Imperial Overlord

Compared to the Norfolk, which was not sufficiently prepared for a surprise attack, the cruiser Suffolk was much more prepared.

When the German carrier-based aircraft, a full 14 Stuka C-type dive bombers began to attack, the Suffolk had already begun to serpentine maneuver.

The British destroyer hoped to escape the pursuit of German aircraft, so the course has been shifted a full 10 nautical miles south.

Who would have known that the German carrier-based aircraft was killed like a gangrene.

The Suffolk's anti-aircraft firepower is not strong, and in the case of barely defending itself, it sends distress signals again and again, hoping that friendly ships can come to help.

Regrettably, the cruiser closest to him in the British Navy was HMS Dorset, which was speeding northward. And the Dorsetshire, which is also not very strong in anti-aircraft firepower, is the sister ship of the sunk Norfolk...

It would be inappropriate for the captain of the Suffolk to count on such a thing to save himself. While skillfully ordering his battleship to avoid the enemy's attack, he sent telegrams again and again.

"Telegram to the mainland! Tell them that the German fleet is heading for the Denmark Strait! This is the last thing we can see, and the rest can only be left to aerial reconnaissance!" The ship of the Suffolk Long, gritted his teeth and ordered his warships to continue to avoid enemy planes.

It is a pity that the German carrier-based attack aircraft that came to attack his cruiser this time was a carefully prepared flying unit.

8 planes are mounted with aerial bombs, and the other 6 planes are mounted with aerial torpedoes! Such a combination was aimed at sinking the British cruiser that had been following the German fleet for hours.

The artillery shells fired by the British Navy's anti-aircraft guns woven a spectacular fire net in the sky. The German planes shuttled in the middle of the fire net, appearing so flexible.

A few minutes later, the German carrier aircraft made another contribution, hitting the broadside of the British cruiser. Although the damage was minor, it really boosted the morale of the German naval aviation.

The German Stuka, who mounted the torpedo, began to find a suitable angle to release the torpedo equipped under his belly.

A Stuka broke through the dense carrier fire and found a good launch position.

The pilots in the cockpit aimed their noses at the British cruiser that was turning in the distance, and then quickly closed the distance between them.

In a suitable position, he suddenly pressed the bomb button and quickly pulled up his plane.

The roar of the engine rang in his ears, and the nimble Stuka jumped up on the sea, like a soaring petrel.

And the aviation torpedo hanging under the belly of the Stuka C, with the inertia of the aircraft after it was pulled up, rushed into the distant sea.

Because the angle of the bomb is just right, so even the splashing waves are not huge. After hard training, the quality of bombs dropped by old German pilots is amazing.

As if being injected with life, the torpedo came alive in the sea, and the propeller began to spin rapidly.

Observers on the cruiser USS Suffolk saw a torpedo rushing towards their battleship from a long distance away.

He loudly reminded his comrades, pointing to the track drawn by the distant torpedo and shouting. The cruiser Suffolk began to turn sharply to the left, and the huge hull drew a beautiful arc in the rough sea.

The British cruiser HMS Suffolk, although not a very good anti-aircraft cruiser, is a real cruiser.

Among the types of naval ships, cruisers have always been known for their flexibility and speed. They are the most flexible and fastest ships in the navy.

Nimble cruisers are harder to hit when prepared. The flexible hull can repeatedly change the course in the sea to avoid the enemy's attack, which is a more difficult enemy for carrier-based aircraft.

Well-prepared, Suffolk swerved quickly, wiping the torpedo dropped by the German aircraft, avoiding the deadly attack.

Because torpedo magnetic fuzes are unreliable, the German Navy now uses impact fuzes that, although equally unreliable, are relatively easy to use.

The torpedo didn't hit any target, so it could only go on unfortunately. Soon it would lose power and sink to the dark sea floor.

On the Suffolk, which escaped unscathed, before the sailors could cheer, an aerial bomb fell from the sky.

Suffolk had to make a predictable turn in order to avoid the deadly torpedo that passed by in the water.

As Suffolk made a sharp turn, German dive bombers locked onto her course and dropped a projectile bomb from higher ground.

This bomb was thrown so skillfully that it hit the stern of the Suffolk directly. The huge explosion destroyed Suffolk's Y turret and detonated the 203mm shells inside.

The brilliant dodging did not save the Suffolk, and with this huge explosion, the Suffolk's speed began to slow down.

Before the sailors could recover from their shock, the Stuka C-type bomber passing by at a low altitude dropped the mounted torpedo into the sea water facing the British cruiser.

In order to ensure that the target can be accurately hit this time, three German Stuka C bombers with torpedoes hung side by side in a dense bomb drop.

On the sea, the torpedo drew three white waves and began to approach the Suffolk cruiser at a high speed.

Like parallel lines, these three torpedoes covered too much sea surface, and the Suffolk was really doomed this time.

Before the captain gave the order to abandon the ship, two of the three torpedoes hit the Suffolk. But the shocking thing happened so suddenly, the two torpedoes that hit the Suffolk did not explode!

Although most people on the ship felt the vibration of the two torpedoes hitting the hull and heard the sound of the torpedo hitting the side of the ship, they did not wait for the fatal explosion!

At the critical moment, the two torpedoes all failed! The Suffolk floated on the sea with serious injuries, and the atmosphere became extremely embarrassing for a moment...

It's no secret that WWII torpedoes were unreliable. German torpedoes and American torpedoes have all experienced bizarre incidents where they hit their targets without exploding.

Because of this incident, Germany released the battleship HMS Nelson carrying Churchill. The United States even set a world record of firing more than a dozen torpedoes at a Japanese tanker without exploding...

Now, things happened so suddenly and embarrassingly, the Luftwaffe dropped three torpedoes, but none of them exploded!

Although all Luftwaffe pilots had an urge to curse, and all the British sailors aboard the Suffolk had a feeling of euphoria that they wanted to cry with joy... the fight went on.

Two more German Stuka bombers with torpedoes circled back and aimed their noses at Suffolk, which was still afloat.

The remaining German aircraft, carrying an aerial bomb, also began to dive, attracting the attention of the anti-aircraft weapons on the British warship.

The roar of aero-engines and the sharp sound of Stuka dive bombers cutting through the airstream echoed in the gloomy sky.

The tracers of the anti-aircraft guns were linked together in the sky, as beautiful as fireworks. But this beauty is really not appreciated, and the war will not become bloodless because of this beauty.

The lucky British cruiser HMS Suffolk finally ran out of luck after dodging the last German aerial bomb.

A torpedo hit the middle of the cruiser's hull, and a huge explosion spread from here, knocking everyone on the ship to the ground.

The entire battleship was almost lifted out of the water, and the hull was cut in half from the middle. Before he could say abandon ship, the captain died in the bridge because of the explosion.

The cruiser USS Suffolk, broken in two, sank in the icy North Atlantic waters in just a few minutes.

The German planes finally sank the **** British cruiser after lingering for over forty minutes.

And before sinking, the Suffolk didn't even have time to send out a telegram reporting that it was sunk...

On the distant sea, the British cruiser Dorsetshire, hurried over, did not even know that its two predecessors had already sunk in front of him at this time.

At the same time, on the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Dreadnought, four Swordfish attack aircraft took off on the deck as reconnaissance planes, divided into two directions, and flew to the navigation area calculated by the final route of the German fleet.

The British surface naval forces, who hope to determine the position and course of the German fleet, are getting closer to their target at this time.

United Kingdom ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ London. General Dudley Pound, who was in the combat headquarters, did not wait for the communication from the Suffolk within the fixed contact time.

There was chaos in the headquarters, and the contact between the two cruisers was lost in a row, which made people nervous. What did the Germans do to sink two cruisers in one go?

Could it be that the German Navy trained its naval aviation for less than a month to be able to sink enemy ships so efficiently?

What is the Royal Navy's naval aviation? Are you kidding? Such questions filled Dudley Pound's head, making him unable to recover from such thoughts for a while.

How did he know that the German naval aviation was really so different. How did he know that he still underestimated the huge gap between weapons and equipment!

How did he know that if it weren't for the reliability of the Germans' torpedoes, his two cruisers would sink faster and more simply...——

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