Chapter 257: Retrieve what was lost

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When George was picked up from the icy water, he was already frozen and speechless. He knew he was lucky because he found a hard board after jumping into the sea. The sailor George, who was only a few meters away, saw that he was no longer moving and sinking to the bottom of the sea, and there was no way to reach out and save him.
When he took a sip of hot water and recovered a little, he was the first to get up from the deck, stick it on the railing of the ship's side, and look at the sea in the distance. The behemoth that had never seen the end was gone, and the battleship Malaya, where he had lived for many years, was no longer there.
"What about the Malayan? What about the Malayan?" George pointed at the sea and asked the shocked sailors under his feet. He roared loudly, attracting the sailors on the destroyer.
"Sir!" After glancing at the rank, the sailor saluted a salute before saying: "Please restrain yourself! The battleship Malaya has sunk. You have been floating in the icy river for forty minutes. Have a good rest. "
"What about Malaya? Don't lie to me!" George murmured with a desperate look. The sailor behind him froze for a moment, and then saw the deep despair and sadness in George's eyes.
Suddenly George remembered something and looked at the sailor: "Where is Captain Brown? Take me to him soon! Do you look for the captain who did not find the Malaya? Quickly get him out of the sea! Quick!"
"Sir! Sir, calm down! Half an hour ago, Captain Brown sent a telegram to the entire fleet and decided to be with the warship ... so we failed to rescue him." The sailor said with a sigh: "But the deputy When we found it, we rested in the back cabin. "
"My God!" George turned back again, staring at the sea covered with corpses, oil stains, and pieces of wood. Then he saw an even more horrifying picture.
In the distant sea, a huge British battleship was smoking thick smoke, the fire above was still clearly visible even in such a day, the battleship was slowly sinking, and George could even vaguely see someone from Jump down on the battleship.
In the end, the Luftwaffe shot down all British aircraft that took off bravely. 10 gladiators and 7 swordfish bombers were destroyed by the German naval aviation. The Royal Navy ’s shipborne fighter pilots showed their extraordinary courage to their opponents : Even when the entire fighter plane was overwhelmed, the bomber pilots still dared to take off against enemy planes and sacrificed their young lives.
Only 4 of the 31 British Air Force pilots were rescued, because pilots hit by aircraft guns equipped by the Luftwaffe rarely had a chance to parachute. But they also achieved admirable results: two Stuttgart dive bombers and one fw-190 fighter of the German Navy were shot down, and five German pilots were killed.
But it is not these British pilots who deserve the highest honor today, because they are ultimately losers, and the German naval aviation rewrote the history of naval warfare on this day.
An hour ago, a light cruiser Penelope of this fleet sank, the destroyer of the British fleet was forced to rush to save people, and only half an hour later, almost the same battleship as the Penelope was shot. Malaya sank to the bottom of the sea, and the entire battlefield became a disaster.
However, this is not the end. German aircraft used the chaotic gap of the British fleet to clear away only a few British aircraft left in the sky, and then rushed towards their main target, the USS Eagle.
Soon the carrier Hawk was hit by a torpedo, but at this time it seemed that the British luck was coming. The German carrier aircraft was confused and lost a lot of bomb torpedoes because of the initial tension and now. No bombs and torpedoes continued to attack.
In desperation, the German carrier-based aircraft began to return, but when they disappeared into the sky, the second wave of attacking echelons of the German naval aviation rushed down the clouds. A German plane with ample ammunition dropped three bombs and struck the carrier Hawk in one breath. It also sent a destroyer coming to the rescue to the bottom of the sea.
Almost all the combat power of the entire British fleet was wiped out. The remaining cruiser turned around with two newer destroyers and fled, leaving three older warships to rescue the water fallers. All the sailors on the destroyers were very nervous. They gathered around the antiaircraft artillery positions and stared at the distant sky with fear.
The pilots of the German naval aviation sank the British Royal Navy battleship Malaya, the aircraft carrier Eagle, the cruiser Penelope and the destroyer on this day. Such a record is enough to bring them Endless honors.
George looked at the slowly sinking warship in the distance, and the hand holding the railing became tighter and tighter. He played poker with Frank and others a few hours ago. He was just like everyone here a few hours ago. He believed that the Royal Navy was the unrivalled maritime overlord. But now? He was just a dog falling into the water, just a cold down soldier, just a poor sailor who had lost his battleship.
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"The fleet is heading north at full speed! There are now at least 2,000 British sailors who are freezing to death! We are going to fish them up!" Lütjens was particularly happy today. He even made people take out his treasures in the captain's room The red wine in here poured out a bite for each bridge officer-the remaining half of the bottle was sent to the carrier aircraft command bridge, where the cheers now can be heard by the entire warship.
"Go ahead at full speed! Ready to take back the carrier aircraft! They are our heroes today! No matter what wine is used! Drunk them!" Said the chief officer with a laugh.
Due to being too excited, Lütjens habitually picked up his telescope and looked at the sea. After realizing that it was useless now, he secretly put down his hand, then looked around and issued In response to his other command: "The Telegraph Room! Send a message to the head of the stone castle! The telegram reads as follows: The second squadron of the high seas fleet hit the British fleet off the Dutch coast, sinking a battleship, an aircraft carrier, and a cruiser ... Commander Lütjens. "
He finished the order, and there was another cheer in the bridge. Today, as officers of the German navy, they are so happy. What the generations have expected day and night, what the German high seas fleet predecessors did not do, They did it today: they almost wiped out a British fleet at almost zero cost.
"General! The radar shows that our fleet has entered our guard airspace, and the brothers of the anti-aircraft fighters have greeted them." The radar soldiers reported loudly. His words caused another burst of cheers. It seems that the depression and depression in my heart have been spit out over the years, and everyone has never been in a better mood.
"Look! Our hero is back!" After a while, a sailor shouted out at the lookout tower of the mast.
The first fw-190 fighter landed on the aircraft carrier ’s deck. The ground crew rushed to help him open the cockpit hatch. He dragged people out of the plane with all his hands and feet. The soldiers who had been prepared quickly pushed the fighter aside. The second plane rushed towards the aircraft carrier's runway in the air.
At the beginning, every time a plane landed, there was a burst of cheers from the ground crew, but the sound of cheering soon disappeared. The ground crew just took the pilot out of the plane in obscurity, and then pushed those planes aside.
Most of these fighters have bullet holes on the fuselage, and even some cockpit hatches have been punched out by bullets. The pilots gasped exhausted and had to rely on ground support to get out of their cockpit.
When the first Stuka landed on the deck, everyone was stunned. The dive bomber surrounded by thick steel plates in the cockpit can be described as full of holes, and there was a row of machine guns on the wings. There are also two holes in the horizontal rudder of the tail.
Even more terrifying is the pilot ’s cockpit of this aircraft. The entire cockpit cover is covered with red blood stains. The plexiglass of the hatch cover has been broken. The machine gun fixed on the rear seat has long been unknown. went.
The pilot opened the cockpit hatch, and the ground crew hurriedly pulled him out of the cabin, only to find that his parachute was damaged by a single piece, and even there were signs of bruises on his shoulder. This pilot was the first hero to hit the Malayan.
"My pilot was hit! God! Call the doctor soon! Get the doctor soon! He needs help! Hurry!" The pilot didn't say what people expected, and he panicked. Shouted, slamming the ground crew who was going to open champagne for him.
"Congratulations on your first battleship that hit the Briton!" An officer came to help the panicked pilot: "And your pilot is very brave, he used your life to help you complete the historic attack ! You can bring his body back with your best efforts. "
The pilot stared blankly at the officer, and finally settled down slightly: "Sir! I hit the battleship! I hit!"
"Yes!" The officer stood in salute and said to the pilots who were standing on the deck and resting against the walls of the building: "Long live the heads of state! Congratulations on completing your combat mission!"
"Long live the heads of state!" Several pilots climbed up from the deck, sparsely saluting. Their clothes are messy and their smiles are stiff, but they can see something different in their eyes. This kind of thing has not been seen in the eyes of the officers and men of the German Navy for a long time: maybe ten years? Maybe twenty years? It may be fifty years. They even forgot what they had lost.
Now, they have recovered what they once lost-courage.