Chapter 638: The Mediterranean Encounter

Then, in the French West Indies, the local French fleet was also disarmed, and the Ballista operation was a complete success in both areas.

However, this did not satisfy the British Navy.

The port of Toulon is in the mainland of France, and the British navy has nothing to do, but the French navy in the French North African colony can win it!

June 5, early morning.

On the Mediterranean, the waves are small.

Due to its geographical location, the Mediterranean Sea is often not considered a sea, but a bathtub. The countries along the Mediterranean Sea have absolute control over the Mediterranean Sea. Specifically, France and Italy are definitely pioneers.

Reflected in the construction of warships, the specifications of their navy ships are often formulated with reference to the sea conditions in the Mediterranean Sea.

The night was quite quiet. The weather was very good on this day. The sky was so clear that you could see the stars, blinking.

The night will provide quite good cover. At this time, in the night, a submarine is sailing in a floating state.

Submarine U73, this submarine sneaked through the Strait of Gibraltar and slipped into the Mediterranean Sea two weeks ago.

At present, the Strait of Gibraltar is still under the control of the United Kingdom. In order to ensure the interests of the Mediterranean, the British have set up layers of monitoring devices. As long as there is movement of the engine underwater, they can be detected and then attacked.

It is a pity that the British did not know that the German Navy had long mastered the seawater characteristics of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Because the Mediterranean atmosphere is controlled by the ocean current flow in the subtropical high pressure zone, and the precipitation and evaporation are small, the salinity and density of the Mediterranean sea water are higher than that of the Atlantic Ocean, but the sea surface of the Mediterranean Sea is lower.

In this way, a density current is formed in the Strait of Gibraltar. Below the water surface to 400 meters, the sea water flows eastward, and below 400 meters, the sea water flows westward, which forms a density current.

This density current was simply prepared for the German Navy. When their submarines dived out of the Mediterranean Sea, they turned off their engines, descended to a relatively deep area below the sea surface, and flowed out of the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean along the ocean current. The submarine rises to a shallower area, shuts off its engines, and follows the surface currents back to the Mediterranean.

As long as the engine is not turned on, it will be as quiet as a fish.

Of course, it is much more convenient for them now. With the surrender of France, they can find a port in southern France to dock at any time, and the sea power in the Mediterranean Sea will soon fall into the hands of the German Navy, and there is no need to risk it any longer. In and out of Gibraltar.

Moreover, what they didn't know was that the Strait of Gibraltar was already on the Cyric strike list, it was only a matter of time.

Now, the U73 submarine is floating.

Now, German submarines have been installed with snorkels, which can start the diesel engine for sailing as long as the snorkel is exposed without surfacing.

However, it is very uncomfortable for submariners to often stay in a small submarine. Therefore, whenever there is a chance, the submarine will still float out and let the submariners alternately go to the bathtub above the conning tower to breathe.

In fact, during the World War II period, submarines were still floating for most of the time, and only after finding prey would they switch to diving.

And now, in the bathtub, Sailor Lucas was greedily breathing the fresh air mixed with the sea breeze.

In a submarine, even if there is a snorkel, the air you breathe is mixed with diesel smell, which is very uncomfortable.

The top of the conning tower, also known as the bathtub, is because when the waves are big, the sailors here often get wet, which is common in the tumbling Atlantic Ocean.

However, it is rare in the Mediterranean Sea. It is more like a gentle girl. Every move, every wave, is so elegant.

Everyone has only two minutes, and is also responsible for monitoring the surrounding sea conditions. Just when Lucas just took a breath of fresh air, his brows suddenly wrinkled, his eyes, looking into the distance The dark sea at the place, with a little light on it, his ears, pricked up, carefully listening to the roar of the engine in the distance.

"Found a fleet!" Lucas shouted loudly. "Just in our direction at nine o'clock!"

"Quick, battle alert!" Following Lucas' notification, Captain Helmut immediately gave an order.

Several people on the bathtub quickly ran down, and Lucas, who ran down last, closed the hatch. This was a very common action, but it was the most important.

In the battle, everyone's nerves will collapse tightly, and at the same time, various accidents may occur, such as forgetting to close the hatch.

This is not without precedent. There have been submarines who forgot to close the hatch cover, and as a result, after an emergency dive, they never came up again.

And now, the German submariners are the most well-trained, and they will never make any low-level mistakes!

"The first ballast tank is filled with water, ready to dive, raise the snorkel, periscope, ready to switch to the battery, the diesel engine is stopped." Helmut issued one battle order.

If you look from the outside, you can see that the bow of the submarine is sinking rapidly, the bow rolled over a few waves, and it did not enter the sea, and then there is the conning tower.

When the conning tower was submerged in the sea, on the side of the conning tower, the snorkel was slowly erected, and the periscope was stretched out from the middle.

The snorkel does not provide air to the diesel engine, but provides fresh air to the submarine. When the submarine is attacking, the diesel engine needs to be turned off.

Because diesel engines are too noisy, with the continuous development of underwater listening technology, the noise of diesel engines will travel far.

However, the energy of the battery cannot be compared with that of the diesel engine. When the battery is used, the speed will drop instead.

Helmut's eyes stared at the periscope. Now, he can only see everything on the opposite side with the help of moonlight. With his hands, he turned the periscope and looked at the other side's fleet, and couldn't help but say a sentence in his mouth: "We found a big fish, the bow torpedo tube, all loaded, fixed at 10 depth, ready to launch!"

The opposite is definitely the main force of the British Navy in North Africa! The British finally dragged out their navy in the colony!

In the gap between each other's voyages, Helmut saw two tall warships that went straight to the deck, which were British aircraft carriers! Although he couldn't see clearly, Helmut could also guess that it should be the British aircraft carrier Eagle and the Hundred-Eyed Giant.

If you can kill one, that's great!

However, following, Helmut frowned, no, the other party is too fast!