In fact, if the battleship operators were trained step by step, the German Navy's blood-forming ability, although not as strong as the British Navy, could still make up the officers and soldiers on three battleships. But you must know that these two battleships belonged to the Soviet Navy a dozen days ago, and the German Navy was not ready to receive these two battleships accordingly.

Another reason is that the German Navy has put its limited blood-forming capacity on training naval pilots and sailors on aircraft carriers. Because of the aircraft carrier, a weapon that changed the mode of naval warfare, the German Navy has decided not to deploy battleships on a large scale.

So, for a long time, the German Navy did not train qualified battleship sailors and officers. Ship operators who graduated from naval academies were filled with destroyers and cruisers, which were in short supply -- and the number of sailors was even less numerous with the German Navy, which had recently been commissioned on a large scale with new, more advanced anti-aircraft heavy cruisers.

So when the two Soviet battleships were handed over to Germany, Raeder and Lütjans found that they really didn't have the rich power to take over the two battleships. However, in line with the principle that no matter how thin the mosquito's legs are, they transferred a lot of interns, with a small number of officers, to form the personnel of the two battleships.

The original idea was: these soldiers don't have to engage in too high-intensity naval battles anyway, they just need to be deployed around the aircraft carrier, deployed in a protective formation, and used as a large air defense cruiser.

But who would have thought that when these two battleships first went to sea with the German Navy to fight, they would catch up with such a moment that required them to step forward. When the battleships of the German Navy spread out in formation in front of the fleet, lined up, all the German sailors became nervous.

On the other hand, there was also the commander of the British Navy's battleship squadron on the battleship USS Villain, Connathan. His intelligence had always been convinced that there was only one battleship in the German Navy, but just now, his fleet was attacked by a full 26 large-caliber shells. Although the accuracy of these shells was very limited, it proved that at least three battleships of the German Navy were firing, which did not match the information he had.

The sailors of the British Navy could laugh at the clumsiness of the German Navy's shooting, but he did not dare to do so. Where did Germany get the two battleships, this matter absolutely needs to be clarified: "Send a telegram to Admiral Dudley Pound! Tell him that the German navy has at least three battleships! It may be the French or Italian navy!"

In fact, he guessed wrong. It was a surprise naval battle, and it took advantage of the secret advantage of Germany to decipher the British code. Therefore, Germany had no intention of mobilizing Italy or the French navy, because if this information had been handed over to the French or Italian navy, the Allies would have learned what the Germans had in mind.

So even this time the German navy poured out of the nest, and did not use the navies of other Axis powers. Whether it was Lütjens or Raeder, including Accardo, the German top brass did not trust Italy and the French Navy, and even though they were now firmly tied to the chariots of the Third Reich, they still did not trust it in their bones.

"Boom!" Because the German Navy was not uniform in its rate of fire, it could only let the Ukrainian and Belarusian battleships behind it fire freely, and the Admiral Raeder faced the two British battleships almost alone, and fired back fiercely.

One shell after another fell, and the German Navy obviously had no luck in sinking the battlecruiser Hood by the battleship Bismarck in this time and space, and could only rely on constantly adjusting the firing angle of its guns to hit distant targets.

Again, the British Navy was not very lucky, the third salvo fell near the German battleship, but did not cause much damage to the Belouseus. The artillery battle continued, and the distance between the two sides was also being narrowed by the British navy.

The battleship forces of the German Navy actually did not have much pressure to sink the British Navy, and the only thing they planned to do was to use their bodies to buy enough time for the aircraft carriers behind them. As long as the German carrier-based aircraft took off and began to attack the target, presumably the British battleships had no intention of attacking the German battleships for the rest of the time.

After a long time of preparation, the other two battleships of the German Navy finally fired their second salvo, after this salvo, only a few seconds later, the battleship Belorussian was hit by the shells of the British Navy in the central area, and the huge impact force directly caused the battleship to ignite a fire, and the German Navy was hit for the first time and suffered huge losses.

The poor battleship Belouse shook as it was hit, and then the battleship lost 5 knots due to damage near the boilers. The British navy, unluckily, began to gradually close the distance, and fired desperately at the German battleships - the German battleships did not sit still, they fired back as fast as they could, hoping to organize the British battleships to get close to their fleet.

Both sides are fighting desperately, trying to destroy the opposing fleet as soon as possible. One shell after another was knocked out of the muzzle, and one shell after another hit its own target. At the same time that the British Navy hit the battleship Belorussia for the second time, the fourth salvo of the battleship Marshal Reedel of the German Navy also accurately hit the battleship Villain.

The huge explosion destroyed part of the anti-aircraft gun positions on the battleship Villain, as well as part of the equipment on the battleship. However, a significant part of the battleship Villain was not affected, so the entire battleship continued to move forward in a healthy manner.

"Let the damage control officer investigate the location of the hit! I need an accurate repair report, and a guess of the long-term impact on the battleship!" Connathan had just gotten up from the ground and gave an order that surprised everyone: "Hit the middle of the opposing fleet! I'm going to cut off the enemy formation, pass through them, and rush into the center of their carrier fleet!"

Everyone thought that their commander was so excited that he gave such a hasty order to continue the assault: your fleet now has only 17 large-caliber guns, and even 4 of them cannot be fired.

The Royal Navy was proud and powerful...... But they don't have the attribute of arrogance. At least at this time, they could not have been arrogant about the huge fleet of the German Navy—but was Admiral Connason's decision to give the order for a surprise attack now, or was it a deliberate choice?

In fact, Admiral Connathan issued this battle order as a last resort: his fleet did not have too strong air defense capabilities, and once the carrier-based aircraft were entangled, his fleet would definitely suffer heavy losses -- so the British Navy came up with a solution: let the fleet approach the German battleship forces, take the lead in entanglement with the German battleship forces, and keep themselves safe in the air raids.

He now had to make such a decision, because the anti-aircraft guns of the battleship Villain had been damaged quite a bit, and if the German planes attacked, it would be completely unable to protect itself and would soon be sunk by the German planes. Rather than being sunk by the enemy at that time, it is better to fight more aggressively while you can still fight now.

"Cut into the German fleet and get entangled with the other side! The Germans are trying to find a way to take off the planes and bring them back to their senses, and our situation will be in danger!" Connathan looked at his men and explained: "Sink a German battleship, quickly bite the aircraft carrier fleet, and provide an opportunity for the main fleet to come up!"

"Boom!" the British Navy's battleship opened fire again, and more than a dozen shells hit the German battleship in one go, and this time another shell hit the building of the battleship Belous, and the explosion even broke part of the battleship's mast, and the entire battleship's hull was covered in smoke.

On the bridge of the battleship Marshal Raeder, German Admiral Bastian gritted his teeth and listened to his subordinates report the news of the serious damage to the battleship Belous: "Your Excellency, General! The hull of the battleship Belouse is badly damaged, and the interior has caught fire...... The soldiers were inexperienced in rushing to repair, and they were about to lose control of the fire! Their captain called and asked if he could give the order to abandon the ship.

If the battle had ended now, the German Navy might have gritted its teeth and continued to salvage the damaged battleship, but the British Navy was still shelling non-stop...... This made it much more difficult for the German Navy to rescue its own warships.

"Send a telegram to the battleship Belous! Let them hold on to their posts and continue the fight! For the sake of the Führer, you must hold on!" Bastian waved his hand, signaling for the officers who had come to report the news to leave. But before the German officer, who had come to report, left the bridge, a shell landed near the bridge of the battleship Marshal Raeder, and a huge explosion shook everyone around.

On an escort cruiser not far from the battleship, the captain looked at the smoke rising from the battleship Marshal Raeder in surprise, and retracted his gaze in horror: "Quick! Send a telegram to Marshal Raeder and General Lutjans! The bridge of the Marshal Raeder, the flagship of the battleship fleet, was hit by a British shell! God! Their bridge was hit!"