Imperial Overlord

"Order the fleet to move forward at full speed! As long as we bite the German fleet so that they can't easily get rid of us, we will win!" Charles said confidently. . fastest update

His home fleet, together with the interceptor fleet at Somerville next to him, totaled seven battleships, giving him a 7-2 advantage over the German fleet.

How huge is this advantage? So huge that Charles couldn't even figure out how he lost!

The two sides not only have a huge gap in the number of battleships, but also have an unimaginable distance in artillery.

Although the caliber of the main gun of King George V was only 356 mm, a whole 10 cannons were stuffed on the ship.

The two battleships of the Nelson class were equipped with 9 main guns of 406 mm caliber, which completely crushed the firepower configuration of the Bismarck battleship.

According to Charles' idea, when the German fleet encounters its own fleet, horizontal and vertical is a dead word. As long as the opponent does not run, it is no different from destruction.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand, how can Germany, which has hardly had a navy since World War I, really surpass a veteran naval power like the United Kingdom?

"Commander of the German Navy, I don't know how to advance or retreat." Somerville also sighed on the battleship Sovereign.

As the distance between the two sides continued to be narrowed, the space for the German fleet to move around became less and less.

Under such circumstances, Somerville also felt that the possibility that the German fleet could once again escape the entanglement of the British fleet was diminishing little by little over time.

If he was the enemy commander, he should have left the battle by this time and moved as far east as possible.

It is a pity that just a minute ago, the heavy loss of the British transport fleet still confirmed the fact that the German fleet was still attacking.

"Finally, the other party made a mistake first." With such a sigh in his mind, the expression on Somerville's face finally relaxed.

It is not unbearable to use such a transport fleet for the only German fleet, although the losses are heavy.

Even if some more warships are lost and the German surface ships are completely wiped out, at least the strategic situation of surface and underwater attack that Germany has just formed can be destroyed.

For the British Royal Navy, this three-dimensional maneuvering combat situation is really deadly. Even if one-third of its troops are lost, as long as this situation can be broken, it will be beneficial to the United Kingdom.

The commander of the German fleet, in a brief encounter, showed the German navy to a new level of engagement, and that's what scared Somerville.

With the cooperation of aircraft carriers and the advantage of fighter jets, the German Navy can easily break the blockade and pursuit of the British Navy, which is absolutely a disaster for the transport route.

Once the Germans were proficient in this tactic, with the elusive submarine, the nightmare of the British naval transport fleet really began.

At that time, not to mention the safety of the route, or the local supply will come to a standstill.

As an island country, everyone in the UK knows what the consequences will be if all their lines of communication are cut off.

Somerville secretly made up his mind, not to mention the search fleet, even if he joins his own interceptor fleet, he can't let go of the German fleet!

The night was still dark, and the waves in the Atlantic were getting bigger and bigger as time went by. Even the Swordfish attack aircraft, which was easy to take off and land, could no longer take off at this time.

However, the seven battleships of the Royal Navy were not far apart, and still maintained a high-speed state in the dark.

Well-trained naval officers and men, with almost perfect speed, interpret their proud qualities as the world's most powerful navy in history.

The fleet composed of battleships with low speed actually allowed them to achieve an astonishing formation speed of 20 knots.

Nervously pulling out his pocket watch, Charles stood on his bridge and glanced at the passing minutes.

Just 30 seconds ago, the German fleet stopped shelling the British K-1 convoy, and it seemed that the enemy was aware of its danger.

"Although you are aware of the danger, it is too late now!" Charles shoved the pocket watch into his pocket and said with a sneer.

As an experienced naval fleet commander, he estimated the exact location of the search fleet, and knew that General John Tovey's battleship had almost reached the combat range.

As long as the higher-speed Hood and the Prestige were entangled with the German battleships, the German fleet would be said to be defeated.

Nervous, he kept clenching his fist with his left hand, and he didn't even notice it. This naval battle, which is related to the situation of the Atlantic sea battle, made everyone involved in the battle extremely nervous.

Because just to the north of the British fleet, in the German fleet that was hurrying to retreat, Lütjens also clenched his fists nervously on the bridge of the battleship Bismarck.

Just as Charles was tensing his nerves and leading his fleet on the road, an unexpected turn of the gods suddenly happened...

The battleship USS Nelson of the Home Fleet suddenly exploded! Right in the middle of the fleet, a splendid firework burst out.

Charles was stunned when he heard the explosion, then desperately rushed out of the bridge and pushed open the thick armored gate leading to the observation post outside.

He ignored the sea breeze blowing on his face and the cold air, instantly penetrating his thin clothes.

Standing by the railing, he saw the battleship USS Nelson exploding in the distance. He almost fainted and fell off the bridge more than ten meters high.

"What's going on? What happened?" An officer who came out with Charles supported Charles, who almost fell, and subconsciously asked such a sentence as he looked at the flames exploding in the dark in the distance.

As the fleet commander, Charles certainly had no idea what was going on. The explosion had just begun, and who knew what was going on.

But as the second explosion sounded, no matter how stupid people knew, their fleet was definitely attacked by the enemy.

"Sound the battle alarm! Quick! The fleet begins to move in a snake-like shape! The enemy's submarine! It's the enemy's submarine!" Charles, who was struggling to shake off his support, ordered loudly to his men.

On the pitch-black sea, the second explosion sounded from the battleship Ramirez. This explosion completely messed up the entire local fleet of the British Royal Navy.

"The Germans ambushed us halfway!" After realizing the crux of the problem, Charles immediately reacted in his mind.

Although the German submarines could not keep up with the higher speed of the British warships, the opponents could set up an ambush halfway and attack the British fleet.

The British mainland fleet, which was attacked, responded quickly, because it had maintained a high speed, so the entire fleet began to turn its bow in an instant and conduct a snake-like maneuver to avoid the attack.

It is a pity that the battleship USS Nelson, which was hit by the first wave of attacks, and the hapless USS Ramirez lost most of their power at this time.

The Ramirez was slightly better, and the battleship Nelson was more than twice as bad. Because of the place where it was hit and its own design, this trauma was unexpectedly fatal.

HMS Nelson is a treaty battleship, and when the British Navy designed it, it adopted a bold and innovative design with all three turrets forward.

This design can save a lot of armor weight protecting the ammunition depot under the turret, keeping the total weight of the warship within treaty standards.

However, this design forced the boiler to be placed backwards, and also reduced the protective armor of the rear secondary gun and the boiler.

It is very regrettable that this time the torpedo launched by the German submarine happened to hit near the boiler of the battleship USS Nelson.

The huge explosion first destroyed the boiler and the nearby oil field, and then detonated part of the secondary battery's ammunition.

The stern of Nelson's good battleship was suddenly submerged in a sea of ​​fire, not only losing most of the power, but also destroying the stern rudder and more than half of the propeller and power shaft.

Luck sided with the Germans at a critical moment. The Nelson was seriously injured and the Ramirez was injured. In just an instant, the British mainland fleet suffered heavy losses.

"Cover the Ramirez and the Nelson for damage control! Quick!" Charles weakly issued the cover battle order, as if he might fall down at any time.

This fleet did not follow the destroyer, and the anti-submarine capability was seriously insufficient. At this time, the sea was rough, where is the shadow of the German submarine?

The local fleet, which was suddenly attacked, sent the news that it had encountered a German submarine to Somerville, who was chasing the German fleet.

"What? Ambushed by a German submarine?" Hearing the news of the damage to the local fleet, Somerville was so frightened that he quickly ordered the fleet to change course.

"Turn the rudder 15 degrees to the left! Serpentine maneuver! Check the surrounding waters carefully, and be careful of the opponent's submarine attack!" With the lessons of the local fleet, Somerville can only make his fleet more cautious.

Only God knows, in fact there was not a single German submarine near the Somerville Fleet at all.

At this moment, the two German submarines that attacked Charles' home fleet did not have the courage to stay at this time.

As the German submarine commander who had just attacked the British fleet, the lucky Captain Prien gave the order to dive to 70 meters and turn around to evacuate.

Now he's in such a good mood that he doesn't have any friends. There is a saying that goes: pretend and run, it's really exciting...