Chapter 18: Northern Fortitude: A Triumphant Return
Here, because of the threat of a left-handed, Ben Tzu can't resist his obscenity, so let's push it.
Well, dnf genius merchant, link::book1213651ht After cleaning up the battlecruiser "Hood", it is time to clean up the legendary British prince.
The hit of "Eugen" was the result of the attack of the British prince, so the whole ship was united and rushed to the battleship with guns.
A pair of shells were fired at the "Prince of Wales", and after a series of efforts, soon the shells formed a straddle fire.
Then, after a slight adjustment, the "Prince of Wales" began to be surrounded by a constant column of water.
This battleship was as helpless as a newborn baby in the hands of a two-meter-tall man in the hands of two battleships and one battlecruiser that had been converted from the "Prince Eugen", which was barely considered a battle cruiser and a large number of aircraft.
Lütjans, a veteran of World War I, saw that the two main ships of the British Royal Navy's home fleet were beaten to a pointlessness, and he immediately laughed and trembled.
Because the "Prince of Wales" was a battleship built during the treaty, a lot of armor and watertight compartments were cut in order to match the tonnage as much as possible, so the tragic battleship was quickly sunk. The British battlefleet began to rush towards Ji Feng's side, and they planned to overwhelm the two and a half battleships on Ji Feng's side with their numerical superiority.
Ji Feng's response was to assemble his own aircraft carrier force and prepare a group of land-based naval aviation to be ready for battle at any time.
The British sent two aircraft carriers, the Brilliant and the Indomitable, to follow the battlefleet, and the British believed that the German aircraft carriers should still be unable to enter service because of the kind of orders given by President Go.
So the British were severely pitted by Ji Feng.
The British battleships were very cautious in line to shoot at Ji Feng's troops, and the battle lines of the two sides were basically parallel, which means that whoever had more guns at this distance could win.
But at this moment, Ji Feng dispatched most of the naval aviation on the "Count Zeppelin", and almost all the land-based air forces were dispatched, some of these air groups were loaded with heavy torpedoes, and some were loaded with heavy bombs, all of which were prepared for battleships anyway.
As for the aircraft carrier, it was taken by Ji Feng.
Ji Feng sent Lütjans to the "Bismarck", and then his "Prinz Eugen" still had a flagship flag.
"Prinz Eugen" led three destroyers out of the battle line to search for the enemy aircraft carrier fleet.
The reconnaissance aircraft unit of the "Count Zeppelin" did not participate in the attack, but chose to reconnoiter the enemy aircraft carriers. Ji Feng thought that when the enemy thought that he would definitely die, maybe he would do something, maybe the British aircraft carrier would run out and shoot at him. It is better to sink it now, lest you lose your ship in return.
The British aircraft carrier, which was in the dragnet search of the submarine force and the aviation unit, had no way to dodge it, and was finally discovered, while Ji Feng activated the spare gas turbine engine room and moved at full speed, and the heavy cruiser even ran at a speed of 40 knots.
As for the destroyers, they followed closely, they had just upgraded their engine systems, and now they also used gas turbines, and their ultimate speed reached an astonishing 45 knots.
It is very rare for a battleship to hit an aircraft carrier, but Ji Feng intends to carry it forward.
According to the guidance of the search force, Ji Feng found the British aircraft carrier formation and sank it, and the three destroyers played a very important role in this operation. Their 533-mm heavy torpedoes left the British aircraft carriers with no place to be buried, and even the aircraft carrier "Brilliant" was directly blown up, sinking two sections of the ship's body.
When Ji Feng returned to the battlefleet, the battle was over.
"Bismarck" lost one turret, and the superstructure of "Tirpitz" was almost completely gone.
Ji Feng said that he was very surprised by this matter, and Lu Teyans hung his arms and said: "The firepower of the British is too fierce, and we can't duel them at all." Fortunately, there were constant harassment and attacks by the air force, which made the British think that the other ships of our high seas fleet had also come out, so they scared away. However, it will take at least two to three months for each of their warships to come back out, and we can reduce the pressure a lot. ”
Ji Feng looked at the deck of the bare "Tirpitz", and secretly admired the ferocity of the battleship's main gun fire.
After some emergency repairs, the battleship "Tirpitz", named after the father of the High Seas Fleet, actually regained some power and was able to travel at a speed of thirteen knots per hour. On the way back, Lu Teyans nervously asked Ji Feng if he had any music that was higher than Gegao, and now the fleet had defeated the old enemy since the First World War, or to be precise, since the nineteenth century, and the morale was high.
So Ji Feng thought about it and took out a record from his suitcase, which contained a very famous song to conquer heaven
When this song was played from the tweeter of the "Prince Eugen", which was the heart of the fleet, the entire fleet was not calm.
First of all, because the small heavy cruiser "Prinz Eugen" actually had spare power to install high-power broadcasting equipment, and secondly, this song is indeed very good.
Ji Feng said with a smile: "Such a high-power host allows us to have more electrical energy, in fact, we put a gas turbine in the exhaust duct of the main engine, and the power provided by one-third of the main engine when it is running at full speed even exceeds the electricity that those coal-fired boilers and oil-fired boilers can produce at full speed, so we can have this kind of tweeter." Secondly, the song itself was intended to wait for the Conquest of Britain by the Empire, but it would be fine to release it early now. ”
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that there were no high-power phased array radars and the like, how could Ji Feng have excess electrical energy
Ji Feng was a little puzzled when he saw Lu Teyans, so he smiled and said: "Now we have two operating gas turbines in the main engine room, as long as these two gas turbines are removed and operated at normal speed, it should be enough power for two Berlins without loss." ”
Lu Teyans couldn't help but gasp, this ship has such a lot of power, I'm afraid the fuel consumption is not small.
Ji Feng seemed to see his puzzlement, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this ship is even more fuel-efficient than before, because we wasted a lot of heat energy before, but now we can use more than eighty percent of the heat energy." In this case, even we are very fuel-efficient now. When the battleship slowly sailed into Kiel Harbor, Ji Feng looked through the binoculars and saw that the mustache and the big fat man knew who it was.
As soon as the big fat man saw the extent of damage to the "Tirpitz", he directly covered his face and did not dare to look at it, and before lowering his head, the big fat man glanced at the mustache, and the mustache's brow furrowed, but it quickly returned to normal.
After Ji Feng and Lu Teyansi got off the boat, they walked in front of Mustache and Mr. Lei.
Ji Feng poked Lu Teyans, so Lu Teyans stood up very reluctantly and said, "Report to the Führer, the chief of the navy." We succeeded in intercepting the British interceptor fleet, sinking the enemy battleship Prince of Wales, the battlecruiser HMS Hood, the aircraft carrier Radiance and the aircraft carrier Indomitable; Seriously damaged the rest of the enemy warships. It is estimated that the enemy completely lost one battleship, one battlecruiser, two aircraft carriers, three cruisers, and seven destroyers, in addition to 177 to 198 enemy planes destroyed, most of which were parachuted when they fell. Our Tirpitz was seriously wounded, and now it is very clear that the enemy will definitely be able to crack our code, otherwise it would not be possible that such an elite enemy fleet would be waiting for us on our course. ”
The mustache nodded and said: "Well, you did a very good job, the superstructure of the Tirpitz is destroyed, and it will take a very long time if it is repaired, plus the displacement of 40,000 tons of this battleship is no longer enough." So I plan to build another battleship of the H40 class, and the Tirpitz will be handed over to naval aviation for refitting. We must develop naval aviation"
Mr. Lei then came up and said: "Congratulations, Vice Admiral Ludendorff, because of your excellent completion of the mission this time, I will promote you to Vice Admiral on behalf of the Navy, and award you the Battle Medal of the High Seas Fleet and the Battle Medal of the Cruiser at the same time. At the same time, the three fleet carriers Count Zeppelin, Strassel, and Tirpitz will be assigned to the High Seas Fleet Carrier Detachment, while the Prinz Eugen and seven destroyers will also be assigned to the High Seas Fleet Carrier Detachment, and they will be under the command of your Lytjans from today.
Rear Admiral Lütjans, because of your outstanding performance, I promote you to Vice Admiral on behalf of the Navy and transfer you to the position of Commander of the Carrier Detachment of the High Seas Fleet. This detachment is directly subordinate to naval aviation. I wish you greater achievements, and next time let the Führer personally promote you to the ranks. Hahahaha"
Because in this battle, the Germans finally defeated their old enemies for more than a hundred years, and even the mustache rarely smiled and trembled.
Because the Sea Lion Project is about to be carried out below, all fleets of the Navy will be equipped with the newly developed Enigma cipher machine, which increases the rotor to six, greatly increasing the amount of calculations that the enemy wants to crack, and ensuring information security to the greatest extent.
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