But even five torpedoes would be fatal for the Ark Royal. Cunninghagen did not expect that this was the battlefield of the decisive naval battle preset by the Germans.

He did not even expect that the Germans would have the courage to fight the British Navy on the sea. You know, even if the British Navy lost some of its ships, the decisive battle between the entire German Navy and the British Navy looked like a duel between a farmer on a mule and a wooden spear and a knight wearing full armor and riding a war horse.

But such a ridiculous thing happened. The farmer knocked over the knight's horse armor, and now he is about to stab the knight's horse to death.

"Boom!!" A loud roar was heard, and the torpedo of the Dönitz submarine force hit the starboard side under the ship island. A violent explosion tore through the hull of the Ark Royal, and the rushing waters were rushing.

The large number of entries into the water stopped the main engine of the "Ark Royal", and the aircraft carrier tilted 18 degrees to the right. The aircraft carrier of the Ark Royal was immediately lowered to eighteen knots, which gave the sea wolves lurking beneath the surface of the sea a chance.

"Repair the damage immediately! Drop depth charges now! Fast!! Cunningham roared over Cambridge, and the sailors on the battleship sprang into action.

Historically, the development of depth charges has been carried out almost simultaneously with the development of submarines. After the Germans had achieved success in using submarines during World War I, the British also began to develop weapons against German submarines.

In particular, in September 1914, the German submarine U-9 sank three 12,000-ton British armored cruisers in less than 90 minutes off the coast of Belgium. In February 1915, Germany announced a submarine blockade of the British Isles, and by the end of the year it had sunk more than 600 ships of the Allies and neutrals.

This forced the British to speed up their own research and development of submarine-restraint weapons. Under this environment, at the end of 1915, the world's first real depth charge was successfully developed in Britain.

The bomb looks like a metal canister for garbage, but inside it is filled with explosives, and it has both a hydrostatic and a trigger fuse. Depth charges are dropped into the water by surface ships and explode as soon as they touch a submarine or reach a predetermined depth, up to a maximum depth of 200 meters.

When a depth charge explodes, enormous pressure is generated, and submarines within 10 meters of the center of the explosion will be severely damaged. In July 1916, depth charges finally showed their combat capability.

At that time, a British patrol boat spotted a German U-boat that was diving in the water, and the former immediately dropped depth charges from the stern of the submarine to attack the submarine and sink it in one fell swoop. This was the first effective attack of depth charges, and this small battle proved the real combat capabilities of depth charges.

The birth of depth charges made the invincible submarine at that time have a 'nemesis' for the first time.

After that, the British habitually equipped their warships with depth charges, ready to deal with submarine battles that could come at any time. But since World War I, Britain has not been attacked by submarines. This makes most people ignore the depth charges on their own ships.

Only Corningham, the manager of the veteran sailors of World War I. will remember the horrors of those German submarines back then. At the same time, I also remember those submarine nemesis that have been put on the warship, but forgotten - depth charges.

"Boom!!" Unfortunately, the veteran sailor no longer had the means to direct his sailors to drop depth charges. When the German submarines discovered that the Ark Royal had not been sunk, they immediately launched a second round of attacks.

The U-81, which belonged to the German Navy's submarine force, was the first to launch a second wave of attacks, after Captain Guggenberg discovered that the Ark Royal had not been sunk. He immediately commanded the U-81 boat to quickly load the torpedoes, and then suddenly thought of firing four more torpedoes at the "Ark Royal".

Due to the strong launch of the shock wave and the sudden reduction of pressure, the submarine surfaced with a sudden ascent. Fortunately, the chief engineer ordered all the crew to enter the forward compartment and urgently adjust the tank for a rapid dive, so that the British did not find it.

Captain Guggenberg's luck was so good that not only did he come undetected when he surfaced, but even two of the four torpedoes fired by his submarine hit the Ark Royal! And this time there was even a torpedo that hit the boiler of the Ark Royal!

The damage had left the Ark Royal almost immobile, and the two torpedoes that hit were fatal. The explosion of the boiler killed most of the damage crews who were trying to repair the ship.

The rest were also injured by flying shrapnel and broken boiler fragments. The entire battleship slammed, and then the huge gap began to pour into the sea. The sailors inside the battleship were constantly wailing and trying to escape.

Admiral Cunningham, who was on the bridge, closed his eyes in agony. He knew that now that the Ark Royal was powerless, the fate that awaited it would undoubtedly be to sink.

"Boom! Rumble!! Boom......" A series of explosions rang out from the sea, and a pained Cunningham looked up to see devastation.

The light cruiser USS Kurako, the light cruiser USS Nymph, the escort aircraft carrier USS Daring...... And so on seven or eight ships that were extremely important for the British Navy. Billowing black smoke billowed from the sea.

The Bold even spewed fire and smoke incessantly, and Cunningham seemed to be able to hear the desperate wails of the sailors on the Audacious. But at this time, as the commander of the Navy, he could do nothing.

It was bombarded with five torpedoes in a row, which resulted in the Ark Royal losing power completely. Even the battleship does not even have electricity now. The entire battleship rushed towards the bottom of the sea without hesitation in the continuous intake.

"Oh God! Why did you give up on England!! Cunningham roared angrily in the command room of the bridge, while his subordinate adjutant dragged him out of the command room without hesitation.

If you don't leave, you won't be able to go. Now the battleship is silent. And what Cunningham should do is evacuate quickly. Fortunately, the British finally had good training, and even at this time they did not panic.

Most of the people were in good order under command, then boarded the lifeboat and left the sinking battleship. They were joined by several British ships that had been attacked by the German submarine forces.

"Boom! Rumble!! Bombardment ...... "Although losing the command of the flagship, the sophisticated British Navy did not give up the battle. On the contrary, their fighting spirit is even higher.

Countless warships constantly corrected their naval gun power, and frantically fired back at the German battleships. And the Germans were not easy to mess with, and their artillery was constantly roaring. Trying to bury them in this area before the British Navy can exert their strength.

Those fighters who have lost their aircraft carriers can only constantly hover in the air, assisting the fighters of other aircraft carriers in combat. At this time, the German fighters had cleared a large number of British fighters, and the Ju-88 bombers began to rise into the air one after another and slaughtered the British Navy.

This was the first time that the Germans had used three three-dimensional operations, including air, sea, and underwater, and it was obvious that they were not yet proficient in this kind of combined operations.

Even in terms of cooperation, there are constantly some small mistakes. But the British navy on the other side had never tried to fight like this, and those British warships could only make tactical judgments based on their own experience.

Obviously, those previous tactical judgments are no longer suitable for such operations. The British, while constantly trimming their guns against the German battleships, dropped depth charges into the water.

At the same time, they did not forget to fire at the air to try to prevent those German fighters and bombers from carrying out air strikes on themselves.

Due to the dispersion between the warships of the British Navy, there was no way to cover the firepower of the fighters in the air. Not to mention the submarines underneath, the depth charges are just a self-consolation.

"Chirp...... Rumble!! "The German bombers again made a meritorious service, and a Ju-88 hit the British light cruiser "Living Statue" directly with a heavy rocket-booster bomb of the "Mace".

A mace hit the light cruiser, the result of which is predictable. Under the roar of a huge explosion, the Living Statue was blown in two without even having time to snort.

The mace hit the ammunition depot of the Living Statue, and the explosion of the depot caused the explosion of the boiler. The tremendous force caused the entire battleship to be blown in two at once, and the sailors on it sank before they could even react......

Despite the fact that more and more British navies arrived on the battlefield, the situation turned out to be more and more unfavorable for the British Navy. A large number of German fighters already controlled the situation in the air, and the British Navy was equipped with large European carrier-based fighters that were no match for the BF-109.

Up to now, there are less than 50 large European carrier-based fighters of more than 200 on several British aircraft carriers. Of course, the Germans were no better, and the Count Zeppelin and Petersstrassel were only capable of carrying more than 80 fighters.

In addition to the fixed twelve new Ju-88 bombers, they only brought sixty fighters. And after a big battle, despite the superiority of the Germans in fighters, the German losses were also heavy.

Six Ju-88s were shot down, while more than thirty BF-109s were destroyed in the fierce battle.

"Hurry up and inform the Air Force! If their Spitfire isn't there yet, then ask the Imperial Air Force to come here and salvage our ships! Kangninghan, who had been rescued aboard the Radiance, roared with red blood and red eyes.

No wonder the general was so angry, he could see that the planes in the air were his greatest threat. They could see their course completely clearly and report the coordinates to the battleships behind.

And those bombers are even more chilling, a cruiser! was directly blown into two by him at once, and the power of this bomb made people palpitate......

ps: Chapter 1 ~ Continue to code words to ......