Chapter 615: Straddle Shot
Churchill's worries soon came, and Hitler, who had obtained two Zhi-class battleships, was even more crazy, in order to make these two super-battleships form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Hitler issued an order to transfer nearly 3,000 skilled and experienced sailors from various German battleships, "Frederick the Great" and "Odin", the two super-battleships, and his order was to make these two battleships form initial combat effectiveness within forty days
Hitler, who had a huge cannon plot, had an extraordinary obsession with large-caliber artillery, and in his opinion, the larger the caliber of artillery, the more it could make the enemy crawl and tremble at his feet.
And only with the destruction of everything can the damned British surrender.
On May 16, 1911, Corporal Anthony of the British Royal Navy in the Norwegian Sea yawned while standing on a more than ten meter high lookout platform to look into the distance, although he had been on duty all night, but the telescope in his hand was still constantly scanning the left and right, which made his nerves have been very tense, this is the sea area where German submarines are often infested, and the British Empire has not known how many cargo ships and frigates have been sent into the sea by German submarines here for some time.
The sky had already begun to light up, and Xiang Yang slowly rose up step by step, trying to rise upwards as if he was carrying some burden, and finally broke the clouds and jumped out of the sea completely. It was a shiny red. In an instant, the crimson tool suddenly emitted a dazzling light, which made Anthony's eyes hurt, and the nearby clouds also glowed at the same time.
What a beautiful sunrise, and for a moment Anthony seemed to have forgotten his mission, and looked greedily at the beauty of the sea. Although he had seen it countless times, he felt that he could not see enough each time, which may be the common problem of sailors who love the sea.
Today's weather is good, the wind is calm, and the sea shows its calm and soft side to people, with more than a dozen seagulls circling over the fleet.
The name of the frigate that Anthony was riding on sounded very magical, and its name was "Zeus", the name of the king of kings in Greek mythology. But in reality the frigate was just an old frigate launched twenty years earlier, "with a measly displacement of eight hundred tons, but Anthony was convinced that it would be enough for the damned submarines of the Germans."
Anthony, who is now 30 years old, was originally a fisherman, but he was urgently conscripted into the army last year during the Dunkel retreat, and he was sent to carry out the government's "Power Turbine Plan 1" less than three hours after joining the army, during which time Anthony saw too many ships and people being sent to the bottom of the sea by German planes and submarines. From then on, Anthony came to the conclusion that he should never doze off while he was on duty, otherwise he would be joking with his life.
Anthony put down the binoculars in his hand, rubbed his swollen and sour eyes with his hands, looked back and looked ahead, everything had not changed, two frigates at the head, four destroyers on both sides of the thirteen cargo ships in the middle, his own one at the rear, the breeze blew, and a thick smoke from the front freighter accompanied by a pungent smell came, choking Anthony with snot and tears.
"I hate being last!" Anthony cursed in a low voice, but fortunately the wind had changed again, and the smoke drifted to the side, and he looked up at his watch, and there was still a quarter of an hour before the changing of the guard, and the lazy Rafiz must not have to come on time, and this old man who likes to drink secretly is always like this, "not punctual at all."
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps behind him.
"Who!" Anthony grabbed the Lifield rifle beside him and aimed it behind.
"It's me!"
Anthony looked back and saw that it was the captain, Colonel Laar, who had climbed up the spiral ladder to his lookout.
"Good Lord!" Anthony quickly put the rifle back in its place and raised his hand in salute.
The captain was a good man, he was approachable, he always took good care of the sailors on board, and his sailing skills were really nothing to say, it was simply amazing, so that everyone felt sorry for him behind his back, saying that this guy should have driven a British Empire battleship to defend his homeland, instead of succumbing to a small frigate and waiting to die.
Colonel Ral slowly climbed up, patted the dust of his companionship, and said in surprise, "Captain, why did you get up?" ”
, "nothing" standing on the side of the ship can not be seen clearly, who made you here the highest place on the whole ship? "Captain Ral has a really good temper" was not angry that Anthony had just aimed his gun at him. After saying that, the captain extended his hand to Anthony, who quickly handed the telescope to Ral.
"Well, there's nothing unusual around, and it looks like we'll be able to enter the English Channel this afternoon and take care of the shore-based aircraft, and then we won't have to worry as much as we do these days." Ral said as he looked around.
"Lord!"
"What's the matter?"
"I heard them say that the Germans got two more super-battleships last month, right?"
"Yes, why are you scared? Colonel Ral said as he glanced over to the Valley, a faint smile on his lips.
"No, Lord! I never thought the Germans had anything to fear, even if they were equipped with the best warships, and the guys ordered them to be parked in the harbor and used as a mobile battery. Anthony hurriedly said loudly.
"Huh!" Ral smiled, he put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head to look at Anthony deeply, and said: "Corporal, it is a good thing to have courage, but it is not good to blindly belittle the enemy and exalt yourself, you must know that God has always liked only the humble. ”
"Yes, Lord!" Anthony's face flushed, but he still met the captain's gaze and said bravely: "But I still think that my words are not wrong, the Germans will never be anything other than hiding at the bottom of the sea and being a thief." ”
"Well, I don't think I can convince you." Ral smiled helplessly, he returned the telescope to Anthony, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, smoked one and handed it to him.
Thank you, Lord! Anthony quickly took the cigarette and took a lighter from his pocket and lit it for the main seat.
Thank you! Ral reached out and tapped Anthony's hand lightly, then spit out. Fumes.
"Corporal Anthony, you are a very conscientious sailor, I think the position of lookout is no longer suitable for you!" Ral smiled and said, "Are you interested in working in the engine room?" ”
"Engine room?" Anthony's first thought was that the captain was cultivating himself, because to be a qualified captain or big brother, he had to have experience working in the engine room.
But Anthony hesitated again when he thought of the oil-stained environment and the hard work in the engine room.
As if seeing the hesitation in Anthony's heart, Ral patted Anthony on the shoulder: "You don't have to answer me now, you can give me again before you reach England, and then walk towards the spiral staircase after answering Ral."
Seeing that Laer's figure was about to disappear in front of him, Anthony gritted his teeth and said: "Captain, don't think about it, I can give you an answer now, I am willing to take charge of the engine room work." ”
Ral turned his head, and his emaciated face smiled a little: "Okay, then you can go to Captain Leila tomorrow morning to report!" ”
"Yes, Lord!"
"Work hard, I'm sure you can do it well, you have to know me"
Before Lal could finish his sentence, a familiar voice came from the sky.
Ral looked up, trying to tell what it was, he was sure he must have heard it before, but now he couldn't remember anything.
Anthony also looked up at the target of the voice, which he had never heard before, and which sounded like the steam pipe of a tattered old merchant ship bursting.
"It's not good, it's a large-caliber naval gun!"
Ral finally found the answer from the depths of his memory, the sound between the air bass organ and the exhaust of the steam pipe in the church, the sound that made countless naval officers pee their pants in fright, the terrifying sound of large-caliber shells bursting through the air.
As soon as Laer's words fell, a dull and huge explosion came into his eardrums, and the two of them followed the prestige, and the destroyer "Ruhr", which was on anti-submarine alert on the periphery of the fleet, was thrown into the air by a huge impact like a toy ship in a swimming pool, and then quickly fell, and the 3,000-ton destroyer was lost into the sea like a toy ship being played by naughty children at will. A huge column of water thirty meters high rushed up on the surface of its lost sea.
"God, what caliber of naval artillery explosion can knock the Ruhr into the sky? Lal groaned in his throat like that of a sick old cow.
What appeared in front of Rahr and Anthony at this time was a scene that the first brother would never forget, the three-thousand-ton destroyer that had been sailing majestically on the sea ten seconds ago had now lost its tail, and countless parts were flying away at a speed that was difficult to observe with the naked eye.
The tall cross mast on the stern tower fell from the sky as if by magic, plunging one end into the sea and the other hanging on the remnants of the ship, the broken cables entangled and burning around the mast, revealing a gruesome scene.
"Straddle shot!"
Ral's body trembled uncontrollably, and the memories from the depths of his body's memory made it difficult for him to respond effectively for a while.
And Anthony, who was next to him, had already opened his mouth wide open, and his mouth was speaking a language that humans could not understand. @