Similar to the first attack pilots who saw a convoy of this magnitude for the first time, the German pilots who flew over the British Navy convoy were equally stunned by what they saw. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yes, they were frightened by the endless scale of the other party, and even for a moment, they even wondered if such an enemy could really be defeated.

"Oh my God, they have so many ......," a pilot in the cabin of a Stuka C-attack aircraft subconsciously sighed.

Perhaps, in a game like StarCraft, human soldiers will also exclamate when they see the endless Zerg army.

"Cover each other! Cover each other! As usual with training, be careful to maintain your height! Inside the headphones, the voice of the front-line commander has been cheering up his subordinates.

It's just that his voice is also a little nervous. Indeed, anyone can be a little nervous when facing such a huge enemy.

This has nothing to do with courage, soldiers who are not afraid to tremble on the battlefield can already be called elite. No matter how hard and meticulous the training is, it can't really simulate the shock that the battlefield brings to everyone.

"Seahawk 22 begins to dive! Give me cover! Give me cover! "Courageously plucked up, the first plane entered the attack route.

As the Stuka C dived, the shuddering whistle sounded again, and the terrifying roar of the engine tore through the air.

Under the desperate gaze of British sailors and seafarers, the Stuka C dive bomber was quickly lowered to a height of about sea level.

Then, at that height, it slowed down and pulled up, throwing the torpedo suspended under the belly into the water very close to a British transport ship.

"Poof!" With a loud sound, the torpedo crashed into the water, then began to work and rushed to the British transport ship not far away.

And as the plane pulled up, the mechanical and electrical crew of the German Stuka C dive bomber facing the rear, holding a self-defense machine gun, saw the torpedo dropped by his plane, the obvious white track.

"Hey! Our torpedoes are about to hit the target! He shouted excitedly, telling his pilot partner the good news.

"I don't know! I can't see anything, is someone shooting at us? Do I need to hide from anything? The pilot was still nervous, and asked his electromechanical officer loudly.

Now, his body was pressed against the back of his chair by gravity, and he couldn't feel anything but the roar of the engine and the shouts of his companions.

"No one shot at us...... Ha ha! They don't seem to have weapons! The mechanic was already shouting excitedly.

Just now, they confirmed the news that the first batch of pilots said that the enemy has almost no air defense, and it is absolutely true!

The enemy has no ability to return fire, which is definitely the best news for the pilots in charge of the attack mission - there is no one!

"Oh my God! They really don't have anti-aircraft fire! Cover me! I'm going to start diving! In the sky, another pilot let out a shout of excitement.

And at the same time as he shouted, the torpedo, which had been thrown into the sea, crashed into a British transport ship that was sailing.

The ship was loaded with oil from the United States, and most of its hull was crushed below sea level.

In the cold sea, the torpedo collided with the hard hull at once, and then the torpedo exploded, forming a huge bubble in the water.

The explosion of a torpedo in the water, the power of the explosion and the explosion of a shell in the air are clearly distinguished. Because of phenomena such as shock waves in water, the power of the explosion is several times or even dozens of times stronger.

After the explosion, an impact in the water that spreads out and weakens in all directions, also known as shock waves, spreads repeatedly. The "vacuum" created by the explosion of the torpedo warhead expands and then retracts in the water, oscillates and floats continuously, while emitting a secondary pressure pulse in all directions.

If the torpedo explodes under the hull, then this power can directly break the ship and sink the target in an instant.

However, due to the abolition of the magnetic fuse, the German Navy now uses collision fuze torpedoes, so the power of the explosion is not as great as that at the bottom of the ship.

But even so, the power of the torpedoes used to sink a fully loaded British transport ship can be regarded as more than enough.

A huge explosion spread across the ship's side, and then the entire side of the ship cracked and twisted, fuel leaked into the seawater, and the huge hull broke off and sank at the same time.

The huge tanker sank with ease - although it is still floating on the water, it will disappear completely from the surface of the sea in a few minutes at most.

Unlike artillery shells, torpedoes often do not ignite the target because they explode in water. The influx of seawater into the hull of the ship will even play a role in extinguishing the fire to a certain extent.

Therefore, when the tanker sank, there was no explosion. The surrounding transport ships cautiously bypassed the hapless tanker and continued to move slowly under the attack of the enemy.

In the sky, one Stuka after another swooped down, and one torpedo after another was thrown into the sea.

Just as they had been almost two hours earlier, the losses of the British convoy had skyrocketed, explosions had been heard one after another, and the number of ships lost had increased again.

When the last torpedo machine was pulled up, the front-line commander of the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy in the sky was almost moved to tears by the achievements of his own troops.

Even he, from the day he was transferred to the Navy as commander of naval aviation, never dreamed that he would one day lead his troops to such a touching record.

His group of attack aircraft dropped 26 torpedoes in one go, sinking 20 British Navy transport ships. If the quality of the torpedo was higher, he could really do such a thing as a torpedo for a transport ship.

Reluctantly, the German carrier-based planes began to return -- the direction in which they left was not the direction from which they came. Because Lütjans's fleet has adjusted the position of its fleet.

Looking at the German attack planes flying overhead, Phillips was on the bridge of the battleship George V, and his teeth itched with hatred.

"Remember to go back and remind me...... The modern modification of the battleship Ramirez, with more anti-aircraft guns! "Having learned from the painful experience, Phillips intends to seize every opportunity to strengthen his means against German carrier-based aircraft.

Of course, it is good news to hear that in two months, the battleship Prince of Wales will be launched into service.

Like the battleship George V, the battleship Prince of Wales reached a speed of 29 knots, which was on par with the Bismarck-class battleships.

Although it was only equipped with 356 mm guns, there were as many as 10 guns, and the ammunition pouring ability was not weak.

On the other hand, the new battleship Prince of Wales was equipped with a British secret weapons radar, which greatly improved the search capability.

If we add to this the carrier-based aircraft that can see the First World War, maybe in a few months, the British fleet will be able to suppress the German fleet by virtue of its numerical superiority......

The Germans' carrier-based planes flew away, leaving the British transport fleet with only a messy battlefield.

Two air attacks, more than 40 transport ships were sunk, which was an absolute disaster for the British mainland, which was waiting for raw materials and food.

"Dispatch the faster transport ships, immediately break away from the fleet, take advantage of the departure of the German planes, sail north, and then rush to the mainland as soon as possible!" According to the changes on the battlefield, Phillips had to begin to revise Charles's plans.

When fleets are crowded together, the speed becomes lower...... This is the same as the fleet, a single car can drive 100 kilometers per hour, but 100 cars can only travel at 40 kilometers per hour.

By the same token, the smaller the number of ships in the fleet, the easier it is to coordinate and drive at higher speeds when needed.

The best example of this is the German fleet opposite. The German fleet consisted of only 6 warships, and if necessary, it could even reach a terrifying fleet speed of 27 knots.

The British fleet, with hundreds of transport ships and escort ships, could only move at sea at a speed of six or seven knots per hour...... Well, or rather wait for death at sea.

Because of this, the concentration of the fleet now will not play the best protective role at all, but will allow the Germans to take advantage of each other because of the speed of the voyage.

Phillips's idea was to take advantage of the gap between the German carrier-based aircraft and let the higher-speed transport ships break away from the fleet and accelerate to the north farther north from the German fleet.

Because of the reduction of the base of the remaining fleet, the speed itself can be increased a lot, which shortens the sailing time of the fleet and reduces the number of attacks by German carrier-based aircraft in disguise.

If you take into account the convenience of dodging torpedoes due to speed, the reduction of ship spacing, the fact that destroyers can enter the fleet to provide cover, and other benefits, the home fleet will be able to protect more transports.

In the case of one plus and one minus, the attack effect of German carrier-based aircraft will be weakened, and to what extent, Phillips himself cannot deduce.

"Let the ship with a speed of more than 10 knots disengage! Immediately! Arrange a destroyer escort and stop being attacked by enemy submarines! He repeated his command, then looked at the chart.

Because of the distance, his fleet would be able to enter the cover range of the British mainland's land-based aircraft in another hour or two, and when they got there, it seemed that the entire fleet would be safe.

Of course, based on the frequency of the Germans' attacks, they had at least one more chance to attack, which was enough to make Phillips fearful.