81_81266 Lookout kov looked at the calm sea in a good mood, and his face was full of pride. He felt very proud to be a member of the German naval fleet, because what his fathers had not been able to do, he was now part of the Imperial Navy.

The sinking of seven battleships, this feat has always been the dream of the German High Seas Fleet, the days when it turned out that sinking a British battleship could boast of several years are gone, and now almost everyone is thinking about sinking a British battleship, it seems that sinking a British battleship is a very simple thing.

The aircraft carrier he is on has not been officially named by the Navy, the internal number is called the No. 5 battleship, not far from the sea is No. 6, which is the latest aircraft carrier launched by the Navy, although the hull has not changed, but this battleship is expected to be equipped with more advanced radar and command system, and the No. 6 ship, which was three days late, even installed a real system for night take-off and landing fighters.

I heard that this system is also a new thing "invented" by the Führer, using the principle of blocking lights, so that pilots can safely take off and land the plane without seeing the flight deck. Although the problem of taking off and landing the plane seems to have been solved, the problem of naval aircraft not being able to fight at night still exists, and German engineers and researchers are trying their best to fit the radar system into the aircraft, but the reality is still in progress.

Because of the rush to launch, neither aircraft carrier was installed with radar, most of the internal waterproof compartments were not closed, and the sailors' rest room was not even renovated, but according to the plan of the German Navy, the radar equipment of the No. 5 and No. 6 aircraft carriers and later refinement work will be completed in Wilhelmshaven.

This is also a helpless move, because the reserve steel of the Kiel military port is almost used, because the construction of the 7th and 8th aircraft carriers has started in the port of Kiel, and there was a problem with the turnover of steel for a while, and the General Staff of the Navy discussed and found that there was still some surplus in Wilhelmshaven, so it drew up a seaworthiness plan to drive the unfinished No. 5 and No. 6 aircraft carriers to the Wilhelmshaven area to continue construction - anyway, the battleships will definitely sail to Wilhelmshaven, which will save the trouble of transporting steel.

The two aircraft carriers will depart from the military port of Kiel in the Baltic Sea, escorted by four destroyers, and pass through Denmark to the German Navy's Wilhelmshaven, where they will join the long-awaited escort fleet to form the 1st German Naval Fleet.

There were two captured British cruisers, four German anti-aircraft cruisers, and four anti-aircraft destroyers – plus four destroyers escorting the way through, making up a two-carrier fleet of the German Navy.

The German top brass attached great importance to this detachment, and Raeder's battle plan was to rely on this detachment to go north to cut off the transportation lines near Iceland, while the German Navy's High Seas Fleet, which had been transferred to the Brest military port, went south to threaten the British southern route, and Dönitz's submarine forces concentrated their forces to strangle the western seas of Britain. In one fell swoop, complete a total blockade of the British mainland at sea.

Raeder's idea was to have the experienced High Seas Fleet look for opportunities in Brest to annihilate the Royal Navy fleet rushing to the British mainland, and the submarine force and the newly commissioned aircraft carrier squadron to cut off the British supply lines, and defeat the British in one fell swoop.

As the two aircraft carriers sailed one after the other on the Baltic Sea, Kov touched the long-barreled telescope hanging from his chest while fantasizing about his battleship galloping across the North Atlantic and sinking the British battleship.

Suddenly, I heard a loud alarm bell from the loudspeaker behind me. He was so frightened that he almost fell from the lookout position of the mast where he was standing, and grabbed the railing next to him to stabilize himself.

He looked at the destroyer not far away, and saw that the destroyer was turning into the distance, and was using its lights to make complex signals. After studying the flag language and light signals for half a year, Kov naturally saw the meaning of that set of signals, and he was so frightened that he quickly unfastened the seat belt on his body, and began to climb down the handrail on the mast quickly.

And just as he was frightening and crawling down frantically, two open waves were approaching the side of the No. 5 aircraft carrier at great speed, like two thin white lines on the calm sea of the Baltic Sea.

On the bridge, Colonel Graf, who was in charge of receiving the No. 5 battleship of the Navy, stared palely at the approaching torpedo not far away, urging the helmsman beside him over and over again: "Hurry! Turn as fast as you can! Hurry up!"

"Colonel, this is already the fastest turning speed...... The internal structure of the ship has not yet been completed, the speed can only be increased to 20 knots, and the steering must not be too violent, otherwise it will cause the structure to break. The engineer in charge of coordination on the side frowned and explained, "There will be danger. ”

"It's going to be over now!" Colonel Graff roared like a cat with its tail stomped on, "Aren't we all done with a torpedo?

Just as he roared, there was a violent tremor under his feet, and the moment Colonel Graff fell, the content reflected in his mind was "It's over, Aircraft Carrier 5 is completely finished this time!"

The explosion was heard loudly, and the entire aircraft carrier seemed to be lifted high out of the water, and then slammed into the sea by a huge force. The sound of steel creaking and the entire command bridge was shambled with violent shaking.

"Damage management! Find the damage pipe!" Colonel Graff was still lying on the ground and did not get up, and his voice had already shouted: "Report the damage! Immediately control the water inlet area! Pump machine! Prepare the pump ......"

Before he could finish his sentence, there was another violent shaking, which bounced his whole body off the floor, and his arm slammed into the chart table that had not yet been installed, leaving a huge wound.

"Colonel, are you alright?Colonel Graff?" the engineer of the shipbuilding at the Kiel Military Harbor was so frightened that he was stunned by the blood, and he was stunned for a moment before he asked in a trembling voice.

"Break the tube! Arrange the damage tube! It doesn't matter if I'm dead! This ship can't be sunk!" Colonel Graff cried out in a wailing voice as he struggled to sit up, "Hurry! Hurry up and repair the battleship!"

"It's too late, Colonel! The ship's internal compartment was not completely sealed, and once the water began to spread, it could not be stopped! We were hit twice, and it was even more irretrievable. The engineer burst into tears as he spoke, "This time it's really over." Oh God!"

"What about the broken pipes, what about the damaged pipes, even if you plug me with corpses, you have to plug these two holes for me!" roared Colonel Graff through gritted teeth.

"Most of the damage managers are on board the ship in Wilhelmshaven...... the adjutant sighed and reminded the commander who had been so frightened that he forgot about it: "Now there are only about 20 damage managers on the ship, and it is estimated that there will be no emergency repairs or anything like that." ”

Colonel Graff, who had only then come to his senses, pushed away the adjutant who was about to help him up, despite the fact that his arm was still bleeding, and sat on the ground in silence. It wasn't a long time, but it was already clear that the entire battleship was tilting, and something that wasn't fixed and had been shaken to the ground began to roll and make a series of gurgling sounds.

"Battleship No. 6 called, it and three destroyers were changing course to avoid a possible second wave of torpedo attacks, and another destroyer was tracking an enemy submarine. A telegraph operator reported loudly.

"Our ship is rolling to the side, and the angle has reached 25 degrees. An officer in charge of damage management stood beside Graff with a pale face and reported: "The water ingress is uncontrollable, and the rescue has failed...... Sir, give the order to abandon the ship. ”

"Drop the lifeboat, abandon the ship!" Graff ordered, as if he had been drained of all his strength, and sat down there paralyzed: "You all leave, I can take the responsibility alone." ”

"Sir!" several officers were ready to come forward to persuade.

"Don't persuade me! It's the rule!" Graff stopped everyone from stepping forward with his still intact arm, and then continued: "When you go back, you must learn the lessons and don't make this mistake again! The battleship must be ready to move again! ”

With that, Graff stretched out his intact arm: "Give me a pistol, I don't want to watch my ship sink." ”

As everyone walked out of the bridge command room, a crisp gunshot rang out from inside. Everyone was stunned on the sloping staircase for a moment, and then they stopped talking and walked towards Class A.

About half of the people boarded the lifeboats, a quarter were missing or dead, and the other quarter were soaked in the sea for half an hour before being rescued from the destroyer. At 12:05 p.m., the fifth aircraft carrier of the German Navy, before it was named, was sunk in the Baltic Sea by a submarine of the British Royal Navy.

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Germany, Berlin, Führer's Palace.

Accardo was discussing with Augustus how to deal with the British, and the meeting between the two had just come to an end, and Accardo had just decided on a three-pronged battle plan, and Sindra rushed into the conference room in a panic with a telegram.

"My Führer, the news has just come that the aircraft carrier No. 5 of the Navy has been sunk in the Baltic Sea by a British submarine. As soon as Sindra entered the door, she reported the main situation in a trembling tone. When she heard the news of the sinking of an aircraft carrier, she was so frightened that she couldn't even speak. She calmed down at the door for a few minutes before she came in and said this coherent sentence.

"What?" Accardo was also taken aback, and threw away the pen that had been turning in his hand. Augustus raised his eyelids as well, but did not speak, only sighed