Imperial Overlord

"Sir!" Cunningham was greeted by two officers from the Secret Security Bureau. The two of them saluted in front of Cunningham, and then handed over their work permits. . fastest update

Glancing at the two people in front of him, Cunningham casually returned a military salute, and then handed the work card back to the other party.

After all, this is the British mainland, and German spies or secret agents have not gone so far as to openly kidnap a commander of a British naval fleet from a military dock.

So Cunningham didn't bother to check these documents, he just had to follow the other side. Along the way, he has gone a lot, enough to make him taciturn.

"Is there any latest news about the naval battle?" Cunningham asked as he followed the other party to the car parked far away from the dock.

The other party shook his head after hearing Cunningham's question: "We don't know the specific information either. This is top secret, and it is impossible to inform us at this level."

Hearing that, Cunningham nodded. He knew the schedule for the escort, a top secret that only a few people had access to.

Because of the delays from time to time, the shipping schedule is not accurate, and even General Charles, who is directly responsible for the **** task, cannot grasp all the shipping schedules.

Coupled with the joint dispatch of the three major fleets this time, although he heard some news, he also knew that this cooperation was absolutely unprecedented chaos.

The United Kingdom is no longer the world's number one maritime hegemony. Its navy is now lacking in training and its overall quality has declined. Cunningham, as a commander, knows this very well.

Turning his head to the side, Cunningham saw the mast out of the water not far away, which belonged to the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth.

The battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth was sunk by German bombers in Portsmouth, and salvage work was delayed.

German bombers have been attacking Portsmouth for the past two days, and they seem to regard it as an important target that must be destroyed.

Therefore, this huge warship is still lying in the port, being bombed again and again by bombs dropped by the Germans.

"What a pity..." Cunningham walked to the car, looked at the mast that was exposed on the water in the distance, and said with emotion.

"Yeah, that's a pity." The intelligence officer who was about to get into the co-pilot nodded, and then replied, "I heard that the salvage work is also difficult to complete."

Originally, the British side, especially the navy, hoped to salvage the HMS Queen Elizabeth as a whole for repair and use, but repeated bombing by German bombers caused the battleship to break into several sections.

The shells in the hull exploded, causing the battleship to be severely damaged, and the navy was reluctant to directly demolish the steel, so the matter has been delayed until now.

Several overall salvage plans could not be carried out under the interference of German bombers, and there was no complete equipment in this port.

Although the British anti-aircraft artillery units deployed many anti-aircraft guns here, they still could not completely prevent German bombers from attacking various targets.

Throughout the first half of November, German bombers shot down 48 bombers at Portsmouth, but the other side didn't seem to care about these losses at all.

Cunningham didn't say anything more, and he didn't bother to say anything. He got into the car directly and followed the other party out of the riddled city.

There is still smoke everywhere, and the fire has not been completely extinguished. If London was the worst city bombed in the UK, Portsmouth was probably the second worst.

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On the vast sea, the battleship Hood undulated with the waves like a piece of driftwood. The battleship was severely damaged, and the repair work was still in full swing.

The two shells fired by the Bismarck just hit Hood's power compartment, which brought a lot of trouble to the Hood's emergency repair work.

The Hood, which had lost its power, struggled to repair in such harsh sea conditions. Because most of the power compartment is flooded with water, the power cannot be restored for a while.

The USS Eagle was waiting in the water not far away, waiting for good news from the damage controllers aboard the Hood.

In order to support the repair of the USS Hood, many professional damage control officers on the aircraft carrier Eagle were supported on the USS Hood battlecruiser.

Although the Hood has not made great progress in repairing, after all, the damage has not deteriorated, which is a good result.

"It's really a near miss." Standing in the cabin on the side of the Eagle aircraft carrier, a British officer looked at the Hood in the distance and said.

It was raining heavily outside, and he could only look at the battleship Hood in the distance from the side opening. Although there would still be occasional sea water splashing in, it would not be soaked by the rain after all.

The sea conditions were so bad that even the planes they were carrying could not take off. As a warship converted into an aircraft carrier, the number of aircraft carried by the Eagle is actually not many.

With a looser carrying method, the Eagle can only carry about 20 aircraft. It is more like an **** carrier than a real fleet carrier.

"The Hood returned to the mainland, at least this time the loss was controlled within a tolerable range." Another officer lit the cigarette in his mouth and said vaguely.

The two didn't see it at all. On the sea in the distance, a white track was rapidly approaching.

The waves were so big that the two people chatting on the Eagle aircraft carrier couldn't see the situation in the distance at all.

When the track approached, the two of them did see this white straight line rolling on the sea nearby.

The two of them widened their eyes and suddenly realized that there was another track coming towards them. This track was only a few dozen meters away from them, and it became clearer and clearer.

"Fish...fish..." The officer who didn't smoke pointed to the sea not far away and shouted loudly, and another officer impatiently cast his gaze towards the place he pointed.

Then, he saw the track of the torpedoes, which had already rushed to the foot position where they were.

"Torpedo!" The officer, who still had a cigarette in his mouth and had no time to take a sip, finally shouted out the voice he should have shouted for his comrade.

Then, the torpedo, which had already reached their feet, exploded on the bottom of the boat. The huge force shook the two people to and fro, and then the exploding water column pushed them and hit the ceiling above their heads.

"Boom!" At a moment no one expected, the huge explosion broke the Eagle aircraft carrier. Before the sea water poured into the crack, the second explosion suddenly sounded.

"My God..." On the deck of the Hood, the damage management officer wearing a raincoat who was directing the repair work saw the Eagle aircraft carrier in the distance, and half of his body was submerged in the rising water column.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" He shouted loudly, and in his shouts, the third explosion sounded on the broadside of the Eagle aircraft carrier, and the whole process did not even have an interval of more than ten seconds.

The roar of the explosion in the distance drowned out the shouts of the damage control commander. Only then did he realize that two torpedoes were charging towards the broadside of the battlecruiser Hood.

Done! After shouting such a word in his head, the damage control officer closed his eyes.

It is absolutely impossible for a battleship anchored at sea for repair to avoid two torpedoes. Now the Hood can only eat these two torpedoes.

But in the current state of the Hood, how could it still be able to withstand the explosion of two torpedoes? The fragile middle of the hull has been riddled with holes, and a single torpedo at this time will definitely make all the previous repair work come to nothing.

In the distance, the aircraft carrier Eagle, which was hit by three torpedoes, was broken in two at this time, and the bow began to tilt.

The power of a 533mm caliber torpedo to explode underwater is several times greater than that of a 381mm caliber shell.

The Eagle aircraft carrier broke into three pieces in an instant, and then began to sink rapidly. The destroyer that was on alert in the distance was turning around, and the whole scene was chaotic.

Before the torpedo hit the USS Hood, the USS Eagle, which was hit first, had already begun to sink. Because there were not many damage controllers left behind, the aircraft carrier sank quite quickly.

"Boom!" At the same time as the Eagle was sinking, the first torpedo hit the middle of the Hood's hull. The armor that had been broken and collapsed there was completely turned into pieces.

Seawater broke through some compartments and poured into more. The entire battleship was trembling because of the explosion, and the sound of metal twisting made all the sailors, officers and soldiers still rush to repair the ship shudder.

The Hood is over! This is the ending that the damage control commander was thinking about~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He had meticulously repaired the battleship for more than three hours, but after all, he could not escape the fate of sinking.

Yes, when the second explosion sounded, everything in his mind became real.

The second torpedo that rushed towards the Hood battlecruiser hit the ammunition bay. Although the influx of water did not cause the Hood to explode, this torpedo opened a second leak.

The water poured into the hull of the Hood, the beautiful ship, 12 meters longer than the battleship Bismarck, began to roll, and everything began to slip out of control.

"Order the sailors to abandon ship! Quick! Quick!" the damage control commander shouted, trying to restore the chaotic status quo.

On the other side, the German submarine that fired a full 6 torpedoes was evading the pursuit of the destroyer that came over.

Two British destroyers, one after the other, began to look for signs of German submarines, and on the flanks of the two destroyers, Hood and Eagle were already out of control.

The Eagle soon had only one bow remaining on the surface, and the Hood had rolled over, with escaped sailors on the broadsides.