On May 7, 1945, German Admiral Dönitz announced Germany's unconditional surrender.
In the early morning of May 8, Fang Lang led the House and followed Reinhardt's Harry into the North Sea. According to the directions provided by the German Navy, he prepared to receive two German submarines that were about to be ordered to surface and surrender.
Reinhardt was very excited from the beginning. He left his warship and came to Fang Lang's House to chat and chat with Fang Lang to enhance their relationship. He seemed not worried about the German submarine that was about to surrender.
However, as far as Fang Lang knew, not all submarines followed the orders of the German Navy and chose to surrender without hesitation.
Some German submarines refused to surrender and chose to sink with the ship. Some German submarines chose to surrender their personnel and then sink the ship. Some even refused to surrender directly and chose to resist desperately.
Therefore, Fang Lang had to remind Reinhardt in a very embarrassing way:
"Reinhardt, you don't really think that if we simply arrive at the designated location this time, the nearby German submarines will automatically surface and surrender!"
As a British aristocrat, Reinhardt didn't think that fool would resist fearlessly when the government had announced its surrender.
"Fang, are you still worried that those Germans dare to disobey orders and resist? The whole of Germany has surrendered, so what's the point of resisting on their own!"
Fang Lang knew that most Germans obeyed the order and chose to surrender. However, there are some exceptions. Although Fang Lang didn't want to encounter such a special case, but things are unpredictable, who can say for sure!
"Please do not ignore a soldier's determination to die for his country."
Now in Reinhardt's mind, Fang Lang's words are no longer as insignificant as before. Whether it is Fang Lang's achievements in a battle or Fang Lang's relationship with him, he is not allowed to ignore Fang Lang's words.
Therefore, after hearing what Fang Lang said, Reinhardt couldn't help but fall into thinking. He quickly began to change his mind and discuss with Fang Lang how to deal with abnormal situations.
Time soon came to around 5 pm on May 8th. The Harry and the House arrived in the waters about 200 nautical miles away from the UK towards Norway. Sure enough, under the radar scanning, they discovered two German submarines floating up.
The distance between the two German submarines was not far, and Fang Lang soon heard the Harry's communication to the two German submarines from the public communication channel.
"Listen to the two German U-boats opposite. This is the destroyer HMS Harry of the Royal Navy of the British Empire. Our ship is ordered to accept your surrender. Please shut down the engine, ensure that all personnel are disarmed, and line up on the deck, waiting for our ship to inspect. .”
"This is the Fourth Submarine Squadron of the German Third Reich Navy. Submarines U2546 and U554 are surrendering to the British Imperial Navy in accordance with the order of Admiral Dönitz of the Imperial Navy. Please ensure that all members of our ship receive due treatment. treatment."
As the distance got closer, Fang Lang quickly noticed that there were two submarines, one large and one small. There were already a large number of crew members lined up on the submarines, waiting for inspection by the surrender fleet.
According to the tactics discussed by Fang Lang and Reinhardt, the Harry went to receive the surrender of a submarine, while the House was responsible for guarding in the distance.
I don’t know whether Reinhardt chose to accept the surrender of the smaller submarine intentionally or unintentionally, because according to the agreement between the two, whoever surrendered the warship would get it.
According to Reinhardt's approach, Fang Lang will undoubtedly gain huge gains. Because, whether it is a surface ship or an underwater ship, tonnage and combat effectiveness are often directly proportional.
German submarines must also comply with this rule, although Fang Lang knew that the two submarines in front of him must be German ocean-going submarines, and they are among the top in the world.
However, Reinhardt was able to leave the larger ship to Fang Lang, which made Fang Lang somewhat worried. After all, Fang Lang could clearly see from the telescope that this larger submarine was significantly larger than the one Reinhardt received in terms of number of crew members and tonnage.
What surprised Fang Lang the most was that the streamlined hull of this large submarine was obviously more rounded than the other one, which also meant that this submarine was obviously more advanced.
It seems that Fang Lang can't help but admit Reinhardt's feelings. Now Fang Lang is more worried about whether he can take this submarine away. From Fang Lang's point of view, this submarine is definitely the most advanced in Germany. of submarine representatives.
If Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union knew that such a German submarine fell into the hands of Brazil, would they take it away directly?
However, these are not the issues that Fang Lang needs to worry about now. The best thing to do is to get the spoils of war in your hands first. The worst case scenario is that you won't go back to the UK after you get them, and you'll go straight back to Brazil to bring him down.
Fang Lang watched the surrender of the Harry closely through the telescope. Perhaps he learned the lesson from last time. This time, Reinhardt was very careful and first arranged for a group of commandos to board the enemy submarine directly.
After all personnel's weapons were confiscated, they entered the submarine to conduct a search.
This time Reinhardt's entire surrender operation went very smoothly. It was obvious that these Germans had accepted the fact of surrender and no longer struggled needlessly.
This also made Fang Lang feel relieved. Soon Reinhardt took complete control of the enemy's submarine, and after transporting some personnel to the Harry for custody, he notified Fang Lang that he could begin to accept the surrender of other submarines, with the Harry responsible for guarding them.
Fang Lang was also excited and moved the House close to the large German submarine. Keeping it abreast of the German submarine, he put down two traffic boats and Duarte once again led the commando to board the ship.
Through the telescope, Fang Lang could see that Duarte obviously caused a commotion after boarding the enemy submarine. Some officers and soldiers on the German submarine did not maintain their neat military appearance as when the Harry was surrendered, but appeared. There was a commotion.
This made Fang Lang frown and directly ordered all the naval guns to aim at the enemy ships. Fortunately, Duarte fired his gun into the air in time to stop the riot.
Then, Duarte handcuffed several of them before transporting the crew of the submarine onto the House in batches.
Fang Lang knew what happened after the soldiers who brought back the prisoners reported.
It turned out to be the crew of a German submarine. They discovered that the one who surrendered on the ship was not the British Navy, but the Brazilian Navy. The captain of the submarine, Lambros Hodge, directly stated that he only agreed to surrender to the British Navy and not to the unknown Brazil. The navy surrendered.
It was Duarte who fired his gun directly to silence them. Duarte, fearing that they would hinder the surrender, bound them.
This made Fang Lang very angry. These Germans surrendered, but they were still picky. Fang Lang, who was angered, immediately threw everyone into the sea and brought them down on charges of refusing to surrender.
But thinking about getting specific information about the submarine from the captain's mouth made me suppress my anger. Order de la Torre as the new captain to take over the enemy submarine.
And he was quietly waiting for the captain of the new submarine to be escorted up. He wanted to have a good meeting with this arrogant German. The Germans had already announced their surrender, but they still couldn't see the situation clearly.
Soon, Lambros Hodge, the captain of the German submarine, was escorted aboard the House.
What Fang Lang didn't know was that this submarine, numbered U2546, belonged to Germany's latest U21 submarine. It was a new submarine that was officially launched into service in May 1944.
A total of 119 submarines of this type were built and 106 were destroyed, most of them on the slipway. Therefore, there are actually only 13 ships left. This shows how precious this submarine is.
It was the prototype of modern submarines, and the world's first waterdrop submarine and the first nuclear submarine after World War II were largely influenced by it.
Although Fang Lang still doesn't know the specific situation of this submarine, this does not prevent Fang Lang from paying attention to the captain of Germany's latest submarine.
After all, there are no submarines in Brazil now. Although Fang Lang arranged for de la Torre to take over the submarine, he believed that with the cooperation of the original submarine's crew, de la Torre could quickly learn to drive the submarine.
However, being able to drive a submarine and making the submarine combat effective are two completely different concepts. It's like the difference between being able to fly a plane and being able to fly a fighter jet into battle.
If possible, Fang Lang hopes to keep the submarine's officers and train submarine officers for himself. This is a rare German submarine soldier who has experienced actual combat.
