Scapa Bay is an important base of the Royal Navy and home port for the Grand Fleet. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After Germany became the primary threat to Britain, the British Navy formed the Grand Fleet to deal with the German Navy.

It's just that the Grand Fleet, which has suffered heavy losses, now seems to be powerless to deal with the German Navy. Although the strength of the Grand Fleet was not bad, in general, it was already far inferior to the German Navy.

In Scapa Bay, a total of 24 Royal Navy capital ships were moored, including 18 battleships and the remaining six battle cruisers. Among them, the 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships and the 'revenge-class' battleships, the ten absolute capital battleships, are all moored here. In addition to this, there were the remaining 'King George V-class' battleships, four 'Orion-class' battleships, two 'Giant-class' battleships and the 'Neptune' battleship.

As for the three 'St. Vincent-class' battleships and the three 'Bellerophon-class' battleships, they were anchored in Wick Harbor and formed horns with the main force of the Grand Fleet in Scapa Bay. As for the battleship "Dreadnought", the pioneer of the dreadnought era, it remained in the southern seas.

Inside the headquarters of the Grand Fleet, the lights are bright. Despite the fact that it was already night, there were still many officers on duty. Grand Fleet Commander John? Admiral Jericho and Chief of Staff David? Lieutenant General Betty, even food and lodging are in the office.

The current situation is very unfavorable for the UK. As the commander and chief of staff of the Grand Fleet, the pressure on the two of them can naturally be imagined. Especially David? Vice Admiral Betty, the fleet he commanded, was twice defeated by the German Navy, and suffered heavy losses, which made him feel even more faceless. If it weren't for Churchill's trust in him, the failure with me before was not because of him, but because the gap in strength was too great, maybe his chief of staff of the Grand Fleet would have gone down a long time ago.

"Your Excellency, the Germans' warship movements are becoming more and more frequent. According to the information sent back by our agents, their 'De Verblinger-class' battlecruisers and 'Mackensen-class' battlecruisers have returned to their homeland for rest. Now in the Atlantic, only the 'Moltke-class' battlecruisers and the 'Blucher-class' battlecruisers remain. I had a hunch that the Germans were preparing for a decisive battle with us. "David? Lieutenant General Betty said.

John? Admiral Jericho nodded, and he could feel that the situation seemed to be getting more and more critical. It's as if some kind of threat is constantly approaching them. The powerful German Navy really put too much pressure on them.

"The strength of the German Navy is too strong. And those new battleships that we are building will take a long time to build. Lord Churchill was right that the Germans would not give us any more time. "John? Admiral Jericho sighed.

"But even if the Germans are far stronger than us. However, there is no way back. This time, we had to fight with all our might. Otherwise, the British Empire would be finished. "John? Admiral Jericho said.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander. This time we're going to have to fight to the death. "David? Lieutenant General Betty's eyes were full of determination.

For David? As far as Lieutenant General Betty is concerned, the previous defeat is like the shame that has been inflicted on him, and he feels ashamed all the time. And if you want to wash away the shame, you can only defeat the Germans, even if you can't defeat the Germans, but then you have to fight to the death, even if you die in battle, it will be much better than now.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, once war breaks out, I need you to lead a formation of battle cruisers and entangle the battle cruisers of the Germans. Buy time for our battleship formations, defeat the Germans. I know, it's very difficult. But there is no other way. "John? Admiral Jericho said.

"Your Excellency, I understand. When the time comes, I will definitely do my best to complete the task. "David? Lieutenant General Betty said.

If he could entangle the German Navy's battlecruiser formation, it would undoubtedly give the battleship formation a chance to fight a fair battle with the German Navy's battlecruisers. If the battleship formation is lucky enough to win the decisive battle, then they have a slight chance of winning. Otherwise, you're doomed.

John? Admiral Jericho nodded, he knew, David? How difficult the task of Lieutenant General Betty was. The combat effectiveness of the battle cruisers of the German Navy, they were already well aware. Even if the other six battlecruisers of the German Navy did not go to war, David? Lieutenant General Betty didn't have the slightest chance of winning. If you don't do it, you will end up being sunk. If he could, he certainly wouldn't want to choose this tactic. However, this is no longer a matter of choice.

At this moment, in the narrow waterways of Scapa Bay, a German submarine is sailing slowly. In order to avoid hitting reefs or rocks, the speed of the submarine has been reduced to 3 knots. But even so, there is still a lot of danger.

Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz, on his forehead, his face was covered with sweat. Even the military uniform on his body was already wet with sweat.

Thankfully, after two hours of low-speed sailing, they finally made their way through the waterway and into Scarpa Bay.

"Sir, we've managed to slip in."

"Very good, now slowly raise the periscope and observe the surroundings!" Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz ordered.

After the periscope was raised, Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz began to look around. He could clearly see that in the berth, the capital ships of the British Navy were quietly moored. It's just that because the sky is dark, I can't see it clearly, and I can only see a little blurred shadow, and I can't distinguish the specific model at all.

"The 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships and the 'Revenge-class' battleships have the largest displacement, so let's launch torpedoes at the largest." Subsequently, Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz made a decision.

The submarine U-037 began to move on, choosing the most suitable attack position.

Half an hour later, Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz was ready. The bow of the submarine was aimed at two massive battleships. The two torpedo tubes in the back were aimed at a battleship.

At such a close distance, even if two torpedoes attack a target, as long as they hit, they would be seriously injured if they did not die. Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz planned to attack three targets in the first salvo.

"Get ready to load!" Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz ordered.

With the exception of the Gunner, everyone went to help with the reloading. They need to complete the reloading in the shortest possible time after the torpedo is fired.

"Launch!"

"Bang! Bang"

One by one, the torpedoes fired out of the torpedo tubes and rushed towards the target at high speed.