169 Bismarck's sea trials

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When Li Ling watched the 17 Flying Fortress spread its wings and fly into the sky, he thought that this was the best news he could get during this time, however, Heydrich and his Third Reich gave Li Ling or prepared a surprise for the British Isles that was about to usher in war was far more than a 17. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

One day after witnessing the birth of the German version of 17, Li Ling, together with Marshal Raeder, witnessed a small landing craft that all shipyards of the German Navy were working hard to build at this time. Obviously, this landing craft was designed specifically for the English Channel, and the Germans created this thing for only one purpose, that is, to cross the Channel and allow the German armored army to set foot on the British Isles.

This is a small landing craft with a length of 45 meters and a displacement of 380 tons, and the length of 45 meters may sound scary, but in fact, it is just the size of a sesame seed when placed on the surface of the sea. With a displacement of 380 tons, but an effective carrying capacity of 70 tons in actual wartime, the tank compartment of this landing craft is just enough to fit two No. 4 tanks in a tandem array, and, more importantly, this landing craft can reach the beachhead!

In the history of the German Navy, and even in the history of the world's navies, before 1940 there was no landing craft of any type that could carry two tanks to the beach, and today, the Germans have done it!

Raeder is very excited, he is the commander-in-chief of the navy, and now his navy is no longer the weak navy that was severely suppressed by the Treaty of Versailles, after almost completely receiving the French navy, Raeder's men now have two aircraft carriers, including the Zeppelin and the Béarn, as well as many battleships and cruisers, in terms of strength, it is almost the same as the home fleet of the British Royal Navy!

Raeder finally had the strength to wrestle with the British head-on, instead of relying on Carl Dönitz's wolf pack tactics to sneak up on his opponents with submarines.

However, all this was not satisfied for Raeder, and he had even greater revenge, and on June 18, 1940, he was about to have his most glorious moment, when one of the largest ships of displacement in the history of the German Navy was about to make its final sea trials before entering the ranks!

This time, Raeder still pulled Li Ling by his side, it was Li Ling who made him fully understand the situation of the future development of the entire navy, after Zeppelin entered service, after a period of exercise, the corresponding tactics have matured, and Raeder has become more and more determined to develop the plan of large-scale development of aircraft carriers, and now, the trial voyage he will participate in is the largest battleship he organized and produced at the beginning, and it will also be the first ship of the Bismarck-class battleship of the last class of battleships in Germany, the Bismarck!

The two quaysides of the Blomforth shipyard near the port of Hamburg are the first ship of the Bismarck-class battleship, the Bismarck, and its sister ship, the Tirpitz.

At this time, the Tirpitz was being tied up with flowers, and various degaussing equipment was tied to the hull, and in a few months, the battleship would also enter the final stage of sea trials, as the last battleship in the history of the German Navy, it was destined to be extraordinary.

However, the Bismarck at this time was more symbolic than the Tirpitz, the largest displacement battleship in the history of the German Navy, and today is its last sea trial!

The battleship Bismarck's thick barrels on the pier were lifted into the sky to perform a full flag ceremony, and the battleship had been painted the colors of the German Navy, and after this voyage, it would not return here, but officially join the ranks of the German Navy.

At this time, not only Marshal Raeder, but too many admirals were gathered on the docks of the Blomforth shipyard!

With a melodious whistle, black smoke began to rise from the huge chimney of the Bismarck, the windlass on both sides of the bow began to turn, the huge iron anchor was slowly dragged out of the water, the thick cable was untied and retracted to the ship, and with the afterburner of the Bismarck's engine, the giant beast with a standard displacement of up to 42,000 tons slowly sailed away from the dock and swam towards the wide sea.

"Perhaps, this is the end of an era."

Standing on the edge of the dock, looking at the Bismarck getting farther and farther away, Li Ling suddenly sighed a little, in the last era chapter of this big ship and giant artillery, he only saw this legendary battleship, but he never boarded, nor did he have the opportunity to witness the legend of this battleship, an era, just came to an end.

"Yes, an era is over......"

There was something wrong with Raeder's voice, and Li Ling turned his head to see that this dignified admiral was quietly wiping away tears.

Raeder didn't want to do that either, but whoever was in this position probably didn't feel good.

The ambitious plan was initiated by him and built according to his ideas, but unfortunately, the times are changing, his plan can no longer keep up with this era, the role of aircraft carriers has been revealed, and the next is destined to belong to the era of aircraft carriers.

However, the plan is like his own child, and there are even more huge warships in the plan, which are the warships he once dreamed of, but unfortunately, he will never see the birth of these warships again, they are destined to stay on the drawings!

The shipyards in Germany and France are now building all kinds of landing craft on all the small slipways in preparation for the future attack on Britain, and the large and medium-sized slipways no longer have a place for battleships, but are occupied by a variety of ships designed for the sole purpose of the aircraft carrier battle group, of course, including the six aircraft carriers that have begun construction and the dozen ships that are being converted into aircraft carriers.

"So what's so sad? We should face the future with more excitement and excitement, to witness the end of an era, and at the same time, we should have the courage to welcome the arrival of an era with joy! ”

Well, having said that, the current Li Ling has no time to accompany Raeder here to feel the changes in the world, because soon a car was parked on the dock, this is a special car sent by Heydrich, and now Li Ling is basically in a state of chaos all over the world every day, he knows that he has ushered in an unprecedented time period, this time point, is the time point of the outbreak of science and technology in the German Third Reich.

Now Li Ling is full of expectations every day, maybe one day, he will be able to witness the technology that changes the world.

I just don't know, now that Heydrich is asking people to pick him up, he plans to let himself witness something, but he shouldn't let himself down too much, right?

Li Ling thought in his heart and walked into the car, however, he didn't know that in fact, Heydrich really disappointed himself when he wanted Li Ling to see things this time......

To be continued.

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