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The reason for the sinking of Yufietle II has always been a question between Britain and Germany. According to the memories of the surviving personnel of Fitle II, Fitle II seemed to be attacked by a giant torpedo, which caused controversy between the navy and the air force. In the end, the navy's statement was recognized - a torpedo blindly shot by a battleship hit Fitle. This statement is ridiculous, but it seems much more reliable than the Air Force's "hit the target after half an hour of projecting torpedoes".

At that time, the Gen-42 was always considered a mechanical failure, causing the ship to crash. So decades later, when photos of that expedition showed that the sensation caused by a T-type British submarine #> was not difficult to understand.

After careful analysis, it was finally determined that t-42 became the main damage to Fitle II. He not only destroyed the lightning protection area of ​​Fitle II, but also destroyed the drainage device of Fitle II, and even caused the influx of Fitle II that could not be stopped. Even if Fitle II's loss tube was effective, it could not make up for such a huge loophole.

Then, the British immediately organized an expedition to disappear, leaving only the stern of the ship. However, after the T-42 water, people unexpectedly discovered that in a sealed cabin on the stern of the T-42, there were corpses of the T-42 crew members stacked. There was also a letter from Major General McKinley.

Actually just one sentence

"Long live Great Britain!"

After that, Major General McKinley was posthumously recognized as an admiral by the British government. At the same time, he was posthumously recognized as an earl by the British royal family. The crew of other places were respectively recognized as a third-level, Baron, etc. The British Film Festival also made a movie "Brave Heart" to commemorate these people. Unfortunately, this movie was released at the same time as "Dragon Fighting the South China Sea" filmed by China that year, so it did not achieve much results in the end.

Because the incident suddenly happened, another giant ship in Germany, William III, had no time to rescue. He watched Fitrei II sink into the sea in less than 10 minutes. The morale was severely hit. Although the British battleship formation also suffered heavy losses, it was high in morale and shot towards the German ship like raindrops.

On the "William III", Commander Clayderman and Captain Ludsman discussed the battle situation nervously.

"Master Commander, do we want to return immediately?" Ludsman said: "In such bad weather, they cannot intercept us."

Clayderman frowned and asked back with a little unhappy:

"But why are we going back?"

Clayderman said with anger with an exaggeration

"We have sunk more than ten battleships. The enemy seems to be unable to threaten us at all. As long as we persist, the British battleships will sink one by one, all at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Then the British waterways will be tightened by us, and finally suffocated them."

Faced with the commander's questioning, Ludersman stood upright and replied proudly with the German military:

"We have won a brilliant victory. If our radio station announces that we have returned safely, the whole world will not know that we have defeated the British, and those little people who change their minds will obediently return to our camp-"

"Many generals, if we do not continue to fight, the whole world will only think that although we have won a victory, we do not want to pick the fruits of the flower of victory. And this victory lacks the most important part - courage. War means courage.

Think about the possible situation after we escaped. The British would proclaim that they had achieved their final victory. Although the tonnage of our sinking was much larger than that of them, they would only say that we were just a tactical victory, not a strategic victory, so we gave up the fruit of victory?

Remember the situation of the Sino-British battle I mentioned. The British said that they had won the final victory and forced China Zhao so unimaginable that they had to sign an agreement within the scope set by the British. The propaganda can always be said to be magnificent. But look at the current Chinese are so powerful that we are even scared. The British can always call failure a victory.

"But I think that the victory of war is achieved by action, not by words."

"Wrong, if we go back, we will be considered a failure, and then the stupid emperor will arbitrarily reduce the funds of our navy. This price is something we cannot bear."

The bomb hit the commander tower of William III, and a violent vibration made the ground gourd. When the two generals stood up, reports came one after another.

"Control Tower is not damaged"

The William III command system established three armored towers, among which the 450mm armor on the front command tower has high bulletproof performance. Various measures can be said to be exhausted. The British army's millimeter shells could not penetrate William III's command tower at all. The two stood up and continued to discuss.

"And I doubt that the British dare to touch another hair of us?! The situation now is that we should continue to move forward! Attack those British cruisers, as long as we sink the dozen or so little guys who are torpedoed, we will be free. Major General, think about those battleships, although they look extremely powerful, they are medals that are within our 480-meter cannon."

After some introspection struggle, Ludsman finally agreed with the commander's opinion.

"I think I'm the sir, I'll be by your side and witness this great historic moment. Oh, what's wrong with you, Deputy Captain?"

The deputy captain came near and greeted him and waited for the report.

"Major General, our No. 46 left gun position, got a shell."

"Where is that?" the admiral asked.

"Sir, I am the No. 5 artillery position in the middle. I was killed by a 381mm shell, but for our entire giant ship, the damage is very light and very light."

"Is it just these damage?" the general asked.

"Yes, sir. However, in this case, there will be loopholes in the lightning protection settings in the middle of our ship-"

The general began to frown again. As the commander of the fleet, he didn't care about such specific issues. Just leave these issues to the deputy captain.

"Then, we don't need to worry too much about this issue," said the general.

"Yes, sir." The deputy captain hesitated and said: "It's just that the protection of the middle part of the ship is too weak. I don't think we can protect the targeted attack of the enemy."

"I understand, you can go down."

The general said that he was already angry at this time. However, Ludsmann knew the true meaning of the deputy captain. If there was a loophole in the protection area in the middle of the ship, then soon, the loophole in this protection would be artificially expanded, and eventually an irreparable loophole was formed. This loophole was terrible and most of the fatal ones.

"We have enough time to return, sir," Ludsman suggested.

"I understand, too." Clayderman said: "Thank you, deputy captain."

Clayderman and Ludsman stood on the command tower, looking at the sea in the distance. The water columns that rose from time to time often blocked their sight. It seemed that the warship was sailing in the primeval forest. Clayderman pondered and considered looking for his next step. Ludsman didn't say anything, but in the end he couldn't help but say.

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"If we continue to fight, some of the loopholes in the ship will become larger and larger until the protection effect is completely lost."

"Yes." Clayderman was still pondering. His index finger was drawing an arc on the chart. He said to himself from time to time: "This decision must be made by me. My decision can change the history of the world, determine the fate of the nation, and determine the future of Germany and our emperor. With my order, ten thousand-twenty-five thousand people will lose their lives."

"That's right, that's it, sir, the fate of Germany is now in your decision."

Clayderman's face became more determined, something surged in his eyes, but this thing was something Ludersman didn't want to see.

"Whether to move forward or backward, this is the last moment for me to choose. Once I decide, I can't change it."

Although I knew that my advice would definitely be invalid, Ludsmann still mustered up the courage to say:

"Sir, can I give me some advice?"

"No!" Clayderman suddenly said, "I want to continue the attack. We cannot return without rushing into the Atlantic Ocean. Go forward! We will go to Brest. There, we can repair the damage in just two days. Then, I will send a telegram to let the remaining four battleships go out to sea together. This formation is nothing compared to anyone in terms of firepower and speed."

The commander who improved his own strength was not determined to fight, but had a complete combat plan. Ludsman finally breathed a sigh of relief and said happily:

"That would be great, sir."
Chapter completed!