The Red War God of Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 376 The sun never sets on the sinking of the empire 3

"Quickly, organize a counterattack!" As a senior admiral, Cunningham issued an order calmly.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Dong dong dong dong..." The rapid-fire guns, secondary guns and other relatively dexterous weapons of each ship began to bombard the water surface indiscriminately.

"Boom—" A huge explosion sounded, stirring up a water column more than ten meters high, and a torpedo was hit.

"Boom—" In the midst of this chaos, the battleship Barham hit another torpedo, and Cunningham was a little annoyed, "What's going on, no trace of the torpedo was found?"

"Report to the general, the German torpedo suddenly drilled out of the water 100 meters away from the battleship, and we can't defend against it at all." A staff officer quickly came over and explained.

"Boom—" Another torpedo hit the battleship Barham.Boom, boom, and on the sea ahead and behind, other battleships, aircraft carriers, and heavy cruisers seemed to be having a hard time, being hit by torpedoes one after another.

At this moment, a black "strange fish" suddenly appeared on the sea surface about 500 meters away from the left side of the battleship Barham. It flew out of the mouth, and approached the Barham at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour.

"My God, the Germans are crazy!" A British sailor stared at this scene dumbfounded, and even forgot to report.

"On the right, 2 torpedoes!" The gunner on the battleship shouted.

However, at a distance of 500 meters, the British only had 30 seconds to react, and no dexterous cannon could respond.Besides, when the torpedo is within 200 meters of the battleship, no weapon will work except the anti-aircraft machine gun installed on the ship's side.

"Boom! Boom—" the torpedo exploded in the middle of the Barham.These two torpedoes were launched by the German naval captain Karl Toned. Due to the short reaction time and counterattack time, the machine gun on the starboard side of the Barham failed to stop these two big guys.

The explosion of these two torpedoes almost knocked Admiral Cunningham on the deck to the ground.

"Fight back, fight back!" Cunningham was a little anxious. The German's fearless close-quarters attack made him flustered.

"General, our battleship is too big and not very flexible." A staff officer had already seen the crisis and reminded.

"Quick, let the destroyer come back and drive away these nasty guys!" Cunningham ordered again.

"General, it's too late." A staff officer saw that the ship's side on the right side began to slope downward, and took a step forward to support Cunningham.

It was indeed too late, when two torpedoes exploded on the starboard side of Barham, Karl Toned's submarine fired two more torpedoes.The explosion of the two torpedoes before threw the resistance personnel on the starboard side high into the air. Before everyone recovered, they couldn't organize an effective interception at all.

"Boom! Boom!" Before the staff could say anything, there was another loud noise from the Barham, and the explosion of one of the torpedoes was very dull. Obviously, this torpedo penetrated into the belly of the Barham.

At this time, Cunningham also knew that it was impossible, because, regardless of his front or rear, several heavy warships were billowing thick smoke, and the hulls were tilting violently, and since they were attacked until now, only less than 3 minutes.

"Today, God has abandoned Britain!" Some desperate Cunningham suddenly thought of such a sentence.

"Boom!" At this moment, another battleship in Cunningham's field of vision suddenly burst into flames, followed by an earth-shattering explosion, the sound of which was several grades higher than that of a torpedo attack.

"If you can't persist, just abandon the ship." How could Cunningham not know that the ammunition bay of the battleship in front of him had been detonated, and not many of the nearly 2000 officers and soldiers on board could survive the explosion.

"Yes." Robert Norman motioned for the guards to help Admiral Cunningham to the lifeboat, then turned around and informed.In fact, without Robert Norman's notice, most of the people in various positions on the battleship, except for the secondary guns and rapid-fire guns who were still trying to fight back, had already gathered on the deck, waiting for orders from above.

Speaking of which, Cunningham's luck was the best in this attack that lasted only a quarter of an hour.Because in Karl Toned's attack, Barham was the focus of the focus, and Karl Toned personally attacked, but the Barham, which had nearly 10 torpedoes in its body, just tilted slowly, slowly It sank without exploding or catching fire like other battleships.Therefore, apart from the sinking of the battleship itself and the loss of nearly 200 officers and soldiers, Cunningham himself and the senior officers of the Mediterranean Fleet were mostly fine.

However, the loss of the entire Mediterranean fleet was huge. 2 battleships, 2 aircraft carriers, and 4 heavy cruisers were silent. The British navy killed 2870 people and injured more than 1300 people.The Germans only paid the price of 3 submarines sunk, 2 injured, and 180 soldiers killed or injured.

For Germany, the victory in this naval battle in the Strait of Gibraltar is like a "strong drink" before the expedition. Karl Tonide's fearless attack and the huge results achieved made the German navy feel proud again. The high morale surged again by a few percentage points.

As soon as Hitler got the news of the victory in the Battle of Gibraltar, he promoted Colonel Karl Toned, who was injured in the battle, to brigadier general.

However, in the view of Wu Aihua of Eastern China, this naval battle, which seemed to be a great victory for Germany, was not worth mentioning.First of all, the thinking habits of the "boss" of the British have not changed. Although their ranks are impeccable, their combat effectiveness is actually good. In a word, Britain is old. Historically, Britain finally won World War II. It's not because the British know how to fight, but because Hitler made several fatal strategic mistakes; secondly, judging from the performance of the Germans, the bravery and precision of the attack is worthy of recognition, but that's the case in terms of tactics ;Since it has been decided to attack the enemy's warships bravely, there should be no phenomenon of separate teams in the attack.

At this time, if the Germans resumed the "gun battle formation" of the 20th century, the effect might be better. 10 submarines, divided into 2 teams, 8 teams cover, and the remaining 4 teams attack 8 battleships and aircraft carriers from left to right, and launch torpedoes from the left and right sides at the same time, so that 4 torpedoes will hit any one of the large battleships at the same time, when [-] ships After the destruction of large and super large warships, the British simply could not organize a decent resistance, and Germany probably would not lose so many submarines.

At the same time, after this attack is over, the submarines can continue to sail in a zigzag formation along the strait until they retreat to the Atlantic Ocean or go deep into the Mediterranean Sea. As for the British heavy cruisers and other warships along the way, they can take advantage of the opportunity to sneak attack , If the opportunity is not good, just slip away.

Although China's "Youlong" submarine is not fast underwater, it is faster than contemporary submarines; moreover, it is actually very difficult for surface ships in this era to destroy submarines.Mine?Depth charges?shelling?The effect may not be good.In World War II in history, many large warships in various countries were ambushed and sunk by submarines, and the losses of submarines were mainly caused in the later stages of the war.Submarines were, at least in 1941, invincible.

Therefore, Wu Aihua felt that Germany's war damage was too high.

Submarine warfare is different from conventional warfare.Submarine warfare is about capturing fighter planes and planning before the battle. Since these two items are all right, the results should be great.And how can it be so easy to capture a fighter plane?

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1941年3月12日凌晨1点起，德国空军出动3000架作战飞机（其中1800架轰炸机）分三个批次轮番对英国本土及英吉利海峡沿岸一切移动之目标进行超前规模的轰炸！

The United Kingdom also dispatched thousands of combat aircraft into the air to block it. However, the latest "Eagle Dragon 1" fighter jet equipped by the Luftwaffe taught the British a hard lesson on what a fighter jet is.

In the entire air battle, although Germany only dispatched 600 "Eagle Dragon 1" fighters, only 200 in each batch, when facing more than 400 German fighters, the "Eagle Dragon 1" showed outstanding performance. Good combat performance, speed, dexterity, firepower, aiming, communications, all overwhelmed the British aircraft.Every time the air battle comes down, the losses of the British are more than 10 times that of the Germans.

"My God, how are the German planes so powerful!" Churchill sighed weakly after seeing this number, the British lost 1200 planes on the first day alone.

"According to our intelligence, this new type of fighter jet of the Germans is said to have come from Eastern China," said Admiral Algernon Portel, Chief of Staff of the British Royal Air Force.

"Chinese? Can they build such a powerful aircraft?" Although Churchill was a good politician, his understanding of Eastern China was basically stuck ten or twenty years ago.

"In 1937, the Chinese aircraft were more powerful than the Japanese aircraft; in the spring of 1938, the Chinese Air Force almost wiped out the Japanese Third Aviation Group. Now, two years have passed." Admiral Algernon Portel Said.

"Compared with American aircraft, what are the advantages of Chinese aircraft?" Churchill asked a technical question.

"Speed, firepower, protection, and aiming. In terms of speed, the Chinese aircraft can reach 750 kilometers, and even more than 900 kilometers when diving; while our aircraft is less than 600 kilometers; for firepower, the Chinese aircraft has two 2mm aircraft. guns; protection, the protection of Chinese aircraft for pilots is very good, one or two shells can hardly kill the pilots; and targeting is the specialty of Chinese aircraft, almost as soon as a Chinese aircraft fires, almost all of our aircraft are shot, and we It takes at least 20 seconds of continuous shooting to hit a Chinese-built aircraft."

"What do the Americans say about that?" Churchill asked.

"U.S. military aviation experts have studied Chinese aircraft this afternoon, and believe that it will take at least 12 months to manufacture an aircraft equivalent to it, and at least 36 months to fully surpass it." Algernon Poe Tell said.

"Could it be that we can wait 12 months, or, under the indiscriminate bombing of the Germans, can we persist for 12 months?" Churchill said angrily.