Chapter 485 The German Main Fleet Arrives

Good luck, did not take care of the Deutsches again.

The 283mm artillery shells all flew away. When they were firing, the hull shook a little bit, so the muzzle was slightly deflected, and just like that, all the shells flew away.

The Southampton was unscathed.

The fourth salvo was sent flying again. After the Deutsche Deutschland fired in two rounds, the British warship also completed preparations.

The shells flew towards the Deutsches like a torrential rain.

This time, because of the proximity, not only the main guns, but also the opponent's secondary guns fired, the shells were too dense!

"Right rudder one," Colonel Stanger shouted, this time he was not calm and had to dodge.

"Boom!" An artillery shell fell into the sea water, then exploded, rolled up waves several meters high, and threw onto the deck, chilling a few exposed people operating antiaircraft guns.

"Boom!" Suddenly, a cannonball smashed up accurately.

Fortunately, this is a 152mm secondary gun shell, which just hit the strongest side armor belt of Deutsches. During the huge impact, the whole ship felt a sway, but fortunately, it was not hit. Put on!

The engine on the Deutschland was rumbling, the damaged diesel engine had never been started, its speed was not high enough, and now, it seemed, it was impossible to escape the British attack.

On the Queen Elizabeth, which was hit by two torpedoes, Admiral Tovey looked at the Deutschland in the distance, his eyes were extremely cold: "Continue salvo, kill it!"

The other party can't run away, and their own side will use intensive firepower to completely destroy the other party.

"Report, Enthusiasm has found a target on the surface of the sea fifteen nautical miles away on our port side." At this moment, a voice came from the radio and quickly reported to Admiral Tovey.

Port side, fifteen nautical miles? Admiral Tovey stood up, raised his telescope, and from the porthole of the bridge, he could see the sea on the port side.

Unfortunately, there are waves everywhere, he can't see anything, he can only roughly see some bright spots on the sea, it looks like a fleet.

After that, he frowned. He had already seen the bright spots on the opposite side, and black smoke was coming out. That was the other side's naval guns firing.

Are Germans really that perverted? At this distance, they actually opened fire?

Yes, Germany has opened fire!

The Deutschland fired at a distance of 10 nautical miles. The first hit was quite powerful, and this newly arrived formation fired at a distance of 15 nautical miles!

The flagship of the formation is the pride of the German Navy, the battleship Bismarck!

Originally, the core of the formation was the aircraft carrier Adolf Hitler, but now, this aircraft carrier, accompanied by two or three escort warships, is about twenty nautical miles behind the formation.

The bad weather conditions made it impossible for the Hitler aircraft carrier to fly the carrier-based aircraft. The recovery of the fighter jets last night was already thrilling. The deck was shaking violently. The officers and soldiers on the aircraft carrier could only do nothing to wait for the weather to improve.

In this era, carrier-based aircraft have already shown their formidable combat effectiveness. Under its dive bombing, any warship is like a piece of paper, and the battle of naval guns has been placed in the second place.

After these days of fighting, the German Navy has come to the conclusion that the aircraft carrier will eventually replace the battleship.

However, in the Atlantic, the battleship still has its existence value.

For example, now, the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier cannot be released, so it can only rely on the battleship!

In the case where the carrier-based aircraft cannot be released, the aircraft carrier will also lose its function. It is absolutely inappropriate to press on it like this, and it is simply a target for the opponent. Therefore, the aircraft carrier has fallen behind. , destined to be a tragic naval battle, just like the previous Jutland battle!

After receiving the news of the attack on their own Deutsches, they speeded up and tried to rendezvous with the Deutsches, and now, they finally arrived.

The distance is still 15 nautical miles. The 406mm naval guns on Bismarck are already ready, and now they are almost facing each other. Therefore, only the six naval guns on the two front turrets have firing angles.

Time goes back five minutes.

At the forefront of the formation, the battleship "Scharnhorst", the second lieutenant Gus on the foremast lookout platform concentrated his efforts to observe.

This battleship is the successor to the Deutsches class.

After Germany signed the Anglo-German Naval Agreement with Britain, the Treaty of Versailles legally lifted the restrictions on the German navy and allowed Germany to build warships with a displacement of 35,000 tons.

The 10,000-ton Deutsche-class can no longer meet the needs of the German Navy. In the month when the agreement was signed, Germany started construction of the newly designed Scharnhorst-class.

In the beginning, this was just an enlarged version of the Deutsche-class, with a displacement of only 19,000 tons and a main gun caliber of 305 mm.

But then, the design was revised, the displacement was increased to 35,000 tons, the double-mounted 380mm main gun was installed, the maximum armor thickness was 360mm, and the steam turbine was replaced to increase the speed to 31 knots.

Historically, due to the progress of the development, three triple-mounted 283mm main guns were finally adopted. It is planned to wait until the 380mm gun is successfully developed before changing to a new gun.

Now, the German naval guns are quite mature, so this battleship did not use 283mm naval guns, but 380mm naval guns directly, but the number of naval guns was reduced. It was originally a triple-mounted 283. After it became a 380, it became a double mount, and the turret seat ring was exactly the same.

There are also many doubts about the division of this battleship.

The displacement of this kind of battleship is comparable to that of British battleships, the high speed of 32 knots is comparable to that of battlecruisers, the thickness of armor is stronger than that of battlecruisers, and the firepower is comparable to that of battlecruisers.

Similar to Deutsches, the result is that the British battleships can't catch up, the cruisers can't beat them, and the battlecruisers will also suffer from the battle, which is very suitable for breaking engagements in the Atlantic.

Now, the ocean is turbulent. In order to be able to see farther, the lookouts are all standing at high places, and the shaking is even more severe. The average person will be vomited after going up for a few minutes.

However, Lieutenant Gus has been insisting. Before joining the Navy, Lieutenant Gus was already a crew member. He was used to this kind of turbulence.

Suddenly, he found a wisp of clear smoke in the eyepiece, and with a blink of an eye, he turned the dial, the bearing was about 15 degrees to starboard, and he found the target!

So, he immediately grabbed the phone to report to the bridge, so all the telescopes on the entire "Scharnhorst" were turned to starboard.

Soon, the target was confirmed, and the "Scharnhorst" reported to the flagship Bismarck with a light signal that "unknown target found at 15 degrees to starboard".

On the Bismarck, General Lütjens immediately issued a battle order: "The entire fleet accelerates and prepares to engage!"