A white trail began to stretch from the torpedo to a huge British transport ship not far away, unarmed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The transport ship has at least 7,000 tons of tonnage, and it is loaded with a mountain of cargo, and the waterline is already very deep.

What is even more pitiful is that the speed of this transport ship is less than 6 knots, and when it sees the watery torpedoes approaching, it can't even make evasive actions.

On the side of the ship, the sailors who watched the torpedo approach ran to the other side of the ship in fright, and the inexperienced people still stood on the side of the ship and watched the torpedo track and shouted.

Then, when the white torpedo track touched the side of the ship laden with grain, a huge explosion ruffled the water and tore the transport in two.

Because it was loaded with grain, the ship's additional buoyancy was running out. So as soon as it exploded, the transport ship broke and sank, and the speed was amazing.

The sailors on deck were thrown into the air by the explosion, along with the flour stacked on the deck......

What's even more unfortunate is that the other transport ship behind this transport ship has been unavoidable at this time, although the speed is very slow, but the distance is too close, so the bow suddenly hits the stern of the transport ship that has begun to sink.

The sound of the collision, accompanied by the sound of steel twisting, made the sailors on the surrounding transport ships involuntarily squint.

The bow of the transport ship behind it crashed into the stern of the sinking transport ship, which should have been in no danger of sinking.

Unfortunately, the ship was also loaded with food, so the rift caused by the collision poured into the seawater, which immediately caused the sailors on the transport ship to panic.

Just when they wanted to plug the gap, another transport ship behind the transport ship rushed over -- the three ships collided, and the unlucky ship in the middle completely lost the need to rescue again.

Water entered at both ends, and although the second transport ship was not sinking fast, it could still be seen with the naked eye that it had begun to tilt.

Fortunately, the other transports avoided the three ships that collided in a row, which was the end of the loss.

So, in less than two minutes, a huge freighter disappeared into the sea. The other freighter, although still floating on the water, could only watch as it sank.

One torpedo sank two transport ships at once, and the morale of the German carrier-based aircraft was greatly boosted. One by one, they swooped into their own attack lanes and began to drop torpedoes at targets of their choice.

Soon, two huge explosions sounded, and the skyrocketing water column was accompanied by the image of the British transport ship breaking, making the air raid tragic.

And above the sky, the carrier-based aircraft of the British Navy have been slaughtered by 4 FW-190T fighters that launched the attack.

Those poor Swordfish attack planes, in the face of the advanced German fighters, did not even have the ability to struggle at all, and were easily shot down.

There is a clear generation difference between the weapons, and the two aircraft are not at the same level in terms of speed and other performance, so there is no luck.

The remaining two Swordfish attack planes fled, while the four FW-190T fighters, hovering in the sky, were like eagles patrolling their own airspace, as lonely and lonely as kings.

In fact, higher in the sky, there are two FW-190T fighters hovering without abandoning their own drop tanks, they are a reserve force for other enemy aircraft that may appear.

In the cockpit of these two FW-190Ts in the higher skies, it is better to enjoy the view of the enemy fleet attacked by the Stuka.

Looking at the sea beneath their feet, the huge explosion and the start of the messy convoy of transport ships, the pilots of the two fighters chatted on their channels.

"I can't imagine that our Stuka is so aggressive." The wingman pilot hovered over said to his long-term pilot.

The pilot of the long plane nodded and sighed: "Yes! Watching them attack, I wanted to give it a try. ”

"Don't you really say that if we had dozens of such planes, most of these British transport ships would have been sunk here today." As the wingman spoke, he made his plane change its angle to keep up with his long plane.

"When we get home, we'll do it again...... I guess they'll be in pain, too......" said the pilot of the long plane agreeingly.

The two men were chatting in the sky, and in the distance, inside the German fleet, on the bridge of the aircraft carrier Zeppelin, Hines was still anxiously waiting.

He could hear the joyful shouts of the pilots on the radio, the excited orders to coordinate the attack, and the laughter of the fighter pilots celebrating their victory.

Pilots could be heard cheering on the radio as their torpedoes hit their targets, but they could not hear the panic of their own planes being shot down.

"It seems that our attack is working." Looking up and finding that Lutejens was looking at him, Hines smiled awkwardly and said to his boss.

Lütjans also did not know whether to congratulate naval aviation on finally replacing the battleships, or to shed tears over the future of his own battleships and battlecruisers.

After a long while, he changed his expression to what he thought was appropriate, and asked, "How are you preparing for the second attack?" ”

"As long as the enemy's carrier-based aircraft do not exceed this time, then there will not be too many obstacles to our second offensive." Hines said confidently.

Earlier, he was worried that the enemy's anti-aircraft fire would cause a lot of damage to German carrier-based aircraft.

Now it seems that the opponent's air defense is simply nothing, so he is also emboldened.

Another even better news is that another Stuka C in the hangar has been repaired, and in the next wave of attacks, he has one more plane to sort!

On the British Navy, it was already a mess at this time. The escort fleet on the periphery found that because the temporary formation was too chaotic and dense, it was impossible for them to enter the core of the fleet at all.

The destroyers who could only cruise around the periphery, let alone stop the German planes from attacking at this time, most of the battleships did not even find a chance to fire.

On the contrary, the explosion in the fleet was really shocking. One after another, the British transports were sunk.

A ship laden with cargo, a ship with a speed of almost equal to zero, a ship that cannot change course...... Basically, it can be said that it is the best target for naval aviation.

When the last Stuka C was pulled up, the British Navy's carrier-based aircraft force belatedly appeared at the other end of the huge fleet.

The German carrier-based aircraft force, which had no reason to engage at all, quickly disengaged from the battle 20 minutes after the attack began, and returned home for the next attack.

The British fleet was left with a sinking mess of 22 ships, as well as dozens of destroyers and light cruisers cruising around the periphery.

Almost a tenth of the transport ships were sunk here, and the carrier-based aircraft were as powerful as the damage caused by the submarines.

A two-winged Swordfish attack aircraft flew at low altitude over the flotilla with heavy losses, and looking at the transport ship that caught fire and exploded, the crew of the plane could not say a word in a suppressed voice.

Regardless of the danger of being shot down, they came as fast as they could. But the Germans sank so many ships and flew away right under their noses.

Farther out on the sea, on the bridge of the battleship HMS George V, Tom who replaced Charles? S? General V. Phillips, shocked by the report of battle damage, could not say a word.

It took him a long time before he came back to his senses from the shock, looked at the officers beside him, and commanded: "Take off as many carrier-based planes as possible, let the fleet lean over, and block the direction of the enemy's attack!" ”

At this moment, all he could do was to share the enemy's firepower with the convoy as much as he could.

Tom, who gave the order? S? V. Phillips, praying at this time, was that the German navy was young and vigorous, and that it had set its sights on its own fleet.

In this way, the opponent's torpedo attack aircraft faced the British fleet of battleships that were fast, agile and had stronger firepower for self-defense.

Sadly, this is only his prayer. As for saying that the Germans were not fooled, then only God can know.

And then, got Tom? S? The British Home Fleet, commanded by V. Phillips, began to turn, and then accelerated to the possible direction of the German fleet.

Even, temporarily deployed, there were 10 destroyers and light cruisers of the escort fleet. A British fleet, three times the size of the German fleet, was gradually crossing the German fleet with the British convoy.

"Send Swordfish attack planes to reconnoiter suspicious sea areas, let some destroyers and light cruisers disperse, and determine the location of the other party!" Tom? S? V. Phillips was deploying his fleet while thinking about how to counterattack his opponents.

He could not always be beaten passively, nor could he pin his hopes of covering the convoy on the illusion that the enemy would make a mistake.

So, Phillips planned to find the opposing fleet and rush over to force the other side away. Offense is the best defence, and the British admirals, who possessed the spirit of Nelson, believed in this very well.

"As soon as the position of the opposing fleet is determined, we will start attacking! There is no way to win on defense, we have to find an opportunity to fight for our victory! "Tom? S? V. Phillips clenched his fists and cheered up his men.

Because outside the portholes, they had already seen the convoy of transports that had just been attacked and were still exploding and sinking with black smoke and flames......