"Deputy commander of the situation is very bad …" The commander of the seventh detachment, Xiaobi haneke, carefully looked at Major General haneke’s frown. hippel took a look and faltered out his suggestion. "We are 13 kilometers away from the big fleet, which is too close. Maybe we should turn around …"
"No, it’s not time yet. Wait until the battle line of the ocean fleet is formed!" Hippel shook his head and coldly rejected Major General Xiao Bi haneke.
The soles of the feet trembled again. There is no doubt that the number of bullets in the King has risen to smaller than that of haneke. The cheeks twitched and blood red gradually appeared in their eyes. "But the former seventh team will sink!"
"But Germany will win!" The cry of Xiao Bi haneke made hippel’s resolute heart tremble inexplicably. A deputy commander turned his head and looked at Xiao Bi haneke carefully. However, Xiao Bi haneke was bright and clean, and there was no fear in his eyes. The commander of the fleet was saddened. hippel was silent for a moment, and his calloused hand unconsciously touched the bagged cigarettes.
A cigarette was lit. hippel took a deep breath of smoke greedily and said faintly, "Some things need someone to do!"
The bridge was a little silent for a few seconds until the lookout broke this strange and quiet noise. In the fierce battle, the lookout was responsible for observing his own shot. The lookout was always unpopular. The role hippel frowned because it was only ten seconds before he was shot at a time.
"Oh, emperor, I’m dazzled …"
The second gun Chapter 17 Peak War (5)
Chapter 17 Peak Battle Five
The destroyer Ruby belongs to the British class destroyer. It is a beagle class with an improved standard displacement of 73 tons and fuel power. The maximum speed is 27 knots. It is equipped with two 4-inch guns and two 21-inch 533-mm torpedo tubes. inG has a balanced performance and moderate consumption. The Ruby has been incorporated into the 11 th destroyer fleet. The 12 th destroyer fleet carries out flank rescue of the large fleet and captures the German destroyers and submarines, and is always ready to launch a death raid on the German main fleet.
The fog dissipated, and the waves in the North Sea gradually showed a rising trend. The low bow and freeboard of Ruby could not resist the blue and white waves of Jutland coastline. The waves surged on the deck, shaking the destroyer with less than 1,000 tons violently, and the destroyer was smashed in front of the fragile steel flying bridge.
Glen Johnson and John Terry, watchmen of the Ruby watchtower, tied themselves to the low main mast to avoid being thrown out by the shaking hull. The small destroyer also struggled to sail forward at high speed, and the tiny angle of the dazzling light of the sunrise in the east was tilted and stung the watchmen.
"It would be great if I were on duty at the watchtower of the Iron Duke …" The young private finally changed the subject after a long time of complaining, and greedy eyes stared at the flagship Iron Duke of the big fleet, which was covered by a layer of gray smoke.
"If you are the Iron Duke, I’m afraid you will miss everything the destroyer does!" Glenn Johnson, an eleven-year veteran of the Royal Navy, saw through the young man’s impetuous stubble and joked slightly
The battle of the capital ship is naturally a rare honor for the navy, but people lose their passion in middle age. Glen Johnson seems that the lookout position of the Iron Duke is daunting. When the capital ship is engaged, the smoke from the bow and the main turret B will cover the sun, and a smoke wall will be formed around the hull to block the view. At this time, the target ship can be enlarged by more than 2 times. The lens of the optical group of the ranging tower will lose the rangefinder, judge the impact of its own shells and evaluate the results. The difficulty can be imagined.
"Nothing to regret!" The battle line is like an iron wall across the big fleet. Middle school students have just queued up from London to recruit, and they have been promoted to the navy private. John Trifa confirmed the achievements of the big fleet in more than ten minutes, but this did not affect his cynical head to carry out the most beautiful and romantic imagination. "Even under normal circumstances, it takes 17 minutes for the ocean fleet to complete the turn and start the battle line. It is unreasonable for the commander-in-chief to move four battleship detachments to deal with a German lone battleship detachment to take only four kings!"
Glen Johnson participated in the Battle of Helgolan Bay and the Battle of Shazhou in Dogel. In those two naval battles, Glen Johnson’s fleet turned back twice in vain and exhausted. Glen Johnson would not be as youthful as a young man who had just graduated from high school.
"Private, don’t underestimate our opponent, the German capital ship. In addition to short legs, its comprehensive performance is quite good. Their Seidlitz-class and Devingel-class patrol performance is no less than our super-fear of ships. The German navy also has a number of excellent commanders, such as Franz von Hippel, former commander of the first reconnaissance fleet of bernhard von Oden, and David Betty, the deputy commander of Heidi Selim, who commands the general German navy …"
"Shi Murphy, have you abandoned the popularity of the imperial royal navy?" In the face of the untimely warning of veterans, private John Terry naturally has his pride, pointing to the general direction of the seventh detachment, and his sarcasm is getting stronger and stronger. "The German disabled emperor has a relatively objective number of capital ships and can take the lead in several low-intensity naval battles. His toy fleet is enough to dominate the ocean. The German roots will not make the naval victory and glory belong to the British!"
Young people are still talking about something. Good-natured people try their best to hold back their laughter and turn their faces to listen, but they can’t suppress their emotions. From joking laughter to unknown confusion to finally dispelling fear, the face of the young people piled up savings until the veteran pushed them away and pointed out that the young people untied the waterproof rope and grabbed the watchtower, regardless of shouting at the destroyer commander tower.
"The captain found Germany’s first reconnaissance fleet! The emperor is unbeaten, and Ares is back! "
A rare treasure of the German Navy, the undefeated Imperial Navy, Lieutenant General Ares Heidi Selim, temporarily took over the deep eyes near the steering wheel of the cockpit of the Luzov, and the low and narrow observation hole of the cockpit of the Luzov and the pocket watch on the chest swam back and forth.
Major Rawls, the seaman of the Luzov, who was supplemented after the naval battle in Shazhou, Dogel, wandered around the fleet staff. The young people in the crowd were as blue as sapphires, and their eyes were not aimed at Heidi Selim, where admiration, envy and fear alternated in complex feelings.
The general is 37 years old and can go from suffering from insomnia, The depressed and haggard face shows that he is at least in his forties. The general is not tall enough to reach the height of the Germans. He is not as handsome and romantic as David Betty, his lifelong enemy in imperial newspapers. It can be said that the appearance of Europeans is very ordinary. It is said that the general is unrestrained and many women are entangled. However, Lieutenant Colonel Lauren, who is close to the general, opened his eyes and told him that it was just a rumor that the most outstanding naval general in the empire once lost his armor in the red light district of Beijing Hutong in the Far East, and his marriage life and love affair were also a mess. General Bad is not the kind of natural soldier, except for his extremely high attainments in linguistics, philosophy and natural science, and his ghostly strategic vision. Most of his military accomplishments can be said to be so-so. The appalling records of Kiel Naval Academy have become a topic of enduring popularity in the navy, and the general’s resume is not beautiful, except that he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the imperial navy as soon as possible. If it were not for the efforts of General hippel and Lei Deer School, I am afraid that the general would still have to "be a naval grave".
However, it is such a navy man who has almost no personality charm to make public, but he stopped playing drunken madness and improved the imperial navy a little bit. After the war, the navy was demoralized. However, the general opened the unfavorable sea situation and led the fleet to win the Helgolan Bay naval battle and the Dogel Shazhou naval battle. He planned the classic Murderos Bay raid and the new model of ocean-breaking warfare. The conservative navy suppressed the general and avoided the naval political storm that swept Berlin and resolutely led the navy to fight alone until the North Sea decisive battle in March 1915!
"Order the right rudder of the Luzov to advance at three speeds and pass through the seventh detachment of the big fleet!" Wang Haidi seems to have forgotten that she is still chasing the British fast fleet with her arms around her chest. There is the Jericho Fleet in her eyes. "The ships of the first reconnaissance fleet follow the flagship general’s intention to release smoke to cover the retreat of the seventh detachment!"
The command of West Lyme made Major Rawls feel very jumpy for a while. He found that all eyes in the cockpit had focused on his face. After graduating from the naval academy for more than five years, Major Rawls couldn’t help blushing and ordered the commander with some doubts.
The general always reached something that was puzzling and crazy at that time, but was later recognized as a command from God, just like finding out in the morning that the British fast fleet general had completed the rendezvous. The response was not to avoid the edge, but to face it head-on
The general’s order made the execution turn. Major Rawls struggled for a long time. The British fast fleet had ten fast capital ships, and the number of patrols was half that of the British first reconnaissance fleet. All night long, there was no major defeat, but it was covered by night and sea fog, and David Betty had the advantage of dividing troops and cruising speed. In the morning, the British fast fleet met with two patrol sub-fleets. Even if the empire had five people and ships, it was highly integrated with the advanced patrol. The first reconnaissance fleet did not have the ability to confront each other.
Rawls was discontented with a little resistance at that time and carried out the commander’s orders. It turns out that this was just his own much ado about nothing. Selim gave up the word "horizontal head" and forced the British fast fleet to turn eastward. This bold decision was followed by the decisive battle of the main fleet battle line, which was rewarded handsomely. The number advantage of the British fast capital ship was the first to investigate the fleet’s high-speed impact and collapse. The most powerful Queen Elizabeth was unconsciously left behind and sank first in the battle line of Australia.
This is not the reward department. David Betty’s fast fleet has been dragged down and forced to split up the big fleet to open the fast capital ship. The British law is in an advantage. When Betty has the opportunity to join the big fleet battle line and break the balance in one fell swoop, Betty can be embarrassed to find that his ammunition has been lowered to the warning line.
The soul-stirring fact made Rawls put away those unrealistic and regrouped majors. He was full of hope that General Heidi Selim would lead the first reconnaissance fleet, David Betty, to entangle and start a classic battle in the history of naval warfare. However, the general seems to have made another faint move-he ordered the first reconnaissance fleet to make a U-turn!
The newly-sprouted adoration vanished again, and Major Rawls was lost again because the general instructed the professor of Kiel Naval Academy to give him knowledge that was out of place. The first reconnaissance fleet dragged down its opponents at a high speed. According to the theory of the naval academy’s command lecturer, the advantage was that the first reconnaissance fleet should cut corners and seize the words again at a small angle.
With the previous experience, Major Rawls didn’t completely follow the preconception, because he began to hesitate about the rigid knowledge of the naval academy. Perhaps the lecturer of command science has rich theories, but no matter how subtle the theory is, he must also consider the complicated and changeable situation in the naval battle. General Heidi Selim, the most experienced new general in the ocean fleet, has abnormal instructions. There should be reasons for him to implement them.
Just as Rawls speculated that the first reconnaissance fleet suddenly turned to the left full rudder in the most improbable way, the inertial acceleration and centrifugal force of the German patrol ship body tilted sharply to the right, and the North Sea ocean opened a huge halo, which was breathtaking. After ten minutes of high-speed sailing along the original trajectory, Rawls finally made great efforts.
Far away, right in front of Jericho’s fleet, 20 capital ships lined up, with no end in sight. The battle line was majestic. The muzzle of the 15-inch and 12-inch main guns pointed to the south. All kinds of caliber shells were like the rain in London in June. Without the British, the target of shelling was none other than the seventh detachment, which looked shaky.
"Rush over and pass through the seventh detachment fleet!" Rawls’ limited tactical preparation and naval battle experience make him not always able to know everything according to the clues and react in time. The commander’s sprint is very dangerous, but Major Rawls has nothing to fear. Heidi Selim is the best strategist in Germany, second only to Cipel’s tactical commander. The imperial navy is unbeaten. Ares is more important. The glory of the commander is not the appreciation of the imperial emperor and the secretary of the navy, not the unfounded propaganda of the Berlin propaganda machine, but the life, courage and wisdom of Murderos Bay, a sandbar in Helgolan Bay, ranking first in the world. The so-called natural enemy, the Royal Navy
Over-running of the boiler and super-high speed rotation of the main shaft make the hull of tens of thousands of tons of steel giant ship feel delicate and tremulous. The German navy has the strongest fighting capacity. The First Reconnaissance Fleet approaches the British fleet at a speed of three-quarters and four kilometers per minute, and it rushes towards the big fleet in an aggressive manner.
The cockpit is very quiet. You can hear the sound of fine sweat falling from the staff’s nose and hitting the floor. Although Lieutenant General Heidi Selim, the backbone of the first reconnaissance fleet, has a calm face, it can’t soothe the tension of the Luzov. After all, young people are facing twenty capital ships! Such as the muzzle of the forest, the long line of fire, everything is so daunting!
"Do young people know what I want to do?" The commander of the 37-year-old main sub-fleet seems to be unable to see through this quiet suppression and trembling. He has been secretly looking at him since he took the exam with great interest and occasionally makes an expression of enlightenment. Rawls, the voyage chief of the Luzov.
Wang Haidi’s younger brother Rawls was a little nervous and tried to stretch himself straight and stammered, "Cover the seventh detachment of the third battleship team and withdraw the team …"
"There are many plans to cover the retreat of the Seventh Squadron, even if we do nothing, if the first reconnaissance fleet appears in the sight of the big fleet, the British will definitely spare a lot of firepower to solve the German war patrol in their eyes …" Wang Haidi made a modest joke that caused the cockpit officers and soldiers to laugh and the tension was instantly swept away, and Wang Haidi’s face was quiet and smiling until the laughter subsided. "I’m not ignoring the laws of nature, but I still decided to go through the battle line between the Seventh Squadron and the big fleet! Maybe you will be afraid of twenty British capital ships, maybe you will be worried that the first reconnaissance fleet will be attacked by the big fleet and the fast fleet, but I want to tell you never to be blinded by your own strong enemies! "
"They are all good seedlings!" Wang Haidi’s words made the cab officer meditate. When people think about the emperor, they will laugh. Wang Haidi looked at the cockpit as pure as a blank sheet of paper, and the young people sighed.
Belonging to the era of Schell, hippel and Schmidt, the naval strategy of Kiel’s Three Musketeers will eventually go away. Shuang Jie will also enter the year of no doubt after the tragic European War. Shaohua will never stop for a little because of personal nostalgia. Germany’s new journey of exploring the ocean has to be patted by these fearful young people, Wang Haidi, who is destined to take over the baton and return the temporary command.
"Order Major Rawls, the voyage chief of the Luzov, to take over the command cockpit!"
Long after the fleet commander left, the cockpit atmosphere was still very dull until Major Rawls woke up and broke it with arrogance and joy!
"I am white!" Young Rawls’ face is full of excitement and he can’t wait to tell the whole story. "The decisive battle of the battle line of the main fleet has been going on for more than ten minutes. It is suspected that a smoke wall will be formed around the main muzzle of the British capital ship, which will lead to a sharp decline in the viewing conditions and ranging ability of the British warships. This condition will not only be too dangerous for the first reconnaissance fleet to cross the line of fire, but also make it completely impossible for the British to finally observe and shoot. In this way, it will be favored to cooperate with the seventh detachment to return to cover the battle line of the ocean fleet."
Rawls’ explanation made everyone feel overwhelmed, and everyone could not help but twist their heads to watch the general disappear. The back of Rawls’ explanation of the naval god of war was a little deeper.
The second gun Chapter 17 Peak War (6)
Chapter 17 Peak War
Due to the influence of the sun’s rays, the destroyer Ruby, who is in charge of the peripheral alert, was only 17 yards away to find huge shadows and towering smoke columns.
Naval powers have strict regulations on warship formation. Destroyers are limited in tonnage and ships, so there is no special command tower. A team composed of several destroyers is usually defined as destroyer detachment.
Ruby Institute’s 11th destroyer fleet is a fleet rather than a detachment, just because it has complete command capability. However, at this time, the R light patrol is not the long voyage in the battle sequence of the 11th destroyer fleet, which makes the old light patrol boiler have to turn around and return to the home port, so the 11th destroyer fleet is actually a destroyer detachment.
Miles, the captain of the protective bridge on the front deck of Ruby, held the telescope arm and trembled slightly. Facing the dazzling light, cold sweat unconsciously penetrated and wet the front chest and back of the military uniform.
Although the range of the latest super-feared ship’s main gun has exceeded 2, the code is only limited by the initial velocity and deep penetration energy of the armor-piercing projectile of 13, and the code is the most suitable distance for exerting the power of the main projectile of 17. The code discovery distance is not enough to break the British bottom line. Of course, if the two fleets are facing each other and approach each other for 15 meters every minute, everything is another matter.
Captain Myers is obviously facing the latter situation. Damn it, the Germans are no less than the top speed of the class destroyer. When the sun covers the east, the Royal Navy people who are negligent in defense suddenly panic.
If the German fleet is 17 yards away, it will turn to seize the advantage of the big fleet in the battle line. Compared with Germany’s first reconnaissance fleet, it will become a humbled column. The naval battle in Shazhou, Dogel proves that the strength of Germany’s new patrol is no less than that of the third detachment of the commander-in-chief of the super-feared ship Jericho. The unprepared condition is bound to be hit hard, and the big fleet is likely to fall into chaos.
It is the best case. If the Germans choose to cross the northern part of the big fleet, the situation will be even worse. Even if the two fleets are facing each other and the battle line is short, at this time, the firepower of the big fleet is in the German main fleet, especially on the side of the seventh unit, which is the strongest. At this time, the first reconnaissance fleet can attack the big fleet at will and escape before the big fleet turns its gun.
Of course, the Germans may choose to penetrate the dangerous battle lines. However, it seems that Captain Myers expects the famous German naval star Heidi Selim to make such a "low-end" mistake, and it is better to expect the Russians to break through the German defense line and counterattack Tannenburg and counterattack East Prussia.
