As I said before, this ship group is not directly composed like the ship group I met before, and the warships are also sent to escort it, this ship group is because of the North Atlantic storm, several fleets are temporarily combined together, of which 2 patrol and 2 light cruisers form warships, not for escort existence, they went to the United States to carry out the necessary modifications and then returned to China, and the latest protective armor of the United States, power system, and even the artillery have been adjusted to a certain extent, for the next, Returning from the decisive naval battle that was about to break out in 1916, they did not have anti-submarine capabilities, at most increased the artillery power of the ship regiments.

Logically speaking, the addition of the 14 fleets with sufficient anti-submarine capabilities is a matter of mutual benefit, but unfortunately under the current situation, they can play a very small role, and most of the warships of the entire escort fleet have been damaged, and they are located in the middle of the central patrol, and the temporary commander of this escort fleet is in a dilemma. The reason why Deng Jieqian was able to produce such great results was to a greater extent because they did not command each other, although the highest officer was a temporary commander, but this commander was placed in peacetime, once they encountered a war, they did not command each other, and even contradicted each other, so that they were still a little slower to react to the submarine.

As a major admiral officer, he has a lot of experience, except for the first wave of attacks that did not react, before the second wave of attacks, those destroyers, not according to his orders, those destroyers should be guarding around them, depending on the situation, and strive to leave as soon as possible, but unfortunately no one followed his orders, and the remaining 4 destroyers were the same destroyer detachment. Those who had been sent to two different convoys to escort the destroyers had already suffered heavy damage and began to sink the destroyers, and it was the sacrifice of their comrades, their comrades-in-arms, that caused their frantic attacks. Countless depth charges were thrown into the water, missing the last chance to escape.

The British Royal Navy, the commander of the 28th Provisional Fleet, Captain Dennis, was only a little helpless before, after the second wave of submarine attacks began, almost all the ships that threatened the submarine were damaged or severely damaged, and found that things were out of control and could not continue on the premise. At the first time, he ordered the fleet to withdraw, and it was impossible for him to order those destroyers, because the other party had no way to catch up with them, but the small fleet under his command was still intact, and these ships only belonged to him, and he had direct jurisdiction, and his orders were carried out quickly. A flotilla of 4 battleships began to break out.

The fleet itself is not responsible for escorting, and it is not known how many enemy submarines are around. In short, there are a lot of them, and in such a situation, this small fleet staying here will not only not help in any way, but will become the result of the other party's battle, as for those merchant ships. I can't take care of that much. Although this is a very cowardly performance for the British Navy, he and his 4 ships have no way to deal with underwater submarines until now. Under the premise that they have suffered at least two rounds of blows and most of the destroyers have been killed, they will stay and have no other choice but to become targets.

The speed of the patrol is good, the two light cruisers do not have enough depth charge launch pads, but they can also speed up, the speed of the Minotaur class is 23 knots, after this modification, it can barely reach 24.5 knots, as for the two light cruisers, they can easily run out of more than 28 knots, but because of the escort patrol, they reduced their speed, and the four ships showed a diamond shape and went quickly outward.

After the departure of 4 warships, especially the two 15,000-ton Minotaur-class cruisers, it completely collapsed, although only a few merchant ships were torpedoed, but the warships that were on fire one after another, they couldn't stay longer, the submarines didn't attack them, not because they were not good at attacking, but the submarines were attacking the escort fleet, as long as the escort fleet was killed, waiting for their fate.

British merchant ships, just a few days after a good day, most of the crew and captains, are still clear, encountered the submarine how to deal with, they immediately opened full power, divided into different parts, fled in all directions, but the time is still short, this wave of merchant ships their speed is a little slower, the fastest is only 14 knots, there is no Xun Rui's fast merchant ships.

Whether it is these merchant ships, or the two warships, their actions are a little late, 4 completely undamaged destroyers, after being attacked, they were selected as the next target, the first 21 submarines to attack hid under the ship group, they can't raise the periscope, after all, this is too close, and too complicated, but after the four destroyers were shot, A immediately sent them the results by telegram, and waited under the group, waiting for the submarine that had been waiting for this time for a long time, and immediately began to act, quietly leaving the position of the regiment, began to outflank, and after some distance from the regiment, the periscope was raised.

On the premise of killing most of the escort forces, how to choose a valuable target has become the focus, in terms of threat and value, both loading cruisers are the best targets, although in this era, the emergence of battle cruisers and dreadnoughts has made the loading patrol eliminated, but in a specific area, such as only the area of light cruisers and old cruisers, the loading patrol still has a considerable role. This is the case in later history, even if it is as strong as the British, it will still be in the Battle of Jutland and put the patrol into the formation.

A loading patrol of nearly 15,000 tons will become a heavy result for Deng Jieqian's fleet, no one, even if he lets go of those merchant ships, he will choose to leave these two loading cruisers completely, and now is the best opportunity for him.

The movement of the submarine force was quite timely, because of the coincidence, they detoured in the same direction as Dennis's escape, when the periscope was raised, I happened to see four warships, which were accelerating in their direction, circled, and re-raised the periscope, just to see two patrol ships rushing towards them, the direction of their escape, just coincided with the direction of the submarine outflanking, and the distance between the two sides was quite close.

4 battleships, two light cruisers can be ignored, but 2 mounted cruisers, no matter what, the 15,000-ton big guy, in the pre-dreadnought era, is also a big guy similar to the former dreadnought, a standard cruiser killer, a sharp weapon to escort the colony, just put themselves in front of them, if this opportunity is not seized, it will be a pity to be escaped from the encirclement by the other party.

After a simple exchange, among the 21 submarines, there are as many as 15 of them responsible for dealing with the patrol, which was recognized by Deng Jieqian, in his idea, even if it is a little risky, it must be tried, even if it pays a certain number of casualties.

In fact, when these four ships left the ship group and rushed to the direction where the submarine was, and most of the other destroyers were destroyed, their fate was already doomed, no matter how fast they were, they had to withstand a wave of torpedoes.

At this time, because of the escape of the patrol formation, the chaotic British ship regiment did not find it at all, and under the water, there were at least 21 terrible killers, and the arrows formed by the four ships rushed towards at least 15 submarines, and the last submarine to warship battle was about to break out.

The following naval battle, the fight is in full swing, of course, the Chinese submarine has been unexpectedly strong, pressing the British escort fleet to fight, like peeling an onion, little by little peeling off the British escort fleet's protective force, the submarine was originally inferior to surface ships, unable to face off head-on shortcomings, because of the excellent performance of the flying torpedo and Qin-class submarines, was reversed, and now, it is even more necessary to create a miracle, ready to create a feat of submarine sinking more than 10,000 tons of warships in a head-to-head duel.

The naval battle below was almost at its climax, and above, Herbert's reconnaissance plane also flew over this sea area, and the reconnaissance plane flew 26 nautical miles in five minutes, which was only 4 nautical miles away from the battlefield.

With the help of the observation equipment on the reconnaissance plane, it was locked early, it may be the sea area of the battlefield, where it seems that the battle is raging, and the sound of explosions comes from time to time, what is going on, at the critical moment of the war, everyone on the reconnaissance plane, even if their hearts are full of curiosity, but no one will send a report to Deng Jieqian, God knows what moment it is, if the telegram disturbs the command of the operation, it is a big mistake, and the other party will not reply to the letter. In case the reply affects the situation of the battle, it will be a big trouble.

"Depth charges, so many?" Herbert is also a talent who is familiar with the navy, even if it is far away, you can hear what is happening over there, the explosion of depth charges, low and dull, look at this continuity, there must be something found, the German sea wolf, is with the cooperation of the other party's sonar and depth charges, suffered a series of failures, a large number of elite naval officers and soldiers, buried at the bottom of the sea, it can be said that this is the best weapon for surface ships to deal with submarines, large-yield depth charges, even if they explode next to submarines, Both the shock wave and the energy will cause damage to the submarine.

It was only a few minutes after the beginning, and it was discovered, perhaps, the Chinese submarine is not as strong as they say, Herbert thought so in his heart, but when Herbert saw the whole battle situation, he almost lost his mind, and his mouth was almost powerless to repeat: "This is impossible, this is impossible!" (To be continued.) )