"Is there really no way?" The first mate said dejectedly.

"Bang!" Just as there was silence in the bridge, another torpedo hit the Royal Oak, still on the port side.

Three torpedoes hit the same side in quick succession, which was fatal to the Royal Oak, a World War I ship, not to mention the five 1,100-pound bombs that hit the deck.

"Sir, there's really no way around it now." The officer in charge of the damage said with a wry smile, "Inform the captain, let's abandon the ship!" ”

"That's it." The first mate accepted his fate, "I'll go and inform the captain, you guys are ready to evacuate!" ”

"Understood." The officers and men in the bridge nodded and began to organize their belongings and prepare for evacuation.

A little more than a minute later, the captain, who was directing the shooting on the deck, hurried back to the bridge.

"Captain, the Royal Oak has failed to manage its damage and is hopeless." The damage officer said to the grizzled captain.

"Ugh." The captain sighed when he heard this, touched the beloved ship that had accompanied him for many years, walked to the captain's seat, took the microphone of the ship's broadcast, and said to all the officers and men of the ship, "Good afternoon, gentlemen, I am your captain, Rear Admiral Mellor, and I regret to inform you that the battleship Royal Oak has failed to fail, and this battleship that has accompanied us for many years is about to sink. For the sake of the future of the Royal Navy, I order you to abandon the ship at once, board the lifeboat and go to the nearest Royal Navy warship, which is also my last order as the captain of the Royal Oak. ”

Waiting for Major General Mailer to put down the microphone, the first mate couldn't help but ask, "The last order?" Captain ......"

"Choosing to sink with the ship is my fate and duty as the captain of the Royal Oak." Rear Admiral Mailer smiled and waved his hand, then sat down in the captain's seat, "Hurry up, I'll have to accompany it for the last part of the way." ”

"Captain, come with us!" The first mate was anxious, "His Majesty the King and Prime Minister Churchill have expressly forbidden the captain to sink with the ship!" ”

"Execute the order! You guys go! Major General Mailer said solemnly.

"But ......" the first mate still wants to persuade again.

"Smack!" Major General Mailer took out his rifle and slapped it on the table, saying, "I want to finish the last journey with dignity!" Don't force me to shoot myself! ”

Seeing this, the first mate hurriedly agreed: "Yes! Let's go! ”

After speaking, he left the bridge with dozens of officers and men in the bridge, got on a lifeboat and evacuated the Royal Oak, which was seriously tilted to the left.

Shortly after their evacuation, three more torpedoes hit the Royal Oak, which accelerated the capsizing of the Royal Oak, and in just a few minutes, the 31,000-ton ship was completely turned upside down and quickly disappeared into the sea.

Compared with the safe evacuation of the officers and men of the Royal Oak, the Revenge, which was also targeted by the Germans, was not so lucky.

The Revenge, having survived some of its anti-aircraft guns in the first round of dive bombing, was under the heavy care of the German torpedo fleet during the second round of torpedo attacks, and the number of torpedoes attacking the Revenge was half as large as that of the Royal Oak.

However, the surviving part of the Avenger's anti-aircraft guns were not enough to hold off the German torpedo attack group, so the Avenger, unable to protect itself but under heavy care, was saddened and was hit a total of 11 torpedoes, although it was dead when the sixth torpedo was hit.

When the Battle of Jutland was fought here, the British Royal Navy could be regarded as having learned the power of the new German High Seas Fleet, and after rescuing all the officers and men who had fallen into the water on the sea, the British fleet left the place at full speed and returned to the British mainland.

The German heavy patrol formation, which was watching the play from a distance nearby, did not dare to pursue it any longer, and Mingjin withdrew his troops and moved closer to the main fleet.

It was a blessing from God that they had been able to entangle with the British battleship fleet for so long, and if they chose to catch up now, they would certainly be able to hold back the British fleet again, but they would probably be sunk by the enraged British fleet in the North Sea.

This is absolutely what Germany does not want to see, the British navy has a great cause and a strong foundation, not to mention the loss of two old battleships and a few heavy cruisers, even if the entire fleet sinks here, it can be called "a small loss" at most, and a stronger fleet can be pulled out in the blink of an eye.

Even the Royal Navy wished that all the battleships except the Nelson had sunk here, so that they could ask Congress for more military spending in order to build new "George V" class battleships and "Glorious" class aircraft carriers.

However, although the German heavy patrol did not dare to step forward to entangle, it did not mean that the German aircraft carrier fleet did not dare to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

The 151st and 161st squadrons, which had previously wiped out all the British carrier-based fighter groups and broke away from the attack aircraft groups to look for British aircraft carriers, succeeded in discovering the British aircraft carriers Fury and the Ark Royal aircraft carriers more than 30 kilometers away from the main battlefield.

The second wave of attack waves taken off by the German aircraft carrier formation was originally intended to pursue the British battlefleet to see if there was a chance to sink the battleship Nelson, but after receiving the news from the 151st and 161st squadrons that they had found the British aircraft carrier fleet, they immediately adjusted their target and flew to the British aircraft carrier fleet.

Having lost all of their carrier-based fighters, and being escorted by only three light cruisers and seven destroyers, the Furious and Ark Royal had no means of counterfire in the face of the second German attack wave of more than 150 bombers and torpedo planes, except for a small number of anti-aircraft guns on board.

After a round of attacks, 11 1,100-pound bombs and five 533mm torpedoes were sunk on the spot.

The aircraft carrier Ark Royal was hit with 13 1100-pound bombs and 3 533mm torpedoes, but because it was an armored aircraft carrier, the total weight of the armor reached 2850 tons, and all the key parts of the hull were strengthened, and the lower hangar deck, gasoline tank, ammunition depot, power cabin and other vital parts were laid with 89 mm thick armor, the flight deck was laid with 64 mm thick protective armor, and the side side was laid with a 114 mm thick armor belt, which made it withstand the heavy blows of the Germans and was not sunk, Although seriously wounded, he returned to Scapa Bay under the tow of several escort warships.

And this example has attracted the attention of many countries, so that armored aircraft carriers have begun to appear on the table and become the mainstream of design.

In Jutland, the British sank a total of 4 destroyers, 6 light cruisers, 5 heavy cruisers, 2 battleships and an aircraft carrier, while the Germans only sank 3 heavy cruisers.

This has made the world aware of the power of aircraft carriers, and the most profound of them is a certain island nation.