Third Reich: I took over power

The fierce air battle ended with fighter planes crashing into the sea. The Third Reich Navy's breakup fleet, protected by its own powerful air power, managed to escape without any danger. After the sun never sets, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy Air Force are chasing him.

Although under the interception of the Royal Navy battleships, the three O-class battlecruisers suffered heavy damage, and even the Barbarossa and Schlieffen were seriously damaged.

However, being able to return to the military port alive and not being sunk is considered a blessing from God.

Compared with the results they achieved, the losses they incurred were nothing at all. After all, these O-class battlecruisers only need to lie on the slipway for a few months, and after repair, they can perform missions again.

On the other hand, those battleships that were sunk by the Sun Never Sets Empire were completely wiped out. To rebuild a battleship, even if the sun never sets on the empire's shipbuilding industry, it would take at least two years. Moreover, it will also consume a lot of resources.

What's more, during this battle, the Sun Never Sets Empire also suffered heavy damage to many battleships. For example, the George V-class battleship suffered heavy damage, and the Royal Oak battleship also suffered heavy damage, and it will take a period of rest before it can return to service.

In addition, the two sides dispatched hundreds of aircraft to fight, which was also extremely tragic and the losses were very heavy.

The Third Reich Air Force dispatched a total of three fighter wings, 324BF-10 fighters, with losses reaching 32. Most of the pilots were killed in action, and only a handful of lucky pilots were rescued after parachuting or captured by the Royal Navy of the Empire where the sun never sets.

The Third Reich Navy also lost 12 carrier-based aircraft.

Such a loss is not a big one.

Of course, compared with the losses of the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy aviation of the Empire on which the sun never sets, the losses of the Third Reich were minimal.

The Royal Air Force invested as many as sixty Hurricane fighter jets and sixty Gladiator fighter jets in this battle. However, only 23 aircraft successfully returned home.

The Royal Naval Air Force has invested as many as ninety Sea Fighter fighter jets, sixty Great Gull dive bombers and sixty Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft. However, only 43 aircraft successfully returned home. Moreover, most of them were Sea Fighters, Great Ou dive bombers and Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft, and almost all were lost.

The RAF and Royal Navy combined lost 264 aircraft. Moreover, most of the pilots were killed in action, and very few were successfully rescued.

This is undoubtedly an extremely heavy blow to the already weak Royal Air Force and Royal Naval Aviation. As a result, the aircraft carrier formations of the Royal Navy were unable to gather enough carrier-based aircraft units in a short period of time.

If calculated in this way, the Sun Never Sets Empire undoubtedly suffered a big loss in this battle!

The Third Reich, on the other hand, made a lot of money.

Just when everyone thought that everything was over, they didn't expect that there would be follow-up incidents.

The Royal Oak battleship of the Imperial Navy, which the sun never sets, originally wanted to intercept the Third Reich's break-up fleet.

But he didn't expect to be beaten up by the Hindenburg. He was blinded on the spot, suffered heavy losses, and had to withdraw from the battle in embarrassment.

Otherwise, it might be sunk.

However, the crew of the battleship Royal Oak finally evacuated the battlefield. However, they accidentally ran into the U-29 submarine of the Third Reich submarine force.

Captain Otto Kretschmer led the submarine, and after wandering around in the Atlantic Ocean, it returned to the mainland for a week of rest. Then, he was ordered to go to sea again.

However, this time to support the return of the break-up fleet, the submarine force also dispatched a large number of submarines to fight.

But unfortunately, the warships of both sides were traveling at high speed during the exchange of fire, which made it impossible for the submarine to catch up. Not to mention hiding under the water, even if you are floating on the water, you can't catch up!

Without other options, submarines can only play a reconnaissance role, providing intelligence to naval surface warships.

At the end of this battle, Captain Otto Kretschmer was originally planning to take his submarine out of the North Sea and into the Atlantic Ocean to harm the merchant ships of the Empire on which the sun never sets.

But unexpectedly, the battleship Royal Oak was discovered limping forward in the waters two hundred kilometers east of Edinburgh.

This pleased Captain Otto Kretschmer

"Dive urgently and prepare to fight!"Captain Otto Kretschmer ordered.

The U29 submarine immediately dived.

As a large group of bubbles emerged on the sea surface, the U29 submarine disappeared without a trace.

At this moment, the U29 submarine hid on the sea surface. Under the sea surface 20 meters below, they slowly adjusted their position to seize a suitable torpedo launching position.

Under the monitoring of sonar soldiers, they were able to accurately judge the Royal Oak's location through the noise emitted by the Royal Oak battleship when it sailed. Position and route.

It took more than half an hour for the submarine to enter the best attack position.

"Sir, the Royal Oak is 2,400 meters away from us and has entered the optimal range of our torpedoes!"Report from the Gunnery Commander

"Launch torpedoes immediately! Then quickly reload and prepare for the second round of launch!"Otto Kretschmer casualty order

"Yes, sir! replied the gunnery commander

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The two twin-mounted 533mm heavy-duty torpedo launchers located in front of the submarine quickly launched the torpedoes.

Four 533mm heavy-duty torpedoes roared towards the Royal Oak torpedoes.

The sailors on the Royal Oak battleship did not The threat was discovered in time.

When they discovered the incoming torpedo, the torpedo was less than 500 meters away from the battleship.

"Torpedo found on port side!"

When the sailors shouted warnings, it was already too late.

"boom! boom! boom!"

Three violent explosions sounded on the port side of the battleship Royal Oak.

Three of the four 533mm heavy torpedoes hit, and only one missed.

The 533m heavy torpedo was full of power, even if it was not damaged, the Royal Oak The battleship Oak couldn't hold it. Not to mention now, the battleship had already suffered heavy damage.

The armor under the waterline was easily torn apart by the torpedoes, big holes were blown out, and seawater poured into the ship crazily.

The captain of the battleship Royal Oak asked the damage control personnel to find ways to rescue the battleship.

However, this was simply impossible.

In the end, the captain had to order the ship to be abandoned.

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