The Hood, which originally thought it had escaped, was not able to escape the fate of sinking in the end. The www.biquge.info British Navy's aircraft carrier Eagle, the British Navy's aircraft carrier Eagle, was also sunk in order to cover the battlecruiser HMS Hood, which had lost power.

The two destroyers eventually gave up on pursuing the German submarine, as more than a thousand men were drifting on the icy sea, threatening to die at any moment.

It was more important to rescue your own sailors than to sink a German submarine. If they are charged with a crime of not being saved, the captains of the two destroyers will not be able to talk about any so-called future.

Hearing the echo of the sonar on the hull of their submarine, the officers and men of the U-47 submarine were nervous and almost peed their pants.

The other side dropped two depth charges on the spot where they had just stayed, and the shock of the explosion made them almost vomit the breakfast they had eaten.

Prien leaned against the armrest of his periscope, looking up at the ceiling on the submarine. He didn't know if the enemy would drop bombs again, and everyone was waiting for their final judgment.

Just now he stumbled upon this fleet that was stuck on the surface of the sea, with only four warships. Prion found his prey, and he felt it was a good opportunity to do a miracle.

So he slowed down to two knots, and with the background sound of the waves, he slowly drove to the center of the fleet.

Then, after another hour, it took another hour to adjust to a perfect launch position. He used the launch tubes of four torpedoes in his bow to aim at the slow-moving aircraft carrier Eagle, and with two torpedoes in his stern, he aimed at the Hood behind him.

Then, the heroic commander who had braved Scapa Bay and sunk the British Navy's battleship HMS Royal Oak, after sinking the Nelson, once again stretched out his claws to the warship.

In fact, it was really Prien's luck that went against the grain, and he came to the nearby seas to intercept the CK-1 transport fleet.

After a fluke collision with the British Home Fleet and the sinking of the battleship Nelson, the enemy chased him so much time that he missed the CK-1 convoy.

But missing the CK-1 transport fleet made this powerful submarine commander crash into another adventure.

After aiming at the goal, Prien knew that no matter whether he could leave alive or not today, he was already a legend that future generations could not surpass.

Sinking the battleship HMS Royal Oak, sinking the battleship Nelson, and on the same day sinking the battlecruiser USS Hood and the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle......

There may never be another captain in this world who has such luck against the sky and at the same time has such fearless courage.

So, almost without hesitation, he decided to launch torpedoes to attack this fleet, and then take advantage of the chaos to leave this sea area.

What happened next proved his judgment, the two ships could simply be said to be stationary targets, very easy to hit! And the torpedo fuse, which is sometimes good and sometimes bad, also behaved very well this time.

"It's getting farther and farther away...... They don't seem to have any intention of continuing to hunt us down! The sonar soldier listened to the noise coming from the headphones, and reported in the smallest voice.

It was dark inside the submarine, with only one light still emitting a faint glow. In order to dive into this excellent position, the U-47 submarine has remained submerged, relying entirely on electricity.

"There was no next explosion...... The enemy really seems to have left. The first mate said, leaning on the handrail on the wall, looking at the ceiling with his chin held high.

It was really exciting, they had just adjusted the depth and traveled some distance when the sonar heard the destroyer approaching.

Then, they stopped the engine and began to wait quietly for the opposing destroyer to make a move in order to take countermeasures.

Generally speaking, the tail of the opposing destroyer is a blind spot for sonar, and as long as you hide there, the other side will have no way to detect the trace of the submarine.

Soon, the first round of depth charges exploded at the site where the submarine had fired torpedoes. The loud bang was deafening, and Prion even felt that he was going to die here today.

But what happened next was beyond his expectations. After searching for a few minutes, the other party began to leave in the distance.

"Perhaps, it was we who sank those two ships." Prien easily analyzed the other party's situation.

Thousands of people are floating on the surface of the sea waiting for rescue, and in this state, it is impossible for the other party to stay here for a long time and deal with the submarine.

Because the two battleships sank at least two kilometers apart, it is impossible to use the method of one destroyer to rescue and the other to stay and continue the pursuit.

Similar to Prien's calculations, British destroyers will not stay here for a long time to entangle with submarines, and anti-submarine warfare is just a gesture.

The most important thing is to rescue those poor officers and soldiers who fell into the water as soon as possible on the icy sea to below zero.

If it is ten minutes or eight minutes late, it is estimated that hundreds of people will freeze to death in the water. It is almost inevitable that the destroyers of the opposing side will be the first to rescue.

And when the opposing destroyer leaves, that is, when his submarine leaves. Prien looked at the ceiling and commanded, "3 knots, go slowly...... Don't adjust your course, get out of here! ”

Hearing Prien's order, the operator immediately pushed the lever in front of him, and the diesel engine equipment manager behind the submarine immediately restored the diesel engine to operation.

The machine spun merrily, making a nice and rhythmic sound. Although the sea is rough, there is no turbulence at all below the surface of the sea at a depth of 65 meters.

Unless there is an undercurrent beneath the surface of the sea, it can be described as calm at all. There are no rough seas, only silence and darkness.

Not a small submarine, slowly sneaking in the deep sea. Its sharp bow and hard hull made a gurgling sound as it moved in the water.

It is impossible to be completely silent, and even modern submarines will produce noise that exceeds the background noise of the ocean in most cases, let alone submarines at the level of World War II.

Compared with the advanced submarines of later generations, the sharp bow of the German U-boat makes it more like a diving ship than a submarine......

Of course, with the addition of outstanding parts such as deck guns and elevators, the underwater noise of submarines in this era can really be said to be very touching.

It's just that the accuracy of sonar technology in this era is also very rubbish. Therefore, there can be a clever balance between anti-submarine forces and submarines.

The British destroyers just left, because there were still more than a thousand overboard sailors floating in the distance. At this time, it was still raining in the sky and the temperature was quite low.

Even if the cold sea breeze blows on the person wearing warm clothes, it will make the other person feel bitterly cold, not to mention that the whole body is soaked in the seawater.

At this moment, the British destroyers could only rescue the drowning people while carefully guarding the sea to avoid becoming the prey of German submarines.

You must know that during the First World War, the U-9 submarine took advantage of the opportunity of the British Navy to rescue each other and sank three cruisers in one go.

In order to avoid encountering such a tragedy again, the British destroyer did not slow down completely, but went around in circles while using a dinghy to find a way to rescue its own people who had fallen overboard.

Fortunately, the German submarines did not attack again, and the two destroyers rescued a total of 793 people who had fallen into the water, and the rest were either frozen to death in the ocean or sank with the ship.

By this time, John? Tovey, the captain of the Hood, and other officers, were officially confirmed dead on board, and there was no longer any doubt.

"Damn! German submarines! German submarines! When Charles heard the news of the sinking of the Hood, he immediately burst into a rage.

Not long ago, his Nelson had just been sunk at sea by a German submarine, and now the Hood was not spared, and it was also on board an aircraft carrier, how could it not be infuriating?

Somerville heard this, sat back in his seat, and did not speak again for a long time.

The battlecruiser USS Hood, the flagship of his H fleet, ended up sinking in the Atlantic. There is also the aircraft carrier Eagle, and the entire fleet can be said to have suffered heavy losses in this encirclement and suppression.

The Germans, on the other hand, sank two British cruisers, annihilated the TC fleet, and killed almost half of the encircled British fleet......

If this continues, the Royal Navy will have to be surrendered to the German enemy, which has worked hard since the end of the First World War and has accumulated today's maritime superiority.

This is ironic in any case. When Churchill heard the news, he left the naval headquarters in a fit of rage and drove back to his prime minister's residence.

Before leaving, he even broke his glass, and then scolded in the naval headquarters, insulting several admirals who came forward to persuade him, all of whom were spies of the Germans.

Under everyone's silence, Churchill once again pushed the black cauldron of the defeat in the naval battle to the spy "shadow" in the navy.

And this time, the generals in the command of the Navy finally stopped putting up with it. Excited, they denied that there were spies wreaking havoc in their interior, and they ridiculed each other, putting the blame for the defeat of the war on the prime minister.

This is also why Churchill left the naval command in a hurry. He had lost the support of the Navy, or rather, his attachment to the German "shadow" was already beginning to be offended.

Meanwhile, from Portsmouth to London, a highway full of craters and crowded with refugees, Cunningham sighed helplessly as he looked out the window at the hungry civilians and listless soldiers.