"Order the fleet to move at full speed! Just bite the German fleet so that they can't get rid of us easily, and we win! Charles said confidently. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

His home fleet, plus the interceptor fleet at Somerville next to him, had a total of 7 battleships, and had a 7-2 strength advantage over the German fleet.

How big is this advantage? It's so big that Charles can't even figure out how he can lose!

The two sides had a huge gap not only in the number of battleships, but also in artillery unimaginable distances.

Although the main gun caliber of the King George V was only 356 mm, a full 10 cannons were stuffed on board.

The two Nelson-class battleships were equipped with 9 406 mm guns, completely crushing the firepower configuration of the Bismarck battleships.

According to Charles's idea, when the German fleet meets its own fleet, horizontal and vertical is a dead word. As long as the other party doesn't run, it's no different from annihilation.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand how Germany, which has had almost no navy since World War I, can really surpass Britain, an old naval power.

"The commander of the German Navy, he doesn't know how to advance or retreat." On the battleship Sovereign, Somerville also sighed.

As the distance between the two sides continued to close, the space for the German fleet to maneuver became smaller and smaller.

Under these circumstances, Somerville also felt that the possibility of the German fleet once again escaping the entanglement of the British fleet was diminishing over time.

If he was an enemy commander, he would have been out of the battle by this time and moved as far east as he could.

Unfortunately, just a minute earlier, the British transport fleet, which had suffered heavy losses, still confirmed the fact that the German fleet was still attacking.

"It's finally the other party who made a mistake first." With such a sigh in his mind, the expression on Somerville's face finally relaxed.

The exchange of such a transport fleet for the only fleet of the Germans, although it suffered heavy losses, was not intolerable.

Even if a few more warships are lost and the Germans are completely annihilated, at least the strategic situation of surface and underwater flanking that Germany has just formed can be destroyed.

For the British Royal Navy, this three-dimensional maneuvering engagement situation is too deadly. Even if a third of the troops are spent, as long as this situation can be broken, it will be advantageous for Britain.

The commander of the German fleet, in a brief encounter, showed a new level of German naval break-through engagement, which was what scared Somerville.

With the cooperation of aircraft carriers and the advantage of fighters, the German Navy can easily break the blockade and pursuit of the British Navy, which is an absolute disaster for the transport route.

Once the Germans mastered this tactic and paired it with the elusive submarines, the nightmare of the British naval transport fleet really began.

At that time, not to mention the safety of the route, the local supply will come to a standstill.

And as an island nation, everyone in Britain knows what the consequences will be if their communication lines are completely cut off.

Somerville secretly made up his mind in his heart, let alone fight the search fleet, even if he took his own interception fleet, he couldn't let go of the German fleet!

The night was still dark, and as time went on, the waves in the Atlantic Ocean grew bigger and bigger. Even the Swordfish attack aircraft, which is easy to take off and land, is no longer able to take off at this time.

However, the seven battleships of the British Royal Navy were not far apart and maintained a high speed in the dark.

The well-trained officers and men of the navy, with their almost perfect speed, interpret their proud qualities as the most powerful navy in the world in history.

The fleet of warships that were not fast enough to make them fly an astonishing formation speed of 20 knots.

Nervously pulling out his pocket watch, Charles stood on his bridge and glanced at the time that had passed by minute by minute.

Just 30 seconds earlier, the German fleet had stopped shelling the British CK-1 transport fleet, and it seemed that the enemy had realized its danger.

"Although you are aware of the danger, it is too late now!" Charles tucked the pocket watch into his pocket and said with a sneer.

As an experienced naval fleet commander, he estimated the specific location of the search fleet now, knowing John? General Tovey's battleship was almost within the range of engagement.

As long as the two battleships Hood and Prestige, which had a higher speed, were entangled with the German battleships, the German fleet would be said to be defeated.

Nervous, he kept clenching his fist with his left hand, and he didn't even notice it. This naval battle, which is related to the situation of the Atlantic naval war, makes everyone involved extremely nervous.

Because just north of the British fleet, in the retreating German fleet, Lütjans was on the bridge of the battleship Bismarck, and he clenched his fists nervously.

Just when Charles tensed his nerves and led his fleet on the way, an unexpected turn of God suddenly happened......

The battleship USS Nelson of the home fleet suddenly exploded! Right in the middle of the fleet, brilliant fireworks burst out.

Charles was stunned when he heard the explosion, and then desperately rushed out of the bridge, pushing open the heavy armored door leading to the observation post outside.

He ignored the hunting sea breeze on his face, and he didn't care about the cold air, which instantly pierced through his thin clothes.

Standing on the railing, he saw the battleship Nelson exploding in the distance, and the whole person almost fainted, falling off the bridge more than ten meters high.

"What's going on? What's going on? An officer who came out with Charles hugged Charles, who almost fell, looked at the fire that exploded in the darkness in the distance, and subconsciously asked.

As the commander of the fleet, Charles, of course, did not know what was happening, the explosion had just begun, and who knew exactly what was going on.

But with the second explosion, even the stupidest person knew that his fleet was definitely under attack by the enemy.

"Sound the battle alarm! Fast! The fleet begins to maneuver in a serpentine manner! Enemy submarines! It's the enemy's submarine! Charles, who struggled to shake off his support, shouted orders to his men.

In the dark sea, the second explosion sounded the battleship Ramirez. This explosion completely messed up the entire home fleet of the British Royal Navy.

"The Germans ambushed us halfway!" When Charles realized the crux of the matter, he immediately reacted in his mind.

Although the German submarines could not keep up with the higher speed of the British battleships, the opponents could set up an ambush halfway and strike at the British fleet.

The British Home Fleet, which was attacked, reacted quickly, because it was already sailing at a high speed, so the entire fleet began to turn its bow in an instant and perform a serpentine maneuver to avoid the attack.

It is a pity that the battleship Nelson, which was hit by the first wave of attacks, and the unlucky battleship Ramirez, lost most of their power at this time.

The Ramirez was slightly better, and the battleship Nelson was more than twice as bad. Because of the place where it was hit, as well as its own design, it led to this trauma, which was unexpectedly fatal.

The battleship Nelson was a treaty-type battleship, and the British Navy designed it with a bold and innovative design with all three turrets forward.

This design allows for significant savings in the weight of the armor that protects the ammunition depot under the turret, keeping the total weight of the ship within treaty standards.

However, this design forced the boiler to be placed backwards, and also cut the tail secondary gun and the protective armor of the boiler.

It is a great pity that this time the torpedo fired by the German submarine hit exactly near the boiler of the battleship Nelson.

The massive explosion first destroyed the boiler and the nearby oil field, and then detonated some of the ammunition for the secondary gun.

The stern of Nelson's belligerent was drowning in a sea of fire, and not only lost most of its power, but also destroyed the rudder at the tail and more than half of its propellers and power shafts.

Luck was on the side of the Germans at a critical moment, the Nelson was badly wounded, the Ramirez was wounded, and in a matter of moments, the British Home Fleet suffered heavy losses.

"Cover the Ramirez and Nelson for damage management! Fast! Charles gave the order to cover the battle weakly, as if he might fall at any time.

This fleet did not follow the destroyers, the anti-submarine forces were already seriously insufficient, and at this time the sea was choppy, where was there still a shadow of German submarines?

The home fleet, which was suddenly attacked, sent the news of its encounter with a German submarine to Somerville, who was chasing the German fleet with all its might.

"What? Ambushed by a German submarine? Hearing the news of the damage to the home fleet, Somerville was so frightened that he quickly ordered the fleet to change course.

"Turn the rudder 15 degrees to the left! Serpentine maneuver! Carefully inspect the surrounding waters and watch out for submarine attacks! "With the lessons of the home fleet, Somerville can only make his fleet more cautious.

Only God knows that in the immediate vicinity of the Somerville fleet there was not a single German submarine at all.

And the two German submarines that attacked Charles's home fleet at this moment did not have the courage to stay at this time, and they had already dived and escaped, and took out 120 points of escape ability.

As the commander of the German submarine who had just succeeded in attacking the British fleet, the lucky Captain Prien gave the order to dive to 70 meters and turn around and evacuate.

Now he's in a really happy mood and has no friends - as the saying goes: run away with X, it's really exciting......