Imperial Overlord

The submarine force of the German Navy is still attacking the GH-67 convoy at this moment, so the work of counting losses cannot be carried out for the time being.

In just an hour, German submarines may have sank at least 40 British transport ships.

Among these British transport ships, some transport pilots, some transport engines and other aircraft parts, and some transport food and steel.

Almost all of them are important wartime strategic resources, otherwise they would not be assembled to provide **** and cover. Each of these transports lost was a loss to the British Empire.

British transport ship construction has not yet reached its peak this month. After the J-18 transport fleet lost a large number of transport ships, the loss of the GH-67 transport fleet has made British shipping even worse.

Hundreds of large transports were lost in a month - well, not a month actually, but almost 100 ships of all kinds in 5 days.

Such a huge loss has caused a break in British maritime transportation, and for the first time in history, there has been a real dilemma of poor material replenishment.

The United Kingdom, which has the largest overseas colony in the world, is also the country that relies the most on blood transfusions from overseas colonies.

Such a country that needs sea transportation all the time to provide development momentum for its homeland is most afraid of its own transportation and supply lines being cut off by the enemy.

On this day in mid-August, Germany completed for the first time what the Spanish Armada and the French Napoleon Fleet wanted to do but never did: block the British Empire.

"GH-67 convoy was attacked by the Germans? GH-67?" Churchill stared at Dudley Pound and asked word by word.

"Yes, Mr. Prime Minister...Although I don't want to admit it, the GH-67 convoy was indeed attacked by the enemy." Dudley Pound answered Churchill's question truthfully.

Churchill did not have the angry expression he imagined, but looked at Dudley Pound and asked, "How did the Navy analyze this matter? Do you still think that this is just an accident?"

Obviously, this is to liquidate the problems of the previous J-18 transport fleet. Dudley Pound couldn't help but feel a headache and didn't know how to answer.

"Mr. Prime Minister... We still have to take a long-term view on this matter." The naval advisor officer said, taking over Churchill's topic.

He looked at Churchill's tired eyes and persuaded: "The Navy has lost too much now. If censorship arises at this time...it may cause chaos."

In fact, the navy also wants to find the hidden German spy, and they also want to ensure that their decisions are not informed by Germany.

But they are afraid of that kind of wide-ranging review and search, and they are afraid of the suspicion and suspicion among the high-level command organizations in the process.

"This morning, something happened." Churchill started talking about something that seemed to be irrelevant.

He looked at the three men in the room and said to himself: "A chief of staff of the Air Force, this morning, swallowed a gun and committed suicide in the review room."

"I don't know who gave him the news that London was being bombed on a massive scale and that countless civilians were killed," Churchill said, looking at Dudley Pound.

He paused and continued: "A guard heard the news from somewhere that the entire family of the chief of staff was killed in the air strike."

"My God..." Dudley Pound looked at Churchill in surprise and murmured in his mouth.

It was only at this time that he knew why Churchill was so calm in the face of the attack on the GH-67 convoy.

Because he no longer has the courage to call on the topic of general review, otherwise his subordinates may all become hostile to him.

"Did that soldier do this on purpose?" the admiral suddenly asked.

"I don't know, because I don't even know which guard on duty told him the news." Churchill smiled bitterly.

Today, the Luftwaffe made a big move to visit some of the factories that were still under repair.

Factories and enterprises in southeastern England, as well as those airports and power station facilities that were being repaired, were bombed again by German bombers. In order to destroy these targets, the Germans even dispatched Stuka dive bombers.

In this overwhelming bombardment, countless British factories were damaged more seriously, and 30 Hurricane fighter jets were dispatched to intercept German planes.

All 30 fighter jets were shot down in southeastern England, and only 11 pilots managed to parachute.

In contrast, it was the triumph of the German fighter force. A total of 7 German fighter jets were shot down that day, and the quantitative change finally accumulated into a qualitative change at this time.

"This is the deliberate sabotage of the enemy!" The naval advisor said to Churchill in exasperation: "It must be found out!"

He said lightly, and Churchill couldn't help but smile. Only he knew that such a trivial matter was nothing compared to the fact that Germany was informed of the route of the British naval convoy.

Maybe the soldier who tipped off the news was just kind, and told the information he knew to the chief of staff of the Air Force who was detained without knowing it.

It is a pity that for a staff officer of an air defense command, it is a shame to not be able to fly fighter jets to defend the airspace of his motherland's capital, and let his family die in the bombing of the enemy.

The poor chief of staff did not stand up to this humiliation and chose to commit suicide, while Churchill was responsible for the suicide and paid for everything that was left after his death.

"I have ordered today to dismiss 14 Air Force commanders and staff officers and send them to the reserve training department..." Churchill said weakly.

It is precisely because of such a major change that the Air Force took off fighter jets to intercept the German bomber force in chaos, and lost a whole 30 Hurricane fighter jets.

"Am I going to do the same with the Navy in this way?" he asked, looking at Dudley Pound and two other naval officers.

His words made Dudley Pound also unable to answer. How could he have allowed Churchill to transfer those only suspicious naval officers?

Could it be that, as long as the Germans have a day's worth of British intelligence, those naval officers who are doing business will not be able to clear their suspicions and continue to work under the suspicion of their colleagues?

This kind of thing must be unbearable for anyone, and it is also something that Churchill and Dudley Pound et al.

The affair of the navy spy once again escalated with the attack on the GH-67 transport fleet. What Churchill thought most about was to prevent the Germans from learning the intelligence of the British in the future anyway.

On the sea, the British GH-67 transport fleet had to face the ferocious German U-type submarine force alone in the darkness of the night.

Under the cover of night, the attack wave of the German Navy submarines was higher than once, so that the escorting destroyers could only be exhausted.

Soon these destroyers became prey. A destroyer was torpedoed in the process of rescuing a sinking British personnel carrier and was also buried on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

This time, these assassins have almost made a blatant attack because of their numerical superiority. More than 4 German U-boats, floating in the middle of the British fleet, attacked British transport ships recklessly.

The fighting continued until the German submarines suffered losses. A German submarine was sunk by a British destroyer, then the German submarine began to withdraw from the battle and left the sea contented.

Until the end of the battle, the British lost more and more, and finally lost almost half of the entire fleet.

And this ambush completely made the British transport fleet realize the true power of German submarines. In the absence of anti-submarine capabilities, the German submarines broke the engagement, which really gave the British a headache.

It was past midnight when the German submarine left the already dying GH-67 convoy and sped away.

Because in the middle of the night, the entire fleet has been smashed by German submarines, so the losses cannot be fully counted up to now.

However, from the point of view of the number of transport ships that could still find each other and contact each other, this attack brought more losses to the UK than the J-18 transport fleet.

Not to mention anything else, just the more than 30 American pilots who are still immersed in the sea, some of the British have explained it to the US government for a while.

What's more, there are more American volunteer pilots, along with the ship, sank in this sea area.

These young pilots traveled thousands of miles to support the United Kingdom, but they died in the vast Atlantic without even touching their beloved fighter jets...

"Sir!" In the early morning, an English official handed the calculated loss to Churchill who was waiting in the office: "The document you want."

After taking two glances, Churchill handed the document to Dudley Pound in disbelief: "It seems that we are going to use the reserved steel and the reserved grain..."

In at least 10 days, the special steel and some rare metals in the UK will be consumed by pre-war reserves.

If this kind of thing happened in succession, Britain would have to surrender to the Germans, even if it was unwilling to admit its defeat.

"Mr. Prime Minister! We will try our best to ensure the safety of the route..." Dudley Pound was still thinking about spies at this time, so he could only bite the bullet and say the same formula.

"We need a victory! Even a small victory!" Churchill closed his eyes and said to himself.