Such human mistakes are everywhere, and the captain of the damaged pipe stopped the fire from spreading near the bridge and dispatched a large number of damaged pipe crew to put out the fire. At this time, an armor-piercing projectile obliquely penetrated the water part of the Irish ship, creating a terrible direct hit on the bottom side of the ship, which is also called underwater bomb.
Two armor-piercing projectiles pierced the armor belt of the Irish Department before the underwater projectile, but it didn’t cause too much loss, which greatly puzzled the captain of the damaged pipe. When the last armor-piercing projectile formed the bottom side of the ship and directly hit the captain of the damaged pipe, there was not much force to transfer to the water cabin.
We can’t expect that even the water lightning protection device ds is not available. The battleship Ireland can resist the deity to kill the deity and the Buddha to kill the Buddha. The battleship Ireland only has a layer of water armor compartment outside the water ammunition depot, and even the power cabin is perfunctory with shipbuilding steel, so the strength is insufficient. The shipbuilding steel was penetrated by the seawater and swallowed up two cabins near the crack for the first time. The speed of the battleship Ireland suddenly dropped by 13 knots and the hull tilted to the right.
For a 20,000-ton super-feared ship, the water in one or two cabins is not enough to cause disaster, which will affect the balance of the ship by injecting water in the opposite direction of the hull. However, the design of watertight structure and the lack of plugging training the day after tomorrow have ruined all this.
Because the longitudinal partition of watertight compartment was cancelled, the Irish water compartment only had a bulkhead made of shipbuilding steel and its mass. However, the watertight door blocked the strong pressure of seawater and exploded one after another. Two adjacent compartments were carrying plugging equipment, which damaged the pipeline. The soldiers had to retreat in a panic but forgot to close the longitudinal channel contact door at the bottom of the ship, so the seawater spread along the aisle and reimbursed the starboard unit, which stopped the starboard pump of the battleship and then went to the engine room for soup.
At 16: 55, the hull of the battleship Ireland was flooded with more than 3,000 tons of water, and the port crew could not get rid of it when it was forced to operate. More than six hulls were tilted more than ten degrees to the lookout and had to tie themselves to the main mast.
At 16: 56, there was a muffled sound from the deep part of the hull of the Irish ship, which destroyed the contact door of the engine room, so it was like being strangled by someone, and the main engine entered the water and parked awkwardly in the sea with dangers.
The German bombardment was delayed. The Irish not only stopped fighting back, but also turned the weight of the muzzle barrel to slightly restrain the tilting hull. The main engine stopped, the fire was extinguished, and after the gun stopped, the drunken sea breeze thinned the smoke over the battleship. Some battleships in Ireland were finally exposed to the German lookout.
"The watchtower reported that the Irish main engine stopped and the hull was seriously tilted!"
The shocking situation of the battleship Ireland even moved the German lookout.
With a standard displacement of 227 tons, equipped with 10 135-inch main guns and 16 6-inch single-mounted auxiliary guns, the super-dreaded ship Ireland was once touted by Armstrong Shipyard as "the first-class ship in the world". It miraculously escaped the fierce effectiveness of the Mediterranean Mudros Bay and the Luzov off Portsmouth, but the aura of Britain’s lair retreated, and the Irish ship no longer swayed.
"Guys, hurry up and send the Irish to the last leg!"
The gunner of the Luzov roared, and the patrol gun department resumed its preparations for the attack. The lookout fiddled with the azimuth plate to aim the baseline at the battleship Ireland 14 kilometers away.
"Azimuth 956 degrees plus 7!" The lookout reported the degree of the azimuth dial. When the young man looked up and looked at the dead end, the corner of the Irish accidentally swept the King of Wales, which was slightly behind.
When Luzov’s Irish duel was about to be finished, the battle of the King of Wales Devingel came to an end, and the lookout was surprised to find that the King of Wales instantly turned into a ball of fire, flames and smoke.
"At 16: 57, Devlinger sank the ammunition depot of the target ship hit by the King of Wales!"
With his back to the brilliant setting sun, the lookout inserted information into the commander’s tower with a face of agitation. The lookout just reported exciting news. The 19th round of turret right half cannon hit her with joy and added joy.
Another armor-piercing projectile hit the Irish, and after a burst of dazzling light, the hull of the target ship trembled violently, and a lot of smoke and iron were sprayed out of the hole, and the Irish tilted and began to accelerate.
In the nineteenth and final round, only one shell of the turret’s right half gun was nearly missed, but by this time the sea water had overflowed the right deck of the Irish, and the sailors jumped into the sea and swam desperately to the periphery without waiting for the lifeboat.
At 16: 05, the Irish, the most valuable ship in the Mediterranean rescue fleet, couldn’t hold on any longer. It crashed to the right and capsized the phytoplankton and the nearly four-meter-long hole at the bottom of the ship. After a glimpse, it disappeared into the deep sea.
The Irish sank, and Wang Haidi’s sharp knife pierced the direction of the English Channel. Three minutes later, the fig leaf of the British Empire was pulled again. After nearly half an hour, the guns roared off the port of Portsmouth, and the battleship Hatred stopped completely. After three rounds of shooting, it chose to surrender to the Mao Qi.
This is an unheard-of event in the history of the British Empire for a hundred years. However, in April 1915, whether to send light patrols and destroyers to receive prisoners of war, Germans or British sailors sitting on the deck of the Hatred felt that everything was logical.
The flagship of the First Reconnaissance Fleet, Luzov, hung the turning signal flag and headed north. The merged columns of Devingel, Seidlitz and Mao Qi followed Wang Haidi’s flag to the coastline and headed for a battlefield. The flag of the Iron Cross Black Hawk was hoisted for light patrol and the destroyer stayed on the battlefield to shuttle to search for the lucky ones in the naval battle.
A short time later, a small British destroyer rushed to the battlefield and became enemies with each other. There was no small-scale naval battle between the two national light ships. The sailors took a small lifeboat covered with wood, clothing fragments and burning oil to search the sea. Occasionally, two lifeboats crossed and the sailors exchanged bodies and their anger was deeply rooted in the bone marrow.
Lieutenant Colonel Jones, the captain of the battleship Hatred, wore neat military uniform and white Se gloves to greet the first German destroyer to receive prisoners of war.
Lieutenant ulrich, the captain of the destroyer, climbed the gangway of the Hatred and saluted Captain Jones, who was guarding the gangway. It was a naval rule.
"Colonel, our ship was ordered to receive prisoners of war."
Lieutenant Colonel Jones’ Adam’s apple moved to say something, but as he drifted away, the whistle of the Luzov patrol disturbed Lieutenant Colonel Jones’ thinking.
The desolate whistle rocked the southern part of the English Channel, and the reverberation outside Portsmouth Harbour seemed to mourn the heroic sailors who died in the naval battle, mocking the last sound of Churchill’s era, and also seemed to remember the Turkish nation’s dream of breaking and dying the ocean.
Sitting on the deck of the battleship Hatred, the British sailors were frightened. They held the battleship full of bullet holes and armored walls. They got confused and looked up. The captain of the battleship Hatred turned his head and looked at the magnificent first reconnaissance fleet. He praised Lieutenant ulrich
"Although the British are embarrassed, I have to admit that Germany is no longer a land power and can afford the title of maritime power!"
The young German destroyer captain smiled shyly, while the old British captain faced the sea breeze, and his eyes were unconsciously filled with tears and he sighed deeply one after another.
"It’s a pity … it’s a pity that Selim doesn’t belong to Britain!"
The second gun Chapter 10 Brilliant victory (3)
This is the sea area in the southwest of the Isle of Man. It’s calm and the setting sun has just got rid of Davenport Shipyard to repair the dock hunting seat. It’s like a wild horse heading for Scarpa Bay.
The British Empire’s Hailan Sea is beautiful, but the crisis is also fierce. Three ships burned and robbed all the way from Scarpa Bay, and the sailors of the South Allied countries heard that the Se-U submarine was lurking in the sea and intended to move closer to the battleship Huntington.
The air in the command cabin of the stuffy canned U-boat was dirty, and the wet submarine soldiers took off early, neither screwing nor covering. The navy stuck to its post in underpants and waited for the instructions of Molda, the captain of submarine U32.
"U32 carries out Plan 3!"
The captain’s low line made the 35 crew members of U32 lonely and excited for a moment.
Scheme No.3 is a tactical term for small wolves. Although the submarine wolf tactics were elaborated in Wang Haidi’s paper "On Asymmetric Warfare in Battleship Times", it was still simplified when the imperial U-boats chased and strangled their prey in the ocean due to the technical level of the line in 1915, that is, the small wolves tactics.
The so-called small wolf pack tactics refer to the formation of three U-boats, which are agreed to implement corresponding tactics according to different situations. When the formation encounters an opponent, the captains act in unison according to the prior agreement, which improves the efficiency of the war.
To be honest, the small wolf pack tactic was still a relatively primitive water coordinated attack tactic until the late European War, when Carl Deng Nici, a genius in the vertical direction, came up with the ultimate wolf pack tactic according to his experience in the Eastern Mediterranean and the North Atlantic War, but the technology was relatively rough. In 1915, the small wolf pack tactic was still a simple and rude but effective submarine tactic.
"Actually, Plan 3 seems to be a big fish!"
The crew of U32 submarine whispered to each other, and all of them had been trained in the tactics of controlling small wolves. They were familiar with the meaning behind each scheme, just as the first scheme was aimed at slow civilian ships or less threatening auxiliary warships, the second scheme was aimed at relatively fast light warships and disguised Q ships, and the third scheme was aimed at important targets.
For every U-boat in the empire, Scheme 1 means that they can start killing, while Scheme 2 requires them to take the initiative to attack themselves. If Scheme 3 means that U-boats have an option to sink their opponents at the cost, it is not considered.
The hunting class battleship 1 km away is the world’s first super-feared ship with a standard displacement of 22,2 tons. It is equipped with a 135-inch main gun. Before inflation, it was as high as 150,000 pounds. The U32 submarine belongs to U31 class submarine. The surface displacement is 65 tons, the speed is 167 knots, the endurance is 79 nautical miles/water-saving displacement is 7 tons, and the speed is 9 knots. It is equipped with four 500mm torpedoes, six 500mm G7 torpedoes and two U31 class submarines. The total cost of this submarine team is still not
"The power cabin stops the left car and the right car enters a 1/4 speed periscope depth!"
The submarine warfare mode requires that the submarine commander must know the torpedo speed, and can estimate the speed and direction of the target ship by visual inspection or speed ruler. According to the ratio of the target speed to the torpedo speed, AOB angle and the compensation parallax of the periscope torpedo tube, it is not an easy task to hold the periscope captain Moore patiently to observe the trajectory of the hunting seat and silently estimate the strike direction.
Sweat slipped into a deep depression along Lieutenant Moore’s forehead, crossed his rough cheeks and fell heavily on the wet deck of the submarine for a long time. Lieutenant was finally willing to look away from the periscope and reach the first braking command.
"The power cabin stops the left car and the right car enters the second 1/3 speed to keep the periscope depth!"
In accordance with the submarine command regulations, seaman Erin repeated Lieutenant Moore’s orders to move at a constant speed. The submarine U32 shook slightly. The two lights at the top of the control tower flashed, making the submarine soldier’s face slightly sick due to lack of fresh vegetables pale.
"The left car stops and the right car enters the second speed. 1/3 periscope depth is maintained!"
Ellings will pay attention to the reading on the submarine’s podium, and report to Lieutenant Moore when the submarine finishes braking and the seaman grasps it.
Holding the periscope, Lieutenant Moore nodded faintly and muttered something silently. After half a minute, Lieutenant Moore raised his arm to reach a new instruction, "Stop the right car in the power cabin and keep 1/3 speed!"
The captain’s orders were carried out, and the roar of the 15-horsepower Germania diesel engine kept beating the hearts of the crew
"Left car into two to keep the periscope depth!"
Irene, the seaman, repeated Lieutenant Moore’s instruction that the diesel engine on the left side was started, and the medium-sized submarine was shaken again, causing the lights to suddenly go out.
"The left car enters the second periscope depth!"
After some movement, the U32 submarine finally hit the target ship route, and Lieutenant Moore was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and throw the periscope to his right-hand man.
"The seaman takes over the periscope!" Moore took out a timer from his pocket while walking towards the place where he was talking. "The torpedo cabin is two meters deep in front and two meters in front!"
Mo ‘eryin handed over the torpedo microphone in the bow torpedo cabin through the telephone line and reached a series of short instructions in high spirits.
"Guys, move our big baby out to a depth of one meter!"
When the torpedo cabin moved, the sailors buried their heads to set the timer and automatic depth setting mechanism, and then the mechanical boom sent the last two G7 power torpedoes of U32 weighing 13 tons into the 5 mm torpedo tube.
"Gordon don’t leng the torpedo tube pressure! Harlem, show me the barometer! "
There are usually two kinds of torpedo launching methods: one is wet, that is, water is injected into the launching pipe and the torpedo and seawater are ejected together through the piston; Another is that the submarine injects compressed gas into the launching pipe before the dry torpedo is launched, which can not only eject the torpedo from the launching pipe at high speed, but also help to rush out of the high pressure at high speed to prevent seawater from flooding into the launching pipe and avoid the launching pipe from entering the water.