Chapter 15: The Battle of Denmark (5)
Hood, who could only manifest the leg armor, shuttled across the sea, which was already the limit of what Hood could currently do while maintaining the "royal parade".
As the splash behind him grew farther and farther away, Hood got closer and closer to the Prince of Wales, "Closer, hold on, Captain, right now... It's time to get there......"
As the ship's hull gradually tilted, Hood's consciousness became more and more blurred, and the projection had begun to blur...... Looking at his transparent hands, Hood bit the tip of his tongue, and the strong stinging pain made Hood sober up.
There was a sudden roar behind him, Hood turned his head in surprise, looked behind him, the orange-red firelight together constituted a beautiful picture under the canopy, and there was a great danger hidden under the beautiful appearance, after the explosion of the Hood, Bismarck and Prinz Eugen immediately turned their guns and began to bombard the Prince of Wales with all their main and secondary guns!
"That's ......," Hood looked tremblingly at the battleship Prince of Wales not far away, and at this time, it received four more 380mm shells, nine 203mm shells and several small-caliber shells in succession.
At this time, the battleship Prince of Wales was being defeated by one enemy and two enemies, and in the current situation, the defeat of the British fleet was inevitable.
"In that case, even if the captain can be safely sent to the Prince of Wales, it will not make much sense...... So...... Really want to ...... If it were Bismarck, you would have understood how I feel now......"
For the Captain, the Ship Spirit is just a part of what he cares about, but for the Ship Spirit, the Captain is all she has in her life.
Hood glanced in Bismarck's direction, where she seemed to feel another ship spirit fluctuation, and time was running out for herself......
Gritting his teeth, Hood tried his best, turned in the direction of the Bismarck, and held on!
One of the bombshells fired by the Bismarck even hit the fire control room, poking a large hole in its back wall. The Prince of Wales could only blindly return fire, but all the impact it could have on the Bismarck was a few jets of water around it.
Fortunately, the captain of the Prince of Wales, Colonel Richie, was only slightly injured, and when he saw the broken command room, Richie touched the blood on his head and walked firmly towards the bridge, he wanted to raise the St. George flag himself!
A blood-red pennant slowly raised on the Prince of Wales, this flag is the original decisive battle flag, the flag of Admiral Nelson, the soul of the British Navy, in the early 19th century, during the famous Battle of Trafalgar, on his flagship Victory!
This battle finally ended the Anglo-French maritime hegemony and laid a solid foundation for Britain to become a century-long maritime hegemon, so it was praised by others, and this flag is also regarded as the soul of the British Navy!
Whenever they saw such a slogan, the British sailors would be greatly boosted and their combat effectiveness surged, and to this day, the meaning of this flag slogan has long become part of the British national consciousness!
Fight when you see the enemy. Not afraid of strong enemies, not afraid of sacrifice, brave to challenge strong opponents, even if you know that you are invincible, you must resolutely attack, fight to the end, and destroy the enemy's body and will with sacrifice and blood!
A sergeant who was maintaining the damaged armor of the Prince of Wales suddenly froze in place, staring blankly at the blood-red pennant flying on the top of the bridge, although vague, he still recognized the meaning of the flag, "England expects that every man will do his duty!"
(England expects every officer and soldier to do their duty!) )
More and more sailors saw the blood-red flag, and they shouted the slogan that represented Nelson's spirit, "England expects that every man will do his duty!"
Knowing that he is invincible, but he still dares to show his sword and fight the enemy to the end, this is the spirit of the empire on which the sun never sets!
"The target is currently in the Danish Strait, the German fleet consists of the battleship Bismarck, the heavy cruiser Prince Eugen, the battlecruiser Hood is sunk, here is the battleship Prince of Wales, we will fight the enemy to the last man!"
Richie, who had finished typing the last line, sent the telegram, took a deep breath, straightened the brim of his hat, and then walked towards the battery, he wanted to draw an end to this naval battle with his actions, win or lose!
"Open the torpedo tube outer door. Adjust the slew angle. Lock the target distance, adjust the torpedo speed, and calculate the target attack plan. Correction of errors. Launch of the 1,2 tube torpedo! Prien ordered.
At the beginning, the three U-boats that were ambushed in the nearby waters fired two torpedoes at the same time, and the six torpedoes in the shape of a zigzag quickly sailed towards the Prince of Wales!
Curled up in a foul-smelling, crowded and noisy cabin for months, eating hairy bread, enduring sonar detection and deep-shell attacks from destroyers, dodging reconnaissance and strafing from enemy planes, just for a few minutes of madness in this torpedo salvo!
"I'm afraid the Prince of Wales won't last long......" Raising the telescope in his hand, Cheng Hao sighed helplessly, "This is a bloody war, and war will always kill people, no matter whose blood it is, unless one side completely falls, the war will never stop!" ”