David Betty, the deputy commander of the big fleet, is famous for his bravery-D-Roper Naval Academy has long heard that the heart of the school is inexplicably thumped. I am afraid that General Betty will be angry. Judging from the just-concluded naval battle, the British capital ship seems to be no match for the Germans. Known as the "fine injection of parallel imports"-the German patrol lost its combat effectiveness. The Royal Navy’s cutting-edge patrol was called the "perfect cat". The huge contrast between the explosion and the sinking of the Royal Princess ammunition depot is the best annotation!
"The first world war patrol fleet keeps its course!" Betty looked down at the short freeze. At 7: 44 pm, the hand of the pocket watch tried to suppress her anger and ordered, "Send a message to Major General Moore. He will meet me before 2: 03!"
At 19: 05, a main fleet of Jutland coastline was galloping in the direction of Ska Gerakl Strait at a speed of 25 knots in the night.
"The commander’s firefight results came out …" The commander of the battleship Queen Elizabeth reported to Major General Moore that he had just finished the naval battle report with a tangled face. "We hit the German Cedritz’s unyielding patrol and the indomitable tiger’s patrol only suffered minor injuries, but the Lion’s patrol suffered heavy losses. The Royal Princess of the first patrol fleet lost contact."
"Oh?" Major General Moore’s old face flashed a trace of hesitation, but he tried his best to show that he was not salty or light in front of him. "What else did the Deputy Commander’s newspaper tell?"
"The deputy commander asked us to report the location of the World War II patrol fleet and meet them before 2: 03!" Speaking of which, confidential officials are vaguely looking forward to it again.
"2: 03?" Betty’s reasonable instructions are good at advocating that Major General Moore will become an out-and-out joke before him. The veteran shivered all over and immediately turned his head and stubbornly said, "Well, inform the deputy commander that we plan that the maximum speed of the patrol fleet in World War II is limited, and the rhythm of the patrol fleet in World War I has reached the ultimate goal of eliminating the first reconnaissance fleet. The patrol fleet in World War II is determined to attack the south and north of the patrol fleet in Gerakl Strait!"
As for Moore’s speech, the lookout on the main mast of Queen Elizabeth reported that a huge shadow was found due east.
"Inform the ships of the World War II patrol fleet to pay attention to the blackout watchtower and continue to closely monitor the other party’s newspaper room to send naval code words to the other party!" Major-General Moore was in a daze and had to carry out an instruction that sounded absurd after repeated confirmation by the confidential officer.
The newsroom clerk gave a wry smile to the navigation officer of the fleet. After a while, he reported the news to the flagship of the first world war patrol fleet, the Lion, and the other ships of the second world war patrol fleet, and sent a secret message to the shadow. The navigation officer led several staff officers into the chart room to carry out the drawing industry.
The news that the other side kept silent was fed back by the newspaper office. The naval officer of the fleet finally finished the drawing. The draftsman threw a pencil in his hand at will and handed the scribbled chart to Major General Moore. He explained, "The first patrol fleet of Germany opened fire at about 17: 05, and almost opened the battle line in the east direction, and the highest speed entered for half an hour, that is, about 13 nautical miles. At about 1: 24, both fleets lost their targets. After the first patrol fleet left the battle, the course was 4 degrees east-north and we were northeast …"
"That is to say, we can’t encounter the first world war patrol fleet!" The result is self-evident, Moore felt lost and murmured
"They are Germans!" Command tower, a group of middle and senior officers are excited. After all, the offensive thoughts have infiltrated their bone marrow! The Royal Navy asked with eager eyes and vowed to stop the First Reconnaissance Fleet and realize the self-salvation of the British Imperial Navy. The veteran Murke’s lips trembled for a long time but failed to come up with a positive word.
At this time, the intelligence staff came in with a frown and a cold eye. A number of naval officers glanced around and pulled the veteran Moore aside and said, "General, the situation is not good. The flagship lion sent the secret Royal Princess, which just ended the naval battle and unfortunately sank!"
Although age of steam’s closed turrets, gun loaders, gun loaders, range finders, ballistic computers, wire reports, and other technologies have made warships more and more automated, the morale of officers and men still has a great impact on naval battles. The intelligence staff took pains to conceal information and ensure the high morale of the World War II patrol fleet, but Major General Moore did not understand the customs at all and regarded it as the best annotation!
"Gentlemen, I’m sorry that the Royal Princess has sunk!" Major-General Moore gave a controversial command in later generations, "What I decided was …"
"code word order?" It’s not the first time that Wang Haidi has seen this kind of complicated encrypted newspaper. Gradually, he has a veteran’s strategic bearing. He quickly maps two red lines and marks the route of the first reconnaissance fleet with black lines.
"Gentlemen, I have good news and bad news for everyone …" Wang Haidi, who can’t hide her tiredness, gently put aside the newspaper in her hand and joked.
"The bad news first …" Lieutenant Colonel Lauren, who led a marine corps to land in Britain and is famous on both sides of the North Sea, laughed and laughed.
"The bad news is that it is the British patrol fleet in World War II that is to say, we are surrounded by two British fast fleets …" Wang Haidi is very insipid and tells the sinister situation faced by the first reconnaissance fleet.
"What’s the good news?" Lieutenant Colonel Lauren’s face showed no fear because their commander was Heidi Selim, and his nickname was the invincible Ares of the Navy!
"The good news is that the British ten capital ships are perfectly divided by us. They mean that none of the patrol fleets are our opponents!" Wang Haidi wryly laughed at himself and clenched his fist unconsciously. "The two sides have arranged their cards before the war, and the show will be unveiled at the latest!"
The second gun Chapter 16 Card (3)
At 19: 52, a thick fog had just been drilled. The flagship Queen Elizabeth of the British World War II patrol fleet found the east side galloping northward in the night, and the German first reconnaissance fleet.
Short whistle buzzer alarms sounded one after another. In this order, the Queen Elizabeth, Tired of War, Australia, New Zealand, and Tireless formed a column formation. The British World War II patrol fleet was quickly ready for war.
The range finder of the flagship Queen Elizabeth Commander Tower quickly adjusts the angle to enlarge the target lens group. As far as possible, it "bites" the looming target ship in the fog. The gunner on duty hurriedly shakes and is cooled by the chilly sea breeze. The body is driven by hundreds of mechanical training memories. The turret is tightly driven and the muzzle is pointed to the bold ammunition loader from the eastern enemy Australia to ensure the firing rate. In the loading room, the square armor cover of the barrel was opened to push the shells into the main gun bore. Due to the close distance at night, the 47 mm auxiliary gun on the starboard side of the New Zealand finally sent a field. The auxiliary gun gunners of the last batch of ships and restaurants were gearing up tirelessly. The sailors rushed out with beef rolls or wheat bread in their mouths, and took a shortcut to disappear deep, like a Paris city waterway. In the narrow channel, they went out to sea without firing a shot. The World War II patrol fleet looked forward to raising the battle horn and looking forward to creating honor by them!
"The experience of the first world war patrol fleet tells us that when the number of the capital ships of Britain and Germany is similar, we always lose the side …" Major General Moore faltered and tried to downplay those crazy shouts and euphemisms a few minutes ago to find enough face steps. "Since the number of our capital ships far exceeds that of the first world war patrol fleet, we should give full play to the numerical advantage."
At 19: 04 a.m., the first reconnaissance fleet was on the port side to carry out peripheral alert, and the second destroyer fleet had already found a fast-moving shadow near the west side of 1000 yards in thick sea fog. Due to the low freeboard of destroyers, the British failed to find the German destroyer. The first reconnaissance fleet had four minutes more warning time than Major General Moore.
The preparation instructions were quickly received. Although the aftermath of the short but fierce abnormal naval battle was not exhausted at 17: 05, the well-trained officers and men of the Ocean Fleet still rallied to prepare for the battle after hearing the buzzer alarm.
"command tower, the British fleet drilled out of the sea fog, and there was a little faint moonlight there!" The commander tower of the battle patrol of Luzov resounded through the watchtower of the main mast, and the lookout was somewhat flattered. Although he knew roughly the British position, whether it was the watchtower or the commander tower, the ranging tower could not see through the fog. At 19: 52, the shy British patrol fleet accidentally drilled out the sea fog, where there was a little thin starlight, so all the facts came out and more detailed data were finally fed back by the lookout.
The experienced fleet staff calculates the approximate course and speed of the other side according to the data of the watchtower parameter bottom log, and the chart indicates that "the British fleet is located in 26 directions with a distance of about 42 yards, and the two fleets are still approaching!"
The report on the freezing point temperature of the staff trained by Germany is not satisfactory. The data is explosive. The atmosphere of the command tower is a little dull. The chief staff officer Singer Lyle looks at the line in that word, which is not a German-style precision course chart, frowning.
"Will that mediocre old man stay and haunt us or choose Betty to join the first world war patrol fleet?"
"The school should be optimistic and know how to take the initiative!" Rough hands unconsciously put the name on the wedding ring watchtower. A more detailed report came back through the feedback of the telephone line. Wang Haidi turned her wedding ring finger and paused. She turned her head and shouted, "Order the left rudder of Luzov to keep her course at 15 knots! The first reconnaissance fleet gradually turned with the flagship! "
Wang Haidi’s tactical moves made Singer’s brain suddenly enlightened like a wake-up call. The course of the first reconnaissance fleet was roughly due north, while the course of the British World War II patrol fleet was about 4 degrees. At this time, the side fire advantage of the first reconnaissance fleet was not yet obvious. When Wang Haidi raised the speed of the first reconnaissance fleet to the extreme and turned to the left, the perfect word horizontal head was already formed, which meant that the number and caliber advantage of the British Laisheng artillery would be greatly reduced in the naval battle, while the first reconnaissance fleet could benefit the side artillery recklessly.
The strategy of secretly transferring three tireless class patrol ships back to the Turkish fleet before the war was quite successful, and Betty’s imaginary March route was also greatly confused. Heidi Selim, a well-prepared ocean fleet, had enough wisdom to understand the conspiracy, be frank and wrong, and turn the tide; Five war cruises faced the British, two fast battleships and three war cruises, and the risk theory could not be overestimated. However, the commander indifferently chose to bet his honor, position and future, and led the first reconnaissance fleet to fight alone. When the ocean fleet fought for it, it was also young and frivolous. Singler couldn’t help but look up at Wang Haidi, which was somewhat fortunate and somewhat regrettable.
"The general has to praise that this is a good move!" Singer took a deep breath and blushed. The Germans are the least good at praising "Moore will inevitably choose to turn left to keep parallel battle lines or directly leave the sea fog weather. This tactical move may not be as difficult as imagined, but it is embarrassing …"
The signal cable of the main mast of the flagship Luzov was painted black in the night, which made the signal soldiers have to climb the cold wind. The searchlight of the main mast sent a message to the subsequent ships that "the left rudder of each ship was gradually turning at a speed of 15 knots and 25 knots", and the report room repeated the steering command.
At 2 o’clock sharp, the first reconnaissance fleet took a turn before Moore’s second world war patrol fleet, and the huge fleet sailed at a sudden speed of the North Sea and the sea surface.
"General, you can’t take a turn easily. You have to stall General Betty for more than an hour. His first patrol fleet can easily come here, but once we turn, everything will be over!" The chief of staff of the World War II patrol fleet caressed his chest and tried to make his tone gentle and almost pleading.
"The chief of staff is not that I am timid and timid. Two Queen-class warships have just been completed and three tireless warships have fought over 10,000 nautical miles, and I am tired." Major General Moore’s temples are white and his eyes are full of complicated feelings that are farther than ever. "The conditions for the battle line of the World War II patrol fleet are almost unbearable!"
"Although the Royal Princess sank, we still have nine fast capital ships!" The chief of staff still doesn’t give up his persuasion efforts, but the respect in his speech is once again reduced. "The purpose of German tactical maneuver is to make us turn to the northwest and disintegrate our numerical advantage, so that the fast fleet can continue to divide its forces!"
"But general, how sure are you that the British will turn?" Wang Haidi’s voice did not fall, but he played a wonderful double reed. Major General Lewentzo lost no time and jumped out and asked
"One hundred percent!" Wang Haidi tightened her tight woolen uniform and moved to a chair at will, sitting in a comfortable position and looking sleepy. "Well, I’ll take a nap first, and the command of a fleet will be temporarily taken over by the deputy commander."
In the era of ship-fearing, the armor thickness of the capital ship is constantly increasing due to the general hardening armor, and the design of the wet compartment of the watertight compartment is relatively perfect. The conflict of the damage control system is even more necessary. When the naval battle and the intensity are continuously extended and expanded, people’s energy is always limited. Even if the commander of a fleet is directly responsible for the rise and fall of a fleet, it is impossible to start the fleet command from the time the fleet leaves the port, but the deputy commander of the fleet usually takes over the command according to the sea situation.
Wang Haidi ordered the commander tower to be full of surprises, because the deputy commander of the fleet succeeded the commander in mastering the command of the fleet, and there was rarely a naval battle imminent. After the background accident, everyone felt calm and natural. They Bai Haijun, the God of War, told them that the British World War II patrol fleet was not afraid.
"The deputy commander takes over the command!" Lewentzo left the fleet commander and went to the stage. "Inform all ships of the First Reconnaissance Fleet to keep a distance from the target ship, save ammunition, and do not seek to destroy the enemy ship, but to entangle each other!"
Major-General Moore kept silent until the watchtower reported that the German main gun was fired, and the veteran was inarticulate and spit out a few words to his chief of staff.
"Please check from the command!"
At 2: 04, the calendar lasted for dozens of hours, and the Jutland naval battle started another round of encounter!
[I haven’t found my own style for writing historical novels for the first time, and I haven’t touched the doorway of naval warfare. I don’t know the necessary elements of cool prose. There are still many evaluations by imposing bootleg goods, and the results are all very miserable. Now I regret that I took this military essay to practice. I am a big ship and I am a gun controller. What should I do if Jutland wrote a military essay this time? Is it really true that qing wear is not awesome?]
The second gun Chapter 16 Card (4)
Major-General Lewenzo’s resume is not very rich, and he can’t leave the second seaman, the deputy captain, the general staff officer of the fleet and the deputy commander of the fleet. On March 3, 1915, Major-General Lewenzo finally got what he wanted to command this steel fleet to challenge the languid Royal British Navy.
"Luzov’s test gun ended with a long bounce of 3 meters!"
"Command the fire control command tower to quickly correct the data, and the first reconnaissance fleet’s main turrets, half guns and five rounds of armor-piercing projectiles volley!" Luzov’s main gun barrel spouted fire and swore that the Germans were determined to temporarily take over the command. Major General Lewentzo estimated Wang Haidi’s strategic intention. The first reconnaissance fleet was no longer well-stocked with ammunition and slightly reserved, reaching a murderous order.
German naval commanders who were born in mainland China were somewhat sympathetic, and they carved their rationality and rigor into their bones and buried them in their blood. They rarely commanded the Royal Navy with such passion as David Betty, the Royal Navy. They were highly praised before World War I, while the Germans were questioned because of their rigid paranoia, but their passion and depression collided with each other. Everything was filled with smoke and bloody Jutland coastline. The truth came out.
Before the fleet was enveloped by sea fog and smoke, Lewentzo’s command was expressed by the word searchlight of the main mast of Luzov. Then, the first reconnaissance fleet was battle-hardened for a minute and a half. It seemed that these tactical actions had become a part of German sailors’ lives, such as re-ranging, calculating shooting elements, adjusting the angle of main guns, raising the elevation of barrels and raising bombs.
"The left half of the main gun of the turret of the cap armor-piercing projectile fired!"
In the sea fog, the North Sea was calm in the tens of thousands of tons. The main gun shelling of the capital ship needed to consider the rolling cycle of the warship. The artillery command was shouted out by the gunner of the fire control command tower. Four 35 mm armor-piercing projectiles of the Luzov were thrown into the unknown sea like bamboo.
"Semi-armor-piercing projectile port side auxiliary turret volley fire!"
Because the front and rear piggyback turrets have raised the center of gravity of the Devingel-class patrol, it is suspected that the navigation performance of the warship will be reduced, which will lead to the lack of large steering ability in the rolling period of the warship, and at the same time, the warship’s viability will be greatly reduced. Therefore, the shift of the 12 15mm auxiliary turrets of the Devingel-class patrol has effectively reduced the center of gravity of the Devingel-class patrol, but the forward firing range of the auxiliary guns is limited, while the opposite firing range is impossible.
"The commander’s tower is far less than 3 meters!"
The observation tower of Luzov began to feed back more detailed data to the fire control tower by observing the impact point of the shells. The experienced gun commander can recite the detailed ballistic lines of four 35mm main guns even with his eyes closed. This is not the innate talent of gun commanders, and several artillery trainings have been recorded bit by bit under the scorching sun of the sea breeze. The shooting disc made the artillery parameter modification work quite fast. After the new data entered the main turret, the force drove the main turret to start to correct the shooting angle, and the elevation angle of the main turret started again.
"The right main gun of the turret of the cap armor-piercing projectile fired in volley!"
Rao is that the armor thickness of the commander tower is more than 4 mm, and the shock absorber can be 35 mm. The recoil caused by the shooting of the main turret still makes the soles of the commanders of the commander tower of Luzov numb. The waiting process is the most confusing, even if the first round of shelling is a hit, it is impossible to ask for it. Even if the main gun barrel of Luzov has reduced the life span by more than half, the atmosphere is somewhat dignified. At this time, there was a noise in the microphone of the commander tower.
"The impact point of the British test gun in the Command Tower is about 5 meters away from the port side 276!"
The news that the watchtower came back made the commanders feel a little relieved, and then it was a pity that the effect of the British 4-yard test was not ideal, which means that the British may have missed the shot and will be pushed back. Unfortunately, the result of the first round of turret right main gun volley is still a mystery.
"The commander tower is 15 meters away!"
The news of the observation tower made the commanders of the Luzov breathe a little sigh of relief. The distance of 15 meters is equivalent to the width of five ships of the British capital ship, which is already a long distance.
Luzov’s second round of the left half-cannon volley of the main turret has been in full swing. The Sino-German Flingher, Cedritz and Mao Qi Deutschland have started the first round of the main gun shooting one after another, and the British counterattack is also late. It is obvious that the first reconnaissance fleet has less advantages in the battle line. The forward turrets of the three tireless class war patrol departments cannot obtain the different side shooting boundary because of the limited chimneys 1 and 2.
Constrained by the standard displacement of tons and the design requirement that the maximum speed of coal-fired boilers is 25 knots, designers have to tirelessly patrol and place as many boilers as possible, so the bow of the ship and the position of the bow are placed, and the distance between the three chimneys of the boiler is almost different from the center line. In addition, at that time, the British paid great attention to the sequential firepower, so the advanced backpack turret became an oblique forward and backward turret, and the turret was located at the port front and the Q turret at the starboard rear, barely reaching 1 degree.
It is hard for ordinary people to imagine the attraction of keeping the number advantage of the main guns to the commander of the Royal Navy. It is hard to imagine avoiding the two piggyback turrets of the Queen Elizabeth-class stern. The turret of the stern of the ship lost its shooting position. Major General Moore insisted on turning the World War II patrol fleet to keep the battle line, so the British tried their best to complete the turning for a long time after the first round of milli-effect shelling, and were in a passive situation.
"The target ship entered the fog area, and the fifth round of right half-shelling volley was confirmed!"
The night interfered with the distance measurement and became "afraid of the road" for three minutes. The four-wheel main gun shelled the first reconnaissance fleet. The shooting speed was not fast and failed to achieve results. Even so, the three-minute battle still made the mediocre veteran Moore break out in a cold sweat. Moore was almost certain that he would lose one or two capital ships in the second world war patrol fleet and "save" the veteran’s thoughts. With the queuing of the tireless patrol ranging tower, the darkness flashed in the lens barrel. Moore finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Chief of Staff, this is a successful turn!" Veteran pick stained provoked sweat cap relaxed way
"Commander, I’m sorry that the news sent by the newspaper office will ruin your wonderful mood!" The chief of staff of the World War II patrol fleet led the newsroom clerk into the commander tower with a sullen face. I don’t know whether it was schadenfreude or worry. "The Queen Elizabeth was hit thirteen times by the Luzov auxiliary gun, and the No.2 chimney, two auxiliary guns and starboard crane were destroyed. Twenty-nine sailors were killed because of the deformation and water seepage caused by a large-caliber near-missing bomb explosion; Australia was hit twelve times by Cedritz’s sub-cannon, and its midship bridge, a sub-cannon and a lifeboat were destroyed, and eleven sailors were killed. The New Zealand was hit twice by the auxiliary gun of the Mao Qi ship, but the loss was not great; Tireless has not been attacked and tireless observation tower has never been able to find its opponent … "
"That is to say, General Betty’s battle report is too conservative. The fact that the German German German patrol has sunk or completely lost its combat effectiveness?" Major General Moore’s old face flashed with a flash of extraordinary splendour. Perhaps in a second, those orders to turn to avoid war will turn the ancient World War II patrol fleet back and pounce on the Germans who suffered heavy losses.
"However, in the last round of main gun shelling, the Germans were unfortunately shot by a 35mm armor-piercing projectile, which penetrated the engine room with armor and starboard rudder on the side of the Weary, and some cabins nearby were destroyed. Forty-four sailors were killed …" Major General Moore’s chief of staff easily shattered the unreasonable facts that Lingyun aspired to be cruel.
"Rudder … rudder engine room? ！”
The hidden commander’s cabin was close to the cigar flame and the cigarette was extinguished, but he didn’t know it for a long time. Betty snapped out a few words from her mouth, "The life of the British boy is inviolable. Swear in the name of my emperor, Selim, you must pay for it!"
