Chapter 280: Sunset and Jutland (Part I)

ps: There is something to do today, and I can't do it twice. n∈ top n∈ point n∈ small n ∈ said,

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The flagship of the German Ocean Fleet "Bavaria".

The scene of six British battleships being torpedoed in connection was also noticed by the Germans on the opposite side.

Raeder, the chief staff officer of the fleet, immediately exclaimed excitedly: "Your Excellency Admiral Scheer, that's our submarine! Our submarine has arrived! This must be them launching a lightning strike on the British fleet!"

The plan to "encircle and annihilate the British home fleet" can be said to have been facilitated by Raeder's efforts, and it is impossible to say that he is not nervous. The air force's sortie was a little earlier, but it only inflicted heavy damage on the fast fleet, and the main force of the home fleet did not receive a blow at all. Therefore, in the decisive battle of the main force just now, although the German fleet achieved great results, it also suffered great losses.

Although the hit rate of the British artillery was lower, they had more pipes and larger calibers, and it was impossible to hit a single shot. Even if the British armor-piercing bullets are not very powerful, it is only relatively speaking, and a few more rounds can be fatal.

Just now, because of the location, the German flagship "Bavaria", which was in the first position, was besieged by the Revenge and the Royal Oak. 12 390-mm guns against 20 381-mm guns, apparently, did not have any advantage. So far, the Bavaria has been hit by bullets in many places, the superstructure has been damaged in half, the secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns on the right side have almost all been destroyed, and the main turrets No. 2 and No. 3 have also been dumbed, which is extremely miserable.

If it weren't for the habit of German ships to pay attention to defense, and the British armor-piercing shells were not powerful, I am afraid they would have knelt down. Of course, the Bavaria's accurate artillery fire also crippled the Royal Oak directly opposite, and was releasing smoke to flee the battlefield, but the other opponent, the Revenge, did not have any, and continued to pinch it would definitely suffer.

The submarine forces, which were supposed to arrive as planned, did not move for a long time, and the second wave of the Air Force was still on the way, and it would take half an hour to arrive. You must know that although it seems that the German army has achieved greater results now, it has not yet occupied any advantage, and compared to the British Royal Navy, it is not a vegetarian, and it is very possible to say that it will turn the tables. If, at this critical juncture, the battle was lost because the attack could not be continued, then the German Navy would be doomed. As the main planner of this project, Raeder must have become a sinner in Germany through the ages. As soon as he thought of these consequences, he was about to explode.

But now it's finally good, the submarine force has finally arrived, and at least five battleships of the opposing side have been severely damaged. Raeder finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Admiral Scheer was also very nervous just now, and this plan would certainly not have been possible without his strong support. If he loses, he will also be a sinner for the ages. But at this time, he pretended to be calm and nodded, and said with a reserved face: "Well, it seems that this is indeed the case...... Well done gentlemen of the submarine forces......" he said and took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, just now he was so nervous that he clenched his fists, and his nails pierced his palms.

After seeing their own submarines participating in the battle and destroying several British battleships, the morale of the German officers and men was greatly boosted, and the speed of the artillery seemed to be a little faster. Opposite them were the British officers and soldiers, who were shocked and angry, and at the same time extremely panicked. It's like two teams of heavy knights in an equal duel, but one of them is blown up behind the back by a group of obscene thieves, this feeling is not too sour.

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"Boom, boom...... Boom Boom Boom ......"

At this time, the second wave of torpedoes from Chinese submarines arrived. More than a dozen muffled explosions were heard on the British battle line, this time with six battleships including the Emperor of India.

"Hahahaha, a total of 12 battleships were hit, which is enough. Hurry up and retreat!" After seeing that the second wave of attacks worked, Han Fengyu immediately issued an order to retreat. Because at this time, several British destroyers seemed to have spotted them and were approaching at full speed. If you don't leave now, when will you stay?

"Detachment leader, are you leaving?" said the captain Yan Daoren depressedly. He's not enjoying it yet. "Do you want to shoot the torpedoes of the No. 5 and No. 6 launch tubes before you go?

Han Fengyu said with a face: "Don't be verbose, hurry up and execute the order!" The torpedoes of the No. 5 and No. 6 launch tubes should be kept to deal with emergencies. This time, we're just supporting roles, don't steal the limelight from the protagonist. We're here to help, but we can't put ourselves in for help. Besides, the German submarines have already arrived ......"

"Hey, okay...... This kind of opportunity to fight battleships, I'm afraid it will be difficult to run into it in the future......" Yan Daoren shook his head regretfully and carried out the order.

Although he could attack one more round, Han Fengyu did not dare to take risks. After all, now that they are far away, it is very troublesome for a submarine to be sunk or damaged, and it is even more difficult if their identities are exposed because of this. So he must leave right now, which his superiors have repeatedly emphasized. Besides, their main task is to "strike gold", and the job of fighting battleships is only part-time.

Six Chinese submarines immediately put away their periscopes, quickly dived to a depth of 60 meters, turned around and left at a maximum speed of 23 knots.

At this moment, as many as thirty periscopes were raised on the nearby sea, and these were real German submarines. In fact, Han Fengyu and the others had already discovered that they were no more than 2 kilometers away from these German submarines during the previous voyage, and it was not until they received the order to attack that they accelerated past them.

The Chinese submarines took advantage of it and flashed, but they pitted these German submarines. The British destroyers, who were searching for submarines, soon spotted these snorkels and periscopes sticking out of the water. The enraged destroyers immediately took the submarines as the "culprits", and they fired at the periscope as they desperately rushed over.

The German submarine was stunned at once. Nima, are the destroyers of the British all gods? Labor and management have just come over, and they have not yet brushed their teeth, and they were discovered by Nima, which is too much!

The submarines that were targeted immediately hurriedly dived and shifted their positions. But at this time, there were a lot of German submarines coming, and Scheer also fought hard this time, gathering all the nearby submarines. Now 33 have arrived, and the British have only eight destroyers. The most important thing is that the submarines were not in one direction, since they arrived from different areas and the positions were spread out. The British destroyer could not take care of this end and the other, and it could not be stopped at all.

Of course, the German submarine also paid the price, one submarine was targeted by two destroyers, dived a little slower, and was directly blown up. Two more ships were also injured and lost the ability to dive, and they were desperate at the moment. They fired torpedoes at the destroyers attacking them, and the crews grabbed their deck guns and fought desperately with the destroyers.

While the destroyers and the hapless guys were in flames, the untargeted submarines got their chance, and they rushed to the battle line at full speed, and those who were closer were already preparing for lightning strikes.

Obviously, these German submarines are giving Han Fengyu their top cylinder. This is also the reason why Han Fengyu just ordered to run away immediately, someone has come to the top tank, why don't you run?

Because there is sonar on the Chinese submarine, but not on the German submarine, the Chinese submarine is perfectly clear about the location of the German counterpart, and the German submarine is at a loss.

This is not surprising, although such a thing as sonar was invented ten years ago (1906), the product at this time was not mature at all, and it was completely impossible to go on the ship. In the original space, it was not until the 20s that there were simple hydrophones on warships. As for the installation of sonar on submarines, it will have to wait until World War II. Of course, Mr. Wen is not in this case, and all Chinese submarines have sonar, passive sonar arrays on the side side, active sonar on the bow, and towed sonar, all of which are computer-aided.

The result of this asymmetry of intelligence is the current typical "white dogs eat meat, black dogs are beaten". Han Fengyu and they were full of oil and walked away, but the German submarine was facing the angry British destroyer.

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However, the German submarines did not suffer in vain, and after paying the price of sinking three submarines, the other 26 submarines successfully reached the launch position and fired a torpedo salvo at the capital ships of the British battle line. 156 550-mm submarine-launched torpedoes swooped down on the British battleship at a high speed of 53 knots.

At this time, the British battleships were already on guard and specially sent lookouts to monitor the surrounding sea, and the German torpedoes were also direct-sail torpedoes, and the hit rate was much worse than that of the Chinese torpedoes. But even then, eleven capital ships were torpedoed. There's no way, their positions are so handsome, neat rows, it's not easy to miss.

The most important thing is that the British capital ships, in order to avoid torpedoes, did not care about maintaining the battle line. The entire British battle line was in chaos, and the Germans seized the opportunity to desperately pour shells on these panicked opponents.

While the British destroyers were desperately chasing the German submarines, another small German fleet appeared northeast of the British battle line. The flotilla consisted of two cruisers and six destroyers, which charged the British battle line at a speed of 33 knots.

This is a detour of the German lightning fleet, led by the two heavy mine-loaded cruisers, the Kitakami and the Ojing, uh, wrong, the Pilau and the Elbin. They led six 1914 Minestrike ships (a decelerated version of the Island Wind class) that were sent out by Scheer before the decisive battle, ready to give the British capital ship a pop in the middle of the decisive battle.

At this time, they also arrived, and the British destroyers were originally insufficient in number, and because the chasing submarines dispersed quickly, they could not stop the fleet that had been copied from the rear, and could only watch them rush to the battle line.

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang ...... "These specialized mine strike ships came with a grand torpedo salvo at a distance of 13 kilometers from the British battle line.

The Pilau class, also known as the northern upper class of the Magic Reform, has 40 600 mm torpedo tubes. The class of 1914 had 15 600-mm torpedo tubes. This salvo fired 170 heavy anti-ship torpedoes.

After the lightning strike fleet finished firing the torpedoes, it ran away at maximum speed......