Chapter 1798 Discover the Secret
The diesel engine at the rear of the Karlsruhe is rumbling. Due to Germany's industrial progress, it has advanced marine low-speed diesel engines. Therefore, many ships are equipped with such diesel engines. Compared with steam engines, it has a smaller volume. At the same time, Germany does not have to worry about the lack of diesel for a long time now, so this type of diesel engine is widely used.
However, one disadvantage of the diesel engine is that the power is not large. Therefore, even if the maximum speed of the supply ship is driven, it can only reach 15 knots. Now, the supply ship is advancing at the maximum speed of 15 knots.
The bow of the ship split the waves, riding the wind and breaking the waves. When it entered the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic Ocean, the waves had already reduced, the sea breeze blew the mast, and the waves gently beat the hull of the ship.
Captain Terry only slept for a few hours. When the eastern sky gradually became brighter, he stood on the bridge again, looking at the blue sea in the distance, and his heart was full.
At the same time, he was the only one on the ship who knew the goal of his voyage this time. Thinking of this action, he was extremely proud, and at the same time admired the wisdom of the great head of state. With such a roundabout strategy, I am afraid that only the head of Cyric to think.
Americans, just wait and surrender obediently!
Supply ships with tens of thousands of tons are driving on the vast sea, and they cannot be seen from a distance.
In this case, the horse mackerel submarine at the rear was still bravely following.
Submarines with more than 2,000 tons only have a top exposed on the sea surface. The waves often hit the upper end of the bow of the boat. If you are not careful, you will not be able to see them at all.
Bill has no other choice, he has to keep up, and he must not be discovered until the secret behind it is found!
In this way, after sailing for more than half a day, the watchers on the conning tower changed batch after batch. When the sun slipped to the west, suddenly, on the sea in the distance, a forest of masts appeared.
It was a huge fleet, unimaginably huge!
"Attention, the ballast tanks are filled and ready to go underwater," Bill shouted.
Once in the water, the diesel engine has to be turned off, all on battery power, and if you sail at full speed, it will run out of power in an hour, but, you have no choice, the supply ship did not notice him, but, a With a huge fleet, there will definitely be many lookout posts. It is already very dangerous for him to get close. He has to go underwater.
He suppressed his excitement, he knew the truth was about to appear before his eyes, and his submarine slowly entered the water like a nimble whale.
"Up the periscope!"
Although the American did not think of arranging underwater snorkels, the periscope has long been a must-have item in this era. His eyes were close to the periscope and he carefully adjusted the focus. Soon, the fleet in the distance came into view.
Straight to the deck, the hull is not particularly large, and the smoke in the chimney is relatively light. This should be a German Derry-class escort aircraft carrier using marine diesel engines!
At this time, on the deck of the aircraft carrier, one after another is full of fighter planes. At this time, these escort aircraft carriers are acting as water transport ships, transporting these fighter planes!
Then turn your camera, and on the other side, there are large ro-ro ships made by Germans. There is not much to see in the fat belly of the lower layer, but on the top layer, you can see that one. The exposed equipment of the vehicles is all tanks!
At a glance, there are countless ships that are densely lined up at sea. This must be Germany's use of almost the entire European transportation capacity to carry out a terrible strategic shift!
"Continue to observe closely!" Captain Bill said. When the initial excitement passed, all he was left was worry. Such a huge fleet must be aimed at the United States. What do the Germans want to do?
It's definitely not good for America! He must now find out the size and whereabouts of this fleet as soon as possible, and then send a telegram to the mainland to tell them of this amazing discovery!
Captain Bill became inexplicably impatient when he thought of this.
It's about America's future.
The German Navy's 1st Expeditionary Task Force.
This is a huge fleet, with a total of more than 300 warships and 400 merchant ships. This time, they will transport ten main divisions with a full crew, as well as a total of more than 500 fighters. and all their ground equipment.
This is a huge army mobilization and the first time in history!
At the forefront of the task force is a forward composed of five attack aircraft carriers and two super battleships. The carrier-based aircraft they take off can even patrol five hundred nautical miles away, looking for the quietest sea area and the most suitable route. .
When Germany attacked Greenland, only six attack aircraft carriers were used. For this reason, they divided a part of their forces and carried out cross-sea mobilization, which is equivalent to half of the German Navy's strength to fight with the U.S. Army Air Force and Navy. Air combat.
The fleet at that time, mighty and formed a terrifying formation on the sea, had already made the Americans tremble with fear.
And if the current formation can be seen by the Americans, it will make them even more dissipated. The entire fleet is stretched ten nautical miles in length and two nautical miles in width. This huge fleet is definitely this The most powerful and most terrifying of the times.
The aircraft carriers, battleships, and cruisers in the front form a cone-shaped forward, and the middle and rear are bloated escort aircraft carriers and merchant ships. At the same time, on both sides of the fleet, there are also destroyer formations responsible for escort.
Commodore Paul Frederick Bundy, commander of the German destroyer force, was sitting aboard his destroyer "Wilhelm Heidekamp", sailing in the rear of the formation.
This is a warship built in 36 years. Although it is only 5 years old, it is already an old ship. The main weapon it uses is three single-mounted 127mm naval guns (see the information, why Isn't it 128?), with a full-load displacement of more than 3,000 tons. Using a boiler as power, at the same time, there are torpedo tubes on both sides and a depth charge delivery device at the tail.
So far, the destroyer has rarely participated in the battle on the sea. It is almost mainly anti-submarine, and at the upper end of the bridge, a new device has also been added, the sea search radar.
At this time, the radar is scanning the sea surface at the speed of one circle in half a minute. If there is a submarine's periscope on the sea surface, it can also be found clearly. The wind and waves in the Pacific Ocean are not large, and it is easy to identify the target from the wind and waves. come out.
Inside the bridge, the radar soldiers were closely watching the screen, and suddenly, a bright spot appeared on it.
"Report, suspicious clutter found."