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The forty-fifth chapter North House's roar (7)

After killing the escort fighter jets, the entire British fleet was completely out of defense for Schulte. The Active, which had a huge flight deck and was not fast, immediately became the most eye-catching target of attack.

"Aim at the light aircraft carrier, the first and second teams attack!" With Schulte's order, six he-218s immediately dived at the fastest speed. Three 500-kilogram bombs roared through the deck and exploded, and then detonated the bombs and fuel stored in the cabin. The violent explosion burst out like a volcano, instantly blew the entire warship into two pieces. Schulte, who was commanding in the air at Dalian, was stunned. The British ship, not far from the Active, felt a large number of debris attacking the ship.

Almost as the Active Explosion exploded, a swordfish attack aircraft rushed over. The pilot could hardly believe his eyes. When he realized that he had to escape immediately, the b-219's fierce attack arrived, and the unlucky guy was shot down in the turbulent Norwegian Sea.

Major General Anderson, who was shocked, looked at the enemy planes that were constantly shuttled through the air and fired, felt his scalp numb. Without these German planes, he had almost completed a perfect escort and response, but now he encountered an insurmountable difficulty. He was so anxious that he shouted directly on the radio: "Air Defense! Pay attention to air defense." In fact, he didn't need to make a deliberate order. The J Fleet and all J-51a Fleets were shooting fiercely, trying to put pressure on the German pilots in this way.

Facing the firepower nets below, Schulte didn't want to pounce on him and endure the torture. He saw the Luzov, who had been engaged in artillery battles in the distance, immediately had an idea to command the group of aircraft to leave the densest parts of the enemy ships, and prepare to start sweeping from the periphery first.

Seeing the arrival of our group, the Luzov roared and his morale increased greatly, and his firepower was vented even more fiercely.

Schulter saw three destroyers traveling in the opposite direction from the merchant fleet. This was Anderson's escort warship that he had strengthened to the merchant fleet overnight. They were now rushing to support their comrades who were shooting against the Luzov. Schulter calmly commanded his headquarters to attack. He used 6 planes, Volunteer, Raider, and Prowler in just one wave and all of them were shot and sunk.

After receiving strong reinforcements from air power, Stanger became much more courageous and commanded the Luzov to approach the other two destroyers. All the main guns fired violently at the destroyer Aktis, which had been casting smoke. Perhaps the dozen rounds of fire just now had already made Luzov feel. First, two near-lost bullets exploded near the water near the enemy ship, and the huge water column that soared into the sky was mixed with ice and poured onto the bridge. Although the opponent also fought back desperately, the caliber main artillery shells obviously could not pose enough threat to Luzov.

Two minutes later, a shell accurately hit the Aktis. The old destroyer with a displacement of less than 2,000 tons seemed to be pressed into the water. When it was exposed to the water again, it had broken into two pieces and quickly sinking. Almost at the same time, the Z30 destroyer, which was accompanied by the battle of the Luzov, hit the Luzov. The splashing shrapnel cut off the steam pipeline and related circuits. The ship immediately slowed down to 18 knots. Two minutes later, the Luzov, who seized the opportunity, immediately sent the Luzov to the bottom of the sea with the shells.

Just as the USS Luzov sank two destroyers, Schulte's command re-attacked. Six dive bombers used two batches to sank the two auxiliary cruisers, Canton with a displacement of 15,000 tons and Carthage with a displacement of 14,000 tons. So far, Trosham Air Force has not only sunk six warships, but has also maintained an astonishing record of unscathedness.

Schulte, who was commanding in the air, couldn't help but sigh that the elegant and fast he-218 was so easy to use than the clumsy and slow Stuka. Almost no one of the pilots who flew over this kind of plane missed the original Stuka. Now he was still holding the last six planes in his hand without dropping bombs, and he had to find the right target as soon as possible.

The most eye-catching targets on the sea are now two, one is the battleship of the Junquan and the other is the Glasgow heavy cruiser. However, the air defense firepower around the two ships is very fierce. He does not want to fight head-on with the British. He has seen the Hippel and Tilpitz coming quickly. Our side has an absolute advantage in the power balance. Some of the main forces of the J fleet are cleaned up. Now they can put the focus of the combat on the transport ships. He decided to take action against the merchant ships running around.

Anderson, who was as white as dust, had decided to disband the fleet at this time, giving the merchant ships a chance to escape in all directions, but the speed of the transport ships was obviously not as fast as the aircraft. Schulte aimed at the merchant ship that fled the fastest on the periphery at the frequency of two attacks. The first two attacks were very smooth, and he simply sank the merchant ship. Only the last group of unlucky ships, which had a 500 kilogram bomb, was still floating on the sea. Schulte had no regrets and immediately flew back to replenish the fuel bombs, and he wanted to do it again today.

At 11:04, the belated Tirpitz finally appeared on the battlefield. Lieutenant General Kumetz, who was in command, also saw the battleship of the Junquan, but he was always cautious and did not rush over directly. Instead, he immediately launched an attack on the nearest merchant ship around him. Due to the smoke screen interference and the long-term lack of live-fire shooting, the daunting Tirpitz only sank one merchant ship in more than a dozen rounds of shooting, and used near-lost bullets to severely injured and overturned the North Gem trawler. Such a result also set a German record. The Bismarck, who was the same level as the Tirpitz, killed the Hood in a few rounds, but Kumetz, who was very patient, did not take it too seriously (voiceover: I just warm up in the North House, why are you anxious).

Seeing such a giant appearing on the battlefield, the remaining British merchant ships were almost desperate. Several of them raised the white flags to express their surrender. Kumetz immediately asked the nearest destroyer Z30 to accept it, and he led the Hiper to continue moving forward. However, Hiper's hand felt hot today. He killed a transport ship with a displacement of more than 12,000 tons in just four rounds of volleys, and then used two rounds of volleys to silence a 9,000 tons cargo ship, forcing the other party to raise the white flag to declare surrender. The six main guns on the Luzov also opened again, sinking a 14,000 tons merchant ship.

The scene of the German ship massacre of merchant ships made Major General Anderson's heart break. Since the German plane appeared on the battlefield, he even suffered artillery and air strikes. He not only lost 8 escort warships, but also lost 7-8 merchant ships. It was a catastrophic result. The Germans did not have the cavaliers at all. Tilpitz, who had naval guns, did not fight head-on to the side, but instead slaughtered slow merchant ships with no ability to resist. He felt a burst of blood pouring on his head and his teeth were clattering.

Now he faces two painful choices: one is to regardless of these merchant ships, he will immediately accelerate his horsepower while the Tilpitz is still a little distance from him, and even transport ships can waste more time on it as bait; the other is to bravely face it, and use his life to cover the merchant ships' retreat with his life, if he can drag until dark, the situation may turn around. From a rational perspective, the first choice is right, but Anderson cannot make such a decision. He is the proud Royal Navy. Even if his strength is not as strong as his opponent, he must bravely face the challenge. He can't beat the Germans, but he cannot lose to the Germans mentally.

If he now uses merchant ships to cover himself up for his abandoned son, no matter whether the naval authorities will hold him accountable after the war, he feels that he will never be able to raise his head and will always suffer from conscience. After he hesitating for a few seconds, he almost roared and issued an order: "Target Tilpitz, the whole army will assault!"

Seeing the King of the Lord, Glasgow and three other British destroyers rushed over to fight for themselves in a fierce manner. Kumetz showed an undetectable smile: The spirit of the Royal Navy is the source of the spirit of the Royal Navy. Most of the time, this belief guarantees the status of Great Britain across the world, but today this choice will become the epitaph of the British to bury the overlord of the four seas!

Is it just that little strength? The British were too naive. Narvik's air team was not present. As for the demeanor of the knights, a navy that had made the entire mission of breaking the friendship was really not concerned. What's more, the battleship of the war-wearing battleship blocked several German destroyers in the port and sank them one by one. How should we calculate this? Even if we fight head-on, he is not afraid of the current strength of the British. In terms of the power of pure sea combat, his strength has completely overwhelmed his opponent.

“36700 yards!”

"Fire!" Anderson ordered fire without waiting for the main gun to enter the best range. Although the Junquan is an old ship of 30 years old and has a maximum speed of only 21 knots, it also has 8 artillery pieces, but its performance is weaker than the eight main guns of the Tilpitz. At this distance, the guns cannot hit the enemy ships, but it forces all German ships to move their attention away from the merchant ships and prepare to deal with British attacks.

45 seconds after the King's Fire opened, the Tilpitz also fired back, but the landing point was as far away as the British. The surviving British merchant ships immediately seized the opportunity to escape.

After the four rounds of volley firefighting, the distance between the two sides has been reduced to less than 30,000 meters, but except for the main guns of the two battleships fired, the rest of the warships remained silent.
Chapter completed!
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