Vol 4 Chapter 7: Gennasenau

The next morning, a train team entered the port of Hamburg. A huge battleship on the dock has already produced fire, and the chimney is emitting black smoke and is about to set sail.
"This is... battleship! Lieutenant Colonel, are we going to take this giant ship to Africa?" Mrs. Monica looked at the huge ship on the dock and asked in amazement.
"Well, it is the Gennasenau. It was injured by a British bomber last fall. It has only been repaired until now!" Scholz said with some excitement. "When the Berlin headquarters just sent a call, I I still don't believe it. I didn't expect them to actually send this battleship!"
"It seems that they really hope that we can successfully complete this mission!" Baron Weidenberger sighed. "Even if the war madmen of the Army Department are tired of this war!"
The war was going on until 1945, when Germany's large surface warships were left, and only a few of them were able to stay in the dock for a long time because of the bombing of the Allied planes. The ability to send the only remaining Gennasenau to assist the "Hercules" plan shows that the Third Empire attaches importance to this action.
Battleship Gennasenau: Standard displacement, 31,000 tons, full displacement 37,000 tons. It has a total length of 231 meters, a ship width of 30 meters, a draught of nearly 9 meters, a crew of more than 1,600 people, and a carrier aircraft: three. Maximum speed: 31.5 knots; cruising speed: 15 knots.
Two first 283mm caliber main guns, one at the end of the ship; 12 150mm sub-cannons, 14 double-mounted 105mm anti-aircraft guns, 16 double-armed 37mm anti-aircraft guns, and two triple-mounted 533mm torpedo tubes .
Qin Lun looked at the giant battleship in front of him and licked his lips. He liked this big toy. From small to large, he has not had many toys, and the violent incidents he has experienced in life have made him even more fond of the magnificent, cruel and cold war machine.
The Gennasenau is one of two Scharnhorst-class battleships in the Third Empire of Germany. Its sister ship, the Shaun Horst, has sunk two years ago.
When the Third German Empire launched the war, in fact, the Navy did not complete the shipbuilding plan. There were not many large warships on the surface, and its strength lags far behind its main rival, England.
It is precisely because the German Navy does not have the strength to launch a decisive battle with the British, so the German navy's operational objectives are mainly based on the sea attack. For this purpose of warfare, the two battleships, Shaunhorst and Gennasenau, were designed with speed as the first element and protection as the second element, and some firepower was sacrificed for this purpose.
The maximum speed of Gneisonau reached 31 knots, which is similar to that of light cruisers and destroyers. It can penetrate the British fleet by a single ship and enter the Atlantic to attack the Allies.
"Lieutenant Colonel, why don't we go to Africa by submarine? Gennasenau can break through the interception of the England fleet, but its goal is too big, and it may not be possible to go out. When the time comes, the British Navy will be like the wolves. On the way home," Captain Bock asked worriedly.
"Captain, you didn't consider the speed of the U-boat. We still have less than eight days left. The British blocked the English Channel. We must go to Africa to bypass the North Sea, first enter the Atlantic Ocean, and then detour to Africa and Morocco!" Kozny said with a wry smile, "It takes at least 10 days for the speed of the submarine. We will not be able to catch up with the summit of the Allies."
Everyone heard the words, but also a bitter smile. The African front of the Third Reich has been completely abandoned, and the original Tunisian and Algerian colonies of Germany and Italy have all fallen. If these two strategic areas are still there, they can fly to Africa and then enter Morocco through land.
Unlike Qin Lun’s original time and space, the Soviet Union’s Moscow and the Transcaucasian were all occupied by Germany, and the main force of the Soviet army withdrew from the Ural Mountains. Gained a large piece of Soviet territory, especially in the outer Caucasus, the resources of the German Third Reich are much richer than the original time and space. The only embarrassment is the lack of manpower. Now many of the Germans on the battlefield are boy scouts under the age of 18.
The Soviet Union was much weaker than the original time and space because it lost its European coastline and a large population of European land. The assistance of the Allies can only pass through the Far East, and then through the consumption across Siberia, the Soviet Union often has to accumulate a small half of the material to launch an Eastern Front offensive, and there is basically no threat to the Third Reich.
As for the western line of Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States have spent a lot of time to recover France and push the front line to Belgium and Luxembourg.
However, because the casualties of the US military are more than ten times more than the original time and space, the wave of domestic anti-war is surging. Coupled with their victory in the Asian theater, the power of this war is rapidly fading.
The war has hit now, Japan in the Axis has been defeated, Italy is dying, and they are all the same. In fact, only the Third Empire is left alone. The Allies are equally exhausted, and they are in a stalemate on both the East and West.
What is different from the past is that the current pursuit of the Axis is to seek a terrible end to the war, while the Allies intend to accumulate strength, carry out the final battle, and completely crush the last layer of the third empire.
Both sides understand that the war has reached the final stage. If it is not possible to end within 45 years, then the two sides are very likely to choose political peace.
Although different from the original intention of launching the war, the Third Empire, including the head of state, also understands that this will be the best result of Germany. The Allies abandoned the communist Soviet Union, only to restore France and Central and Southern Europe as the bottom line, while the Axis Power must leave the East of Japan.
Watching the Gennasenau from a distance, like the symmetry and exquisiteness of art. Coming to the vicinity, the ship of more than two hundred meters long and the bridge of the Empire State Building gave a strong sense of oppression.
After boarding the battleship, Qin Lun and others were placed in the military officer's area under the leadership of the German sailors. German warships pay more attention to the living environment of the sailors. There are only four people in a military officer's cabin, and there are separate toilets.
At the beginning of the ship, everyone was very interested and watched everywhere on the battleship. Even when measuring water marks, there are often several Rangers. The beauty of the sunset over the sea on the first day of the first day caused a lot of cheers and screams.
Unfortunately, after the warship entered the Atlantic, some members of the Rangers began to get seasick, and Qin Lun and Grant, as well as Lin Feng among the special forces, fell at the same time.
"Voice!" Qin Lun swayed his legs, walked out of the bathroom and threw himself into the bed. On his upper bunk, Grant also stared blankly at the ceiling in the stars.
"You two are too exaggerated. Have you never been to the ocean?" Baron Weidenbelle touched his moustache and looked at the two murderers with contempt.
Qin Lun had a glance with Grant and they had never taken a boat. The Earth Federation where they are located has long since phased out aircraft of the old century, such as airplanes and seagoing vessels. The short-distance is a maglev aircraft, and the long-distance is the transmission of the skytrain. How can the two high-tech gadgets have such a strong sense of shock?
Before the law body did not adapt to this bump, their apostle's soul print could not get rid of the current dizziness.

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On the third day of the journey, with the sharp alarm on the battleship, the sailors’ shouts and snoring came from outside the cabin. In addition to Qin Lun and Grant, Weiden Baylor and Captain Bok immediately ran out of the cabin to check the situation.
"Booming" accompanied by deafening cannons, several apostles on the battleship also ushered in their most painful period of time. The continuous bumps and shocks almost made Qin Lun dizzy, creating an illusion of fluttering.
Fortunately, the first battle of the Gennasenau was not long, and the outside of the cabin quickly calmed down, re-transmitting the footsteps of Weidenberg and Bock.
"This is spectacular!" the baron said with some excitement. "I originally thought that the sail war of William I was already the most exciting naval battle in the world. I didn't expect the artillery battle in the steel age to be more awesome~EbookFREE.me~ This is simply the boxing of the steel behemoth!"
William I... How long has this vampire baron lived! Qin Lun, who was lying in bed, rolled his eyes and slept in silence.
On the fifth day of the journey, the law was adapted to seasickness, and the dizziness in the death list finally disappeared. Qin Lun and Grant were also able to leave the cabin.
"Unfortunately, we did not see the naval battle!" Qin Lun said to Grant.
"Yeah, what a pity!" Grant shrugged unscrupulously. His curiosity was not as strong as Qin Lun.
The day before yesterday, the naval battle was very short. The captain of the major general of Gneisenau did not entangle with the British fleet that had come to intercept, but the original route was a long way.
"Lower Gerthard, your mountain eagle finally flew up from the bed!" Qin Lan came behind Mrs. Monica's laughter.
"Mrs, good morning!" Qin Lun said indifferently, the light gray pupil stared at Scolzny behind her. "Lieutenant Colonel, how long will we have to come to Casablanca?"
"Tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon we will be in the target waters, and then the captain will use the three seaplanes on the battleship to send the main members and weapons of the Rangers to shore. As for the squadron's special forces, they will use the dinghy to land, all of them are Can carry out frogman training," Scholzny said cautiously.
The next afternoon, a black horizon appeared in front of the battleship. Qin Lun removed his Kark98 sniper rifle and put it into the suitcase. Finally, he glanced at the Gennasenau in the sunset and bent down into the seaplane.
Although the Gennasenau broke through the interception of the British fleet, there are now two powerful fleets chasing after it. After this time, it may be the last time he saw this beautiful and powerful warship.