Imperial Overlord

For the first time, the British Navy was tricked by the enemy and felt innocent. But at this moment Churchill felt even more tragic, because he was about to become the first British Prime Minister to be overthrown by the enemy.

Just now, he was standing in the local headquarters, waiting for the first disturbing news that the K-1 transport fleet was attacked.

Although it was night, the German navy opened fire on the entire convoy. The enemy's artillery was very accurate to a certain extent, so the entire transport fleet suffered heavy losses...

Why is it so accurate to a certain extent? Because the opponent's warships are equipped with radars, they can detect distant transport fleets in the dark.

The radar is not accurate, but the k-1 transport fleet is too large, with hundreds of transport ships.

These transport ships are sailing on the sea in dense formations. As long as they find an approximate distance and fire, it is very difficult to miss!

Because of this, the German fleet fired 19 out of 19 shells, causing the entire transport fleet to turn south, sinking a whole number of transport ships.

Such damage is not a small number. The destroyed transport ships accounted for three-tenths of the entire fleet, enough to paralyze the transport fleet for a long time.

But I have to say that the British k-1 transport fleet is still lucky, at least they had a tbsp that was completely annihilated before; so, when I heard that the k-1 transport fleet suffered heavy losses, not the entire army was annihilated After the news, Churchill was somewhat relieved.

He could no longer bear the blow of the fleet being wiped out at every turn, and this time at least 70% was left for him, which was already a good result.

Regrettably, just before the smile on Churchill's face bloomed, another message reached the headquarters.

While pursuing the German fleet, the Home Fleet was ambushed by a German submarine. Nelson was torpedoed heavily, and the battleship Ramirez was wounded.

After hearing the news, the smile on Churchill's face became distorted. The recent loss of precious battleships has irritated Churchill, who had been Lord of the Admiralty.

It has only been three months since the battleship Resolve was sunk, and it can even be said that World War II has only just begun a year.

The results of it? HMS Royal Oak, HMS Resolve, HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Nelson... Only the battleships, Britain has lost as many as four ships.

Counting the two aircraft carriers Glory and Brave, in one year, the German Navy sank one British main battleship every two months on average!

What is this concept? This means that the German navy will be swung at this level, and the British navy will be wiped out next year!

What are you kidding? The disadvantaged side is gradually swallowing up the powerful side, and this process seems to be approaching an unimaginable level.

Have times changed? Because the third appeared in Churchill's mind, he raised his head and looked at Dudley Pound, who also had a wonderful expression on his face. The latter was obviously also shocked by the news that the Nelson was seriously injured.

The worst thing was that before their shock had passed, the news that the battleship Nelson failed to repair and eventually sank, followed closely.

Charles's fleet lost a main battleship before seeing the enemy's fleet. The bad news came so quickly that the people in the command couldn't believe it.

Subsequently, the battleship Ramirez returned due to wounds and the soldiers who fell into the water of the battleship USS Nelson. Without participating in the battle, the local fleet had two battleships left behind.

Of course, if they knew that this was just the beginning of Sunday's naval battle, they would probably feel that their grief came too soon.

What happened next was the encounter between the German navy and the search fleet, and the two sides had a fierce artillery battle. This suddenly made the entire headquarters tense, and everyone was anxiously waiting for the news from the front line.

At dawn, an astonishing news came back that the German battleship had sunk the battlecruiser Prestige!

Because the UK is closer to the east than the warring area, the sun rises earlier, and when everyone sees the sunrise, they hear the news of the sinking of the Prestige.

How ironic... At sunrise, my battleship sank to the bottom of the sea where the sun was not visible. No matter how you look at this naval battle, it has already been covered with a veil of despair.

The sinking of the Reputation by the German navy had Churchill slumped in his chair. He waited for news all night, only to hear the bad news of failure.

"What should I do?" Churchill didn't look up, his eyes fell on the back of his hand, as if he was asking himself, and he seemed to be asking Dudley Pound beside him.

Without waiting for the other party's answer, he continued to talk to himself: "The 6th Army was at a disadvantage, and even the Suez Canal was lost to the Germans..."

He started talking from a long distance, and rambled like an old lady: "The Air Force is passive and avoids the war, and it doesn't even dare to be dispatched... The remaining superior navy has become what it is now..."

Dudley Pound coughed awkwardly, and then said with relief: "Mr. Xiang, maybe the Hood can turn the tide of the war... After all, that's the pride of the Royal Navy."

The words of the commander-in-chief of the British Navy were like a life-saving straw, and Churchill raised his head at once: "Really? Yes! If the Hood can leave the enemy's fleet... there seems to be hope!"

No one realized that when Churchill said such a sentence, it already represented a kind of sadness.

The First Fleet that once dominated the world and the Royal Navy of the British Empire, which once had a combined combat power that was more than twice that of its competitors, has fallen.

When Churchill said this, he subconsciously pinned his hope of victory on a miracle.

And to pin the victory on the illusory miracle, for the former strong man, it can definitely be called a failure.

"Xiang, Commander..." In the terrified eyes of many officers and female secretaries in the command, an officer held the telegram in his hand, with a sad expression on his face, and walked in front of Churchill.

The officer stood at attention and saluted, then handed over the telegram in his hand, but kept his mouth shut and stopped saying the above. Just one look at the look on his face showed that the telegram wasn't good news.

Churchill did not reach out to receive the telegram. Dudley Pound was already a bachelor at this moment. He pulled the telegram and read the contents.

You know, the battle against the German Navy's guerrilla fleet has reached the present state, and Dudley Pound, the commander-in-chief of the navy, cannot go on anyway.

Because of this, he can be said to have let go of his humiliation now, and is simply doing his duty as an admiral of the British Royal Navy.

"The Hood is seriously injured and has lost 90% of its power." He read out the contents of the telegram, and then glanced at the white navy cap on the table not far away.

Then, the old general lay down straight with black eyes, without even saying goodbye.

In real history, Dudley Pound resigned as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy for physical reasons in September 1943.

The main reason for quitting is for health reasons. The old man who brought the Royal Navy out of the slump and ushered in the dawn of victory died of illness a month after resigning.

It can be seen that his health is not good, even if everything is smooth sailing, he will die in less than 3 years.

Now, the German navy has won all the way, the blow to Dudley Pound and the multiplication of the workload have made the old man's condition worse.

A stream of heat rushed to Dudley Pound's head, and he lost all consciousness. Churchill and the officers around him were not even heard screaming.

The fast-eyed people around stretched out their hands, supported the fallen Dudley Pound, and dragged him to a chair to sit down.

However, Dudley Pound, who had already lost consciousness, had no choice but to sit evenly. His body was not at the mercy of him at all, and his body temperature began to pass. In the end, everyone could only lay him flat on the ground.

"Doctor! Call the doctor!" Churchill shouted in pain, and the two doctors stationed at the headquarters responded, but when they arrived, Dudley Pound was no longer breathing.

"..." The doctor put his hand on General Pound's neck, then shook his head with a sad expression, and gave up the rescue without even doing CPR.

There was a female secretary in the room weeping slightly~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Many officers bowed their heads. The one who left was a general and their former top boss, who deserved to be respected.

Lütjens didn't know yet that the shells he bombarded with Hood could travel thousands of miles and kill the commander-in-chief of the British Navy ahead of schedule...

Li Le also didn't know that an enemy general he was familiar with had already withdrawn from the stage of history ahead of schedule because of the breeze fanned by his little butterfly.

When the people in the room were busy for a long time, and finally remembered that there was another battle cruiser struggling under the enemy's fire, it was already time for breakfast.

At this time, another message from the Hood arrived. Not from the battle cruiser USS Hood, nor from John Tovey, commander of the search fleet.

The one who sent the news was General Somerville, who was intercepting the fleet. He finally joined the Hood, which had almost lost all power, and saw the tragedy of the Hood.

"The bridge of the USS Hood was destroyed, and the entire battleship was severely damaged. Fortunately...they are still floating on the sea..." This is the telegram from Somerville, with a sadness inside and out.