by the violent energy.
The keel, in particular, was the first to be broken.
Without the support of the keel, the destroyer would have ended up breaking into two pieces.
The captain and sailors on the destroyer Truth did not feel happy for long before they saw the fate of the destroyer Crooked Bird, and their faces were filled with gloom again.
At this moment they also understood that death had not left them.
They immediately stopped cheering and turned their attention back to the sea.
The torpedo was intercepted, which also made the captain of the UH-1105 submarine very depressed.
He originally wanted to save a torpedo to attack those big guys, but he didn't expect it to be intercepted.
"Send two more torpedoes!"
At this time, he put these thoughts aside and fired two torpedoes at the destroyer Truth again.
This time, the captain and sailors on the destroyer Truth could no longer laugh.
When they saw two dark shadows approaching them rapidly under the water, a feeling of powerlessness surged in their hearts.
Their blocking shots were ultimately in vain.
Even though they had started to speed up and evade.
At this time, they also decisively discovered that the torpedoes of the Renaissance Army had the ability to track.
No matter how they hid, it was useless.
Under the explosion of two torpedoes, the destroyer Truth also sank.
Now their anti-submarine formation only has two destroyers left.
"Fuck, fuck, we're surrounded by the Restoration Army's submarines.
Order all ships to sail freely to break through, no longer needing to maintain formation.
The heavy cruiser Hawkins followed our ship to break out."
At this time, Major General Harvey had completely given up the idea of sinking the Renaissance Army submarine.
Now he only hopes to break out of the submarine encirclement.
“Boom…Boom…”
Less than a minute after he gave the order, two more explosions were heard.
The ship that exploded was not the W-class destroyer, but the Emerald cruiser that was heading to the explosion area of the Wild Swan destroyer to search for traces of the Restoration Army submarine.
Amidst the two balls of fire rising into the sky, the Emerald cruiser did not break into two pieces like a destroyer weighing over a thousand tons.
After all, with a full load displacement of nearly 10,000 tons, it is more resistant to attacks.
But the two heavy torpedoes also directly destroyed the Emerald cruiser's combat capability.
This scene made Major General Harvey's eyes bloodshot, his heart was filled with panic, and the desire to break out became stronger and stronger.
Less than a minute later, another explosion was heard from the other side.
An explosion occurred on a destroyer called the Guardian that was trying to break out.
The flames of the explosion illuminated the entire sky and sea.
Now the entire anti-submarine formation only has one battlecruiser, one heavy cruiser, one light cruiser and one destroyer.
As long as the Repulse and Hawkins survived, their losses would be acceptable.
At least that's what Major General Harvey thought.
He never imagined that one day, a submarine would be able to take the initiative to attack the anti-submarine formation and make them so embarrassed.
The last destroyer sank five minutes after the Watcher.
At this time, the destroyer Walpole had increased its speed to 28 knots.
But unfortunately, they encountered the pursuing UH-1102 attack nuclear submarine.
So the submarine unceremoniously sent two large torpedoes to it, sending them on their way.
Since then, all six anti-submarine destroyers have been destroyed.
Only one light cruiser, one heavy cruiser and one battle cruiser remained.
"The outer shell has been knocked off, and now I can finally eat big mouthfuls of meat."
Without a large number of destroyers, the remaining three ships could no longer pose a threat to the submarine.
Even if these three ships launched a counterattack, when they rushed over to release depth charges, they were sunk by torpedoes on the way.
As for their naval guns?
It cannot pose any threat to submarines below a depth of 60 meters.
There were three Hurricane-class attack nuclear submarines responsible for pursuing the Repulse battle cruiser and Hawkins heavy cruiser.
Another Emerald-class light cruiser, the Enterprise, was being pursued by the UH-1101 submarine.
The remaining two submarines were already some distance away from the battlefield, so they couldn't even get any soup.