ps: Overtime today, the second one is slightly late, sorry. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The wharf was noisy, and the outer part of the port was in a state of uproar. As for the night attack by carrier-based aircraft, a set of relatively effective methods was determined as early as the time of Socotra Island: Large carrier-based attack planes were used to determine the general target of the enemy's fleet, and then the guide planes were to drop flares in accordance with the direction instructions, and then the attack planes attacked, and in addition, observation planes were also set up to observe and evaluate the attack behavior. After many tests, the German army believed that on the premise that the target could be accurately found, night attack dive bombing was far more reliable than torpedo attack, and basically achieved one-third or one-quarter of the success rate of the attack during the day.

No one dares to underestimate this success rate, generally the daytime hit rate of dive bombing of the fastest destroyer can exceed 30%, even according to the lowest standard, the night hit rate is more than 8%, which means that 6-7 dive bombers can be guaranteed to hit (calculated by carrying 2 250 kg bombs), if it is against a slow freighter, the hit rate is much higher. In the matter of night raids, the Japanese elite pilots performed better than the German army, because Japan's radar technology was very poor, and it had long relied on the naked eye to see, and the pilots' eyesight had been specially trained, and their observation ability was relatively strong. After all, the night attack is a difficult combat capability, that is, the elite pilots of Japan and Germany have this ability, and the British army also had it when they attacked Taranto when they attacked it, but unfortunately they flew a slow swordfish, and the difficulty was not at the same level at all, even if it was such a pilot, the Royal Navy had little left after repeated losses, and all the pilots in the US military with this ability were trying to train in the rear, and the existing carrier-based aircraft rookies were even very difficult to land safely at night, and there was no night attack at all.

Flares were dropped, followed by a clear, white sea, and the escorting Canadian and American warships fired desperately into the air, but to no avail, instead attracting more groups of attack aircraft because of the exposed fire and ballistics. In less than 10 minutes, the German pilots simply leveled the three escort destroyers. Even with such heavy losses, these escort ships were desperate to cover the retreat and evacuation of the freighters, and they knew full well that if there was another round of large-scale German air raids or artillery bombardments, the more than 300 ships parked in the harbor would be completely destroyed. It's a pity that they don't know that in addition to the planes overhead, there are also underwater U-boats staring at these ships

"Sir, it's time for us to catch up, the enemy is rushing out of port!" The observer of the U-2538 submarine raised his periscope and, while observing, happily reported to the captain, Captain William, that "the sea is full of merchant ships scurrying like headless flies, and there is no escort system at all." ”

William nodded with satisfaction: "The Führer asked General Machar to stab the hornet's nest, it is estimated that now is the most chaotic time, is the torpedo ready?" ”

The torpedo chief nodded and said, "It's all ready, Mashan can be launched." ”

William leaned into the periscope, carefully observed the chaotic sea, and suddenly said: "Guys, I have a bold idea, I don't want to hit a freighter today, it's too unfulfilling, I want to a few cats......"

"Cat and Mouse" is a metaphor for the relationship between escort warships and submarines in the submarine force, and everyone was stunned for a moment, and then laughed -- the captain must have taken a fancy to some tempting target.

William saw the Canadian auxiliary cruiser Prince David, a converted merchant ship with a tonnage of 5,700 tons but a speed of only 22 knots, who skillfully dodged the air raid of the aircraft group, and quietly retreated in the direction of Xiben with three warships, preparing to go to York Harbour. Since the victory round behind him could only be driven at 16 knots at the fastest, he set the overall speed at 15 knots to prevent the formation from falling apart.

"Keep up!" The submarine immediately began to intercept from the flank at a speed of 17 knots, and after 15 minutes, by virtue of its speed advantage, it had pursued to a position parallel to the Prince David.

"Periscope height, 17 degrees west-north, one armed cruiser, estimated tonnage of 6,000 tons, distance of 1.7 kilometers, speed of about 15 knots......"

"The launch tube is filled with water, 4 salvos with a dispersion angle of 25 degrees!

"Launch!"

With the captain's order, four powerful G9 oxygen torpedoes roared out from the four launch tubes in front......

“10…… 9…… 8…… 0" When the first mate counted to "0", two torpedoes directly hit this poor auxiliary cruiser, G9 was a cargo that could even be sunk by a 10,000-ton treaty ship, and now it directly ate 2, and the hull was blown into three pieces on the spot and began to sink.

"Hooray!" All the crew cheered, and the submarine, which had often hid in Tibet and had suffered enough from depth charges, suddenly turned over and killed the escort warship, and that pleasure could not be replaced by a freighter.

William smiled with satisfaction, and then gave a new order: "Quickly complete the reloading, and there are 3 more freighters, I will send them to God one by one!" ”

"The evacuated freighter was attacked by submarines and aircraft groups, and the losses were very heavy, and some of the ships and sailors who were watching from the rear refused to evacuate, and instead asked to land and ......take shelter" At 11 o'clock in the evening, the Joint Chiefs of Staff received a new telegram, so angry that Admiral King slammed his fist on the table and cursed, "A bunch of bastards! There is still a chance to run out, and if you hide in the port, you will be wiped out sooner or later! ”

"How do you reply to them now?" Ingram frowned and said, "There are at least 200 ships left in the harbor. ”

Admiral King walked up to Marshall and said word by word: "I hope you can give the Canadians an order that any sailor can only board the ship and evacuate and not return to port again, otherwise he will be punished as a collaborator and killed!" ”

A group of high-ranking Army officials, including Marshall, were shocked when they heard this, and Eisenhower trembled and said, "Can you ...... But they're not soldiers...... It's a civilian...... Do this...... Future...... ...... in the future"

"But the nature of the war today and the military materiel on the freighters dictate that they must fulfill their national obligations...... Is this war just for the sake of soldiers? Admiral Jin looked hideous, stared at "Granny Ike" and shouted, "I usually hope that the country will protect you and rescue you, but when the country needs you to make sacrifices, can you easily say no?" ”

"I ......" Eisenhower stuttered, not knowing what to say.

"I can relay your advice to the Canadians, but there is no guarantee that they will listen to me." Marshall sighed, "The Canadians were very upset that we had withdrawn the planes, and they would have expected us to launch a night raid as well...... Coupled with this matter, I am afraid that it will be out of control in the future. ”

"I can't take care of the present, and I still talk about the future?"

Arnold only smiled bitterly when he heard this, he knew best what level of army aviation, not to mention the night attack, it was just such a simple action as transferring to Conabrook just now and losing more than 20 planes again. However, he didn't have the heart to defend himself, so he racked his brains with a team of staff officers to transfer domestic land flights to Prince Edward Island to replenish.

After receiving the telegram from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lord Thomas was also dumbfounded, he never thought that Washington's bigwigs would dare to give such an order, but at the same time he thought that this order was correct, now that the German planes had returned, the submarines on the sea had also consumed a large number of torpedoes, hundreds of ships rushed out and there was still a glimmer of life, hiding in the harbor only had the possibility of all being destroyed or taken away, he could only stubbornly transfer the order to the Canadians, and the division commander, Major General Christian, was also dumbfounded, and asked uneasily: " Is this really an order from Washington? ”

"Yes." Thomas showed him the original telegram.

"Can I not do it? I am afraid that I will have to ......go to court-martial in the future against my own civilians in wartime," said Christian, shuddering and saying, "Although there is a telegram to explain, if these big men in Washington pat their butts and turn their faces and deny their accounts, or even put the blame on us at that time, my life will be completely over—you know best, there are Britons and Canadians on the sailors, but most of them are Americans." It is not something that you and I can resist when a member of parliament of any country makes a move. ”

"This ......" Thomas thought for a long time and couldn't make up his mind, he knew from the actual situation on the dock just now that this group of civilians was very fragile in their hearts, and it was impossible to fire unless they were to open fire, so even if he agreed to evacuate at all costs, the order to fire was inappropriate, but he gave a suggestion, it was okay to fire and intimidate, the muzzle of the gun was raised, don't target the crowd, and scare them.

Just as the British and Canadian authorities were forcing these poor freighters to leave the port, the galloping German artillery formation was less than 100 kilometers away from the intended position.

Sit in the Tirpitz Commander Tower. Watching the huge warship pass through the waves at a high speed of 27 knots, Vice Admiral Bei also tried his best, fortunately, the weather was not particularly cold, and the icebergs floating in the sea were very least, and they could easily be avoided by radar and telescopes, otherwise if they hit the iceberg like the Titanic, even the Tirpitts would not be able to eat and walk around.

"What's going on at the port now?"

"The group of night raiders has returned to replenish their fuel bombs, and the U-boats are killing freighters, but they don't have many torpedoes, and at least half of the freighters are still in the port...... Chief Machar's attitude is clear, the Americans will not fight if they do not run, and if they dare to run, they will destroy the ...... mercilessly"

"I'm afraid that the enemy will swarm out, the planes will not be there, and if they can't be stopped by a few submarines, they will have to rely on us to intercept them, but unfortunately it will take us more than an hour to arrive, and I hope that no accidents will happen during this time."

Vice Admiral Bei nodded, thought for 2 minutes, and gave an order: "Order: The Oi and the Kitakami immediately lead all the S-boats to form a lightning strike detachment, attack at the highest speed, destroy all enemy ships that dare to escape, and I will lead the main fleet to ...... later"

5 minutes later, the lightning detachment rushed to the port of St. John's at an ultra-high speed of 35 knots!