Chapter 416 Hero

On the night of March 13, the German Admiralty, Imperial Crown Prince Qin Tian and Marshal Count Tirpitz, Minister of the Navy, all stayed here. They are all waiting for news from submarine U-037.

"His Royal Highness, count the time. Lieutenant Colonel Doenitz and the others have already arrived at Scapa Flow, right? But, can they successfully sneak into the heavily guarded Scapa Flow?" Marshal Count Tirpitz said to Therefore, I am still a little less confident. In his opinion, such a battle plan is really too risky.

"Well, the time is almost up. As for whether they can successfully sneak into Scapa Flow, it depends on the performance of Lieutenant Colonel Doenitz and the others. It is God's will. This time the battle plan is indeed very risky. However, if they If it succeeds, it will definitely bring us a major victory," Qin Tian said. A submarine carrying torpedoes sneaked into Scapa Flow and fired torpedoes at the warships moored on the pier. It would undoubtedly be a sure thing. Even if the battleship of the British Navy cannot be sunk, it should not be a problem if it is severely damaged. In this case, the German Navy will gain a greater advantage in the next decisive battle.

As for Lieutenant Colonel Doenitz's success, Qin Tian didn't know. He knew that in the early days of World War II, a German submarine successfully did it. Lieutenant Colonel Doenitz's ability is beyond doubt. The performance of the U-200 submarine will not be worse than that of the U-boat during World War II. More importantly, the British's underwater defense in Scapa Flow will not be stronger than during World War II. From this point of view, Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz's U-037 submarine is still very likely to succeed.

In addition, Dönitz was also a well-known person in another time and space. He was the commander of the submarine force of the Third Reich. He even served as admiral after Raeder and became the head of the Navy of the Third Reich. His personal ability is naturally very prominent. Therefore, Qin Tian also believed that he would not die in Scapa Flow so short-lived.

"Your Highness, I hope they can succeed. If they can successfully sneak into Scapa Flow and severely damage one or two capital ships of the British Navy, this will be a great victory." Marshal Earl Tirpitz said with a smile.

"Your Excellency Marshal, if they are successful, I think their results should be much more than that. After all, if a submarine attacks a battleship moored at the pier, the hit rate is almost guaranteed." Qin Tian said with a smile.

During the chat between Qin Tian and Marshal Earl Tirpitz, time passed slowly. Soon, it was dawn. But there was still no news, which made Qin Tian and Marshal Count Tirpitz even more anxious.

"Your Highness, our intelligence agencies have mobilized all their strength, and I believe news will come soon." Marshal Earl Tirpitz said.

"Well, maybe Doenitz and the others are still avoiding the pursuit of the British, that's why they didn't send back the news in time. This may be good news. Only when the British suffered heavy losses, they would chase Doenitz crazily. School them." Qin Tian said.

Qin Tian guessed right, Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz and submarine U-037 are indeed avoiding the pursuit of British destroyers. When they evacuated Scapa Flow, because the battery was about to run out, they could no longer continue to dive. Therefore, the U-037 submarine had to take the risk of going up and recharging the submarine with diesel engines.

However, before their batteries were fully charged, they encountered a British destroyer. This made the U-037 submarine have to dive urgently to avoid it.

However, the tragedy is that the British destroyer seems to have discovered the U-037 submarine, and after crazily catching up, it immediately began to drop depth charges. This made the U-037 submarine have to dive as far as possible to avoid those depth charges.

The destroyer of the British Navy left after raging for a long time. The U-037 submarine escaped unharmed. If the British destroyers continued to attack and dive, maybe they would really be sunk.

After resurfacing, the U-037 submarine began to return. It's just that, in order to avoid the British destroyers, they had already run far away. The radio station carried by the submarine was also damaged, making it impossible for them to report the specific situation to the country, so they could only find a way to return to the country first. This is also the reason why neither the Ministry of the Navy nor Qin Tian was able to receive the news in time.

German intelligence agencies have been operating at full capacity since March 14 to collect intelligence on Scapa Flow. Last night, the flames of Scapa Flow were soaring into the sky, and there were constant explosions, which naturally could not be hidden from people living nearby. As the home port of the British Navy's large fleet, Scapa Flow is naturally the focus of German intelligence agencies.

That afternoon, the German intelligence agencies learned the relevant news. Scapa Flow was attacked by a German submarine last night, and five battleships of the British Navy fleet anchored here were severely damaged.

"Your Highness, Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz and the others succeeded. They severely damaged five battleships of the British Navy, including elite battleships such as the battleship 'Warrior' and the battleship 'Warrior'. We will win the next naval battle. " Marshal Earl Tirpitz smiled.

"Although there is no capital ship that can sink the British, it is pretty good to be able to cause heavy damage to it. At least, the five battleships will not be able to participate in the next decisive battle. This will make our advantage further In the next battle, our chances of winning will be even greater!" Qin Tian was also very happy.

"However, is there any news about Lieutenant Colonel Doenitz?" Qin Tian asked.

"Your Highness, not yet. However, I believe they will return safely." Marshal Count Tirpitz said.

Qin Tian nodded and didn't say much.

As long as Lieutenant Colonel Doenitz and their U-037 submarine are not sunk, they will definitely be able to return. Qin Tian also had great confidence in them.

It was not until the evening of March 16 that Lieutenant Colonel Doenitz and the U-037 submarine returned to Wilhelmshaven.

When their submarine sailed into Wilhelmshaven, all the warships whistled to welcome them. After receiving the news, Qin Tian, ​​who came specially from Berlin, Marshal Count Tirpitz, Admiral Reinhard Scheer, Commander of the High Seas Fleet, and Lieutenant General Franz von Hipper, Chief of Staff, all Welcome them to the pier.

There is no doubt that Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz, who sneaked into Scapa Flow alone and severely damaged five battleships of the Royal Navy, and the entire crew of the U-037 submarine, have now become heroes of the whole of Germany.

Lieutenant Colonel Dönitz was later promoted to Captain of the Navy.