Compared to the Norfolk, which was not well prepared for a surprise attack, the cruiser Suffolk was much more prepared. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

By the time the German carrier-based aircraft, a full 14 Stuka C-type dive bombers, began to attack, the Suffolk had already begun to maneuver in a serpentine manner.

The British destroyer, hoping to get away from the German planes, had already shifted a full 10 nautical miles to the south.

Who could have known that the German carrier-based aircraft would be killed like episkeletons.

The Suffolk did not have strong anti-aircraft firepower, and when it was barely defending itself, it sent distress signals again and again, hoping that friendly ships could come and help.

Unfortunately, the closest cruiser to him in the British Navy was the Dorsetshire, which was speeding north. And the Dorsetshire, which is also not very strong in anti-aircraft firepower, is the sister ship of the sunken Norfolk......

Expecting such a cargo to save himself, how did the captain of the Suffolk think and feel inappropriate. While skillfully ordering his warships to dodge enemy attacks, he sent messages again and again.

"Send a telegram to the homeland! Tell them that the fleet of the Germans is heading for the Danish Strait! This is the last thing we can see, and the rest can only be left to aerial reconnaissance! The captain of the Suffolk, gritting his teeth, ordered his battleship to continue to dodge enemy aircraft.

It is a pity that the German carrier-based attack aircraft that came to attack his cruiser this time were carefully prepared flying units.

8 planes were carrying aerial bombs, and the other 6 were carrying aerial torpedoes! The purpose of such a combination was to sink the British cruiser, which had been following the German fleet for several hours.

The shells fired from the anti-aircraft guns of the British Navy weaved a spectacular web of fire in the sky. German planes shuttled in the middle of the fire net, and they seemed so nimble.

A few minutes later, the German carrier-based aircraft made another exploit, hitting the side of the British cruiser. Although the damage was not significant, it really boosted the morale of German naval aviation.

Stukka, Germany, who was carrying torpedoes, began to look for a suitable angle to drop the torpedoes he was equipped with under the belly.

A Stuka broke through the dense shipboard fire and found a good launch position.

The pilots in the cockpit aimed their noses at the British cruiser that was turning in the distance, and then quickly closed the distance between them.

In a suitable position, he suddenly pressed the button to drop the bomb and quickly pulled up his plane.

The roar of the engine rings in your ears, and the nimble Stuka leaps up on the surface of the sea like a soaring petrel.

And the aviation torpedo hanging under the belly of the Stuka C rushed into the sea in the distance with the inertia of the plane after pulling up.

Because the angle of the bomb is just right, even the splash does not seem huge. After hard training, the quality of the bombs dropped by the old German pilots was amazing.

As if breathed into life, the torpedo came to life in the sea, and the propeller began to spin rapidly.

The observer on the cruiser USS Suffolk, far, far away, saw a torpedo rushing towards his battleship.

He reminded his comrades loudly, pointing to the track of the torpedo in the distance and shouting. The cruiser Suffolk began to make a sharp left turn, and the huge hull made a beautiful arc on the rough sea.

The British cruiser USS Suffolk, although not a very good air defense cruiser, was a real cruiser.

Among the types of naval vessels, cruisers have always been known for their flexibility and speed, and they are the most flexible and fast ships in the navy.

Agile cruisers, when ready, are more difficult to hit. The flexible hull can repeatedly change course in the sea to avoid enemy attacks, which is a more difficult enemy for carrier-based aircraft.

The Suffolk was well prepared, and the hull of the ship made a quick turn, grazing the torpedo dropped by the German plane, dodging the deadly attack.

Because torpedo magnetic fuses were unreliable, the German Navy now used ramming fuzes, which were also less reliable, but were relatively easy to use.

The torpedo did not hit any target, so it had to regret that it could continue to drive. Soon it loses power and sinks to the bottom of the sea.

On the Suffolk, which escaped, before the sailors could cheer, an aerial bomb fell from the sky.

In order to dodge the deadly torpedo that passed by in the water, the Suffolk had to make a predictable turn.

As the Suffolk made an emergency turn, German dive bombers locked onto its course and dropped a projectile bomb on a higher ground.

This bomb was so skillfully dropped that it hit the tail of the battleship Suffolk. The huge explosion destroyed the Y turret of the Suffolk, detonating the 203 mm caliber shells inside.

The brilliant dodge did not save the Suffolk, and with this huge explosion, the speed of the Suffolk began to slow down.

Before the sailors had time to recover from their shock, the Stuka C bomber, which was passing at a low altitude, threw its torpedoes into the sea facing the British cruiser.

In order to ensure that the target could be accurately hit this time, three German Torpedo-mounted Stuka C bombers carried out a dense bomb drop shoulder to shoulder.

On the surface of the sea, the torpedo made three white waves and began to approach the cruiser Suffolk at a rapid speed.

Like parallel lines, these three torpedoes covered too much of the sea, and the Suffolk was really doomed this time.

Before the captain could give the order to abandon the ship, two of the three torpedoes hit the Suffolk. But the shocking thing happened so suddenly, the two torpedoes that hit the Suffolk did not explode!

Although most of the people on the ship felt the vibration of the two torpedoes hitting the hull and heard the sound of the torpedo crashing through the side of the ship, they did not wait for the deadly explosion!

At the critical moment, both torpedoes turned out to be ineffective! The Suffolk floated on the surface of the sea with serious injuries, and the atmosphere became extremely embarrassing in an instant......

It is no secret that the reliability of torpedoes in World War II was not high. German torpedoes and American torpedoes have all had strange incidents of hitting targets but not exploding.

Because of this, Germany let go of the battleship Nelson, which was carrying Churchill. The United States even set a world record of firing more than 10 torpedoes at a Japanese oil tanker without exploding......

Now, so abruptly and awkwardly, the Luftwaffe threw three torpedoes, and neither of them exploded!

Although all the Luftwaffe pilots had an urge to scold their mothers, although all the British sailors on the Suffolk had a feeling of excitement that wanted to cry with joy...... But the battle still has to go on.

Two German Stuka bombers carrying torpedoes also circled back and aimed their noses at the Suffolk, which was still floating on the water.

And the remaining German plane, carrying aerial bombs, also began to dive, attracting the attention of anti-aircraft weapons on British battleships.

The roar of the aero engines, the sharp sound of the Stuka dive bomber cutting through the air current, echoed in the gloomy sky.

The tracer shells of the anti-aircraft guns joined together in the sky, as beautiful as a salute. But no one appreciates this beauty, and war will not be made bloodless because of this beauty.

The lucky British cruiser Suffolk finally ran out of good luck after dodging the last aerial bomb of the Germans.

A torpedo hit the middle of the cruiser's hull, and a huge explosion spread from here, knocking everyone on board to the ground at once.

The entire battleship was almost lifted out of the water, and the hull was broken in half from the middle. Before he could say abandon the ship, the captain died in the bridge due to the explosion.

The cruiser USS Suffolk, broken in two, sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic in just a few minutes.

It took more than forty minutes for the German planes to sink the damned British cruiser.

And before it sank, the Suffolk didn't even have time to send a telegram reporting that it had been sunk......

Far away on the sea, the British cruiser Dorsetshire, which had arrived in a hurry, did not even know that its two predecessors had sunk directly in front of him at this time.

At the same time, on the British Royal Navy's aircraft carrier Dreadnought, four Swordfish attack planes took off from the deck as reconnaissance planes, divided into two directions, and flew to the sailing area calculated by the final route of the German fleet.

The British surface ship forces, hoping to determine the position and course of the German fleet, were getting closer to their target at this time.

London, United Kingdom. Dudley in the operational headquarters? General Pound did not wait for the Suffolk communication during the fixed contact hours.

There was a mess in the command headquarters, and the loss of contact with two cruisers in a row was really a little nervous. What exactly did the Germans do to sink two cruisers in one go?

Could it be that the German Navy, which trained naval aviation for less than a month, was able to sink enemy ships with such efficiency?

So what is naval aviation in the Royal Navy? Is it funny? Such questions are crammed with Dudley? Pound's head made him unable to recover from such thoughts for a while.

How did he know that German naval aviation was really so different. How did he know, after all, he still underestimated the huge gap between weapons and equipment!

How did he know that if it weren't for the reliability of the torpedoes of the Germans, his two cruisers would have sunk faster and more crisply......

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