Battle of Jutland: Prince Eugen's Relief

"md!" In the face of two anti-submarine torpedoes, Rao is Prien's calmness is far superior to ordinary people, and he can't avoid cold sweats, "Emergency dive! Emergency dive! The engine is started, and the full speed to the northwest! The whole crew is ready to meet Shock!"

The driver couldn't care about repeating Prien's order according to the regulations at this moment. He hurriedly restarted the engine, and controlled the u47 to speed up to the northwest to escape while sneaking to a deeper place. fastest update

But the top speed of the viib submarine they were driving was only 8 knots, not to mention that it was still accelerating from a complete standstill at the moment.

Therefore, the u47 only ran out less than 70 meters in 35 seconds, and the two anti-submarine torpedoes exploded at its original position one after another.

The people in the u47 boat first heard two extremely dull explosions, and then they felt that the whole submarine had been pushed hard and jumped forward for a distance.

After the impact, Prien got up from the ground with the pole next to him and shouted loudly, "Report the situation! Report the situation!"

In fact, there was no need for Prien to shout, the sailors in various parts of the submarine spontaneously sorted out the situation and reported it to the command room after the initial confusion.

"The bow of the submarine is all normal. The three compartments b4, c12 and e7 in the middle of the boat broke into water, and the reserve buoyancy lost 30%. The rear of the submarine was the most damaged, the main rudder was stuck at 30 degrees to the right, and the stern torpedo room was completely destroyed. Squeezed." The chief mate reported to Prien while wiping the blood on his face, "But luckily, we didn't lose power, and the water leak was temporarily resolved after the damage control."

"We can still fight, right?" Prien asked coldly after listening to the report.

"Yes sir, the submarine U47 can still fight!" The chief mate closed the report and replied loudly.

"That's good!" Prien sat back on the command post again and calmly ordered, "Float up to the depth of the periscope, and aim the bow in the direction of the enemy ship!"

"Understood, go up to the depth of the periscope! The course is adjusted to the northeast!" The pilot also got up from the ground, struggled back to his post, and maneuvered the heavily damaged submarine.

Under the control of the pilot, the U47 submarine turned the bow with difficulty using the auxiliary rudder and floated up to the depth of the periscope.

"The ascent is complete! Sir!" The pilot reminded Prien aloud after executing the order.

Priyan nodded, then raised the periscope and found the destroyer Cossack not far away.

"Prepare the bow torpedo! Set the depth to 2 meters, target the enemy destroyer, and launch the No. 1 torpedo tube!" Looking at the flamboyant Cossack in the field of vision, Prien coldly ordered.

"Understood, the depth is 2 meters, the heading is due north, and the No. 1 torpedo tube is launched!"

"The depth is fixed at 2 meters, the direction is northwest and northeast, and the No. 2 and No. 3 torpedo tubes are launched!"

"Understood, the depth is fixed at 2 meters, the direction is northwest and northeast, and the No. 2 and No. 3 torpedo tubes are launched!"

Following Prien's order, three torpedoes rushed towards the destroyer Cossack in a fan shape.

"Sir! A propeller sound! The direction is due north! The speed is 70, and it is expected to collide in 20 seconds!" The moment the U47 launched the torpedo, the sonar on the Cossack caught the sound of the torpedo.

"As usual, the right rudder is full, evade urgently!" The captain calmly gave the order.

"Understood! The right rudder is full!"

Following the captain's order, the Cossack turned sharply to the right again to avoid the torpedoes fired by the U47.

However, just as the sailors on the Cossack looked at the passing torpedoes and laughed at the Germans' overreaching, the sonarists heard the sound of the propeller again, and this propeller sounded them very, very close.

"Propeller sound! Speed ​​70..." The sonar operator didn't even have time to give more hints, and the torpedo hit the Cossack's bow side chord.

The U47 is equipped with a 610mm heavy torpedo. This torpedo is extremely powerful and can effectively deal with heavily armored battleships, not to mention this thin-skinned Tribal-class destroyer.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, the entire destroyer Cossack was blown up several meters from the water surface, and then smashed back to the surface heavily, causing a mist of water.

After the water mist dissipated, only the second half of the originally slender and heroic Cossack remained, and the first half that was hit by the torpedo head-on turned into pieces and scattered on the sea.

"Beautiful!" Prien, who watched all the launch, shouted excitedly, then put away the periscope and said happily to the pilot, "Get up, let's get out of here."

"Understood, floating up..."

"Wait!" The sonar operator interrupted the pilot when he was trying to repeat the order, "I heard another propeller! It's the heavy cruiser! It's chasing after it!"

Priyan's smile narrowed, and he hurriedly raised the periscope again and searched around.

Sure enough, 6 kilometers west of them, a heavy cruiser showed its majestic figure.

It was the heavy cruiser London that appeared with the Cossack earlier.

"How many weapons do we have?" Prien said with a wry smile.

"There is also a 610mm torpedo in the No. 4 torpedo tube on the bow, and then there is a 105mm gun on the deck." The first officer also smiled wryly.

"Oh, that's all, it seems that God has to call me to see him today." Priyan sighed, "The fourth torpedo tube on the bow is ready, set a depth of 4 meters, and launch!"

"The No. 4 torpedo tube, with a fixed depth of 4 meters, has been launched."

"Pilot, go up to the surface!" Prien said, putting away his periscope.

"Are you sure, sir?" The pilot hesitated, because at sea, one of their 105mm guns obviously couldn't match the eight 204mm guns on the London.

"I'm sure, sir!" Prien nodded. "The u47 is obviously unable to dive again under the current condition, so instead of being bombed by them at a depth of 15 meters, it is better to go up and fight them to the death."

"Okay, let's go up to the sea." The pilot nodded when he heard the words, and steered the u47 back to the sea.

When Priyan saw the submarine surfaced, he climbed to the deck with a group of sailors and directed the 105mm gun to aim at the heavy cruiser London, which was only 6 kilometers away from them.

The four twin-mounted 204mm main guns on the heavy cruiser London also turned their muzzles to point at them.

"Gentlemen, I'm honored to fight alongside you!" Prien said with a smile to the more than 30 sailors standing on the bow deck while stuffing a 105mm shell into the cannon.

"Sir, we're honored too!" The soldiers were all smiles, too, but their smiles were different from Prien's, their smiles were full of hope, "But sir, I don't think God intends to call us to him today. ."

Behind their u47, a heavy cruiser flying the German Iron Crusade appeared in their field of vision.

The flagship of the 1st Heavy Cruiser Detachment of the German High Seas Fleet, the third ship of the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen!