The southern waters of the Barents Sea, with wind and snow, two ships with perfectly consistent profiles, painted and flags traveled against the waves with majestic momentum. They are the Red Dragon-class destroyers "Cardiff" and "Galway" of the New United Kingdom Navy. Under normal circumstances, the later the combat ships are designed and built, and the later the Red Dragon-class destroyers are the more advanced they are designed and built. The Red Dragon-class destroyers established in 1942 are another classic contribution to the Irish shipbuilding industry. So far, they have been equipped with navies of six countries, and can be called the third-generation standard destroyers of the Western Allies. Their standard displacement reaches 205o tons, and their full load displacement exceeds 3ooo tons. Their size and weight are compared with those of the 1920s and 1930s.

The ships have increased a lot, so they can use dual-mounted 127mm guns to replace the same model of single-mounted naval guns. With the improvement of semi-automatic loading machinery and bullet lifting well designs, equipped with gun sight radar and mechanical ballistic calculator, the power of artillery battles has been greatly improved. In addition to 4 dual-mounted Forbos 4Omm machine guns, 6 single-barrel 2Omm Olikon machine guns and two sets of quadruple 533mm torpedo tubes, the auxiliary weapons are also equipped with the Irish unique secret weapon, quad-mounted air-to-air rocket catapults and quad-mounted rocket deep-water bombers. The air defense and anti-submarine capabilities are enough to overshadow the active destroyers of various countries...

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In the combat command room of the "Cardiff", Paul Davis, the new United Kingdom Navy Major, and his colleagues, had devoted themselves to this joint confrontation exercise. Shortly after the exercise began, they obtained accurate information about the traces of enemy submarines from the a4o carrier-based radar early warning aircraft, and then attacked with the same-class ship "Galway". Just now, they learned that their carrier-based aircraft had attacked the enemy submarines and "killed" at least three of them. In theory, the army should be excited and their confidence increased greatly, but the expressions on the faces of these professional soldiers were very serious.

Seeing that he was about to enter the target area, Major Davis Ling ordered the adjutant to open the entire ship's radio, and then walked to the microphone very seriously: "All attention! Pay attention! The battle is about to begin, all positions check the equipment at the end, everyone keeps the operating procedures in mind, and must not lose the chain at critical moments, and must not cause any kind of operational errors! It is related to the honor of us Welsh people. If you don't want to be ridiculed by the Irish people, then do your best to do your best!"

Forget it, Major Davis took a deep breath and signaled the adjutant to turn off the entire ship's broadcast. A moment later, the Galway, who was in front of the Cardiff, issued a light signal, notifying the friendly ship to lower the flight to 16th, search for underwater targets, and be ready to launch an attack at any time.

Although they are both active ships in the New United Kingdom Navy, the crew of the "Galway" has a great sense of superiority in front of Major Davis and his brothers. It is true that their daily technical exercises are indeed better than the "Cardiff", but in the final analysis, this psychological advantage stems from their Irish people, the "pro-guards" and "direct troops" who fought with His Majesty King Joachim I in the east and west, and they can even be said to be the managers and protectors of Wales in the military and political circles of Wales. Important power is still in the hands of the Irish people or the dear Welsh people.

Davis, 44, is a pure Welsh man and a pure soldier without any political views. He served in the Royal Navy before 1934. He was one of the few professional soldiers who served three naval forces in the autumn of 1933. He was injured and captured in the Battle of the Yar Islands. Before he recovered from his injuries, he waited for news of the independence of the Kingdom of Wales. After a difficult choice, he chose to retire and return to Wales. 1934

In the summer of 2019, under the recommendation of his former colleagues, he joined the Welsh Navy and served as a lieutenant at the naval base on Anglesey Island. He served as the "6th Shanghai Army" for five years. He did not return to the sea until 1939 and served as the commander of the Welsh Navy's 2nd Patrol Fleet, in charge of 4 gunboats and 2 torpedo boats. In the summer of 1945, he was fortunate to become the captain of the "Cardiff" and joined the new United Kingdom Navy.

In the New United Kingdom Navy, the Welsh major and the Irish major have exactly the same salary and treatment, and have the same nominal promotion space. However, Davis does not expect that he will be able to enter the upper level of the navy one day. He works diligently until his retirement, and then receives enough pension to spend his old age in the seaside of his hometown. This pragmatic and low-key idea makes Davis not like his Irish colleagues who try to improve his attainment in a certain military field. He focuses on maintaining the stability of his team and working students for the crew.

He was very concerned about the situation and treated his subordinates very leniently, so he was loved and supported by the officers and soldiers of the ship. The personnel arrangement during the design of the Red Dragon-class destroyer was 3oo32o people. The current personnel of the "Cardiff" were 11 officers and 298 soldiers. Except for one communication soldier, two technical officers and one officer serving in communication, the rest were all Welsh. Hearing the captain's serious tone on the radio, the crew members couldn't help but feel nervous. Everyone was seriously motivated and carefully inspected the weapons and equipment they had already been familiar with.

When two destroyers played the "invader" appeared in this sea area, eight of the nine Soviet submarines participated in the exercise had already submerged into the water. Only one of the decks and command towers were dyed red by the exercises with bombs floating on the sea honestly. A bright yellow flag symbolizing that "has been sunk during the exercises" was hung on the bow of the courtyard. Some of the submarines were indeed not attacked by the opponent's carrier-based aircraft, while others believed that they were "damaged in combat but were repaired urgently." Due to the large differences in underwater navigation, they gradually opened up the distance, and the two K-class submarines that were buried in submarine were already far ahead...

"Report, there is mechanical noise in the northwest, as if it is the sound of a high propeller!"

In the cockpit of k1, the vigilant sonar soldiers reported the abnormal situation detected by the equipment to Captain Berezutsky in time.

Captain Berezutsky looked down at his watch and said in surprise and melancholy: "Is the enemy's destroyer coming so quickly?"

After a moment, the sonar soldier calmly reported: "It was confirmed that it was the noise from the high propeller, and the target was about 4o chains in the northwest of ours."

Captain Berezutsky frowned immediately and quickly ordered: "Advance 1, keep the compartment absolutely quiet!"

The first mate immediately controlled the vehicle type and notified the cabin to reduce the flight accordingly. Several other officers and officers sent silence orders to the cabins separately.

As the submarine sailed significantly, the noise generated by mechanical operation decreased accordingly. In addition, the crew members remained silent collectively, and the inside of the submarine was almost at the point where someone dropped a nail at the tail of the boat and could hear the bow. However, ears alone were not enough to hear the sound of the high propeller mentioned by the sonar soldiers. After a while, the sonar soldiers reported softly: "The sound of the high propeller has two sound sources. They did not rush to us directly, but went behind us."

Berezutsky looked at the depth gauge, then lowered his voice and ordered: "Stop! Periscope!"

After a while, the periscope tube was drained down. The captain quickly turned the periscope tube slowly and evenly, and his brows immediately frowned evenly.

"Bad weather!" he muttered depressedly, "I can't see clearly the ships outside the 2o chain!"

Deputy Captain Lieutenant Kiryanov continued to observe his position, but there were only waves and snow in his sight, and he could not even see the shadow of the opponent's ship.

At this time, the sonar soldier carefully reminded: "The target is right north of us, about 3o chains, etc..."

While speaking, the sonar soldier widened his eyes and then quickly took off his headphones: "The enemy threw several deep-water bombs at us!"

Captain Berezutsky looked incredible, and he and his partner looked at each other: "Are you sure?"

The sonar soldiers risked deafness by the explosion and put the headphones close to the headphones: "It is certain that it is the sound of heavy objects entering the water. They sank to the bottom of the sea and there is no explosion."

Out of great curiosity and the situation in which he was in the exercise rather than in actual combat, Berezutsky did not order to put away the periscope, but instead observed the sea with his periscope barrel, and muttered: "This is a non-live-fire exercise. They cannot use deep-water bombs loaded with explosives, but the question is how can they throw deep-water bombs at us from outside the 3o chain? How is it possible? Ah! I saw! I saw spindle-shaped deep-water bombs, they fell from the sky..."

Before Berezutsky finished speaking, he was interrupted by a muffled "dong" sound from the submarine's shell. He looked like an ostrich with his butt attacked, and quickly pulled his head out of the sand and looked at his colleagues who were also shocked.
Chapter completed!