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Chapter 46 D?nitz sighs with deep physical and mental fatigue

"What! How many German submarines have come!"

Both British naval officers exclaimed in unison.

But no one answered their questions, especially their captain, who was now focused on commanding his battleships and carrying out torpedo attacks that avoided the German army's lurking.

"Quick! Make an emergency turn left 50 degrees to 90 degrees, and turn 80 degrees with the full rudder, then turn right rudder to 100 degrees; and keep sailing at 80 degrees, and prepare deep-water bombs to prepare for counterattack!"

British Captain Smith nervously gave orders to his subordinates.

At the same time, he also commanded various departments on the battleship to avoid torpedo attacks from German submarines.

"Sharp turn left 80 degrees!"

"yes!"

"The first one is 30 degrees, the last one is 60 degrees!"

"Turn me quickly 3-5-0, speed 8 knots."

"Quick! Open the torpedo tube outer door for me, lock the target speed... Calculate the enemy's distance, and prepare to launch torpedo No. 1 to 6..."

At this moment, under the dark seabed, the German submarine commanders were also constantly passing through the loudspeakers inside the submarines; and radio commanding their own U-shaped submarines, ready to attack the British fleet and aircraft carriers.

When the British fleet, German submarines, and the German and Italian fleets were about to have fierce naval wars, the weather suddenly changed dramatically over the Mediterranean.

The wind on the sea is increasing, and the dark clouds in the sky are increasing and dense. At the same time, the deafening thunder sounds also echo through the earth in an instant.

Not long after a storm suddenly came, falling from the sky and pouring wildly.

While the waves were surging and hitting the deck of the British fleet, the planes on the British aircraft carriers were already taking off in a hurry, preparing to launch bombardment and strafing at the German and Italian fleet that had already fired their naval guns.

At the same time, the British fleet also continued to fire deep-water bombs at the bottom of the sea, and returned to the German submarine troops that fired torpedo counterattacks.

In a brief round of battle, a British battleship was hit by six of the 18 torpedoes launched by the German U-762 boats and sunk into the sea.

The German U-679 boat was intensively attacked by 560 deep-water bombs dropped by another British battleship and was destroyed on the Mediterranean and fed fish.

At the same time, a German submarine was hit by a British "Swordfish" attack aircraft. Five deep-water bombs were dropped.

With several loud explosions, the entire U-shaped submarine exploded out of the water, and the crew members were killed and injured in the submarine compartment.

Finally, when the scarred submarine fell back to the water, a large amount of sea water had poured into the German submarine; and the submarine's diesel engine, rudder and other important structural parts were seriously damaged until the U-shaped submarine sank to the sea.

The navies of Germany, Britain and Italy attacked each other back and forth; they fought each other to damage ships, submarines, bombers, and naval soldiers...

And at this time, the German Navy Front Command, Paris, France.

A burst of rapid phone ringing woke up Dunitz, who was strolling around the command center, who was anxious.

As soon as he came to his senses, Denitz immediately picked up the phone and answered without thinking.

Soon, the microphone came the anxious voice of Admiral Cronk, the commander of the German Navy on the Western Front.

"Report to Marshal! Our fleet and submarine forces have already fought in contact with British fleets and aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean near the Pang Point Peninsula!"

"How many fleets and aircraft carriers do they have?"

Dunitz asked hurriedly.

"The battle situation is very fierce, and I'm not sure the most real number yet! But based on the rough calculations on the front line, we have now lost more than 10 submarines and several battleships! And the US fleet has not joined in to participate in the battle yet!"

Admiral Cronck frowned and reported it uneasy.

"What about the British army's losses? Didn't they lose a single battleship?"

Hearing such a high loss rate, Dunitz suddenly burst into anger.

"3 battleships, 2 destroyers, and 7 small ships! This is the approximate loss of the British army so far!"

Admiral Cronck continued to report.

"Okay! No matter how many submarines we lose this time, we must try our best to save more German troops on the Bangjiao Peninsula! Because this is the order of the Head of State and Kesselin!"

Denitz gave an order with a serious expression.

"Yes! Marshal! We will definitely not lose the face of the Navy!"

Admiral Cronk responded loudly.

"By the way, how many submarines are there now that we are fighting in the Mediterranean, and how many ships are there?"

Dunitz suddenly remembered the question he wanted to ask.

"52 submarines are already fighting with the British fleet, and 30 ships have also joined the naval battle! As for Italy, it has also sent 40 ships to support!"

Admiral Cronck thought about it and reported.

"Well! Italy is actually willing to send so many ships this time. Didn't they say that they would not send the navy to fight some time ago, and they would stick to the Italian coastline?"

Dunitz said in surprise.

"I heard that this was forced by Commander Kesselin and the Head of State to put pressure on Mussolini!"

Admiral Cronck told the inside story he knew.

"So that's it! By the way, can we still dispatch more submarine troops to participate in this naval battle?"

Dunitz suddenly realized.

"The submarine troops and ships that can be rushed through the nearby waters have been dispatched and are no longer available yet! Because other fleets and submarine troops are fighting in the distance!"

Admiral Cronck replied affirmatively after scouring his stomach for a while.

"Yes! If this is the case, I'm afraid our navy will suffer heavy losses after this naval battle! If the head of state had not given me the death order this time, and if there would be new submarines and ships to add me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have sent so many submarines and ships to fight!"

Dunitz took a deep breath and sighed.

"This... the Head of State really promised to replenish our navy after the war?"

Admiral Cronck worried.

"That's what he said!"

Denitz sighed worriedly, too.

"But now our country is very short of resources and money! Does the Head of State have any extra resources and money to supplement our navy?"

Admiral Cronck said worriedly, not very confident.

"This should be..."

Faced with the other party's problem and concerns, Denitz said hesitantly without any confidence.

Because he knew very well that what Germany lacked in war was not military talents or weapons and equipment, but resources to manufacture these advanced weapons and equipment.

So for Germany, which was seriously lacking in resources after several years of war, did the head of state still find any extra resources; to create new submarines and fleets for their navy, and Dengits really dare not say anything.

"Hey! It seems that this time I not only did a loss-making business for our navy, but also had a great chance of destroying the last bit of our German navy's vitality in the Mediterranean!"
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