No matter what Dönitz said, Wegener's strategy was still a great success, because the route of the main force of the home fleet was not kept secret from a senior German admiral like Dönitz, which allowed him to arrange as many submarines as possible in advance to operate in the nearby waters, and after the naval battle broke out, he had time to order them to rush to the outbreak site in time, and he could quickly form a numerical superiority, coupled with the use of new torpedoes, the US and British navies were stunned at once. By the way, after Germany tasted the sweetness of the concentrated use of new weapons in large quantities at one time, it is now basically like this, which inflicted far greater losses on the Allies than in history

Although he knew that his plan would destroy the most surface ships and the highest quality officers and men of the Home Fleet, Wegener did not regret this, because in his opinion, the conservatism of the surface ship forces of the Home Fleet was not only because of Raeder's personal will, but also because the old navy that had experienced World War I generally had a similar psychology to him, and if they were not eliminated together, the German Navy would not be able to achieve a new life, even if some innocents were sacrificed for this purpose, He also did not hesitate to do so. For Wegener, who had been forced by Raeder and his henchmen to retire early, such an awareness had long existed

In addition, Wegener knew very well that although the prestige of the mustache was now rising, there were still many people who opposed him at home, and there were especially many such people in the surface ship units of the home fleet, who did not dare to confront the mustache openly, so they bullied him for his lack of expertise. Secretly and deliberately pulled the hind legs. For example, at first, the near-fire guns used on the Bismarck-class battleships turned out to be the "37 hand-pulled machine" that could only manually shoot shells one by one, this thing anti-tank (of course, it was early) was quite a job, and it was a big joke to use it for air defense, not to mention the monoplane that is getting faster and faster today, even if it is an old-fashioned biplane, it needs luck against the sky if it wants to hit, and thanks to the secret cooperation with China was unceremoniously pointed out by Hu Weidong during the secret cooperation, otherwise the mustache may have been kept in the dark, And the two Bismarck-class battleships must have been killed by it

In fact, Wegener didn't like mustaches either, but he knew the situation in World War II to the present day. Germany and the Allies were already on the verge of death. If the whole country did not come together, Germany would have lost the war, and all Germans would have been victims. Therefore, as long as the performance of the mustache proves that he can lead Germany to victory. Wegener would continue to support him steadfastly. Even willing to be an eagle dog. Remove those who stand in his way

Wegener's plot succeeded, and Ernest . Joseph. Admiral King had to change the flagship in embarrassment, because the "Iowa", the most important battleship of the American army and even the allies, was torpedoed by the Germans. And there is far more than one, no matter how strong the Iowa-class battleships are, they can't withstand it. Joseph. If Admiral Jin does not change ships as soon as possible, I am afraid that he will have to die at the bottom of the sea with him. And in Ernest. Joseph. As King left the ship, two more torpedoes hit the battleship Iowa, which was already badly wounded, almost at the same time. Joseph. Admiral Jin flipped directly into the sea with his head, but fortunately, the sailors next to him reacted quickly enough to grab him.

Seeing the frightened look on the admiral's face, the sailor asked with concern, "Your Excellency, are you not hurt?" ”

"No, I'm fine." Ernest. Joseph. Admiral Jin barely squeezed out a smile and replied, but his heart was already full of turbulent waves, just now he saw that it was real, one of the enemy's torpedoes should have been deflected, but it turned a corner! As a result, it hit the Iowa and gave her a fatal blow, what the hell is going on?

Although it is not known how the Germans did this, the trackable torpedo undoubtedly caused a catastrophe for Allied ships, especially those selected as the main targets. Shortly after the sinking of the flagship of the Allied fleet, the USS Iowa, her sister ship, the USS New Jersey, quickly followed suit, with 11 heavy torpedoes hitting one after another, completely destroying the giant battleship with a full load displacement of more than 55,000 tons, and sinking forever in the waves of the North Atlantic, with only 16 of the ship's 1,851 officers and men surviving. Thankfully, Ernest. Joseph. Admiral King chose a nearby cruiser when he changed ships, otherwise with the terrifying sinking speed of the battleship New Jersey, he probably would not have had a chance to escape at all

Before the sinking of the battleship New Jersey, Ernest was thoroughly aware of the threat of enemy submarines because of the discovery that enemy torpedoes had guiding capabilities. Joseph. Admiral Kim gritted his teeth and issued an order to the air force units to find and destroy the enemy's submarines as a priority at all costs, and even many fighters who came to help in the war temporarily hung up depth charges to act as anti-submarine aircraft. As a result, the Allies achieved the greatest anti-submarine victory since the outbreak of World War II, sinking no less than 40 German teardrop-shaped submarines in a single battle.

However Ernest. Joseph. Admiral King's order also caused the battle balance in the sky to tilt rapidly, and the Luftwaffe, which was gradually gaining air supremacy, had spare power, and naturally inflicted more and more blows on Allied aircraft and anti-submarine ships, which began to rapidly weaken the Allied anti-submarine capabilities, which eventually led to the Allied fleet failing to destroy all the German submarines, and allowing some of them to comfortably shoot out of torpedoes, and the German torpedo hydro-loading system introduced along with the teardrop-shaped submarines also showed great value in this campaign that cannot be ignored, If it is still the old system that takes 10-20 minutes to reload a torpedo every time, after a round of torpedoes is fired, you can basically only act as a spectator

Therefore, it is conceivable how huge the losses of the Allies in this battle were, according to later published information, in the "Battle of the North Sea", all 6 battleships of the US Navy were sunk, in addition to 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser and 2 destroyers may have been misidentified or just appeared on the path of the torpedo and were sunk (in history, the surface ships of the German Navy have been mistaken for misidentification, and the periscope has a small horizon, so it is easier to see it wrong, and if it is a sonar, the possibility of mistake is even greater). 11 destroyers were sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft, and 13,640 people were killed and missing (to be continued......