Chapter Thirty-Three Blood Repayment
Berlin, palace.
"What? Say it again!" William II was furious when he heard Tilpiz lead all the main forces of the High Seas Fleet out of the port.
"Your Majesty, the Navy's Grand Marshal asked me to tell you that after this battle, the oceans of the world will no longer be allowed to be rampant by the British navy!" Navy Chief of Staff Boer handed over a report on the nature of Tirpiz's military order to the German Emperor.
The emperor sat back on the chair in a daze. Despite his worries, the victory described by Tirpiz in his report was also what he had dreamed of for more than ten years ascending the throne.
"This Tirpiz is too bold. He dares to mobilize the High Seas Fleet to fight without authorization. Even if he can return to victory, I will remove him from his post!"
Although the emperor said this, everyone on earth knew that he had just moved a small stool as a step for him. It was a super serious crime to mobilize a fleet without authorization. Dismissal means not to deal with it. The premise is of course Tirpiz returns triumphantly.
As Chen Tian said to Tirpiz, all the emperor lacked was the determination to fight the British navy.
Port Scarpaflo, north of Scotland.
When Major Madoni was the first to fly to the port in his "Seahawk II", the harbor was quietly anchored in the harbor with 24 Fearless Class battleships, 3 Battlecruisers, 8 Armored Cruisers, 12 Light Cruisers and 52 destroyers of the British main fleet.
"O God! There are so many big guys in the British!" Madoni didn't have time to praise the creation God, he raised his right arm high and drew twice in the air: Attack as planned!
The neat air formation suddenly dispersed, and planes began to look for their respective targets. The warships, coal bins and oil depots were the best preys for the war eagles.
Madoni's "Seahawk II" is an attack aircraft between fighter and bomber. It carries a 200KG bomb on its abdomen. It has a total of four machine guns on the head and wings. It is an aircraft with a centered body in the carrier-based aircraft, operated by a pilot. The bomber formation led by Major Maul uses the land-ship dual-purpose bomber "Ostrich I". This twin-engine double-wing double-person bomber has a special bullet bay and a simple sight. There is no machine gun installed on the front. A rotatable dual-mounted machine gun is installed in the co-pilot position, with a load of 6 50KG bombs. The first wave of attacking flights
There is also a "Swordfish" torpedo in the aircraft. Each aircraft has a 533mm steam torpedo hanging under the belly of the aircraft. There is a machine gun on the front of the front of the aircraft, which is operated by a pilot. However, due to the numerous warships in the port, the torpedo that requires at least 500 yards of water to be fired at air distances cannot play its maximum effect here. Therefore, their mission is to sink British warships near the port or in the waterway as much as possible. If they can sink large warships at the port, the port's entry and exit capacity will greatly reduce; if the port is blocked, the German main fleet will directly bombard London.
"Hey! British man, let you taste the power of German bombs!" Madoni muttered and flew towards three British armored cruisers docking together. This way of parking undoubtedly greatly improved the hit rate for horizontal bombing. Madoni gently pressed the bomb drop button with his right thumb. The plane was lighter and the nose was pulled up. The sea eagle roared over the masts of the three warships, and a violent explosion occurred on the deck of one of them.
"Oh!" Madoni turned around and looked at his battle results. The superstructure of the poor armored cruiser was hit. The entire battleship was quickly covered by the rolling smoke. Its hull was not seriously damaged, but it could only stay in the harbor for a short time.
"Yes, I just need some of them to lie obediently in the harbor, especially the battlecruisers!" Chen Tian explained to Heidrich and Tirpitz when he completed this plan half a year ago. "We cannot expect dozens of aircraft to sink many British warships. All we have to do is to injure as many battlecruisers as possible, so that the maneuverability of the British fleet will be greatly reduced!"
Madoni did not rush to leave after the bomb drop. At this time, crowds of people were rushing on the dock. Many British naval officers and soldiers were rushing to their warships, and countless dock workers were running around. He immediately flew over the dock. A group of British sailors, led by the officers, became his next prey. Four machine guns were firing frantically, and soon left several neat rows of corpses there.
At this time, Major Maul, who was in the bomber formation, had also taken his plane to find the fuel warehouse near the dock. His co-pilot accurately threw the bomb on the plane to an oil tank, which immediately caused a huge fire. Many British people near the oil tank were instantly swallowed by the flames, and countless screams of hoarseness came from the fire.
On the other hand, the No. 016 torpedo aircraft has been wandering around the port for several times, but it has not found a chance to take action. Its companions No. 015 and No. 018 have thrown two torpedoes at the only nearby "Introduction", which is suitable for torpedo attacks. One of them exploded through the front ammunition depot of the 19,000-ton battlecruiser. After a series of violent explosions, it fell downward into the seabed, leaving only lonely masts on the sea surface.
At this time, a warship slowly drove towards the port with thick black smoke. It was the old armored cruiser "Defense" with a displacement of 12,000 tons. It had just been hit by a 100KG aviation bomb. In order to avoid attacks, it began to move, but unexpectedly it was targeted by this depressed torpedo aircraft.
The No. 016 torpedo plane quickly flew over the head of the "Defense", and the British sailors below waved their fists to express their anger. After a big bend, the No. 016 torpedo plane gradually lowered its height and threw its only, precious, powerful torpedo at the tail of the "Defense" a few meters above the water. The torpedo began to fly towards the British warship with waves and bubbles. The narrow channel could not allow the warship to turn. The torpedo was almost thrown along the middle line of the channel. The British sailors had no choice. The fast-reacting person had already begun to thrust into the water.
Half a minute later, when the No. 016 torpedo aircraft flew over the head of the "Defense", a huge hole had been blown out of the tail of the warship. It drank sea water in a gulp of its "butt", and sank into the bottom of the water in a completely opposite posture to the "Unrelief", blocking the small half of the channel firmly.
Twenty minutes later, the air strike ended, and the British warships had not even had time to fire a shot at the German plane. Only some brave soldiers on the ground fired into the air with pistols and rifles. However, their only record was two bullet holes on the wing of a German plane.
The 68 planes participating in the first wave of attacks re-formed over the port, swaying their wings toward the southeast.
The port of Scarpaflo was in a mess, with deceased and groaning wounded everywhere, many warships were haggard, either the hull was covered with black smoke, the mast was broken, or the lying on the berth. The scene on the dock was even more terrible. 16 fuel warehouses were bombed, three of which were the most severely damaged. There were many burnt bodies lying on the ground nearby, emitting a disgusting smell. On the road to the berth of the warship
The bodies of countless naval officers and soldiers were lying in a mess. In just half an hour, the invincible navy of the Empire suffered more losses than the previous hundred years. The commander of the British fleet, Gerled, pounded the table in surprise, holding a piece of paper in his hand, which was scattered by a German plane on the dock, and it said: British, we will never forget everything you have done in the Bay of Hergolan, you must pay for your blood!
Poor Jellyd hasn't understood what's going on.
nightmare?
No, his British fleet lost 2 battlecruisers, 1 armored battleship, 3 light cruisers, 2 destroyers, and one more dreadnought was severely damaged by two torpedoes, one dreadnought was fired by a bomb, and one battlecruiser and four destroyers were injured.
German plane?
That's right, the wings of those planes are painted with huge iron crosses, and people on earth know it. It is the German symbol. But Jerry was puzzled. Where did these German planes fly from? This is the north of Scotland and the northwest corner of the North Sea. No aircraft in the world can fly here from Germany with so many bombs and torpedoes. The nearest land here leaves Scotland, which is more than 400 kilometers away.
"Where are these damn German planes flying from?" The extremely depressed Jelly asked the liaison officer to report the situation here to the Prime Minister, and asked the British ambassador and spy to find out the matter as soon as possible. He walked back to the window again and looked at the huge warship tilted towards the port side not far away. This may be the only place worthy of comfort in Jelly - the latest masterpiece of the British Empire ship designers, the Iron Duke-class battleship "Iron Duke" which was completed in March this year, also
It was his own flagship. He was hit by two torpedoes in the morning air strike. Due to the excellent anti-torpedo armor on the ship's side, the giant ship with a standard displacement of 25,000 tons did not explode and sink like the "Unrei" and "Defense". However, two large holes were still blown out on its port side. After pouring a large amount of sea water, it tilted to the left about 10 degrees, but the main structure of the warship was not damaged. As long as you lie on the ship platform for two or three months, you can cut the waves again.
Many soldiers and medical staff on the dock were busy, and fire trucks were actively extinguishing fires. Many tugboats and fireboats shuttled into the harbor. Dozens of water spurted towards the still-burning ships. The severely damaged destroyers were dragged to the repair dock one by one. Several uninjured warships slowly sailed across the waterway. The sailors on it silently looked at the "Defense" with only the upper half of the building left on the water. The naval flag of the Empire was still floating on its mast, but its glorious era has never returned.
Chapter completed!