Things happened too quickly, from the first ship was torpedoed, the explosion ignited a fire, to the last ship was shot, only a little more than a minute, the calm course itself, became chaotic, some ships were on fire, some ships were shot, the crew dived like dumplings, trying to escape for their lives at a dangerous time, in short, a mess.

No one knows where the blow comes from, and even the ship in the core position doesn't even know what the blow is, in the sky, there is no trace of airships, there are no ships on the water, is it in the distance, here is daytime, at a glance, even if it is only with the naked eye, you can see 20 kilometers away, in this era, there are dozens or even hundreds of kilometers away over-the-horizon attacks.

Those who can participate in military transportation are not ordinary ships, at least they are experienced, and similar things have also been experienced, some temporary survivors looked around nervously, sudden sounds, explosions, and fires, which directly made this fleet chaotic, and the experienced focus is always on the escort force.

There are two situations of surprise attack, one is a sneak attack, that is, like an assassin, they run away with a shot, they often take advantage of the defenselessness of the fleet, suddenly launch an attack, without alarming the escort warships on the premise of shooting down one or two ships, such an attack is also a common attack of German submarines before, not to mention the poor effect, and often caught by the escort fleet, after such an attack, as long as the escort fleet is there, their ships can stay in the protective circle.

However, the current situation is obviously not the first situation, and the three destroyers that are currently seen. Two are already sinking, and one is also on fire. Although there is still one that is not seen, the entire defense system has collapsed. The most important thing is that in addition to the destroyers, there are at least 8 merchant ships that have been torpedoed, their protection is even weaker, the torpedoes have a gap of at least 3 meters in their wide hull, and the explosion is to destroy the underwater cabin. I don't know how much lower, one shot is enough, not to mention that some unlucky ones hit 3 shots.

4 shots, a destroyer sank in seconds, 3 shots for a 10,000-ton merchant ship, almost represents a devastating blow, that merchant ship sank a little slower than the destroyer, thanks to his huge body and various cabins, but the 10,000-ton giant ship is only because of the volume. Just because he sank a little slower doesn't mean he can reverse and get into more water, when the hull is halfway down. It's even more irreversible, and it won't last long depending on the situation.

Except for this hugely damaged, fast-sinking ship. The other ships that were hit, they were also in bad condition. It's basically the same, it was originally a civilian ship. There is not enough pipe damage, even if it is torpedoed to an unimportant position, and the explosion of 150 kg of ********, the resulting high temperature and fire, which is enough to ignite the metal, is almost impossible to extinguish, and the merchant ship produces it, not for the purpose of managing the damage.

The area that originally belonged to the ship group was now ablaze, and everywhere there were screams, shouts, black smoke from explosions and burning, and there was chaos on the entire surface of the sea. No one thought that neither the naval officers on the destroyer nor the crew of the merchant ship would expect such a blow.

There are no airships in the sky, there are no ships on the water, then there is only one possibility of attacking them, submarines from underwater, although they do not know, why these submarines can attack destroyers at close range without being detected by sonar, whether it is the technological breakthrough of the submarine or the negligence of the destroyer itself, it is not a problem that they should consider.

In just one minute, from a scene of rushing on a sunny day, it has become a war scene, and if it continues, this blow will intensify, and there is no end in sight, although the second wave of strikes has not yet appeared, but for submarines, it is only a matter of time.

The smart captain immediately sensed the problem, they didn't have any hesitation, and began to turn, the merchant ships of the Entente, the good days did not last too long, but the past experience is vivid, they are facing the attack, only four escort forces were killed, this is too obvious, one ship is almost sinking in seconds, the other two have also lost their ability to resist, and the speed that can be seen with the naked eye is rapidly decreasing, as for the remaining one, the raging fire is burning, although it is not sinking, but the situation is not good.

The captain who can come, every stupid person, one person turns, and the one behind also follows, and there are first and then turning, but the direction is all different, only in this way can he escape, no one knows

Four powerful warships, in a short period of time, were killed, and the merchant ships became fish on the chopping board, unlike the previous armed merchant ships, they were all merchant ships without any defense, in the face of the ubiquitous submarines, if they wanted to escape, they had to leave as soon as possible, and they had to go in different directions.

The reaction of the merchant ships was actually faster than that of the warships, and almost at the first time, the 17 merchant ships that were able to move in the end, even without communicating with each other, fled in different directions, and they couldn't manage so much, but they still escaped from this dangerous area.

On the entire surface of the sea, there is a mess, these merchant ships have been built in different years, but at this moment, they are afraid that their father and mother will lose a leg, and increase to the maximum speed, in this dangerous land, every extra second of stay, it means a second of danger, and some do not hesitate to increase the speed to the maximum.

The submarines in charge of the lookout immediately came with the news, they were going to run, Deng Jieqian also saw 17 merchant ships through the periscope, and they all turned around and fled, Deng Jieqian was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help laughing, worthy of being an Entente country, the action is not ordinary fast, if they are facing German submarines, the remaining 17 ships, may really be able to escape from the sky, but unfortunately they are facing a more powerful Chinese fleet, Qin-class submarines, specially for naval warfare, specially for submarines born war weapons.

Any reaction of these merchant ships is in vain, after Deng Jieqian gave a series of orders clearly and unambiguously, the Chinese submarine located under the water did not hesitate, the 3 destroyers were already helpless, there was no need to greet it, 2 were sinking and had already sunk more than half, they could not reverse it, and one had been heavily damaged, that is, leaving a submarine to deal with the destroyers that had not completely sunk and had the ability to resist, and the rest could be pursued.

The submarine responsible for the attack launched the torpedoes of the six torpedo tubes, but all the Chinese submarines were double-loaded, and there were 4 submarines that did not launch torpedoes at all, and they could launch more torpedoes.

Merchant ships are different from warships, as long as they shoot at close range, for most places, with the power of flying fish torpedoes, it is enough to destroy a merchant ship, only 17 ships remain, there is not a single warship, just a merchant ship, under the premise that they can't escape their pursuit at all. Leave one submarine to deal with the remaining destroyer, and the rest immediately pounce on other merchant ships, the remaining torpedo tubes, which can be used without hesitation, and the underwater speed of 16.5 knots can completely destroy most of the fast merchant ships.

The merchant ships ran like rabbits, but they could not escape their fate, these merchant ships fled in different directions, at most causing a little trouble to Deng Jieqian's fleet, and the 11 submarines had to be divided into different directions to pursue these merchant ships. The number of submarines under the water has become the key to the end of this war, a full 11 chasing 17, the fastest merchant ship to escape, the speed is about 17 knots, the slowest is only 15 knots, compared with the submarine of 16.5 knots underwater, the effect is not particularly obvious, it lasted 1 hour of combat, one after another merchant ships were killed, and soon 15 merchant ships were sunk.

There are only two cutting-edge merchant ships that have just been delivered from the United States, with a speed of 17 knots, and when fleeing for their lives, It is a merchant ship that soared to 17.8 knots, they ran the fastest, and even got out of the encirclement, but unfortunately luck still did not befall their heads, these two ships were pursued by submarines behind them, and Deng Jieqian, who freed his hand, sent two more detours, 16.5 knots underwater, but 22 knots on the water, the reconnaissance of the reconnaissance plane, gave Deng Jieqian's great support, after the battle began, the reconnaissance plane more than 30 nautical miles away also flew over, and flew over the battlefield in 10 minutes, not only gave instructions to the pursuit, but also hovered around, informing Deng Jieqian that there were no ships within a radius of 50 nautical miles, Deng Jieqian can rest assured that he can boldly pursue.

A variety of advantages, finally fused together, caused the amazing results of this battle, 2 roundabout warships, in the inclined plane cross-cutting, with a speed of 22 knots, gradually caught up with the distance between the two sides, in the end, only to sink underwater, after all, 3000 tons and 1500 tons of submarines, the difference is too big, the size of the submarine is also one of the secrets, so that the two ships run a little farther.

In the end, these two ships were still taken, the farthest they escaped, escaped a distance of 27 nautical miles, almost out of range, and even when the captain felt that he might have escaped from the sky, two torpedoes quietly came, the speed of 17 knots, in front of the torpedoes of 65 knots, it was really futile, in the end, there was still no way to change the fate, after being driven into the sea, this war officially ended. (To be continued.) )