Sheleda said in an urgent voice: "All attention, ready to launch the torpedo, now open the cover of the bow tube." ”

The deputy captain standing on the side heard Seleda's order and hurriedly reminded him in a low voice: "Comrade captain, why don't we get closer and fight again?" This is a golden opportunity, four German ships are moored in the harbor like target ships, and the attack is shortened, and it may be possible to sink them all. ”

"Comrade Deputy Captain," Seleda asked his Deputy Captain, turning his head, "how far do you think we should fire torpedoes from enemy ships?" ”

"A thousand yards, Comrade Captain." Without hesitation, the deputy captain replied: "In the past, we attacked the enemy's ships at a distance of 4,000 yards, but this time, I think we should advance to a distance of 1,000 yards, so that we can sink all the enemy's ships in the shortest possible time and with the least number of torpedoes." The co-captain's proposal made Seleda ponder, and he considered whether he should take the other party's opinion on board.

"Comrade Captain," the torpedo chief reported to Sheleda, "the cover of the torpedo tube in the bow has been opened, and the torpedo is in place and ready for fire." ”

"Comrade torpedo chief, suspend firing." After much deliberation, Sheleda decisively decided to take the advice of the deputy captain and let the submarine reach a distance of 1,000 yards from the German ships before launching. So he decisively gave the order through the intercom: "Close the outer cover of the torpedo tube, and the submarine continues to advance." ”

Ten minutes later, the submarine came outside the harbor, and Seleda again gave the combat order to the torpedo chief: "Target, cruiser on the left, a thousand yards away. Lower the periscope! ”

After receiving the order to launch a torpedo, the torpedo commander decisively shouted at his subordinates: "Torpedo No. 1, launch!" …… Torpedo No. 2, launch! ”

After watching his subordinates complete the launch operation, the torpedo chief felt a shock to the hull of the boat, knowing that it was caused by the turbulence of the torpedo when it broke away from the launch tube, indicating that the torpedo had been successfully launched.

"Raise the periscope!" When Sheleda heard the report of the torpedo chief, he hurriedly ordered the sailors to raise the periscope to observe the movement outside: "I saw that our torpedo was dragging two wake waves and headed straight for the German cruiser. ”

A minute later, the cruiser on the left, under the waterline in the middle of the hull, suddenly rose a dark red fire, and a moment later, a second flame rose. "Great, right on target." Seeing that the torpedo had accurately hit the German cruiser, Sheleda could not help but exclaim: "Well done, boys, good guys, good guys." In this way, the torpedoes were fired, and all the enemy ships were sent to the bottom of the sea. ”

The German sailors on the cruiser, finding out that their warship had been torpedoed, immediately stopped shelling on the opposite shore and ran back and forth on the deck without a master. The captain was sleeping in his cabin when a violent concussion knocked him out of bed. He didn't even bother to put on his shoes, so he rushed out of the cabin, and when he saw his men running around like headless flies, he grabbed one of the sailors and asked viciously, "What is the matter?" ”

"Mr. Captain, it's not good." The sailor said in a panic: "Torpedo, our warship was hit by a torpedo fired by a Russian submarine. ”

"Hell, how did the Russians come out of the submarine in the middle of the night?" The captain felt that his ship was constantly tilting, but he did not rush to abandon it, but ordered the sailors: "Go to the boatswain immediately, let him lead people to put out the fire and plug the leak, and we must not let our ship sink." ”

The second round of torpedoes fired by the C-11 submarine successfully hit a frigate, and the bow of the low-tonnage frigate was raised high, and the stern of the frigate quickly sank into the water.

When Sheleda saw this scene, he couldn't help but smile, and hurriedly asked the deputy captain and political commissar to also come to see this exciting scene. The deputy captain saw that the sky in the harbor was dyed red by the burning ships, and he couldn't help but say in unison: "Great, our torpedo crews are amazing!" ”

But the commissar frowned slightly, and said unhappily: "How can the cruiser that was hit not have the slightest sign of sinking?" ”

When Sheleda heard his political commissar say this, he hurriedly put his eyes in front of the periscope and looked outside, and sure enough, he saw that the cruiser was only slightly tilted, part of the hull was burning, and there were many sailors on the deck, who were using fire hoses to extinguish the fire. Seeing this scene, Xie Leda hurriedly said to the torpedo chief with a communicator: "Comrade torpedo chief, the cruiser hit by the torpedo does not seem to sink yet, you fire two more torpedoes, and you must let it sink to the bottom of the sea as soon as possible." ”

"Understood, Comrade Captain." Torpedo replied loudly, and then instructed his torpedo men: "Comrades, the enemy's cruiser has not yet sunk, and the captain orders that two more torpedoes be given to it, and let it go to the sea to feed the fish." The torpedo men laughed, lifted the torpedo with all their hands, stuffed it into the launch tube, and prepared to fire it again.

Besides, Sokolisky's artillery unit was moving towards the sea at the moment, but unfortunately the German naval guns blocked the road, so they had to stop. The commander of the artillery division reported to Sokolisky: "Comrade commander, enemy artillery fire blocked our way, and our convoy could not continue to move forward. ”

"Can you get around it from somewhere else?" Sokolisky asked tentatively: "You must build the necessary artillery positions on the seashore before dawn." ”

"It's difficult, Comrade Commander." The commander of the artillery division was embarrassed and said: "There are forests and lakes on both sides of the road, and even if we want to make a detour, I am afraid that we will not be able to pass through the ......"

Before the division commander could finish explaining the difficulties he was facing, an officer suddenly rushed into his command cabin and said excitedly: "Comrade division commander, the shelling of the enemy's ships has stopped. ”

"What, the enemy's shelling stopped?" Hearing what the officer said, the division commander couldn't put down the phone in his hand and asked in a suspicious tone, "Did you see it with your own eyes?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." The officer nodded and said, "Listen, there is no cannon sound outside." ”

The division commander listened attentively, and it was really as the officer said, the disturbing artillery sound outside had stopped at some point, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "What the hell is going on, why did the enemy's ships stop shelling?" ”

"Report to Comrade Division Commander," replied the officer respectfully, "I have just climbed up a tree to observe it, and I have noticed that the enemy ships in the harbor are on fire, and I don't know what is happening. ”