Chapter 406 The Power Is Not Enough to Make up (Plus 3)

The power is not enough, the quantity is to make up!

The second wave of four torpedoes swam out of the launch tube, accelerated to 30 knots, and headed towards the Royal Oak on the opposite side!

At this time, hundreds of sailors were anxiously carrying out damage control on the cabin of the Royal Oak.

Pump out the sea water and close the watertight door, the damage to the warship is not very serious, and it can be rescued!

However, the next explosion completely shattered their dreams!

"Boom!" The second wave of torpedoes struck again, and this time, it was exactly where it exploded last time.

With the explosion, the watertight cabin on the side was blown open with a large opening. Inside, the sailor who had just closed the watertight door looked at the gushing sea water in surprise.

Damn it!

Before they could even climb up, they were submerged by the surging sea.

They struggled a few times in the sea, and they lost the strength to move.

Not all sailors can swim, and not all can hold their breath for a few minutes in an enclosed space.

"Boom!" The second torpedo followed, and this time the explosion completely blew the lower fuel tank.

In this era, warships have begun to burn heavy oil. After all, heavy oil is the cheapest and easier to load than coal. At the same time, the fuel tanks of heavy oil are generally arranged at the bottom of warships.

In this way, it is convenient to balance the weight of the boat. At the same time, in the process of burning heavy oil, it is enough to use seawater to supplement the free space. Don't worry about mixing seawater and heavy oil, the densities of the two are different.

Ordinary warships, whether they are sailing or not, cannot have their fuel tanks completely empty. The current Royal Oak still stores half of the heavy oil, more than a thousand tons.

Under normal circumstances, heavy oil cannot be ignited, and it is more difficult to ignite than diesel. When warships ignite, they will ignite diesel first, and then use diesel to ignite heavy oil.

But now, it's different.

The explosion of the torpedo instantly brought a lot of heat, which was enough to ignite the heavy oil!

At the same time, the blasted hole also had air flowing in, and just like this, the fuel of the Royal Oak was ignited.

The raging fire spread rapidly. In the fire, the structural strength of the entire warship became lower and lower as the temperature increased.

"Boom!" Another torpedo followed. When the torpedo exploded, the Royal Oak seemed to have exhausted all of its energy and could no longer support its body.

The hull was flooded with water and sank continuously. On the sea surface, heavy oil was floating everywhere, spreading and burning.

"Two cars, three back," cried Prien, very pleased with the sight.

I placed nine torpedoes myself and hit six of the opponent's torpedoes. These six torpedoes finally sent the Royal Ark to the bottom of the sea!

Great job!

Prien didn't even have time to let his submarine move forward, so he went backwards and exited the battlefield. He needed to make another round of inspections to shoot out all the torpedoes he was carrying, and then, find a chance to get away quickly!

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Mainland, also known as Pomona Island. The largest island in the Orkney Islands is Scapa Flow in the south, and the headquarters of the British naval fleet is located on this island.

In the eastern part of the island, Kirkwall is the largest city here and the capital of the Orkney Islands.

To the east of Kirkwall is Kirkwall Airport, which is located almost in the southeast of the island and is a flat place.

This is a military-civilian mixed airport. In addition to civil aviation aircraft, naval carrier-based aircraft are also stationed at this airport.

At this time, the airport was full of panic, and countless plumes of smoke rose up. On one side of the airport, on the tarmac, those Navy carrier aircraft were burning.

This is the target of the first batch of Junkers-88 bombers. The bombs dropped by several Junkers-88s turned this place into a sea of ​​fire.

After that, there is no value here.

They were all just backward carrier-based aircraft. Except for a Swordfish that took off, the rest were all destroyed on the ground. Compared with those warships at sea, there was really not much value here.

Because of the dense small bombs dropped, even the runway was full of potholes.

In the thick smoke, a jeep came to the base, and from the car, a man in a pilot's uniform shouted loudly: "Get me a plane, hurry up!"

"Captain, we have no planes now." A ground crew with a dark face shouted to him, the planes are all in flames!

The ground crew knew him as Captain Charlie Evans of the 803rd Squadron, a two-seater fighter-and-dive-bomber Squadron aboard the Ark Royal.

The Skua carrier-based aircraft was developed almost at the same time as the Swordfish torpedo aircraft. However, this aircraft is relatively advanced, such as equipped with retractable landing gear and fully enclosed cockpit, using a monoplane structure.

However, the Skua's engine was underpowered at 840 hp, resulting in its relatively low speed.

This aircraft has only been equipped with troops for a few months.

Now, Charlie is in a hurry.

When the explosion started, he was in the fleet headquarters, and he accepted the commander's order, and he must notify the mainland!

The radio, has been cut off, and in this case, he can only take off in person!

In the sky, there are German planes everywhere. Taking off in this situation is like dying, but he has to take risks.

Tell the mainland what happened here, he is going to fly to Scotland, land at the May Air Force Base 200 kilometers away, and ask for their support!

What happened here is unbelievable. In the past, Scapa Flow was considered the safest naval base, and it was easy to control the German exit in the North Sea, but now it seems that this is absolutely Wrong.

Because, the long-range bombers of the Germans have been able to fly here!

So, fighter jets should be deployed here! Pure air fighters, if they deploy Hurricane fighters here, they will be able to intercept the German bombers!

Now, it's not too late, as long as he sends out the information about the bombing here, he will be able to attract the Scottish Air Force and let them support here!

Charlie needs a plane.

However, the ground service shattered his dream, no, the plane has been blown up!

"Where's the hangar? Is there one in the hangar?" Charlie asked.

"The hangar was also bombed." The ground crew said to Charlie, and then pointed to the hangar in the distance, still burning.

"Yes, there must be!" Charlie shouted, running towards the hangar. Finally, in a hangar that was about to collapse, he found a Swordfish torpedo machine, half of which was on top of the torpedo machine. The wing has been smashed off.

"That's it, push it out immediately," Charlie called.