Sir Forbes stood in the bridge command room in despair, looking at everything in front of him in pain.
In my ears, the piercing whistle of the German Stuka bomber as it dived came out from nowhere, and it quickly changed from a thin whimper to a blood-curdling scream. Then, even
On the battleship HMS Prince of Wales where Sir Forbes was located, which was the flagship of the British First Squadron, a loss alarm sounded from an electronic instrument.
Amidst this maddening noise, the command room suddenly lit up. Several incendiary bombs were accurately dropped on the battleship Prince of Wales by German Stuka bombers.
The huge body of the battleship Prince of Wales was shaking violently.
Immediately afterwards, five or six more torpedoes hit the deck of the battleship Prince of Wales. This flagship established by Sir Forbes was like a small sampan rolling on the top of the huge waves.
Many crew members on the deck were suddenly thrown up, bumped into instruments, knocked onto the turret, or fell off the railing and fell into the sea... The screams and screams were endless.
HMS Prince of Wales is the second ship of the King George V-class battleships in the British Royal Navy. It can also be said to be the latest and most advanced battleship in the United Kingdom to date. It is one of the most important battleships in the Royal Navy.
The construction of the Prince of Wales started on January 2, 1936, and was only launched on February 13, 1939. If it had not been for the emergency situation at Dunkirk and the poor implementation of the "Generator Plan", and the Admiralty urgently mobilized battleships, this new battleship might have been
He won't be pulled into combat temporarily.
Of course, because it is the most advanced new ship, Sir Forbes regarded it as the flagship of the squadron and placed it at the back of the main formation. On the one hand, the equipment on the ship is the most advanced and is convenient for command. On the other hand, it also protects the ship.
New ships are not on the front line and receive the first blow.
However, it seems that this latest battleship will become a beautiful fireworks on the sea like the old battleship "Hood" that was just sunk.
Amid the violent shaking caused by the explosion, Sir Forbes used all his strength to steady himself and subconsciously looked out the porthole on the left front of the command room.
As he passed by, a German FW-190 fighter plane rolled past his eyes, turning a C-shaped arc in the void and biting a "Swordfish" torpedo plane that had not had time to increase its speed.
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Dozens of fire chain-like 20 secret machine shells swept past with the fw-190's cannon, and then, the British "Swordfish" in front of it turned into a burst of scattered fireworks.
The fireworks deeply hurt Forbes' eyes. As the light dissipated, he saw hundreds of German fighter planes, like countless locusts, rushing into the farmland in his greenhouse to gnaw wildly.
They were swarming among the warships of the British fleet at high speed, rolling or dancing, creating dazzling flight trajectories.
On the way, once they encounter the British "Swordfish" torpedo planes, those German "Locusts" will immediately swarm over, and three or two will cooperate to attack, causing the British fighter planes to quickly turn into a burst of dust.
The remaining increasingly sparse anti-aircraft artillery fire of the British fleet was not so much driving away those German fighters as it was dancing with them. If Lütjens's First Fleet first sent out fighter planes, it was still intact at that time.
The British First Fleet failed to gain even the slightest advantage.
So, how can the British First Fleet, which is now in pieces and has lost a large number of battleships, cruisers, and destroyers, and subsequently lost the anti-aircraft anti-aircraft firepower of those battleships, drive away the more powerful German Second Mixed Fleet?
Fighter group.
Whenever these damn German fighter planes passed over a certain battleship, a series of explosions would immediately flash out, causing Sir Forbes to feel a burst of pain.
Battleships that took several years to build, with a large number of well-trained and excellent crews, were simply gone, destroyed by cheap aircraft!
At this time, the main battleship formation, which had been relatively neat when the British First Squadron had just retreated, was in chaos. Each battleship was paralyzed and shattered in the violent explosion. Some battleships that lost control even tilted sideways.
, some of them slowly collided with friendly ships next to them. Others who were seriously injured broke away from the side of the retreating fleet, and then fell far behind, alone and helplessly encountering countless German fighter planes.
Destroy.
Forbes' blood quickly faded from his face and lips. His face at this moment was as pale as a dead man.
"Commander!" his adjutant wailed: "We are finished, completely finished!"
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"I don't know if the German first mixed fleet can defeat the British?" Behind the left flank of the German second mixed fleet, among the main fleet of the Royal Norwegian Navy that cooperated with the joint operation, the Norwegian Navy sent
The commander, Major General Ogg, was discussing with a group of his combat staff.
As a follower of Quisling, Ogg, an unknown naval lieutenant colonel, helped Norway drive away the British and French forces in Germany. After Quisling succeeded in taking office, he was immediately promoted and replaced the former Norwegian prime minister.
Fleet Commander.
Although his ability is average, Ogg has one advantage, that is, he is obedient and obeys Quisling's orders. This time he went on an expedition with the German army, and he also brought this good habit to the United Fleet. In other words, for Redel's instructions
, the Norwegian rear admiral also obeyed one by one.
Because this was the first time for Redl to command an allied fleet, there was no precedent to follow. So he just placed the Norwegian fleet behind the flank and followed suit.
In addition, Raeder and Lütjens also relied on aircraft carriers to fight, so these Norwegian warships did not receive any orders and followed the High Seas Fleet very safely.
"We should be able to win. Didn't the Germans already defeat the British fleet once at our Narvik Ridge?" The captain of an armored ship under Ogg was coming to him with several other captains at the moment.
held a meeting to discuss on the flagship.
To be honest, the captain's heart has already been in his throat. If Lütjens's first fleet fails to win, maybe it will be Redel's turn to lead the second fleet and their Norway.
Then they entered the battlefield. At that time, how much can these shabby warships survive in the duel between two great powers...
The captain's self-comfort method obviously did not persuade Og. As for the naval battle of Narvik, it could be compared with today's battle.
In the Battle of Norway, the German High Seas Fleet was a lion fighting a rabbit. It used two aircraft carriers to sneak attack on the unsuspecting and lax British patrol squadron. This is not the same as a muscular man beating a three-year-old child, and he picked another child to do it when he was asleep.
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Can you not win?!
But today, today, both sides have brought out their main forces and are engaged in a head-on confrontation without any fancy means. Today's battle is truly a key battle that can determine the throne of European maritime supremacy!