Romanian Eagle

Immediately after Edward fired four torpedoes, the launched torpedoes showed four white lines on the sea, which were immediately seen by the lookout on the escort warship.

"Watch out for submarines."

With the shouting of the lookout, the alarm bells on the warship immediately rang, and the crew immediately took action. The weapons they operated immediately fired at the white line from the torpedoes.

It's just that two or three kittens alone can't stop the torpedo's advance, and they went straight to the transport fleet. In fact, the slow transport ship was already panicking. These recruited civilian ships had never seen such a battle before, and there was no way to operate the ship to avoid the torpedoes.

I saw the incoming torpedo directly hit the transport ship that could not dodge.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Three consecutive explosions sounded on the sides of the two transport ships. The explosion caused by the torpedo impact blew a large hole in the side of the ship, and the turbulent tide poured into the cabin regardless. The crew above hurriedly released the lifeboat, boarded it, and even jumped into the water wearing a life jacket in a hurry.

And such a tragic image scared the other transport ships into panic.

As the commander of the fleet, Major Martha knew that he couldn't make trouble at this time, so he immediately gave an order. "Send the semaphore, and let them form a circle to sail north at full speed and leave here. At the same time, send a telegram to the Ocean Star and the Rhodes, and let them go to the middle of the fleet."

That's right, he must give priority to ensuring the safety of the two ships, because there is a regiment's strength on them, and the two ships can't be in trouble.

And following his words, the warship he was on immediately sent a semaphore to the fleet to tell it to turn.

Major Martha was indifferent and would not let it go, and he gave another order. "Send a telegram to the Nasher and immediately search the area with our ship. Let the Angel protect the other ships and leave first, and send a telegram to the island of Cyprus to inform us of the submarine attack and request air support."

That's right, Major Marsa wasn't going to let it go. He will protect the fleet to leave first. But he had to find this damn submarine.

Under the sea, the Union is like a child who has done bad things and is quietly leaving.

At this point, Edward didn't dare to extend the periscope anymore, and this thing would now increase his chances of being discovered. After driving some distance, Edward continued to give orders. "Reduce to 2 knots while diving to 60 meters."

Following his words,

The submarine's speed dropped even lower, and it went deeper. At the same time, Major Marsa led two destroyers aggressively to the sea area where the torpedoes were launched, to conduct inquiries. The sonar monitor looked around and found no trace of the submarine. This is also very normal. No one is a fool.

"Throw depth charges."

It's just that Major Marsa didn't give up. He was afraid that the submarine would give him a dark light, so he still let people throw depth charges here. This is also the best weapon against submarines at present.

Since the invention of depth charges in the United Kingdom in World War I, it has been a weapon against submarines, and it and sonar sounders constitute the standard configuration of warships.

Following the orders of Major Marsa, the two warships immediately dropped depth charges into the sea.

"Boom~ boom~ boom."

There were several muffled sounds in a row, and nothing came out of the sea, not even a single fish in the sea.

Seeing that there is no result, Marsa is not surprised. If there is a result, it will be an accident. Anti-submarine requires not only technology, but also luck.

But he certainly couldn't have done that. "Now our two warships are searching separately, we go north and let the Nasher go south."

There is no problem with Marsa's order, because the island of Cyprus is to the east, and he has just sent a telegram. This damn submarine should not go to the net. To the south is Egypt, the most likely direction of escape for the submarine.

To the west is the direction they came from. If the submarine runs west, it is possible to encounter other fleets, but they have already been attacked, so other fleets will be vigilant, and don't forget that they have the advantage of aircraft. , I believe that every aircraft observer will carefully observe the sea with wide eyes.

The main purpose of heading north was to protect the departing fleet, and now that Martha rationally had the upper hand, he hoped that the fleet that was detouring north would not be attacked again.

And his decision coincidentally happened to choose the same route as Edward, who quietly left north.

"They're chasing."

The sonar man in the submarine said the news with a panicked expression. In fact, he didn't need to say that everyone in the submarine knew about it. Because the depth charges along the way have not stopped, and they are getting closer and closer.

"Captain, what should we do?"

The first officer looked at Edward nervously and asked. Not only him, but other members of the submarine are waiting for his orders. Whether they turn off the engine so that the enemy can't find it, or run at full speed to escape immediately requires the captain's order.

And Edward did not agree to the look in the eyes of everyone's expectations, but instead showed a thoughtful expression. In the face of the captain's composure in such a dangerous time, the anxious hearts of the other members were relieved a lot.

In fact, they didn't know, and Edward was in a panic. It's just that the education he received since he was a child told him that he should not let himself show a panicked side, because it would not help.

In fact, neither of these decisions is so good, because if you stop and wait, you are handing your destiny to the enemy, betting that they don't find out if you and God are kissing them. And running at full speed is just as bad, because it increases their chances of being detected, and running at full speed will make the sonar show that they are at a concert, and it's rock and roll.

So these two choices made Edward a little difficult.

"Captain, we're running out of time."

The sonar operator's words were obviously urging Edward to make a quick decision. Because the enemy ship is not far from them, if they don't make a decision, they can only wait for the judgment of fate.

"parking."

Spitting these two words out of Edward's mouth immediately gave the rest of the crew the backbone. And following his orders, the submarine came to a complete stop.

Now they can only wait for the verdict of fate.

On the sea, Martha still didn't know that his enemy was under the sea not far in front of him. At present, the warship he is on is still carrying out the standard anti-submarine operation, that is, it does not use depth charges to try to blow up the attackers.

"Have you found it yet?"

"No, Major."

Marsa heard the answer from the officer in charge of observation and could only walk to the sonar room.

I asked the sonar operator the same thing again and got the same answer, which made Marsa less confident in finding the submarine.

"Throw a few more depth charges. If we haven't found it yet, let's escort it first. Let the plane focus on this area."

He, who has always cared about the fleet in his heart, expressed his thoughts.

"Yes, Mr Major."

"boom."

A depth charge exploded more than ten meters away from the Union. The surging water pressure kept squeezing the submarine's hull, making it rattle, and a water pipe in the cabin was overwhelmed and burst, which was immediately called. Maintenance of damage handlers.

It's just that none of these can become the target of Edward's concern. He is praying that the next depth charge will not hit the submarine, let alone hit the submarine, even a few meters away.

"Almighty God, please save the people you love."

Edward meditated inwardly, swearing he had never prayed so sincerely.

As if his prayers had come to pass, the next depth charge had not come, and the sound of the engines of enemy warships was fading away.

Edward only said a word after the motor sound was completely inaudible. "We're safe."

And his words made all the crew very happy, and now they are very convinced of their captain, who saved the big guy.

"What shall we do now?"

The first mate asked cautiously, now all his eyes are full of trust in Edward, as long as the captain asks him to run naked on Fleet Street, he will do so.

"Let's go back first."

Unexpectedly, Edward gave everyone a surprising answer. Seeing everyone staring at him, Edward explained. "We are in a very dangerous situation at present. The enemy must guard the transportation line and want to find us. Let's go back first and come back when the enemy relaxes."

Edward's words persuaded the crew, and after everyone agreed, Edward immediately issued an order.

"We're going home now."

The attack mission belonging to the United submarine was completed once. Next they will take a good rest in Port Said, then maintain the submarine and wait for the next sortie.