Chapter 979 The Fuse that Set Off Everything 4

"Our attack seems to have failed?" Captain Laerch said with a face, and then silently left the periscope. The torpedo commander next to him walked over reluctantly and continued to observe the sea surface. And at this moment, another fire shot into the sky!

After a long wait (probably only a few minutes), the Austrians finally harvested their spoils! A G7 torpedo hit the battleship Normandie anchored in the port at a very tricky angle. Of course, because of the angle, don’t expect this torpedo to hit such critical locations as the ammunition depot and core compartment. , in fact, this torpedo hit the bow of the Normandie!

The explosive force generated by 195kg of TNT explosive is huge. The violent explosion easily tore the bow of the Normandy from the underwater part. Countless high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles formed in an instant, and then quickly burst, as powerful as thousands. Times the atmospheric pressure pushed countless fragments to tear at the Normandy, almost tearing the bow in half! In less than 2 minutes, hundreds of tons of seawater poured in from the breach, and the violent current caused greater damage to the battleship! The turbulent seawater flooded the torpedo room, anchor station and other compartments in the bow. After pouring in 1,200 tons of seawater, the already overwhelmed bow finally plunged deeply into the sea. The huge bow keel collided violently with the sand on the seabed! boom!

What followed was the sound of metal shattering and twisting. The already severely broken bow was further twisted and deformed. After a series of impacts and explosions, one-fifth of the entire battleship was submerged underwater. The bow of the ship was twisted at a very terrifying angle. Telling how heavy a blow this battleship suffered just now!

The effect of this strike was very good. The first torpedo hit the defensive fence, the second torpedo hit the shore and broke the half-pull trestle. The third torpedo hit a ship that was transporting supplies to the Normandy. This ship with a displacement of 4,500 meters contained 200 tons of food and more than 700 tons of coal, and it sank directly into the sea. The fourth hit the Normandy, destroying the entire bow and causing bottoming. Although the battleship was not completely destroyed, it would take only a few months to repair it.

After comparing the position of the rising pillar of fire with the observed position of the opponent's battleship, Captain Lehrman believed that his wave was stable. All that's left is to get out of the way! The French moved very quickly. All the searchlights were turned on in an instant, illuminating the sea area like daylight. The destroyers and small boats also took action immediately and began to blindly throw anti-submarine bombs into the water. The originally quiet port suddenly turned into a boiling boiler. And now Captain Laerch is preparing to give the French another gift before leaving!

Submarine No. 12 quickly sailed toward the exit, almost returning along the same path. In the process, a torpedo was pushed out of the torpedo tube. Yes, in the end, Captain Lehrman did not choose to launch another torpedo. The attack, because the torpedo reloading time is too long, takes about half an hour. At this time, if the ub-12 submarine dares to stay for half an hour, it will probably not be able to get out!

Each round bucket-like depth charge was thrown into the sea water.

The water depth in the port is not very deep. As long as the underwater explosion depth of the mine is set at about 15 meters, the submarine will almost be unable to escape. The bombs fall into the water one after another along the slide rails. After a few seconds, huge water columns appear. Taking to the sky, the French first determined the launch position of the submarine based on the torpedo track, and then used this as the core to continuously radiate to the surroundings, and a death net composed of destroyers and depth bombs unfolded!

"The French are throwing depth charges like crazy. They don't even consider where we are, but just like planting saplings, dropping a mine at a certain distance. This is a covering strike, a series of explosions. The sound came from the sea, and the huge explosion force caused the water flow under the water to continuously impact the hull of the submarine. Although we were far away from the center of the explosion, we could still feel that our submarine was constantly shaking, and the hull was also huge. There were bursts of whining under the water pressure! It was like drum hammers hitting the drum surface, making people feel palpitating and frightened!" Afterwards, whenever Captain Laerch recalled this action, he still felt lingering fear.

In the process of leaving, submarine No. ub-12 threw more than a dozen mines into the channel. The width of the channel was not very wide. It would be great if a French warship hit a mine when it went out. It might be possible to block the port for several weeks!

Just as the ub-12 submarine was preparing to embark on its return journey, the French fleet in the entire port was in chaos. The French Navy Commander-in-Chief de Laperre was awakened by the violent explosion in his sleep. After the Vice Admiral opened the curtains in his bedroom, he could see the pillar of fire rising into the sky in the direction of Berth 4. The rising flames and thick smoke made him furious!

"Who can tell me what's going on? I want to know who is responsible for the security work tonight! I want to be sent to a military court!" The lieutenant general opened the door like an angry lion and then spoke to his subordinates who were preparing to report. It hit me all over!

"We seem to have been attacked by a submarine, and the Normandy was severely damaged!" The subordinate said with some fear as he looked at the admiral who looked like a mad tiger.

"Rescue the Normandy immediately and close the defensive fences of all berths! Then order all destroyers and ships capable of dropping depth charges to plow the bottom of the harbor for me!" De La Perel ordered. The French moved very quickly. On the one hand, they continued to defend against possible attacks by submarines. On the other hand, dozens of various ships began to search for attackers in the port. Fortunately, Captain Lehi walked quickly and turned around immediately after the attack. Otherwise, he might not have been able to survive the frenzied bombardment of the French.

For Admiral de La Perel, who controls the most powerful maritime force of the Allied Powers in the Mediterranean, rescuing the Normandy battleship at this time is a very important task, and killing the attackers is also very important, but these things will naturally happen. There are people below to do it, and as the person in charge of the overall situation, what he needs to consider now is, will this matter cause any changes in the situation? For example, will the Allied fleets stationed in the Dardanelles Strait and the Adriatic Sea be ready to move because of this news? !

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