Modern warships, one of the hallmarks of their modernization, are electrified.

Electric energy is the most convenient type of energy that human beings have mastered so far, the transmission of electric energy is very convenient, the efficiency of the motor is higher than that of the heat engine, and it occupies an advantage in terms of volume and noise. The increase in combat effectiveness brought about by electrification is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

In the case of the German army, German destroyers widely use electric motors, so the turret speed reaches an amazing range, and even if the destroyer is maneuvering sharply, the turret can track the target at any time.

The German battleships were also generally electrified, and everything from the turret turning to the opening and closing of the hatch and the operation of the steering gear was supported by electricity.

But correspondingly, once the German battleship loses power, it becomes a pure Iron King, which can neither change course nor open fire on the enemy, and basically cannot do anything.

Now the Bismarck is out of power.

It was a rare time for Lütjans to lose his temper.

"How did you do that? What's going on with the main line and the backup line being broken? ”

"Report, in order to repair the damage caused by the first hit, we temporarily cut off the backup line, and then the main line was interrupted by the enemy." The deck officer's voice came from the microphone, "I'm very sorry, we'll restore the power to the backup line right away." ”

"Priority is to restore power to the servos, I don't want us to become a fixed target."

After Lu Teyans finished speaking, he turned back to the officers behind him and ordered: "Send someone to manually steer the steer." ”

"However, the communication line from the bridge to the manual wheelhouse was also interrupted."

"Who put these lines together with the main circuit in the first place?" Lütjens cursed.

Unlike what many people think, the wheelhouse of the battleship is actually in the hull, and the duty of the rudder guy on the bridge is to send the rudder signal to the steering room, and on an all-electric ship like Bismarck, the steering signal is sent directly to the steering gear, but in fact, as long as the command given by the captain is passed to the steering room, the attendant in the steering room can still control the ship to change direction.

So in another time and space, when the Prince of Wales was fighting Bismarck, the bridge was blown up, and the people related to navigation in the compass bridge and the command room were basically dead, but the surviving captains could still command the battleship to change direction - as long as there was a password to the wheelhouse and engine room, the battleship could still maneuver.

And because of this, Lu Teyans is not completely out of line at this time.

He glanced at the pile of microphones on the bridge.

"I can't imagine the day when we will reuse the microphone. Someone was sent to the part where the microphone tube was broken to be responsible for the transmission, and we used the most primitive method to control the ship, with manpower at the helm and manpower to transmit the sound. Lu Teyan paused, glanced at the officer who had taken the order, and then continued, "Is the telegraph room normal?" ”

"The telecommunications room has a separate generator and it's still functioning."

"Inform the fleet, we are fine, but the power is cut off, this ship will continue to pilot, withstand British shelling, and the rest of the ships will fire with all their might."

At this time, a chant came from the microphone: "The British turn, the British turn!" ”

"Is it finally here, the British commander on the other side is a brave soldier, and there are not too many people who can still calm down after half an hour of our bombardment." Rutteyan paused, "Tell the telegraph room, inform the fleet, continue with the original plan, we will overtake the British fleet with speed, and then make a U-turn in front of the British army." ”

Immediately afterwards, Lu Teyansi roared: "Also, hurry up and restore power to me!" ”

"Sir," said the lieutenant colonel staff officer from the engineering department, "it is a very complicated matter to restore the electrical circuit, and although we have cut the backup line on our own initiative, it will take time to restore the circuit. ”

Lütjans wanted to say something, but in the end his upbringing made him suppress his anger. He turned his head to look at the British fleet through the porthole of the Guò armored fort.

Lütjans knew that the design ideas of the Bismarck were actually outdated, and Nelson in the United Kingdom and Colorado in the United States all adopted a key protection design, while the Bismarck still used a full protection design. This meant that with the same weight of armor, Anglo-American warships would have thicker defenses, because they had abandoned those non-zoned defenses. The Bismarck, on the other hand, placed most of the area under armor protection, which was much larger than that of the British and American warships, and the corresponding armor became thinner.

Of course, the Bismarck has a full load displacement of 50,000 tons, and Nelson's full load displacement is only about 38,000, and this displacement gap makes Bismarck's armor not much worse than that of the Nelson class (Nelson's main armor belt is only about 30 mm thicker than the Bismarck).

However, Lütjans knew that Bismarck had a fatal flaw.

Bismarck's turret had a strange design, with a section of sloping armor on top of the main armor of the sloping turret, which was only 180 mm thick. Lutjans didn't know why the designer wanted to design this armor like this, and when he thought that more turret height was needed, it would be good to just extend the main armor belt of the turret upwards, why design such an additional inclined armor belt.

This design theoretically allowed the Bismarck to have a dangerous engagement distance, at which the British shells could hit the turret almost vertically on the not small 180 mm of armor.

By the way, the 130 mm armor plate on top of the Bismarck turret also made Lütjens very uneasy, and if he was hit in a long-range engagement, it would be the result of an initiation. Therefore, Lütjanste ordered the four ship-borne battle queens to stay on top of the turret with the special magic armor for defensive warfare.

But now that the distance was close enough that Zhan Ji could not defend against the light flicks of the British army, Ruttyans's heart hung in the air.

Of course, there are certain problems with the Bismarck's horizontal protection, the protective compartment is too long, and the armor plate is too thin, but now the combat distance is close to the distance where it is not easy to hit the horizontal deck, so Lütjans is not very worried about horizontal protection, but this turret protection has always been a problem for Lütjans.

However, the fortunate thing in the misfortune was that the enemy fleet was drawn out during the escort operation, so he did not bring the god with him, which made Lütjans a little relieved.

Of course, before the voyage, the Eye of Odin had informed Lütjans of the location of all the British and American goddesses, and theoretically it was impossible for them to encounter the British fleet with the goddesses, and Lütjans was just worried that the Eye of Odin would make a mistake - everything was afraid of what happened.

Lütjans was silent, pacing back and forth on the bridge, at this time the German fleet was at a speed of 26 knots, slightly faster than the British at 23 knots, in fact, if you ignore the few armored ships behind, the German Navy can quickly overtake the British at a speed of 30 knots, and perform a U-turn.

But now, the German Navy had to climb slowly at 26 knots and endure the onslaught of the Nelson-class sixteen-inch guns. Fortunately, the British had been concentrating their fire on the Bismarck, allowing the slightly weaker armored patrol to escape.

Lütjans seriously pondered the possibility of splitting the fleet into two parts and preemptively making a U-turn in front.

As long as the prestige was sunk at the front, the German Navy maintained its glory and then was able to escape at high speed. Lütjans actually didn't want to fight this battle, he agreed with Lin Youde's opinion in his heart, the German Navy should honestly do the storage of the Zài fleet, they have already completed the task of storing the Zài in the Kiel Military Port.

However, the young officers of the Shaozhuang faction disagreed, and they watched the submarine unit and the auxiliary cruiser unit show off their exploits, and their eyes were red, so they made this sortie.

Lu Teyans sighed secretly, and at the same time comforted himself: this future should be the world of aircraft, and battleships are no longer useful, so it seems good to draw an end to the era of battleships like this and leave a name in history.

At this moment, a report came from the microphone: "There are still three minutes left to restore the power of the battleship." ”

Lytjans nodded, and before he could reply, a strong swing sent him forward against the inner wall of the armored fort.

After steatening himself, Lütjans saw flames erupting upwards in front of him, and he jerked down to the small porthole to look out, and saw a hole in the sloping armor plate at the front of the second turret spewing fire.

"Fill the second turret ammunition depot with water!" Lütjans heard the engineering staff officer give a loud order.

The pillar of fire slowly contracted at this point, and finally disappeared, and Lütjens could see the body of the defending warrior queen lying on top of the turret, and the piercing bullet hole was clearly visible.

"Second turret reimbursed." Someone said this to Lutjans.

"I know." Lutejens nodded.

At this time, the power was restored, and the stalled fan was turning, and the wind was blowing against Ruthyans, which made him feel that the dull air that surrounded him was dissipating.

"Target Prestige." Lütjans ordered, "Rapid fire." ”

**

"Bismarck should have been reimbursed for a turret."

Horan nodded when he heard this, and then whispered, "What do you think Lütjans wants to do now?" If it were me, I would definitely want to overtake us and do a half-slalom. ”

"But now they are not fast enough, and our cruisers will first approach to a distance where they can launch torpedoes."

As soon as the captain of the Prestige finished speaking, a fireball rose on the sea.

"The Alola exploded!" Almost immediately, the lookout post reported, "The fireball is at least ninety feet high!" ”

"Our light cruisers and destroyers approaching by German firing are being fired."

At this moment, the deck under Horan's feet shook a little.

"Where did you get shot again?" Horan asked.

"Hit port side, lifeboat deck on fire."

Holland didn't give instructions, he knew that the captain would do these things, and he didn't need to talk too much.

He remained engrossed in the movements of the enemy ships.

At this time, a report came from the firing command post: "The enemy ship picks up." ”

**

Lütjans made a decision.

"The ship and the battle patrol team picked up speed and went all out to seize the T-shaped crosshead. The pocket battleships moved forward at full speed, not looking back, and turned back to Norway as soon as they left the battlefield. ”

"General!" The young Zhuang faction among the staff officers shouted, "Is this good? ”

"The enemy has two Nelson ships, and their firepower is much stronger than ours, so it would be foolish to resist hard at this time. Consider the officers and men of the ship, no one should die for your sense of honor in this icy sea far from home. ”

The staff officer was silent.

The navigator repeated the command in a loud voice: "Speed up the whole ship, move forward at the highest speed!" ”

**

Horan gritted his teeth, then gave his own order.

"The Prestige picks up, and the Germans can't be allowed to occupy the T-shaped crosshead."

"Will we deal with three German ships with one?"

"Destroyers and light cruisers will follow us, and the glory of the Royal Navy will be guarded by us."