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The Third Empire - Chapter 488

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:52:35 AM


Chapter 488: 488

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In history, because of the failure of the surface forces, Hitler was quite disappointed in Randall, so he pinned his hopes on the submarine forces and tried to make Britain surrender by blocking Britain's maritime transport lines.

Now, the situation is different. The German surface fleet constantly shows their strength. First, it weakens Britain to the same level as its own side, and then completely hits the morale of the British navy in today's naval battle.

At the same time, Germany did not give up the development of submarine forces.

Now, there is no need to compete for resources. The last batch of Spanish gold intercepted is enough for Germany to consume in recent years. Therefore, Germany is catching up with and Surpassing in all aspects, and is constantly building submarines.

Now, Germany's VIIB submarines have developed to VIIc submarines. The number of two submarines has exceeded 80. This kind of submarine is specially designed for the Atlantic Ocean, and the number of subsequent construction will exceed 200.

Now, there are more than a dozen patrolling nearby, and they are all heading this way.

Whoever gets to the battlefield first will have meat to eat!

In terms of body size, wolves are not as big as tigers and leopards.

However, "tigers fear wolves". Tigers feed alone, while wolves live in groups. Bloodthirsty wolves make all the giants in nature shudder. Under their repeated siege, even the king of beasts was hardly spared.

Genghis Khan realized the truth of leading soldiers to fight from wolves.

The wolf pack strategy of submarines is to form a small team with multiple submarines to launch underwater attacks on enemy warships and transport ships in turns like wolves.

A single submarine cannot effectively attack each other's sea targets, but it can concentrate several submarines to attack a sea target and destroy heavy ships with the attack power of several submarines.

At the beginning of World War II, the German Navy used the "wolf pack tactics" to organize groups of submarines to attack the Allies' maritime ships, destroy the Allies' maritime transportation lines, and cause heavy losses to the allies.

Later, the failure of wolf pack tactics also proved a truth. It is unwise to place the Navy entirely on submarines. The competition for sea power ultimately depends on surface ships.

Submarine is an important part of Naval Weapons, but it is not the ultimate pillar.

On submarine u-90, Captain kleismay stared coldly at his periscope. In later generations, he was also one of the ace captains, and now he is very lucky.

His Submarine followed prien's u-47 and was the second to arrive at the battlefield. After carefully observing the situation on the battlefield, he started his horsepower and seized the position. Finally, the huge warship, the Barham, came within his attack range.

"Bow, four torpedoes, one second apart, launch!" He gave orders to attack his sailors.

Unlike prien, due to the limitation of experience, for insurance, he did not carry the powerful T11 hydrogen peroxide torpedo, but only an ordinary electric torpedo.

Even so, he should aim at the other party's battleships. If he can't do it once, twice, twice or three times, he should attack the other party's battleships even if he blows out all his 14 torpedoes!

Four torpedoes came out of the water one after another and sped towards the opposite Barham at a speed of 30 knots.

At this time, the Balham had been hit by the Bismarck. Thick smoke was emitted from the upper part of the warship. A group of sailors were rescuing and controlling the damage.

"Boom!" When the explosion sounded at the bottom of the ship, no one noticed. They thought they were hit by the ship's artillery again. Under the continuous shooting, everyone's ears were buzzing and lost the basic ability to judge the direction. Unexpectedly, they did not judge that the explosion occurred at the bottom of the ship.

"Boom, boom!" Then there were two explosions, one second apart.

Four torpedoes hit three. In battle, this is a great achievement!

After three explosions, three big holes were opened in the bottom of the Barham, and the sea water quickly poured into the bottom. There were too many watertight tanks lost. It had no time to carry out more rescue, so it began to sink rapidly into the sea!

The battleships built during World War I attached great importance to the protection of the water surface, but the protection of torpedoes was the worst, because the hit rate of torpedoes in World War I was very low and almost didn't need to be considered.

But now, whoever neglects underwater protection will pay a heavy price! In World War II, almost all the old ships built by Britain during World War I entered the shipyard to thicken their underwater parts in order to prevent being attacked by torpedoes.

Now the British navy has no chance to do so. Their existing warships are not enough. Where will they go to the shipyard for refitting?

The speed of entering the water was quite fast. In just a few minutes, the whole ship sank into the sea, followed by the superstructure. In more than ten minutes, only a huge vortex was left on the water.

The Nelson was no better than the Barham. It was hit by five torpedoes. Its hull tilted more than 20 degrees and completely lost its combat effectiveness. Now it is completely hopeless.

There is only one main ship, the monarch, which belongs to the revenge class with the Royal Oak. It is not only a follow-up warship of Queen Elizabeth class, but also an old ship of World War I. although the displacement is more than 30000 tons, the actual combat effectiveness is limited.

Now, there is only one main warship left. Captain Fisher is very angry in his heart.

He knew that today's World War I meant the complete decline of the British navy. If there was no blood transfusion from the United States, the British navy would probably become a nearshore Navy and would no longer be able to challenge Germany's maritime hegemony.

As an officer of the British navy, his heart was very sad and angry. It was because of his sadness and anger that he made the decision to continue fighting.

Now, the battle has been completely detrimental to the British fleet, and retreat is important. However, even if he is a battleship, protecting several cruisers and destroyers, what is the use of retreating?

Maybe, in the retreat, you will still be killed. It's better to fight openly than to escape!

"Target, Bismarck, fire!" He continued to give battle orders. Now, the Bismarck has been wounded and is still smoking. It would be worth it if his side could sink the Bismarck before it was sunk!

The pride of the Royal Navy made him summon up his courage to fight in a dignified area and never die!

In the sky above, Stuka's scream came again.




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