Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Four destroyers dropped a ring of depth charges in the surrounding waters, and two cruisers began to rescue the sailors of the USS North Carolina who fell into the water.

When he heard the sonar man's report that the two cruisers had stopped to rescue people, Kretschmer curled his lips in disdain. "What a group of novices." They stopped without confirming that they had sunk the enemy submarine. Isn't this obviously seeking death? "You still want to fight us with this little ability? Where do you get the confidence?"

The first mate smiled. "Since the last war, the United States has not fought a war for 20 years. Even the swords have to get rusty. It seems that they have to learn how to fight." But how many lives will it take to pay the tuition fee? It’s hard to say.

Based on the positions of the two cruisers, Kretschmer found the best launch position to attack the two battleships simultaneously. After confirming that there were no destroyers nearby, the submarine rose to periscope height. Although this submarine can use sonar to measure the distance and orientation of the target to launch torpedoes, the accuracy is far inferior to using a periscope to observe the target and then launch it, so Kretschmer does not like this novelty.

The battleship North Carolina had tilted severely, and sailors continued to jump into the sea.

"That's the Brooklyn-class light cruiser." Compared to the new battleships, these two cruisers can be said to be "old people."

The Brooklyn-class light cruiser is a first-class large light cruiser born under the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty. After the completion of the New Orleans-class heavy cruisers, the U.S. Navy had very little heavy cruise tonnage left under the treaty. After the Japanese navy faced the same situation and launched the shocking Mogami-class light cruiser (later transformed into a heavy cruiser), Britain and the United States decided to build a similar class of ships. The British built the Edinburgh class, while the United States built the Brooklyn class.

The firepower of the Brooklyn class imitates the configuration of the top class, equipped with a total of 5 triple 152mm cannons, supplemented by 8 127mm high-level and flat dual-purpose cannons and a large number of small-caliber anti-aircraft weapons. The Brooklyn-class has a full load displacement of more than 12,000 tons, is about 185 meters long, and is about 19 meters wide. Its size is not inferior to that of the heavy cruisers of the same era.

"Torpedo No. 3 and No. 6 are launched, turn left three degrees, torpedo No. 4 and No. 5 are launched." According to his habit, the torpedoes of No. 1 and No. 2 are acoustically guided torpedoes, No. 3 and No. 4 are electric torpedoes, and No. 5 No. 6 is an ordinary thermal torpedo. The advantages of thermally powered torpedoes are long range and fast speed; the disadvantage is that they are noisy and will produce obvious tracks, which is not conducive to concealment.

But the two cruisers just stayed there stupidly. Even when they discovered the torpedo and wanted to speed up to avoid it, it was too late.

Everyone on the two cruisers was engaged in busy rescue work, and no one noticed that two white tracks were approaching rapidly on the sea in the distance.

It wasn't until he was three hundred meters away that he was accidentally discovered by a sailor on a cruiser. Seeing the white track rushing straight towards him, the sailor's face suddenly turned pale.

"Fish... fish..." He pointed at the track and wanted to issue a warning, but the huge fear and despair almost suffocated him, and his voice was stuck in his throat and he could not spit it out. At this time, another sailor who was passing by noticed something strange about him and looked in the direction he pointed.

Then he saw a white trail coming to their feet.

"Torpedo!!" As soon as he shouted this, the torpedo had already hit the hull of the ship hard. The tonnage of the cruiser was far inferior to that of the battleship. The huge explosion shook everyone on the ship and staggered, and the water column aroused directly hit the two of them. fly. Before seawater could pour into the blasted gap, a second explosion suddenly sounded.

"Oh my God..." The captain of another cruiser was directing the rescue work. He saw the cruiser on the opposite side being submerged by the rising water column. He hurried to the side of the ship on the other side and suddenly saw a white track. Heading towards the cruiser.

It’s over!

The word flashed through the captain's mind and he closed his eyes in despair.

boom!

boom!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The four destroyers that were searching for submarines in the distance hurriedly turned around and rushed over, but before they got close, a huge water column arose from the side of the supply ship. The supply ship didn't have the same heavy armor as a battleship. It was just a thin-skinned thing. It was broken into two pieces. The bow began to tilt up and sank at a speed visible to the naked eye. The whole scene was panicked. Unbearable.

The destroyer captains were in a dilemma.

Should we find the damn submarine first, or save people first?

If we go to rescue people, we are likely to make the same mistake as the two cruisers and be attacked by a submarine hiding in the dark. But if we go to search for submarines, what should the sailors who fell into the water do? Even in the navy, not everyone can swim. If they are not fished out in time, many people will drown.

Just as they were hesitating, the sailors who fell into the water fell into an unprecedented crisis. They saw a silver-grey half-moon-shaped fin appearing on the sea in the distance, quickly cutting through the water like a knife and swimming towards here. As sailors, they naturally knew what it was, and they were immediately frightened out of their wits.

"shark!"

"Help!!"

The sailors shouted in panic and swam away quickly. It's a pity that no matter how fast they swim, they can't be faster than sharks. I saw the shark opening its huge mouth and lunging at the nearest sailor. Before the sailor could even flutter a few times, he felt his thigh being bitten by the shark!

"Ah!" He let out a painful roar that didn't sound like a human voice! His whole body almost turned into two pieces, and large areas of blood burst out from under his body!

The shark's sense of smell is very sensitive, especially to the smell of blood. It can smell the smell of flesh and blood at a concentration of 1ppm (one part per million) in the water. The low-frequency vibrations or small amounts of bleeding emitted by injured and injured fishes can attract them from a distance and can even exceed the sense of smell of land dogs.

After a while, dozens of sharks gathered in this sea area, enjoying this rare meal as if it was a party.

At this time, the captains of the four destroyers finally agreed. Two destroyers went to search for the submarine, and two went to rescue the sailors who fell into the water.

This time, based on the water column stirred up by the side of the attacked ship, they determined the approximate location of the submarine. "Go ahead at full speed! Prepare depth charges!" The destroyer captain held up his telescope and looked at where the submarine might appear. Although the sea was calm, there must be a submarine speeding away in the opposite direction below the calm water. With the submarine's underwater speed of five or six knots, it certainly wouldn't be able to travel very far.