I Became a Captain of the British Empire

Deck… Let’s see the deck!

“Turn the key! Uro 15!”

“Uro 15!”

A metallic sound like a whale cry. Before long, Repulse’s player returned with white foam biting. Holding on to my trembling heart, I looked at the sea where I heard Woohyun’s report.

Four wakes draw a line in a fan shape and approach. It feels like a siren is going off in my head. damn it! It’s been like this since the sortie.

“Captain, if you follow this course, you will go right in front of the other submarine!”

“I know! If you turn the other way here, you will always get one shot right!”

criss cross. Fortunately, the starboard torpedo detonated prematurely, leaving a gap. The torpedo on the port side was still sailing.

Damn it, it’s the judge. It would be best to avoid the torpedoes in front of them and run away before the second bullets arrive.

I watched the approaching wake with anxious eyes.

“Look! What is the remaining distance?”

“About 1,000m!”

fast. It’s a hit if you go on like this.

There was no time to give orders. Just like instinct, my feet ran.

“The helmsman! Hand over the key!”

“yes?”

“I can’t hear your orders!”

“Yes, yep! Captain’s steering!”

As if pushing away, he intervened in the helmsman’s seat and took the ride. As if waiting, his hands moved wildly.

“Institution, slow down Yanghyun!”

“Yanghyun slow down!”

“Torpedo! Street 800!”

slanting floor. crashing waves. I held on to the ride with all my might in the violently shaking ship.

An uneasy metallic sound. The key seems to break.

Little by little turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction. The pure white wake rapidly approaches. Damn, my legs are shaking.

“That’s 500 on the street!”

The watchdog’s report was also half-tinged with confusion. Each member of the bridge looked out the window with eyes stained with astonishment.

The pupils are dilated and the corners of the mouth twitch. is it too late

“Prepare for shock!”

Tightly, I closed my eyes. I kept my mouth shut, waiting for the expected shock.

But nothing happened. When the beating sound rang in my ears about fifteen times, I opened my eyes and looked around.

“… Torpedoes, they pass by.”

It was an unbelievably trembling voice. Holding the steering wheel, I looked to the port side. A white wake passed by Repulse’s hull in reverse.

… lived

“port! Enemy torpedoes, sailing! Street 30!”

The stiffness was relieved with the report of the excited watch. A sigh of relief came out.

“I thought you were going to die.”

I broke out in a cold sweat and turned my head.

“The helmsman, don’t pass the key. 15 to the left.”

“Yes, I got the key! Fifteen to the left!”

change direction again

But the majestic hull turned quietly, unshakable as before.

Nausea comes later. I don’t get seasick, but I think I was too nervous.

As I was nervously touching my lips, someone called from behind me.

“Captain, thank you for your hard work.”

It was the chief executive officer. Perhaps it was an urgent moment, his face was also faded. He nodded his head and asked.

“It was fortunate. Operation officer! What about the ships in the rear?”

“Everyone is fine. It seems we are the only targets.”

The operative, who looked at the rear with binoculars, said. The two ships, the Tiger and the Furious, followed each other in a zigzag fashion.

It seems that we are the only ones who suffered. Well, Tiger has a gentleman who is better at jogging than I am. The Furious is being escorted by two destroyers. Objectively, this Repulse is the most satisfactory.

… Come to think of it, the flagship is the weakest?

“I can catch my breath now.”

As I was twisting my lips in displeasure, the chief officer looked at the sky outside the window and said. I turned my head to the familiar sound of the engine. A biplane that had just taken off flew over Repulse. The officer sighed and approached.

“Let’s get out of the sea like this.”

“Don’t relax. It’s not over yet… .”

bang-

A roar came from behind.

“Check for explosions ahead!”

“Have you done it?”

Inside the ship of the US Navy submarine S-14. The captain, Major Bray, looked up at the ceiling with a face filled with anticipation and said. The sonic detective, who frowned at the massive explosion, looked back at him and replied.

“I think I got hit by at least one shot.”

“good.”

Bray nodded in satisfaction. It was definitely the best angle.

First, thanks to a submarine that fired a torpedo, he was lured into a trap of a cross torpedo. although it wasn’t intended.

“After diving like this, ride the current and move to a safe sea area!”

The dark hull sank into the deep seabed like a swift whale. With the background sound of the explosion of depth charges, they quietly swam in the sea.

By the time the sonar’s static disappeared, the captain gave an order.

“Okay, put up the periscope! rise!”

A submarine that quietly rises like a shadow. I put my eyes on the periscope that was sticking my head out above the water and looked around at the captain.

As expected, nothing.

There’s no way you can turn off the engine and detect the hidden submarine.

The captain calmed down and turned the periscope. Right after that, he couldn’t speak.

“This crazy… .”

A sharp player was approaching right in front of me.

The deck of a destroyer, where water droplets from broken waves rush right in front of you.

A sailor with binoculars reported his throat clearing up.

“starboard! Lookout report! Detecting an object presumed to be a periscope ahead! Defense 000! Street 800!”

“check! I’m watching from the bridge!”

At the open-air bridge of the W-class destroyer Walker, Captain ‘Pax’ shouted with excitement. The jet-black periscope looked so clear against the blue sea.

“Captain! Order to attack!”

The armed officer took his eyes off the closet and shouted.

I was just waiting with bated breath because something was caught by the passive sonar.

The operators of the front guns hurriedly lowered the gun barrels.

However, the captain raised a corner of his mouth and shouted.

“Agency! Yanghyun is the fastest!”

The sleek hull vibrated in an instant and moved forward. At that moment, the armed officer, who almost lost his balance, changed his hair and spoke to the captain.

“Captain! At this distance we will collide!”

“That’s right!”

The captain raised an eyebrow and replied. He was only looking at the submarine.

“It is too late to aim the guns! Hit it like this! Everyone, prepare for a shock!”

Everyone on the bridge hurriedly grabbed onto the railing with shocked faces.

An explosion is heard in the distance. No, is it a plosive?

shouted at the sight.

“Report the situation!”

“Port-hyeon, watch! 270 bearing, 8,000 range! Observe the explosion from our destroyer!”

“An explosion?!”

Was it hit by a torpedo?

I hurriedly ran to the observation deck. Looking through my binoculars, I could indeed see smoke rising from the bow of the destroyer. Before long, the voice of the communication officer came from the bridge.

“Report from destroyer ‘Walker’! Sink an enemy submarine with an impact! Big wave of functions!”

… Are you full?

what the heck is this

“You got hit?”

“yes. According to reports, yes.”

“why?”

My head is dizzy. Am I in Salamis now? No, it is often the case to catch a submarine with a ram. But the attacker must also be prepared for damage.

“It seems that the situation was urgent.”

“Wouldn’t it be okay to just fire the guns?”

“In fact, it may have been on purpose.”

crazy bastards. Somehow, I made a fuss about going into a boat asking if it was Beanie or something.

As a group, they rushed as if they were possessed, and they lost their minds.

Who put honey on the submarine?

“Are all destroyer captains doing that?”

“Because I have so many reckless friends. Didn’t the captain have a time like that too?”

“I am… I don’t know.”

I don’t want to know. Anyway, thanks to that, another precious frigate was able to escape. If this continues, all the destroyers off the coast of St. John’s will be half assholes.

We must get out of this crazy battlefield as soon as possible.

It’s already been two hours late.

“Yanghyun, full speed forward. Just like the key.”

White foam burst from behind the long stern. A slight vibration ran across the floor. Soon after, the giant accelerated and the background quickly passed.

Fortunately, there was no damage to the capital ships. Although there was a torpedo that was hit by a wave and detonated astern. Still, the height was safe, and there was no problem with the ship.

Behind the galloping Repulse, leaving a thick wake, I watched the battleships wriggling on the horizon.

“I’m worried that the battleship squadron is moving too slowly.”

“There are many escorts, so there should be no problem.”

Well, I wish I could have dragged on this much time. I can’t delay my way any longer.

“Okay, don’t worry about us.”

The road ahead will be even tougher than this.

Under a clear sky, the sun stayed exactly at midheaven.

boom- boom-

A profound explosion that echoes underwater.

The hull vibrates and the lights shake uneasily.

“The electrical room is damaged!”

“Ship sinking!”

“Keep your balance!”

“Depth charges, 12 so far!”

“Damn it, it pours a lot of filth!”

“Sound of depth charge! Close!”

Thump- Huge vibration.

S-11’s captain, Jenkinson, was nearly thrown against the hull wall.

If the hand holding the handle of the periscope had loosened even a little, it would certainly have happened.

He looked around and said, frowning in displeasure.

“Damn it, report the situation!”

“The engine room flooded!”

“No problem with torpedo tubes!”

“Is it possible to stay level?”

“it’s possible!”

moving floor. When the tilt returned, the captain grabbed his throbbing head and looked around. Water splashed from all over the hull. The ceiling vibrated little by little from the explosion, but the sound gradually receded.

“good. Block flooding, and wait while remaining level.”

Silent footsteps passed around. The captain called the sonic detective.

“Did you say there was an explosion?”

“Yes, I am sure.”

“time is?”

“About two hours ago.”

The captain thought carefully.

“It rang twice, and most likely one hit. I don’t think what we shot hit, it might have been another friend’s torpedo. Once alive, get out of here. Reporting is next.”

He asked the detective again.

“Passive sonar, is it still working?”

“I can’t hear anything because of the noise of the depth charges.”

Damn it, the captain bit his nails and frowned. During the explosion of the depth charge, the sonar is blocked due to the enormous noise.

There are captains who use that blind spot to avoid attacks, but Jenkins was not that kind. He wanted to fight back.

“Tell me if the sonar works.”

How much time had passed, he was getting impatient, and it was about time he tried to urge the solicitor again.

“Sonar works.”

“Okay, check if you can get a signal.”

“No more signals! More than 3 large ships ahead!”

a large ship? The captain blinked.

Something is strange. Even if it is a small ship, there is no reason for a large ship to remain in this area.

“Check again. Are there any destroyers?”

“Caught! A lot of signals!”

many? What is it?

The captain was confused.

If you’re sane, you won’t stay long in the waters where the submarine is hiding with a large ship. unless it is unavoidable.

“Is there a problem?”

He felt a glimmer of hope.

May 3, 1930. Offshore about 200km southeast of Halifax.

“You mean the enemy task force is still St. John’s?”

“According to reports from the submarine fleet, yes.”

“What size?”

“Four or more large ships and many destroyers.”

“Similar to the first report.”

Admiral Marshall held his binoculars in his hands with a nervous face on board the aircraft carrier Saratoga, which had launched a sortie for the first time in nearly two months.

“Then it will arrive later than expected.”

He was a quiet sigh. When I looked out at the deck, I saw a large army of carrier-based planes lined up tightly.

It is Saratoga with full service system including Lexington air corps. The number is almost 80. This time, the US Navy has been able to deploy a large number of aircraft.

But the admiral could not relax.

‘Even frigates are mediocre, is this the limit of the Atlantic Fleet?’

He looked at the giant ship slowly following the rear of the fleet. The characteristic triple guns and cage-type masts were lined up side by side.

Battleship New Mexico. New Mexico-class battleship nameship and last ship. Looking at the battleships following the rear of the fleet alone without sister ships, it looked somewhat lonely.

At least Marshall couldn’t help but feel that way. I saw countless giant ships torn apart and burned in that terrible naval battle.

You must never repeat that mistake again. As it should be…

‘Admiral Taylor, even though I requested that!’

The admiral clenched his fists and bowed his head.

No matter how strong a frigate is, if it is not high-speed, it will be just a piece of baggage for the aircraft carrier fleet.

In the end, it was a boss that didn’t help anything.

“What about the reconnaissance aircraft?”

“Return. It will be difficult if a squall comes like last time.”

Responding to the flight commander’s words, Marshall drew in a breath. With his back to the cold sea breeze, he turned to his staff.

“Deploy in the vicinity of St. John’s at full speed, and attack the enemy task force first. Even destroying an aircraft carrier is a serious criminal offense. I can even cover their eyes.”

At this time, the fleet air defense doctrine is also lacking somewhere. At least among aircraft carriers, a first strike brings enormous advantages.

Marshall hoped that he could hit even one shot.

It’s someone else’s job to put an end to it anyway.

“Where is Task Force 11?”

“It’s about 120 nautical miles southwest.”

“I should have followed you. Our battleships are too slow.”

Admiral Marshall clicked his tongue and said that.

In the rear, the main fleet including North Carolina led by Admiral Taylor is on standby. The basic tactic is to put an end to the main fleet if Saratoga gets stuck.

However, the speed of our battleship row is about 20 knots. At least 28 knots is too slow for the enemy to exceed. So, be sure to slow down the enemy even a little.

“The report of the submarine fleet is reliable, right?”

The chief of staff shook his head anxiously.

Not very trustworthy look.

In fact, Marshall had a somewhat similar idea. But there was no reason not to believe that.

“I hope so.”

There weren’t too many choices. The admiral gazed at the unknown horizon.