356 thousand miles away to take the head of the general

For the first time, the British Navy was played by the enemy and felt innocent. But at this moment www.biquge.info Churchill felt even more sad because he was about to become the first British prime minister to be ousted by the enemy.

Just now, he was standing in the local headquarters, waiting for the first heart-wrenching news - the attack on the CK-1 transport fleet.

Even though it was nightfall, the German Navy opened fire on the entire convoy. The enemy's shelling was to a certain extent very accurate, so the entire transport fleet suffered heavy losses......

Why is it so accurate to a certain extent? Because the opposing warships are equipped with radar, they can spot the convoy of transports in the distance in the night.

The radar was not accurate, but the CK-1 transport fleet was too large, with hundreds of transport ships.

These transports sail in dense formations on the sea, and as long as they find an approximate distance and open fire, it is very difficult to miss!

Because of this, the German fleet fired nine out of ten shells, so that the entire convoy was sunk by more than 30 transports after turning south.

Such destruction is not a small number, and the number of destroyed transport ships accounts for three-tenths of the entire fleet, which is enough to paralyze this transport fleet for a long time.

But it has to be said that the British CK-1 transport fleet is still lucky, at least they have a completely annihilated TC fleet before.

So, when he heard the news that the CK-1 transport fleet had suffered heavy losses, rather than total annihilation, Churchill was somewhat relieved.

He could no longer afford the blow of the fleet being wiped out at every turn, and this time at least seventy percent was left for him, which was already a good result.

Regrettably, just as the smile on Churchill's face had not yet bloomed, another piece of news reached the command.

The home fleet, on its way to pursue the German fleet, encountered an ambush from a German submarine, the Nelson was torpedoed and suffered heavy losses, while the battleship Ramirez was wounded.

The smile on Churchill's face twisted upon hearing the news. The recent repeated loss of valuable battleships annoyed Churchill, who had been Lord of the Admiralty.

It has only been three months since the sinking of the battleship Determination, and it can even be said that World War II has only begun for a year.

The result? HMS Royal Oak, HMS Resolve, HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Nelson...... The British had already lost as many as four battleships alone.

Counting the two aircraft carriers HMS Glorious and HMS Valiant, in a year's time, the German Navy sank an average of one British capital battleship in two months!

What is this concept? This means that if the German Navy continues to play at such a super level, the British Navy will be wiped out next year!

Are you kidding? The underdog is gradually devouring the stronger, and the process seems to be unimaginably fast.

Have times changed? The third appeared in Churchill's mind, and he looked up and looked at Dudley, who also had a wonderful expression on his face. Pound, who was also apparently shocked by the news of the Nelson's serious injury.

Worse still, before their shock passed, the news of the failure of the battleship Nelson to repair and its final sinking came back immediately.

Charles's fleet, before seeing the enemy's fleet, lost one of its capital battleships, and the bad news came so quickly that it was hard for anyone in the command to believe it.

Subsequently, the battleship Ramirez returned to sea with wounds and soldiers carrying the battleship Nelson, leaving two battleships behind the home fleet without participating in the battle.

Of course, if they had known that this was only the beginning of Sunday's naval battle, they would have felt that their grief had come a little too quickly.

What followed was an encounter between the German Navy and the search fleet, and a fierce artillery battle broke out between the two sides. This made the entire command tense, and everyone was anxiously waiting for the news from the front.

At daybreak, an astonishing news came back - the German battleship had sunk the battlecruiser Prestige!

Because Britain was closer to the east than the area of war, it was also dawning earlier, and when everyone saw the sunrise, they heard the news of the sinking of the Prestige.

How ironic...... At sunrise, his ship sank to the bottom of the sea. No matter how you look at this naval battle, it has been covered with a veil of despair.

The sinking of the Prestige by the German Navy left Churchill slumped in his chair. He waited all night for news, only to hear the bad news of failure.

"What should I do?" Churchill did not look up, his eyes fell on the back of his hand, as if asking himself, and as if asking Dudley beside him? Bond.

Without waiting for the other party to answer, he continued to say to himself: "The disadvantage of the army has collapsed for thousands of miles, and even the Suez Canal has been lost to the Germans......"

He started talking from a long distance, babbling like an old lady: "The Air Force passively avoided the war, and did not even dare to dispatch...... The navy, which has the remaining superiority, has become what it is now......"

Dudley? Pound coughed in embarrassment, and then said with relief: "Mr. Prime Minister, maybe the Hood can turn the tide of battle...... After all, that was the pride of the Royal Navy. ”

The words of the British Commander-in-Chief of the Navy were like a life-saving straw, which suddenly made Churchill raise his head: "Really? Right! If the Hood could leave the enemy's fleet...... There seems to be hope! ”

No one realised that when Churchill uttered such a sentence, it already represented a kind of sadness.

Once invincible, the first fleet that dominated the world; The Royal Navy of the British Empire, once more than twice as powerful as its competitors, has declined.

When Churchill said this, he had subconsciously pinned his hopes for victory on a miracle.

And pinning victory on an ethereal miracle can definitely be called a defeat for the once strong.

"Prime Minister, Commander......" In the frightened eyes of many officers and female secretaries in the command, an officer clutched the telegram in his hand and walked up to Churchill with a sad expression on his face.

The officer saluted, then handed over the telegram in his hand, but kept silent about it. One glance at the expression on his face was not good news on telegram.

Churchill didn't reach for that telegram, Dudley? Pound was now single, and he pulled through the telegram and looked at its contents.

You know, this battle to encircle and suppress the German Navy's guerrilla fleet has been fought to this day, Dudley? Pound, the commander-in-chief of the Navy, could not do it anyway.

Because of this, he can now be said to have let go of his humiliation and is simply doing his duty as a British Royal Navy admiral.

"The Hood was badly injured and has lost ninety percent of its power." He read the message and glanced at the white naval cap on the table not far away.

Then, the old general, with his eyes black, lay down straight like this, without even saying a word of goodbye.

Real history, Dudley? In September 1943, Pound resigned as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy for health reasons.

The main reason for quitting your job is because of health reasons. The old man, who led the British Royal Navy out of the trough and ushered in the dawn of victory, died of illness a month after his resignation.

It can be seen that his health is not good, even if it is smooth sailing, he will die of illness in less than 3 years.

And now, the German Navy is victorious all the way, bringing Dudley? Pound's blow and the exponential increase in workload made the old man's condition worse.

A hot current rushed over Dudley? Pound's head, and then he lost all consciousness. I didn't even hear the screams of Churchill and the officers around him.

The quick-eyed people around him reached out and held the fallen Dudley? Pound, and then dragged him to a chair and sat down.

But Dudley, who has lost consciousness? Pound even sitting was already a luxury, his body was not at all at the mercy of his body, his body temperature began to drain, and finally everyone could only lie flat on the ground and put him on the ground.

"Doctor! Call the doctor! Churchill shouted in pain as the two doctors stationed at the command arrived, but when they arrived, Dudley? Pound was no longer breathing.

"......" The doctor pressed his hand on General Pound's neck, then shook his head with a sad expression, and gave up resuscitation without even doing cardiac resuscitation.

There were female secretaries in the room crying slightly, and many officers bowed their heads. It was a general who had left, their former supreme superior, who deserved to be respected.

Lütjans did not yet know that his shells that bombarded Hood were able to cross thousands of miles and take out the commander-in-chief of the British Navy in advance......

Li Le didn't know that an enemy general he was familiar with had already withdrawn from the stage of history ahead of schedule because of the breeze fanned out by his little butterfly.

By the time the people in the room had been busy for a long time, and finally remembered that there was another battle cruiser struggling under enemy fire, it was already time for breakfast.

At this time, another message from the Hood arrived. And it wasn't sent by the battlecruiser USS Hood, and not by the commander of the search fleet, John? Tovey.

The messenger was Admiral Somerville, who intercepted the fleet, and he finally joined the Hood, which had lost almost all of its power, and saw what had happened to the Hood.

"The bridge of the Hood was destroyed, and the entire battleship was badly damaged, fortunately...... They were still floating on the surface of the sea...... "It was a telegram from Somerville, and there was a sadness inside and out.