Chapter 228: Surf

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The waters northeast of the British Isles are called the North Sea, and this is the only way for the German navy to enter the Atlantic Ocean, and it is also the main line of defense for the British Royal Navy to block Germany. At this moment, the sharp bow of a new German destroyer splits the sea like a knife, and the white waves twitch left and right, dispersing to both sides, facing the strong wind and the rolling waves, driving fast on the endless sea.
Behind the side of this destroyer, you can vaguely see another warship marching through the waves. On the masts of the two warships, the signal lights flash back and forth, regularly and mysteriously. Farther away, another warship was sailing in the same formation. The soldiers wiped the pale yellow wooden deck with a rag on the deck and hummed the out-of-tune song.
The warships are connected one after the other to form a huge fleet. Several destroyers are lined up in line, followed by cruisers, and behind the cruiser, two huge aircraft carriers. The wave of the entire fleet's bow cut stretches for thousands of kilometers, and it is spectacular.
"Helmsman! Stead the direction! Send a signal to the fleet flagship" Empire "aircraft carrier! Report all normal news, the rest of the matter, just leave it to the fleet reconnaissance aircraft!" One upper body is wearing a black double-breasted military uniform and the lower body The German navy officer in white straight officer pants stood in the command cabin, and on the shaky destroyer was looking at the sea with a pair of binoculars longer than the Army-type telescope: "Southwest direction about 36 degrees! Keep the course! First officer, go and see Look at our new equipment and check how it works. "
"Yes! Captain. The" Empire "aircraft carrier called back. The second squadron of the High Seas Fleet and the supply ships have entered the North Sea. This is the territory of the British. The flagship ordered us to strengthen our vigilance and pay attention to the British ships that may appear nearby. The first officer took the folder from the trainee and looked at the message inside.
"Adjust the course! Amend 15 degrees south. Prepare all artillery! Level 2 alert! Raise the navy battle flag, and all the noncommissioned officers will arrive at the post in 5 minutes, and no one can leave without permission!" The captain issued a series of orders, the entire destroyer It's noisy.
The 88mm caliber main gun of the destroyer's bow had been ripped off by the sailors. The dark barrel was pointedly pointed at the distant sea level. The German Navy's red cross battle flag was raised to the top of the mast and accelerated The roar of the machine, the black smoke from the chimney in the middle of the ship, the rumbling sound is really alarming.
The 40mm caliber Bofors anti-aircraft gun began to point slowly to the sky, and the torpedo was ready. The destroyer is now like a little hedgehog with a tense atmosphere everywhere.
On the fleet's core aircraft carrier, the fleet commander Gunther Lütjens frowned and received an encrypted emergency message from the country. A brief piece of information is clearly written on the paper: "The British Royal Navy's main local forces do not know where to go. If an interception is encountered, the return to Kiel military port is a priority option. Don't be reckless."
"How did we get the news? We are already on the North Sea ..." Gunther? Lütjens was obviously dissatisfied with the speed of the navy's intelligence transmission. He handed the documents to the commander of the aviation force and ordered: "Immediately All the reconnaissance planes were dispatched to investigate the nearby sea. The fleet cancelled the radio silence and sent a message to General Redel, saying that the confluence plan was cancelled and our army retreated to Kiel Military Port. "
He glanced at his first officer: "The course is adjusted to true north, and after taking off the plane, it is adjusted to northwest. Communicate this command."
Aircraft carriers also started to make alarm bells. Ground crews pushed the reconnaissance two-seat fw-190 in the aircraft carrier hangar onto the elevator. The technicians were urgently opening the folded wings for the aircraft. Several aircraft pilots and navigators had already carried their parachute backpacks and discussed the details of the reconnaissance mission with the commanders and intelligence analysts beside them.
"I understand, I will search north immediately after takeoff to ensure the safety of the channel back to Kiel Port ... If you encounter the other reconnaissance plane, try not to make contact." A pilot pointed to the chart and said: "The fuel is exhausted After that, I should join the fleet near here, right? "
"Yes, if you encounter the other party's aircraft and you can't avoid it, shoot them down." An officer pointed to the chart and added: "Mark the location of the enemy's shooting down more accurately, but first make sure to pass the position of the opposing fleet back. . "
"Yes! I see." Several pilots and chartmen nodded, blessed each other a few words, and then headed separately to their respective reconnaissance planes.
Gunther Lütjens looked at the ship-borne reconnaissance planes one after another on the bridge and took back his eyes and ordered: "Signal, all warships equipped with radar, the radar is turned on, search the nearby sea."
In the northwest direction of the Lütjens Fleet, about 40 kilometers away, a huge fleet with no bounds was sailing in formation. The huge roar of machinery accompanied by the sound of the waves hitting the hull formed a magnificent Melody, the main fleet of the British Royal Navy's local fleet is moving at full speed.
Several British battleships have been brought together from the British mainland. The British fleet has gathered 5 battleships and 4 aircraft carriers in one breath. Counting a large number of fleets, this fleet can be regarded as one of the largest naval fleets at present. .
After some discussion, the British naval commanders felt that it would be a bit overkill to split the German high seas fleet and annihilate half of them, so they deliberately slowed down their speed and wanted to block all the confluent German high seas fleets in the North Sea. The last once and for all put an end to the ridiculous dream of German of the Atlantic.
So now they set up an encircling circle on the western surface of Denmark, deploying a large number of high-speed destroyers and cruisers on the periphery, trying to delay the escape speed of the German navy, and once the main force of the German fleet was dragged, the battleships cruising not far away There will also be heavy cruisers coming to sink the entangled German ship. In short, after 1919, the ocean navy, which had been silent for a long time, once again became the vanguard of the war.
"Report to the captain! Fleet command ship 'Empire'" call: fully deploy the radar system, warn the sea, and the battle begins! The course changes, turns to true north, and advances at the fastest speed of the fleet. " At the same time, on almost all warships of the German Navy, the first officer reported the command of General Lütjens to his captain.
"The radar is on!" A technician shouted at the small bright spots on the huge radar search screen: "The vision is clear, the radar is working properly, and I can see every ship on the fleet."
The German destroyers and cruisers were busy, and the sailor soldiers on the aircraft carrier were not idle. They were preparing bombs for the fighter planes under the deck. Ten fighter planes were hooked with torpedoes, ready to take off for combat.
An aviation commander rushed from the command room downstairs to the bridge where Lütjens was holding the telegraph, and handed him a piece of paper: "General! The reconnaissance plane just launched into the air British reconnaissance aircraft were found in the nearby clouds, and we were indeed eyeing. "
"Take all fighters carrying torpedoes to take off, we can't be so passively beaten." Lütjens said fiercely: "Preparing the Stuka dive bomber! Before we adjust the course, we must take off 40 fighters."
The commander of the aviation unit nodded and ran out. Lütjens' commander picked up the phone and commanded loudly: "Sound the battle alarm!"
"Woo ... Woo ..." The stern alarm sounded on the warship, and in all the cabins and corridors, the red battle alarm flashed with a heart-wrenching light. The two fighters flew to the sky, the radio silence was broken, and there were pilot reports and various commands issued by the command system on the warship.
"The outlying destroyer found the enemy ship, which should be a destroyer, about 27 nautical miles away in our true north direction," an officer reported loudly.
"No. 04 reconnaissance plane called, they found a battleship that was being expelled by the British Air Force fighters, they were entangled." Another radio officer followed the report loudly.
"How many fighter planes have taken off?" A liaison officer raised his telephone receiver and asked aloud: "It's too noisy to hear clearly! Is it ten or twenty? Make it clear! I can't hear it!" The entire bridge All of the above have their own responsibility, and all of them are voices of contact confirmation.
"Why is there no intelligence feedback from the submarine force?" Lütjens frowned and asked the chief officer around him.
"I heard that the army is about to start operations on the Western Front, so Dunitz gathered the submarines on the ocean and prepared to hit the UK the hardest blow in the first place. So the intelligence collection was delayed. "The first officer replied.
Lütjens nodded and said, "Record this and give it to the head of state."
The first officer froze for a moment, and then replied: "Yes, I understand."
Now the situation of the entire German fleet is very bad. In terms of the fleet ’s ability to fight the sea, the entire fleet can be said to be extremely weak: the largest caliber gun is only 150 millimeters, which is similar to the British destroyer.
Therefore, in addition to air defense and anti-submarine capabilities, the German destroyer can only be regarded as a large gunboat in the UK, while the German cruiser is barely a large British destroyer. This makes the German fleet lack the combat ability of naval guns against this "close combat". It is a bit like an archer in online games, relying on a strong long-range attack ability to kill opponents.
In theory, the combat mode provided by Akado, who has mastered the future naval warfare mode, is undoubtedly advanced, but the German Navy cannot improve its combat command level for a while, so the current German Navy still lacks a real direction. The courage of the previous step.