On the dark sea, a Ming Navy's cutting-edge city-class fleet destroyer was rapidly advancing towards the northern sea at a speed of twenty-four knots. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cold wind and night rain, rolling waves. The city-class D-type destroyer is equipped with the latest generation of sea-sounding radar at full power, and the Yulin destroyer is searching for traces of the German High Seas Fleet under the orders of Vice Admiral Wang Nan, commander of the task force.

The German fleet was to eventually go to the United States, and the fastest straight-line voyage and speed were bound to pass through this area. Because it only takes two or three days to reach the ports of the United States from here to the American continent, and thus get out of a dangerous situation.

The Ming Navy has sent a number of warships equipped with large sea-detection radars to conduct dragnet searches at intervals to the maximum range of detection radars. If there was no sign of the Germans after dawn, the Germans had either maintained a very high speed and had passed through the area before the arrival of the Ming 58th Task Force, or they had made a detour.

If it were a detour, the size of the German High Seas Fleet would have to go around a distance of hundreds of nautical miles, which meant that the odds and time of their exposure to the eyes of the Ming army would be greatly increased. For the German Navy, which may face the attack of the Daming Naval Aviation fighter force at any time at this moment, it is almost difficult for them to make such a big time-wasting move.

As for the possibility of sailing at high speed all the time and passing through this area in advance, it is basically non-existent. The quality of the warships of the Ming Navy can basically be regarded as the best in the world. And most of the warships in the Atlantic Fleet are new warships launched in recent years, and their performance is definitely speechless.

But even with the strength of the Ming Navy, it is difficult to maintain ultra-high speed for a long time, for the German Navy, although the quality is good, but in many aspects, especially in the boiler water pipe system, there will be problems from time to time, their warships can not compare with the speed and endurance of the Ming Navy.

It's not a detour, it's not already passed. The only possibility is that the Germans have not yet arrived.

At three o'clock in the evening, the Yulin was busy. Many officers on the bridge were still holding up their binoculars from time to time in accordance with naval tradition, searching for traces of the enemy fleet in the dark night. In fact, if it weren't for the rapid development of technology, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the traces of the enemy fleet in such a dark and rainy night with the traditional observation ability. Although the battleship is large, it is really just a drop in the ocean relatively ******.

As for the commanders holding binoculars to search, it is just out of naval tradition. In this case, their telescopes can't see far. At this time, it mainly relies on those new technology products. For example, the new sea detection radar.

The Ming Empire, which had gradually begun to decay and decline, was dominated by die-hard conservatives, who only cared about controlling their own interests, and were not enthusiastic about new technology. Compared with the United States, which is fully committed to the field of new technology, it is far inferior to catching up countries such as Germany.

It was not until after the rise of Zhang Cheng that he began to make large-scale investments in many important military-related fields, and at the beginning, most of them were even Zhang Cheng's own personal investment behavior. His approach was also ridiculed by many at the time, who considered him a big fool.

It wasn't until Zhang Cheng insisted on burning money and investing in many technologies that showed their might in the war that those who mocked him at the beginning felt that Zhang Cheng was a real visionary.

Because Zhang Cheng helped the army by constantly burning money, he received strong support from the military. Especially when he launched the seizure of power, most of the army was on Zhang Cheng's side. What else can't be done with the support of the army?

Many people have said sourly that Zhang Cheng spent money to buy the support of the army. But they didn't think about what would be the reward if they didn't give? There is no such thing as love and hate for no reason in this world.

Zhang Cheng used his assets to obtain powerful scientific and technological equipment for the army, and then made a lot of profits through the arms business, not only earning back the investment, but also receiving countless times the side benefits. And with the support of the military.

Countless people are saying that Zhang Cheng is lucky and decisive. However, at that time, there were many people with this kind of investment ability, and even most of them surpassed Zhang Cheng in strength. But when almost everyone had already smelled the breath of mountain rain, Zhang Cheng was the only one who threw himself into it without hesitation, so it was natural for him to get all the benefits alone.

As for those people who were unwilling to let Zhang Cheng monopolize all the benefits alone, and he also had a huge influence in the army, they wanted to eat Zhang Cheng even the bones of the belt. In the end, Zhang Cheng launched a large-scale action to sweep all the decay into the garbage heap of history, which is also the real general trend.

Among the many military science and technology projects invested by Zhang Cheng, radar is a key project. Long-term large-scale investment coupled with the strong scientific research capabilities of the Ming Army, the radar performance of the Ming Army is definitely proud. The new sea-detection radar equipped by the Navy has a range of nearly 30 nautical miles, even in this rainy weather. If it were not for this kind of radar with excellent performance, it would not be easy for the Ming army to catch the traces of the Germans tonight.

"Sir!" The staff officer in the bridge shouted after receiving a call from the radar room: "There is an abnormal reflected wave thirty nautical miles to the northeast!" ”

"Get over there!" Major Fang Mu, the captain of the Yulin, tightened his hands slightly while holding the binoculars, and immediately ordered his battleship to move towards the sea in the northeast direction. He had a hunch that he had a good chance of winning the jackpot.

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"Sir, there's an urgent call from the Yulin." On the bridge of the battleship Hangzhou, the flagship of the 58th Task Force, everyone's attention was drawn to the words of the communications staff officer: "They have been shelled by a powerful unidentified fleet, and now they are in a fierce battle!" ”

"Location!" Wang Nan, who forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, asked loudly where the Yulin met the Germans. As for why it is so certain that it is the Germans, is there any other fleet in this sea area now besides the Germans?

"Seventy nautical miles northeast of the main fleet! The enemy fleet sailed to the southwest! The words of the communications staff officer made Wang Nan breathe a long sigh of relief, fortunately, the distance was not too far, and the course of the Germans happened to be in the opposite direction of the main fleet, which would greatly speed up the time for the two sides to meet.

"Strike with all the fleet!" Wang Nan quickly gave the order to attack, and at the same time gave an order to the destroyer Yulin, which had discovered the German fleet, and other surrounding destroyers: "Order the Yulin to follow the German fleet and not lose them." The nearby reconnaissance ships all leaned over to grab the main force of the Germans and not let them escape. A telegram was sent informing the whole fleet and the Admiralty of the exact location of the Germans, and we had found them. ”

When the main fleet of the 58th Task Force of the Ming Navy was rushing to the sea area where the German fleet was discovered, the destroyer Yulin, which was the first to engage the Germans, was already in a huge crisis.

Originally, the Yulin destroyer was preparing to approach the unidentified warship to confirm it, but it did not expect that when it reached a distance of more than ten nautical miles from the fast-moving warship, the radar room suddenly reported that a large number of reflected waves from the unidentified warship appeared around the battleship.

Major Fang Mu immediately ordered his battleship to turn and speed away, as an excellent naval captain, he knew very well that his Yulin would never be such an enemy opponent. It's just that before the Yulin had time to turn the hull of the battleship and began to pull away, the shelling on the opposite side was already slashing its head and covering its face.

'Boom Boom~~~'

"At least a number of heavy cruisers!" Major Fang Mu's face was very ugly, judging from the number and power of the shells dropped by the enemy fleet, the shells were at least 200 mm caliber, and the number was several large warships.

"Send a telegram to the flagship immediately! A detailed report on where we are and how we are fighting. As soon as Fang Mu's words fell, a long line of light flashed again more than ten nautical miles away, as if someone was striking a match in the darkness. Fang Mu knew that it was the muzzle flame fired by the naval battleship's guns when they fired a salvo.

"Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers!" Fang Mu, whose face was faintly pale, gritted his teeth and roared.

Because of Zhang Cheng's reasons, the Ming Navy did not care about or attach importance to the heavy cruisers of the artillery warfare type, which made the Ming Navy in a rare disadvantage in the heavy cruiser category. Both in quantity and quality, it is far inferior to other types of ships. And the best heavy cruiser among the allies was none other than the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser painstakingly developed by the Germans.

Thanks to Germany's expertise in diesel engine technology and high-pressure steam boilers, the Heavy Cruiser had excellent sailing capabilities, with a maximum speed of nearly 33 knots. With a modest bulbous bow, it was one of the few warships in the German Navy suitable for ocean-going voyages. Its full load displacement is close to 20,000 tons, the length of the ship is more than 210 meters, and the width of the ship is 22 meters.

This heavy patrol is armed with eight 203 mm guns, with a twin arrangement of two in the front and two in the rear. The warship is equipped with a large rangefinder, a unified command system for firepower of the whole ship, an advanced sea-detection radar and other advanced equipment. It is also equipped with 12 105 mm caliber twin high-level dual-purpose secondary guns. With a high rate of fifteen rounds per minute, this secondary gun is the best rain of bullets once it hits in a coherent manner.

Such an excellent warship naturally received the attention of the Ming Navy, and Fang Mu was able to immediately tell what kind of opponent he was encountering just by relying on the power of the falling cannonballs! (To be continued.) )