The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

"Captain, U171 has spotted the American fleet."U181, the communications officer came to Wolfgang Rütte with a telegram.

"How big is it?"Lieutenant Colonel Lutte gestured on the map without paying any attention. In his eyes, it was estimated that it was only a dozen warships. He no longer cared about such a small fleet.

"There are about three or four hundred ships. The staff officer who came to report said a number that almost made Rutte faint.

"What? How much did you say?"Lieutenant Colonel Rutte asked dully.

"About three or four hundred warships."The staff officer repeated.

"Oh, what was the previous sentence?"

"Discovery of the U.S. Fleet"

"I didn't hear you, I didn't receive you!" Lieutenant Colonel Rutte immediately shook his head. What a joke! For a fleet of this size, there are dozens of frigates alone, which is simply not something they can handle.

If there were only a dozen or twenty ships, he could still consider a sneak attack, and if he was lucky, he could sink quite a few. With hundreds of ships, it was simply courting death.

Looking at the dull eyes of the staff officer, Rutte took a deep breath and said leisurely:"It's a joke, call U171 back, we will arrive at the assembly point on time."

Although the enemy fleet is huge, it is absolutely no problem to bite off a piece or two of meat. As long as you are brave, you can even sink the enemy flagship.

"Yes!"Hearing that they were about to attack, all the officers and soldiers of the U181 submarine were busy and excited. After several years of submarine life, they had already adapted to it. If they didn't sink one or two warships every day, they would not sleep well.

Half an hour later, somewhere along the route of the US fleet, twelve submarines gathered here. These were almost all the submarines of the German army in the Atlantic.

Half of the submarines sank tonnages of more than 50,000 tons, and the U181 submarine where Lieutenant Colonel Rutte was located sank tonnages of 200,000 tons, which had exceeded the total tonnage of the Prien. Among the twelve submarines, Lieutenant Colonel Rutte had the highest rank and took over the command without hesitation. The plan he arranged was also very simple.

The two submarines used torpedoes to fiercely attack the enemy's fleet on one side, causing panic and chaos, and then immediately began to flee the area. The movement caused by the high-speed route would definitely be captured by the enemy's destroyer.

Once the enemy's destroyer was dispatched, the two submarines moved quickly and must not be captured by the enemy.

The submarine ambushed on the other side opened fire again, dealing a heavy blow to the enemy fleet, and then everyone ran away happily. As for whether they could run away, it depended on luck.

After hearing this plan, all the captains had no objection and quickly decided that the U189 and U268 submarines would attract the enemy from the side.

The U167 and U198 submarines attacked head-on, and the remaining eight submarines ambushed and attacked from the other side.

The U-167 submarine, which was assigned to the frontal attack, had all its officers and soldiers helpless at this moment. A staff officer joked,"Captain, your luck is really too bad. You must have been kissed by the devil to be able to draw with such a low probability."

Hearing this, the captain of the U-167 submarine was very upset. He originally thought that his submarine would definitely be assigned the opportunity to take charge of the general attack.

As luck would have it, he was assigned to the frontal attack. He could imagine that once the torpedoes were launched, the US destroyers would definitely chase them to the ends of the earth.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and check quickly. We might have to run for our lives soon."U-The captain of submarine No. 167 said helplessly.

Ten minutes later, all submarines were ready. At this time, the belated US fleet appeared in the periscope. Everyone gasped when they saw this huge fleet.

After calming down, everyone began to get excited because it meant that the results of this battle were absolutely gratifying.

"This is a big piece of fat meat. I must bite off a piece this time."Lieutenant Colonel Rutte said excitedly.

"Target found, course corrected, torpedoes ready, distance 4,500 meters."The captain of the U189 submarine said to the first officer beside him.

"Torpedoes! Ready!"Not long after, a voice from the torpedo compartment sounded.

"Distance: 3,400 meters, 3,200 meters, 2,800 meters……"

"2,600 meters, fire!"

With the order, U189 and U268 submarines opened fire at the same time, and eight torpedoes rushed towards the fleet at the fastest speed along the pre-set trajectory.

"Damn it, enemy attack, German submarine, torpedo." An observer on a destroyer saw the white waves and shouted loudly

"Sound the battle alarm, prepare for battle, and alert the flagship to evade."The destroyer captain reacted immediately and ordered:

"Starboard, torpedoes spotted on the starboard, meet them, don't let them pass."The captain of the destroyer saw this and decisively ordered the destroyer to move forward. At this time, the torpedoes must not be allowed to rush into the inner circle, otherwise the loss will be even greater.

The inner circle is full of transport ships, which are full of ammunition, weapons, tanks, aircraft, and personnel. As long as one transport ship is hit, the loss will be huge.

With a loud bang, all eight torpedoes hit the destroyer. With a"boom!" explosion, the destroyer was directly blown into two pieces. It sank to the bottom of the sea in just five minutes, and there was no time to escape.

"Enemy attack! Prepare for battle."Admiral Patton, the flagship battleship New Jersey, was stunned when he heard the explosion and ordered in a deep voice:

"Don't panic, General Patton, it's just a destroyer that was sunk."Admiral Joseph King, commander of the Atlantic Fleet, seemed very calm.

Looking at Admiral King's calm look, Admiral Patton was a little puzzled. Isn't he angry about the sinking of a destroyer?

"There must be more than one submarine nearby. How could the Germans dare to attack our fleet? It was probably a tentative attack just now. There should be more German submarines in the nearby waters. Admiral Jin seemed very calm.

For him, the sinking of a destroyer was nothing.���It is to ensure that the transport fleet can reach its destination safely, even if all the destroyers guarding the surroundings are sunk, it does not matter.

"Our mission is to deliver this batch of weapons to London. The loss of a few destroyers is nothing. We can replenish them in a few days at most. The British army can't wait, so don't worry about the losses."

Hearing this, Admiral Patton suddenly realized, and secretly admired Admiral King's calmness. This is a true general.

At this time, eight torpedoes attacked the US 4th Fleet again. This time, two destroyers came forward. With two explosions, one destroyer sank and the other was damaged.

Lieutenant Colonel Rutte, who was ambushed on the other side, saw this scene and couldn't help but sighed:"The enemy won't be fooled."

"Notice, after torpedoes are launched, all submarines should retreat immediately"

"Yes!"

He had seen that the US fleet had no intention of engaging with them, and continued to move forward according to the planned course. If they encountered a torpedo attack and could not avoid it, they would use destroyers to block it. The German army had no temper for this kind of attritional fighting style.

The Atlantic was not their world yet. Unless one day, they could gather more than 50 submarines at a time, then there would be hope to fight the enemy head-on. Now it was better to retreat first.

"What a pity!"Lieutenant Colonel Rutte murmured,"Next time, I will gather more submarines."