Lieutenant Colonel Becky, the fleet commander, was also confused when he heard the message from the House. Why were there so many enemy ships nearby? He could not continue to think about the current situation.
Because, from the moment the House discovered the enemy, the other ship on the right, the David, was attacked by a torpedo. The Thor, which was looking for the enemy, was entangled by the enemy, and the Harry could not be contacted.
One of the five escort ships was damaged and basically lost its combat capability, and the other three were entangled. Only he had not been attacked. Based on his experience, if he still didn't understand what was happening at this time, he would have to give up his position as captain.
However, even though he knew what was happening, he could do nothing because he could not withdraw the warships that were engaging the enemy, as this would give the enemy ships an opportunity to attack.
If you don't withdraw, the current transport fleet is like a naked girl with only a small fan in her hand to cover herself. Where do you think you can stand at this time?
The helpless Callaghan command ship could only call out on the communication channel:
"All ships, destroy the enemy in front of you as quickly as possible, and then quickly return to defend!"
At this time, the USS House had completed its turn, and the torpedoes fired by the enemy passed through a distance of fifty or sixty meters from the ship, and were completely unable to cause any damage to the USS House.
While everyone was rejoicing about escaping the enemy's torpedoes, Fang Lang began to worry about the transport fleet behind him. After all, his main task was to protect the transport fleet. For so many days, everything had been peaceful, but it looked like today would not end well.
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Just when Fang Lang was still worried about the transport ship, cheers came from the ship. It turned out that the enemy submarine was directly hit by their own ship's guns. Looking at the enemy ship on the sea, it was obvious that the violent explosion and fire were caused by the detonation.
Everyone was ecstatic. This was the second sinking record of the House. How could everyone not be happy? This was also the only two sinking records of the Brazilian Navy after participating in World War II!
Seeing that the enemy ship had been sunk, Fang Lang no longer lingered and directly gave the order:
"Ring hard to right, we are returning to the escort position."
Then he came to the radio and called:
"Callaghan, this is House. We are in the 041 direction. We have sunk an enemy U-boat and are now returning to the escort position. Over!"
"Callaghan receives the news. The House is in the direction of your ship 239. A transport ship has sent a distress signal. I am ordering your ship to check. Over."
Hearing the order coming from the radio, Fang Lang knew that this must be the result of a German submarine attack. He hoped that the people on the ship could survive. Fang Lang did not hesitate and replied directly:
"House received, now heading to direction 239 to carry out the rescue mission, over"
"House, please be safe, over!"
Fang Lang quickly found the distress signal mentioned by the Callahan through the telescope and gave the order directly.
"Right rudder twenty, bearing 239, speed thirty knots. Our ship will cross the transport fleet to rescue. Please drivers and lookouts, pay attention and do not collide with the transport ships."
"Understood. Bearing 239, right rudder 20, speed 30 knots."
Soon, the House arrived safely near the rescued ship, but the rescued ship had already tilted its tail up into the sky and was about to sink. Fortunately, the crew on the ship escaped in two small boats.
Looking at the spectacular sight of the cargo ship sinking, Fang Lang felt mixed emotions. This was all money! He didn't know how much the environment would be polluted. He could only be thankful that it was not an oil tanker. Otherwise, it would probably have exploded.
"Lower the central climbing net and rescue the crew. Second mate, go ask them if they know how they were attacked."
"Yes, sir."
After Fang Lang arranged the rescue, he began to continue searching on the sea with a telescope. Although the night sky was dark, he still hoped that his sixth sense could help him find the hidden enemy again.
Unfortunately, Fang Lang did not find anything unusual this time. It seems that relying on the sixth sense alone is not enough! It still needs to be combined with advanced scientific and technological equipment.
Soon the second mate came to report that all the crew had been rescued and no one saw the torpedo coming from that direction, but the explosion started from the left front side of the ship.
It seems that the enemy is coming from our own defense area! However, now there is the dark night as cover, and the sound of propellers is everywhere. The sonar cannot detect the enemy, and we can only rely on the sea radar.
Some people may ask how radar can detect enemies when there are ships everywhere! In this case, we have to say that the British still have their merits. In the early days of radar invention, Britain also invented the IFF device.
"We turn around, make a detour, and return to our escort position."
I went to the internal communicator to contact the combat center:
"Combat Situation Center, this is the bridge. Have you spotted any enemy targets?"
De La Torre's slightly tired voice came over:
"Boss, the sea radar still hasn't found any abnormal targets."
Just when Fang Lang was still worried about not finding the enemy target, the command ship came again:
"House, this is Callaghan. We just received a distress signal from Harry. Please send your ship to rescue. Over!"
Fang Lang was stunned when he heard the content coming from the radio. What's going on? Harry needs rescue. Doesn't this guy like to point fingers? Why doesn't he contact us directly, but ask for help from the command ship?
It seems that the British nobles care about their reputation very much! They don't want to be rescued by people they look down on! Unfortunately, the command ship obviously has no time to care about you! Let's take a look at what happened to the poor British nobleman!
"Callahan, House received, go to rescue Harry immediately! Over!"
Although it was considered impolite to laugh at this time, many of the crew members of the House had already unconsciously revealed sarcastic smiles.
At this time, the House was actually quite far away from the Harry, so it took the House nearly an hour to reach the sea area where the Harry was.
As soon as they entered, 20 nautical miles away from Harry, the combat situation center sent a communication:
"Bridge, this is the combat situation center, direction 068, distance 29 nautical miles, suspected enemy U-boat target spotted."
"Combat Situation Center, this is the bridge, what does suspected mean?"
"Boss, the maximum detection range of our ship's sea radar is thirty nautical miles. This time, the enemy's signal was just as fleeting as before. I suspect that the enemy began to dive as soon as it entered our ship's detection range. Therefore, our ship was unable to accurately capture the target."
"Received. Please remain alert and report any abnormal situation at any time."
Fang Lang put down the communicator and unconsciously became alert. It seemed that he had met an opponent this time. This enemy was very cunning!
Fang Lang once again picked up the telescope and looked at the sea in the distance. As usual, he did not find anything unusual, but Fang Lang's sixth sense began to keep sounding the alarm, as if there was a man-eating beast hiding in this sea.
He turned and walked into the bridge and ordered:
"Left rudder ten, one-third power, zigzag forward. Connect me to the Harry!"
"Understood! Left rudder 10%, one-third power, and detour forward."
"Sir, Harry, the communication is connected."
Fang Lang stepped forward, picked up the communicator and said:
"Harry, this is House. Our ship has been ordered to rescue you. Please explain the damage to your ship."
A strange voice came from the communicator:
"House, this is Harry, thank you for your assistance. Our ship was hit by a torpedo and the rudder lost power. We may need towing."
"House received, have you found any traces of enemy ships?"
"The enemy ship has been sunk by our torpedo. The enemy that hit our rudder is unknown. Please be careful of enemy sneak attacks."
"House understands, my good brother is okay!"
"Please rest assured, House, Commander Reinhardt is fine. He just suffered a blow to the head and is resting now."
"House understands. Please be patient. Our ship will come to rescue you soon."
The call just ended, and everyone looked at Fang Lang with strange faces. At this time, the first mate Amar Reina said puzzledly:
"Sir, since when did you and Reinhardt become good brothers!"
At this moment, Fang Lang said with a serious expression:
"Yeah! When did we become good brothers with Reinhardt?"
Reina understood the meaning in Fang Lang's tone:
"Boss, you mean there's something wrong with the Harry!"
Fang Lang looked at Reina, nodded and smiled:
"Reina, you are very smart. Our radar found a submarine with the same behavior as the Harry that came to investigate the target, but the Harry just said that the enemy ship was sunk by them.
The submarine was less than nine miles away from Harry just now. We were able to detect them. Could it be that Harry couldn't detect them even when they were so close? Harry said that only the tail rudder was damaged. Why didn't the ship's guns and torpedoes attack the enemy ship? "
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