Chapter 472 The Faith Is Broken
Humanitarian relief? Who can confirm that? And if the rescued people leak out, it will bring great trouble to the United States! Under pressure, Roosevelt would not be able to carry out subsequent exports of arms and personnel to Britain.
Now, the only thing they can do is sink the German submarine! This is the safest!
As a leader, you must have courage, and when you need it, you have to sacrifice some people.
"What about our people above?" Captain Kyle asked involuntarily.
"Let the nearby ships go to the rescue," Churchill said.
ships nearby? Recently, it will take seven or eight hours to get there. By then, it will be dark. Can those who fell into the water hold out until the rescue arrives?
Captain Kyle suddenly had a cold war in his heart. He already knew Churchill's intentions. In order to avoid the leak of news, he would not hesitate to sacrifice these people!
Churchill's order was very accurate. The torpedo squadron flying on the sea quickly received the order and moved on!
During this period, the Swordfish torpedo planes that the British Navy was heavily equipped with were completely behind. Although the wings brought reliable turning performance, other capabilities were in a mess, especially the maximum speed was only 230 kilometers per hour, which was outdated.
Now, other major countries in this era have begun to equip monoplane attack aircraft. As a naval power, the United Kingdom naturally does its part and started the development of new monoplane carrier-based attack aircraft.
The result of this development is the current Barracuda attack aircraft.
This plane looks very different. When most planes use the lower monoplane, it uses the upper monoplane, and the tail is still a strange T-shaped tail support. This kind of strange appearance makes it win the recognized World War II production. One of the ugliest of all aircraft, alongside the contemporaneous Skua and later the Marauder.
Not just the enemy, but the Royal Navy itself didn't like it, they dubbed it "an aircraft designed by a group of crazy designers in a lunatic asylum".
However, no matter what, at least the appearance of this kind of aircraft has given Britain an advanced torpedo aircraft, which has finally kept up with the trend of the times.
Moreover, after they were manufactured, most of the planes were temporarily left on the shore. The reason is very simple. Their aircraft carrier was bombed to death. Now, there are only two or three small aircraft carriers left.
It has been fully transferred to the wartime system, allowing them to build aircraft carriers with sufficient budget, but this takes time, and the best solution is to lease from the United States.
Unfortunately, this road is not easy to go.
The Barracuda is a torpedo bomber that can carry both torpedoes and bombs, acting as a dive bomber. Now, it has a torpedo mounted on its belly. When the order is received, the plane takes off. .
Now, the Barracuda has just entered the development stage, and the output is scarce. This aircraft is actually just a test aircraft.
Behind it, there are several swordfish torpedo planes. Unfortunately, the speed of this kind of plane is too slow. According to the current calculation, when it reaches the target position, it will be dark.
Therefore, the Barracuda flew at the forefront, and in the cockpit of the three, the pilot was adjusting his position for the last time, heading towards the direction indicated by the reconnaissance plane.
The sun slowly slid westward, and after flying for an hour and a half, the pilot finally had a target in his sight.
On the sparkling sea, the submarine was continuing to float. The deck of the submarine was full of people, and several lifeboats were towed behind.
"Attention, air defense alert, the eastern waters, at a height of fifty meters, found a British torpedo plane!" At this time, on the conning tower, the sailor Yoder, who was in charge of the lookout, shouted loudly.
Although the exact model cannot be determined, the torpedo on the opponent's abdomen can be seen!
This has fully demonstrated that the other party has bad intentions!
At the same time, on the deck, the densely standing British people also saw the plane, and in an instant, they cursed: "Damn, what is this for?"
Tuoke was also shocked. He had already recognized it. It was the latest British-developed Barracuda torpedo machine. Now, the other party came here, I am afraid there is only one purpose, that is to blow up this submarine!
Your side has been abandoned!
When they found out that they had been captured, the high-level officials didn't even think about rescuing their own side. On the contrary, they wanted to send their own side to hell!
Bruce was also looking at the plane. When he found it, he was still excited, but then he felt that a wall called faith collapsed in his brain.
"Damn, hurry, jump into the water!" Bruce shouted loudly.
At this time, he had already heard a thud.
"Close all hatches and make an emergency dive!" Prien shouted loudly.
At this time, Priyan no longer insisted, and no longer put the lives of those British people in his eyes. That plane was about to attack itself!
The other party is too cunning, coming from a low altitude!
Dive urgently! The soldiers on the conning tower were quickly drilling into the conning tower, closing the watertight door, and the sailors inside quickly opened the pipes of the ballast water tank, and the turbulent sea water poured into the ballast water tank.
At the front end of the submarine, a huge whirlpool appeared, and while the advancing submarine began to sink, sink, and soon, the deck entered the water, and then the conning tower also entered the water.
The British who were still on the deck just now were stunned, and the solid deck under their feet was gone! They screamed in horror, and they fell into the sea again!
The most terrifying thing was the lifeboats behind them hanging on the ropes. During the emergency dive, no one could take care of undoing the ropes, so these lifeboats followed into the sea!
The people on the lifeboat also fell into the water!
Not everyone can swim! They were screaming and rolling on the sea, and a few big waves came, and the people disappeared.
Swimming hard in the water, Bruce looked up and saw that the torpedo plane quickly turned to the side of the submarine. Then, the torpedo fell from the abdomen and swam towards the position where the submarine just dived!
At this time, the submarine's conning tower has just entered the water, and the speed of this torpedo plane is really fast!
Bruce was even more horrified. This torpedo was charging towards his side!
That's of course, after all, they're right next to the submarine, the submarine dives, and of course they're all that's left!
Swim, be sure to stay as far away from that torpedo as possible!
Bruce knew very well in his heart that torpedoes were all collision fuses. If they hit him and exploded, they would definitely be dead!
He doesn't want to die yet!
Bruce was swimming fast, swimming, until there was a violent sound of water and a scream behind him.
An unlucky person, was hit directly by a torpedo! The speed of the torpedo was quite high, and the collision broke his bones. He screamed a few times before being engulfed by the sea water.
The torpedo also turned a corner under the impact, and at the same time, its speed was greatly reduced, and it collided with another one.
Before it accelerated, it had a close contact with Bruce!