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    Three hours and forty minutes later, five minutes earlier than originally planned, the submarine entered the predetermined position. It was already close to evening. Captain Hafs made the submarine enter a semi-submersible state. The lookout went to the control tower and used  Telescopes search for convoys.  ¡òIf this transport fleet had not discovered his submarine before and sailed according to its original course, then according to his budget, he would be able to see these merchant ships again in about thirty minutes.  The other crew members were also ready for battle. Everyone was waiting for the prey to appear, and the time became extremely long. Although it was only a few dozen minutes, the time was stretched out while waiting.  .  Because the submarine had lost visual contact with the convoy in the past few hours, if they changed their course during these hours, it would mean that the U-11's several hours of running around would have been in vain.  .  About four or five minutes later than expected, the transport fleet finally appeared.  "Enemy fleet found, distance **, direction **, speed **!" The lookout's shout finally came from the intercom.  "Prepare to dive to a depth of thirty meters, speed 5 knots, direction 006, prepare for battle!" Captain Hafs looked at the chart and immediately issued the order. The alarm sounded inside the submarine, and the lookout  He hurriedly left the command tower, closed the watertight hatch, and the soldiers arrived at their positions.  "The submarine has reached a depth of thirty meters." Harlan, the bosun, shouted.  Captain Hafs looked at his watch, then at the chart, and then ordered: "Reduce the speed to 1.5 knots!" The submarine began to slow down slowly. Before raising the periscope, the submarine needed to reach its maximum speed.  It may be possible to slow down a little, because if the submarine is too fast, when the periscope extends out of the water, it will pull out an obvious track, which is almost equivalent to targeting those ships it wants to hunt, or wants to  The ships hunting it shouted I am here.  Therefore, the submarine must slow down before extending the periscope.  Hafs feels that, in a sense, submarines are very similar to the crocodiles that his teacher told him about in Africa when he was studying.  In fact, this terrifying animal is not top-notch in terms of running speed or swimming speed, and its endurance is average.  They can neither defeat the running antelope in a speed competition like the cheetah, nor can they rely on endurance like those Kenyan blacks to force a cheetah to die from exhaustion while running.  They can only lurk quietly in rivers or pools where animals must come to drink water. When those animals come to drink water, they will sneak under the water and then strike violently.  The same goes for submarines. It can only stay on the route, wait for those ships to enter the range of its torpedoes, and then strike suddenly.  From this point of view, submarines are like crocodiles in the sea.  However, as long as crocodiles stay in the water, they basically have no natural enemies. As long as they don't offend those big and small-minded hippos, and if they're lucky enough not to be seen by fur traders, basically no one will pose any threat to them.  .  But the situation of submarines is not the same. Those fast destroyers pose a considerable threat to submarines.  Therefore, Hafs sometimes even envies those crocodiles.  "It has slowed down to 1.5 knots." Someone shouted again over there.  "Good, go up to periscope depth, and then extend the periscope." Captain Hafs said.  There was a sudden rumbling sound in the submarine. This was the sound made when the compressed air was pressing out part of the sea water.  Most of the time, the submarine only needs to maintain a density similar to that of seawater, and it can control the depth of submersion by operating the rudder surface.  But now, the speed of the submarine has dropped significantly, which has caused the efficiency of the rudder surface to also drop a lot, so it is necessary to use this method to slightly adjust the density of the submarine.  Soon, Captain Hafs received the report: "It has surfaced to the periscope depth, and the periscope has been extended." Captain Hafs walked to the position of the periscope and began to turn the periscope to observe targets at sea.  Hafs saw the merchant ships coming along the route he expected, and did not realize at all that he was stepping into the U-11 ambush circle.  "This speed, this angle, it's so perfect, just like a textbook." Hafs thought with a little complacency.  Those merchant ships were getting closer and closer. At this time, Hafs discovered that there were two destroyers next to those merchant ships.  "These nasty things." Hafs thought, "First, use the four fish mines at the bow to hit a fan, then turn around in a circle, quickly knock out the two fish mines at the tail, and then rush to the two fish mines.  Hurry up and leave before the destroyer arrives. "Are the bow mines ready?" Hafs asked.  "The No. 1 fish, mine, and tube are ready."?!  " "The No. 2 fish, mine, and tube are ready!"  ¡± Soon, the four torpedo tubes were ready. Hafs carefully controlled the submarine, and his subordinates were also busy calculating the shooting advance and shooting angle. Soon, everything was ready  All done. "Launch the torpedoes" Captain Hafs ordered. With a roar of compressed air, four torpedoes were fired from the bow of the U-11. "Retract the periscope and turn.  Let's prepare for round two!  Hafs shouted. The periscope was retracted, the motor was turned on to maximum power, and the submarine began to accelerate and turn in the water. According to Hafs's calculations, when they completed this turn, the torpedo they just launched  It should take about three minutes to hit the target, so they still have time to fire out the remaining two torpedoes. Torpedoes that use compressed air as power will have a very obvious trajectory. Fortunately today.  There are still some waves on the sea. Although this may cause the torpedo to yaw, it can also help to cover the track of the torpedo to a large extent. U-11 quickly completed the turn, and Hafs gained time.  The last two torpedoes were fired at the merchant fleet. "Very good!"  Hafs shouted, "Put away the periscope, dive to 40 meters, and turn to the 90-degree direction."  Accelerate to 8 knots, decelerate to 1.5 knots six minutes later, and surface to periscope depth.  "U-11 put away its periscope and began to dive. If there were no escort ships in the fleet, Hafs would continue to maintain the periscope depth and use the periscope to enjoy the beautiful scenery of fish and mines hitting merchant ships, and even let  The other crew members took turns to admire it through the periscope. It is said that one captain even floated the submarine and asked the sailors to come out and cheer at the exploding and sinking enemy transport ship. Of course, this guy later did so.  He was imprisoned and missed the opportunity to be promoted, so Hafs would not imitate such a guy. And now, under such conditions, the enemy continued to maintain the periscope depth.  It was too dangerous to go sightseeing out of the water. Therefore, Hafs planned to dive to a safer depth immediately and run away. At this time, safety came first during the run.  -11's listening device heard three explosions, which showed that his attack was very successful. Three of the six torpedoes successfully hit the target. Six minutes later, U-11 slowed down.  Speed ??to reduce the noise. At this time, the British destroyer should have arrived at the location where they launched the torpedoes. They are probably listening to the surrounding sounds with their listeners. It is necessary to slow down and reduce the noise.  . The U-11 sailed at low speed for another ten minutes, and the submarine's listener did not hear the unique thud of the destroyer's propeller. Obviously, the British failed to find them, and the U-11 quietly raised the periscope to confirm.  The results of the battle. Hafs saw that two ships were hit by torpedoes. One of them was a standard container freighter. The ship had tilted significantly. Hafs was sure that the ship would not last long.  It's about to sink. As for the other ship, the situation is even more serious. Its bow has been slightly lifted from the sea, revealing the ocher-red bulbous bow not far away.  There are still many lifeboats, and some ships even risked reducing their speed and kept launching more lifeboats into the sea. "Damn, that seems to be a passenger ship!"  Hafs thought. Before Hafs launched the attack on the fleet, he did not see this passenger ship. It was blocked by other ships. The torpedoes were not actually aimed at it, but it was hit by it.  It was hit, and judging from the current state, the ship will sink in a few minutes at most, and Hafs is almost certain that at least half of the people on the ship will not have time to run out ¡­ Originally  , a passenger ship was sunk, and about two hundred civilians died. This is not a big deal. Now during the war, thousands of people are killed on the battlefield every day, and the long-range artillery on both sides is.  The number of civilian casualties far exceeded this number. In addition, civilians were not incapable of being killed. Most of the people killed by the German Zeppelin airships were civilians. But the damn thing was that this ship set off from the United Kingdom.  Most of the passengers on American passenger ships are Americans! Both the British and the Germans know very well how decisive the power of the United States, the world's largest industrial country, plays in today's situation.  In a war, whichever side the Americans fall on will definitely win. So as soon as something happened, the British immediately jumped up and shouted "Germans massacre Americans" and claimed that such an attack had been planned for a long time.  Yes, it is aimed at the United States. The Germans also announced it in the shortest possible time.The investigation results of this tragic misunderstanding showed that the sinking of the Anne was completely accidental. Who allowed this passenger ship to be mixed in the formation of cargo ships?  The Germans also bluntly accused the British of deliberately mixing such a passenger ship among cargo ships in order to lure the Germans into accidentally attacking it.  So as to trick the Americans into boarding the British pirate ship.
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