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    The champagne bottle thrown by Mrs. Woodgaard drew a graceful arc in the air, and then then missed the bow of the ship.  It fell straight down and smashed to pieces on the ground.  Although to be honest, facing such a big bow that is so close, it is much more difficult to miss than to hit. In fact, the platform where the ceremony was held is the workbench that the workers use when working.  It was on this platform that the painter painted the ship.  So the platform was very close to the bow of the ship, and Mrs. Woodgard didn't even have to throw the bottle out. She could just hold the bottle with her hand and smash it against the bow of the ship.  On the contrary, there was only a small gap between the table and the bow, just enough for the bottle to fall through.  Therefore, it is not easy to accurately throw the bottle into the gap. The difficulty is not much different from the difficult big-foot clearance that Chinese national football players often perform on the opponent's goal line.  According to the rules, after the champagne is smashed, the balloon is released immediately, and then the ship is released, allowing it to slide into the sea under the influence of gravity.  The release of the balloon and the descent of the ship are all controlled by a single electric button.  The control room was a bit far away from the ship's platform, so the controller there only saw Mrs. Woodgard throwing the bottle out, but couldn't see much else clearly, so he pressed the button, and the balloon flew up.  The boat slid down Mrs. Woodgard turned her head and saw that her husband's face didn't seem to be very good.  Although it was her first time doing this, Mrs. Woodgard still knew something about smashing champagne bottles.  She also knew that it was very unlucky for something like this to happen when the boat was launched.  This means that the ship will be very unlucky.  Generally speaking, crew members and people related to navigation are always the most superstitious.  "Honey, I messed up." Mrs. Woodgard whispered to her husband.  "It's okay. In this war, there will always be unlucky ships." Sir Woodgaard replied quietly.  Anyway, neither he nor his wife would go to sea on this kind of cargo ship. If this ship is going to be unlucky, let it be.  So this cursed cargo ship, named the North Wind, completed its launching ceremony and began its legend.  ¡­ More cargo ships and more destroyers are being launched continuously. The good times of Captain Hafs and other German submarines have gradually passed. Now, except for those high-speed merchant ships that are still traveling alone, other ships  They are all already under the protection of the escort fleet.  At this time, the emergence of a large number of destroyers using the latest American-made active sonar made it not only more difficult for German submarines to launch attacks, but also made it difficult for them to escape after launching an attack.  Every time, when a submarine fires torpedoes at the merchant fleet, it will almost immediately be attacked by a destroyer. The submarine's speed is limited. Once it is targeted by the destroyer's active sonar, it will be difficult to escape. In the end, it is often dropped by the destroyer.  The depth charges were blown to pieces.  Only two weeks after Captain Hafs last went to sea, he was targeted by two destroyers during an attack. Although in the end, relying on his experienced experience, Captain Hafs successfully escaped with his -92.  However, the -92 was also seriously damaged by the depth charge.  Therefore, Captain Hafs had to end his sortie early and returned to Kiel Naval Port.  Only two days after returning, Captain Hafs learned that in the more than a month from their last return for vacation to this time when the ship was damaged and returned early, the situation at sea had changed considerably, and a large number of equipment had  The investment in destroyers with active sonar and depth charges has caused the losses of the submarine force to rise sharply, and it has now reached the point where one submarine is lost for every two merchant ships sunk.  When the -92 submarine returned from injury, Captain Hafs and his sailors were worried that this delay would allow Captain Elson's submarine to quickly catch up and surpass his own sinking record.  However, they don't have to worry now, because Captain Elson's -35 submarine lost contact three days ago and was probably sunk.  Captain Hafs suddenly remembered the tactics in the novel, so he wrote a long letter to it.  ¡­ Now Captain Hafs is Major Hafs, and he is no longer commanding his own -92 submarine. Now there is a group of fourteen submarines under his command. His  The mission is to lead this group to cut off the route from Africa to Britain, and thereby test the feasibility of the wolf pack tactic he proposed.  Hafs divided the submarines in his hands into two teams. The first team was composed of four submarines, which were mainly responsible for reconnaissance; the second team was composed of the remaining ten submarines, mainly responsible for interception missions.  Hafs placed the first group in front, about two hundred nautical miles away from the second group.  They will be spread out on the route, responsible for monitoring whether there is a passing fleet, and will determine the size, speed, course, etc. of the passing fleet.Information was reported via radio to the newly established submarine warfare command center.  The command center then combines this information to determine the best interception point.  Then the second team was notified, and the second team of submarines rushed to the target area under the command of Hafs, and under his command, launched an attack on the British fleet.  ¡­ This is the first time that the North Wind cargo ship has run a route from the South African colonies to Britain. It is a brand new ship, with a mostly new crew, and a new captain, who controls the ship on this dangerous route.  But the voyage of the North Wind is quite simple, as long as it follows the other twenty or so ships.  It¡¯s just that damn, when arranging seats, Beifeng was tragically placed on the outside.  Obviously it was always dangerous to be on the outside when there was a possibility of being attacked by a German submarine at any time.  ¡°Fortunately, there are still escorting warships.¡± Andrew, the new captain, said to himself as he looked at the two destroyers sailing not far away.  At this time, the sun was almost sinking into the sea, and the sky was filled with fiery red or deep purple clouds.  "Tomorrow will be a nice day," Andrew said to himself, and he was sure of it.  However, he would never have imagined at this time that not many people in this fleet would have the opportunity to see the sun tomorrow.  In fact, earlier today, this huge fleet was discovered by the first team of submarines.  However, the submarine did not rush to occupy a position and launch an attack. Instead, it used a periscope to observe the fleet from a distance. After the fleet moved away, it surfaced and used the information obtained.  The telegram made a report to the submarine warfare command center.  So a big net has been opened in front.  The evening glow put away its last afterglow, and stars began to shine in the dark blue sky. At first, there were only a few brightest stars, but as time went by, the darker stars gradually appeared.  , and finally the entire sky was dotted with sparkling stars.  At this time, the night has become thicker. The blue sea surface during the day has disappeared. It has melted and merged with the entire night and the black velvet sky. Looking around from the boat, there is nothing but  Apart from the one or two lights on the other boats that were on to avoid collisions, nothing could be seen, not even the waves splashing from the water as the bows of the boats split.  They all melted into the thick darkness.  But from the perspective of a submarine, the situation is a little different.  No matter what, the sky is still brighter than the sea, and after all, there are one or two anti-collision lights on the night-sailing cargo ships and escorting warships, so Hafs can still barely notice that this is heading towards them.  of the approaching fleet.  The four submarines have been waiting here for a long time.  According to Hafs's order, all the submarines came to the surface. They were divided into two groups and outflanked them from the left and right sides.  Hafs's -92 was placed on the right wing. After discovering the convoy, his submarine and several other submarines rushed towards the merchant fleet.  Unlike the merchant fleet, in order to achieve 100% concealment, there will be no lights on the submarine.  This also prevents Hafs from seeing other submarines. Naturally, he cannot issue any instructions to these submarines.  But now, there is no need to issue any instructions. The only instruction has been issued, and that is: "After discovering the enemy fleet, immediately outflank it and launch an attack." Hafs stared at a merchant ship, looking from the perspective of the submarine  , this ship is like sailing in the sea of ????stars against the backdrop of the stars.  Hafs roughly estimated the distance and angle, and then issued the order: "No. 1, No. 2 torpedo tubes, launch!" The two torpedoes were fired at the ship, and Hafs ordered the  The submarine turned in another direction, and then he began to count in his mind: "In another minute or so, the torpedo should hit." Captain Hafs thought.  It's just that it was so dark on the sea that he couldn't see anything, so he couldn't see the tracks of the torpedoes.  Dozens of seconds passed, but the explosion did not happen.  "Damn it, it was shot crookedly and not a single hit was hit." Hafs cursed.  At this time, on the North Wind, the sailor on duty heard a banging sound on the side of the ship, as if something hit the ship.  But the sailor couldn't see anything. The sailor thought that maybe an unlucky turtle was hit by our ship.  In fact, what hit the Beifeng was a torpedo launched by -92.  But for some reason, the torpedo did not explode. It opened a small hole in the side of the Beifeng and was inserted into it. Because the small hole was basically blocked by the torpedo itself, so  Not much water leaked in, so it didn't attract any attention. It wasn't until dawn that the sailors discovered this, and each one of them broke out in a cold sweat.  The other torpedo actually didn¡¯t stray very far. This torpedo passed through the tail of the Beifeng and was hit byThe influence of the current turned the direction and then traversed the entire fleet.  Finally, it hit a destroyer escorting the fleet and blew the small warship, which was no more than a thousand tons, into two pieces on the spot.  However, when Hafs made the judgment that the torpedo had not hit, the torpedo was leisurely passing through the entire formation.
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