"Oh God!"

"Help me!"

"I'm going to die, Mommy ......"

When the Scharnhorst's chief mechanic, Major Koenig, and the damage management captain, Captain Miller, rushed into the boiler compartment of the heat wave, they heard heart-rending screams other than the roar of the machines.

As the steam pipes were torn by shells, the entire boiler room suddenly became hell, and everywhere there were soldiers who were burned by the steam and howled wolves, screaming in despair. The floor was a little slippery, and Koenig looked down and saw that it was all blood, and there were dead bodies!

"We've got to close the gap!" Koenig shouted at the top of his voice, "Otherwise, we will all die here, and everyone who can move will get up for me, Germany needs you!" ”

At his yell, some of the scalded soldiers struggled to their feet, ignoring the sharp pain coming from everywhere on their bodies, looking around for tools that could be used to plug the loopholes.

At that moment, the ship shook violently again, and everyone in the boiler room fell to the ground.

"Damn, shot again!" Koenig couldn't help but shout.

"I can't die!" Captain Miller helped Koenig for a moment, "I know the Scharnhorst, it's the strongest ship, it's not so easy to die!" Major, I'll leave it to you here, I'll go up and have a look. ”

"Okay, I'll take someone to fix the steam pipes!" Koenig glanced at the steam pipe torn by the cannonball—it was unfortunate and lucky, the 15-inch cannonball only grazed the steam pipe, but it didn't explode, otherwise the gods would have come and wouldn't have made a move.

When Captain Miller rushed to the deck with a few of his men, the deck was covered with blood and blood, and there were dead and wounded officers and soldiers everywhere, and a 150mm secondary gun was blown away, and the original position of the cannon was blown into a strange shape, but it did not cause a fire.

He looked at the sea again, and the "Hood" had already sailed to the left rear of the "Scharnhorst", and it seemed that it was planning to run around the "Scharn". However, the condition of the British battleship did not look good, the fire was still burning on the deck, and it seemed that the damage management was somewhat unsuccessful.

Captain Miller retracted his gaze, then found a phone and dialed the Command Tower, "Sir, I'm Captain Miller, the damage to the boiler room is repairable, it's just that the steam pipe is broken, and it can be repaired." ”

On the other end of the phone came the voice of Captain Reifman: "Thank God! Miller, when I return to Germany, I will definitely apply for the Iron Cross of the 1st class for you and Koenig! ”

As soon as his words fell, the main gun of the "Hood", which was 9,000 meters away, fired another salvo! With a huge roar, eight 15-inch bombs burst into the air, and in the blink of an eye, they landed around the "Scharnhorst".

"Boom ......"

After a loud bang, a thick cloud of black smoke rose from the main gun battery in the bow of the "Scharnhorst" and turned into a dazzling orange fireball in the air at an altitude of several tens of meters. One of the main gun turrets of the "Scharnhorst" was knocked off!

"Closer, closer!"

Günter on U-47. Prion simply did not care about the fate of the "Scharnhorst". His eyes were still on the periscope, and he was focused on his target, the pride of the Royal Navy, the Hood, which burned like a floating fire.

"Aim!" He loudly issued an order, "Prepare the bow launch tube, 4 torpedoes, dispersion angle XX degrees, fixed depth XX meters......"

His order was transmitted over the loudspeaker to the torpedo bay in the bow, and the torpedo crew in the torpedo bay was immediately busy loading the four huge G7aT1 torpedoes into place. The torpedo weighed 1.5 tons, was more than 7 meters long, and was filled with 320 kilograms of nitric acid compounds, which was not comparable to the power of a small torpedo of naval aviation. Not to mention the "Hood" built during the First World War, even many cutting-edge battleships can also have a few holes in their mine-protection armor -- but the mine-protection compartments of the new warships are large in depth, usually several meters deep, and the inside will be filled with watertight rubber and the like to absorb the power of the explosion, and it is difficult to penetrate the whole thing, but the old "Hood" does not have such a perverted mine-protection design.

In addition, these G7aT1 torpedoes were not equipped with unstable magnetic fuses, but used reliable trigger fuses.

"The bow launch tube is ready!"

The torpedo crews finished reloading and reported loudly.

Günt. Prien ordered again, "Prepare the bow launch pipes and open the water valve." ”

"Water valve open!"

"Open the front cover of the torpedo tube!"

"The front cover of the torpedo tube is open!"

Günt. Prien shouted, "1, 3, launch!" ”

"No. 1, No. 3, let's go!"

"2, 4, launch!"

"No. 2, No. 4, let's go!"

Torpedo soldiers according to Günt. Prien's command to fire all 4 torpedoes. "Bang! Boom! "Bang ......" all the people in the boat heard the sound of the submarine firing torpedoes, and with the violent tremor of the submarine, four torpedoes with bubbles ejected from the front of the U-47 submarine, leaving their unique traces on the sea surface, and rushed towards the "Hood" at a rapid speed.

"Reload the torpedo!" Günt. Prien retracted the periscope and shouted orders. Unlike the attack on merchant ships on a peacetime, today it is a battle cruiser that is attacked. It is impossible to sink one shot, so you have to shoot seventeen or eighteen rounds, and all the torpedoes carried by the U-47 will be counted.

Soon, a dull explosion was heard in the distance. Prion hurriedly raised the periscope again, and then pressed his eyes to it. He only saw that the "Hood", which was covered in flames, was still floating steadily on the water, but the hull was slightly tilted.

Sure enough, it's a battleship!

"Torpedo soldiers, move fast!" Günt. Prien shouted, "Shoot a few more shots before the enemy finds us!" ”

……

"What's going on?"

"It looks like a torpedo was hit in the power compartment of the ship's amidships!"

"Torpedo?" Lieutenant General Whitworth was stunned for a moment, "Actually hit by a torpedo from the 'Scharnhorst'?" ”

There are also torpedo tubes on the "Scharnhorst", and theoretically it is possible to give a guy to the "Hood", after all, the distance between the two ships is not very far now.

"How's the damage?"

"If one engine room gets flooded, it may lose some power and it will take some time to repair."

The Hood's power compartment is particularly large (it has a lot of horsepower), and the boiler room and the engine room alone are nearly 150 meters long, so it can be easily hit. Outside the power compartment there was a mine-protection compartment, and a torpedo fired by U-47 was fitted with a mine-protection compartment and exploded. The compartment absorbed the huge shock wave and foam jet formed by the explosion of part of the torpedo warhead under water, but the remaining power still penetrated a turbine room, forming a large amount of seawater infusion. However, this damage could not have sunk the Hood. Just close the waterproof hatch and there will be no problem.

Just as Vice Admiral Whitworth was about to give the order to fill the water to keep the hull balanced, the "Hood" seemed to be slammed by something, and a huge column of water rose up at the stern.

"Hood" hit another torpedo! This time it was the stern of the "Hood" that was struck.

"Lieutenant General, the rudder seems to be out of order!" The first mate of the "Hood", who was at the helm, suddenly shouted, "That torpedo just now may have hit the rudder!" There's no way we can turn! ”

"Hell!" Vice Admiral Whitworth stomped his foot sharply, "This is certainly not the 'Scharnhorst', there are submarines underwater!" ”

"What then?" The first mate asked.

What else can I do? You can't stay here and be thundered! The rudder was broken, and there was no way to turn, so it had to leave first.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the "Scharnhorst", which was also on fire, the ship had been hit by at least 8 15-inch shells, and 6-7 8-inch shells, but it refused to sink!

At this time, he suddenly noticed that the speed of the "Scharnhorst" had risen again, and it was turning, and it seemed that it was preparing to leave the battlefield.

"Lieutenant General, what should I do?"

Vice Admiral Whitworth gritted his teeth, "Let the 'Sheffield', 'Cornwall' and 'Southampton' detachments go after them!" The 'Scharnhorst' has already been heavily damaged, take it out with a torpedo! ”

……

Lieutenant General Machar let out a sigh and was almost on the verge of shouting "God forbid". His luck was really good, the "Scharnhorst" was stronger than expected, and no matter how many 15-inch shells were fired, there was no intention of sinking. And the damage to the boiler compartment was repaired in time, and the speed of the battleship has now been restored to 26 knots!

Mashal looked at the time, and it was 11:32 p.m. Iceland time. He glanced back at Rear Admiral Leifman, who had also escaped death: "It seems that the 'Hood' has been hit hard, I think this operation has paid off, right?" ”

"Harvest?" Rear Admiral Lefman smiled bitterly, the tactics of the battleship to break the diplomatic relationship must have failed!

The tactics of using battleships and submarines to fight ambushes are also unreliable. 9 out of 10 submarines did not fire even a single mine! Only one ship fired 8 torpedoes, 2 of which hit, saving the life of the "Scharnhorst", but the "Scharnhorst" made the "Hood" violently beaten, and it is not known how long it will be to stay at the shipyard.

Of course, there are also gains! It is to prove once again that aircraft carriers are the real backbone. The effect of breaking an engagement with an aircraft with a submarine is much better than using a battleship.

If the "Seckert" can be brought out this time, and more Fokker Type 99 can be equipped, such as 15 aircraft carriers per aircraft carrier, then the results of this battle will be much greater. 30 Fokker 99s, a single sortie can kill tens of thousands of tons, and the aircraft carrier can be hidden far away, basically without risk.

Thinking of this, he nodded, "Yes, there is a reward...... I'm going to learn how to fly an airplane, and then I'm going to command an aircraft carrier, and I heard that the 'Seckert' doesn't have a captain yet, and I want to be its captain. ”

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted again: "Starboard, 5 enemy ships!" (To be continued.) )