Chapter 535: Battleships Dispatched
On the sea, the waves are a little big, and at this time, in the sea area of 300 nautical miles west of Brest, the formation of two aircraft carriers is sailing steadily.
When the main force of the British navy has disappeared, the entire east coast of the Atlantic Ocean temporarily belongs to Germany, and as long as it is not within the scope of activities of the British shore-based aviation, the German navy can be said to sail at will.
And the formation of Germany's twin aircraft carriers is also the most offensive formation, when they release their carrier-based aircraft at the same time, they can fly more than 100 fighters at the same time to attack!
On the aircraft carrier Count Zeppelin, the captain of the ship, Rear Admiral Langsdorf, has been keeping an eye on the charts, and the attack power of his own formation is undoubtedly huge, but at the same time, they have not yet used all their firepower.
After the last battle, Langsdorf's military rank was raised by one level and he became a major general, in the war, the promotion of military rank is very fast, he believes that his own lieutenant general, general, will come soon!
Those battleships, in fact, can be driven up and bombarded the opponent's coast with naval guns.
On his side, is the commander-in-chief of this fleet formation, Admiral Gunther-Lütjans, now, Lütjans is already a powerful faction in the navy, with him in charge, everyone is at ease, and at the same time, he will be like a shark on the sea, tearing any enemy apart!
"Report to the general, the joint command of the three services has sent an order, let us send a few warships to the French coastline to bombard when it is safe to do so!"
For battleships, the most threatening thing is, of course, the dive bomber, and if the dive bomber wants to be used, it must have air supremacy, at least in the current view, air supremacy, completely firmly controlled by their own side, when their own side launches an attack, it can be said that about 500 kilometers of French combat troops, will be disabled by their own side.
The security of the surroundings can be confirmed, so you can launch an attack!
"Order, headed by the battleship Bismarck, to dispatch all warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, using naval guns, to bombard the shores of the French."
Admiral Lütjans finally gave the order.
Up to now, in Berlin, the reform of the chain of command has been carried out, and in order not to cause confusion in the war against France, the joint command of the three services has been used only in the area outside the battlefield in northern France.
In the future, if Germany were to attack Britain, the navy, air force, and army would need to cooperate closely, and this kind of joint command of the three services would be imperative.
Langsdorf and others welcomed this change of Führer Ciric.
In particular, in the joint command of the three services, the status of the navy has obviously been raised a lot. Now it's Raeder in the joint command of the three services, and soon, Rütjens will also be in there, and after that, maybe Lonsdorf will be able to command the entire fleet.
After receiving the order, the battleship Bismarck immediately emitted billowing black smoke, and in the huge chimney, as if there was a demon, the steam pressure continued to increase, and the main engine of the battleship began to accelerate at full power.
Towards Brest!
They have been waiting for this moment for a long time, naval aviation, after helping them eliminate the threat in the sky, they will be able to get close to the coast and use their naval guns to deal a heavy blow to the other side!
On the warship, everyone was very excited, and the triple 406 mm naval guns could no longer suppress their excitement at this time, and they were ready to let out the roar of death again.
"Prepare to fly the reconnaissance plane." Captain Lindemann shouted.
At sea, if it is a warship, then as long as the gun commander gives the order to aim, but if it hits a target on land, it is obviously not enough, because a 406-mm shell can hit 40 kilometers away! The highest lookout on the warship could not confirm whether the impact point of his own bomb was correct, so it was necessary to send a reconnaissance plane to observe the impact point and then make corrections.
At the same time as the Bismarck accelerated, behind the bridge of the warship, the hydraulic catapult began to start at full power, and in a short time the AR196 maritime reconnaissance aircraft was ejected.
Chris, the pilot, sat in his cockpit, and when he just ejected, it was as if someone had kicked him hard in the back, and every time, his body would experience that feeling again.
"Ike, keep an eye out." He shouted to the observer-machine-gunner in his back seat
It is difficult to shoot accurately when your own shells are fired from a distance of 40 kilometers, and in this case, the observer has a great responsibility to provide his naval guns with improved data, such as how much the elevation angle is corrected, how many dense points the angle deviates, and so on.
Whether he can fight accurately or not depends on him, and at the same time, any targets on the ground will be destroyed under his hands!
"Understood." Ike shouted in the back cabin, and at this time, he had a telescope in his hand, looking into the distance.
The sea is vast, and the land is still hundreds of kilometers away.
On the sea, our own fleet was sailing in a herringbone formation, and in front of the formation was our own Bismarck.
From here, the Bismarck is even more spectacular.
The majestic triple turret is simply a perfect embodiment of power.
He looked south again, hoping to see the ships of his army arriving as soon as possible, but of course he could not see anything, and the other party would now sail to the center of the Bay of Biscay at most.
It's nearly a 10-hour flight away!
He guessed correctly, at this time, the ships in the south were still sailing in a straight line, and everyone was looking forward to a quick arrival at the destination, but unfortunately this was not a high-speed speedboat.
And on the side of the landing ship, the third ship of the German class, the Count Spee, accompanied them on the voyage, and the warship met the formation halfway, after which, it assumed the task of bodyguard.
The landing ship is not too armed, and although it has already touched all the waters here in advance, it still can't be careless.
At this time, at the outpost of the lookout post at the top of the bridge, Corporal Karl of the German Navy was vigilantly observing the sea.
They can't use the radar because it's a fishing ground, and occasionally there will be a fishing boat or two, and if the radar is turned on, the constant alarm on the radar can make people collapse.
At this time, it is completely manual to rely on the responsibility of the lookout post is enormous.
He had to manually discern whether the ships in the nearby waters were fishing boats or warships.
Fishing boats, fishing boats, he looked at one after another, all fishing boats.
At the same time as he finds fishing boats, fishing boats will also find their fleet, but don't be afraid, many fishing boats are Spanish, even if there are French fishing boats, they don't know what they do, and at the same time, the average fishing boat now has no radio.
Even if there are so-called patriots, it is useless to report it, the speed of their own warships is much faster than that of fishing boats, and by the time the other party returns to the shore to report to the local area, they will have already arrived at their destination.
Suddenly, Carl's eyes lit up, a big guy, on the right side of the front of the route!