To be honest, Prien felt that if it weren't for his fate, the Japanese would have been too bad. His submarine carried a total of 16 torpedoes, and for three consecutive days of combat, he had already shot out a total of 8 torpedoes and sunk 7 Japanese transport ships.

He even suspected that he had entered the Japanese's full set, because for several days, there were no Japanese destroyers to chase him. This was unimaginable in the cold North Atlantic waters. Prien felt that the Japanese did not expect his arrival at all, but faced danger many times and developed his cautious style.

"Full the left rudder, change the route!" He issued an order and looked at the precious sea chart in his hand. The water depth marking maps of the near-endorsement of Australia, as well as the main routes and the mine area arranged by Australia itself. Because of his distrust of the German Navy, the Australians only provided detailed maps of some sea areas, while the map of the East Coast was still only a rough route map.

However, this "half" map of the waters around Australia has added nearly 30,000 tons to the record of his sinking transport ship. Moreover, he did not even see the shadow of the Japanese destroyer he was escorting. Compared with the cold North Atlantic, this place is simply a paradise.

"It looks like we are lucky." Prien leaned against the sonar soldier's chair and smiled at his first mate. "I think it will take half a month for the Japanese to organize an anti-submarine alert network here... We have about 10 days to enjoy it."

"That's right? I haven't had such a comfortable hunting operation for a long time." The first mate also said very relaxed. When performing missions in the Atlantic Ocean, he and Prien had to remain nervous at all times, because they were often chased by the opponent's anti-submarine destroyers, and some merchant ships were even equipped with weapons, which made them walk on thin ice and could only fight carefully.

Although the battle near the Arctic Ocean had a short period of good times, the Soviet Union's anti-submarine power should not be underestimated. After all, the Soviet Union could organize anti-submarine barriers in the westernmost part of the world and greatly shorten the anti-submarine defense line. So good times passed quickly, and hunting in the Arctic Ocean became difficult.

Sometimes Prien feels like a plague. Wherever he goes, he will make the other party feel uncomfortable. He destroys the human blood transfusion system like a virus, cuts off the opponent's transportation route, destroys the "blood" that carries nutrients, and eventually causes the enemy to bleed too much. Therefore, his opponents also use the fastest time to find the area where he is active, and then drives him away with the craziest means to ensure the absolute safety of his maritime transportation route.

The same lessons happened to others, obviously would not have any deep impression. After Britain was attacked by German submarines and suffered heavy losses, the Soviets still did not learn to be careful about the German submarines; after the German submarines made the Soviets remember the terribleness of submarine warfare, the German submarine commander happily discovered that the Japanese still did not take German submarines seriously.

There is a kind of profession who prays that no one can see him every day, so that he can do his job better - this kind of person is called an assassin; there are also some people who pray that no one can find them every day, so that they can get more medals and sink more enemy ships - these people are submarine officers and soldiers.

If possible, a few months ago, Dunitz really wanted to pat Churchill on the shoulder and say, "Just think my soldiers don't exist, okay?" But these seemingly inconspicuous submarines have created a record on the Atlantic that is comparable to any fleet.

From the end of 1937 to May 1938, in almost half a year, German submarines sank more than 1.8 million tons of American ships that had pretended to be British ships, with an average of more than 300,000 tons per month. You should know that the total tonnage of German submarines is only 600,000 tons, and they have destroyed the enemy three times their total tonnage and have little loss.

This exaggerated record was not created by the submarine officers and soldiers alone. It also included intelligence personnel far away in the United States, who provided Denitz with reliable information on ship departures; it also included the butcher reconnaissance aircraft troops stationed in France. These long-range aircraft flew for more than ten hours to help German submarines confirm the exact location of the opponent's fleet. When the German submarine officers and soldiers finally launched an attack, they were actually sure to win. This tactic was finally completed with the help of Akado and became the standard attack procedure for Denitz's underwater wolf pack.

However, in the Far East and in the wide Pacific Ocean, German submarines no longer provide information on spy networks in the opposite ports, nor do they have the specific location of the opponent's fleet provided by large reconnaissance aircraft. They can only rely on themselves and use the most primitive methods to find the targets they are about to attack.

Although there are difficulties such as this and that, and even if they are far away from home, even if they are damaged, they may not be able to be repaired, the Germans still started their own battles according to the orders. Their loyal and rigid and cute personality gave them the submarines with extremely low failure rates and also gave them the innate military temperament.

Of course, the good news is that there are too many Japanese ships here, so many that people don’t have to bother to find the target they are going to attack. The Japanese army does not attach importance to submarine combat. If their aircraft carrier commanders can’t twist their arms in front of the belief in large ships and giant cannons, then the submarine commanders will not even have the chance to speak. The Japanese do not believe that submarines can bring destructive blows to transportation lines, just as they never believe that aircraft carriers can sink battleships.

There are too many Japanese transport ships, including passenger ships filled with soldiers, merchant ships, cargo ships carrying ore rubber and even slaves. There are even large fishing boats and warships that are not alert. Such a good combat environment even makes the captains of German submarines who are used to firing when they see opportunities have begun to have the bad habit of picking food. Prien has been spared two small boats of about 2,000 tons in a row, in order to save torpedoes to attack more valuable targets.

Just yesterday, a submarine captain who had not caught up with the Arctic Ocean hunting operation had exhausted all the torpedoes and was forced to return. This unlucky guy developed a problem in the British escort operation in the North Atlantic, that was, when he saw a ship without escort, he habitually came to a torpedo. As a result, after he fired up all the ammunition, he found that there were still Japanese ships flowing continuously, and then realized that he had made a serious mistake.

He could only return in disappointment and took his submarine back to the east coast of Australia, where he would supply 10 new torpedoes, and then come out to continue his mission - because the torpedo supply ship is still far away in the South Atlantic Ocean, and Denitz would not have expected that the Australian torpedo would be used so quickly. If Akado hadn't reminded him, he would not have even remembered that the Australian submarine needed ammunition.

So before the new torpedo arrived, the German submarine force in Australia had only 80 extra torpedoes, of which 32 torpedoes were a return submarine and a "material" left by a faulty submarine. The 48 torpedoes were brought by destroyers and supply ships. Because other supplies were required, the amount of ammunition was really limited.

"Sir! Discover a warship! Look at the silhouette, which is bigger than a battleship!" The sacrificial officer who replaced Prien to perform the sea search mission shouted loudly. This was definitely a big fish for them. So he was a little excited. After all, if another warship is sunk, their legend will be even more perfect.

"Greater than a battleship?" Prien quickly leaned towards the periscope, held his hands on the handle and rotated gently, and soon saw the huge battleship in the distance! This was a battleship! Prien immediately had a rough understanding of the target. He was now so skilled that he could see the level of the opponent's approximate tonnage at a glance, so he was not confused by the exaggerated superstructure of the Japanese battleship.

Japanese battleships have a distinctive feature, which is the tall and cumbersome superstructure. Military enthusiasts describe this kind of warship bridge as a "illegal building", so in the distance, it seems that Japanese battleships are taller than other countries' battleships of the same period. No wonder Prien's Chief of Staff said it was larger than battleships.

"The silhouette... is a bit like... Fusang-class!" The sergeant looked at the less detailed silhouette comparison picture of the enemy warship, muttering. Unlike the detailed comparison picture of the British warship, the silhouette comparison of the Japanese warship is much simpler and rougher. Obviously, Germany is not prepared for Japan in combat.

"It's true that it's Fuso-class! That superstructure is so ugly! My God, these Japanese people don't have any concept of beauty at all?" Prien said with a frown while using a periscope to point at the Japanese battleships traveling in the distance. Obviously, he was disgusted by such ugly Japanese warships. Compared with the relatively regular silhouettes of British warships, the Japanese warships are no longer enough to describe them as ugly.

"I want to talk more about you, my captain, Colonel Prien." The adjutant asked with some amusement and wail: "First it was the Balum and the Junquan, then the Battleship Howe, and then the Ukraine. Now another ship comes... Are you a magnet? A battleship magnet that can attract the opponent's battleship?"

Prien was slightly surprised, and then touched the tip of his nose with a very embarrassed look: "Maybe I'm lucky, right?"
Chapter completed!