Chapter 564: Churchill Comes to Power

In addition to the advanced Spitfire, there are also a large number of old Swordfish aircraft, and the flight speed of these Swordfish aircraft is far from comparable to that of new fighters, so the attack formation of the Swordfish is far later than the Spitfire.

However, it was better to come early than to coincide, it happened that two German aircraft carriers appeared in front of them, and at this time, the carrier-based aircraft on the Bismarck and Tirpitz had already been dispatched, and several destroyers were only protecting them, which was a golden opportunity for British pilots.

They frantically launched an attack on the German aircraft carrier in the Swordfish plane, but the Swordfish plane was still too backward, and the maximum speed of this biplane was only a little over 200 kilometers, which was only one-third of the new carrier-based aircraft.

Germany's aircraft carrier technology has been passed on by China, and it knows the importance of air defense, so Germany's aircraft carriers and various types of ships have focused on strengthening air defense capabilities.

The Swordfish planes struggled through the fire net, and from time to time one plane was shot down, and the two aircraft carriers also quickly retreated to the cloudy area to avoid attack.

It had been more than six hours since the start of the war, and it would soon be dark, and it would have been very difficult to attack by that time, and the royal pilots were also red-eyed, and now Britain had lost two aircraft carriers, while Germany had only lost one old Munich, and if it could not sink these two more powerful Nazi aircraft carriers now, Britain would undoubtedly lose the victory.

Even the loss of sea supremacy, what this means for an island country, no one knows very well, so these pilots no longer care about anything, and completely take out a desperate posture. Rushed towards the German warship at full speed.

The wing of a Swordfish aircraft was damaged. Black smoke came out. However, the pilot made a very bold decision at this time, and he drove the plane towards the Bismarck with great difficulty, and the distance between the two was soon within fifty meters.

The German soldiers finally felt the crisis, and what was worse was that the plane had entered a shooting corner. Large-caliber anti-aircraft guns simply couldn't hit it, and a few soldiers even took out pistols to shoot, hoping to shoot down the rickety Swordfish.

But they were disappointed, and the plane, along with the torpedo it carried, crashed headlong into the side of the Bismarck. A violent explosion ensued, and the British pilot disappeared into flames along with his plane.

In fact, when the pilot approached the Bismarck, his chest had already been pierced, and he completely relied on his tenacious willpower to cast a magic arrow with his life to complete a heroic blow.

The pilot's madness greatly shocked the German army, the British were not cowards, but heroes who could fight to the death, and the British themselves were most shocked, and the remaining Swordfish pilots knew that their planes were old. If you don't attack desperately, it's hard to hurt a Nazi aircraft carrier. If these two aircraft carriers can continue to fight, the situation of the British Isles will be threatened like never before.

Something sacred surged in the chest of every pilot, who imitated the pilot who carried out the suicide attack, and desperately rammed the Nazi aircraft carrier despite the dense anti-aircraft fire.

Don't think that Japan's kamikaze drones are very special, but they have turned this behavior into an organized and planned action, and no matter what other battlefields, there will be soldiers who take the initiative to sacrifice themselves.

The two dozen British Swordfish planes caused great trouble to Germany, and although planes were shot down continuously, they still stubbornly approached the two aircraft carriers.

Bismarck's side was attacked, but the Germans fully considered the requirements of defense when designing the aircraft carrier, and the Germans did not add too much armor, but built a large number of watertight cabins, and ammunition, oil and other things were placed separately, so there was no fatal explosion, only a piece of the deck was lost.

There is no doubt that on this issue, it shows that the Chinese and German aircraft carriers are far superior to the British in terms of design ideas.

Soon two more Swordfish broke through the German blockade, one of them successfully dropped a bomb, and in the process of pulling up, it was hit by an anti-aircraft gun and exploded in the air, and the other was also injured and had to hit the Tirpitz headfirst.

The plane crashed right into the bridge of the Tirpitz, and the violent explosion killed more than a dozen German soldiers, as well as a large number of casualties among the command staff, and the ensuing fire spread throughout the deck.

At this time, there were only five Swordfish left in the sky, and at this time the German attack aircraft group had returned in large numbers, and a total of three waves of attacks were organized in Germany, and in the second wave of attacks, the Germans successfully damaged the Radiance and the Indomitable, and these two aircraft carriers did not sink because of their outstanding defensive capabilities.

However, in the third wave of attacks, the Indomitable suffered two more torpedoes, two large holes were drilled into the hull, and the power system was all destroyed, and there was no possibility of saving, and the British could only let the destroyer sink the Indomitable with hatred, and the aircraft carrier Victory was also damaged, and a large hole was made in the deck.

So far, among the seven British aircraft carriers, the Rage, the Ark Royal, the Indomitable, a total of three, in addition to the Radiance and the Victory are damaged and need to be repaired, it can be said that more than three-quarters of the combat effectiveness has been lost, the British heart is dripping blood, these are the essence of the Royal Navy, and they have sunk to the bottom of the sea, even if the British can achieve the final victory, the outcome is only worse than the First World War.

Their only hope was that the German losses would be greater, preferably if all three aircraft carriers were sunk, and the German aircraft carriers were indeed in a bad situation, and the British Swordfish successfully damaged two aircraft carriers.

Dönitz also felt very pressured, he was very satisfied with the results of the German army, the loss of one Munich, in exchange for three British aircraft carriers, if this ratio continued, Britain would be finished, but Germany had to be attacked by the Swordfish first, these old planes actually caused unprecedented trouble to Germany, so that Dönitz also had a new understanding of the British determination to resist.

At this time, the German fighters rushed back, and when they saw that their aircraft carrier was being attacked by the ugly British planes, they all went crazy, and desperately launched an attack, and in an instant two more Swordfish were shot down.

The remaining three Swordfish planes also knew that they had no chance of escaping, and they all slammed into the German warships without hesitation, one of them crashed into the escort Prinz Eugen, and the other two were shot down by Bismarck's anti-aircraft fire.

The last one crashed into the deck of the Tirpitz again, and suddenly a large hole with a diameter of two meters appeared in the deck, and the internal structure was also seriously damaged, but due to the timely control of the German Navy, there were no more serious consequences, but the Tirpitz could not take in the aircraft at this time.

Degao's carrier-based planes had to fall on top of the Bismarck, and the deck of the Bismarck was also damaged, and the planes that could be taken in were limited, but fortunately, the German aircraft carrier was only about 200 kilometers away from the Norwegian coast, and many planes went straight to Norway after simply replenishing fuel.

Dönitz commanded the slow withdrawal of two aircraft carriers from the battlefield, Germany lost one aircraft carrier this time, and nearly seventy carrier-based aircraft, the Bismarck and Tirpitz were damaged, especially the Tirpitz took several months to repair, and the Prinz Eugen was sunk.

However, their results were remarkable, with the British sinking three aircraft carriers and two seriously damaged, as well as the Royal Navy's battlecruiser Glory Hood being sunk and the loss of destroyers.

The Royal Fleet, which had traversed the Atlantic in the past, could only return to its anchorage in Scapa Bay under the cover of night, but the British were still lucky, and Germany was expected to achieve greater results, and the problem was with Air Marshal Goering.

According to the original plan, the German army bombers would also participate in the operation, and the navy would join forces to attack the British fleet, so that the Germans would have a huge advantage in the warplanes, and Goering did not want the air force to become an adjunct of the navy, he did not fully support the naval operation, but sent a large number of aircraft to northern Norway to bomb the British army units that assisted Norway.

As a result, only a dozen German shore-based bombers took part in the operation, and these pilots were so poorly trained to attack sea targets that they did not play their due role at all, sinking only one destroyer, and thus the Royal Air Force narrowly escaped.

In addition, the injury of Bismarck and Tirpitz also had a huge relationship with Goering, out of the idea of fighting for power, Goering did not send enough planes to escort the two aircraft carriers, and many people in later generations believed that it was Goering's stupidity that kept the backbone of the British Navy and gave the British Empire the courage to resist.

At this time, Britain already knew the outcome of the naval war, and Mr. Chamberlain finally lost the last excuse to stay in office, in all fairness, Chamberlain was still very successful in domestic affairs, especially the promotion of the medical security plan was regarded as the beginning of the welfare state, but at the juncture of the war, his weakness was no longer suitable for leading Britain, and the always tough Churchill finally came to power.

After receiving the appointment of the British king, this big fat man immediately made a radio address to the whole country: "The British Empire has reached the most critical moment, we have to choose between victory or death, any idea of trying to compromise and surrender in exchange for security is stupid, we are facing a vicious regime that has never appeared in human history, if we fail, all the glory of Britain will be lost, and the security of the entire free world, it is worthless to steal peace, we will either win, or die......" (To be continued.) )