The alarm bell was sharp, the footsteps were rapid and intensive, and the crew on the German battleship Bismarck was awakened by the battle horn almost instantly, and dressed as fast as they could, and rushed towards their posts. The highest level of battle alarm www.biquge.info resounded throughout the ship at this moment, and its voice had already been engraved in the blood of all 2,000 officers and men in countless training sessions in the past, enough to make them react without thinking. After a while, the steady voice of the captain of the ship, Colonel Lindeman, came from the radio, and at this time, the majority of sailors finally understood what had happened, they had already encountered the main force of the British Home Fleet head-on!

On the high and majestic bridge, Karls and a group of staff officers had been transferred from the navigation command room to the command tower. Through a row of long holes in the 400 mm case-hardened armor, dozens of shadows of the ship on the sea 25 km to the southwest are still visible. At the top of the chamber, made of 170 mm of homogeneous armor, the bright lights illuminated the faces of everyone in the command tower, shocking, surprised, nervous, and hateful...... These faces are undoubtedly a complete psychological portrayal of the entire German Navy for being able to compete with the British enemy!

"The British have really come to attack Bergen." Kars slowly lowered the high-powered telescope in his hand and muttered to himself. At present, the presence of the main force of the British fleet in this sea area has shown all that the other side has planned: the British are clearly planning to suddenly appear outside the port of Bergen at dawn today, and destroy the German landing force and supply baggage in the harbor with their naval firepower. And this practice of with a battleship has only one purpose, and that is to clear the way for the British anti-landing operation against Bergen after that!

Fortunately for the entire Norwegian war situation, the artillery fleet under the command of Kars had already arrived in this area of operations last night. After a night of waiting, when the sky glowed orange and red again, the German fleet was shocked to find out that in the darkness in the distance, there was an enemy that they had been looking for for for many days.

Kars secretly thought that if he had not led his team to appear in the nearby waters, then within half an hour, the British fleet would have rushed directly to the port of Bergen and blew up the land supplies on the dock that had not yet had time to be transported, along with the transport ships. And because the sky has just dawned at this moment, it is difficult for both German land-based aviation and carrier-based aviation to have time to stop the actions of the British, and the probability of success of this operation of the British fleet should be more than 90%.

In addition to being thrilled by the British serpent's precise and deadly battle plan, Kars couldn't help but think of the young commodore who had accurately predicted the movements of the British fleet. Based on all that he saw at the moment, he was enough to be awarded a major meritorious service of the first class after the battle!

"Your Excellency, we have received a telegram from the cruiser Koblenz that the Third Fleet has departed from the harbor of Bergen, ready to support us in meeting the British!" Suddenly there was a sound from one of the intercom microphones in front of Kars, it was the voice of Bismarck's communications chief. Everyone, including Lindemann, was stunned when he heard this, and a little joy appeared on Kars's rugged face.

The Third Fleet was the main force used by the German Navy to attack Bergen in the early stages of the Weser exercise, with two K-class heavy cruisers and six old Beast-class destroyers. This time, they dared to go out of port to meet the British Home Fleet under the pressure of a large number of troops, which is enough to prove that their will and determination to fight have made a qualitative leap compared with the high seas fleet 25 years ago. Kars pondered for a moment, then pointed into the microphone and ordered: "Tell the other party not to come to support this fleet for the time being, but to fight on your own in the waters near the port of Bergen." It is highly likely that the British will split up their forces to attack the port, and I need them to guard the security of the landing grounds. ”

"Admiral, please give the order to meet the British fleet! Bismarck's 450-mm gun group is hungry & thirsty! Colonel Lindemann stepped forward and said to Kars with affection and anticipation. He had waited too long for this scene, from the departure in early September 1939, from the laying of the first keel by Sister Bismarck in June 1935, and even from the beginning of the difficult recovery of the German Navy in 1921, the revenge for the High Seas Fleet had been planted.

Hearing this, the nearly ten staff officers around were also concerned, and they all turned their eyes to the general commander who was standing on the edge of the observation port. Although the fleet is not complete, the two Bismarck-class heavy battleships that the German Navy is most proud of are among them; If you don't fight the British who are close at hand, it will be too disappointing strategically, tactically, and emotionally!

Kars's mind raced, and he made a final decision in an instant. At present, whether it is our own army or navy, it will take a lot of time to get to this war zone; In the coming hours, it was obvious that it was necessary to contain the British fleet in front of him. And if they can inflict considerable damage on important British ships with artillery fire, blow up their open-air anti-aircraft gun emplacements, or cause them to stall and enter the water, then the subsequent arrival of aircraft can greatly increase the success rate of attacking enemy ships. While this would have been a double-edged sword, and German ships in artillery battles would have suffered similar damage, Kars was confident in his own air power and the bombardment fleet was well worth the battle.

As soon as he thought of this, Kars's eyes lit up, and he pointed at the intercom and said with a full breath: "The fleet turns left 2 compass points, and the speed is increased to 28 knots. The battle flag was hoisted on this ship, and the honor of the main German fleet was displayed today! ”

On the vast and majestic battleship Rodney, Forbes, the commander of the British fleet, stared at the 10 gray dots in the distant sea, and his hands hidden under the cuffs were clenched into fists. According to the outlines of the enemy ships observed by the lookouts, two of them were most likely Bismarck-class Germans; The other party had obviously discovered himself, and was speeding up towards his own fleet at this moment.

Seeing this scene, where did Forbes not know what happened: after the home fleet was exposed southwest of Shetland yesterday, the Germans must have judged the target they were going to attack, and waited outside the port of Bergen! Otherwise, with a coastline of 2,000 kilometers to the west of Norway, why did this class of German heavy battleships stand in front of the port where they were ready to attack?

Forbes's face was slightly pale, and he couldn't help but feel a little frightened in his heart. The most taboo thing for the two armies in a war is to be thoroughly calculated by the other side, and the enemy has no intention of calculating, and the targeted tactics adopted by the enemy are enough to put their own side in a disastrous situation. Now that the Bismarck-class has appeared, will countless planes, submarines, and lightning strikers suddenly appear in front of their eyes? At this moment, where is the vitality of your own fleet? (To be continued.) )