Chapter 537 Dispatching the Battleship

On the sea surface, the waves were a bit big. At this time, in the waters 300 nautical miles west of Brest, the dual aircraft carrier formation was sailing steadily.

When the main force of the British navy has disappeared, the entire east coast of the Atlantic Ocean temporarily belongs to Germany. As long as it is not within the scope of activities of the British shore-based aviation, the German navy can be said to sail at will.

The German dual aircraft carrier formation is also the most aggressive formation. When they release their carrier aircraft at the same time, they can release more than 100 fighters to attack at the same time!

On the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, the captain, Rear Admiral Langsdorf, has been keeping an eye on the charts. His formation has undoubtedly huge attack power, but at the same time, they have not used all the firepower.

After the last battle, Langsdorf's military rank was raised one level and he became a major general. During the war, the promotion of military rank is very fast. He believes that his own lieutenant general and admiral will soon be. arrival!

Those battleships can actually drive up and bombard each other's shores with naval guns.

Beside him is the commander-in-chief of this fleet formation, Admiral Gunther Lütjens. Now, Lütjens is already a powerful faction in the navy. With him, everyone is at ease. At the same time, he will be like a shark in the sea, tearing up any enemy!

"Report to the general, the joint command of the three armed forces sent an order, let us send a few warships to the French coastline and bombard it under the condition of confirming safety!"

For battleships, the most threatening thing is of course dive bombers, and if dive bombers want to use them, they must have air dominance. After that, it can be said that the French combat troops of about 500 kilometers will be maimed by their own side.

The security of the surrounding area can be confirmed, so the attack can be launched!

"Order, headed by the battleship Bismarck, to dispatch all warships with a displacement of more than ten thousand tons and use naval guns to bombard the French coast."

Admiral Lütjens finally gave the order.

Up to now, in Berlin, the reform of the command system has been carried out. In order not to cause confusion in the war against France, now only in the area outside the battlefield in northern France, the joint command of the three armed forces is used first. It can be said that now Fighting Brest was the first attempt of the joint command of the three armed forces.

In the future, if Germany wants to attack the United Kingdom, the navy, air force and army need to cooperate closely. This kind of joint command of the three armed forces is imperative.

Langsdorf and others welcomed the change of the head of Cyric.

In particular, in the joint command of the three armed forces, the status of the navy has obviously improved a lot. Now Raedl is serving in the joint command of the three armed forces. Soon, Lütjens will also enter, and then, maybe Langsdorf will be able to command the entire fleet.

After receiving the order, the battleship Bismarck immediately emitted billowing black smoke. There seemed to be a demon in the huge chimney. The steam pressure continued to increase, and the main engine of the battleship began to accelerate at full power.

Approaching Brest!

They have been waiting for this moment, the naval aviation, after helping them eliminate the threat in the sky, they can get close to the coast and use their naval guns to deal a heavy blow to each other!

On the warship, everyone was very excited. The triple-mounted 406mm naval guns could no longer contain their excitement, and they were ready to roar of death again.

"Prepare to release the reconnaissance plane," Captain Lindeman shouted.

At sea, if it is a warship, it only needs to be aimed at the commander of the gun. However, if it is to hit a target on land, it is obviously not enough, because a 406 mm shell can hit a distance of 40 kilometers. go out! And the tallest lookout on the warship can't confirm whether the impact point of his side is correct. Therefore, a reconnaissance plane must be sent to observe the impact point and then make corrections.

While the Bismarck was speeding up, behind the bridge of the warship, the hydraulic catapult started to start at full power. In a short period of time, the AR196 water reconnaissance aircraft had been ejected.

Pilot Chris, sitting in his cockpit, when he just ejected, it was as if someone kicked him hard in the back. Every time, his body would re-experience that feeling. .

"Ike, watch," he called to the spotter and gunner in his back seat

It is very difficult to shoot accurately when one's artillery shells are fired from a distance of 40 kilometers away. At this time, the observer has a great responsibility. He must provide improved data to his own naval guns, such as how much the elevation angle is corrected, the angle Deviate a few secs or something.

Whether he can hit it accurately depends on him, and at the same time, any targets on the ground are destroyed by his hands!

"Understood." Ike shouted in the rear cabin, at this time, holding a telescope in his hand, looking into the distance.

The sea is vast, and the land is still hundreds of kilometers away.

On the sea, our fleet is sailing in a herringbone formation, and in front of the formation is our own Bismarck.

From here, the Bismarck is even more spectacular.

That majestic triple-mounted turret is simply the embodiment of a perfect power.

He tried his best to look south again, hoping to see the ships transporting his army arriving as soon as possible. Of course, he couldn't see anything, and the other party could only sail to the center of the Bay of Biscay at most.

It's nearly a ten hour flight from here!

He guessed right. At this time, the ships in the south were still sailing in a straight line. Everyone was looking forward to arriving at their destination quickly. Unfortunately, this is not a high-speed speedboat.

On the side of the landing ship, the third German-class ship, the Graf Spee, was sailing with them. The warship met the formation on the way, and then assumed the role of bodyguard.

The landing ship doesn't have much armament. Although we have already touched the sea area here in advance, we still can't be careless.

At this time, at the post of the lookout post at the top of the bridge, Corporal Karl of the German Navy was watching the sea vigilantly.

They can't use the radar, because this is a fishing ground, and occasionally there will be one or two fishing boats. If the radar is turned on, the constant alarm on the radar can make people collapse.

At this time, the responsibility of relying entirely on artificial lookout posts is huge.

He wanted to manually identify whether the ships in the nearby waters were fishing boats or warships.

Fishing boats, fishing boats, he saw one after another, they were all fishing boats.

When he discovers the fishing boats, the fishing boats will also discover their fleet, but don't be afraid. Many fishing boats are Spanish. Even if there are French fishing boats, they don't know what they are doing. At the same time, the general fishing boats are There is no radio.

Even if there are so-called patriots who want to report, it is useless. The speed of their own warships is much faster than that of fishing boats. When the other party returns to the shore and reports to the local area, they will have already reached their destination.

Suddenly, Carl's eyes lit up, a big guy, right in front of the airway!