Chapter 283: Churchill's Despair

"The battleship Nelson, floating on the surface, writhed with difficulty like a heavy fin whale. At a distance of 1,500 meters, a total of six torpedoes swooped at him from different angles, and the action was like a great white shark pounced on its prey."

"A torpedo released from a torpedo attack plane hit the tail of the battleship Ramillis, a huge ship of more than 30,000 tons, and his rudder jammed under this blow, and then spun around the sea like a marquee."

"Woo, let's start with a piece of news that I just received that the heavy cruiser Haukenson was shot, it was a bomber dropped by a Stuka bomber, and this bomb hit his ammunition depot directly, and the heavy cruiser Haukenson was blown in two on the spot!"

"The battleship Resolve was hit by a mine, and a total of three torpedoes hit him on the port side, and the battleship began to frantically enter the water, and it is not known how long he will be able to hold out at sea. Hopefully, the captain of the Resolve will give the order to abandon the ship sooner. As we all know, from the time of World War I, in order to cut corners, the TDS design of British battleships was very bad, and after eating so many torpedoes, this battleship should not be saved.

"Listeners, it's eleven thirty-five, and my heroic and invincible Imperial Naval Aviation has completed this wave of offensive and is beginning to slowly retreat back to the mothership. Now to the Germans and Great Britain to announce the results of the just-concluded round of attacks sent back from the front. ”

"The battleship USS Nelson hit three mines on the port side! Judging from the reports sent back from the front line, the captain has not yet given the order to abandon the ship. ”

"The Ramiris was hit by a mine in the tail and the steering gear was stuck, and now it is circling in place at sea, and it seems that the battleship has escaped today. Hopefully their captain will make a rational choice"

"The battleship Resolve was hit by four thunders, and the left leaned to the left, and this battleship was no longer saved. A telegram from the front line showed that the captain had given the order to abandon the ship. British viewers in front of the radio, rest assured. The navy of the Third Reich was an army of noble chivalry, and Commander Raeder had ordered the fleet to cease its attack on the Resolve, and had sent a searchlight signal to a British destroyer to receive the sailors of the Resolve—hoping that the British captain would stop being hot-headed and accept the kindness of our troops! There were at least 1,500 sailors on board a battleship, and although our country was at war with yours, the Führer did not want to hear the cries of mothers who had lost their children in the middle of the night. Neither German nor British is no exception. Having said that, I will continue to announce other situations. ”

"The Royal Oak was hit by two thunderbolts, in addition to being hit three times by Stuka. The warship is currently turning to escape, but slowly. ”

"The Malaya was not hit by a mine, but the previous Stuka bomber hit four of its shells in succession, one of which hit its first turret and exploded inside. From our view of the battlefield, it seems that the hit of that aerial bomb caused a secondary effect, detonating several shells in the turret. And ignited a fire, emitting extremely thick black smoke. However, the ship's ammunition depot was not destroyed, and it is estimated that the British filled the ammunition depot with water in time. ”

"The Spirit avoided six torpedoes and eight bombs in that wave, and only one bomb was hit. (Since the word fire bomb will be censored if it is used too much, I will use aerial bombs instead in the future) The ship was not seriously damaged, and it is currently turning the bow around and preparing to escape. However, I am not optimistic about the Spirit, because his current maximum speed is less than twenty knots, while the speed of the battleships of the Imperial Navy is more than thirty knots."

Every message on the radio is bad news.

In the war room of the Navy headquarters building, which was still a little noisy. At the moment, there was no sound, only the Siemens transistor radio. Constantly unleashing bad news from the front. All the staff, including Churchill, stopped what they were doing and listened in silence to the bad news that came out of it.

The faces of every listener were now full of bitterness and grief, and some of the weak-willed female staff members had even cried on the spot.

A report coming out of the radio. Compared with the telegrams sent back from the front line, everyone understands that the last capital ships of the Royal Navy are currently unlucky.

When a large number of Stuka bombers and torpedo attack aircraft appeared in the air, tighten the rope. The bell for the defeat of the Royal Navy has already been struck.

For the next hour, the sound of the radio on the radio, every word, every syllable, was like a sledgehammer to the listeners, striking their hearts, challenging everyone's heart.

One of the listeners, British Prime Minister Winston. Churchill, his face was now bloody, and his right hand holding the cigar trembled slightly. The smoke of his cigar had long since been extinguished, but Churchill had not noticed it at all.

"How can this be, how is this possible"

Repeating this in his heart, Churchill's hand clutched the telegram that had just been sent back from the front, from the battleship Determination, reporting the losses suffered by the Royal Navy in this wave of air raids, and its content was surprisingly close to what was said on the radio.

"The Royal Navy is finished!"

Churchill had a feeling that the sky was falling.

"How so, how can this be?"

Churchill felt that he was dreaming, and so was the entire British Empire.

Three months ago, the Royal Navy was still the world's largest navy on a par with the U.S. Navy, but three months later, after three naval battles, they are now unable to retain even the fifth place in the world, and even weaker than the French and Italian navies. More than a dozen capital battleships sank one after another in three battles full of weirdness, or were sinking

"How so? It shouldn't be like this! ”

On the radio next to him, the German announcer was still talking, but Churchill was not hearing anything at this time. He staggered to his feet with the "Civilized Staff" and wanted to say something, but because he had been sitting for too long before, and because of the influence of his excitement, he had just stood up for less than two seconds, his legs went limp, and he suddenly sat down on the chair again.

"It's over, it's all over, the British Empire is over, it's completely over! We have lost this war."

Thoughts of losing his fighting spirit kept coming up, and Churchill was like a drowning man, his mind full of despair and helplessness.

"Am I going to throw in the towel to that sinister German mustache? No, no, never! There is no point in ending the war as a victor. I wouldn't throw in the towel! By the way, we still have Americans, and Americans! ”

Churchill, who had just sat down, stood up abruptly again, and he ordered his secretary: "Call me at once, and I will address the nation tonight" (to be continued......

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