After ten o'clock, the British fleet, which had come from Scapa Bay, communicated with the defenders of Narvik Harbor every hour to inquire about the situation of the German fleet that was shelling its open sea.

On the 25th, after one o'clock in the morning, John Brown, who still insisted on sleeping in the bridge room. Lieutenant General Tovey, as informed by telegram, that the Germans were still shelling the port of Narvik, but the frequency of shelling was much lower than before.

John. The telegram asked, "Can you be sure that the two demon warships are still there?" ”

The defenders stationed in Narvik replied: "The screaming of the cannonballs coming from the sea is about to burst the eardrums!" Only a 406-mm naval gun would have such power. ”

Again asked for details of the shelling of the defending German battleships, John . Commander Tovey instinctively sensed that there was something strange about the Germans' artillery bombardment. So he demanded again:

"Make sure it's the shells from the two demon ships."

After finishing the telephony with the garrison in Narvik Harbor, Commander Tovey asked the adjutant's assistant, "Is there any news of the Odin and the Parthian?" (Note: I really don't know how to translate the English name of the British submarine into Chinese, so it's better to keep it simple, it's a passing scene anyway)

The adjutant's answer: "They didn't contact on time. ”

After the Battle of Bergen, the British Navy intensified its submarine activities in the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea, and even repeatedly re-planned to cross the Kattegat Strait into the Baltic Sea to attack German warships. However, under this unscientific cheating of the ship spirit, most of the submarines that came close to the German warships were sunk, and even one submarine was wounded and captured. 、

During the German attack on Narvik, Britain had long since deployed more than 10 submarines off the coast of Narvik to carry out ambush missions and reconnaissance missions. However, under the cheating of the ship spirit, these dangerous assassins who thought they were hiding underwater have become the most hilarious and funny existences. British submarines located on the course of the passage of the German fleet. It was easily found by Lin Han and Hannah, and then accurately located by the submarine under their guidance, and then sunk one by one.

The two submarines that Commander Toyo inquired about happened to be located off the coast of Narvik, and were intended to keep an eye on the movements of the German fleet. But the two submarines could never make contact with Commander Tovey again, as the German fleet shelled Narvik. They have been lying on the bottom of the Norwegian Sea forever, never to be able to surface again.

Little by little, time passed.

At three o'clock in the morning, the defenders of the port of Narvik reported again to Commander Tovey's fleet that the German warships were still shelling the harbor at a rate of several minutes.

At this point, John. Commander Tovey learned from his operational staff that since last night, a full five submarines have lost contact with the Grand Fleet.

The extremely low frequency of shelling of the German battleships finally made Commander Tovey suspicious, and ordered:

"Immediately report to me the last position of the uncontacted submarines before they lost contact!"

Submarines from World War II. Unless it is an offensive operation, it is usually a floating sail when operating at night. According to the plan, these submarines used to search for the enemy, unless there is an accident, are planned to contact the main fleet every hour to two hours. When the German fleet began shelling the port of Narvik, Commander Tovey reduced the interval to an hour.

In the chart room. The last square drawings of the lost submarines were clearly marked. Looking at the location of the submarines marked on the map before they lost contact, Commander Tovey's face became more and more ugly. Because of the location of these lost submarines before they disappeared, and judging by the time of their disappearance, the location of their disappearance is getting closer and closer to the location of the Grand Fleet where he belongs.

John. Commander Tovey said to his subordinates with a grim face:

"The main fleet of the German Navy, which is no longer in the port of Narvik, is pounced on us! The goal of the Germans was not Narvik. It's us! ”

When leaving the homeland, John. Commander Tovey had six capital battleships, which was the last of the British Navy's home.

They were the battleships USS Nelson (16-inch guns), HMS Gang Yong and HMS Malaya (15-inch guns), as well

HMS Royal Oak and HMS Ramillis (14-inch guns).

In addition, there are three aircraft carriers. One is the aircraft carrier Eagle, the other is the newly restored Athletic God, and the rest is the escort carrier Revenge, which has been converted from a merchant ship.

In addition, it has twelve light and heavy cruisers and twenty-two destroyers.

In the past, the Royal Navy, which was imposing and imposing, now has such a small amount of family foundation.

After pondering for a few seconds, John. Tovey ordered, "I order, the whole fleet turns, target, Scarpa Bay!" ”

"Your Excellency, the order we received from the Admiralty before the sortie is"

Tovey interrupted his assistant: "The Germans want to fight us at night, and the Royal Navy can't dance to their rhythm anymore." The German warships are rushing towards us, withdrawing one after another, and then fighting them to the death when the day comes! ”

Before leaving the port, Commander John Tovey received an order from the Admiralty that the first priority was to maintain the current strength of the Royal Navy.

And British Prime Minister Winston Churchill even called him and told him openly and clearly: Your army has more than 20,000 people, and Narvik has only more than 20,000 people. Don't put your 20,000 people in a dangerous situation in order to save more than 20,000 people.

The total number of British troops landing in Narvik was about 27,000 men. The real British native army was about 20,000 men. The remaining 7,000 men consisted of a Polish brigade, a Czech reinforced regiment, and a mixed corps of volunteers from France, Belgium, Australia, and other places. After the Czech Republic and Poland fell to the Czech Republic, a large number of civilians and former military personnel fled to Britain through various means, and after Britain declared war on Germany, they quickly formed foreign legion units such as the Polish Brigade and the Czech Regiment on the basis of these people to serve as cannon fodder and put them into the battlefield during the Battle of Narvik. (Note: During the Battle of Narvik in history, the British army also invested similar troops, and this plot is not the author's fiction)

Dead friends do not die poor.

This is what the British upper echelons and navy really thought when the Battle of Narvik broke out, and of course, the Army, which was seen as an outcast, did not think so.

The British fleet, led by the battleship Nelson, began to turn in the darkness of the night and turned around in the direction of Scapa Bay.

By this time, the German navy, which had been rushing towards them, had approached less than seventy kilometers away. (To be continued......)

PS: Let's change the chapter first.,Everyone has likes to like.,I'm writing the back.,