The British destroyer, who was on the escort mission, bravely rushed towards the German fleet. While casting smoke, he began to prepare to launch torpedoes. The figure of the "Glory" appeared and disappeared in the smoke.

"That's the 'Ark of Royal', it is preparing to forcefully take off the fighter plane!" Lieutenant Colonel Heloveg, the gun captain of Admiral Spee, shouted, "First shoot it to stop their plane from taking off!"

The "Swordfish" torpedo aircraft carried by the "Glory" was about to take off in the light rain. Several aircraft had been lifted to the deck. Admiral Spee no longer cared about those British destroyers, raised its speed to 28 knots, and rushed to the "Glory" that was turning in the wind.

At 16:26, Admiral Spee made a third round of volleys, and the shells finally hit the target 16,000 meters away. A 380mm high-explosive bomb hit the middle of the deck of the Glory, the flight deck was penetrated, and the fire in the hangar was also ignited. The danger was lifted, and the Glory was unable to take off the fighter plane, leaving only the slaughter.

British destroyers continuously launched torpedoes at Admiral Spe, who was pursuing the glory, but were discovered in time by the sonar installed on the German ship and the watchers on the ship. Elder Jehard Wagner skillfully commanded the battleship to avoid all the torpedoes launched by the British ship. Behind the battleship, Prince Carl and Danze were bombarding the British destroyers with all their strength.

The "Prince Carl" concentrated all the firepower to bombard the Ardente destroyer, which had approached 8,000 meters, while the Danze light cruiser concentrated the firepower to the "Icarus" destroyer, which was ten thousand meters away. The "Prince Carl" was soon hit by the sub-bombardment of the "Prince Carl". This British A-class destroyer built in the late 1920s lost some speed and could only turn and drill into the smoke.

The "Markensen" who was impatiently harassed by British destroyers also turned all the guns to the approaching "Codlington". The smoke from the British destroyers on the turbulent sea could not cover their bodies. Under the guidance of radar waves, the main gun of the "Markensen" fired four consecutive rounds of volleys, and used fierce artillery fire to sink the A-class destroyer with a displacement of 1,540 tons. In the end, only 13 officers and soldiers on the ship survived.

Soon, the destroyer Ardente was hit by the "Prince Carl" one after another, and the hull ignited a fire and began to sink quickly. It seemed that this would turn into a one-sided massacre. Although the British destroyer also hit several shells of the German ship, it was impossible for the British destroyer equipped with 6 120mm naval guns to use naval guns to cause any damage to the "Marchinson-class battleships in the drainage of more than 40,000 tons.

The "Glory" was hit by Admiral Spee, and the bridge was hit, and 76 officers and soldiers, including the captain of the "Glory", were killed. Fires ignited in many places on the warship, and the thick smoke coming out behind them could be seen by members of the German ship 12,000 meters away with their naked eyes even under poor visibility.

Today it is already doomed.

Just as the crew members on the German ship were cheering, the remaining British destroyer "Arc Acasta" had already moved to the right side of the German fleet and fired 4 torpedoes at "Admiral Spee" and "Markensson". At 16:32, the "Admiral Spee" who could not dodge was hit by a torpedo. The torpedo happened to hit the power compartment of the warship, causing more than 1,600 tons of water to flow into the side of the "Admiral Spee" and a main engine was damaged, losing a quarter of its power.

Admiral Spee's speed dropped, while the Markensen crossed the flagship and continued to pursue the fleeing Glory. The angry Admiral Spee turned the gun and joined the cruiser who had packed up the other two British destroyers to attack the destroyer Acasta that was hiding around the sea.

Under the fierce bombardment of German warships, the hull of the "Acasta" exploded violently and soon sank into the sea.

At this time, the Glory had stalled by two-thirds and the hull was seriously inclined. After two consecutive blows from the Markensen, the Glory capsized on the sea at 16:52.

At 17:06, the German ship stopped shooting and began to search and rescue the British crew who fell into the water.

The naval battle went smoothly, and it can be said to be a massacre with an absolute advantage on one side. However, the British destroyer still stubbornly damaged the flagship of the German fleet, "Admiral Spey", and also won the respect of German naval officers and soldiers.

Lieutenant General Marshall finally got out of the anger that ten destroyers were sunk by Britain in the Battle of Naval. After rushing to end the search on the sea, the German fleet hurriedly embarked on the journey back.

The sinking of the "Glory" fleet was a major loss to the British Royal Navy. The furious British side sent several bomber formations to attack the German fleet. However, the German fleet itself followed a heavy aircraft carrier to defend, and the "Blüchel" became the backbone of the defense. The fighter jet that took off from the heavy aircraft carrier, which had no achievements in the entire battle, intercepted most of the British bombers, and shot down 16 British bombers.

The German fleet suffered almost no losses in the British continuous bombings, only the extremely unlucky Admiral Spey was hit by another 500-pound aviation bomb.

On April 3, the first battle group, which had a short rest in Bergen, returned to Germany. After the German Army Air Force controlled most of the air supremacy on the Norwegian coast, there were few British ship activities in this area except for submarines. The British sent troops to occupy Iceland and the Faroe Islands, and built a maritime blockade line on the Iceland-Faroe Islands-Shetland Islands. Due to the long sea distance of this line, this blockade line was not as reliable as the North Sea defense line during World War I. The German fleet based on the Norwegian coast could break into the North Atlantic at any time and then destroy the maritime transportation line on which the British depended for survival.

The 1st battle group sailed safely into Wilhelmshaven's naval base in the afternoon. Marshal Erich Redell, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and General Guze, Chief of the Navy, went to the dock to welcome the triumphant return of the 1st battle group.

During the entire Norwegian Battle Group, the 1st battle group sank a British aircraft carrier, a light cruiser and seven destroyers, and sank and captured the achievements of five British naval auxiliary ships. In particular, the battle to sink the "Glory" aircraft carrier fleet was swept away the adverse effects brought to the German Navy by the major losses suffered in Narvik. The German Emperor personally sent a commendation telegram to the first battle group. Afterwards, the German Navy Department also sent two congratulatory telegrams. From these telegrams, Marshall could feel the joy brought to the top leaders of the German Navy by the Battle of the Shetland Islands.
Chapter completed!