.At 1 a.m. on July 5, 1924, the German Guadeloupe Naval Base in the western Atlantic Ocean was still brightly lit. On the dock, German sailors with live ammunition were watching vigilantly. The port patrol led the wolfdogs stepped out neat and dull sounds of leather boots, and the searchlight lamp posts swept back and forth in the harbor.

In the harbor, warships with simple and smooth lines slowly sailed out of the harbor, and the black vulture cross naval flags on the mast were gently waving in the breeze.

An hour later, the harbor returned to peace. Just counting the ships anchored in the harbor, there were 2 fewer heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 1 escort aircraft carrier and 22 destroyers than in the evening.

At this time, Berlin had already ushered in a new day of sunrise. Senior generals from the Supreme Command were summoned to Olaf Palace early in the morning. In the large conference hall used to convene the imperial meeting, the German Emperor had already been dressed neatly and waited there.

After all the participants arrived, Chen Tian signaled the attendant to close the door of the conference hall.

With a slight sound, the thick wooden door was closed, which made everyone inside feel a rare solemnity.

"Six hours ago, an attack formation of 32 submarines set off from Newfoundland Island, with the target of our Atlantic route! If nothing unexpected happens, in another 7 or 8 hours, they will arrive at a certain location on that route, and it is very likely that we will encounter our g628 fleet or g629 fleet, and a fierce battle is inevitable!"

In the previous paragraph, Chen Tian used a calm and gentle tone, and then he raised the volume.

"If this was simply a submarine attack by Edward VIII, we can't understand that the empire's excellent destroyers would give them a lifelong slaughter! However, based on reliable and precise intelligence, American submarines were also involved, and shamelessly let all American officers and soldiers wear British uniforms and pretend to be British. What does this mean?"

The generals of the three armies all focused on their rulers. No one whispered, no one whispered, and even had no extra move.

The atmosphere is very solemn.

"Since the Americans have made such a move, we don't have to be polite anymore!" Chen Tian's tone became calm again, but everyone could feel the power behind this calmness.

"Everyone, it's time to implement our Titan Plan! As long as that lifeless submarine force launches an attack, as long as those foolish Americans are captured by us, the war will officially begin!"

The generals of the land, sea and air force replied in unison: "Abide by the order!"

After ending this extremely important imperial meeting, Chen Tian found Prime Minister Bateman and asked him to start preparing for the country's wartime system. Then it was Strazeman, who asked him to prepare for diplomatic documents to declare war on the United States.

At this time, everything is complete, and only the east wind is missing.

On the sea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, an ocean-going fleet consisting of 22 merchant cargo ships and 18 escort ships was sailing westward in the night. Judging from the ratio of the number of escort ships to merchant cargo ships, this fleet has been well protected. However, after learning that it would be a large group of submarines to attack him, everyone in the fleet was very energetic, especially those officers and soldiers on the ships who were protecting themselves.

The command ship of the entire fleet was the German battlecruiser "Deflinger". In fact, the escort anti-submarine warfare was carried out by the escort aircraft carrier "Weimar" and three destroyer detachments. Therefore, after receiving the encrypted telegram from Germany, the fleet commander and captain of the "Deflinger" Major General Kutchner summoned the escort aircraft carrier captain and three destroyer detachments commanders to his ship.

"Berlin's order is to capture American soldiers on those submarines, the more the better. If an American submarine can be forced to surrender, it would be best!" Major General Kutkner directly conveyed the order from the Supreme Command, but the order did not mention the purpose of capturing these Americans, and would not tell these non-core officers that this would be an important deed at the beginning of the German-US war.

"Will this order make everyone unable to let go? Too much scruple may cause trouble to the fleet! No matter what, we have never encountered so many submarines at once. I think it is difficult to protect the merchant ship just to capture the other party's words..."

The opinion of Lieutenant Colonel Barkholon, the commander of the First Destroyer Detachment, seemed to be relatively cautious. He had four latest destroyers under his command - the "Kerda", the "Somen", the "Freiberg" and the "Asterfer", all of which were 2,100 tons of bayonet class, and the ship name was based on the names of four towns in central Germany.

"The fleet transports very important materials. If the first target is to capture the enemy, then the fleet..." Lieutenant Colonel Wilheim, commander of the third destroyer team, immediately raised his doubts.

Major General Kner had to understand this secret order more deeply. He said: "Don't worry about this. The fleet starting from Guadeloupe will come to meet us! As for the cargo on the ship, I think the reason why the commander puts the aircraft and equipment of an Air Force Bomber Wing in a fleet is to attract the enemy to take the bait!"

Everyone nodded, and Lieutenant Colonel Ernst William, the commander of the Second Destroyer Detachment, asked again: "Do you need to tell other ships other than the escort ships in advance?"

"Of course not!" Kner shook his head decisively, "In order to achieve certain goals, sometimes it is necessary to make a small sacrifice! I decided that the destroyer team is responsible for the front of the fleet, the Fleet of the Code District is responsible for the left side of the fleet, and the Fleet of the Ang District is responsible for the right side, the Fleet of the Deflinger and Weimar are located at the back of the fleet, and each of the Fleet of the 2nd and 3rd Districts draws a destroyer to protect the Weimar!" The three destroyer team commanders nodded, only the captain of the Weimar, Colonel Alvin raised his right hand, "General, then my plane must now prepare torpedoes and deep-water bombs?"

Kerner lowered his head and thought for a while, "The combat reconnaissance aircraft and bombers carry Type A deep-water bombs, the torpedo aircraft carry Type E torpedoes, and the fighter aircraft carry the secondary fuel tank and is responsible for the air guarding over the fleet. What do you think?"

Alvin thought for a moment, "Yes!"

Then, Kner added: "This is just the first few attacks. When the opponent's submarine runs out of its battery and floats up, all C-type aviation bombs will be used. As many submarines as possible will be sagged on the sea!"

"I understand!" Colonel Alvin answered concisely.

The long night, the sleepy dawn passed quickly, and the sea surface was sunrise and sunrise. At nearly noon, the fleet sailing in an orderly queue was still walking on the busiest route between Europe and the United States. The speed of 10 knots is indeed a bit slow, but it is conducive to maintaining the formation of the entire fleet. No matter when, there are always two or three aircraft buzzing around the fleet, and these alert aircraft will undoubtedly greatly increase the alert distance of the escort fleet. However, so far, there is nothing on the sea except waves and sea breeze.

Under the scorching sun, the temperature on the ship's deck gradually increased. Even the comfortable sea breeze in the early morning was warm. The crew members were no longer willing to stay on the deck. Except for the sentries on duty, everyone else hid in the volume cabins. The coal-fired cargo ships still sprayed the rolling smoke from the chimneys, and the fuel-fueled warships were slightly better, but overall these ships were still polluting the environment unconsciously.

In contrast, the submarines lurking under the sea are much more environmentally friendly. They all turn off their diesel engines. When they are underwater, they only rely on their own batteries as power. In the periscope, the German fleet is so natural and harmonious, perhaps the Germans don’t know. The wolves under the sea can’t wait to open their bloody mouths.

"Finally check the torpedo, be sure to launch all four shots when launching!"

Brandon shouted to the sailors in the front torpedo cabin, but at this time, such shouting seemed to only increase the tension on people's faces. For Brandon and Hill, the significance of this attack was not just as simple as the first joint attack of British and American submarines. The reason why the two countries' navies sent nearly one-third of the joint submarine forces to carry out this mission was because they had to stop the Germans from continuing to deploy long-range bombers in Mexico and Guadeloup. According to the information learned by the American spy lurking in Germany, the fleet was equipped with an entire Air Force Wing Owl DD heavy bomber. This bomber could threaten the United States' homeland whether it took off from Mexico or Guadeloup. If it departed from northern Mexico, it could even drop bombs to Washington, US. This fact was really bad for the United States!

"The inspection is over, everything is normal!"

When the shout came from the torpedo compartment, Brandon breathed a sigh of relief. The German fleet was indeed here, but he always felt that things were not that simple. With his years of experience in dealing with the German Navy, those guys never let others take advantage of themselves easily, let alone a big advantage.

"Let me see!" Hill gently squeezed Brandon aside, put his eyes on the observation port of the periscope. He held the periscope's rotating handle with both hands and moved clockwise, and said in his mouth: "Oh, it seems that there is no big difference with our intelligence. The escort ships, aircraft carriers and combat patrols are probably at the back of the fleet. Destroyers can already be seen. It is not too much, but it is not too little!"

"I hope everything goes well!" Brandon said gloomyly. But just half an hour later, his bad premonition became a reality. Just as the other fleet was about to enter his ambush circle, ten destroyers in the German fleet suddenly accelerated to leave the fleet and headed towards the ambush area at a high speed. Submarines at the depth of the periscope put away their periscopes that were staying above the sea, but this prevented them from being discovered by the German destroyer - the detection distance of the DD active sonar 3-4 nautical miles allowed the German destroyer to quickly find the hunters lurking underwater. Then, deep-water bombs fell into the water one by one, and the sea began to boil!

"Hell! Shit" Brandon and Hill used their national swearing, but no matter how vicious the curse was, it would be useless. According to inertial thinking, they immediately ordered their submarines to dive deeper into a place to avoid the attack of deep water bombs.

Under the influence of the same scraping manual, other captains also made the same decision. The 32 submarines surrounding a large arc dived into the water due to the attack of 10 destroyers' deep-water bombs, and their formation was disrupted. This funny situation is indeed a bit ridiculous. In short, in the first quarter of the hour after the battle began, the British and American submarines did not fire a torpedo at the German destroyer. Whether it was because of their damn inertial thinking or fear of scaring away the fleet behind them, the captains of the British and American countries made a very fatal mistake.

A few minutes later, fighter jets that took off from the German escort aircraft carrier also joined the ranks of diving hunting. Under the guidance of the destroyers, they dropped deep-water bombs from the air. Although the power of these bombs is no different from the deep-water bombs thrown on the destroyers, they can be thrown to any sea surface as they wish.

After a while, the torpedo aircraft also flew to the battlefield. They carried the rosy millimeter light torpedoes and had no targets to attack yet, so they just hovered over and over at a low altitude. As long as the submarine couldn't help floating up, they would launch a fatal blow. Although the basic millimeter torpedo was small, it was more than enough to deal with a submarine. Moreover, the biggest advantage of this torpedo is that it could be thrown to a place closer to the target, and even a submarine did not have much chance to avoid it.

"The boat length is 60 meters!"

When the sailors reported this number, the submarine was no longer so noisy. 60 meters was the largest submarine's submarine's depth, but Brandon knew that the German deep-water bombs were usually only set between 10 and 50 meters, and this depth was basically considered safe.

At this time, the submarine's hull no longer shook violently as before, but the banging sound was still coming from nearby one after another, and many of them sounded very clear. As time went by, the British and American crew members began to become anxious, but the German deep-water bombs were thrown continuously as if they were not limited in quantity. They didn't think that a 2,100-ton German destroyer could easily carry one or two hundred 25-kilogram thrown deep-water bombs and more than 20 100-kilogram rolling deep-water bombs, coupled with the airborne deep-water bombs that were constantly dropped from the air, this kind of attack would indeed cause the people in the submarine to collapse in a long torment.

Gradually, submarines began to venture up and re-rise the periscope, boldly trying to launch torpedoes at the evil German destroyers, and some took advantage of the German destroyers being busy dealing with other submarines and sailing quietly to the fleet in the distance. In addition, there was no communication between submarines in this state, and the ambush that was originally prepared in an orderly manner gradually became a free operation of a single boat.
Chapter completed!