Chapter 158: The British Fleet Falls
For this attack, Di Wolf felt that dispatching thirty submarines at once felt that he could afford to look up to the British fleet too much. What's more, there is also the assistance of dive bombers in the sky, although Di Wolf does not understand the reason for this order of the Admiralty, he understands that the Admiralty must have its own considerations. Besides, this will allow the submarine force to have better actual combat training, and Di Wolf will only be happy about this.
What is the concept of one hundred and twenty torpedoes, and it is also rushing in all directions with high density and high speed. Even if the US imperialist aircraft carrier battle group of later generations is placed here, it will only have one ending of heavy losses, and it may not be able to damage the aircraft carrier, but those frigates and destroyers will be tragic. The premise is that regardless of the question of whether the submarine has a chance to approach or not.
Hearing the terrible screams of the officers and soldiers, Keith looked over to the sea, and what imprinted into his eyes was dozens of torpedoes dragging white waves approaching at high speed.
The British Eastern Fleet can be regarded as a fire and ice, with planes in the sky and torpedoes in the water. The destroyers on the periphery tried to dodge, but it was too late, the torpedoes were too close. Thirty meters of water was launched, and by the time they found out, the torpedo was already close at hand. And even if you have time to dodge the torpedo, you can dodge this one, you can't dodge his torpedo, it's too dense.
"Dodge the torpedo!" Keith didn't have time to care where these torpedoes came from, so he habitually shouted out, but it was too late for anything.
As soon as Case's words fell, a destroyer not far away in his eyes had been torpedoed. A huge explosion was heard for the first time, and the entire destroyer was almost overturned, and before the destroyer could regain balance, two more explosions came from the side of the destroyer.
In Case's eyes, a thousand-ton destroyer was completely dismembered in the explosion, and none of the sailors of a shipload were spared, and the explosion came too suddenly and violently, and the British naval officers and sailors on the destroyer had no time to escape. Countless pieces of iron mixed with the corpse were blown up and scattered, and the destroyer was no longer visible on the sea, only a large amount of floating debris left on the sea to prove that there had been a ship before.
This destroyer was only the beginning, because it was relatively close to the direction of the torpedo, so it was the first to suffer.
At the same time as the first destroyer was being reimbursed, Keith also heard loud explosions coming from the other three directions, and it was continuous. Keith only had endless heartache at this time, and he knew that there must be more than three warships following in the footsteps of the destroyer just now. Heartache and chagrin at the same time, if he hadn't ordered the fleet to move closer, even if it was a torpedo attack, there would have been a chance to dodge, and he would definitely not have lost so much at once.
The truth was much worse than Case had estimated, this time five warships were torpedoed at the same time, especially one cruiser, with a slender build, which was hit by a total of five torpedoes. A cruiser of more than 8,000 tons was broken into several sections, and the sailors on board did not have time to escape, and were either killed or sank quickly with the wreckage.
One of the most fortunate cruisers was hit by a torpedo, only to open a gap of five or six meters in the side of the ship, allowing the sea to pour in mercilessly. Fortunately, in addition to being killed directly in the cabin and at the point of bad luck, the other sailors also had the opportunity to jump into the water to escape.
The remaining three were all destroyers, and even a torpedo hit was enough to choke, and there was no chance of survival.
The six warships that were hit were all on the outermost part, there were two destroyers and cruisers in the middle, and in the center were two battleships.
At this time, the four sailors on the cruiser and destroyer in the middle of the course operated their secondary guns and began to shoot the approaching torpedoes.
Stress can break people down, but it can also make people burst out of their potential.
Many of the British sailors on the ship now are of the second type, and after seeing the fate of being hit, they all burst out with 200% combat effectiveness. Quite a few torpedoes were destroyed and exploded directly at sea. The warships were even more at full throttle, trying to better dodge the torpedoes. Although there were already six warships blocking many torpedoes on the periphery, there were still many torpedoes rushing in, and in addition to those detonated by secondary guns, a considerable number of torpedoes were approaching.
The sound of a third explosion reached Keith's ears, and Keith was now at his mercy to his fate.
Submarine forces at the bottom of the sea.
Dense explosions were heard on the sea, and all the submarine officers and men cheered passionately.
Di Wolf was also excited, but he was more able to restrain his emotions and did not cheer with the others.
"Don't be happy, everyone, our work is not done yet! All submarine groups were ordered to advance 500 meters and fire a second torpedo, which was immediately followed by a dive and await the notice of the ascent. Di Wolf said.
Di Wolf's words made everyone in the command room sober up, return to their respective posts, and get busy again.
The submarine's line of battle was advanced by 500 meters, but it was still about 1,500 meters away from the four warships in the middle of the British sector. Normal fleets sail in formation, and the distance is generally several nautical miles, and the distance of 500 meters during the voyage is already very close.
The same one and twenty torpedoes, this time it looks more dense.
Only one cruiser was left of the four warships in the middle of the British fleet, but it also escaped the first wave of torpedoes.
The secondary guns and machine guns on both sides of the two battleships in the center also began to attack the approaching torpedoes, and the gap between the ships allowed these torpedoes to run here calmly, and this place was also the center of the torpedo attack. And with passive guidance, these torpedoes slowly adjusted their direction, and the goal was clear, these two battleships.
However, with the resistance of ten warships on two floors, the speed of the two battleships was also raised to the maximum, and the remaining torpedoes could no longer pose a threat to the two battleships. But is the only threat to be torpedoes?
It's a long time, and less than a minute has passed.
The dive bombers in the sky were just playing before, but now they see that the submarine is almost done, and they don't have the heart to tease. At once two-thirds of the anti-aircraft fire was missing, and the dive bombers even more unceremoniously swooped down on the two battleships. As for the cruiser, they didn't bother to do it, at least until they destroyed two battleships.
Carrier-based aircraft all pursue one point, that is, no matter whether they are strong or not, they will pick and choose valuable beatings. Compared to the value of a battleship, the cruiser could only stand aside, and it was an old-fashioned cruiser, which was not looked down upon by them.
Another point is that each exercise is pressed too hard by powerful air firepower, and sometimes it is necessary to cooperate with fighters to destroy the air defense cruiser first. Now there is neither powerful air firepower nor exercises, so naturally it is customary to come.
The captain of the group who led the plane also felt that this was too bullying, and forty-five dive bombers were indeed very advantageous against two battleships that did not have much anti-aircraft firepower. But when it came to moving, he didn't relent. He made a perfect ultra-low dive, and when he swept past the battleship Nelson, the heavy bomb under the belly was also thrown out. The bombs fell directly on the chimneys, two huge chimneys were completely blown up, and half of the bridge was enveloped in flames. The four anti-aircraft guns placed here completely disappeared in the explosion, and the speed of the battleship slowed down.
Other dive bombers were also one after the other, not giving respite at all.
The second wave of torpedoes also came out of the water and swooped down on the three warships.
The only remaining cruiser did not dodge after bursting five torpedoes, and was hit by a torpedo in the bow. In the sound of the explosion, the bow of the cruiser was raised high, and before it fell, it was completely destroyed with the ramming angles. The constant influx of seawater, coupled with the propeller pushing behind it, suddenly the whole cruiser seemed to plunge directly into the sea. But the matter is not over yet, there is not just one, but many at the same time. Without the slightest chance of chance, the torpedoes in the back directly blew the cruiser, which was nearly 10,000 tons, into countless pieces. Several sailors who jumped into the sea were also drowned in the explosion.
The Nelson was the longest, because the Royal Oak had already followed in the footsteps of the cruisers, and there were so many torpedoes, and they were pouring in from all directions, and it was impossible to dodge. First, one of the propellers in the stern of the ship was hit, and it lost power, and as you can imagine, it was quickly drowned in an explosion. This battleship, which was attacked by German submarines in later generations, has now fallen into the same fate as later generations, except that it is not a sneak attack now. Of the more than 1,000 people on the ship, less than 20 survived.
The battleship Nelson was hit by several bombs and was about to sink.
Completely desperate, Keith did not escape with the officers and men of the Nelson. He has no face to live anymore, and death is the best relief for him.
The experiences of more than 50 years kept flashing in his mind. He thought a lot, but what he thought about the most was the antique artworks from this ancient oriental country in his house. Keith still remembers these beautiful antique artworks, which he had collected from their imperial capital when he joined the Eight-Nation Alliance more than twenty years ago. Think about what the scenery was back then, I went to Dagukou Fort alone to investigate, and not only collected a lot of finances during this trip, but also got the appreciation of my boss. That's why he has today. Now, I have succeeded in this ancient country, and now I have lost in this ancient country.
Keith is really unwilling, in just twenty years, this originally backward and ignorant country has now become so powerful. The country that was slaughtered by others back then, the country that could be trampled on at will, why is it so powerful now. The fleet led by himself did not even see the other party's warships, and was defeated.
"Oh God! Are you really asleep? Keith let out one last roar.
The roar was accompanied by a loud explosion, and two dive bombers dropped two aerial bombs. Keith's unwilling heart, with his sinful body, was shattered in the explosion along with the Nelson.
(To be continued)