Imperial Overlord

Because the battle broke out early, the main fleet of the Italian Navy could not arrive at the scene within the estimated time.

According to the information given by Li Le, the French fleet can only last for a short period of 30 minutes. If the reinforcement time exceeds this number, then the French fleet will be considered finished.

But now it seems that, in any case, the Italian fleet cannot rush to the battlefield within 30 minutes to flank the British fleet with the French fleet.

It was as if the troops were attacking the enemy in two ways, but because the time of the attack was divided in sequence, the enemy had every opportunity to defeat them.

If the French fleet had nothing to contribute, then the unscathed British fleet could turn around and fight the Italian fleet one more time.

The British Royal Navy, which has the Ark Royal aircraft carrier and has an absolute advantage in training, may stage a battle to rewrite the situation in the Mediterranean.

The final result was that the Italian Navy suffered heavy losses, the French fleet was almost destroyed, and the British returned with a complete victory.

Really at that time, even if oil fields were discovered in Libya, Italy and Germany could only look at the Mediterranean and sigh in desperation, and could not get the oil back to the European continent at all.

"It seems that the Italian fleet is lost." On his bridge, General Somerville, the commander of the British H fleet, said to his deputy with a smile.

His carrier-based aircraft had already taken off and rushed towards the port of the French Navy. Coupled with the continuous artillery bombardment of his superior forces, the French fleet would soon be destroyed.

When he slaughtered the French fleet, even if the Italians arrived, it would only be regarded as a sheep entering the tiger's mouth and sending it to the door.

He even had a hunch that he might be able to become a new hero of the British Navy in this battle. Although the other party has mastered the "Catapult Project" for no reason, but the H fleet has the power to completely wipe out incoming enemies!

"Maybe the Italians just happened to leave the port. After all, this attack plan, even our own people can't figure it out after reading the plan, and the enemy is even less likely to guess." The officer around Somerville complimented.

The current situation is very beneficial to the British Navy. The French counterattacks hardly caused any trouble to the moving British fleet, but the British artillery has become more and more accurate, and has once again hit the hapless Brittany. ...

The combat effectiveness of the two sides is simply not on the same level, and the French fleet is in a state where the ships are permanently parked and blocked in the port.

Only the parties involved know how much difference there is. General M? Jean Sur has made up his mind. He would rather be destroyed here than teach the British a lesson!

However, his counterattack was not accurate. The British warships cruised slowly on the sea, and while strolling in the courtyard, thick smoke billowed from the French warships.

In actual combat, various factors make the battlefield situation ever-changing. This is not something Li Le can know in advance.

He thought that his prophetic skills could win thousands of miles, but he forgot that he really couldn't control the changes caused by different decisions on the battlefield.

Looking at the smoking battleship Brittany, the French were really infuriated. They couldn't beat the Germans on the frontal battlefield, and they were already embarrassed and angry.

Unfortunately, although the battleship Brittany had 10 main guns, it was an old-fashioned battleship with a main gun caliber of only 340 mm.

Similarly, the Dunkirk battlecruiser was equipped with 8 330mm caliber artillery pieces - the caliber of the French battleships is really bad, and the three battleships parked in the port actually used two different types of guns. caliber.

Compared with the 381mm main guns of the British Navy, the French seem to be a little worse in the caliber of the guns they are equipped with.

"I really don't understand why they insist..." After hearing the report that his fleet had hit the battleship Brittany, Somerville shook his head and sighed.

He looked at the sea in the distance with regret, and said with emotion: "Didn't they surrender once? Is it more difficult to surrender us than surrender to the Germans?"

After saying his feelings, the experienced British admiral once again ordered the Royal Ark aircraft carrier to take off a reconnaissance plane to scout the nearby waters.

He was not swept away by the victory, the disappearing Italian fleet was like a shadow, shrouded in his heart all the time.

Before completely destroying the French fleet, he must be on guard against the Italian fleet. Although he is not afraid of the opponent, he must grasp the position of the opponent.

What the general was most worried about was the way the Italian fleet approached the field to counterattack—if the opponent flanked the British fleet during the engagement, it would still be quite troublesome.

"Reconnaissance all directions of the fleet! If the Italian fleet is really coming towards us, then they must be around here!" For some reason, a bad premonition made Somerville a little nervous.

When Churchill gave him the battle order, the words he said were still in his ears: to prevent the French fleet from falling into the hands of the Germans by all means necessary!

"Continue the artillery! Let the reconnaissance planes that calibrated fire confirm the results as soon as possible, hit the fire and attack the Brittany, and make sure to wipe out the French fleet!" He emphasized his order again, obviously he had lost his innate share. Came calmly.

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The British fleet tried to maintain a relatively stable formation, and the French artillery bombardment made them take a snake-like maneuver, but it was not very violent.

They were on the move, so the French counterattacks didn't hit these moving British ships very well.

Therefore, these British warships did not conduct too violent snake-like maneuvers, but tried their best to allow the artillery on the warships to obtain stable firing opportunities.

Cruising on a British destroyer on the outskirts of the fleet, the lookout on the mast was watching with interest the slender and rather beautiful battlecruiser USS Hood in the distance.

On this battleship, which represents the pride of the Royal Navy, eight 381mm heavy guns are pouring ammunition into the French battleships in the port with a very regular rhythm.

"Boom!" The huge sound of cannon fire was deafening, making people have to sigh at the grandeur of the war machines built by humans.

"It's so beautiful! When will I be able to serve on the battleship?" The soldier raised his chin and said loudly to his companions.

"Wait! You have to be promoted before you can get a job on a cruiser, and then look at the opportunity. It will take a few years at the earliest before you can get a chance to be transferred to a battleship..." The soldier beside him looked disdainful. said his partner.

At this time, the sea was rubbing the rolling waves of the Hood's tail, and a faint white line caught the watchman's attention.

He picked up the binoculars hanging on his chest and looked carefully at the very unnatural white line: "Hey, man, what is that?"

The companion standing beside him also raised his binoculars and looked in the direction he pointed with his fingers, frowning and taking a closer look.

Seeing this made him sweat cold, the white line was more like the track of a torpedo—and it was a torpedo that nearly hit the battle cruiser USS Hood!

"My God! It's a torpedo! Quick! Report to the captain! There's an enemy submarine! There's an enemy submarine nearby! Hell!" he shouted loudly, turning around to grab the walkie-talkie connected to the bridge.

Since the battleship HMS Royal Oak was sunk by German submarines in port, the German submarine force has become a nightmare for the British Royal Navy.

This phantom-like force is haunted. Compared with the traditional fleet, the giant-like British Royal Navy has nowhere to go, and there is a sense of resentment from top to bottom.

It's a pity that this grievance has not been vented in 1943. It is still a good day for German submarines, so this British lookout sentinel saw the track of the torpedo and was so scared that his face changed.

"Boom!" Just as he grabbed the phone, the Resolve, which was farther away, suddenly exploded violently, and thick smoke rolled out in an instant.

"German submarines! There are German submarines firing torpedoes here!" The destroyer lookout, who grabbed the walkie-talkie, shouted loudly to the captain of his battleship.

His shouts frightened the captain, who had been caught by the explosion of the battleship Resolve, before he realized how tricky things were.

"What?" the captain asked in disbelief while clutching the phone~www.readwn.com~.

Then the captain realized the crisis, and quickly turned around and shouted to the communications officer on his battleship, "Quick! Contact the flagship! Contact the flagship!"

The flagship of the British is the battleship HMS Warrior. At this time, Somerville is watching the battleship HMS Resolve, which is burning and exploding in the distance, and the smoke is billowing.

He originally thought that his opponent had surrendered the victory, but in an instant, his fleet seemed to suffer more serious losses than the French fleet.

"Did the French hit the Resolve?" He still had such a question in his mind. After all, a battleship suddenly exploded during the battle, and he could only speculate for the time being that the other party shot back and hit his own battleship.

"Let all the warships speed up, make a large-scale snake-like maneuver...the fleet turns, and continue to maintain the artillery bombardment in the port after 10 minutes!" He instinctively issued an evasion order to let his fleet continue to move.

"Sir! Sir! There is news from the destroyers on the periphery, they saw the track of the torpedo! There are German submarines nearby!" The communications officer shouted the news he had just received loudly, causing the entire bridge to be in chaos.

Somerville was even more shocked. He quickly changed his combat order: "My God! Let the fleet stop turning, change to snake-like maneuvers, and be alert to the nearby sea! Avoid torpedo attacks!"

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Regarding the flagship of the H fleet, there is information that the "Prestige" joined the H fleet as the flagship in May 1940. However, when the H fleet started the Battle of Oran in July, the Reputation did not appear in the fleet list. So Long Ling can only foolishly choose one between determination and warriors. If there is any mistake, please correct me!