Not enough power, let’s make up for the quantity!

The second wave of four torpedoes swam out of the launch tube, accelerated to a speed of 30 knots, and headed towards the Royal Oak opposite!

At this time, hundreds of sailors were anxiously damaging the pipes in the cabin of the Royal Oak.

Pull out the sea water and close the watertight door. The damage to the warship is not very serious and can be rescued!

However, the subsequent explosion completely broke their dreams!

"Boom!" The second wave of torpedo attacked again, this time, just where the last explosion occurred.

With the explosion, a large hole was blown up by the watertight compartment on the side. Inside, the sailors who had just closed the watertight gate looked at the gushing sea water in surprise.

Damn it!

Before they even had time to climb up, they were flooded by the surging sea water.

They struggled in the sea for a few times and then they had no strength to move.

Not all sailors can swim, and not all can hold their breath in a confined space for a few minutes.

"Boom!" The second torpedo followed, and this explosion completely exploded the fuel tank in the lower part.

In this era, warships have begun to burn heavy oil. After all, heavy oil is the cheapest and easier to load in ships than coal. At the same time, heavy oil fuel tanks are generally arranged at the bottom of warships.

This will facilitate balancing the weight of the ship. At the same time, during the combustion of heavy oil, just use sea water to replenish the spare parts. Don’t worry about mixing sea water and heavy oil, the density of the two is different.

Ordinary warships, regardless of whether they sail, their fuel tanks cannot be completely empty. The current Royal Oak still stores half of heavy oil, more than a thousand tons.

Generally speaking, heavy oil cannot be lit and is difficult to ignite than diesel. When warships ignite, they will ignite diesel first and then use diesel to ignite heavy oil.

But now, it's different.

The explosion of the torpedo instantly brought a lot of heat, which was enough to ignite the heavy oil!

At the same time, air flowed in from the explosion holes, and in this way, the fuel of the Royal Oak was ignited.

The raging fire spread rapidly. In the flames, the entire warship's structural strength became lower and lower as the temperature increased.

"Boom!" Another torpedo followed. When the torpedo exploded, the Royal Oak seemed to have exhausted all its energy and could no longer support its body.

The hull was flooding a lot of water and continued to sink. Heavy oil was floating everywhere on the sea surface, still spreading and burning.

"Two cars, back three." Prien shouted loudly, very satisfied with the scene.

He released nine torpedoes and hit six of them. These six torpedoes finally sent the Royal Ark to the bottom of the sea!

Good job!

Prien didn't even have time to let his submarine advance and retreated directly from the battlefield. He needed to patrol again, shoot out all the torpedoes he carried, and then find an opportunity to escape quickly!

...

Maynland Island, also known as "Pomona Island". The largest island in the Orkney Islands is Scapa Bay to the south, and the headquarters of the British Navy Fleet is on this island.

In the east of the island, Kirkwall is the largest city here and the capital of the Orkney Islands.

To the east of Kirkwall is Kirkwall Airport, which is almost southeast of the island and is a flat place.

This is a mixed military and civilian airport. In addition to civil aviation aircraft, the navy's carrier-based aircraft are also stationed in this airport.

At this time, there was a panic everywhere in the airport, and countless smoke columns rose up. On one side of the airport, on the apron, the naval carrier-based aircraft were burning.

This place belongs to the first batch of Junker-88 bombers, and several bombs dropped by Junker-88 turned this place into a sea of ​​fire.

And after that, there is no value here.

They are all backward carrier-based aircraft. Except for a swordfish taking off, the rest were destroyed on the ground. Compared with the warships on the sea, there is really no great value here.

Since the dense small bombs were thrown, even the runway was bumpy.

Amid the thick smoke, a jeep came to the base. From the car, a man in a pilot's uniform shouted loudly: "Prepare a plane for me, hurry!"

"Captain, we have no planes now." A ground crew member with a dark face shouted at him, "The planes are all in the fire!"

The ground crew knew him, Charlie Evans, the captain pilot of the 803rd squadron of the "Skuo" carrier-based two-seat combat and dive bomber on the Ark Royal aircraft carrier.

The skuo carrier-based aircraft was developed almost at the same time as the swordfish torpedo aircraft, but this type of aircraft is relatively advanced, such as being equipped with retractable landing gear and fully enclosed cockpit, and adopting a single-wing structure.

However, the skuo's engine lacks horsepower, with only 840 horsepower, resulting in its relatively low speed.

This aircraft has only been equipped with the troops for several months.

Now, Charlie is in a hurry.

When the explosion began, he was at the Fleet Command. He accepted the commander's order and must notify the local government!

The radio was interrupted, and in this case, he had to take off himself!

There were German planes everywhere in the sky. Taking off in this situation was like killing him, but he had to take risks.

Tell the local people about the news that he was going to fly to Scotland and land at May Air Force Base 200 kilometers away, asking for their support!

Everything that happened here is simply unbelievable. In the past, Scapa Bay was considered the safest naval base and it was easy to control the German exports to the North Sea. But now it seems that this is definitely a big mistake.

Because the German long-range bombers can already fly here!

Therefore, fighter jets should be deployed here! Pure air-control fighters, if they deploy hurricane fighters here, they will definitely be able to intercept German bombers!

Now, it’s not too late. As long as he sends out the information about the bombing here, he can bring the Scottish Air Force over and ask them to support it!

Charlie needs an airplane.

However, the ground crew broke his dream, and no, the plane was blown away!

"Where is the hangar? Is it in it?" Charlie asked.

"The hangar was also blown up." The ground crew member said to Charlie, then pointed at the hangar in the distance, still burning.
Chapter completed!