Blood Debt and Blood Repayment
Berlin, Royal Palace.
"What? Say it again!" Hearing Tirpitz leading all the main forces of the High Seas Fleet out of port, William II was furious.
"Your Majesty, the Admiral of the Navy asked me to tell you that after this battle, the world's oceans will no longer be allowed to run by the British navy!" The Chief of Naval Staff Boll handed Tirpitz a report of the nature of a military order to the Kaiser.
The emperor sat back in his chair in a daze. Although he was worried, the victory Tirpitz described in his report was what he had been dreaming of since he became the throne for more than a decade.
"This Tirpitz is too bold. He dares to mobilize the high seas fleet without authorization. Even if he can return victoriously, I will remove him!"
Although the emperor said so, everyone on earth knew that he just moved a small stool to serve as a step for himself. It is a super crime to mobilize a fleet without authorization. Dismissal means not to deal with it. The premise is of course Tirpitz. return with glory.
As Chentian said to Tirpitz, what the emperor lacked was the determination to fight the British navy.
Scarpaflo, northern Scotland.
When Major Madoni drove his "Sea Hawk II" to the port for the first time, 24 Dreadnought-class battleships, 3 battlecruisers, and 8 armored cruisers of the British main fleet moored quietly in the harbor. , 12 light cruisers and 52 destroyers.
"God! There are so many big guys in the British!" Madoni didn't have time to admire the God of creation. He raised his right arm high and made two circles in the air: Attack as planned!
The neat air formation suddenly dispersed, and a plane began to search for their respective targets. Battleships, coal silos, and oil depots were the best prey of the war eagles.
Madoni's "Seahawk II" is an attack aircraft between fighters and bombers. It carries a 200KG bomb in its abdomen. The nose and wings are equipped with a total of four machine guns. It is the mid-body shape of a carrier aircraft. The plane in the center is operated by a pilot; the bomber formation led by Major Maul uses the land-to-ship dual-purpose bomber "Ostrich I". This twin-engine, bi-wing, two-person bomber has a special magazine and a simple sight. There is no machine gun installed on the front. The co-pilot is equipped with a rotatable twin-mounted machine gun, carrying 6 50KG bombs; there is also a "Swordfish" torpedo machine in the first wave of attacking aircraft, with each aircraft hanging under the belly A 533mm steam torpedo, equipped with a machine gun on the front of the nose, operated by a pilot. However, due to the numerous warships in the harbor, air-fired torpedoes that require at least 500 yards of surface distance cannot be used to their maximum effect. The task is to sink as much as possible the British warships near the port or in the channel that are attempting to leave the port. If the large warships can be sunk in the port, the port's ability to enter and exit will be greatly reduced; if the port is blocked, the German main fleet will go directly to bombard London.
"Hey! British, let you taste the power of German bombs!" Madoni murmured as he flew towards the three British armored cruisers docked together. This method of berthing undoubtedly greatly improved the hit rate for horizontal bombing. . Madoni gently pressed the bomb-throwing button with his right thumb, the plane lightened, and the nose was pulled up. The sea eagle whizzed over the masts of the three warships, and it happened immediately on the deck of one of the ships. A violent explosion.
"Oh!" Madoni turned around to look at the results of his battle. The poor armored cruiser's superstructure was hit. The billowing smoke soon enveloped the entire battleship, and its hull was not seriously injured. , But for a short time I can only stay in Hong Kong obediently.
"Yes, I only need some of them to lie in the harbor, especially the battlecruisers!" When this plan was completed half a year ago, Chentian explained to Heydrich and Tirpitz in this way, "We will not We can't expect dozens of aircraft to sink as many British warships as possible. What we have to do is to damage their fastest battlecruisers as much as possible, so that the mobility of the British fleet will be greatly reduced!"
Madoni did not rush to leave after dropping the bomb. At this time, the crowd was surging on the dock. Many British naval officers and soldiers were rushing to his battleship, and countless dock workers were running away. He immediately flew over the pier, and a group of British sailors marching in a neat line under the leadership of an officer became his next prey. Four machine guns were shooting frantically, and several rows of neat corpses were soon left there.
At this time, Major Maur of the bomber formation had also taken his plane to the fuel storage near the dock. His co-pilot accurately threw the bomb from the plane onto a fuel storage tank, which immediately caused a skyrocket. The British near the warehouse were instantly engulfed in flames, and countless screams of exhaustion were heard from the fire.
On the other side, the No. 016 torpedo has been hovering around the port for several laps, but it has not found a chance to start for a long time. Its companions No. 015 and No. 018 torpedoes have thrown two torpedoes at the only nearby torpedo attack "Indomitable", one of which pierced the front ammunition depot of the 19,000-ton battlecruiser. , After a series of violent explosions, its ship heads down into the seabed, leaving only a lone mast on the sea.
At this time, a battleship slowly towed towards the port with thick black smoke. This is the old-fashioned armored cruiser "Defense" with a displacement of 12,000 tons. It has just been hit by a 100KG aerial bomb on the tail deck. In order to avoid the attack, it started to move, but was caught by this depressed torpedo.
The torpedo No. 016 quickly flew over the head of the "Defense", and the British sailors below waved their fists to express anger. After making a big bend, the torpedo 016 gradually lowered its altitude, and threw its only, precious, powerful torpedo at the rear of the "Defense" a few meters above the water. The torpedo carried waves and bubbles. It began to fly towards the British battleship, and the narrow channel did not allow the warship to turn. The torpedo was almost thrown along the center line of the channel. The British sailors had no choice. The quick-reacting people had already started to leap into the water.
Half a minute later, when the No. 016 torpedo machine flew over the head of the "Defense" again, a huge hole had been blown out of the tail of the warship. It used its "butt" to sip the sea water with great mouthfuls to communicate with " The "Unyielding" sank to the bottom in the opposite posture, firmly blocking the small half of the channel.
Twenty minutes later, the air raid ended, and the British warships had not even had time to fire a shot at the German aircraft. Only some brave soldiers on the ground fired their pistols and rifles into the air, but their only record was the wing of a German aircraft. Two bullet holes on the top.
The 68 aircraft that participated in the first wave of offensive regrouped over the port, swinging their wings and flying toward the southeast.
There is a mess in Scarpaflo Harbor, full of disorganized dead and groaning wounded. Many battleships have a haggard appearance, or the hull is smoked, or the mast is broken, or lying on the berth. The scene on the wharf is even more horrible. 16 fuel warehouses were bombed, of which 3 oil tanks were the most seriously damaged. There were many Jiaoqu corpses lying on the ground nearby, emitting a disgusting smell, leading to the warship berth. The corpses of countless naval officers and soldiers lie in a mess on the road. In just half an hour, the Empire's invincible navy suffered more losses than the previous 100 years combined. The commander of the British fleet, Jellied, thumped the table surprisingly and angrily. He held a sheet in his hand. The piece of paper, which was dropped by a German airplane on the dock, read: British, we will never forget everything you did in Helgoland Bay. You must pay for it!
Poor Jellied hadn't understood what was going on until now.
nightmare?
No, his British fleet lost 2 battlecruisers, 1 armored battleship, 3 light cruisers, 2 destroyers on this bad morning, and 1 dreadnought ship suffered heavy damage from 2 torpedoes, 1 A dreadnought ship was fired by a bomb, and 1 battlecruiser and 4 destroyers were damaged.
German airplane?
That's right, the wings of those planes are painted with huge iron crosses, which everyone on earth knows, it is the German symbol. But Jerryd is puzzled. Where did these German planes come from? This is the north of Scotland and the northwest corner of the North Sea. There is no plane in the world that can carry so many bombs and torpedoes from the German mainland. Flying here, the nearest land is out of Scotland, which is the Norwegian mainland more than 400 kilometers away.
"Where did these damn German planes come from?" The extremely depressed Jellied asked the liaison officer to report the situation here to the Prime Minister, and at the same time asked the British ambassador and spies to find out the matter as soon as possible. He walked back to the window again and looked at the huge battleship leaning to the port side not far away. This may be the only comfort for Gerrid-the latest masterpiece of the British Empire ship designers, which was completed in March this year. The Iron Duke-class battleship "Iron Duke", which is also his own flagship, was hit by two torpedoes in the morning air raid. Due to the excellent anti-torpedo armor on the side of the ship, this huge ship with a standard displacement of 25,000 tons merged. It did not explode and sink like the "Indomitable" and "Defense", but its port side was still exploded with two large holes. After being filled with a large amount of seawater, it tilted about 10 degrees to the left, but the main structure of the battleship was not No damage was received, as long as he lay on the slipway for two or three months, he would be able to chop the waves again.
Many soldiers and medical personnel on the pier are busy, and fire trucks are actively fighting fires. Many tugboats and fireboats shuttle through the harbor. Dozens of water jets are sprayed at the burning ships, and the destroyers that have been hit hard are towed one by one. Arriving at the repair dock, several uninjured warships slowly sailed across the channel. The sailors above silently watched the "Defense" with only the upper half of the building on the water, and its mast was still flying with the sun never set. The navy flag, but its glorious era is gone forever.
Soon, news of the attack on Scarpaflo reached the King and Prime Minister of England. King George looked very angry. Prime Minister David Lloyd George also clamored for the Germans to double the repayment. Only the Secretary of the Navy Churchill After thinking hard about where the German planes came from, the British government quickly got a reply from the Norwegian government: There is no German plane in Norway.