Enke, a German naval officer, was a gunner of the Cedritz. When the shells fell, he was directing the gunner’s door to load the shells. After a violent vibration and impact, Enke lost consciousness. After a few seconds, he struggled to open his eyes. The tail of the gun blocked the deadly shrapnel for him, but his legs did not know how to fly to the square. The whole turret became Dante’s pen purgatory. The steel walls around it were full of shell fragments and the gunner’s flesh and blood were suffocating. After the explosion, a few dying groans caused the fire to engulf everything around him.
Enke turned his head with difficulty. He was terrified to see a deadly flame about to pass through the passage of the ammunition compartment. He was able to hold himself up and climb to the water injection valve not far away, but he lost his legs. Enke’s method and the fire spread. In panic, a hanging steel pipe hit his forehead heavily. He looked up and saw that the steel pipe was leading to the damaged pipe compartment. Enke grabbed the barrel with both hands and hung his whole body at the mouth. He struggled to reach the last command of his life, "Water!"
A surge of seawater flooded into the turret from the water injection port, which flooded the turret. Everything drowned the dying Enke, the bodies of Enke’s comrades, the burning flames and the approaching death Cedritz. Enke saved the warship and hippel with his own life.
As hundreds of tons of seawater poured into the cabin, the Cedritz suddenly lost and got out of the battle line, and Mao Qi and Von DeThann also rose black smoke columns from time to time, but they did not give up chasing the six German destroyers next to them. They courageously rushed to the blue sea with a row of torpedoes 3ooo yards away from the British warships, and suddenly 12 white torpedo marks appeared, which forced Jelid to turn the British fleet to avoid taking advantage of the British turning gap "Mao Qi" and " The Von DeThane obliquely inserted in front of them and fired its own fire into the nearest British warship "Centurion". It seems that the fierce artillery fire of the heroes who had just passed away in office gave a salute. After two rounds of volley, the centurion command tower was full of smoke. Captain Major General Jim and most officers in the command tower were killed on the spot. This George V battleship with a standard displacement of 23ooo tons circled the sea after the command system was paralyzed.
"China Firepower will kill those two German warships!" Jared shouted angrily, now he can bring back the British warships, and there is one less. The two German battle cruiser are still stuck in their own way, and the main engine of the German high seas fleet, such as Lin Mast, has reappeared at sea level not far behind.
Mao Qi and Von DeThane were paralyzed on the sea, but for the shell of Erpitz’s main fleet, which landed around the British warships, it would be difficult for them to return to the military port.
Jared’s heart is in love with war. He runs north like a rabbit with his battleship.
"alas! Let them get away! " Looking at the British warship Erpiznaiji once again escaping from the range, although the main force of the British fleet is gone after a day of fighting, the escape of Jared has left the last glimmer of hope for the British people. There are still 10 most advanced Elizabeth-class battleships lying in the dock of the British shipyard. It won’t be long before the British navy will make a comeback with its strong shipbuilding strength, and it won’t be a hard battle. Those warships have escaped from suspicion, and the British have added a little weight.
When the signal to stop chasing came out from the frederick the great, the mixed expression of joy and regret was written on the face of every German naval officer and soldier, dragging the Cedritz, the Mao Qi and the Vondetan on the destroyer and returning behind the fleet with the flames and smoke that had not been extinguished. The regret did not belong to them.
When the last ray of sunshine disappeared from the sea, the whole high seas fleet was surprised to see planes with striking iron crosses on their wings flying overhead. The difference was that the fuselage or wing surface of these planes carried several huge barrel-shaped objects.
The communication officer of "frederick the great" rushed into the operation room excitedly with a newspaper.
Soon the signal again turned from the flagship surface of the battleship to chase the British fleet!
I’m glad that the British navy will suddenly present the emperor, and a large number of German torpedo planes didn’t appear in the dark on my own side. Then the sea surface was dim, and the torpedo was invisible to the naked eye. A huge explosion resounded through the sky, and the warships tried to avoid the torpedo attack, while the German plane could accurately find the other side by virtue of the warship lights. The flagship "George V" of Gerard was hit by a torpedo, and the voyage suddenly dropped to a pitiful level. After the hull was seriously tilted, the signal of abandoning the ship was given, and the other three battleships also ignited fires, reflecting the whole sea.
An hour later, the German fleet appeared cautious and wily, and the famous British navy raised the white flag in Nailing.
People on the deck of "Lisa" waited anxiously.
"Come! They are back! " An eagle-eyed sailor shouted first, but everyone was more nervous.
Bu Wei, who led a torpedo plane, was also uneasy. Although he had a brainwave and came up with the idea of hanging oil drums on the surface of the plane and landing on the sea, he couldn’t say clearly what the chances of success were.
More than a dozen destroyers were neatly arranged in two rows on the sea, and the lights were on. It seemed that it was a very wide "sea runway". Linbu held the joystick tightly. His plane was slowly lowering at night, and the cool sea breeze made the plane slightly bumpy. He relied on the destroyer lights to guess where the sea was.
Soon after, Rib’s plane suddenly jumped towards a cool sea, and then after several jumps in succession, the plane slowly stopped next to a destroyer with a cockpit of sea water.
"God bless me to finally come back!" Captain Liebu took a deep breath, but not all pilots were as lucky as he was. Of the 42 torpedo planes, 25 landed safely. During the landing, people and planes sank into the sea because of the shock of the oil drums. Five planes unfortunately stumbled and another plane was forced to land dozens of nautical miles away until dawn. A total of seven pilots gave their young lives.
Chapter 39 Triumphal surprise
"The British navy suffered from Waterloo!"
"Century war German high seas fleet victory! The German Navy is proud! "
"The British-German naval battle was devastated by the British fleet!"
"The North Sea Iron Cross is flying high!"
"The attack and destruction of Scappa Flo aircraft has become a new natural enemy of warships!"
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On September 3, 1914, the news of the victory of the German navy filled the headlines of major newspapers in the world. People were surprised by this incident more than two months ago. The warship with the flag of the St. George’s Cross Navy hanging on its mast for many years has become the maritime overlord in the eyes of adults. One oo years ago, Napoleon led the former powerful France and Spain to jointly challenge the British navy, and the result was disastrous. After 100 years, I have been used to living in 6 places. The Germanic nationality is inferior, and the sea power is stronger than the British navy. Only one day later, the British fleet, which is stronger than the entire German navy, almost vanished.
Although the British suffered heavy losses on September 2, many people still hold the idea that a lean camel is bigger than a horse. They think that the British just took a nap for a while, and more people think that the era of hegemony between Britain and Germany has arrived.
An unusually large fleet in the south for the North Sea is slowly moving southward. Sixteen magnificent and formidable battleships and 12 old-fashioned battleships at the forefront for the fleet are arranged of four neat columns; and their mighty and thick guns are their all-important. In the center of the fleet are the aircraft carriers "Lisa" and "Mother Duck", which have defeated the British navy. After a hard day’s work, most pilots and ground crew are leisurely blowing sea breeze, and a few reconnaissance patrol aircraft take off or land from the deck from time to time. At the back of the fleet, a large number of destroyers and cruisers were loaded with war prisoners. At the same time, warships that lost power due to injuries were dragged, including Deseritz and Mao Qi, which were badly hit. Five other German destroyers, three British battleships and one British cruiser, while Von Detern and two other captured British warships were able to sail slowly under their own power. The submarines followed the fleet like a group of sharks floating on the sea to bask in the sun.
The flagship "frederick the great" has become a prisoner in the captain’s room. Gerald will try his best to keep his demeanor, but his eyes keep glancing out of the window. Unfortunately, the aircraft carrier can’t be observed from that angle.
"Mr Will not stiff! We invited you here for a casual chat! " Chair Pitts and heydrich smiled at each other. They were friends for many years, and Jared was their rivals for many years. It was unexpected for either of them to meet in such an environment.
"Thank you for your generosity! I know I’m a prisoner in your prison now, and I don’t have any requirements, but as a soldier, I really hope to meet the weapon that defeated me! " Gerald is not going to talk to them about anything. Now he has an idea to look at the secret weapons of the Germans.
"Mr. General, I’m afraid we can meet your requirement!" Erpitz directly rejected his request that all British prisoners should be held in the back of the fleet, and no Englishman should have the opportunity to see the aircraft carrier. If it were not for the need to continue the attack and blockade of the aircraft carrier, heydrich would like to directly return the surprise fleet to East Prussia, and now the surprise fleet and the high seas fleet will return to Port William together, and the "Lisa" and "Class Duck Mother" will also be disguised as they were in Kiel Port.
"Sooner or later, the world will know and understand this weapon, but now it belongs to Germany!" Heydrich said that, so the guards invited Jared out, leaving him and Erpitz in the room.
"Remember when we met this guy at the banquet in Vienna Palace? I don’t know how arrogant and arrogant he is, but now he finally gets what he deserves! Look at his bitter gourd face! " Erpitz looked happy, and so did Prince heydrich.
"Yes! Do you remember? Twenty years ago, when we joined the cruiser Jazz, we often looked forward to one day being able to command the powerful German navy to defeat the British. Today we really did it! " Recalling the years before, heydrich couldn’t help sighing how time flies.