Chapter 265: Confidential mission

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Under the quiet water surface, several fish were cruising leisurely, and suddenly they seemed to be frightened by something, and suddenly fled away like lightning. After about tens of seconds, a huge black shadow appeared slowly and quietly, like a ferocious white shark breathing a dangerous breath.
Compared with the Air Force pilots, the life of submarine soldiers is another world. Pilots perform missions for up to a few hours, and then they can relax. Each submarine officer and soldier needs to face any situation alone for more than a month for each mission.
Maybe after reading the description of learning to be a submarine commander, you will especially yearn to become a ruthless submarine commander hidden in the dark and deep sea, but if you really understand this job, you will never take it and romance. Cool to get in touch. All you are waiting for is suffocating waiting, and the cold water and loneliness and claustrophobia.
For a whole month, with every soldier on the submarine, there was only the roaring noise of machinery, and those terrible small spaces. If you really miss the life in the submarine, you can spend three consecutive days in the toilet of your home without flushing the toilet.
There are two washrooms on the submarine, one in the front torpedo cabin and one in the rear torpedo cabin, and the washroom in the front torpedo cabin is often used as a storage room full of food when the submarine starts its mission. Therefore, the entire submarine generally needs to line up to the toilet.
But for technical reasons, when the submarine is cruising in the deep sea under 80 feet, the toilet is unusable, so if the people inside want to use the toilet, they can only use a covered bucket to solve the problem-this method is Chinese It was used until the Qing dynasty, and if it was n’t pungent, it was not bad.
There are two torpedo tubes in the rear torpedo room of the submarine, but it is indeed an important rest area and dormitory for submarine officers and soldiers. Except for one auxiliary steering wheel here, it is used to manually operate the submarine when the steering wheel of the control room fails, and the rest is basically for people to sleep.
However, even if the Arhats arranged on the upper and lower floors arranged the beds, only 10 people could finally be arranged to sleep-two of them were going to sleep on the hammocks tied to the ceiling. These positions do not belong to a single soldier, but two people share a bed, which also means that half of the entire submarine is always unable to rest.
In fact, living in such a small space is very frustrating. In fact, most of the time the sailors are standing on the floor, because when the submarine sails on the rough North Atlantic sea, it will go crazy Shaking. Unless you tie yourself to the bed, you will find yourself sleeping on the same bed as your comrades on the opposite bed when you wake up.
By the moonlight, the German submarine u-211 slowly touched his goal, and the young submarine commander carefully checked the signs on his route with the periscope. His submarine moved silently. Because of the tension, he seemed to feel the sweat in his palm soaking the periscope grip.
The young submarine commander was Gunther Prien, 29 years old. Prien was the first submarine commander in service in Germany. He is now a captain with 9 years of combat experience. Prien joined the German Navy in 1929 and participated in the Spanish Civil War. His calmness and sophistication left a deep impression on Dunnitz.
In Deniz ’s personal evaluation, he recorded a special affirmation of Prien: "He is the most suitable commander I can find. His age is the largest of all the commanders in my hand, which makes He is able to maintain a clear mind to analyze the problem. His stability and experience are just what I need. In my opinion, he is fully equipped with the personal qualities and professional skills required to perform the task.
So on December 26, 1937, Dunnitz gave Prien 48 hours to study his secret battle plan and make a decision. That night, Plynn took home the combat plan and studied it into the night. The next day, he decided to accept this combat mission because he was fully confident of successfully completing this combat mission. The date of the attack was set on the night of January 3 or 4, because ocean current scholars believe that the current at this time is relatively gentle compared to other times.
The ghost knew why he had to take over this task at that time, maybe he wanted to seize the chance to become a hero or look forward to being promoted. Anyway, he agreed, and came to this ghost place. Silence and boredom reminded him of what happened when he went out to sea. He still remembered the snow drifting that day and the sky foggy.
On December 28, 1937, the fully loaded torpedo of the U-211 submarine slowly departed from the Port of Kiel, sailing through Wilhelmshaven to the North Sea along a carefully planned route, where it was diverted to the south and submerged to avoid being spotted by surface vessels Own position. The combat mission was code-named "p", and the formulation of the route was completed under high-confidence conditions, and then Dennitz personally dictated it to Akado, the head of the empire. When the submarine departed from the port, no ceremonies were even held on the pier.
Submarine u-211 entered the North Sea along the Danish peninsula. On the way, because of the need to ensure the confidentiality of the mission, Prien had kept his mouth shut and never revealed anything about the combat mission to the crew. Most of the time during the voyage, the submarine was submerged underwater and only occasionally surfaced during the day. Knowing nothing about the task they were about to perform, the crew often looked at Prien in confusion, but said nothing. There is no doubt that they have full confidence in Prien.
The submarine u-211 is a German old-style ocean-going submarine with a displacement of 950 tons. The unique hull-shaped saddle tank design of this type of submarine allows the submarine to reach a range of 8,700 miles. . The boat has a surface speed of 16 knots, 7 knots underwater, and a maximum dive depth of 100 meters. The bow is equipped with four 21-inch torpedo tubes and one aft. An 88mm deck gun was installed in front of the deck, and a 20mm anti-aircraft gun was installed behind the control tower enclosure.
As for why choosing such a submarine that is not the main force to carry out combat missions, Dunnitz has his own careful consideration. At this moment, the tonnage of German submarines has generally exceeded 1,000 tons. This class of ocean-going submarines is not suitable for sneaking into military ports for sneak attacks. Therefore, in order to ensure that the mission can be completed, Dunnitz has found thousands of choices to find his own submarine U-211.
The sky gradually dimmed. At night, U-211, which had been sailing under water for almost a whole day relying on sonar and blind estimation, emerged from the sea and began to correct the course. The sailors walked out of the submarine one after another for a brief air release. At this time, the weather is completely different from when they went out to sea. There is no heavy snow on the sea, but the dense clouds make the starlight disappear, and it is extremely difficult to distinguish the course and direction.
"What the is this weather!" Plyon whispered a cigarette, looking up at the sky. This is the last time he has surfaced and rested in this mission, and the rest of the voyage must be completed under dangerous water.
The continuous voyage for several days has made him full of beard, and the precious fresh water at sea cannot be used to do such boring things as shaving. His navy uniforms were covered with oil stains and could no longer be cleaned, and the golden rank stripes on the cuffs had been stained much darker.
In any case, his image has nothing to do with the elegance and romance of the naval ship commander. A few days of snorkeling made Prien more like a hydraulic plumber.
"Sir! We still don't know where we are going to perform the mission! However, judging from the course, we are getting closer and closer to the British mainland." His chief mate carried a telescope around his neck, leaning around the exit hatch of the control tower. On a handrail, he said with a thick nasal voice.
"Yes! We are going to the British mainland! Why? Afraid?" Prion looked at the shore on one side with his telescope. According to the lights on the coast, Prien was sure that he was not far from Orkney. In fact, they did reach a location less than 1.8 nautical miles from Orkney County. Prien's estimate is quite accurate, and the superb sailing experience he showed in front of Dunnitz is beyond doubt.
"What are you afraid of? We are the best!" The first officer smiled and replied: "The harder the task, the easier it is to get promoted and raise the salary. Captain, I know this task is very difficult, otherwise you won't I did n’t say anything along the way. So I know that our days of fame are not far away.

"Forget it! Only if you can go back alive, these are the only things." Pu Lian was amused by the first officer's words: "I'm just a hot head, want to help the head of state to complete this almost impossible task."
"We will know this task naturally when we wait." The first officer looked at the sea in the distance and said, "No matter what the task is, we will complete it."
Several crew members are playing on the submarine deck, this is their most rare leisure time. Although they still can't see the sky, they can see the sea water in the distance, which is already happier than the brothers on duty in the submarine.
Even at night, the North Atlantic is still not calm, and the submarine shakes with the waves, with salty sea water splashing to the corner of the mouth with a smell of smell. After all, this is a battleship with only a few hundred tons. It cannot have the seaworthiness of thousands of tons of surface warships. At least at this stage, the submarine is just a diving boat, not a potentially underwater boat.
After a while, a sonar crew climbed up the command tower and asked Prien: "Brothers are betting, wondering if we are going to visit Orkney County?"
Pu Lian sighed, threw the cigarette in his mouth to the sea, and replied: "Don't guess, now it is not a leak, our goal is Scarpa Bay."