Chapter 83: The Battle of the Sea (Part 2)

The battle, which came to be known as the Battle of Dunkirk, was shrouded in the fog of history, and various war history experts wrote tens of millions of words of papers, and there were different opinions.

No one knows exactly what happened that afternoon in May 1940.

The battle between the battleships came to a fever pitch as the Hood sank and the Prestige and Bismarck were seriously wounded.

The captain of the Counterattack slapped the steel tabletop vigorously, his forehead was still bleeding, which was caused by the impact of the cannonball, "Rush me!" As an Imperial soldier, it was a shame to have Her Royal Highness charge ahead of us. Chief Engineer, are you overloaded at full power?!! The front main gun was aimed at the Tirpitz, hit me hard, rushed closer! Let's get under Miss Tirpitz's skirt and get a big shot! โ€

The battle patrol was targeted by a squad of Stuka, and 7 dive bombers braved the anti-aircraft fire network desperately output by the British fleet, passing through two cruisers, during which 2 were knocked down, and the remaining 5 roared down towards the battle patrol in turn, and the 500 kg bombs successively landed on the side of the counterattack, which was greatly maneuvering, and this wave all failed......

"It's not over yet!" The British fighters over the fleet had already done their best, and they had shot down more than 20 enemy planes in just a few minutes, but unfortunately there were too many enemies.

Although the Nelson and the Rodney underwent a wave of modernization, there were no special upgrades for air defense at this time, and the British army's anti-aircraft firepower was incomparable with that of the late war.

However, the air force on the other side is land-based, and bombing for maneuverable warships is not their specialty, which is fundamentally different from the air force on the Merriken Carrier, although the Germans have accelerated the construction of the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, the research on aircraft carrier sea and air battles is lagging behind the powers.

As a result, they have a large fleet of aircraft, but their attack efficiency is not particularly good.

This is also due to the fact that Goering was not equipped with enough torpedo machines, and there were only more than 500 HE115 torpedo planes built before the war, and there were not many torpedo planes in the attack on Pori.

But this was enough, more than 200 BF-109s, at the cost of more than 70 planes, shot down all the more than 60 Spitfires that were responsible for the cover mission.

"The Air Force has done its best." Shen Lang held the hilt of the sword in his hand, sitting on the captain's exclusive chair, with a pair of small short legs overlapped, unable to touch the ground, "At this time, ordering the destroyer to salvage the pilots will undoubtedly let them commit suicide, may God bless those brave guys." โ€

Hearing the princess's judgment, the crew all showed expressions of concern, but no one objected.

Because what Her Royal Highness the princess said was originally the truth, the sky above the fleet was overwhelming BF-109 and Stuka, all the battleships were firing fiercely at the sky, and now the sky was flying all the enemy, no longer have to worry about accidental injury, or is this the only thing to be happy about?

The Germans' efforts finally came to fruition, as a 500-kilogram bomb slammed into the deck of the Nelson, and the violent explosion distorted the base of the No. 2 turret, making it stuck and unable to turn, and it was considered incapacitated.

Fortunately, the old lady has a total of three turrets, and the remaining six 16-inch 45-diameter giant cannons once again roared, passing through a distance of 23,000 meters, hitting the rear of the Admiral Hipper, duang!

The heavy cruiser, which the Fรผhrer was very fond of, shook violently, and its speed slowed down significantly.

Brave sailors rushed to the deck and immediately went on firefighting operations to try to contain the raging fire.

This was the final result of the comrades of the Prince of Wales.

"The Prestige has been shot again, and the captain has ordered the ship to be abandoned!" William's little brother gritted his back molars and reported the real-time battle situation to Princess Ao Dailang.

"Order, in this battle, it is strictly forbidden for the captain to sink with the ship!" With Shen Lang's identity as Princess Audrey at this time, it is indeed the most suitable person for her to give this order.

Sinking with the ship is the last romance of the captain, they always call their battleship "she", and the time spent with the ship, perhaps longer than the wife at home, this "rule" handed down from the Age of Discovery, has countless supporters. But this is not a good thing for the army and the country in general, and the captain with a lot of experience and practical ability is in a sense more valuable than a warship.

"The Rodney was hit twice by a dive bomber, but it's still fighting!"

"The cruiser HMS Edinburgh sank."

"Sheffield and Southampton were sunk as a cover for the battleship! Newcastle is seriously injured on a light patrol! โ€

Then the bigger bad news came on this day, "The battleship George V was hit by 5 torpedoes, 7 500-kilogram bombs, the starboard side was tilted 26 degrees, and the fire was already out of control!" โ€

William was on the verge of crying.

The eldest son of the Count Boleyn family, when he first entered the battlefield, he encountered a rare fleet Armageddon and a combined offensive of sea and sky.

At this time, counting the grandmother during the First World War, there were a total of 17 battleships and battle cruisers, and this battle sank two battle cruisers at once, a cutting-edge battleship USS George V, which also included the flagship of the home fleet, the Hood!

Among the treaty-class BIG7 battleships of the Great Powers, the big double-flowered red stick Nelson also saw that it was no longer possible......

When has the Royal Navy ever fought such a humiliating battle?

Back then, no matter how good Erdezi's high seas fleet was, wasn't it scolded back by us, did they take a strong pill today?

"Don't panic, believe me, we can fight back and raise the signal flag: the iron armor is still there!" Ao Dailang pulled out his command knife, "The whole ship has begun to maneuver in disorder, prepare for the shock, target the Bismarck, continue to fire!" The "signal flag raised by the temporary flagship" ironclad is still there" is unknown to the Royal Navy, but the Prince of Wales, known as the legendary battleship, her magnificent and magical life began with this battle and resounded through the blue star universe.

"The biggest mistake Goering made was that he focused on fighters, not bombers!"

How violent the attack was just now, and how sluggish the German offensive is now, Stuka can carry two 500-kilogram aerial bombs, and throw them away.

The HE-115 torpedo planes also had only one chance to attack, and they, like their British counterparts, did their best.

The only two torpedo fleets, one for George V and the other for the Prince of Wales, launched an attack.

These pilots suffered a head-on attack from the Bang Bang cannon, which should have been criticized for its terrible efficiency, and the German planes that entered the 1,000-meter range were immediately blown up by 4, and the remaining few hurriedly lowered their altitude and flew almost sea-skimming, trying to close the distance to drop torpedoes.

And then the Prince of Wales accelerated again!

She went from a super high speed of 41 knots to 48 knots!

This huge change made the torpedo pilots spew out a national curse, and the torpedo planes that entered the final attack rhythm dragged heavy torpedoes, and the maneuverability was close to nothing, and you increased the speed by 7 knots, what about the pit!

The trajectory of the torpedo broke through the wake of the battleship, interlaced with dazzling waves, gorgeous, but helpless.