"Boom! Rumble! "This time, the eight 381 mm guns on the battleship Bismarck did not mean the slightest politeness, and fired a large salvo.

Eight shells flew over a distance of 23 km and fell directly near the area of the test target. The massive shells stirred up a column of water that was almost obscured, and it was the first time since the British surrendered that Bismarck opened fire on such a large scale.

The reconnaissance plane circled over the target, and a scrapped steamer was directly hit by two shells, torn into a pile of fragments, and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

Grabbing his radio intercom, the pilot excitedly shouted: "Hit the target!" Hit the target! Two shells hit directly! Oh, my God! I can't believe it! Two direct hits! Two pieces! ”

His shout was heard back on the bridge of the battleship Bismarck, and there was a cheer.

Everyone was very excited, and the D-radar test was a complete success, and it turned out to be a very good fire control radar.

Its accuracy is not only effective for artillery support, but also for use as a close-range detection radar.

It was a resounding success and represented the future of the German Navy. Ruetjens was very satisfied, and the result even exceeded his expectations.

"If you can, modernize the battleship Tirpitz as much as possible...... In addition, there was the battleship King. Lutejens commanded.

Of course, the British battleship King George V could not be called the original name, but the German army had to take into account the feelings of Britain, so the warship was called the King.

As for which country and what king, it is unknown. Anyway, it's now called the King, not the original King George V.

Installing radar on all warships was one of the most important lessons learned by the German Navy after the victory.

Radar will certainly be irreplaceable in future naval battles. In the eyes of the German Navy's top brass, the future naval battle must be a contest between radars.

After all, the Führer has already put forward the concept of anti-ship missile weapons, and research work has already begun within the Navy, and everyone is desperately trying new weapons, hoping to develop new tactics around these weapons.

The German Navy did not slack off because of the victory, they were still actively preparing for the next war, and they were trying to expand their scale.

The German Navy had reached unprecedented heights with battleships alone, including the Bismarck, Tirpitz, King, Warrior, Warwey, Barham, and Ramirez.

If you count the unfinished Duke of York, the Germans now have a total of 8 battleships, half of which are cutting-edge battleships.

If you count the battle cruisers, then the number of capital ships of the German Navy is even higher, because three more have to be added: the Counterattack, the Scharnhorst, and the Gneisenau.

Counting aircraft carriers, the USS Zeppelin, HMS Ark Royal, HMS Radiance, and the sister ship of the yet-to-be-built USS Zeppelin, the Ludwig, there are too many warships to install new radars.

This Ludwig aircraft carrier, the B ship of the Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier, was only partially completed in the original history, and the Navy did not name it at all.

Ship B is the only name of this aircraft carrier that was never built in real historical time and space, and now it has a real name: Ludwig.

According to Lütjans's assumption, these aircraft carriers and battleships will be equipped with D-type radars, or follow-up radar modifications that are more advanced than D-type radars.

"Intensify training, maybe we will have a new fight soon." With his hands behind his back, looking at the sea level in the distance, Lütjans spoke to his men.

Although he couldn't see it, he knew that the target there had sunk, and no battleship could withstand the devastation of armor-piercing shells of 381 mm caliber, Ruetjens thought.

Although he had heard that in the far Pacific Ocean, the Japanese Navy had entered service with a new super-warship, armed with a terrible 460 mm caliber gun.

But in his heart, the battleship Bismarck was still the most powerful battleship in the world. This is a complex that belongs to him personally, and it is also his personal judgment.

Of course, there are signs that the Japanese Navy is trying to dominate the world in every way. Powerful naval aviation, as well as a terrible base of battleships, put a lot of pressure on the German Navy when it came to choosing the Japanese Navy as its imaginary enemy.

"Once the army has captured Odessa, we can look for an opportunity to enter the Black Sea! At that time, there will be new battles to be fought. Ruetjens didn't look back, as if muttering to himself.

After Odessa was occupied by the Axis powers, the Navy had to send its fleet to the Black Sea to harass and suppress the coastal areas of Ukraine.

As long as there was enough air cover, Lütjans felt that his battleship forces would immediately restore the glory of the shelling of St. Petersburg.

"General, there's one more piece of news for you, a secret telegram just sent by Admiral Raeder about the Danube." An officer walked in and handed Lütjens a piece of telegram paper.

Opening the telegraph, Lütjans saw what it read: "The aircraft carrier Danube was transferred to the Mediterranean. ”

This was an arrangement he had already guessed: he knew that the Danube, which had just been commissioned for a short time, was on trial voyage in the Baltic Sea, and that it was not very wave-resistant, but that it would have no problem serving in the Mediterranean or the Indian Ocean.

On the one hand, Admiral Raeder was now jealous of the growing prestige of Admiral Lütjans, fearing that he would become the new Admiral and replace him.

So Raeder managed to transfer the newly commissioned ships to other fleets, and has been seeking to establish the Arctic Ocean Fleet to divide the rights of Lütjans.

On the other hand, the Danube, which was only a modified aircraft carrier because of its hasty construction, was not so seaworthy, like the Elbe aircraft carrier.

In this case, it would be wise to make the best use of these modified aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean or Baltic Sea.

"It seems that the Führer was indeed going to launch a naval offensive against the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean. You must know that the fleet in Gibraltar is now quite large. Closing the message, Ruetjens muttered to himself.

Both the Elbe and the Brilliant are in the Mediterranean, and now the Danube has been transferred, which is a bit too much.

"Call back to the marshal and tell him about the results of the experiments with the D-type radar! So be it. Turning, Lütjans walked out the door to the bridge command room.