It was a battleship whose design was basically based on the Bavaria-class battleship. It was designed by Tang State designers, so in terms of performance, Tang State almost knew everything about it.
At this moment, this behemoth with a full load displacement of nearly 40,000 tons was turning, and more warships were moving further away.
"Two torpedoes! Aim at the target! Adjust the bow!" After seeing the warship in the distance through the periscope, the captain of the submarine excitedly began to issue attack orders.
Because of the long distance, they must launch torpedoes in advance and calculate the angle accurately to hit the target.
As for shortening the distance, it is actually impossible. If the submarine wants to shorten the distance, it cannot get close to the target, because even if there is only one periscope tube on the sea during the day, it is extremely easy to be discovered.
If it is submerged all the way and comes close to surfacing, it will be very dangerous for the submarine itself: if there is a warship passing by the place where it is surfacing, and the two sides collide, it is obvious that the submarine will suffer losses.
Even if there is less accurate sonar to determine the position of other warships, doing so is very dangerous: there are too many propellers, too many warships, and sonar cannot accurately locate every target.
Therefore, it is a wise idea to secretly launch torpedoes from a safe distance: faced with such a dense battleship formation, torpedoes will always hit the target.
All they have to do is fire out all the torpedoes and wait for them to hit the target.
"Torpedo No. 1 is ready!" the officer in charge of torpedo launching looked at the pressure gauge and shouted loudly. After a two-second pause, he confirmed the status of the second torpedo: "Torpedo No. 2 is ready!"
"The aiming angle calculation is completed! The bow of the boat has been aligned with the attack route!" Seeing that the mechanical computer had accurately calculated the launch angle, the adjutant shouted loudly.
"Launch!" the captain shouted, and with his shout, the torpedo launch officer pressed the launch button, injected seawater into the torpedo launch tube, and energized the torpedo inside.
The hatch of the torpedo launch tube directly in front of the submarine slowly opened, and the remaining bubbles inside rolled out and floated to the sea.
Subsequently, the electrified torpedo was pushed out of the torpedo launch tube by the compressed air, and the propeller stirred up the turbid seawater, and headed straight ahead.
Then the second torpedo launch tube was opened, the bubbles were rolling, and the second torpedo also rushed into the distance with its wake.
"Torpedo No. 1 and No. 2 have been launched!" In the command cabin, the torpedo launching officer reported loudly.
"Adjust the course! Aim at the new target! The opponent's speed is the same and is turning! Correct the attack direction...two degrees! Calculate the attack angle!" the captain ordered to the adjutant.
"Adjust, left rudder two degrees!" The helmsman on the side immediately began to turn his steering wheel and began to correct the direction of his submarine.
"Launch torpedoes!" the captain made a decisive decision and once again issued the order to attack.
The torpedo launching officer, who had been waiting for this order for a long time, immediately repeated the captain's order, and then resolutely launched the No. 3 and No. 4 torpedoes.
They do not intend to miss such an attack opportunity. As long as they can fire enough torpedoes in a short period of time, they will definitely receive enough results.
In the midst of the hustle and bustle, the submarine once again adjusted its direction and launched two more torpedoes at the huge combined fleet in the distance.
These are their last two bow torpedoes. If they want to launch torpedoes as quickly as possible, they can only turn the bow around and use the torpedo tube at the stern to launch two more torpedoes.
"Turn! Turn!" The captain of this submarine did the same thing. He wanted to use the time when the submarine turned to reload the bow torpedoes, then launch the stern torpedoes, and then use the bow torpedoes to launch a new round of attacks.
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"Turn! Full left rudder!" The helmsman excitedly turned his steering wheel. The submarine's rudder quickly turned to one side, and the entire submarine turned rapidly in the calm water.
"I hope they can hit the target!" The sailors wiping their spare torpedoes issued their most sincere prayers.
In the distance on the sea, the lookouts standing on the masts were shivering with cold, spraying clouds of white mist from their mouths. This is the northern sea area of the Mirage Kingdom, and low temperature is always the main theme.
If it weren't for the fact that it was inaccessible and there were not many routes, they wouldn't have been hiding here. They wasted several months trying to avoid the Tang State's secret weapon submarine.
On the battleship Neverwinter 2, the sailors complained about their two or three months of wandering at sea and cursed those damn naval commanders.
They receive supplies from the sea from time to time, and then replenish oil and coal in some small ports. The whole process must be done carefully, just like hamsters.
Such a huge fleet should have sailed invincibly into the enemy's port and destroyed the enemy's fleet. But until now, they don't even have the courage to take a look south.
"Damn it, when will this kind of thing end?" A sailor with his hands intertwined was beating and cursing: "Those officers drink in the wardroom every day, let us come out and stand and enjoy the breeze!"
The companion standing next to him, whose nose was red from the cold, exhaled white mist and comforted him: "Did you hear that peace talks are not going to happen? I think we are going home soon."
Everyone has a basic judgment about this war. Many things have become meaningless, and it is time to end the war.
It is not cheap to support such a large fleet. Since it has been of no use, shouldn't it be disbanded?
The war has been lost, and the previous plan to strangle Tang's maritime transportation lines has completely failed. So what's the use of continuing to persist?
"I hope it ends soon, this useless place! I don't want to stay here for a minute!" The lookout hand, holding his hands together, complained while seeing a strange white mark on the sea.
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"Hey! Look at that white line over there! What's going on?" He reminded his companion while grabbing the telescope on his chest.
The sailor whose nose was red from the cold also quickly grabbed the telescope hanging on his chest and looked in the direction of his companion's warning.
In his eyepiece, he saw the white track, which was coming towards their direction at an extremely fast speed.
While he was in a daze, the sailor who first discovered the white track had grabbed the phone on the observation deck and loudly reminded the officer on duty in the bridge: "Starboard! Starboard! Found a white track!"
Trace! It’s rushing towards our ship! It’s rushing towards our ship!”
Just as I grabbed the phone receiver, I heard someone shouting "starboard, starboard" over and over again. The officer on duty looked at the sea through the porthole window, and he was almost frightened out of his body.
There, a straight white track that should not appear in nature was rapidly approaching where he was.
In fact, they have been receiving various news about "submarines". Although they have never actually seen them, they are studying them every day.
These people are no strangers to torpedoes, because they have heard adjectives such as white tracks and huge power countless times.
So when he saw this thing, he knew it was a torpedo, which was almost a subconscious reaction.
But knowing is one thing, and how to solve it is another. So far, there is not much experience in successfully avoiding torpedoes, and everyone can only guess how to avoid them.
The kind of captain who can tell at a glance whether to reverse or to rudder left and right to avoid torpedoes must at least have relevant experience to learn from.
But now, the officer on duty was asked to judge how to avoid the torpedo after just one glance... He didn't seem to have that ability.
If he didn't have the ability, he could only try it with his eyes closed, so he could only grit his teeth and loudly ordered: "Left full rudder! Quick! Left full rudder!"
Originally, their warship was turning to the left, but now using full left rudder to increase the turning radius seemed to be a priority for evasion.
"Full left rudder!" Following his command, the helmsman quickly turned the huge steering wheel and repeated loudly.
"Signal the cruisers in front! Let them search the sea surface! Hurry!" The officer on duty quickly ordered: "Sound the battle alarm! Call the captain's room! Ask the captain to come to the bridge immediately!"
He spoke very quickly, and it was obvious that he was very anxious. The next second, the battle alarm of the entire battleship sounded, and at the same time, the battleship began to turn rapidly.
Along with the undulating waves, the warship, which looked like a huge island, began to increase its turning speed, making it much more flexible than it looked.
The bow of the battleship crashed into the waves ahead, and the four giant cannons on the deck in front of the battleship were swallowed up by the broken waves, and then rushed out of these waves, showing the heroism of steel.
"Tail! There is a track at the tail!" An officer who had been observing the sea shouted in horror when he saw the second torpedo.
The officer on duty who heard the shouts immediately walked to the side and looked through the porthole toward the stern of the ship.
Sure enough, he also saw the white track, but looking at it like this, the torpedo at the tail couldn't hit them.
He couldn't help but feel lucky, thinking that it was because of his steering command that his battleship avoided the second torpedo!
Putting down the telescope, he immediately added the order: "Send a signal to the Neverwinter 1 battleship behind immediately! Remind them to be careful of submarines! Pay attention to the sea surface!"
After a few seconds of silence, he continued to shout: "In addition! Send a telegram to all warships at the same time. We have encountered a submarine attack! Be careful on the sea!"