Chapter 152： Sea search

"Amur, please answer when you receive it, and Amur, please answer when you receive it." On the radio, there were constant calls.

The sky was already bright, and the red Caucasus, which had been on the sea all night, braved black smoke, and finally arrived at the scheduled sea area, but there was no shadow of the Amur at all.

This made the crew on the Red Caucasus very anxious. Captain Tikhonov was holding a telescope and was searching the sea in front of him. In the radio, the telegrams were still being received, and the radio was replaced by direct Call.

There is no response, no response, what's the matter?

On this heavy cruiser, all the faces are blue.

"Captain, I suggest to eject our plane and search." Aside, the political commissar said to Captain Tikhonov. At this time, his face was also ugly.

This warship is a heavy cruiser launched by the Soviets in 32 years. However, compared with the Germans, a huge technological gap can be seen.

At the beginning, the Soviets installed the B-1-K1931 60-times diameter 180mm main gun for this warship. It was powerful and surpassed the western 203mm naval guns. However, the rifling was extremely fast, and the barrel life did not exceed 10. hair!

Later, with the help of the German Krupp company, the gun barrel was shortened to 57 times the caliber, and the propellant pack was reduced to 37.5 kg. The problem was alleviated by using a more sparse rifling distribution, and the barrel life reached 320 rounds. The actual combat capability.

At the same time, this warship is also equipped with catapults and aircraft provided by Germany.

Yes, in this era, warships are all equipped with aircraft. There are not many warships, only one or two. On cruisers, they use catapult to take off and then land in the sea for recovery.

In later generations, steam catapult technology is difficult to break through. Only the United States has the world. In this era, ordinary hydraulic catapults are enough to drive propeller-type seaplanes.

In addition to helping the "Red Caucasus" cruiser transform its guns, Germany also provided an aircraft catapult provided by Heinkel, and used the company's HE55 seaplane.

As a ship-borne water reconnaissance aircraft, its main mission is to detect the enemy's tracks in advance and provide early warning to its own warships. It is already an advanced theory in this era.

eject and take off! After receiving the order, the seaplane pilot Cocolin was seated in the cockpit within a few minutes. He fastened his seat belt, opened the cockpit cover, and was driven by a huge hydraulic ejection to drive the fighter plane. Left the cruiser.

The machine gunner in the rear compartment is also acting as a watchman at this time, faithfully performing his mission, and constantly searching the sea here.

The Amur, whose speed is less than ten knots, can go out a hundred nautical miles even in one night, so as long as you search all the nearby sea surface of a hundred nautical miles, you will be able to find them!

With this idea, Cocolin piloted the seaplane, flying in circles around the cruiser, circle after circle.

Sea search is the most boring. After flying for more than three hours, the machine gunner in the back seat suddenly shouted: "Look, ahead!"

On the far sea, a ship is sailing, and thick black smoke is coming out of the chimney. From the outline, it looks very much like our own Amur!

Pushing the joystick, the seaplane flew towards that side, getting closer and closer.

At this moment, suddenly, Cocolin quickly pressed the operating lever, and the seaplane made a huge arc and rolled quickly to the side.

A series of bullets rubbed the side of the seaplane, almost hitting them!

"The Red Caucasus, the Red Caucasus, found the Amur, sailing in the direction of the Isles of Scilly, with armed men on it, firing at us!" Kokolin quickly reported to the rear.

has not been found just now because they always searched along the route of the Amur. Who knows that this cargo ship has left the route and is heading towards Great Britain!

The Isles of Scilly, on the nearest island to which Great Britain belongs, these **** British people!

Of course, Cocolin had already regarded the armed men above who fired at him as British.

found the Amur, sailing to the Isles of Scilly, armed men on it! Upon receiving this information, Captain Tikhonov clenched his fists: "Order the warship, sail at full speed!"

Sail at full speed!

10 heavy oil boilers are burning at full force, black smoke is constantly emerging from the three chimneys, and 4 Brown-Curtis steam turbines are driven by high-pressure steam, outputting a maximum power of 55,000 horsepower, driving the nine Thousand-ton battleship, accelerate accelerate!

sprinted to a speed of nearly 30 knots, turbulence appeared in the tail of the Red Caucasus, the bow split the waves and sailed forward!

Never let the British take the Amur away!

The Soviet navy was very anxious. At the same time, the British navy base in Plymouth Harbor received a brief distress signal.

"SOS, SOS." After a short international distress signal, I couldn't get in touch anymore.

After receiving the report, the base commander thought a little and decided to dispatch a British navy river-class frigate K215 Neath River that was patrolling nearby seas to search and rescue the sea area where the signal was sent.

This is a frigate with a simple first-class structure. One 12-pounder gun and five 6-pounder guns are all its weapons. In World War II, this frigate was mainly responsible for the transportation of ocean-going cargo, rather than being upright. Battleship duel.

As for now, in peacetime, it is a good choice to perform a search and rescue mission.

After receiving the order from the base, the Neath River started to move toward the sea area where the signal was sent.

"I really don't know which country it is a ship." On the bridge, Captain Robert said to his subordinates while holding a cup of coffee: "This is not a waterway at all, how come they come here!"

The sea is not strong, and the coffee in his hand is quite steady.

"Report to the captain that a cargo ship of Soviet nationality was found ahead." The chief officer shouted to him.

Soviet cargo ship? Robert took his last sip of coffee and looked at the cargo ship approaching in the distance. Suddenly, a feeling of anxiety became stronger and stronger.

"God, there is a big hole on its side!" A watchman had already discovered this unusual.