Chapter 466: Deck gun

If you are lucky, a torpedo can destroy a cargo ship, but now, it is obviously an accident, and the opponent's reaction is too fast.
Generally speaking, when a cargo ship encounters an attack, the crew is absolutely panicked and abandons the ship, but now, the other party can quickly damage the pipe and let the ship continue to float, indicating that the person on it is not an ordinary sailor!
This aroused the interest of Major Prien even more, and he must sink the cargo ship!
What's next? Continue to launch the second torpedo?
of course not!
A T2 electric torpedo costs 25,000 Reichsmarks, which of course is already very expensive. You know, a BF109 is only 43,000 Reichsmarks. Two torpedoes can build an airplane.
While airplanes can be used continuously, torpedoes are one-time use. It is actually quite luxurious to use torpedoes against cargo ships.
Just now, one has already been used, and now, the second one can’t be wasted!
In addition to being valuable, the number of torpedoes carried in one trip to sea is also limited, and the power of these torpedoes must be fully utilized!
So, now, Major Prien will not waste any more.
"The tank drains and floats up." Major Prien shouted: "The gunner prepares."
Go up!
The submarine in the water is the result of the balance of gravity and buoyancy. When the submarine’s ballast tank is filled with water, the gravity will increase and it will sink. Now, if you want to surface, you need to use compressed air to load the ballast. The sea water in the water tank is discharged.
Following his order, the submarine soldier opened the pipeline. When the high-pressure air passed through the pipeline, the entire pipeline hummed, and then the submarine gradually emerged from the sea.
Just like the dragon coming out of the water, the surface of the submarine constantly has sea water flowing down, and when the entire tank is empty, the submarine's top surface is completely exposed.
Youde, the submarine soldier, was the first to open the top hatch. In an instant, a cool sea breeze blew over and he took a deep breath. This feeling is awesome!
Even if the submarine already has a snorkel, the internal air of the submarine is still quite dirty, and the smell of diesel fuel is almost always there.
When the submarine has the opportunity to float, it is the greatest joy to be able to come out and breathe.
It's just that Youde isn't a breather, he has more important tasks.
At this moment, the submarine was shaking irregularly, and while shaking, the submarine soldier Youde ran towards the front of the deck.
There, there is an 88 mm naval gun.
Unlike the smooth, streamlined submarine of later generations, the submarine of this era is still very primitive, and looks more like a surface ship.
At the same time, its weapons, in addition to torpedoes, also have deck guns!
In the early days of World War II, on the Atlantic, German submarines did not encounter a powerful Allied anti-potential attack, and most of them were single-boat safari.
Therefore, when the German submarine encounters a single cargo ship of the Allies, in order to save precious torpedoes, they often float to the surface and attack the cargo ship with 88 mm deck guns.
Even in the war, a German XXXC large submarine relied on a 105mm deck gun and launched a gun battle with a US destroyer on the sea in the rough night!
At that time, most of the time the submarine was sailing on the surface, the deck gun was a must.
At the same time, compared with the naval guns on other warships, the biggest difference of this deck gun is the anti-rust treatment.
Sea water is salty, and if there is no protective measure, it will quickly rust.
The barrel plating and special paint can prevent rust, and every time the submarine returns to the voyage, it must be refurbished, derusting the deck gun, replacing parts and so on.
The rear muzzle is airtight, and at the same time, the front muzzle is also covered with a cover to cover the muzzle so that water does not enter the barrel.
Like now.
Youde, who rushed up, quickly took apart the cover of the deck gun. This was the first task.
In the history of Atlantic submarine warfare, the floating and diving of submarines was very common. In the panic, it will happen that the boat fires hurriedly and there is no time to take off the gun mask, causing a bombing accident.
This first task is very important.
Behind him, two other crew members ran over with him.
The crew in the middle will open the main locker under the control cabin. The shells are stored inside. This is a small watertight ammunition locker.
After disassembling, he quickly took out the cannonball and handed it to the person next to him. This person had carried the cannonball and it could fit into the barrel.
"Loading finished!" he shouted loudly.
Youde had already ran back to the rear of the gun position. He quickly shook the high-low machine, the gun barrel of the 88 mm naval gun, and turned it.
"The distance is three hundred, straight ahead, let go!"
"Boom!" Amid the huge explosion, the 88mm shell ~EbookFREE.me~ flew to the opposite freighter Navassota.
Bruce stood on the bow, watching the submarine emerge from the sea, watching the other crew come out and fire the cannon. At this moment, he could do nothing but watch.
This is a freighter.
Although there are weapons in the cargo warehouse of the freighter, these weapons are all in the warehouse. In a short period of time, it is impossible for them to take the weapons out of the warehouse.
How many rifles can be used at most, are they useful? In this case, it must be useful for naval gun battles!
"God, what are they doing? We are a civilian ship!" In the cockpit, the bearded captain, looking at the gunfire on the sea in the distance, could not help cursing loudly.
If the other party just fired torpedoes underwater, then you can deny it afterwards and make a mistake. After all, no one has seen them, but now they are actually using naval guns. This is simply lawless. They also put the Geneva Convention in their eyes. ?
"Boom!" This gun accurately hit the middle of the cargo ship, and instantly opened a big hole on the side of the ship's side.
No one can save this cargo ship anymore. This is a cargo ship after all. This shot caused the sea to flood in! The capsize of the ship is just in sight.
"Boom!" The second cannon sound!
Compared with expensive torpedoes, shells are much cheaper, and since the fire has already been fired, of course it cannot be over all at once!
The speed of manual loading is not slow. This second shell flew again after ten seconds!
"Boom!" The second shell landed beside the first shell. This second explosion directly tore the 10,000-ton freighter into two halves!
The freighter Navasota broke apart from the middle, and the front and back halves were rushing into the sea frantically. This ship was completely out of service!