Before dawn, it started to rain in the sky. The top point said, w↑ww.23w◇x.c＠om On the rough sea, 16 submarines of the 7th and 8th Submarines of the Austro-Hungarian Navy were forming formations. Under the cover of a destroyer sent by the navy from the port of Tunisia, they were sailing along the coast of the northwest of Sardinia toward southern France.

On boat No. 0811, Captain Fischer wore a raincoat and drilled out of the command tower under the bridge and went up to the small bridge outside. The wind and waves on the sea surface were a bit big, and the bow of the boat was occasionally drilled in and out of the waves. Every time the deck of the bow sank under the sea, the splashes of salty and moisture would rush to the bridge, making the crew on duty covered the sea. The sea surface was dark, and at a glance, there was nothing except his own team.

Time passed very long and boring, and the crew would sometimes joke with each other with light signals. The crew's high fighting enthusiasm at the beginning was almost exhausted by the boring and dull voyages of these days.

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"It's raining now, and the visibility is so low, why do we have to dive underwater?"

"No, what if we encounter any accidents," said Leirsch. "There may be French patrol ships in Corsica, and we cannot take risks!"

There was a flashing light signal on No. 0811, conveying the command of the wing commander.

Just after 8 o'clock, the submarine's alarm sounded, "Prepare to dive!" Fisher's voice sounded. The sailors on duty slid down from the hatch with sea water. The last one came in was the signal officer. He stood on the ladder and straightened his body. "?Barium sac spring??Braining snail snail snatched??Xianxi?Slowing snail snail snatched into the water. The submarine's deck was immersed in the water, and the sound inside the boat became dull, as if the world suddenly became very quiet.

"Report the situation in each part!" Fisher shouted into the microphone, "?Put the periscope!"

Colonel Leirch, regardless of the hustle and bustle in the boat, sat in the restaurant and studied the charts with Major Miller.

Everything was normal. The submarine slowly submersed at a speed of 5 knots at the periscope. It might not be possible to float until night. Fisher turned the periscope and searched back and forth on the sea for two rounds, but saw nothing. So he handed the periscope to the deputy captain on duty, and he also moved to the restaurant and sat down next to Major Miller.

"I heard that the Type 5 submarine is testing an underwater snorkel that can work with a diesel engine at the depth of the periscope?" Fisher said. "If we all installed that thing, we don't have to move forward as slowly as we do now."

"There is something, but it is being tested and its reliability remains to be verified." Leirsch raised his head from the chart and said, "Maybe it's soon."

"When will the surface ship troops take action?"

"It should be that they will need to wait until we set up mines before starting operations tonight." Leirsch said. The first landing troops had actually completed boarding on the island of Malta and the port of Taranto in Italy. Now the fleet is on standby and can start operations at any time.

"I hope this damn war can be ended soon," Fisher said.

"This is not necessarily the case. Now the Americans have also got involved. Maybe it will take a long time to see peace." Leirsh said slowly. Ordinary officers and soldiers do not know the United States very well. Even some senior generals think that although the distant United States is pretty good, their army of only more than 300,000 people cannot be compared with European powers. However, Leirsh, who had studied in the United States for a period of time, is very clear about the strength of the United States' industrial capabilities.

At dusk on May 27, the submarine troops finally arrived outside Toulon Port.

Toulon is a port city located on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southern France. Although the city has more than 100,000 residents, it has always been France's most important military port and main naval base. It has a natural and excellent deep-water harbor. Surrounded by mountains in Cape Bren and Cape Kerr, the harbor is calm and rarely plagued by sea storms. Due to hundreds of years of construction, the Toulon Naval Base has long been covered with fortress fortresses of all sizes. It is basically impossible to attack this fortified military port with strong defense from the sea.

The bright sunset filled the sky, and the golden sunlight shone on the sea. The 7th Submarine Team and the 8th Submarine Team lurked outside the Port of Toulon. Lairsch personally led Boat 0811 to the channel outside the port entrance to reconnaissance of the enemy.

The submarine quietly sneaked into the side of the channel near Cape Bren, "floating up to 11 meters and preparing for battle!" Colonel Lairch took over the captain's position, stood in front of the periscope, and gave an order.

The crew were manipulating the horizontal rudder, "Sir, it has floated to 11 meters." After a while, the chief engineer replied.

"Very well, keep level and turn off the motor!" said Lerch, then turned his head and gave the order to the observer beside him: "Rise the periscope."

"Yes, sir!" The main periscope barrel located at the back of the bridge and leading to the command room slowly began to rise, and finally stopped. Lercy put his eyes in front of the eyepiece, slowly turned the roulette, and began to search the sea.

"Oh my god, we almost hit the submersible net." The Colonel said to the recorder: "Remember, there is a submersible net at the 500-meter waterway on Cape Brune, and there is another one at 150 meters. The enemy's defense is very tight."

In the combat plan formulated by the General Staff and the Admiralty, the landing site was selected in the port of Vander, which was weak in defense of the Defense Forces, located in the Pyrenees region of the French border.

In fact, France's troops in the south only have two armies, and they are concentrated in the Alps on the French-Italy border. Except for some garrison troops, there are basically no field legions in the rear. The French believe that it is difficult for Austro-Hungary to break through the French-Italy defense line, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In fact, the German and Austrian sides did not want to do so.

At night, when the 1st Submarine Wing began to lay mines outside the French port, the transport fleet carrying all personnel and equipment of the 1st Marine Division had left the Port of Taranto in southern Italy and began to sail into the Western Mediterranean under the escort of the 2nd Navy Battleship.

The 3rd Battle Fleet was carrying out the mission of blocking the Toulon military port, while the 4th Battle Fleet, the strongest, was in the direction of Gibraltar by its subordinates to prevent reinforcements from the British fleet.
Chapter completed!