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The Orkney Islands, north of Scotland, are strategically important because they are located at the crossroads of the German sea line into and out of the North Sea.

Therefore, for any German naval officer, this is their goal, and for submariners, it is even more tempting.

But if like other impregnable fortresses, Scapa Bay is heavily guarded, especially against a possible submarine attack.

Once, during World War I, the UB-116 submarine commanded by Urmsmann had infiltrated Scapa Bay in October 1918, but sank due to a minestrike, killing all of its crew.

From that time on, the German Navy never had the idea of Scapa Bay again, and the British considered it unbreakable.

However, in World War II, the German Navy did it at sea.

On October 14, 39 years in history, the U-47 submarine of the German Navy sank the British warship "Royal Oak" with a torpedo.

And now, history has changed dramatically, with the crossing of Ciric, the German navy and air force, much stronger than in history, and now, they are attacking fiercely in Scarpa Bay, inflicting heavy losses on the British fleet.

However, there are still fish that slip through the net.

For example, the current Royal Oak, staying in a corner, silent, and the constant explosions around it seem to have nothing to do with it.

The battleship Royal Oak was the fifth ship of the Sovereign-class battleships. It was the eighth warship in the British Army to be named after the Royal Oak tree, an oak tree in honor of King Charles II of England who hid Parliamentarian soldiers during the English Civil War.

Like other warships, the Royal Oak began construction at the Devonhamn naval base in 1914, commissioned in 1916, and participated in the Battle of Jutland, making it a sworn enemy of the German Navy.

Just after the end of World War I, the Royal Oak was modernized and then transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet. During the Spanish Civil War, the Royal Oak cruised off the coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

After the Civil War, the Royal Oak returned to Scapa Bay, where it temporarily served as a shore battery.

Because it's so old.

After several modifications, each time to add armor protection, however, the ship's power system has not been modified, and now the warship is capable of driving at speeds of up to 20 knots.

At such a speed, it is impossible to catch up with the main warship, so the British Navy simply left this warship, mainly used as shore artillery, and then went to sea to attack when needed.

When the bombardment in the sky began, most of the officers and men on board the Royal Oak were on shore, and some had not even returned.

The captain, Rear Admiral Mailer, who was also the commander of the 1st Battleship Detachment, ran frantically to the battleship from where he lived when the bombardment began.

There are not many British 30,000-ton warships, and one can protect one!

How to protect?

Mailer is very self-aware, originally this warship is an old ship, it takes trouble to ignite or something, and if you want to start fighting, it will be even more delusional, so the best way to protect this warship is a smoke screen!

So, he beckoned his men, and on the shore, lit several bonfires, and the smoke flew into the sky, plus the smoke from the burning of other exploding warships, so that the sky above this warship was enveloped!

This is originally a corner, not easy to be taken seriously, plus the smoke is obscured, and the dive bombers coming down and down from high in the sky are rarely taken into account!

Rear Admiral Mailer's plan was quite correct, and the Royal Oak evaded the attacks of the JU-290 and JU-88 bombers, and now the torpedo planes.

When the torpedo plane is attacking, it is attached to the sea, but it will not always be on the sea, almost always search for targets in the air first, find a suitable one, and then turn to a low altitude, stand high and see far, this is the basic common sense, a height of one thousand meters, can take the entire harbor into the eyes.

However, the smoke screen will obscure it.

So, the Royal Oak quietly hid in a corner, waiting for these terrible monsters to leave.

The British, of course, are going to fight back, but definitely not now, at this time, they simply do not have the ability to fight back against those terrible planes.

In particular, communications have been cut off.

It must be the Germans who are playing tricks, whether it is wired or wireless, it cannot be used, which makes Major General Mailer worried, and now, the signal corps is driving to the nearby air base for help, but the distance of nearly 200 kilometers will take at least three hours to arrive.

Three hours! By then, this place will have long been blown into ruins!

Worried, Major General Mailer beckoned to his men and continued to light the bonfire, releasing a smoke screen in the sky.

He didn't know that the Royal Oak had been discovered.

If it is from the sky, it is absolutely impossible to find it, and from the sea, if the height of the torpedo machine is a little higher, it is not easy to find it, but now, it is a submarine.

The periscope is just beyond the sea surface, and the line of sight is almost close to the sea surface, so the Royal Oak under the smoke screen is easy to be spotted by the periscope!

I also left a big guy for myself, not bad!

Prien's eyes, constantly looking at the warship, and at the same time, ordered his own submarine to move on.

Two cars, one forward!

Once you find out, it's time to occupy the attack position!

Submarines need to use torpedoes to attack the other side, and this kind of weapon is still very primitive in this era, and the attack position is very particular.

If you fire from the front or back of the opponent, it will be 100% off target, and it is best to attack only from the side, aiming at the side of the opponent!

"Tubes 1 to 4, T2 torpedoes, fixed depth of 9 meters, maximum speed." While the submarine was still maneuvering, Prien gave the order to reload and set the depth.

At this time, he had already judged the other party's model, which was the British's Royal Oak, this kind of warship with a draft of eight meters, so a fixed depth of nine meters is enough!

The two most powerful special torpedoes were used, and in his submarine, the rest were ordinary T2 electric torpedoes, which might not be powerful enough, so four of them were on together!

After thinking about it, he felt that it was not enough, and then said: "The torpedo compartment in the stern of the ship, load the same torpedo." ”

The U-47 submarine has four launch tubes in the bow and one in the tail, and this one in the tail is used to replenish the gun.

The torpedo crews quickly loaded and set the depth, and the U-47 submarine, with its huge hull, had come to the flanks of the opposing side.

"Left full rudder." Prien gave the last order before the attack.

The hull of the U-47 submarine, like a slow carp, turned around, and the bow of the boat was facing the side of the opponent, three thousand meters away, the best position to attack.