The submarine forces of the German Navy were still attacking the GH-67 transport convoy at this moment, so the work of counting the losses could not be carried out for the time being. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In just an hour, German submarines may have sunk at least 40 British transports.

Some of these British transports were used to transport pilots, engines and other aircraft parts, and even food and steel.

Almost all of them are important wartime strategic resources, otherwise they would not have been assembled to provide escort cover. These transports, each loss of one, was a loss to the British Empire.

British transport ship construction has not yet reached its peak this month, and the loss of the GH-67 transport fleet has made British shipping even more difficult after the J-18 transport fleet lost a large number of transport ships.

Hundreds of large transport ships were lost in a month - well, not in a month, but almost 100 ships of all kinds in five days.

Such a huge loss caused the British sea transportation to be cut off, and for the first time in history, there was really a dilemma of poor supply of materials.

Britain, which has the largest overseas colonies in the world, is also the country that relies on blood transfusions from overseas colonies in the world.

In a country that needs maritime transportation all the time to provide impetus for its homeland, what it fears most is that its own transportation and supply lines will be cut off by the enemy.

On this day in mid-August, Germany accomplished for the first time what the Spanish Armada and the French Napoleonic fleet wanted to do, but never did: blockading the British Empire.

"The GH-67 transport fleet was attacked by the Germans? GH-67？ Churchill stared at Dudley Pound and asked, word by word.

"Yes, Mr. Prime Minister...... Although I don't want to admit it, the GH-67 transport fleet was indeed attacked by the enemy. Dudley Pound answered Churchill's question truthfully.

Churchill did not have the angry expression he imagined, but looked at Dudley Pound and asked, "How did the Navy analyze this matter?" Do you still think that it was just an accident? ”

Obviously, this is to liquidate the problems of the previous J-18 transport fleet. Dudley Pound couldn't help but feel a headache and didn't know how to answer.

"Mr. Prime Minister...... We still have to take a long-term view of this matter. The naval adviser officer spoke, taking over Churchill's topic.

He looked at Churchill's somewhat tired eyes and said, "The navy has lost too much by now, if there is a review again at this time...... It could be confusing. ”

In fact, the Navy also wanted to find the hidden German spy, and they also wanted to ensure that their decisions were not known to the Germans.

However, they are afraid of the kind of large-scale scrutiny and search, and they are afraid of the suspicion and suspicion among the high-level command organs that will be aroused in the process.

"This morning, something happened." Churchill opened his mouth to something that seemed to be unrelated.

He looked at the three subordinates in the room and said to himself: "A chief of staff of the Air Force, this morning, committed suicide by swallowing a gun in the room under review. ”

"I don't know who sent the news to him that London had been bombed on a massive scale and that countless civilians had died." Churchill said, looking at Dudley Pound.

He paused and continued: "One of the guards heard the news from somewhere, and the entire family of this chief of staff was killed in the air raid. ”

"Oh my God...... Dudley Pound murmured as he looked at Churchill in astonishment.

It was only then did he know why Churchill had been so calm in the face of the attack on the GH-67 transport fleet.

Because he no longer has the courage to call for a full review, otherwise his subordinates may all become hostile to him.

"That soldier, did you do this on purpose?" The admiral suddenly asked.

"I don't know, because I don't even know which guard on duty told him about it." Churchill smiled wryly.

Today, the Luftwaffe made a big move to visit all the factories that were still being repaired.

Factories and businesses in the south-east of England, as well as airfields and power stations that were being repaired, were bombed again by German bombers, and in order to destroy these targets, the Germans even sent Stuka dive bombers.

In this overwhelming bombing, countless British factories were even more damaged, and the 30 Hurricane fighters dispatched to intercept German planes came to a desperate situation where there was no return.

All 30 fighters were shot down in the southeast of Britain, and only 11 pilots managed to parachute.

In contrast, the German fighter forces won a complete victory. Only 7 German fighters were shot down that day, and the quantitative change finally accumulated into a qualitative change at this time.

"This is a deliberate sabotage by the enemy!" The navy's adviser said to Churchill in a bit of a rage: "It must be found out!" ”

He said it lightly, and Churchill couldn't help but smile bitterly. Only he knew that such a small matter was nothing compared to the fact that Germany learned the route of the British naval convoy.

Perhaps the soldier who reported the news was simply kind and told the chief of staff of the Air Force, who was being held without knowing that he was being detained, the news he knew.

It is a pity that for a staff officer of an air defense command not to be able to take off fighters to defend the airspace of his homeland's capital and let his family die from enemy bombing, it is simply a shame to go home.

The poor chief of staff did not withstand this humiliation and chose to commit suicide himself, while Churchill was to blame for the suicide and pay for everything he left behind after his death.

"I have ordered today to dismiss 14 Air Force commanders and staff officers and send them to the Reserve Training Department...... Churchill said weakly.

It was precisely because of such a major change that the Air Force took off fighters to intercept the German bomber units in a chaotic manner, and lost a full 30 Hurricane fighters.

"Do I want to do the same, to deal with naval affairs in this way?" He asked, looking at Dudley Pound and two other naval officers.

Dudley Pound was also unable to answer his words, how could he have allowed Churchill himself to transfer those mere suspicious naval officers?

Could it be that as long as the Germans had a day of British intelligence, the naval officers who were in charge of the work could not clear their suspicions and went on to work with the suspicions of their colleagues?

This kind of thing must be unbearable for anyone, and it is something that Churchill and Dudley Pound and others cannot bear.

The matter of naval moles escalated again with the attack on the GH-67 transport fleet, and the most important thing Churchill thought about was to prevent the Germans from learning about the British in the future.

On the sea, the British GH-67 transport fleet had to face the German U-boat force alone in the darkness of the night.

Under the cover of night, the waves of attack by the German Navy submarines were higher than one time at a time, leaving the escorting destroyers exhausted.

Soon the destroyers fell prey, and one destroyer was torpedoed in the process of rescuing a sinking British personnel transport, and was also buried at the bottom of the Atlantic.

This time, these assassins were almost blatantly attacking because of their numerical superiority. More than 4 German U-boats, floating in the center of the British fleet, attacked British transport ships with impunity.

The battle continued until the time of the losses of the German submarines. A German submarine was sunk by a British destroyer, and then the German submarine began to withdraw from the battle and left the sea contentedly.

By the end of the battle, the British had lost more and more of their entire fleet.

And this ambush also completely made the British transport fleet realize the true power of German submarines. Under the premise of the lack of anti-submarine forces, the Germans' submarines broke the engagement, which really gave the British a headache.

By the time the German submarines left the GH-67 transport flotilla, which was already on the verge of destruction, it was already past midnight.

Because in the middle of the night, the entire fleet had been battered by German submarines, so the losses could not be fully counted until now.

However, judging from the number of transport ships that could still find each other and contact each other, the losses caused by this attack to Britain were much greater than those of the J-18 transport fleet.

Not to mention anything else, just the more than 30 American pilots who are still immersed in the sea water have explained to the US government for a while.

What's more, there are many more American volunteer pilots, along with the ship, sunk in this sea area.

These young pilots traveled thousands of miles to support the British, but they died in the vast Atlantic Ocean before they even had time to touch their beloved fighters......

"Sir!" In the wee hours of the morning, a British officer handed the calculated losses to Churchill, who was waiting in his office: "You want the papers." ”

After two glances, Churchill handed the document to Dudley Pound with a smile: "It seems that we are going to use the steel reserves and the grain reserves......

For at least 10 days, Britain's local special steel, as well as some rare metals, will have to rely on pre-war reserves to bear the consumption.

If this happened continuously, then Britain would have to surrender to the Germans, even if they were unwilling to admit their defeat.

"Mr. Prime Minister! We'll try to make sure the routes are safe......" Dudley Pound was still thinking about espionage, and could only bite the bullet and say the same thing.

"We need a win! Even if it's a small victory! Churchill closed his eyes and said to himself.