Chapter 1220

Soon, another anti-aircraft gun turret on the Royal ark was hit by a German bomb. This time, the explosion was bigger than the last one. It was because there was no way to prove anything【 ㄨ】∈ ♀ However, the explosion directly destroyed the minaret on the side of the Royal ark aircraft carrier, and also destroyed some life-saving boats. Part of the whole deck was distorted, and the two fighters parked on it could not take off again.

At this time, six fighters on the Royal ark aircraft carrier could be ready to take off in a short time to meet the German naval aviation. However, this hit completely paralyzed the six planes on the aircraft carrier and made them unable to take off. The British fleet's air defense task could only be completed by their own anti-aircraft guns in the remaining time.

"Second hit! Second hit The officer in charge of damage control loudly reported the explosion: "the enemy bomb hit our flight deck... And then spread to a dual anti-aircraft gun... God, we can't take off the rest of the plane."

"It's nothing to regret. Go back to your post!" George frowned, then ordered, "we don't have a few planes left. Now we can't take off fighters. It's not a big loss for us."

He knew that this time, the aircraft carrier Ark Royal must be more or less dangerous, because even if its fighters had been consumed by the German army, it still had no chance to escape from the battle and flee back to Canada.

It had to stay on the battlefield until the last second, attracting a large number of German offensive firepower, and fighting for more time for its own battleship's shelling. Although this sacrifice plan sounds silly now, in this case, it was the most worthwhile way for Dudley pound to try.

George was a damage control officer on the battleship at the beginning, but now he has become the general damage control commander of the Royal ark because of his promotion and experience. He can be said to have witnessed the decline of the British Royal Navy and the strong rise of the rival German Navy.

Just as he was commanding his subordinates to rescue the already dangerous fire damaged area, it seemed that God was against him. A torpedo launched by a German carrier plane on the side of the ship was drawing a white straight line towards the aircraft carrier Ark Royal.

Because of the design, the deck and the upper defense of the Royal ark are very strong, but the underwater structure of the aircraft carrier, that is, the design of torpedo protection, is very common. This kind of poor design made the Royal ark in another time and space sink in the sneak attack of German submarines.

Although most of the reasons for the sinking were due to the inexperience of the Navy damage control personnel, which led to the failure of emergency repair, it also revealed that there were various deficiencies in the ability of the Royal ark to resist underwater attacks.

"The fire is under control! God bless you A stop loss officer stood next to the diminishing flames, wiping sweat and sighing. Next to him, two huge water pipes were spraying water near the fire site. Fortunately, the ammunition in them didn't explode, so it left us a lot of rush repair time.

George was also near the fire deck, supervising his men to put out the fire as soon as possible and recover the loss of the warship. When people around him exclaim God's blessing, George also feels that his luck today seems to be good. Unfortunately, before he can agree with the exclamation of his subordinates, he hears a vague sentence from a distant person shouting to him.

He turned his head and looked at the distant soldiers pointing to the sea and shouting at him. The noise of the water pipe and the roar of the water pump made him unable to hear what they were shouting. But as a naval officer, he felt the danger and turned his head in the direction pointed out by his opponent.

Then he saw that in the distance, a white wave had begun to disperse, and in the near place, the white wave was so obvious that he felt weak. The angle of the torpedo was so tricky that it got into the bottom of the Royal ark just as it was turning to avoid the other two torpedoes.

"Damn it Just in time to complain, George felt that the deck under his feet had suddenly risen like an elevator, and then the huge vibration came from the sole of his shoes, directly twisted his legs, and lifted his whole body out of the air.

He saw that the pumps beside him were also lifted, including the damage control personnel beside the pumps. They look at each other in horror in mid air, and can even see the despair in each other's eyes.

Then they were completely submerged by the burning 4.5-inch heavy antiaircraft ammunition in the magazine and the huge fireball that exploded... George lost all consciousness, even no sense of pain, and left the world. The side of the Royal ark began to flood into the sea, and the explosive ammunition depot flew all over the side of the ship. Even the stop loss work was not needed, because there was no need to rescue the ship.

"And George? What about George? Did his damage management fail? Let him report to me in person! Go and find him for me The captain of the Royal ark, on the leaning bridge, looked at general Dudley pound, who had fallen with blood all over his face, and cried out: "medical guard! Call the medical guard quickly

In the course of the torpedo explosion, Dudley pound hit the wall and broke his head. What is more despairing is that the supreme commander of the Allied forces no longer has the ability of wisdom. That is to say, he ordered the allied fleet to turn to the German high seas fleet again, which was the last time he ordered the fleet to turn in this naval battle. The whole bridge was in chaos because of the explosion. Everyone didn't know what had just happened, whether the ammunition on the side exploded, or the German plane hit the aircraft carrier in another assault. The liaison officer of George and the soldiers didn't know where the damage control commander was. When most people saw him, It was on the deck before the explosion. What's more desperate is that the aircraft carrier has begun to tilt now, and the speed of the fleet has been dragged down by the dying Royal ark. The captain doesn't know whether to order to abandon the ship or to order to stick to his post and continue to fight: the people who can ask for advice are in a coma, and the people who can consult are gone. Now he has no way to make any decision, He could only say to his adjutant, "come on, find a way to sober general Dudley pound up. At least we should know what to do next." At the same time, the veteran sent the news that general Dudley pound was injured and the Royal ark was sinking to the US Navy fleet with a spare password: "request support. If you stand by, the Atlantic will be handed over to the Germans!"“ captain! George found it! When he was last seen, he was near the site of the explosion... Several soldiers swore that they saw officer George involved in the explosion, and then they never saw him again. " The first mate who went to find George brought back a piece of depressing news. He panted and reported the results of the visit to the captain. Then he pointed to a damage control officer who was blackened by the fire behind him and continued to suggest to his captain: "this is the most experienced damage control officer I can find in a short time. He suggested that we order to abandon the ship immediately. In his opinion, the ship has no value for further repair."“ Sir As the officer spoke, his face blackened by the fire set off his white teeth: "with all due respect, even if Sir George saw this situation, he would give this suggestion... The ship has been flooded a lot, and the Germans are still air raiding. We have no ability to ensure that the ship will not sink under such conditions." The U.S. fleet watched the British fleet in trouble and did not leave alone. Instead, it followed the British fleet and provided limited air cover for the British fleet with only a few fighters left. The number of us fighter planes is getting smaller and smaller. Now it's hard for us to protect ourselves. We should expect them to regain the air supremacy on the battlefield. The British fleet is better to rely on their battleships. But as allies, they did their best. They used their own fighting to relieve the pressure of the Royal Navy“ The Ark Royal is going to sink, which is not good news. If we turn around now and leave the British Navy behind... Maybe the loss of the United States will be minimized. " The adjutant, standing on the bridge of the carrier Franklin with his hands behind his back, suggested to his superiors. The American captain hesitated. He knew that his adjutant was right and very right. Now the best way is to leave immediately with the defeated general and leave the remains of the Royal Navy to the Germans. The rest is left to diplomats to fight. Anyway, it's not something their soldiers need to worry about. So he wanted to open his mouth and give orders to turn and leave the battlefield. But before his orders came out, the officers in the telegraph room called out the encouraging good news: "the thugs and Nelson are here! There is no place for the German Navy to escape! " At the same time, the captain of the Royal ark gave the order to abandon the ship: "get out of here! We have done what we can. The rest depends on how far the rest can go! "