Chapter 490 Underwater Wolves

Historically, because of the failure of the surface forces in Germany, Hitler was quite disappointed with Raedl, so he pinned his hopes on the submarine force, trying to make Britain surrender by blocking the British sea transportation line.

Now, the situation is different. The German surface fleet is constantly showing its strength, first weakening the UK to the same level as its own, and then in today's naval battle, completely destroying the morale of the British navy.

At the same time, Germany has not given up on the development of a submarine force.

Now, there is no need to compete for resources. The batch of Spanish gold intercepted last time is enough for Germany to consume in the past few years. Therefore, Germany is catching up in all aspects, and in terms of submarines, it is also constantly building.

Now, Germany's VIIB submarines have developed to VIIC submarines. The number of two submarines built has exceeded 80. This type of submarine is specially designed for the Atlantic Ocean. The number of subsequent constructions will exceed 200. .

Now, there are more than a dozen ships patrolling nearby, and they are all rushing here.

Whoever rushes to the battlefield first will have meat to eat!

In terms of body size, wolves are not very big, not as big as tigers and leopards.

However, "Tigers are afraid of wolves". Tigers are solitary animals, while wolves live in packs. Bloodthirsty wolves make all the behemoths of nature shudder. Under their siege in turns, even the king of beasts could not survive.

Genghis Khan in those days was the truth of leading troops to fight from the wolf pack.

The wolf pack tactic of submarines is to use multiple submarines to form small teams, and like wolves, they take turns to launch underwater attacks on enemy warships and transport ships.

A single submarine cannot effectively attack the opponent's surface targets, but it can concentrate several submarines to attack a sea target, and use the attack power of several submarines to destroy heavy ships.

In the early days of World War II, the German Navy used the "wolf pack tactics" to organize groups of submarines to attack the Allied ships at sea, destroying the Allied shipping lines and causing the Allies to suffer heavy losses.

Later, the failure of the wolf pack tactics also proved a truth. It is unwise to place the navy entirely on submarines. The struggle for sea power will ultimately be achieved by surface ships.

Submarines are an important part of naval weapons, but they are not the ultimate pillar.

On the submarine U-90, the captain, Captain Kleishmer, stared grimly at his periscope. In later generations, he was also a member of the ace captains, and now, he is lucky.

His submarine followed Prien's U-47, the second rushed to the battlefield. After carefully observing the situation on the battlefield, he turned on the horsepower and seized the position. Finally, the huge battleship Barham, came within his attack range.

"Bow of the boat, four torpedoes, one second apart, launch!" He issued an attack order to his sailors.

Unlike Prien, due to limited experience, for insurance, he did not carry the powerful T11 hydrogen peroxide torpedo, but only ordinary electric torpedoes.

Even so, he has to aim at the opponent's battleship. If he can't do it twice, he can't do it three times. Even if all 14 of his torpedoes are fired, he must attack the opponent's battleship!

The four torpedoes came out of the water one after another, heading towards the opposite Barham, flying at a speed of 30 knots.

At this time, the Barham had been hit by the Bismarck. The upper part of the warship was emitting thick smoke. A group of sailors were rescuing and conducting damage control.

"Boom!" When the explosion sounded at the bottom of it, no one noticed. They thought they were hit by naval guns again. Under the continuous shooting, everyone's ears were buzzing. Lost the basic ability to judge the orientation, and actually did not judge that the explosion occurred at the bottom of the ship.

"Boom, boom!" Then, there were two more explosions, one second apart.

Four torpedoes, three hits, in combat, that's quite a feat!

After three explosions, the bottom of the Barham was blown open by three large openings, and the seawater quickly poured into the bottom. The loss of too many watertight tanks, it was too late to carry out more rescues, and began to quickly Descend into the sea!

The battleships built in the First World War paid great attention to the protection of the water surface, but the protection of torpedoes was the worst, because the torpedoes in the First World War had a very low hit rate and almost no need to consider them.

But now, whoever neglects underwater protection will pay a heavy price! In World War II, almost all the old ships built by the British during World War I entered the shipyard and thickened their underwater parts to prevent them from being attacked by torpedoes.

And the current British navy has no chance to do this at all. Their existing warships are not enough, where will they go to the shipyard to refit?

The Barham entered the water very quickly. In just a few minutes, the entire hull sank into the sea, followed by the superstructure. In ten minutes, only a huge hull was left on the water. swirl.

USS Nelson, not much better than USS Barham, suffered five torpedoes, its hull tilted more than 20 degrees, completely lost its combat effectiveness, and now it is completely helpless.

As for the main battleship, there is only one remaining, the Sovereign. This warship and the Royal Oak belong to the Vengeance class. It is a follow-up warship of the Queen Elizabeth class and an old warship of the First World War. Although it has a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, its actual combat effectiveness is limited.

Now, the main warship is the only one left, and Captain Fisher's heart is extremely angry.

He knew that today's war would mean the complete decline of the British navy. If there was no blood transfusion from the United States, the British navy would probably become a near-shore navy and would no longer be able to challenge Germany's maritime hegemony.

As an officer of the British Navy, he was very sad and angry, and it was precisely because of his sadness and anger that he made the decision to continue fighting.

Now, the battle is completely unfavorable to the British fleet, and the retreat is the important thing, but even if he, a battleship, protects several cruisers, and the destroyer retreats, what is the use?

Maybe, in the retreat, they will still be killed. Instead of running away, it is better to fight dignifiedly!

"Target, Bismarck, fire!" He continued to give the battle order. Now, the Bismarck is wounded and still smoking. If we can sink the Bismarck before it is sunk, it will be worth it!

The pride of the Royal Navy made him muster up the courage to fight in an upright area without dying!

In the sky above, Stuka's scream came again.