Chapter 636: Mediterranean encounter

Then, in the French West Indies, the local French fleet was also disarmed, and the ballista operation was a complete success in both areas.
However, this does not satisfy the British Navy.
The Port of Toulon is in the French mainland, and the British navy has nothing to do, but the French navy in the French North African colony can win it over!
June 5th, early morning.
In the Mediterranean, the waves are not big.
Due to its geographical location, the Mediterranean Sea is often not regarded as a sea, but a bath. The countries along the Mediterranean have absolute control over the Mediterranean. Specifically, France and Italy are absolutely vanguards.
In response to the construction of warships, the specifications of their navy ships are often formulated with reference to the sea conditions in the Mediterranean.
The night is quite quiet, the weather on this day is very good, the sky is extremely clear, you can see stars and blinking.
The night will provide quite good cover. At this time, in the night, a submarine is sailing in a floating state.
The submarine U73, this submarine sneaked through the Strait of Gibraltar and sneaked into the Mediterranean half a month ago.
At present, the Strait of Gibraltar is still under British control. In order to ensure the interests of the Mediterranean Sea, the British have installed layers of monitoring devices. As long as there is engine movement underwater, they can detect and then launch an attack.
Unfortunately, the British did not know that the German navy had long grasped the characteristics of the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar.
Because the Mediterranean atmosphere is controlled by the direction of ocean currents in the subtropical high pressure zone, and the amount of precipitation and evaporation of light rain, the salinity and density of the Mediterranean sea is higher than that of the Atlantic Ocean, but the Mediterranean sea surface is low.
In this way, a density flow is formed in the Strait of Gibraltar. The seawater flows eastward to 400 meters below the water surface, and the seawater flows westward below 400 meters, which forms a density flow.
This density flow is simply prepared for the German navy. When their submarine dived out of the Mediterranean, it turned off the engine and dropped to a deeper area below the sea surface. It flowed out of the Mediterranean to the Atlantic along the ocean current, and when it came back, The submarine rose to a relatively shallow area, turned off the engine, followed the surface ocean currents and returned to the Mediterranean.
As long as the engine is not turned on, it will be as quiet as a fish.
Of course, it is much more convenient for them now. With the surrender of France, they can find a port in southern France at any time, and the sea power of the Mediterranean will soon fall into the hands of the German navy. In and out of Gibraltar.
Moreover, what they didn't know was that the Strait of Gibraltar was already on Cyric's strike list. It was only a matter of time.
Now, the U73 submarine is floating.
Now, German submarines have been installed with snorkels, so they do not need to surface, as long as the snorkels are exposed, the diesel engine can be started for navigation.
However, for submarine soldiers, it is uncomfortable to stay in small submarines. Therefore, as long as there is a chance, the submarine will still float out, allowing the submarine soldiers to alternately go to the bath above the command tower to breathe.
In fact, in this period of World War II, the submarine was still buoyant for most of the time, and only after the prey was found, would it turn to submerged.
And now, in the bathtub, Sailor Lucas is greedily breathing the fresh air mixed with the sea breeze.
In the submarine, even if there is a snorkel, the air that is mixed with the smell of diesel is uncomfortable.
The top of the command tower is also called the bath, because when the waves are big, the sailors here are often wetted. This is common in the Atlantic Ocean where the waves are rolling.
However, in the Mediterranean, it is rare. It is more like a gentle girl, every move, every wave, is so elegant.
Everyone only has two minutes, and they are also responsible for monitoring the surrounding sea conditions. Just when Lucas just took a breath of fresh air, his brows suddenly wrinkled, his eyes looked far away There was a dark sea surface, with a little bit of light on it, and his ears stood up, listening carefully to the roar of the engine in the distance.
"Found a fleet!" Lucas shouted loudly: "It's in our nine o'clock direction!"
"Quick, battle alert!" Following Lucas' notification, Captain Helmut immediately issued the order.
The few people on the tub ran down quickly, and finally Lucas, who ran down, closed the hatch. This was a very ordinary action, but the most important.
In the battle, everyone's nerves will be tight, and at the same time, various accidents may occur, such as forgetting to close the hatch.
This is not without precedent. Once a submarine forgot to close the hatch, but after an emergency dive, it never came up again.
And now, the German submarine soldiers are the most well-trained, and they will never make any low-level mistakes!
"The first ballast tank is filled with water, ready to dive, raise the snorkel, periscope, ready to switch to the battery, and the diesel engine stops." Helmut issued one combat order.
If you look from the outside, you can see that the bow of this submarine is sinking rapidly. The bow rolled over a few waves before it sank into the sea, and then it was the command tower.
When the control tower was submerged in the sea, the side of the control tower, the vent pipe was slowly erected, and the periscope stretched out from the middle.
The vent pipe is not to provide air to the diesel engine, but to provide fresh air to the submarine. When the submarine is attacking, it is necessary to turn off the diesel engine.
Because the diesel engine is too noisy~EbookFREE.me~ With the continuous development of underwater listening technology, the noise of the diesel engine will spread far.
However, the energy of the battery cannot be compared with the diesel engine. When the battery is used, the speed will drop instead.
Helmut's eyes were staring at the periscope. Now, he can only see everything on the opposite side with the help of moonlight. With his hands, turning the periscope, looking at the opponent's fleet, he couldn't help but say something in his mouth: "We found a big fish, the bow torpedo tube, fully loaded, set depth 10, ready to launch!"
The opposite is definitely the main force of the British Navy in North Africa! The British finally dragged out their navy in the colony!
Between the other side's voyages, Helmut saw two tall warships passing through the deck, which were British aircraft carriers! Although he couldn't see clearly, Helmut could also guess that it should be the British aircraft carrier Eagle and Hundred Eyes.
If you can kill one, that's great!
However, after that, Helmut frowned, no, the opponent was too fast!