Chapter 266: Thrilling sailing

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At 4 o'clock in the morning, it was not bright. The rest time of the u-211 submarine is over. Prian looked up at the sky and waited for his crew to drill back into the submarine one by one. He is used to being the last to enter the submarine so that he can inspect and cover the hatch himself.
Soon everyone entered the submarine, and Prion closed the hatch, and the air mixed with bad breath replaced the fresh and cold sea breeze.
"Continue to dive! Position 35 meters deep. Save electricity in 5 minutes and keep heading." Prion ordered loudly.
His first officer was in place, repeating his command loudly: "Continue to exhaust and dive, the depth is set at 35 meters underwater. After 5 minutes, turn off the main lighting power!"
The situation has become clearer, and combat missions have been decrypted. Prien had told his crew that the next day's task was to enter Scarpa Bay. Since almost all of the next day must be spent underwater, Prien ordered everyone to save air and electricity, and not to move around if necessary.
After about 5 minutes, the main lighting in the submarine was interrupted. The instruments in the submarine control room, the water droplets leaking from the pipeline and the sound of the seawater squeezing the hull from all sides were mixed together. The roar of the rotating machinery becomes the noise inside the boat. It was dark all around, with only a few lights on the instruments, which made the people in the submarine blurry to see the outlines around them.
At 4 o'clock the next day, all the crew members had finished their meal, the tables and chairs were finished, and the crew's berths were all folded up.
"You took a few people and laid the explosives you brought to the bottom of the submarine." Prion felt the time was running out, so he started preparing for everything before the attack.
The first officer nodded and took several people out of the command cabin with a flashlight. They loaded explosives in torpedo cabins and power rooms. Several people's expressions were very serious. They knew that this time the task might be really difficult.
Prian then issued an order for everyone to check their life jackets. At the same time, the submarine officers and soldiers carefully removed the fleet logo on their hats to avoid the possibility of being exposed and revealing their identity.
"Damn it!" Prian knew there was a long wait afterwards, waiting for the miracle to arrive. He was holding a pocket watch, and he was nervous. So he swallowed and forced himself to calm down.
"Attention everyone! Every minute we are at risk of being sunk! Everyone is ready to fight! We are going to Scarpa Bay. Our task is very simple-make a big noise in Scarpa Bay One scene, revenge our old high seas fleet. "Prien announced the complete order loudly.
The command cabin of the entire submarine was somewhat strangely quiet. Everyone stared silently at their captain commander. They thought it was a reconnaissance mission or a mine mission, but they never I thought this time they came here really.
"Revenge!" After a long time of shock, another sailor finally echoed his voice and said: "Revenge for those seniors who acted in rainbows!"
"Yes! Revenge! We want to let the English guy know! Who is the master of this sea!" The chief mate said excitedly.
"Yes! This is what you want! Even if you die, you must tear off a piece of meat from the British!" Brien nodded and said, "Keep heading! Keep going!"
As time passes by one minute and one second, everyone is waiting for the moment they can act. It's like waiting for the bride to get on the sedan chair, full of joy, looking forward to it, but very nervous and very nervous.
"Periscope height!" Prian finally ordered, not knowing how long it had passed. He put his face on the periscope, raised the only device capable of observing underwater targets underwater, and took a closer look at the surroundings.
"This strait cannot be driven in a submerged state, otherwise it will hit those shipwrecks." After looking at the surrounding scenery and comparing the nautical map with the first officer, the positions of many shipwrecks were marked on the top. Accurate maps completed by spies for years.
"So what should we do? We're going up?" The first officer looked at his commander in surprise and asked incredulously.
"Float!" Prian nodded.
At 7 pm, Prien gritted his teeth and finally ordered the submarine to start floating. The motor started to run at full speed, and it drove for another half hour at a depth of about 25 meters underwater, until the underwater listener provided by the sonar soldier reported that no noise from the sea was heard. Prion observed it again with a periscope After four weeks.
He felt that he had not been so cautious and nervous for several years. When he floated to a depth of 5 meters, Prion ordered to raise the periscope again. After observation, night has come and the sea conditions are good. At 7:15, Prien finally made up his mind and ordered to surface.
The airtight water tank of the submarine pushed the seawater out of the submarine, and this behemoth of nearly 1,000 tons finally surfaced. Under the cover of night, the submarine u-211 was almost sailing against the coastline.
Because of the air source, the diesel engine on the submarine started to operate. Over the next 2 hours, u-211 was very energetic and sailed at almost full speed as the tide moved northwest of the Hem Strait with the high tide.
But at 9pm, they were in trouble. A British freighter appeared on their route, so the submarine U-211 began to dive in a hurry. Finally, he dived below the sea surface one minute before being discovered.
In order to avoid passing ships on the sea, submarines often dive into the water, and at the same time have to contend with the gradually strong currents. There are some deviations in the calculation of the time of entering Scarpa Bay, and a strong tide is flowing into Scarpa Bay at this time. Like a canoe that fell into the rapids, U-211 barely entered the Cork Strait in the dark.
At 23:31, the submarine began to enter Scapa Bay, during which the bottom of the hull even frictionally collided with the tether laying on the seabed, causing the submarine to turn sharply and stranded. Because Prien had ordered the submarine to travel in a semi-submersible state according to the water depth, at this time, only the exhaust continued into the tank, so U-211 successfully floated again.
The strait ahead widened gradually, and the water flow slowed down. In order to prevent submarine attacks, many man-made shipwrecks and other underwater obstacles are densely spread under the strait with a width of less than one kilometer. According to information gathered before departure, it is extremely difficult to enter the Scarpa Bay through the Cork Channel, and it is almost difficult to penetrate. At this time, the submarine u-211 was sailing along this route.
At 12:27 midnight, Prien finally confirmed a result. They have entered Scarpa Bay. But when everyone was relieved, the most disastrous thing happened. Suddenly, a bright light shot at u-211, shining brightly on the shroud of its control tower.
Prion, who was watching everything on the tower, was stunned by the scene before him, and he was even prepared desperately. The light came from the small town of Saint Mary on the shore, a taxi headlight that happened to pass by on a highway. Under the strong light, Prion on the command tower and the first officer could even see the trucks and sentries used by the Royal Navy officers and soldiers on the shore.
Everyone was panicked, it seemed that the whereabouts had been exposed, and it was inevitable to be attacked. The first officer's hand was already pressed against the waist pistol holster, and Prian had even pulled out his p-38 pistol.
But everyone knows, not to mention the short guns in their hands, even if they count the 88mm cannon on the bow and the 40mm antiaircraft gun on the stern, they have no chance of winning. Breen, holding his breath, was even able to see two soldiers at the British outpost lighting each other's cigarettes. Perhaps the two men would fire a warning shot in the next second, letting Prien cut off their last hope.
This time it seemed that God chose to stand by the Germans, and Prian's concerns never arrived. Fortunately, the taxi did not find the submarine, but turned a corner and continued towards Scarpa Bay.
"If I do this again, I will be scared to death here." The first officer leaned against the shell of the submarine's command tower and gasped, his hands trembling until now
For a few seconds, he even admired Prien who said nothing, feeling that the commander was calm. But this kind of worship did not last long, because when the first officer saw his captain saw his trembling hand inserting his p-38 pistol into the holster, he failed two times in a row and failed to successfully pistol. Cram back.
"Be careful! We need to find a best attack position. There is only one chance. Since we are here, we will make a big one at a time." Prien said after a while.
The first officer nodded, and the two picked up their telescopes and began to warn about the situation around them. In any case, the situation in front of us has no retreat. The current mission of submarine u-211 is to find the target as soon as possible. Prion commanded the submarine to continue sailing west, while carefully observing the sea.
The dark night hangs over the British Isles, and the entire Royal Navy is saddened by the fiasco off the Dutch coast. Under the leadership of Admiral Churchill, the King has ordered the summoning of more warships to counter the threat of the German Navy.
Therefore, almost all the naval aircraft carrier forces that the British Navy can handle are gathered in Scarpa Bay. With the latest launch of the USS Royal Ark, the USS Glory and the sister ship Brave, as well as the old aircraft carrier Competitive God, Churchill plans to use the equivalent number of aircraft carriers to cover the battleships to raid William Junction and end the German high seas fleet.