A huge battleship sailing on the sea.
At this time, it was almost night, and the sunset glow reflected red on the sea, and the outline of the entire battleship appeared to be quite large on the sea.
Captain Bonsault was standing on the bridge, looking at the sea in the distance, thoughts full of thoughts.
The warship under his feet is the pride of the Argentine Navy. For a long time, it has been the flagship of the Argentine Navy. However, no matter how large the Argentine Navy is, it cannot directly confront the United Kingdom.
If the Argentine fleet and the British naval fleet are in a confrontation, they will not be able to see the other side's shadow, and they will be sunk by the opponent's carrier aircraft, not to mention that the opponent has a large number of warships carrying anti-ship missiles.
Therefore, the most sensible decision of the Argentine Navy is to avoid conflicts with the Royal Navy's surface and submarine battle groups for most of the ships. But the paradox is that the Afghan navy cannot avoid the war or hang up the war-free card to avoid being harmed by national dignity.
If the navy has not been dispatched, then the people will not let it go. Is it just for the fleet built up by wasting so much funds from the country
Therefore, they must conduct battle cruises.
Before reaching the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom declared the waters surrounding the Falkland Islands a no-navigation zone. Of course, the Argentine fleet must break this so-called no-navigation zone.
Now, they just sailed out of the restricted navigation zone and headed for their own coastline. On this day's cruise, everyone was ready for battle, but they encountered nothing.
"Captain, we have left 200 nautical miles away from Falklands." A voice beside him said: "Are we returning to the base as originally planned?"
"Yes, let's go back to the base." Captain Bonsau said, "Is there any movement underwater?"
For the Argentine Navy, the threat not only comes from above the sea, but also from below the sea surface.
The British Navy, with a large number of nuclear submarines, can come and attack unconsciously, while the Argentine Navy has the weakest anti-potential capacity. Once it is targeted by submarines, the consequences will be serious.
"Some are normal underwater," the adjutant said: "We made several reports and asked for an upgrade of our sonar system, but we didn't approve it. Therefore, the effect of our sonar is actually limited."
Argentina's economic situation is very tense. The upgrade of this warship costs a lot of money, so it has been dragging. Their old sonar, even if there is a situation underwater, may not be found.
God bless.
They didn't know that when they said these words, a nuclear submarine, the USS Conqueror, had already occupied the launch position on the right side of the sea ahead of them.
"Attention, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 launch tubes, loaded with No. 8 type 4 torpedoes, fixed depth 3, maximum speed." On the submarine, the captain looked at the periscope with his eyes and gave orders to his subordinates.
If they are fighting against a navy of a major power, they will absolutely not dare to do so. If they expose their periscope, they will expose their target, and the radar carried on the opponent's anti-submarine helicopter will definitely be able to search out.
But, does the Argentine Navy have anti-submarine helicopters
Boldly revealing the periscope to carry out a visual attack is simply what was done in World War II. In fact, it is true. Even the torpedoes they loaded were from the World War II era.
The latest torpedo on their submarine is the tiger torpedo with advanced performance parameters, but the reliability of the tiger is only 40. Therefore, experienced captains do not like to use this so-called high-tech product. I prefer to use this old stuff.
The torpedo No. 8 entered service in 1925. From this point of time, half a century has passed. Although it is constantly modified, it is still an old model.
However, their target was also a warship during World War II. There should be no victory with the No. 8 torpedo attacking General Belgrano, which survived the Pearl Harbor incident.
"An interval of one second, launch!"
The captain shouted loudly.
The other party was still sailing steadily. In the afterglow of the setting sun, the huge shadow of the warship was printed upside down on the sea, without even realizing that the danger had arrived.
"Bang." The front hatch opened, and the torpedo relied on its own power, left the torpedo tube, and sailed forward. Since it is an electric torpedo, you won't see the familiar bubbles on the sea.
The torpedo was sailing swiftly toward the front, and at this time, the target was also sailing steadily. This was a carefully calculated impact.
"Boom!" With the loud explosion, the first torpedo hit the armor belt 15 meters behind the bow, but its explosion had no effect.
Warships during World War II have begun to attach importance to underwater protection capabilities. If it is a battleship, it will be fine if you get a few torpedoes, as long as you don't hit the rudder, which is an important part.
As for this cruiser, the underwater armor belt was hit by one, and it could still be carried down.
When they heard the explosion, everyone was shocked. Captain Bonso almost subconsciously reacted: "Attention, it's a torpedo attack, speed up, take the s route!"
Before he could finish his words, he heard a second explosion.
"Boom!" The second torpedo had arrived. It hit 34 places on the hull, where it was the weakest part. Just after it penetrated in, the 800-pound bullet exploded.
It was as if it was paper, and under the huge explosion, the place was directly blown through, and the two floors above the restaurant and entertainment room were also filled with gunpowder.
At this time, when the soldiers were eating, the torpedo was soaked in blood, and more than 200 people were killed in an instant.
Thick smoke billowed, and the explosion of this torpedo caused huge damage to the 10,000-ton cruiser. Although it did not cause a fire, it still filled the ship with dense smoke immediately. The explosion damaged the ship’s electrical equipment and prevented it from sending out. Radio distress signal.
"Quickly, ask for help ahead!" Captain Bonsau shouted. There were two destroyers ahead of him, but because the power was suddenly cut off, he couldn't ask for help from the destroyer ahead.
A large amount of seawater poured into the ship from the gap created by the torpedoes. Due to the power interruption, the water could not be pumped away, and the ship began to sink.
Colonel Bonsault was struggling to rescue a few minutes, feeling hopeless, so he gave the order to abandon the ship.
The huge battleship, in a few minutes, whirled and sank to the bottom of the sea.
The people who got on the lifeboat were all frozen, and the sky was going to darken. The two warships in front finally found that the back was not good, and they started to come back for rescue.
While they planted depth bombs, they tried to rescue these troubled companions, but the gale blew and the lifeboats dispersed. For them, many people were struggling on the edge of life and death this night.
Against surface ships, submarines have a huge advantage, especially this kind of secret attack, which is simply tailor-made for submarines.
Countless souls sank into the cold Atlantic Ocean. (End of this chapter)