Battle of the Third Reich

The German pocket battleship Admiral Sher charged forward, and the tall rear mast hung a German admiral flag, indicating the flagship identity of this battleship.

Lieutenant General Lütjens sat in the armored commander's tower in front of the bridge, listening to the captain and the officers issuing battle instructions. He didn't like the boat, he didn't like it from the beginning. This warship was originally chosen as the flagship only because she had a very complete remote communication system and could directly contact the headquarters.

Lütjens is fully emotionally supportive of this decisive battle, which is actually more like a vengeance. He has participated in the Battle of Jutland and witnessed the magnificent Rainbow Operation with his own eyes. The naval predecessors and colleagues of those tragic days shared the same belief that the indelible humiliation and pain can only be washed away with the blood of the enemy.

But if it is considered tactically, Lütjens feels that with the current strength of the German navy, there is absolutely no need for such an adventure. The German navy and the British navy are in fact the same, and they cannot afford any losses at present.

The task of the German navy is too heavy, the strength is already stretched, and the loss of any warship is unacceptable. The Atlantic, the North Sea, the west coast of Africa, and everywhere are shouting that more ship support is needed. The German navy has not yet entered the Mediterranean Sea, otherwise it will have to mobilize a group of ships, and the cruiser will not fall from the sky. Lütjens is not a fairy. It is impossible to change a ship out of thin air. He now wants to destroy a destroyer. Break into two to use.

Welding riveting guns on the shipyards of German domestic shipyards have never stopped. The SS has once again proved to be a very useful foreman. Their methods are simple and rough. The whip iron gold mark and the efficiency of the shipyard have been increased by 300%. Those warships that were once only on the drawings of the heads of state are now slowly taking shape.

But after all, it is difficult to solve the thirst in the distant water, at least within a year, Lütjens still has to be careful. Life is tight.

"Five thousand meters, sir." Captain Major General Hertez reported to Lütjens.

"Keep heading and wait for the signal." Lütjens stood up, stood in front of the narrow observation slit behind the side of the commander's tower, picked up the telescope and looked out. The huge silhouette of the Scharnhorst appeared in the lens. He saw the silhouette of the battleship's navigation bridge shaking. On the side of the lookout bridge, someone was looking at it with his telescope.

"The German navy will fulfill its duties and obey orders, but if it is only for honor. Is it necessary to do this? Or, what do you want to prove to the head of state, your commander?" Lütjens knew the identity of the figure, this guy He took away his ship and threw him back to the pocket battleship, but he could only accept it honestly, and he could not show the slightest dissatisfaction, because that person was his boss, the German navy chief. Commander. Marshal Erich John Albert Redell.

This dispatch was entirely a personal act of Rydell, and he fully requested from the command headquarters that the surface fleet of the German Navy would complete the final blow against the British Navy. After his twenty-four years of entanglement in his heart long and long wishes.

Redell knows that after this time, Britain and Germany can no longer have the opportunity, and at the same time have the power to carry out such a fleet war. This is the last chance of an old German navy. For those dead and alive German navy soldiers of the Second German Empire, for those warships sinking in the Bay of Biscay, he will use this method to continue the honor of the German navy. Regaining the glory and pride he once lost, he is ready to reshape the soul of the Imperial Navy. The German Navy’s surface fleet is not the **** detachment of the submarine brigade, absolutely not.

It is said that Rydell expressed his opinion to the head of state with great emotion on the phone, swearing with fierce swears and swearing a long sigh and bluffing to threaten the resignation of the crown. Anyway, all the tricks were made, and finally the head of state Reinhardt reluctantly agreed to his move. request.

The old guy immediately set off from the headquarters, jumped on a torpedo boat, and went straight to the **** strike fleet. At this time, the German navy fleet was a little bit bored. They lined up and played around the sea near Deer. There was no target or opponent. They asked for superior guidance and did not reply.

No one thought that the head boss actually ran over in person. Rydell directly boarded Lütjens's flagship Scharnhorst, and then summoned all the captains to the flagship meeting. The lineup in the conference room shocked the captains. The navy marshal sat next to two generals, one was Carl Weizer, the director of naval weapons and equipment, and the other was William Sherman, Germany. Commander of the former battle fleet. The two World War I veterans happened to be drinking coffee at Redel's headquarters. The old man walked out of the office to see them and casually asked, "Beating English, don't go." So they went with them.

Reidel said that the British fleet came out, and the goal was the Dover Strait. After all his efforts, the head of state finally agreed to hand over the task of defeating the British mainland fleet to the German Navy’s new high seas fleet. The Strait, assaulted the British fleet, wiped out the British fleet, and regained the honor of the German navy. It was 10 am on the d-day, four and a half hours before the encounter between the two sides.

At 3:15 p.m. on the d-day, in the middle of the English Channel, the weather was fine and breeze. The British fleet first discovered the German fleet that was oncoming.

"Front ahead, at a distance of 20 miles, an unidentified fleet was found, about ten in number." The observing hand of the J-type destroyer Javelin, which was running at the forefront, looked at the lens of the fifteen times telescope and looked at the group of ships, which was thick and tall. The large warship on the bridge was rushing towards him, and he could vaguely identify the huge turrets on those battleships. The young soldier couldn't help but swallow.

The British fleet immediately began preparations for combat. The trumpets and drums of combat readiness sounded from the horn. The sailors who had been waiting for the long time began to make final preparations in accordance with the naval regulations. The sailors quickly ran into their working cabins. The waterproof doors of the bottom cabin were closed and locked together. The off-duty marine sailors joined the ammunition group of the secondary gun and the main gun according to the training group. The medical doctor took the stretcher team to guard under the stairs in the main aisle of the deck. The damage management team put on fireproof clothes and put on helmets and gas masks. The elevator transported the propellant and shells from the lifting well to the turret. The hydraulic loading system will The warhead and the drug pack were stuffed into the gun chamber one by one.

The two destroyers have completed their reconnaissance mission. Putting them on the front line is equivalent to letting them die. Tovey immediately ordered them to withdraw. He organized the four destroyers into a team. Put on the inner line of the fleet, these destroyers have no effect in the battle of the fleet. Put them on the side of the far enemy, separated by the battle line of your side. The destroyer will be affected by the hull of the battle ship in the artillery battle. Cover and cover, while waiting for the opportunity, may be able to launch an unexpected surprise attack.

Tovi is a destroyer officer and has his own unique understanding of the use of destroyers. Of course, this does not mean that he will not fight the battle of the front line. He has participated in the battle of Jutland. At that time, he commanded a destroyer to launch a torpedo attack on Hipper’s flagship battle cruiser, Luzo, but was unsuccessful. He was also shot by the quick-reaction German battle patrol main gun, and finally escaped with serious injuries. There is a young staff officer on the radar, which is now the commander-in-chief of Reidel. These two people may never have thought that, after a lapse of 24 years, they could still encounter again at sea, and put an end to that unending battle.

The fleets of both sides approached at high speed. The German fleet was lined up in two columns, each with four battleships, and the two battleships in front and behind were grouped together, with two German-class pocket battleships in the middle of the line. On the right are two Scharnhorst-class battleships, on the left are two Shippel-class battleships, and on the left are the two light cruisers.

Redel knew that the German fleet did not actually have the upper hand, and the two sides could only say that they were evenly matched. The shortcoming of Germany is that there is no real battleship in town. Although the 283mm main gun can hang all the British heavy patrols in front of it, it is impossible to take the Queen Elizabeth class.

Queen Elizabeth is a famous iron turtle with thick helmet and heavy armor. During the Battle of Jutland, he made his mark. The existing 283 mm main gun of the German Navy had to be close to within 10,000 meters to penetrate the 360 ​​mm thick main armor. Before then, she could only vent her superstructure. The Queen Elizabeth's 356mm main gun, although its performance has been much behind the times, is still sufficient to cause a fatal blow to all warships present in Germany. No German ship's armor can resist this kind of fire.

The distance between the two sides was 24,000 kilometers. The British could not bear the pressure and launched the first round of shelling. The British Navy lined up in an L-shaped formation, with three heavy cruisers and a battleship in the first row, and six light cruisers in a column behind the outermost Cumberland. Tovey was ready to try his best before entering the battle line. The firepower of the four battleships strives for the first victory before approaching 20,000 yards.

The British Royal Navy’s artillery technology is not very impressive, even after he obtained the most advanced optical observation and fire control command system in Germany after the end of World War I, he still persisted in sticking to their own old-fashioned saying that they were still stubborn. Well, it’s okay to say that they don’t want to make progress. Anyway, the British Royal Navy insists that their skills are the best. The Jutland naval battle is proof, and the German surrender is proof.

A pile of colorfully dyed water columns rises in front and side of the German fleet. In order to facilitate the identification of the landing point, the warhead is filled with dyes. Each battleship chooses a different color, generally red and blue. The British Royal Navy’s first round of shelling was a bit ugly. The farthest deviation exceeded two kilometers, and their ranging may have problems.

The German fleet remained unmoved and still maintained its original course towards the British. Two minutes later, the British shot a second round of volley. Because the two sides were facing the enemy, the British fleet could only fire with half of the main gun on the front. The advantage is that it is easier to adjust the angle and reduce its own shell. The disadvantage is that the firepower density is not enough, and it increases the difficulty of ranging.

The second round of shelling fell again, but it was clearly better than the first round of shelling, especially the Queen Elizabeth. The water column shot by her 356 mm main gun was the easiest to identify. Two of the shells were six hundred in front of Admiral Sher When the meter hits the sea, it can almost hit the "flagship" of the German Navy.

Lütjens wiped a cold sweat in the armored commander tower of Sher. He heard that the headquarters seemed to be in the process of preparing to downgrade this pocket-sized battleship to a heavy cruiser. He now very much agrees with the headquarters. It can only be counted as an armored cruiser. What is stronger than her is faster than her, and faster than her is not. She is not forced to die outside the harbour by three cruisers.

"When the battle is over, I don't even want Scharnhorst! I want to hang the commander's flag on the Bismarck." Lütjens secretly made the decision.

Now he has nothing to do, basically a guise, with two thin-skinned stuffed pseudo battleships to attract the British sight, the real ordered guy sits on the Scharnhorst and squats at 350 mm The armored command tower happily looked up at the sky. There are now three heavy cruisers and one battleship on the opposite side. The 150mm armor outside the Scherrer tower can’t stop anything. As long as the shot is completed, the captain of the battle is now commanded, the captain of the fleet is commanded by the boss, Lütjens and his The chief of staff stood by the armored observation window with his coffee outfit deep, and his brain had long ran the train and ran out of Jiuxiaoyun.

"The flagship is starting to fire!" A violent roar sounded, dragging Lütjens's thoughts back into reality. He looked sideways out of the observation slit, and the front turret of the Scharnhorst shrouded in one. In the dark gray smoke.

"The main gun started shooting." The gunner, wearing headphones, gave orders to the microphone. Everyone in the commander's tower put on their earphones. One was to talk and the other was to protect hearing. This place was less than five meters from the main gun turret. It can be said that the barrel was under their eyelids.

With a roar, the Shir's triple main gun fired its first salvo since the beginning of the war, and everyone looked up at the British fleet with a telescope. Waiting for almost half a minute, it felt like I had waited for half a year, and suddenly six green columns of water rose up behind Kent’s side, and then four red columns of water were erected in front of the Berwick. In the work of Earl Pell, the side of Queen Elizabeth was erected with a blue water column dyed by Sheer.

"Range measurement is very accurate. The first time the near-miss shot was fired, continue shooting!" Lütjens was finally happy. Admiral Sher's shelling was the most accurate in this round.

"Why are there only two water jets? Where did the other hit?" The chief of staff asked in doubt.

"One hit! Adjust the distance to nearly 600." The gunner shouted excitedly into the microphone. Lütjens saw a thick smoke from the middle of the front of Queen Elizabeth's bridge, not knowing what to light. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and faster!