"O God!"

"Save me!"

"I'm going to die, mom..."

When Major Koenig, the electromechanical commander of the "Shankhorst", and Captain Miller, the captain of the loss control, rushed into the boiler cabin where the heat wave was rolling, all the ears heard were the roar of machines and heart-wrenching screams. ◎,

As the steam pipe was torn apart by shells, the entire boiler cabin suddenly became hell. There were soldiers who were scalded by steam and howled everywhere, screaming in despair. The floor was a little slippery, and Koenig looked down and saw that it was covered in blood and dead bodies!

"We have to block the gap!" Koenig shouted at the top of his voice, "Otherwise we all have to die here, and all those who can move will get me up. Germany needs you!"

After he yelled, some scalded soldiers struggled to get up. Regardless of the severe pain coming from their bodies, they looked around for tools that could be used to plug the loopholes.

At this moment, the ship shook violently again, and everyone in the boiler cabin fell to the ground.

"Damn it, I'm shot again!" Koenig couldn't help but shout.

"I can't die!" Miller, the captain of the loss management, helped Koenig, "I understand 'Shankhorst', it is the strongest ship, and it is not that easy to die! Major, let it be for you here, I'll go up and take a look."

"Okay, I'll take someone to repair the steam tube!" Koenig looked at the steam tube torn by the shell. This was a bad luck and luck. The 15-inch shell just wiped the steam tube, but it didn't explode, otherwise even the gods would have no tricks.

When Captain Miller rushed to the deck with several subordinates, the deck was covered with blood and soldiers everywhere. A 150mm secondary cannon was blown away. It turned out that the location of the cannon was blown into a strange shape, but it did not cause a fire.

He looked at the sea again. The Hood had sailed to the left rear of the "Shanhorst". It seemed that it was planning to run around the "Shan". However, the condition of this British warship was not good, and the fire was still burning on the deck, and it seemed that the damage tube was a bit failed.

Captain Miller withdrew his gaze, then found a phone number and called the Commander Tower, "Sir, I am Miller, the damage in the boiler compartment is repairable, but the steam pipe is broken and can be repaired."

Captain Refman's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Thank God! Miller, when I return to Germany, I will definitely apply for the first-class Iron Cross for you and Koenig!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the main gun of the Hood, 9,000 meters away, fired again! With a huge roar, eight 15-inch bombs broke through the air, and in just a blink of an eye, they landed around the Schonhorst.

"Boom..."

After a loud bang, a thick ball of black smoke rose from the main gun turret on the bow of the ship "Shankhorst" and turned into a dazzling orange fireball at a height of dozens of meters. A main gun turret of the "Shankhorst" was knocked away!

"Get closer, closer!"

Gentle Prien on u-47 had no time to care about the fate of the "Sharenhorst". His eyes were still stuck on the periscope, looking at his target, the pride of the Royal Navy, burning like a floating fire.

"Target aim!" He issued an order loudly, "Bow launch tube is ready, torpedo 4 rounds, scattered angle xx degrees, fixed depth xx meters..."

His order was transmitted to the torpedo compartment at the bow of the ship through the speakers. The torpedo soldiers in the torpedo compartment were immediately busy, loading four huge g7at1 torpedoes into place. This torpedo weighs 1.5 tons and is more than 7 meters long. The warhead is filled with 320 kilograms of nitric acid compounds. The power is not comparable to that of the small torpedoes of the Navy aviation force. Not to mention the "Hood" built during World War I, even many new battleships can also be opened in the lightning armor of many new battleships. However, the lightning protection compartment of the new warships is large in depth, usually several meters deep, and the interior is filled with watertight rubber and other things to absorb the power of the explosion. It is difficult to penetrate the entire body, but the older "Hood" does not have such an abnormal lightning protection design.

In addition, these g7at1 torpedoes do not have magnetic fuses with unstable performance, but use reliable trigger fuses.

"The bow launch tube is ready!"

The torpedo soldier completed the filling and reported loudly.

Günter Prien ordered again, "Prepare the bow launch tube and open the water valve."

"The water valve opens!"

"Open the torpedo tube front cover!"

"The front cover of the torpedo tube is opened!"

Gunter Prien shouted: "No. 1, No. 3, launch!"

"No. 1, No. 3, release!"

“No. 2, No. 4, launch!”

“No. 2, No. 4, release!”

According to Günter Prien's instructions, the torpedo soldiers fired all four torpedoes. "Bang! Bang! Bang..." Everyone in the boat heard the sound of the submarine launching torpedoes. As the submarine trembled violently, the four torpedoes ejected from the front of the U-47 submarine with bubbles, leaving their unique traces on the sea surface, and rushed towards the "Hood".

"Refilling the torpedo!" Gent Pryon took back his periscope and shouted an order. Unlike usual attacks on merchant ships, today they attacked a battle cruiser. It is impossible to sink one shot, so you have to hit seventeen or eighteen shots, and then shoot out all the torpedoes carried by the U-47.

Soon, a dull explosion came from a distance. Günter Prien quickly raised his periscope and then pressed his eyes on it. He only saw the fire-ridden "Hood" still floating steadily on the water, but the hull was slightly tilted.

It's indeed a warship!

"Torpedo soldiers, move quickly!" Gent Prien shouted, "Before the enemy discovers us, it will fire a few more shots!"

...

"What's going on?"

"It seems that the power compartment of the ship unit has been hit by a torpedo!"

"Torpedo?" Lieutenant General Whitworth was stunned for a moment, "I was actually hit by the torpedo of the 'Sharenhorst'?"

There are torpedo launchers on the "Sharenhorst", and in theory it is possible to bring a group of "Hood". After all, the distance between the two ships is not very far.

“How is the injury?”

"Water intakes a tank may lose some power and take some time to repair it."

The power cabin of the "Hood" is particularly large (its horsepower is high), and the light length of the boiler tank is nearly 150 meters, so it is easy to be hit. There is a lightning protection compartment outside the power cabin. A torpedo fired by the u-47 is equipped with a lightning protection compartment and then exploded. The compartment absorbs the huge shock wave and foam jet formed by the explosion of some torpedo warheads underwater, but the remaining power still penetrates a turbine cabin, forming a large amount of sea water injected. However, this damage cannot make the "Hood" sink. As long as the waterproof cabin door is closed, there is no problem.

Just as Lieutenant General Whitworth wanted to order the water to keep the hull balanced, the "Hood" seemed to be hit by something, and a huge column of water rose up at the stern of the ship.

The Hood hit another torpedo! This time the Hood hit the stern.

"Lieutenant General, the rudder seems to have failed!" The first mate of the "Hood" who was in the helm suddenly shouted, "The torpedo just now may have hit the rudder! We have no way to turn!"

"Hell!" Lieutenant General Whitworth stomped his feet, "This is definitely not done by the 'Sharenhorst'. There are submarines underwater!"

"What should I do?" asked the first mate.

What else can I do? I definitely can't stay here and get thunder! The rudder was broken and there was no way to turn, so I can only leave first.

Thinking of this, he took a look at the Schanehorst, which was also full of fire. The ship had already hit at least 8 15-inch shells and 6-7 8-inch shells, but he just refused to sink!

At this time, he suddenly realized that the speed of the "Sharenhorst" was increasing again and was turning, as if he was about to leave the battlefield.

"Lieutenant General, what should I do?"

Lieutenant General Whitworth gritted his teeth, "Let the Sheffield, Cornwall and Southampton team chase! The Sharnhorst has been severely damaged, kill it with torpedoes!"

...

Lieutenant General Mashar breathed a long sigh and almost shouted "God Blessing". His luck was really good. The "Shanhorst" was stronger than expected. No matter how 15-inch shells were fired, it didn't mean to sink. Moreover, the damage to the boiler compartment was repaired in time. The speed of this battleship has now been restored to 26 knots!

Mashar looked at the time. It was 11:32 pm Iceland time. He looked back at Major General Refman, who also escaped from death: "It seems that he has severely damaged the 'Hood'. I think this operation has gained something, right?"

"Have you gained it?" Major General Refman smiled bitterly. The tactic of breaking the battleships must have failed!

The use of battleships and submarines to fight ambush tactics is also unreliable. Nine of the 10 submarines did not even shoot a single thunder! Only one of them hit 8 torpedoes, two of which saved the life of the Schánhorst. However, the Schánhorst made the Hood beat him up. I don’t know how long he would stay at the shipyard.

Of course, there are also gains! It is once again proved that aircraft carriers are the real backbone. The effect of using aircraft to cooperate with submarines to break the battle is much better than using battleships.

If the "Secette" can be brought out this time and equipped with more Folk 99s, such as 15 aircraft per aircraft carrier, then the results of this time will be much greater. 30 Folk 99s can kill tens of thousands of tons in one attack, and the aircraft carrier can still be hidden far away, so there is basically no risk.

Thinking of this, he nodded, "Yes, there is a gain... I'm going to learn how to fly the plane and then command the aircraft carrier. I heard that the 'Secet' has no captain yet, so I want to be its captain."
Chapter completed!