Imperial Overlord

Similar to the first attack pilots who saw such a large convoy for the first time, the second German pilots who flew over the British naval convoy were also stunned by the sight in front of them. Pen & Fun & Court www.iue.no

Yes, they were frightened by the endless scale of the other party, and even for a moment, they even doubted whether such an enemy could really be defeated.

"My God, there are so many of them..." In the cabin of a Stuka C-type attack plane, a pilot sighed subconsciously.

Perhaps, in games such as StarCraft, human soldiers will also sigh when they see the endless Zerg army.

"Cover each other! Cover each other! Just like in normal training, keep your height!" Inside the headset, the frontline commander's voice kept cheering for his subordinates.

It just sounded that his voice was a little nervous. Indeed, when faced with such a large enemy, anyone would be a little nervous.

This has nothing to do with courage. There are no soldiers who are trembling with fear on the battlefield, and they can already be called elites. No matter how hard and meticulous the training is, it cannot really simulate the shock that the battlefield brings to everyone.

"Seahawk 22 began to dive! Give me cover! Give me cover!" Taking courage, the first plane entered the attack route.

When Stuka C dived, the trembling whistle sounded again, and the terrifying roar of the engine tore the air.

Under the desperate gazes of British sailors and sailors, the Stuka C dive bomber quickly lowered to about sea level.

It then slowed down and pulled up at that altitude, and threw the torpedo hanging under the belly into the water very close to a British transport ship.

"Pfft!" With a sound, the torpedo crashed into the water, then went to work and charged towards the British transport ship not far away.

As the plane was pulled up, the mechatronicsman of the German Stuka C dive bomber facing the rear, holding a self-defense machine gun, saw the torpedo dropped by his plane, the obvious white track.

"Hey! Our torpedo is about to hit the target!" he shouted excitedly, telling his pilot partner the good news.

"I don't know! I can't see anything, is someone shooting at us? Do I need to avoid anything?"

Now, his body was firmly pressed against the back of his chair due to gravity, and he couldn't feel anything, only the roar of the engine and the shouts of his companions.

"No one is shooting at us... Haha! They don't seem to have weapons!" The electromechanical operator was already shouting excitedly.

Just now, they confirmed a piece of news that the first batch of pilots said that the enemy has almost no air defense force, which is absolutely true!

The enemy has no ability to fight back, which is definitely the best news for the pilots in charge of the attack mission - no one!

"Oh my God! They really don't have anti-aircraft firepower! Cover me! I'm about to start diving!" Another pilot shouted excitedly in the sky.

At the same time as he shouted, the torpedo that was thrown into the sea collided with a British transport ship that was sailing.

Loaded with oil from the United States, the carrier sank most of its hull below sea level.

In the icy waters, the torpedo collided with the hard hull at once, and then the torpedo exploded, forming a huge bubble in the water.

There is a clear difference between the explosion of a torpedo in water, the power of the explosion and the explosion of a shell in the air. Because of phenomena such as shock waves in water, the explosion power is several times or even dozens of times stronger.

After the explosion, a shock that expands and weakens in the water is formed, which is the so-called shock wave, which spreads repeatedly. The "vacuum state" created by the explosion of the torpedo warhead expands and then retracts in the water, oscillating and continuously rising, while sending out secondary pressure pulses around it.

If the explosion position of the torpedo is under the hull, then this power can directly break the ship, forming a pull to sink the target instantly.

But because of the cancellation of the magnetic fuze, the German Navy is now using collision fuze torpedoes, so the power of the explosion is not as great as the bottom of the ship.

But even so, the power of torpedoes can be considered more than enough to sink a fully loaded British transport ship.

A huge explosion spread on the side of the ship, and then the entire side of the ship was broken and twisted, the fuel leaked into the sea water, and the huge hull broke off and sank at the same time.

This huge oil tanker sank so easily - although it is still floating on the water, it will disappear completely on the sea in a few minutes at most.

Unlike artillery shells, torpedoes do not ignite their targets in many cases because they explode in water. The sea water poured into the hull, and even played a role in extinguishing the fire to a certain extent.

Therefore, when the tanker sank, there was no suicide explosion. The surrounding transport ships carefully bypassed the unfortunate tanker and continued to move forward slowly under the attack of the enemy.

In the sky, one after another Stuka swooped down, and one torpedo after another was thrown into the sea.

Just like almost two hours ago, the losses of the British convoys skyrocketed, explosions sounded one after another, and the number of lost ships increased again.

When the last torpedo plane was pulled up, the front-line commander of the German Navy carrier plane in the sky was almost moved to tears by the record of his troops.

Even he, from the day he was transferred to the Navy as the naval aviation commander, never dreamed that he would one day lead the troops to such a touching record.

His attack fleet dropped 26 torpedoes in one go, sinking 20 British Navy transport ships. If the quality of the torpedoes were higher, he could really do something like changing a torpedo for a transport ship.

Reluctantly, the German carrier aircraft began to return - the direction they left was not the direction they came from. Because Lütjens' fleet has adjusted its fleet position.

Looking at the German attack aircraft flying away overhead, Phillips was on the bridge of the battleship King George V, hating his teeth.

"Remember to go back and remind me... The modernization of the Ramirez battleship must be equipped with more anti-aircraft guns!" After thinking about it, Phillips planned to seize every opportunity to enhance his means of dealing with German carrier-based aircraft.

Of course, I heard that in two months, the battleship Prince of Wales will be launched into service, which can be regarded as good news.

Like HMS George V, HMS Prince of Wales reached a speed of 29 knots, on par with the Bismarck-class battleships.

Although only equipped with 356mm caliber artillery, there are as many as 10 guns, and the ammunition dumping ability is not weak.

On the other hand, the new battleship HMS Prince of Wales is equipped with a British secret weapon radar, which has greatly improved its search capabilities.

If you add the carrier-based aircraft that can watch World War I, maybe in a few months, the British fleet will be able to suppress the German fleet with its numerical advantage...

The German carrier-based aircraft flew away, leaving only a messy battlefield for the British transport fleet.

Two aerial attacks, more than 40 transport ships were sunk, which is absolutely a disaster for the British mainland waiting for raw materials and food.

"Selection of a faster transport ship, immediately leaving the fleet, taking advantage of the opportunity of the German plane to leave, sailing north, and then rushing to the mainland as soon as possible!" According to the changes on the battlefield, Phillips had to start modifying Charles s plan.

When the fleet is crowded together, the speed will become lower... This is the same as the fleet, a single car can drive 100 kilometers per hour, but 100 cars can only travel at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour drive.

By the same token, the fewer ships in the fleet~www.wuxiaspot.com~, the easier it is to coordinate and drive higher speeds when needed.

The best example is the German fleet on the opposite side. The German fleet has only 6 warships, and when necessary, it can even exceed a terrifying fleet speed of 27 knots.

The British fleet, which has hundreds of transport ships and **** ships, can only travel at sea at a speed of six or seven knots per hour... well, or wait to die at sea.

Because of this, concentrating the fleet now will not achieve the best protection at all. On the contrary, because of the mutual constraints between the speed, the Germans will take advantage of it in vain.

Phillips' idea was to take advantage of the German carrier-based aircraft to leave this gap, let the higher-speed transport ships leave the fleet, and speed up to escape further north from the German fleet.

Due to the reduction in the base number of the remaining fleet, the speed itself can also be increased a lot, which shortens the fleet's sailing time and reduces the number of German carrier-based aircraft attacks in disguise.

If you take into account the convenience of avoiding torpedoes brought about by speed, the reduction of ships will increase, and the destroyers can enter the fleet to **** to provide cover and other benefits, and the local fleet will be able to protect more transport ships.

In the case of one addition and one subtraction, the attack effect of the German carrier-based aircraft will be weakened. As for the extent of the weakening, Phillips himself cannot infer.

"Let the ships with a speed of more than 10 knots escape! Immediately! Arrange destroyers to **** them, and don't be attacked by enemy submarines again!" He repeated his order, and then looked at the chart.

Because of the distance, his fleet will be able to enter the cover of the British mainland land-based aircraft in an hour or two, and it seems that the entire fleet will be safe there.

Of course, judging by how often the Germans attacked, they had at least one more chance to attack, which was enough to make Phillips nervous.