It has to be said that Lieutenant Colonel Beck is worthy of being an old captain. From Fang Lang's simple description, he already had a general understanding of the course of the battle and agreed with Fang Lang's judgment, which made Fang Lang admire him very much.
What Fang Lang didn't know was that Commander Beck on the Callaghan was even more shocked by his performance. He didn't expect that a cannon fodder-level captain who had just graduated from a short-term training course would have such a nose for war.
"Major Lopez, what do you think of the captain of the House?"
"Sir, this young man was able to spot the enemy ship in the first place, quickly determine the target of Harry's attack, and calculate the interception direction. He is indeed an excellent destroyer captain. I think we should commend him."
"Haha...it seems we have the same opinion."
"But sir, this Harry..."
Seeing the adjutant hesitate to speak, Lieutenant Colonel Becky smiled and shook his head:
"Haha... Stupid and arrogant British guy, it's really sad that we have such an ally."
"Then should we punish them for not following military orders and firing without asking for permission?"
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"No, that's not necessary. Even if we give them orders, they will resist. Let's just pretend nothing happened and let them continue bombing fish! Wait until they run out of depth charges and see how they report."
"Okay! Sir, I feel like the relationship between the House and the Harry isn't harmonious enough! Will this create a safety hazard for our left wing defense line?"
"Don't worry. The Germans today are no longer the Germans of the early days of the war. Their submarines have suffered heavy damage. Even if there are wolves waiting for us ahead, I believe we can lead the fleet through the enemy blockade smoothly. But the Harry is indeed a destabilizing factor. When he applies for ammunition, give him a good beating."
It has to be said that although Lieutenant Colonel Beck looked down on Reinhardt, the British did have a special relationship with the Americans. If this situation happened to Fang Lang, Fang Lang would definitely be criticized to pieces.
As for Harry's unorganized and undisciplined behavior, Lieutenant Colonel Beck was only prepared to give them a beating when they applied for ammunition! It turns out that brothers are different.
Just as House was communicating with Callaghan, Harry's depth charges were finally used up, and the sea returned to calm again. The moment Fang Lang had been waiting for finally arrived.
"Sonar room, explore the area to the right of our ship to see how far this water rat is from us."
"Understood, sir!"
Everyone was staring at the sonar operator's operation. After the sonar operator operated, a curve soon jumped up on the electronic screen, and the sonar operator shouted in surprise:
"Direction 205, distance one nautical mile, strong hydroacoustic effect, sound of high-speed propellers, the enemy is on the right side of our ship."
Fang Lang felt relieved when he heard this and gave the order directly:
"Five depth charges, maximum depth, dropped every five seconds."
"Yes, sir. Maximum depth. Five missiles. Drop every five seconds."
"Right rudder ten, set the course, and make a circuitous advance."
"Right rudder ten, course set."
Fang Lang was preparing to form a fan-shaped position in front of the enemy, waiting for him to get in.
All the crew members of the House looked at Fang Lang with excitement. Although they had not yet destroyed the German U-boat, this did not prevent everyone from looking at him with conviction.
Because he can always anticipate the enemy's moves and accurately predict the enemy's movements in advance. When others think he is wrong, he insists on his own judgment, but the results prove that he is right.
Perhaps, this is why people often say that the truth is often in the hands of a few people!
At the moment, the U441 boat was in chaos. Schreider's escape trick was really amazing. Listening to the continuous explosions coming from behind, although it made everyone's ears uncomfortable, everyone knew that it was a salute to provide them with cover and would not cause them any harm.
But just when the roar of the depth charges stopped, a "buzzing" sound suddenly came from above the submarine. As submarine soldiers, this sound is simply their nightmare. Everyone knows that this is the sound of the sonar working. Now it is too late to shut down the engine and enter silent mode.
Once a submarine that is traveling at maximum speed is locked onto by enemy sonar, it will have no way to escape.
"Turn right, quick!" Schreider's reaction was very quick. He definitely couldn't not change direction now, because the destroyer above must have locked onto him.
Sure enough, we heard the sound of depth charges entering the water, and five seconds later we heard the second sound, and five seconds later the third sound. It was a very rhythmic way of dropping depth charges.
Shredder knew he was finished, and a feeling of "If there is Yu, why not Liang" emerged in his heart. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a tough opponent! I have nothing to say to die in your hands.
When the third depth charge exploded at the rear of the submarine, U441 was severely damaged. The entire submarine seemed to be pushed down into the water by an invisible pair of hands, and then rebounded by the water pressure. There was almost no one who could stand normally in the entire submarine. Everyone was staggering.
Soon, the fourth depth charge exploded at the bow of the U441, blowing a large hole in the bow. In just a moment, seawater poured into the boat.
At this time on the Harry, Reinhardt's face was very ugly, and he was cursing at the sonar operator:
"Didn't you say the sound was down there? Why couldn't we get rid of it even after dropping all the depth charges?"
The sonar soldier felt very aggrieved and whispered:
"We must have encountered a Kraut pill thrower."
After hearing what the sonar operator said, Reinhardt reacted immediately. As a destroyer captain who had received professional training, he certainly knew what a pill thrower was.
"What were you doing before? You just realized it was a decoy bomb now. You're a piece of shit. The Combat Situation Center, help me find this damn water rat right now."
Before the combat center could reply, the lookout reported:
"Sir, the House is dropping depth charges."
Reinhardt immediately grabbed the telescope on the table and ran out, raising the telescope to look at the House in the distance. He heard five muffled explosions of depth charges in the distance, and then there was no movement.
This made Reinhardt confused. If the enemy was found, why didn't they continue to drop depth charges? Were they so sure that they could eliminate the enemy with five depth charges?
Reinhardt didn't have to wait any longer. Soon Fang Lang's steady voice came from the public channel:
"Report to the escort ship, the House sank an enemy U-boat in the 205 direction. The results have been visually confirmed. The enemy has no chance to surface, and no enemy radio communication signals have been detected. The position of our fleet has not been exposed, over!"
Then the voice of Commander Becky, the captain of the USS Callaghan, came from the communicator:
"Received, House! Thank you for your heroic battle. Please return to the escort position as soon as possible, over!"
In fact, Fang Lang was very uneasy at the moment. He never thought that he could really destroy a German U-boat with his own strength.
But he couldn't get too excited and had to maintain a cool image, mainly to give his subordinates the impression that he had everything under control.
Make everyone have full confidence in your combat command ability, so that they will execute your orders without hesitation in the future.
"House, read it, returning to escort position. Over!"
After putting down the communicator, Fang Lang found that all the soldiers were looking at him. He looked at each of his subordinates seriously, then came to the intercom on the ship, picked up the intercom and said firmly to all the soldiers on the ship:
"Yes, we killed him! This is all thanks to everyone. We all did a great job."
Soon, the thunderous cheers of the soldiers resounded throughout the House! All the crew members, whether on duty or resting, cheered loudly.
Everyone thought the captain was really amazing, and when everyone looked at the Harry in the distance, they couldn't help but look at him with a little mockery. After all, no one would forget the flag signal sent by the Harry.
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