Dozens of nautical miles away from the main battlefield, four or five destroyers went crazy and threw depth charges to the bottom of the sea, on the sea, a huge ship was slowly sinking, one was burning with a raging fire, the ship was obviously tilted, and was trying to save itself, and another was in the best condition, although it was also injured, but it was still floating on the sea, and on the other side, there was a huge and terrifying whirlpool, announcing that a large ship might have sunk here. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The biggest problem now is that the only relatively intact aircraft carrier Athletic can only park less than 20 aircraft, and there are nearly 100 in the sky....

After a while, a piece of oil floated out of the bottom of the sea, and the British destroyer exhaled lightly when he saw that a submarine had finally been sunk, and those damn submarines should not dare to make trouble.

For the German submarines, the British army has not had any effective methods, neither sonar nor anything can find these underwater ghosts very well, and since the beginning of the war, most of the naval losses have come from these submarines, not to mention the materials that have been sent into the sea because of these submarines.

Four or five destroyers were constantly patrolling, as if the scene of dozens of fish rushing together was an illusion, and there seemed to be nothing under the seabed.

Invisible radio waves are constantly propagating on the bottom of the sea.... It's not over yet.

Thirty minutes later, while the British were desperately trying to save people, another twenty or thirty torpedo salvos were fired, and this time, their target was the only intact Athletic, and the Athletic looked at the torpedoes flying in all directions, extremely helpless....

Lütjens got the news no later than John Tovey, and when he learned that Dönitz's submarine had indeed completed its mission, he immediately threw down his hat and shouted, "We have no fear!" them head-on! ”

In order to boost morale, Lütjans immediately informed the whole army in the fierce battle, and when the German-French forces received the news that the opponent's aircraft carrier fleet had sunk, they immediately shouted excitedly, and the cheers were so loud that they almost drowned out the sound of artillery fire in the battle.

The 380 mm main guns shouted more happily, and the four battleships began to concentrate their firepower on George V, after all, only the two British battleships could keep up with their speed, and the rest of the secondary guns were not idle, constantly attacking those cruisers and destroyers, in the battle of cruisers and destroyers, the mixed fleet was completely inferior, and this was the result of the division of British forces.

The 32 main guns continued to fire in a salvo, and there were constantly columns of water around George V, and often before this one went down, that one was beaten, and everyone could see that George V would be shot soon.

Sure enough, from 6:57 to 7:07, within ten minutes, four shells hit the George V in succession, one of which hit the command room, and the huge blast wave caused the command post to fall down, John Tovey only felt a pain all over his body, he opened his eyes, and found that he was protected by a group of officers, only fell and was slightly injured, and finally got up, and there was another huge explosion, and then there was a heaval collision.

"Report! There was a mechanical failure in the rotation of the main gun of our ship A, and it was no longer able to be adjusted! A soldier came in in a little panicked and reported.

"What? Why did you drop the chain at this time? Immediately an officer shouted.

John Tovey was still relatively calm, and he asked, "Why can't you adjust the method, is it that you can't move up, down, left and right, or can't you move in some directions?" ”

The soldier reported, "I can't move left and right, but I can still go up and down." ”

John Tovey's heart dropped a little, fortunately, up and down are to control the distance, left and right are to control the direction, if you really want to lose one, it is natural to choose far and near, after all, the direction and the ship itself can be assisted.

At this moment, another soldier came in with a bitter face, he looked at John Tovey and said, "Report to the commander, the A main gun linkage mechanism is broken, the gun control is stuck, and it is no longer usable." ”

George V's main gun is also a quadruple main turret, but he is different from the French one, he is a real quadruple main turret, so that the failure rate is very high, this time after being hit by a cannonball, its unstable shortcomings have exploded at once.

George V, who had lost half of his combat strength, immediately attracted the attention of Lütjans, and he immediately ordered, "Continue to increase the attack on George V, speed up, and get close to the attack!" ”

The intensity of the two armies shrank to 19,000 meters at 7:11.

The main guns of both armies constantly exploded on the opposing battleships, but in general, the British gradually fell to the upper hand.

At this time, the battle in the sky has also ended, a steady stream of German army aviation successfully protected the air safety of the four capital ships, and the remnants of more than 60 British planes began to return, at this time, their team leader finally got the news that their hometown was ended, but fortunately, there are still patrolling destroyers, so it is really not possible, everyone can also parachute back.... After all, what else can be done besides this method?

A scene that is enough to go down in history appeared, on the sea, the British pilots parachuted one after another, one plane after another fell into the sea in free fall, looking at the aircraft carrier that had not completely sunk, all the pilots felt lucky, after all, they were still alive, didn't they, after being attacked for the second time, the British destroyers quickly left this sea area, they really didn't know how many submarines were still underwater, and the lack of sonar made the destroyers feel like they couldn't make it hard.

-- The main battlefield

"Boom!!" Shells from the mixed fleet fell on George V, and no matter how maneuvered George V, it would not take a few minutes to be locked up again by the Combined Fleet, and the radar operation room, the bridge, and the lifeboat were destroyed one after another.

In a salvo of the Bismarck, a shell crashed into the bow of the George V, where George V's fuel tank was located, and a large amount of fuel flowed into the sea, but it did not explode, only ignited a fire.

The George V and the other British battleships also continued to fight back, and their target was also set on the Bismarck, the flagship of the mixed fleet, and now it was up to them to sink the other party's flagship first.

At 7:23, two shells hit the Bismarck, but they were still unable to break through.

At 7:27, the distance between the two armies had been shortened to 17,000 meters, and the main guns of both sides were becoming more and more threatening to each other.

The Tirpitz was once again successful, and one of its shells hit the rear of George V's hull with precision, and its main armor was torn open in an instant, and countless seawater rushed into it.

George V's drainage capacity is about 2,000 tons per hour, and such a wound can still be sustained, but this is undoubtedly equivalent to playing a funeral song for George V, which means that George V's armor can no longer protect against the attack of the mixed fleet.

At 7:35 a.m., two shells in a row hit George V within this minute, both shells successfully broke through the defense, and more than a dozen of George V's watertight compartments failed.

At 7:41, George V was mortally wounded, a shell hit a position near its waterline, and then penetrated the armor into George V's boiler, and George V's speed began to drop significantly.

The British counterattack also caused a lot of injuries to the Combined Fleet, but none of them were fatal, and even the speed did not affect them.

At 7:52, the distance between the two armies was shortened to 16,000 meters, at this distance, the main guns of German battleships could penetrate more than 500 mm of armor, George V's armor had been declared completely invalid, and the British artillery due to the short barrel, although it also had lethality to the four capital ships of the Combined Fleet, but the advantage was insufficient.

At 7:54 a.m., George V's main gun was hit, deforming the barrel of the main gun, and George V was completely incapacitated and reduced to a live target, and the commander of the home fleet, John Tovey, ventured aboard the arriving destroyer to prepare for another battle. After discovering that George V's main guns did not fight back for ten minutes, the Combined Fleet immediately changed the target to the Prince of Wales, and did not care that George V was the flagship, in the eyes of Lütjans, George V was already a dish in his own bowl, and he could eat it whenever he wanted.

Then the Prince of Wales felt the feeling of being flanked by more than thirty main guns, especially the Tirpitz closest to him, and every shelling of the Tirpitz was terrifying, and the guns of the Prince of Wales could not penetrate his armor, but were only constantly reported to be hit and damaged.

At 8:11, the four battleships formed a pincer fire on the Prince of Wales, and at 8:14, a straddle fire was formed, and then, the first shell hit, this shell hit the bridge compass room of the "Prince of Wales" like a divine help, and there was a violent explosion, all the command staff and radar room personnel, including Captain Rich, were either killed or injured, but this was only the beginning, Captain Richie was rescued seven minutes after fainting, let the sailors hold themselves, continue to fight, Richie's performance immediately boosted the morale of the British army.

Perhaps in response to Richie's efforts, the Prince of Wales finally broke through the Bismarck's armor, a puff of smoke rose and more than a dozen of the Bismarck's watertight compartments were destroyed.

At this time, a destroyer came out of nowhere, ran to less than 4,000 meters away from the Bismarck before it was discovered, on the sea, the destroyers and cruisers of the combined fleet were already undermanned, and it was normal for someone to surprise out, and suddenly, everyone stared at this small ship of only more than 6,000 tons, and he quickly rushed to Tirpitz at a speed of 35 knots, and the secondary guns and even anti-aircraft guns of the Bismarck hurriedly opened fire on him, but they could not hit for a while.

The distance of 7,000 meters was still ten minutes away from the Tribal-class destroyer, and John Tovey saw that he was about to carry out a lightning strike, and immediately asked the ships to cover, and for a while, all the ships opened fire on the Bismarck, and the Bismarck was suddenly surrounded by water columns, which seriously affected the firing range.

6000, the destroyer is still charging rapidly, and constantly maneuvering in S line to prevent itself from being hit, 5000 meters, Bismarck is a little anxious, but the shortening of the distance also facilitates the shooting of the German ship, finally, at a distance of about 4300, a 150 mm shell hit the ship, and suddenly a thick smoke ignited, and then, a few more hits, John Tovey sighed, but then, let John Tovey's eyes widen to see, four waterlines appeared, The destroyer fired a torpedo, knowing that it might not be able to continue the breakout. Four 533-mm torpedoes swooped down on the Bismarck at a speed of 41 knots, and the Bismarck hurriedly turned its course to 170 degrees to try to avoid it, when another destroyer struck the Bismarck less than 7,000 meters, and instead of continuing to advance, he fired the torpedoes from a distance, and then retreated into his own smoke.

This time, the Bismarck was flanked on both sides, although it managed to dodge six torpedoes and exploded one with a shell, but one hit the hull accurately, and the 360 kg of high explosives tore a large hole in the hull that was 11 meters long and 5 meters wide. The thin anti-torpedo compartment was a non-existent one, the watertight mediastinum on the inside was blown up, and a large amount of seawater poured into the ammunition depot and the engine rooms of the No. 1 and No. 3 ships. The German engineer grabbed the listening stick and pressed it to the turbine casing, hoping that the turbine would survive the explosion. Unfortunately, what they heard was a louder and louder mechanical noise coming from inside the case. In order to avoid the complete scrapping of the two turbines, the Germans had to order the starboard and central turbines that had failed to be shut down. Since it was impossible to drain the oil and water in the inlet compartment, the Germans abandoned the idea of repairing the turbine during the crossing, and its speed was quickly reduced to less than 15 knots, and it continued to decrease.

The reduction in the speed of the Bismarck suddenly increased the British army's hit rate, and within ten minutes, the Bismarck was hit three shells in a row, and due to the speed problem, gradually broke away from the group, Lütjans immediately ordered his sister ship Tirpitz as the flagship and got out of the battle himself.

Over the next half hour, the Prince of Wales was hit by more than ten shells from its main guns. The Bismarck was finally pierced through the armor, and a shell hit the bow of the ship, and a 14-inch shell pierced his armor, a blow that disable several watertight compartments in the bow, and then caused a large amount of water in the bow. Its superstructure, especially the part of the navigation bridge, as the command center of the warship command, encountered the focus of attention, except for a few key protected positions, almost swept away, and the secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns were all ineffective.

At 8:37 a.m., the Prince of Wales suddenly exploded violently, and the explosion violently blew it apart from a third of the beginning, and it was initially suspected that it was an explosion at the ammunition depot, and it had been more than two and a half hours since the battle began, and both sides were already somewhat exhausted, and the rate of fire had changed from a salvo every one or two minutes at the beginning to a salvo every three or four minutes. But the sinking of the Prince of Wales was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for both sides, the Combined Fleet saw hope of victory, and the Royal Fleet felt a critical moment of life and death.