"Hit those planes! Hit those planes! Hurry up! " Battleship Ramirez’s side defense commanders pointed to the target in the sky and let the anti-aircraft guns around them catch fire quickly. Because there is no fuse near the line like the German navy, the allied forces are not as airtight as they thought. German planes shuttled through the allied fleet, causing more or less trouble to various warships.
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"What the hell? Are the British and Americans crazy? " Lei Deer looked at the intelligence brought back by the second batch of attack aircraft troops, and looked at Gunther Lutjens around him inexplicably. "Do they change their course so frequently because they don’t think their fleet is fast enough?"
"At noon … the allied fleet tried to lean towards us … maybe they thought they should let their battleships and cruisers play an absolute advantage in artillery?" Gunther Lutjens looked at some analysis reports of allied ships and frowned and replied to Lei Deer.
They can now confirm that there are two battleships in the allied fleet opposite. This information has been repeatedly confirmed and there is no possibility of making mistakes. Then the question comes: The allied fleet has been relying on it to fight with the German fleet with three battleships. Who is their courage?
"Two planes said they hit a British battleship … then the British stopped moving closer to us …" Lei Deer thought a little and guessed about it. "The British must have not found our other two battleships! They don’t know our real strength without a reconnaissance plane approaching! "
Gunther Lutjens also thinks it should be like this. "When they owned two battleships, they tried their best to lean over. Now that we have injured one, they hesitate. This means that they are not sure to kill our Admiral of the fleet immediately, so they temporarily changed their battle plan. It must be like this!"
"They haven’t turned around and fled yet, waiting for his battleship near Iceland! They want to surround us! " The former Germans have been watching the Royal Navy sub-fleet near Iceland. Now, after a little scrutiny, Lei Deer immediately guessed Dudley Pound’s plan. "What a good appetite!"
"Then we will give them a chance to eat us!" Gunther Lutjens didn’t show a smile until the present face from the naval battle. "We will destroy the fleet in front of us during the day and surprise the British battleship forces at night!"
"The third attack fleet is returning. They hit an aircraft carrier, the smallest one!" An officer walked to the bridge of the USS Empire, holding a report that had just been received and reported to Lei Deer and Gunther Lutjens that "a cruiser was sunk and the Royal Ark was not hit …"
"hello? I am Gunther Lutjens! " Grabbed the words in front of the hangar and reached a new battle order "continue to prepare ammunition and aircraft! The sixth batch of attack fleet is on standby. If you don’t receive my order, you will take off on time after half an hour! "
Put the words in his hand Gunther Lutjens looked at Marshal Rydell. "Maybe the other battleship root won’t have the guts to attack us at night! My marshal! "
Chapter 1217 121 reinforcements arrived
The formation of the allied fleet has been messed up. Almost half of the warships are fighting each other, and the remaining half are desperately covering their own battles. The half of the injured warships are ordered to leave the fleet and burn, and it is even more hopeful that the sea will struggle.
The fire and sinking of the escort carrier Galayr caused incalculable losses to the allied fleet, which not only came from the loss of the ship defense aircraft, but also came from the blow to the morale of the allied navy
"Captain Galayr has abandoned the ship. Fortunately, there are not many ships left when it was hit." The adjutant was somewhat fortunate to report to his chief the sinking of the American escort carrier Galayr. "The cruiser Liverpool is trying to get here, but the battleship Ramirez is being attacked in front of him."
"There is no time! Anson … Now what we lack most is the time! " Dudley Pound watched anxiously as his fleet was attacked by German planes. He finally knew that Churchill, who was a secretary of the navy, would experience the English Channel War and suffered a fiasco. At that time, the naval battle mode had changed. Ironically, he still insisted on a bunch of bullshit glory.
Long-range ships can be easily shredded outside the line of sight. It looks stronger than battleships. Those slim planes can hang bombs, which makes all large ships in the sea desperate. Human society will develop weapons and will also improve. The weight of ships is getting bigger and bigger, and the engine power is getting higher and higher. Obviously, the performance of these planes will get better and better.
On the other hand, bombs will become more and more sophisticated and powerful due to the progress of chemistry and other sciences. Those throwing bombs and torpedoes will produce even more amazing destructive effects.
But look more powerful than warships? How to increase the armor of these warships can also change the fact that ships need to float on the water surface. It is difficult for the thickness of steel plates to change greatly with the passage of time-the defense force of warships has almost come to an end, but the weapon attack force is far from …
The future naval battle has quietly changed its mode, and the era of large ships and huge guns will eventually end, and the era of aircraft carriers will begin. Unfortunately, Germans and Americans have gone ahead of the world in this respect, but they can’t see Britain in the first echelon.
One hundred years of glory and one hundred years of unbeaten myth have brought glory to the Royal Navy, strong belief, accumulated experience and made this navy well-trained and amazing in combat effectiveness; However, the same 100 years have also left the old and decadent to this navy, so that this naval era has changed and France has the courage to take steps in the right direction.
"Our glory is gone …" Dudley Pound sighed sadly next to the porthole before changing his expression, shook his head and said firmly to himself, "No! It’s not that our navy has lost its former glory, but that I have lost my fear of Nelson! "
He felt that it was his fear of fighting that led to the current situation. To save the current decline, he must summon up his fighting spirit, courage and strong belief to win a great victory for the Royal Navy.
"God! Please bless me! Please bless the British Empire! If we can finally win this war, then Dudley Pound will insist on developing naval sailors and never make stupid mistakes again! " Unconsciously, Dudley Pound prayed in pessimism, hoping to seize a glimmer of hope that he might win, including God.
Then he looked behind the staff and said the command "Let the fleet turn again! Then move quickly! The target German high seas fleet is heading due east! "
"general! Is it all in vain that we just took the turning action? " The staff officer looked at his general with some doubts. "It’s easy to get into trouble in the repeated orders of the fleet."
"I know! I know! Anson! " Dudley Pound also felt that his command was a bit inconsistent, but he had just solved his contradictory thoughts. Of course, it would be better to give another inconsistent command. "But in this situation, we have to rely on battleships to find our own rhythm slightly."
The staff did not go back to reach the order, but continued to persuade, "General Pavilion! With all due respect, it’s my duty to remind you that your whole fleet is taking risks … Germany also has an evil ship, so it’s not necessarily possible to defeat the German battleship Ramirez, which was built in 1917. The German battleship is 15 years younger than it. "
"I know! But we still have heavy cruisers and the Queen Elizabeth. If we can disrupt the Germans, the Villains and Nelson will have a chance to work miracles! " Dudley Pound looked at his hand and said firmly, "We shouldn’t hesitate any longer. It will make us forget Nelson’s spirit … fighting! We must fight! That’s all we have, isn’t it? "
"general! You said me … "The staff saluted and then said to Dudley Pound," But our orders may anger the Americans, but I think we should try as much as possible because we should make the Germans suffer a little! "
"Signal all submarines nearby and our real reinforcements may be coming soon!" Dudley Pound, of course, is well prepared. If he really relies on two fleet carriers, his old fox will not expose his fleet to the threat of the German high seas fleet
"Is this British commander crazy?" The captain of the USS Franklin, staring at the order in front of him, sneered and lost his foot. "He has changed the course order four times! Does he play with wheelbarrows by himself? Which direction do you want to push? "
"He messed up the fleet! Now you have to drag us to die together? " Another American officer shouted angrily with his hands behind his back, "We have lost almost one fighter. He also considered whether we should charge or escape? Don’t the Brits have someone smarter to be their naval commander? "
The American captain shook his head and sarcastically said, "Oh, my God! Our generals should have known that there was no better military commander in Britain than the United States when they defeated the British in Washington! But these idiots actually realized that the so-called allies gave our fleet to the British to command. "
"So, Captain, are we going to carry out the British orders?" Asked the angry officer.
"Keep the route! Let the British command to go to hell! " The captain of the United States waved his hand. "Send a message to the British and tell them that we will keep the original route and give them the rear of the fleet because of the serious loss of the plane!"
So the whole fleet immediately became a mess. The American ships kept their original course and almost broke up the British fleet. The British fleet was disturbed by the American navy and it was difficult to complete the steering boat. There was not much formation left to speak of.
What’s more, when the turn was completed, the allied fleet was still full of the fourth German attack fleet. These German planes had no pity. They sank a destroyer and two cruisers at the chaotic time of the allied forces, and the Royal Ark was hit for the first time during the turn, but it did not cause any substantial losses.
"This group of American bastards! What on earth are they thinking when they mess around on their own? Are they with the Germans? Damn it! " The staff got excited and swore when the American fleet maintained its original northern route. Of course, he knew that what the Americans did brought disaster to the whole fleet, and the direct cause of the soaring loss of British ships was the American decision
"Don’t be so excited … think about it. They didn’t fire at us." Dudley Poundnay sighed and then said, "Let the fleet get back into formation as much as possible and cover each other. Don’t back down! When we reinforce the horse, we will win. After all, it belongs to our British navy! "
As he said these words, two German Stukas rushed into the clouds in tandem and pointed the torpedo at the side of a British navy cruiser. They adjusted their positions and dropped the two torpedoes into the sea at very close range, and then the two planes pulled away from the battle.
Soon the torpedo hit its target, and a British cruiser was badly damaged. As soon as the speed of this warship slowed down, a huge explosion ripped off part of its deck, and seawater directly poured into the big hole on the side and flooded one cabin after another.
"general! The fifth batch of German attack fleet has arrived! " As soon as I got the news, the staff gave Dudley Pound the news that made people laugh and cry. Obviously, the Germans came faster and more and more deadly!
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