I just wanted to mention, for not only Arnold W. Fischer and Kazou J. Ando, but future characters from nations such as Soviet Russia, Japan, Germany, Italy, and other European and Asian countries, the characters will be speaking English.
Arnold W. Fischer had served in the German Navy for almost a year now. He had been assigned to sail on the German heavy cruiser, Admiral Scheer. He had the position of operating the first turret of the Admiral Scheer. Captain Karl Weber of the Admiral Scheer steered the vessel just off the West coast of the Faroe Islands. Waves of dark blue crashed against the hull of the ship, rocking it slowly from side to side.
The Admiral Scheer was being escorted by the German light cruiser Liepzig, the German destroyers Z5 and Z6, and the German U-boats U-45, U-27, and U-31. About 3,000 meters in the distance, the destroyer Z5 spotted British warships. The fleet's orders were only to engage British warships if necessary and to maintain secrecy while sinking Allied cargo ships. The Z5 spotted three surface vessels. Z6 recognized the British light cruiser HMS Belfast, British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, and British battleship HMS Nelson.
The three British warships were being escorted by a few squadrons of sea variants of Hawker Hurricane fighters. As the distance between the two fleets of vessels, the fighting began. The HMS Exeter fired first on the Z6, missing by only a couple hundred meters. The Liepzig returned fire, also missing. Arnold aimed the first turret of the A. Scheer. After positioning the barrels aimed at the HMS Belfast, he fired. Only one out of the three shells hit the Belfast. Smoke erupted from the deck of the British warship.
By now, the Sea Hurricanes had closed in on the German ships. One of the many Hurricanes open fired upon the anti-aircraft armament onboard the Z5. Fire became visible from the left side of the ship, though minimal damage was caused. The Z5's remaining AA armament fired upon the Hurricanes, shooting down two of them. Arnold again fired towards the Belfast. This time, all three shells hit the Belfast. The second turret of the Belfast blew up in flames.
The Nelson had closed in on the Liepzig. After turning 90 degrees, the Nelson fired a full broad side of 9 shells towards the Liepzig. Arnold could hear an explosion erupt in the distance before being told that the Liepzig had suffered critical damage to her hull and had started taking in water quickly. Arnold continued to fire upon the Belfast as the A. Scheer's AA guns shot down countless Sea Hurricanes. The Exeter began engaging both Z5 and Z6.
German U-boat U-27 stayed below the surface of the ocean before surfacing and launching three torpedoes towards the Exeter. Two of the torpedoes struck the hull of the Exeter. The ship rocked back in forth from the force of the explosion. The Exeter trained her guns at the A. Scheer and fired. The shells hit it's target and caused substantial damage to the Scheer's second turret. Arnold felt the ship rock as he attempted to maintain his balance. After regaining balance, he trained the turret at the Exeter and returned fire.
One shell hit the Exeter. Flames and smoke bloomed from the control tower of the Exeter. The Nelson decided the Scheer was a primary target and began opening fire. After several shells hit the Scheer, the battle had stopped. No one had really won the battle. The British warships and the remaining 20 Sea Hurricanes retreated back towards the UK. The Liepzig had capsized by now and Z6 had rescued the remaining crew members. Z5 had suffered minimal damage and the Admiral Scheer had suffered major damage. German U-boats U-27, U-31, and U-45 had suffered no damage. The German ships sailed back towards the German port of Kiel in Northern Germany. After a 39 hour voyage back to the port to repair the ships and resupply on fuel, ammunition, water, and food, the German ships rested in port for a while. After three days, the German destroyer Z1 and German light cruiser Emden had joined the fleet. The Germans had unprepared for an attack such as the one that took place three days ago.
I hope you guys enjoyed it. Like I said, future chapters will be longer and I hope to see some feedback on this story. Thanks!