1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Haven't you found it yet?" Peng Xiaowen leaned on the railing and stretched his head out of the window, looking at the calm sea.

"It's almost there. Logically, they should be in this position." Zhang Zifu took out a piece of paper with messy drawings.

"What is this?" Peng Xiaowen couldn't understand the doodles.

"This is an analysis chart I drew based on our course and the effects received by the sonar, combined with time. These intersecting points prove that we are very close. Upward means close, and downward means far away."

"Combined with the navigation chart, we can infer the position and navigation direction of the submarine."

"It should be behind us on the left, about 400 meters away, and the course is west-northwest. The speed of the submarine is generally not very fast, so they are still in this big circle."

Zhang Zifu took out the nautical chart from the table again, took a clean place, borrowed its longitude and latitude lines, and drew an ellipse on the map.

"400 meters behind the left?" Peng Xiaowen subconsciously looked in that direction.

At sea, for warships, a distance of 400 meters is not too exaggerated to say that it is close to the face. Being quietly approached by a submarine at this distance made Peng Xiaowen feel a little uncomfortable.

But he also breathed a sigh of relief. This proved that the submarine had been caught by them and did not break through their tracking and then sneak attack the Suirenshi or the gold transport ship.

"Yes, it's very close. We have been wandering around in this area. Considering that there is no trace of periscope yet, they should have discovered us."

"Next, we must be extra careful. The Germans have a lot of tricks to play submarines. Many 10,000-ton cruisers have been sunk."

Zhang Zifu said worriedly, and then shrank back.

He is not a combatant, and he can't do anything else no matter how worried he is. Instead of staying there and getting in the way, it is better to stay alone in the sonar room.

At least he can sit!

"Found us?" Peng Xiaowen repeated.

"Periscope! It's a periscope! At 8 o'clock, 500 meters away, fire! Fire quickly! Don't let it run away!" Li Zhilin pointed to the stern and shouted.

"Each unit aims on its own, aim at the target and fire!" Peng Xiaowen rushed out of the command room in two steps, came to Li Zhilin and ordered loudly.

"Where is it?" After saying that, Peng Xiaowen asked Li Zhilin where the periscope was.

"Here!" Li Zhilin held the telescope with one hand and pointed to the direction of the periscope with one hand.

Peng Xiaowen picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of his finger. He searched once but found nothing. Before he could search for the second time, the 37mm machine gun with a strong sense of rhythm sounded.

Dongdongdongdong!

Dongdongdongdong!

The navy's 37mm long-barreled machine gun is mainly used to drive away torpedo boats, interfere with torpedoes, or wash the decks of large warships. It not only has a fast firing rate, but also a long range and a fast firing speed.

About 1 second after the sound of the gunfire, the water column can be seen on the sea surface over there. Although it is very thin, it is still clear in the field of vision.

From the tiny water columns, Peng Xiaowen found a black object. This was the first time he saw a submarine periscope, and it was an enemy submarine.

"The only observation equipment for submarines underwater is the periscope. Smash it! See how he runs!" Although Peng Xiaowen doesn't know much about submarines, he has to pretend to know a lot now.

He is the captain, the commander of the entire warship, and the absolute authority on the entire warship. Everyone is looking at him. In the battle, no matter what, he can't panic.

If you respond calmly and calmly, you may still get through the crisis. If you panic, you may become troubled even if you were fine.

Just like the Koreans, they killed the first senior US general in the Peninsula War. This may also be the only highlight moment of the Korean army in decades.

"What's going on? What is the gunner of the rear main gun doing? Why aren't they firing yet?" Peng Xiaowen was quite angry when he heard that the 76 gun had fired several times, but he hadn't heard the sound of the two 105mm single-mounted guns at the rear.

Unfortunately, no one answered him. After a long while, the two single-mounted 105mm guns at the rear finally fired. At this time, the periscope had been put away by the Germans, and it was lonely.

"The main attack method of the submarine is torpedoes. Everyone should be prepared to evade. Those who are not wearing life jackets should put them on quickly."

"Li Zhilin, go ask Lu Zhanye why he didn't fire?! Did he not aim?!!"

Peng Xiaowen watched the periscope disappear on the sea, took two deep breaths, and then asked Li Zhilin to ask, because he was afraid that he would not be able to help cursing when he went over.

"Turn left and throw a few depth charges according to the course of the submarine just now." Peng Xiaowen returned to the command room.

To put it bluntly, this approach is to alert the enemy. The enemy already knows that they have been discovered, and it is impossible not to change the course, which is a waste of depth charges.

But the crew had been fighting the submarine for more than an hour, and they had only seen a submarine once in this hour.

The sailors on this ship were fighting submarines for the first time, and they were very nervous. If they didn't do something to divert their attention and relieve the pressure, Peng Xiaowen was afraid that it would affect their morale.

The Zijingshan destroyer changed its course until it reached the predetermined position, and slowly dropped 6 depth charges, which caused a spectacular splash.

But it didn't work.

"Captain, the ammunition extracted from the rear main gun is an armor-piercing projectile, and the fuse is a delayed fuse. The effect of attacking such a target is very small. Lao Lu temporarily changed the ammunition and didn't have time."

"When he heard me shout, he was ready to fire, but the two batches of shells brought up at that time were armor-piercing shells, expensive, and not as effective as the explosive shells fired by the 76-gun or even the 37-gun."

"I have already scolded him, but I think I will deal with him after I get ashore."

Li Zhilin walked in and found Peng Xiaowen studying a piece of paper with messy drawings.

"How did he graduate? We have been following this submarine for more than an hour, and we haven't even prepared the right ammunition. What does he do as a gunner? Is he here for tourism?"

Peng Xiaowen was angry at first, and then very angry.

The cost of armor-piercing shells plus time-delay fuzes is several times that of ordinary ammunition. This is a shell specially designed to penetrate cruiser-level armor. It has a multi-layer body and is much more expensive to process than ordinary shells. The time-delay fuze is also several times more expensive than ordinary impact fuzes.

This shell can still penetrate 100 mm armor at a distance of 5 kilometers. For most light ships, the power of this artillery is enough.

However, there are gains and losses. A 16-kilogram armor-piercing shell has only 600 grams of explosives.

The 24-type hand grenade used by the Germans is famous all over the world. In addition to its unique firing method, it also has great power.

The 24-type wooden-handled hand grenade has about 170 grams of explosives, and the 105 armor-piercing shell has only the equivalent of 3 and a half 24-type wooden-handled hand grenades.

It explodes in the water, although it has a certain power, but it is indeed not as powerful as the 76mm high-explosive bomb. It is a complete waste in that situation.

But Peng Xiaowen doesn't care whether it is a waste or not. Using a cannon to shoot a thin pole hundreds of meters away, both sides are still in motion, which is like a fantasy.

But what about 1 in 10,000? If 1 in 10,000 hits, the submarine loses its periscope, and it is a lamb to be slaughtered.

Although the probability is very low, the navy in the battleship era originally spent money to smash the probability.

"Sonar reaction is very intense!" Zhang Zifu suddenly stuck his head out, interrupting Peng Xiaowen's progress in accumulating anger points.

"Connect to the boiler room." Peng Xiaowen stared at Zhang Zifu and said softly to Li Zhilin.

"Left? Right?" Zhang Zifu patted his headphones and his eyes glared.

"It's on us.

"Depth charges, intensively dropped. "

Peng Xiaowen's order was transmitted to the depth charge launcher along the telephone line, and the sailors operating the depth charges became busy instantly.

Tong...Tong...Tong...Tong...Tong...Tong.

Six depth charges rolled down the track one by one and fell into the water.

Bang!

Bang!

The left and right depth charge launchers made a loud noise, and the two depth charges were pushed out by the air pressure generated by the explosion, fell to the sea surface 34 meters away, and then sank rapidly.

5 meters, 10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters, 40 meters.

The water depth was 30 meters, and the pressure gauge also reached the depth of 40 meters. The current was instantly unblocked, the fuse was fired, and then the bomb was detonated. 140 kg of explosives.

The huge energy released in the water formed a terrible cavity effect, and because of the incompressibility of water, the energy rushed to the surface of the water. This is because there is water on all sides, and the energy can only be vented upwards.

With the explosion point as the center, the area within a dozen meters nearby is extremely dangerous, and the submarine may be directly destroyed. Even if it is dozens of meters away or even farther, the submarine may be affected.

The thick water column rose continuously, and after 14 explosions, Peng Xiaowen ordered a pause.

The Zijingshan also only brought 40 depth charges, plus the ones dropped before to consolidate morale, half of them have been lost.

"There are fish everywhere, what a pity." Li Zhilin looked at the various fish that floated up, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

Of course, he doesn't like to eat fish. They have eaten enough fish. He loves fishing.

"No hit? "Peng Xiaowen searched the sea surface, and there were no floating objects such as oil stains, personnel and other debris on the sea surface.

If the submarine was destroyed, apart from other things, oil stains would definitely appear, because oil is lighter than water.

Other things such as wooden boards, kettles, shoes and clothes may float up.

But he didn't find anything, and it seemed that the submarine had avoided him.

"How is it? Zifu, can you still track the enemy?" Peng Xiaowen looked at Zhang Zifu who took off his headphones and asked expectantly.

"Yes, but it will take some time." Zhang Zifu put on the headphones and listened and nodded. He could still hear the extra propeller sound, but it was farther away from the positive pressure.

"Torpedoes were found on the port side, a total of 3, evade immediately, evade immediately!"

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