My Italian: Chapter 652 Submarine Warfare Part 2

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] On the vast Indian Ocean, a fleet is sailing southwest, which is the n-1 fleet. The fleet is composed of 23 merchant ships and 3 warships. They set off from Calcutta and are going to Liverpool, the homeland. The fleet is loaded with a large amount of goods needed by the homeland.

And Claudio followed for two days in a row just to wait for the arrival of his teammates. With such a large fleet, how could he not be able to accommodate a single submarine? Naturally, he called for friends.

This is the u27 submarine that has followed them for two days. At this time, the captain Claudio is carefully observing every move of the n-1 fleet.

At this time, the n-1 fleet was sailing forward under the cover of night. Except for the direction lights at the stern, all the ships in the queue were useless and did not turn on their lights, but the bright moonlight still reflected the outlines of the ships.

For the mathematician's method, the Royal Navy formed the first convoy fleet with a try and try method, which is the n-1 fleet, and the commander of the fleet is Kip, the commander of the first destroyer unit of the Far East Fleet. Major Schiller.

The night does provide cover for the fleet, but if it is detected, then this will provide cover for the enemy.

Of course, an experienced officer is sent to command, which also shows how much the Navy attaches importance to this.

But all of this takes time, and now the method of reducing the loss of merchant ships can be used immediately. Mathematicians gave the Royal Navy the answer, that is, the method of concentrating merchant ships and protecting them by warships.

At this time, Major Kipsiller was on the flagship cruiser Narcissus, observing the surrounding movements. As the commander of the **** formation, Major Kipsiller's prudent character was the main reason why the Ministry of the Navy chose him.

Although the British Empire has a large number of merchant ships, the total tonnage of British shipbuilding is only 2.4 million tons per year. It can be said that the sinking of the submarine force in East Africa alone offsets 60% of the annual shipbuilding capacity of the British Empire. If there were more submarine attacks, the British Empire would have to stop in a few months.

As for why they don't speed up, they have to cross half of the Indian Ocean, and there are only three or four ports that can be replenished along the way, so they must save fuel.

Of course, he didn't make this decision recklessly, but his teammates were about to arrive.

But it was useless at this time, because the four submarines were already in place and the attack was about to start.

As expected of the prudent Major Kipsile, the vigilance of the fleet was raised to the highest level.

However, although the night sky is beautiful, it hides murderous intentions.

At this time, after observing the surroundings, Major Kipsiller put down the binoculars and said. "Order the ships to send more lookouts. We are now in the attack range of Italian submarines. We must pay attention to carefully observe any suspicious situations. In addition, continue to enforce the blackout. Except for the direction lights, other lights are not allowed to be turned on. Anyone who violates the order will be punished." charged with espionage."

In the two days since he met the n-1 fleet, Claudio has observed it many times in a row. As a result, the opponent was very cautious. He didn't dare to get too close because he was afraid of being alarmed. He could only wait for his teammates to come.

"It's really cautious. It seems that we really have to wait for the arrival of other people."

At this time, Captain Claudio, who had been staring at the opponent, noticed that the speed of the fleet had increased.

"Send a telegram to the other boats and tell them to start operations tonight."

At this time c-

"Yes, Captain."

Time passed slowly on the way, the sun had already set, and a full moon appeared in the sky with twinkling stars. It was a beautiful night sky scene.

At this time, after the fleet went far away, Claudio and the others also floated to the surface, and then slowly followed the fleet.

Speaking of which, there are also reasons for the formation of the fleet. Because after the outbreak of the war, due to the unusual activity of Italian submarines in the Indian Ocean, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com caused heavy losses to British and French ships, and the British Empire accounted for 80% of the ships lost.

Therefore, in order to attack submarines, the Royal Navy, as the main responsible party, came up with a lot of ideas, such as sending camouflaged submarine hunters to find opportunities to kill these annoying Italian submarines. And this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause, and it is easy to be seen through several times. Of course, the most important thing is to quickly develop means that can detect and attack submarines.

According to the calculations of mathematicians, the method of concentrating merchant ships under the protection of warships has a much higher chance of surviving than merchant ships transporting themselves.

Claudio didn't want to wait any longer. It had been two days since he saw such a large piece of fat on his mouth, and he could bear it very much.

"Order the ships to speed up and increase the speed from eight knots to ten knots."

Although the C-27 submarine only has a top speed of 14 knots, the merchant ship is slower at only 10 knots. This is still considering that it is a submarine-infested area, and the speed has been increased. Otherwise, the speed of seven or eight knots is normal.

It is a bit dangerous to increase the speed at night, but he still decided to do it at this time.

One more thing, the current Italian submarine force has learned the simple version of sea wolf tactics. Because of the different times, it is impossible to completely reproduce Dönitz's tactics. Of course, the core idea of ​​this tactic can be learned by the Italian Navy. After all, how can a submarine fighting alone be compared with team fighting.

At this time on the Narcissus, Major Kipsiller, the fleet commander, always felt that something was wrong. This must be his sixth sense. Although he didn't find anything at this time, he still planned to increase the speed for safety's sake.

But what he didn't know was that his fleet had been targeted. At the left rear of the n-1 fleet, a submarine periscope is sticking out of the water, watching the n-1 fleet.

"Hey, the speed has increased."