Chapter 647: German-Soviet War (4)

The sun rose slowly in the early morning, reflecting on the undulating sea, the sparkling waves were extremely dazzling.

In a certain area of ​​the Pacific Ocean, a huge fleet was moving forward. This is a US military transport fleet, transporting supplies to support the Soviet Union; various weapons and equipment, oil extraction equipment, steel, food, etc., in addition to three divisions of troops.

When the first ray of sunlight shone on the sea, Colonel Harris, commander of the escort formation, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and couldn't help but yawning.

The German wolf pack usually chooses to attack at night, because at that time it is very conducive to the concealment and escape of submarines. Taking advantage of the chaos caused by their own attacks, they first made a dirty move and then escaped. This is the essence of the wolf pack tactics. So Colonel Harris would be on duty every night, fearing that there would be any mistakes.

This is the fifth night spent safely. In five days, they will arrive at the Soviet Far East port.

"I hope this trip will be safe." He didn't know how many times he had prayed in his heart. Although they had never encountered the German wolf pack before, even the former maritime hegemon, the British Empire, suffered a great loss from the wolf pack. Naturally, the Americans were extremely cautious. This escort formation not only had a large number of destroyers and frigates, but also two simple aircraft carriers converted from merchant ships.

At this time, the first mate walked into the bridge on time. "Sir, you go back and rest."

Harris nodded, and just as he was about to walk out of the bridge, the sailor on duty on the lookout of a destroyer outside the fleet shouted with a phone. "Torpedo! Torpedo found on the starboard! Evade quickly!!"

Hearing this sudden torpedo alarm, the captain of the destroyer was startled and immediately sounded the combat alarm. While ordering to speed up to avoid the torpedo, he passed the message to the flagship of the escort formation.

With its high speed and relatively small tonnage, the destroyer still has a great chance of evading as long as it discovers the incoming torpedo in advance.

Harris had just received the enemy attack alarm from the outer destroyer, and heard a loud bang in the distance, and a freighter near the outer periphery exploded violently.

The destroyer avoided the torpedo, but the large-tonnage freighter did not have the maneuverability of the destroyer. Even if it received a warning, it could only watch the torpedo hit the side of the ship.

"Damn it!" What you fear will come true. Harris cursed and immediately issued a battle order. "Prepare for battle! Enemy submarine at three o'clock! Munro and Pal go to kill that damn bastard! Aircraft carriers are ready to take off!" The German submarine fired more than one torpedo. While Harris issued the combat order, another ship exploded.

The two destroyers quickly drove towards the direction of the torpedo, and the sonar of the leading Munro captured the underwater movement. "The speed is over 15 knots! God! Such a fast underwater speed! It's that ghost!" The sonar soldier on the Munro destroyer almost peed his pants when he heard the sound coming from the headset.

The destroyer he served on before was sunk while searching for the legendary ghost submarine on the East Coast of the United States, and he survived by chance. He had seen this terrible underwater speed at that time, but he didn't expect it to appear here again. This ghost is simply haunting, is it coming to take his life? !

The sonar soldier tightly grasped the cross hanging around his neck, and kept muttering God and the Virgin Mary.

The captain looked at the pale and trembling sonar soldier speechlessly, and asked someone to take him to the infirmary, give this guy who was almost scared a dose of sedatives, and report the matter to the flagship.

"Oh my God! That ghost submarine?!" Harris' eyes widened immediately, and he couldn't understand why the ghost submarine that had been active near the northeastern route of the United States appeared here? ! If it came here from the northeastern United States via South America, the journey would be tens of thousands of kilometers! Could it really be a ghost that can appear anywhere at any time? !

"What do you think?" Shaking his head, Harris shook off these absurd thoughts in his mind and looked at the first mate beside him.

The first mate shrugged. "Sir, I don't believe in ghost submarines. If I have to explain it, it can only be another advanced submarine newly launched by the German army, but this is really disgusting bad news." If it is really an advanced submarine newly launched by the German army, it means that the German army is constantly mass-producing this super submarine.

The reason why the superstitious legend of ghost submarines has been circulating in the US Navy is partly due to rumors and ignorance, and on the other hand, the US Navy does not want to see more ghost submarines.

Imagine if it is really a ghost submarine driven by a demon, then the US Navy only needs to endure the torture of such a submarine. But now that it knows that the Germans can mass-produce such terrible super submarines, how much loss will the US Navy have to pay?

"And the worse news is how did the Germans appear here? Did they pass by by chance or wait for them?"

Harris's face was a little ugly. If this ghost submarine did not meet them by chance, it means that they had already known the route of the fleet and set an ambush here.

However, the first mate was relieved. "The good news is that this kind of advanced submarine acts alone. There should be no other submarines nearby. As long as we drive it away, we will be safe for a period of time and don't have to worry about being attacked by other German submarines." He did not have the extravagant hope of sinking the German submarine. The German submarines on the northeastern route of the United States are still wreaking havoc. If this submarine has the same performance, how could it be sunk?

"No!" Harris's face suddenly changed. "If the Germans really cracked our intelligence, how could they send only one submarine?!" No matter how powerful that ghost submarine is, it can only sink a dozen ships at most at a time. If it were him, he would definitely deploy a dozen or even dozens of submarines around here!

As soon as the voice fell, explosions came from all around.

"Report, the C3 transport ship behind the fleet is sinking!"

"The Douglas destroyer on the right wing of the fleet was hit!"

"The Eckley destroyer on the left wing of the fleet was hit! The captain has been killed!"

Harris wanted to give himself a big mouth. When did he become such a crow mouth!

German submarines fired torpedoes from all directions, and the entire fleet was in chaos.

"Slow down! Slow down and turn the rudder! Hurry up!" On a transport ship, the captain saw the transport ship in front of him being hit and exploded, and gave orders loudly, but the operation of slowing down and turning the rudder of this transport ship affected the other transport ship behind, and the two transport ships almost collided.