Chapter 694

"Distress signal?" An officer in the radio cabin of the German Navy frowned and looked at the message in his hand. Then he looked at the mechanic who had just received the message suspiciously. Finally, he folded the message and turned to the end of the corridor.

The coordinates given in the telegram are not far away from the German warship. On the contrary, the distance between them is very close. In another cabin, the German radar operator has seen the strange track of the two ships not far away from the screen, and has also written notes about what he has observed and communicated with the command tower.

Since the large-scale service of the new German cruisers (in fact, they are just large tonnage destroyers in terms of sea attack power), some temporary improvised ships in the hands of the German navy have become dispensable. In particular, the armored ship luzov, which was forced to take charge of the defense of the aircraft carrier formation, was used as an independent ocean attack ship again because it was a waste of performance.

As for the original three, there are only two armored ships left to provide the fleet's sea night cover capability, which is filled by the cutting-edge battleship field marshal Ryder. So this time, the armored ship luzov was sent out as a quick support ship for temporary escort.

After more than two months of overhaul and refitting, this pocket battleship, or armored ship, has made great changes. The first is to install the Navy's first artillery calibration radar, which can adjust the artillery firing by relying on the radar in very bad weather conditions to hit the distant target.

Not only the aiming radar is installed, but also the search radar and the guidance radar of the antiaircraft gun are installed at the top of the mast. It can be said that in order to enable the warship to fight alone, the German Navy made an epoch-making super modification on it. Although the firepower and mobility have not been improved, the improvement of electronic equipment can be described as against the sky.

This warship had distinctive characteristics when it was built. This warship with German Navy characteristics was equipped with two triple 280 mm caliber main guns. Although the number is not large, it is superior to most light cruisers in caliber. The speed of this warship is as high as 29 knots. Thanks to the steady improvement of German naval ship engine technology, the speed of this warship exceeds that of any cruiser.

At that time, the design idea of this warship was very clear: sink all warships and merchant ships that are not as good as our own, and then use our own high speed to turn around and escape when our opponent's powerful heavy cruisers, battlecruisers and battleships arrive. The typical thinking of fighting at sea creates this kind of cross-border warship.

This kind of design sounds good, why only the Germans play with it? In fact, the reason is very simple. The navies of other countries don't look up to this kind of strange warship: the armor level is average and the tonnage is limited. Although the firepower is strong, the density is very low. The protective force is similar to that of the light cruiser. It's not the opponent of the other party's main warship at all - this ship can't really do anything except sneak attack.

Inside the bridge command tower of the warship, a middle-aged German officer stood in his position with his hands on his back. On one side of him were the helmsman and navigation officers, while on the other side of him were some artillery colleagues. He took the telegram for help from the telegraph officer and looked it over carefully.

After reading the contents, he took a look at the chief mate next to him and gave the order of operation: "adjust the course to the left, we will go to the place where the accident happened, rescue our ships, prepare the weapons, sound the battle alarm, the whole ship will enter the combat state, raise the combat flag of the third Imperial Navy, send the radio with the public channel, indicating that the German Navy is carrying out the escort mission in this sea area!"

"Yes! Mr. Colonel The first mate stood at attention and immediately issued a series of combat orders. The alarm was quickly sounded. The low elevation 150 mm caliber auxiliary guns on both sides of the ship's side pointed to the distant sea, with a murderous momentum. And more 105mm caliber and 88mm antiaircraft guns also entered the combat state, the luzov warship instantly became like a hedgehog.

"Well, I thought the United States was a great ship. After a long time, it was a destroyer... It's really..." the officer in charge of artillery control looked at the message, and then scoffed at this battle mission. After all, the opponent was not at the same level, which made it difficult to mention the battle.

The US destroyer is a small destroyer with a displacement of more than 2000 tons, while Germany is a standard cruiser with a full displacement of 16000 tons. The tonnage is even close to that of a heavy cruiser. In terms of firepower, the two sides are obviously not in the same level.

Just as the armored ship luzov sped up and rushed to the scene of the accident, the process of the US Navy destroyer approaching the German transport ship was not as smooth as they thought, because compared with the slightly bulky armored ship luzov, the reaction speed of the aircraft carrier Empire, which received the distress signal 100 kilometers away, was faster.

Two fw-190 fighters on routine patrol rushed to the sea area immediately after receiving the order. Just when Kohler, a German businessman, was at a loss and felt that the time of his death had come, the two German fighters in the sky suddenly made things complicated and variable. The two planes were not equipped with effective weapons against the destroyers, so they had to lower their altitude and began to radio the Americans.

It's also a public channel. There's also a mechanical German sound, but it's no different from the most wonderful voice in coller who hasn't had time to walk down the iron ladder: "this is the patrol fighter of the German naval air force. We are responsible for taking over our ships. Please leave this sea area immediately! come again! Please leave this area immediately This is definitely not very good news for the US Navy. After all, if there is a conflict between the two sides, it means that dozens of German planes will arrive here in less than ten minutes, and there are still torpedoes and aerial bombs. Obviously, an aircraft carrier fleet can't be provoked by a destroyer. As long as it's not a fool, you can think about it immediately“ I'm a US Navy destroyer! Now that you've taken over this transport ship, we'll leave immediately! We'll leave in a minute! " In the end, the captain of the US destroyer chose to be soft. After all, the situation is pressing. The German aircraft carrier fleet in the North Atlantic Ocean is still the largest, and no one can cause trouble“ Two planes scared the Americans away? " Kohler thought it was incredible. He looked at the two German fighters circling with the US destroyers. For the first time, he felt a little good for his motherland. After all, there are not many countries that can make Americans reason. None of these countries is a world-class powerful country“ In the Atlantic, our navy hasn't lost yet The captain of the transport ship was obviously relieved because of the appearance of the plane. He went to the railing and explained to Kohler, "the head of state leads us invincible. Our navy is the real overlord in the whole North Atlantic!" When he said it, his face was full of pride, with a kind of Aryan pride. After all, they have been bullied by the Americans these days and lost a lot of valuable property. Now it's a great pleasure to see their motherland drive away the swaggering American destroyers. At this time, someone found that in another direction, a huge warship appeared on the sea level. From this distance, we can see that the later warship was bigger than the American destroyer. In people's eyes of horror, more than 10000 tons of armored ships entered the escort route of transport ships. The German Navy flag on the mast fluttered and trembled in the wind“ This is the German warship luzov of the Third Reich. Welcome to the waters under the control of the Third Reich In the radio, the voice of captain luzov came from the special channel of the German Navy. Compared with the just invincible American destroyer, this warship is more powerful and powerful. The German people on the transport ship were shocked and speechless just by its momentum“ Thank you for your help. Just now, those Americans tried to board the ship for inspection and fired guns to threaten us to slow down. " The captain grabbed the phone and said what he said to the German Navy. Then there was a silent hiss on the radio, and there came the voice of captain luzov: "are they firing?"“ Yes, it's firing The captain of the transport ship seemed to be talking about a common thing with the phone“ Command, this warship is ready to fire Said the captain of the luzov, standing on the bridge, frowning“ But, Captain, the other side has already opened the fire range of our auxiliary gun. Do you want to catch up quickly? " The first mate was stunned, then asked“ No, we have a gun with enough range! " The captain coldly interrupted the first mate's words, and then said. Then, in the eyes of all, in front of the German people, accompanied by the roar of machinery and the sound of metal friction, the two huge 280 mm main gun turrets on the armored ship luzov began to rotate, and the bigger and more frightening gun holes pointed to the distant sea.