The "Leipzig" is over! It is targeted by the battleship "Revenge".

Originally, the flagship of this local fleet was about to approach the "Scharenhorst" until it was discovered by the opponent's radar. However, he did not expect that the "Scharenhorst" cannon was so accurate that it beat the "London" in just 10 rounds of volleys, and lost its combat ability.

According to this style of action, the other three heavy cruisers arranged by General Forbes to ambush and a light cruiser equipped with radar will not be entangled for long, and they will be sank and crippled by the "Sharenhorst". The ambush that has been exhausted will be wasted all the previous efforts.

So, General Forbes had no choice but to order the bombardment of the "Leipzig" to scare the decision of the "Sharenhorst" was later considered a serious mistake, and General Charles Forbes also withdrew from active service.

However, judging from the effect at that time, Admiral Charles Forbes' decision was nothing wrong. "Shan" was a battleship after all, and even if Forbes landed in a few more heavy cruisers, it might not be able to slow down its damage.

As soon as the cannon of the Revenge fired, the Schanehorst did not dare to fight. He turned the bow of the ship and protected the Seedlez to escape.

The Southampton-class light cruiser Sheffield and three other heavy cruisers, which are equipped with search radar, follow far behind the Schanehorst. Because Sheffield has radar, they can follow from visual distance without being hit by the three cannons at the stern of the Schanehorst ship.

Therefore, the whereabouts of the "Scharnhorst" and "Sedlitz" were completely controlled by the British fleet!

Only by mastering the opponent's whereabouts can the fleet be mobilized to encircle and intercept! From this perspective, it is totally worth it to pay the "London" and five merchant ships, and it also sunk a "Leipzig" light cruiser and recover some capital.

Inside the commander of the Battleship "Revenge", Admiral Forbes, after listening to the report on the loss of the "London" (basically scrapped), he just nodded slightly and said, "Okay, we have caught them! This time he really caught them!"

I searched it with an airplane before, but it was useless because the British carrier-based aircraft were too bad and were completely a target of the Folk Zero. But now I was "catched" with the radar of the light cruiser and basically didn't run away.

"Okay, now it's time for the Hood to take action!" Charles Forbes whispered, "Only she can sink the Sharnhorst."

It's really sad to say that the Royal Navy, which has dominated the ocean for hundreds of years, now faces the "Scharnhorst" and the "Sedlitz", there is only one "Hood" that can be used!

"Where has our 'Hood' gone?" Forbes walked to the chart table, and a staff member had long marked the locations of the "Hood" and the "Ark Royal" on the map.

"Admirals, they are here, about 500 nautical miles northwest of the Azores."

"So where is 'Shan' running away now?"

"Southwest, in the direction of the Azores," said Major General Phillips, "We can allow the Hood and the Ark of Royal to intercept. We are in the east, the fleet is in the north, and the H fleet is in the south, so they can only escape west."

Without the radar of the Sheffield, the Schánhorst and the Seedlitz could have passed between the fleet, i fleet and h fleet. However, the two German main battleships tracked by the radar would not dare to do this, and Lieutenant General Maschar did not want to do this.

"Give power to the submarines and let them turn back to the waters near the Azores." Lieutenant General Mashar said, "Just fight the Hood there, and the time is chosen at night... It should be a fire exchange tomorrow night!"

The only main gun of the "Shanhorst" is not the opponent of the 15-inch main gun of the "Houd". The armor of the "Shan" cannot withstand the "Houd" 15-inch cannon, and the armor defense of the "Houd" will not be sunk by the cannon in theory.

However, it is not so easy for the Hood's armor to resist the torpedoes of the G7 series (50 diameter or more than 1.5 tons) used by German submarines.

If you want to launch a submarine to attack, it is best to choose to engage in night battles. Moreover, the "Shanhorst" also has a radar. Although the current radar technology can still be used as fire control, it can still be used as auxiliary targeting means and can also point out the direction for the submarine.

...

During the day on October 13, the speed advantages of the Schanehorst and Seedlez were revealed again. The formation of two German ships galloped all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving the British i-, H- and fleets far behind (their speeds were 10 knots slower than the Schanehorst and Seedlez on average), with only one British light patrol and three British heavy patrols following carefully.

The Seedlez also dispatched 18 Fokker 99s to bomb the following British cruisers. Among them, a turret of the Kent-class heavy cruiser, Cumberland, was penetrated by a P-250 bomb thrown by the Fokker 99, and severely traumatized and exited the pursuit. However, the Sheffield, which was equipped with a radar, was very lucky. In the two air strikes launched by the Seedlez, they did not become the target of the attack.

After completing the second air strike, the Fokker 99 of the Seedlez began to act as a reconnaissance aircraft, and conducted a careful search of the sea areas in the east, north and west directions with three ar-196s.

"Lieutenant General, ar-196 discovered 'Hood' and 'Ark of Royals'."

At 4:26 pm, Major General Refman reported the discovery of the ar-196 seaplane to Lieutenant General Mashal.

“It’s 120 nautical miles away, and the direction is also the Azores,” Refman said, “it’s obviously trying to block us!”

"The location of the submarine?"

"They are around!" Refman replied, "Now we are less than 100 nautical miles from the Azores."

"Okay!" Mashal pointed his head, "Let the 'Sedlitz' launch a ship-based ship for the last time. Except for eight hexa cover aircraft, the rest were all launched and bombarded the British cruisers that followed us! And we... now we will also shell them and drive them away."

The purpose of driving away the British cruiser behind the butt was to get the "Sedlitz" away. This is an aircraft carrier and cannot participate in the artillery battle with the "Hood". According to the plan, the "Sedlitz" will use the night and radio to silently bypass the Azores Islands and then head north, then return to Germany through the waters north of Iceland or go to the Soviet port for a temporary escape.

At 5 pm, air strikes and artillery bombardment began one after another. The British heavy cruiser Exeter, who was rushing in the front, became a bad luck. First, the turret at the stern was penetrated by a P-250 bomb, causing the slowdown of the explosion (the speed dropped to 11 knots). Then it was caught up by the Schanehorst and fell like raindrops, and soon turned the Exeter into a fireboat.

This heavy patrol with a standard displacement of 8,555 tons also followed the footsteps of the "London" and became a victim of the "Scharnhorst" cannon. In less than half an hour, it broke into two sections after a violent explosion and sank into the Atlantic Ocean.

Seeing the tragic outcome of the "Exeter", the remaining British heavy cruiser and the "Sheffield" light cruiser did not dare to approach the "Shan" anyway, but just hovered outside the "Shan"'s artillery fire range.

The Seedlez took the opportunity to disappear into the vast ocean.

"Admiral, we have lost the Exeter," at 5:10, Major General Phillips on the Revenge reported the latest battle report to Admiral Forbes with some sadness. "In addition, we also lost the aircraft carrier "Sedlez."

"As long as the 'Sharenhorst' is still there," said Admiral Forbes, "if it sinks, the Germans' broken fleet will not dare to appear again... In this way, we will defend the empire's maritime hegemony, so now we will see the 'Hood'."

Maritime hegemony is of course the most important thing to the British Empire!

If the Hood fights tonight and the Schanehorst returns triumphantly, then the whole world will know that the end of the British Empire is coming!

"Lieutenant General, the respective combat areas of 10 submarines, including u-37, u-38, u-39, u-40, u-41, u-43, u-44, u-64, u-65 and u-103, have been confirmed."

"Lieutenant General, the 'Sedlitz' sent a telegram: It's very safe and will go into radio silence."

"Lieutenant General, northwest, radar discovered a large target with a distance of 30,000!"

In the commander tower of the "Shankhorst", the atmosphere suddenly became extremely solemn. The "large target" 30,000 meters away was probably the "Houd" battle cruiser!

"The light control of the entire ship!" Captain Refman immediately issued an order.

It is already 7:44 pm now, there is no moon in the sky, and the visibility at sea is extremely low. For the Schánhorst, which has a radar, it is a good weather. Although the Hood can also be guided by a light cruiser with a radar (in addition to Sheffield, the Hood also carries an air defense escort ship equipped with a radar), it cannot be compared with its own radar.
Chapter completed!