Chapter 409 Battleship Formation (Plus 6)
"Take the rod, press the slope."
"Okay, yes, the glide line is correct."
"It's about to touch the deck, hold on."
In the headphones, the voice of the deck guide kept coming. Lieutenant Colonel Prila drove his plane, accurately touched the deck, and continued to glide on the deck for dozens of meters before stopping.
It was a successful landing, quite beautiful.
After the landing, the people on the deck immediately came up. A special tractor hooked the front wheels and dragged the aircraft towards the parking area on the front deck.
"Squeaky." Pushing open his cockpit, Lieutenant Colonel Prila walked down and said to the ground crew below: "The machine gun has consumed about 50 rounds of ammunition, just refill it. If the fuel is more than half consumed, please refill it immediately. "
For the FW190, their battle is not over!
The first time they were dispatched, they mounted torpedoes, and they had no other tasks. After throwing the torpedoes, they returned home. Lieutenant Colonel Prila, who was the first to enter the battlefield, was also the first to return.
There is no need to use torpedo attacks again. After these rounds of blows, there are no intact warships in Scapa Flow. However, this attack is not over yet.
They still need to be dispatched a second time!
Standing at one end of the deck, Lieutenant Colonel Prila opened his trousers without any cover, and put water on the blue sea.
Everything needs speed!
After draining the water, Lieutenant Colonel Prila ate a few bites of bread handed over by a sailor at the lower part of the bridge, and just after taking a few bites, he received a report: "Lieutenant Colonel, your plane is ready to depart again. ."
Not only Lieutenant Colonel Prila's plane, but also several planes that landed later, are all ready to go.
Holding this bread, Lieutenant Colonel Prila returned to his cockpit again.
The advantage of the beveled deck is quite invigorating at this time.
If it is an ordinary deck, the landing and take-off of the aircraft cannot be carried out at the same time. Now, there are torpedo planes returning, refueling, hanging bombs, and then taking off directly from the bow deck.
Do not interfere with each other.
No bombs or torpedoes were mounted this time, they were just ordinary air fighters. As a carrier-based aircraft of the Naval Air Force, they had to be versatile.
Restarting the engine, listening to the rumbling sound in front, Lieutenant Colonel Prila's FW190 fighter jet took off from the bow.
Behind him, three or four fighter jets flew up almost at the same time.
On the angled deck, the follow-up fighters were still landing, refueling in the middle of the warship, hanging bombs, and then taking off again on the bow deck.
If you let the British Navy see it, you will definitely vomit blood with envy. Such an aircraft carrier has greatly improved the dispatch efficiency!
Ordinary straight decks in this era, flying and recovering fighters are complicated operations. After recovery, the deck is densely covered with fighters, which is the most vulnerable at this time.
Now, these operations of the German Navy are quite easy and have an indescribable beauty.
While flying, Lieutenant Colonel Prila stuffed bread into his mouth. Although he had been flying for several hours, he did not feel tired.
It was so much fun!
At this time, the number of aircraft carrier formations at sea had shrunk considerably. There were two aircraft carriers, five or six escort warships around, and most of the battleships were missing.
where did they go? Lieutenant Colonel Prila knew that when he came back, he met his own warship on the water. Looking at the majestic warship on the sea, Lieutenant Colonel Prila was quite excited. The German Navy , will surely wash away the shame for the naval battle of Jutland!
Now, their second attack is mainly to escort their own fleet and completely control the sky over Scapa Flow until their battleship formation completes this attack!
After flying for half an hour, Lieutenant Colonel Prila glanced sideways. On the magnificent sea, his own fleet was sailing.
In the center of the fleet, the huge battleship is the brightest star in the entire fleet. It is the pride of the German Navy, the battleship Bismarck!
At the end of last year, the battleship Bismarck finally officially entered service. Since then, the German Navy also has a battleship with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons!
In fact, to say 30,000 tons is to confuse the British. This huge warship has a displacement of more than 50,000 tons at full load!
This battleship has already been commissioned, and the second ship, Tirpitz, is also stepping up the final outfitting stage, which is ahead of schedule. It will enter service around August 1939.
At the same time, at the Hans-Blom shipyard, a new generation of more powerful Hindenburg-class battleships is about to complete the manufacture of the hull. It is expected that troops will be equipped in 40 years. This speed is quite fast. .
The majestic 406mm naval gun symbolizes the force of Germany. Anyone standing on the bridge will feel a sense of pride.
The most proud is that this time, Vice Admiral Gunther Lütjens, who personally sat on the Bismarck and commanded the fleet.
He is a veteran.
In 1907, at the age of 18, he joined the German Navy. By 1917, when World War I began, he had risen to the rank of major, commanding a destroyer. He had several combat missions in the English Channel and participated in the Battle of Jutland.
Naturally, he had a deep memory of the war that year.
After World War I, Germany had no navy for a long time, and it was not until Hitler came to power that the navy ushered in the peak of development again.
After that, he served as captain of the light cruiser "Karlsruhe". When the "Anglo-German Naval Agreement" was signed, the German navy was greatly expanded, and his position continued to rise.
After several promotions, he was promoted to Vice Admiral last year. This is Cyric's promotion. For Cyric, he is very grateful.
Moreover, in this naval battle, he took the initiative to ask Ying, as the commander of the fleet, to personally command the battleships.
The main force that launched the attack was the Air Force and the Naval Air Force. So far, the Navy's battleships have not fired a single shot!
Of course it doesn't work!
As a result, the battleship formation was separated from the aircraft carrier formation. The aircraft carrier formation was still 200 kilometers away from the target, while the battleships had to approach Scapa Flow and bombard them with their own cannons!
On the side of Lütjens is the captain of the battleship Bismarck, Captain Otto Ernst Lindemann. At this time, he is looking into the distance with his telescope, and he can already see the distant island. .