A ray of morning light gradually brightens up from the eastern horizon, bringing splendor and light to this heaven and earth.

Looking from the open-air bridge of the USS Zeppelin, you can see that the winding coastal land presents a brown-red color that is completely different from that of warm Central Europe; Dark green conifers are dotted around, giving it a unique look of the vastness and grandeur of the Arctic Ice Sheet. A large number of tent-like spires stand on the shore, stretching inland for thousands of meters, and blood-red sickle and hammer flags fly high above the piers, demonstrating to the world the port city's sovereignty.

Fang Yan quietly looked at this port city bathed in the morning light, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little absurd that it was a little artificial: in history, more than 1,000 Allied ships crossed the North Point route to unload their cargo, providing millions of tons of valuable war materials to the Soviet Union, but at this moment, it was the German fleet flying the swastika flag on a red background that crossed the same channel to come here. This rapid change of the role of friend or foe corresponds to the eternal truth in international relations: there is no absolute camp, only absolute interests!

"The Russians have sent a fleet to meet us." Seeing the warships sailing out of the Soviet military port in the distance, Bo Mei said with some joy. He did not expect that this group of barbaric and tyrannical red Slavic cattle could also have the side of civilized gentlemen, and gave great courtesy to his fleet, which was flying the flag of the vice admiral. In joy, Bomei ordered the aircraft carriers to prepare salute firing kits, and responded with the highest specification of 21 rounds.

I'm afraid that the other party is here to show us muscles. Fang Yan pouted secretly in his heart. Since Hitler came to power in 1933, German-Soviet relations have been at a freezing point because of the sharp ******** antagonism between the two dictatorial parties; Although the two sides worked together again on August 23, 1939, the inherent gap was engraved in the bones, and it was difficult to return to the honeymoon era of the Weimar Republic more than ten years ago. At this moment, in the face of the arrival of the German fleet, how could the Northern Fleet of the Soviet Union lose its aura and face in front of the imperialist powers with bad intentions? However, in Fang Yan's eyes, this was an opportunity for him to understand this Soviet Russian Northern Fleet. After all, under its own advance layout, the appearance of the entire Soviet Red Banner Fleet has a fundamental gap with history.

The water was splashing, the wake was misty, and the Soviet naval warships flying the flags of the Red Star and the Sickle and Hammer were constantly approaching the German fleet; The high rope is hung with colorful flags, and when it is coherent, it is a very polite blessing flag. Gradually, however, Bome changed his color, because he found that the appearance and size of the opposing warships were quite good, and even among the European powers, this Soviet fleet was elite.

"Is that a Russian battleship? She was armed with 4 twin guns, and I don't know if it was the Frunze or one of the Soviet-class ships? Hoffman frowned and looked at the approaching Soviet warships, and said with confusion and red eyes. At present, although the German Navy has an unprecedentedly powerful Bismarck-class, it is still far inferior to other powers in terms of size and quantity: even with the Tirpitz, which is being tested at sea, the German Navy now has only two battleships in service. Now seeing that the Soviets had deployed battleships in this cold sea of ice made Hoffman very unhappy: since when did even the Soviet Union, a barbaric country with no industry, become so powerful in the fleet lineup?

"This is the battleship Frunze of the Soviet Red Navy, the keel was laid at the Union shipyard in Leningrad in June 1927 and completed in August 1930. The standard displacement is 30,500 tons, the full load displacement is 35,200 tons, the maximum design power is 75,000 horsepower, and the light load trial has created the best result of 25.9 knots with 85,000 horsepower. However, while she is capable on paper with eight 356mm L52 guns and 16 130mm L55 secondary guns, her internal armor defense has several fatal flaws that are not worth our fear. Fang Yan showed a faint smile on his face and said confidently.

"Jonas, how did you know this information?" Bo Mei turned his head in surprise, his expression full of disbelief. As the core heavy weapon of war, the detailed performance of battleships is definitely the highest level of military secret of a country; In addition to the caliber and quantity of artillery, which are too conspicuous to escape the observation of interested people, other data such as displacement, speed, fire control and command system, and armor defense are unknown mysteries that cannot be directly touched by foreign personnel. In the vast majority of cases, the navies of various countries can only give a rough figure by observing the appearance of the target warship; However, this time, Fang Yan not only gave the Soviet battleship an accurate gun barrel diameter, but even her tonnage and specific power output were also shockingly accurate!

Fang Yan coughed and said, "The Union Shipyard used to be the branch of Brom-Foss in the Soviet Union, and this battleship was designed and built by us for the Soviets 12 years ago. With the exception of the artillery, which was a used supply from the Soviets, the entire warship, including all the ancillary equipment, was designed and built by our personnel, so its indicators are all too clear. In order to increase the tonnage and make money, I ...... Our designers still used the traditional all-round defense configuration: the Frunze was protected vertically by 300 mm main armor + 150 mm upper armor, and horizontally by 30 mm open deck + 60 mm main deck on the third deck. The defensive strength of this core cabin is only slightly stronger than that of Germany's last battleship Bavaria-class in terms of horizontal protection, and if the artillery battle distance exceeds 18,000 meters, her deck protection will not be enough. ”

Hearing these words, the eyes of everyone in the command room were a little strange, but after thinking about it, Bo Mei and the others were also relieved. As early as the imperial Russian period, Russia extensively introduced shipbuilding technology from abroad, and the number of first-line warships directly purchased was as high as double digits. At a time when Soviet-German relations were honeymoons, it was only natural that German shipyards would build ships for the Soviet Union. However, the changing world situation quickly made this investment of the Soviets become a disadvantage: in the face of the hostile Nazi Germany, the Soviet battleships had no secrets at all.

"The two big ships that followed the Frunze were the Soviets' Sverdlov-class heavy cruisers. They were built at the same time as the Frunze, with a standard displacement of 14,200 tons, a power of 120,000 horsepower, which provided it with a speed of 32.3 knots, a maximum fuel load of 2,800 tons, and a range of 6,500 nautical miles / 16 knots. ”

Fang Yan found that the Soviet warships in the distance were all built by his own shipyard, so he simply shook out all their old bottoms: "Although they are equipped with 8 203mm L60 main guns, which are the most powerful in the world's cruiser family, this type of gun is completely a gift from the Soviet military industry department to please Stalin." In order to pursue an ultra-high muzzle velocity of 1000m/s, the bore ablation of this 203 mm gun was extremely serious, so that the average life was only a pitiful 10 rounds, which was basically equivalent to a scrap gun in actual combat. Later, with our technical assistance, the Soviets reduced the amount of propellant, and only at the cost of reducing the muzzle velocity to 900 m/s did they increase the life of the barrel to 200 rounds. Therefore, the power of this 203-mm gun is also at the level of the European L50. ”

"I really didn't expect that these beautiful warships would have such serious flaws." Hoffman smacked his lips, and the look in his eyes at the Soviet battleships changed from admiration to pride and pity. Russians are, after all, Russians, and are destined to be inferior to Germany in this high-end industrial field.

"The remaining six Tempest-class destroyers are also export works written by our designers. At the request of Soviet officials, the 2,150-ton standard displacement was equipped with five powerful 130mm L55 guns in the world's destroyer family, but this caused their center of gravity to rise excessively, and their hulls were not sufficiently resilient, allowing them to operate only in offshore waters with less wind and waves. Fang Yan said with some interest. He originally thought that there would be some new ships in the Soviet Northern Fleet that he didn't know about, and he could take this opportunity to step on the point, but it turned out that the other party's lineup was all the first ships built for the Soviet Union by the Union shipyards at the end of the 20s. At the beginning, in order to hack as many rubles as possible from the Russians, Fang Yan did not mix sand with the Russians in the design, and he knew his works well. If he really wanted to dwell on the shortcomings of these warships, a few days would not be enough.

However, seeing these warships that originally did not exist in history appear in front of him, Fang Yan still had an indescribable sense of pride in his heart: under his layout, the Soviet Union really embarked on a road of no return.

In the middle of the exchange, the salute roared on the sea, the light bloomed, and the two fleets were already close at hand. The German sailors were surprised to find that the bridges of several large Soviet warships were similar to their own Deutsche Pocket Cruisers, while the Soviet sailors were interested in the angled decks of the German aircraft carriers and kept pointing fingers. Soon, a new banner was displayed on the battleship Frunze of the Soviet Union: ask German friends to send representatives to the docks to discuss the specific use of slipways and fuel replenishment.

"Jonas, go and talk to the Russians." Bo Mei set his eyes on Fang Yan and spoke. The young man's family had dealt with the Russians in the past, and now he was the right person. (To be continued.) )