Chapter 678: Hit his own mine

In Finland, the Soviet army is still eyeing and attacking Finland. In North Africa, a counter-offensive battle is starting. In contrast, Western Europe, which was heavily war-torn, is now out of touch.
At the beginning, Cyric boasted about going to Haikou, and after playing France, he would immediately attack Britain, but until now, the Germans have not done anything.
Although there are battles between the two sides, they are the most commonplace.
Demining and demining.
In the Dover waters, a British mine-laying boat is undergoing mine-laying operations.
The best way to block the strait is to arrange mines!
In particular, Dover is the closest to Calais, the opposite side. If the Germans launch an attack, they can easily rush over from here. Therefore, Britain must block the route!
This is a small boat with a displacement of no more than 500 tons. It is just mine, and there are no big guys in Britain now.
Captain John was standing on the bridge, and from a distance he could see the opposite bank, where the 4D flag was already flying.
At the rear, several sailors are installing mines on the track. Mine is very simple, as long as they clear the mines, set the depth and other data, and then just throw them down.
"Damn it, we are simply repeating useless work." The sailor at the helm could not help complaining beside John.
This is repetitive and useless. Now, they come to mine seas every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and on February 46, the German minesweeper will come here to clear mines. Now, both sides have reached a tacit understanding.
What's the use of this? The mines planted by oneself will be swept away by the Germans the next day. Anyway, this is near the middle of the strait and belongs to the public waters.
The two sides tacitly did not launch an attack. If the sky was clear, the shore artillery on both sides would be enough to destroy the ships sailing in the strait.
Of course, it may also be that the minesweeper is too small to use shore artillery.
Only now, this kind of work is really boring.
Everyone knows that a big battle will break out immediately. If it is fought, it will be enough, but now, it happens to be the tranquility before the storm. This kind of oppression makes people feel crazy.
The Germans, come here!
"Don't complain, pay attention to the route." John said: "Along the route we laid out the day before yesterday, rearrange it again."
Anyway, it was also let the Germans swept away, no matter how to arrange it.
"Yes." The helmsman said, turning the rudder, and has reached the scheduled sea area. The routine mine-laying mission has begun!
"Attention, prepare to mine, set a depth of three meters!" John shouted loudly.
Hearing his words, the sailors at the tail put their hands on the operating lever. As long as the operating lever was pushed, the mine would slip down and fall into the sea with a thud. This scene is already part of their lives.
"Boom!" At this moment, there was an explosion, but suddenly it exploded under their feet.
what happened? Following the explosion, the entire minecraft shook violently, everyone was pale, and John shouted loudly.
"Report, we struck mine!" At this time, a large hole had been blasted into the bottom of the mine-laying boat. Several sailors were hurriedly conducting damage control. After a few minutes, they gave up their efforts.
The hull had already begun to tilt, and their mine-laying boat was about to sink. In desperation, John could only give an order to abandon the boat.
what happened? When his body was soaked in the sea water, when he slapped his arm and was about to swim back to Dover, he saw the mines still in the sea, and suddenly he felt a mouthful of blood. Squirting out.
Damn it! Originally yesterday, the German minesweeper should have come over to remove all these mines. Who knows, the Germans did not remove the mines, but today, their minesweeper hit the mines they had laid the day before yesterday!
This group of Germans is really disgusting! How can they cheat themselves like this?
The Germans have always been the most rigorous. Now, mines and mines on both sides have become a rule every day. Who knows, the Germans broke this rule first!
Well, there must be a problem!
Swim back to Dover, report the news!
At night, Churchill, who was about to go back for dinner, received the report.
"We lost a mine-laying boat." Admiral William Joseph Slim said.
Hearing this news, Churchill only frowned briefly: "What's the matter then?"
It’s just a minesweeper. Although the British Navy has lost too much, they can still bear the loss of a minesweeper in a battle of this level. There is no need to report it to him at all. If any If you have to report trivial matters to him, then he will be exhausted.
"This minesweeper was sunk by mines they laid by themselves." Slim continued: "The Germans who have always been rigorous did not remove the mines on time. This is unusual."
Immediately, Churchill came to understand: "The German general offensive, is going to begin?"
"Yes." Chief of Staff Archibald followed: "We have been waiting for many days. The Germans have been mobilizing troops and deploying. We think that the Germans are likely to launch a large-scale Attacked."
The German minesweeper did not go to mine on time, maybe it was transferred to other places, they must pay attention to every move of the Germans!
"If the Germans want to attack, they should seize air supremacy first, right?" Churchill said: "Now ~EbookFREE.me~ our air force must enter the highest alert state, Dowding, as the defender of our homeland, ordered Our air force, be ready for the coming battle at any time!"
Landing across the sea is not so easy. It is impossible for the Germans to cross the strait on a large scale before the shore defense fortifications are broken, and before their own air force is destroyed.
In these days, Britain has rapidly built new fighters and recruited a large number of pilots. Isn’t it just waiting for this day? As long as the German attack is smashed from the air, it will buy more time for Britain!
Hearing Churchill's words, Dowding agreed. Although the air force of the local defense is still insufficient, now they have no choice but to fight!
"Everyone, I must remind you that the Germans are very cunning, and we must not take it lightly. Especially now that the Germans have the power of the sea, they may come from anywhere at any time, even in the direction of the Atlantic. We will be the main force. If you put it in the strait, you may be in the middle of the calculation." Dowding said.
The decline of the British navy made them no longer able to control the Atlantic. Now, the main force is concentrated in the east, and there is no way, because their power is limited.