stonecrandall Chapter 669
Chapter 669
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“Aren’t we guarding here well? How did the enemy get in?”
The British soldiers outside the port were confused. They had a lot of fun fighting with the German battleships just now. Although neither side hit the other, at least the Germans did not take advantage of them, and there was no chance for them to rush into the port!
Therefore, they were very confused. Since the main fleet of the German army was still outside, what happened to the explosion in the port?
“Submarine, it must be a submarine, it must be a Hans submarine!”
Some people have already reacted. Large warships may not be able to sneak past them quietly, but submarines can!
As long as they stay submerged, sailing underwater, and don’t show their heads, it will be difficult for the British soldiers on the shore to find them, and they must have used this method to enter the port!
The British fleet in the port obviously also discovered this. The remaining British warships that had not been attacked began to flee to the west. The German fleet was to their east, and the German submarines were in the port. They couldn’t find the location of the German submarines for a while.
Although the area of Spaka Bay is small, It was not small, but the number of British warships was too large.
It was quite disadvantageous for them to play cat and mouse with German submarines in such a place.
In such a narrow sea area and with such dense warships, even if the German submarines fired torpedoes randomly with their eyes closed, the probability of hitting them was very high.
Moreover, they did not know how many German submarines had sneaked in.
If there were too many, they would not be able to bear it at all!
The tonnage of a submarine was only about 1,000 tons at most, while the tonnage of a battleship here was tens of thousands of tons.
Losing a submarine was nothing to the Germans.
They could rebuild it in a few months.
But the loss of a battleship is a serious matter for the British Navy, especially after the failure of the Battle of the North Sea, the British Navy no longer has many main battleships!
Therefore, they dare not continue to fight the German army here, it is better to escape as soon as possible and escape from the threat range of the submarine!
The speed of surface warships is much faster than that of submarines. The underwater speed of German submarines is generally within 18 knots, and if they sail at full speed underwater, they will soon be unable to sail due to lack of oxygen and must surface to replenish oxygen.
The speed of German submarines on the surface is not fast either, and the maximum speed on the surface does not exceed 22 knots. Compared with the speed of the British main battleships, they have no advantage at all.
And if they surface, the British will definitely sink them without mercy, so the German army is unlikely to surface at great risk.
In this case, the British warships fled to the west in a swarm, and the German submarines really didn’t have any good solutions!
However, the German army dispatched not only the navy, but also the air force! The
British warships had just escaped from the west, and five German torpedo attack planes rushed towards them!
Seeing the torpedo planes flying rapidly close to the sea surface, the British Navy’s brains immediately crashed!
How is this possible?
How could the German torpedo planes appear here ?
Scapa Flow is 1,000 kilometers away from Hans’s homeland, 700 kilometers away from Fairyland, and 600 kilometers away from Norway!
Such a long distance exceeds the combat radius of any country’s torpedo planes!
It is impossible for them to launch torpedo attack planes to bomb Spaka Bay!
The reason why the British chose Spaka Bay as their naval base is because the location here is particularly good. It is not far from all parts of Europe, not only can it effectively block the German seaport, but it is also difficult for the enemy’s attack planes to directly threaten them!
So far, the only aircraft that can directly threaten Spaka Bay is the German B-29 strategic bomber, but the Royal Navy is different from the Army.
Most of the Royal Navy’s warships are equipped with anti-aircraft artillery, and a large number of small and medium-caliber secondary guns can also be used for air defense. They have a certain threat capability to the German B-29, and they are not completely powerless to fight back!
Therefore, the British felt that Spaka Bay was safer and had never changed the home port of the fleet.
As a result, the five torpedo planes coming towards them at this time completely confused the British.
They couldn’t figure out where these torpedo planes came from.
Did they come from Hans’s homeland?
Impossible!
Whose torpedo planes could fly so far?
Did they come from Fairyland and Norway?
It didn’t look like it, because these fighters flew from the west, and these two countries were in the east.
Torpedo planes flying from the west?
The British finally figured out where these fighters came from!
“Two German aircraft carriers!”
That’s right, these torpedo planes took off from the Hindenburg and Friedrich der Grosse!
The two aircraft carriers were originally in the North Atlantic to intercept and attack transport ships and merchant ships traveling between North America and the British mainland.
After the German landing operation was launched, the two aircraft carriers were divided into two.
The Hindenburg aircraft carrier began to return and came to the northwest of Scotland to stand by, cooperating with the Bismarck and Tirpitz that departed from the mainland to jointly direct the attack on the Royal Navy’s home port of Spaka Gulf!
The Friedrich der Grosse went south and came to the southwest of the British mainland, cutting off the southern estuary of the British Strait, making it impossible for the British army to continue to send the navy from the south into the British Strait to attack the German army that was landing in the Bournemouth area!
The five torpedo planes quickly locked onto their respective targets.
They braved the crazy interception of the British anti-aircraft firepower and began to attack the British warships!
Soon, the British army had a A heavy cruiser was hit by a torpedo, and a German torpedo plane was shot down.
This wave of attacks ended quickly, but before the British could catch their breath, the next wave of German torpedo planes with more numbers soon came again!
Moreover, two German battleships blocked their way and began to attack the panicked British warships that were avoiding air attacks.
This time, the British were not so lucky!
With the close cooperation of the navy and air force, the British army that fled in a hurry suffered heavy losses. They lost a battlecruiser, a heavy cruiser, two light cruisers and six or seven destroyers.
In addition to the previously sunk battleship Nelson and the damaged battleship Imperial Power, the Royal Navy that was still in the Spaka Gulf was almost wiped out!