Chapter 229

What is a dog jumping over a wall in a hurry? What is a rabbit biting? That's how the German Navy is now. With a solemn and stirring mood, like a desperate woman blocked by a strong man, she finally remembered that she had a pistol in her purse

"It's too much of a fight. I'm more suitable for directing artillery duels between battleships or heavy cruisers. " Lutjans put down his telescope, a habit he had developed for many years, but now he found that he could not see the target he was going to attack: "this method of attacking an opponent with a plane out of sight is really depressing."

When you can't see your own results with your own eyes, and you can't enjoy the pleasure of attacking the enemy, the fun of fighting will disappear. Instead, there is endless calculation and the suffocating and lingering tension, which is absolutely unprecedented for a commander.

So please understand Japan's obsession with big ships and huge guns during World War II. There is absolutely a reason for this: it's really fascinating to watch Japan's shells penetrate into the enemy's ships, then burst and tear them apart, smash their multi million pound warships into scrap iron, and then watch them slowly sink to the bottom of the sea, We all know the actual effect.

The other pressure comes from the fear brought by the new tactics. So far, some people in the Navy believe that the battleships that have accompanied them for decades, and that the armor on these Tyrannosaurus Rex like steel giants can resist the bombs and torpedoes dropped by mosquito like planes.

This distrust of the attack power of carrier based aircraft and self-confidence in the protection system of battleships are full of navies of all countries. At least Japan, the United States and Britain, the world's first-class naval powers, have not made such crazy moves as Germany to eliminate battleships and heavy cruisers. So lutjans was even more worried. He really didn't know whether he was dying or changing the history of world naval warfare.

Just now, 15 fighters with torpedoes have been launched, and the other 15 fighters have also taken off. As the air defense force of the whole fleet, they are on standby in the clouds. The other 30 Navy type two seater Stukas have also flown to their targets. They are going to attack the main force of the British naval fleet, which is encircling the German fleet to the north.

"Just sent the news, in our northwest, found the Royal Navy's battleship hood, can still vaguely see followed by two aircraft carriers." The chief officer frowned and said to lutjans, "the main force of the British people seems to be to our north, which is really incomprehensible."

"There's nothing hard to understand." Lutjans looked at the chart on the chart analysis table, thought about it, and said, "they didn't come for us, they came to annihilate our high seas fleet! Contact the carrier tirbitz and order them to send out all the remaining carrier based aircraft due south to attack any targets they can find

"Due south?" The chief officer was in a daze. He didn't know why lutjans was so commanding.

"Yes, due south!" Lutjans nodded and said, "when all the carrier based planes take off, command the fleet to turn immediately and move south at full speed."

"We're not going back to Kiel?" The chief officer didn't believe what he had heard.

"The main force of the British navy is in our Northwest. If we insist on going north, we will encounter them soon. But if we stick to the south, then at least we have a chance to meet general Ryder in the south. " Lutjans explained, and then looked at the chart for a moment.

Then he looked up as if he had made up his mind and said, "send a telegram to general Ryder right away and tell them that we are going south. I hope they can take care of us."

"General, what about the British Navy destroyers and cruisers in the south?" The first mate asked the most deadly question.

Lutjans raised his eyebrows, gritted his teeth and said, "we are at war with Britain. Although we are reluctant to admit that there is a certain difference between our two countries and the real war, we are at war. For the enemy Navy in a state of war, there is only one choice: sink it. "

"In addition, give orders to the northern air forces that have already launched attacks, and return immediately after the threat attack." Lutjans thought for a moment and said, "no matter how much success we can achieve in the north, we can't change the situation that our fleet is surrounded. So we have to save our troops and break through the encirclement in the south."

As a result, a lively competition game was staged on the German aircraft carrier. The two aircraft carriers released the remaining aircraft with the fastest speed, and the direction of these aircraft was opposite to that of the previous batch.

After sending all the planes, the whole fleet began to turn around. A huge fleet made a huge turning track on the sea. Later, the carrier based fighters that had just gone to the North returned because the commanders of the German Navy's carrier based fighters were worried that their aircraft would not find a fleet that had changed its course.

Then came the chaotic scene of the carrier receiving the carrier based aircraft landing. Although the fuel was sufficient, the fw-190, the first batch of torpedo and bomb counterattack, and Stuka were in a hurry to land and replenish ammunition. The deck was full of just stable planes, and the ground crew busy pushing them aside to make way for the planes behind to land.

Although the usual strict training and the German style of rigorous work make the chaotic emergency take-off and landing mission no trouble in the chaos, it still makes lutjans, who is watching all this on the bridge, sweat in a cold sweat. It seems that this kind of invisible naval battle is not only not suitable for him alone, but also for every German Navy. Behind the entire German fleet, on the bridge of a destroyer, the captain lowered his telescope. Radar screen has seen the British Navy's dense light spot, a few seconds ago, a huge water column exploded not far away, the British have begun to correct their artillery. If we drive at the current speed, the German fleet that has just turned will not be able to escape the pursuit and strangulation of the British * ships. The pursuit fleet composed of battlecruisers and cruisers will soon bite the German fleet, nibbling away the German fleet exposed to British artillery. If not, even the first fleet on the high seas that came to reinforce would be eaten by the British“ Adjust the course, continue to turn westward, set aside firing positions for side torpedoes, telegraph all sailors, and generate electricity for the flagship. This ship is the rear of the fleet. " The captain lit the pipe in his mouth and said with a big beard like a hedgehog: "for the future of the high seas fleet! Fight to the last minute“ Sorry, everyone. I'm a veteran of operation rainbow, and I don't want to face the end of the high seas fleet again. " Bearded embarrassed smile, and then ordered: "fixed course, all torpedo sector salvo!"“ don't worry! As long as our fleet is safe, there will always be a chance to avenge us! " The chief mate said with a smile“ Death is not a prisoner! Let the British see how powerful our German destroyers are The helmsman said with a smile. With a slight tremor, 10 large torpedoes flew into the sea in the direction of the dense British pursuit fleet, so it doesn't matter whether they aim or not: This is the barrage fire that interferes with the enemy's pursuit. As long as the enemy finds the torpedoes to evade, it will be the same as the turning German warship team, which can't increase the speed for a moment“ Load the torpedoes now! Get all the torpedoes out before you get hit Big beard looked at the huge water column hit by the shell on the side, and ordered in a loud voice: "let the deck sailors put down the boat, the Gunners and the soldiers who don't want to die, you can get on the lifeboat! The British will pick them up. "“ Torpedo loaded! You can launch at any time! " After a while, the chief officer reported loudly“ Volley! Then there's no need to report, free shooting! " The captain said with a loud smile, "we are in the range of the auxiliary guns of the British battleship. We can't escape, gentlemen."“ Long live the Fuehrer The chief mate called with a straight face“ Long live the German Navy. " Big beard also said solemnly. Torpedo after torpedo flew into the sea one by one and swam quickly towards the British fleet which had appeared on the sea level in the distance. However, because of the conspicuous track, it can only interfere with this distance. It is almost impossible to achieve success. However, in order to avoid these torpedoes, the British Navy's pursuit fleet was obviously slow. Seeing that the German main fleet had been released, the British began to speed up their pursuit, and at the same time, they fired guns to sink the troubled German destroyer. However, due to the range problem, only 380mm battleship main gun and 280mm heavy cruiser main gun can hit the German destroyer. However, because the German destroyers were facing the British fleet sideways, and the British fleet was pursuing directly, the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. Soon, a shell hit the German destroyer, and the strong impact force folded the whole hull in two, because the 380mm caliber gun was too powerful, and even half of the bridge flew into the sky. Soon the whole battlefield was silent, and it took less than five minutes for the destroyer to be hit and sank. There are two life buoys floating on the sea, and a few pieces of broken wood, which is the only proof that there was a ship here. Warships of the Royal Navy sped by and found no survivors.