In just a dozen seconds, there were several violent explosions on the battleship, after all, its hull was relatively old, and its defense was not small compared with a new battleship like Iowa, and the relatively backward design also affected its sinking resistance, and it sank in a few minutes. Before its sinking, a number of US warships, mainly those with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, were also attacked, and the roar was incessant for a while

Ernest. Joseph. Admiral King almost immediately judged that it was a German submarine, and after scolding a few times, he immediately ordered the destroyers in the fleet to find it as soon as possible, and at the same time asked the air force units that were still fighting with the German aircraft group in the air at this time to draw some planes to help search for it.

The North Sea is the clearest sea area on Shijie, and when the pilot flies at a low altitude, he can see the shadow of a submarine at a depth of several tens of meters, and it is impossible for a submarine to dive too deep if it wants to launch a torpedo, so the Air Force's assistance in the search will definitely be of great help. As Ernest . Joseph. As Admiral King had predicted, a Royal Air Force plane soon spotted a German submarine and dropped depth charges, and soon several jets of water rose into the sky, and oil trails appeared on the surface of the sea to prove the plane's success.

However, Ernest. Joseph. Admiral King's face at this time was even more ugly, because just now, the only remaining North Carolina-class battleship of the US Navy also sank into the sea because of its injuries. Joseph. Admiral King estimated that it was hit by at least six torpedoes before sinking. "Are the Germans crazy? How many submarines did they send? ”

Submarines are very fragile, not to mention a destroyer, even a single aircraft or even an armed merchant ship, as long as a dropped depth charge explodes near the submarine, it can easily take out it. Therefore, it is not wise to let the expensive teardrop-shaped submarines to strengthen the main fleet of the Allied forces. But Ernest. Joseph. Admiral King knew this, but his face became more and more solemn, because he found that there seemed to be more and more German planes in the sky, and it seemed that the Germans had probably secretly transferred back some of the main forces of the Luftwaffe from the Eastern Front. There they are. It is difficult for Allied planes to withdraw from anti-submarine warfare, and it is no wonder that the spies reported that many new airfields in Norway were built, and it seems that they were prepared for this war

After figuring this out, Ernest. Joseph. Admiral King felt that he was probably falling into a trap set by the Germans. The battleship HMS Prince of Wales, which had a strong defense, also sank into the sea because it was hit by 6 heavy torpedoes. shows that the number of German submarines is much higher than that of Ernest. Joseph. Admiral Kim previously estimated more. I'm afraid there are hundreds, and the number of submarines is so large, even if it is a joint anti-submarine of the sea and air. It would take a lot of effort to wipe them all out, and the threat it posed to the fleet would be terrifying, especially now that the Luftwaffe fleet seemed to be gaining the upper hand. Joseph. King had to desperately ask for help from several air bases in northern Britain to send more planes.

But Ernest. Joseph. Admiral Kim really did not understand that the Weishenme Germans were willing to sacrifice almost all the large surface ships of the home fleet, but only as a decoy? And how did the Germans order so many submarines to come near this battlefield without interrupting radio communications?

The second question is actually nothing mysterious, at the beginning, in order to prevent the Allies from using radiolocation jishu to determine the location of the submarine, Dönitz ordered that the submarine was prohibited from floating for radio communication without special circumstances, but then he soon realized that radiolocation jishu is also limited, and the submarine will indeed reveal its position when it sends signals to the outside world, but if it is only to receive radio signals, there is no problem.

And this does not even require the submarine to float, just use the submarine snorkel, since the radar wave detector installed at the top of the submarine snorkel can receive radar waves, then a little improvement so that it can be used as a radio receiving antenna, for the radio Jishushijie leading Germany is not too difficult. In this way, Dönitz can issue orders to the submarine on the mission, and although it is still a little inconvenient for the submarine not to report to him, it is much better than not being able to control it once it leaves the port.

After Argentina entered the axis and Wegener's fleet was stationed, the role of the "big slash" was no longer important, so Dönitz asked all the submarines that had been operating in the southern and central Atlantic waters to return to the North Atlantic, and at this time, Wegener, who was far away in Argentina, sent his cronies back to the mainland and offered him a plan, to put it bluntly, it was to use the large surface ships of the German Navy's home fleet controlled by Raeder and his cronies as bait to lure and annihilate the main force of the US and British Navy. This can not only defeat the sea liliang of the disabled Allied forces, but also eradicate all the old Shili of the German Navy represented by Raeder, which in the words of the Chinese is called "killing two birds with one stone"

Dönitz couldn't help but feel excited, although he knew that Raeder was old and he was highly regarded by the Führer, and it was only a matter of time before he succeeded Raeder as commander of the navy. However, Raeder's conservative strategic and tactical thinking is more and more dissatisfied with Dönitz, if he can remove Raeder, the stumbling block to the revival of the German Navy, while severely damaging the Allied navies, he is still willing to give it a try, but if he relies on submarines alone, the attack power may be enough, but it will inevitably be sunk a lot by the aircraft and anti-submarine ships of the Allied countries, and the teardrop-shaped submarines will even exceed the high cost of some types of destroyers, if the losses are too much, even if they can sink a few Allied capital ships, they will not be able to row, After all, just losing those ships as bait is already a very big price

However, Wegener was also prepared for this, and in his opinion, as long as he could pull Air Force Commander Goering into the water, this problem would not be difficult to solve. And with Goering's ambition, he could make a great contribution, and he could also get rid of Raeder, who had always been at odds with him, and at the same time completely control the German navy, such a huge temptation could not be refused. But in the eyes of Goering, his "faithful servant" Wegener, he was also one of the greatest obstacles to the victory of the German navy and indeed Germany in the Great Shijie War, deliberately fueling its "strength" and ambition in order to set it on the road to destruction

Dönitz was the only one who Weigener really regarded as an ally, because on the one hand both had the ambition to revive the German navy, and on the other hand, they were both admirals who advocated aggression and innovation. Because of this, Dönitz also reciprocated Wegener's trust and did not betray him, but he couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart, "This old thing is really a poisonous snake" (to be continued......