Battle of the Third Reich

"Captain, the flagship has given orders."

The first officer said loudly on the phone.

"Oh?"

Siegfried, who was standing at the chart table, was chatting with two naval officers. Feng. Captain Rowan Kram quickly turned around.

"What order, Lines."

"Commander command, do it! Sir."

Lieutenant Colonel Ens replied loudly that although the expression on the first officer's face remained consistent with seriousness and calmness, Siegfried heard the unstoppable excitement and joy from his voice.

"Yeah, I got it."

Hearing the word that had been waiting for a long time clearly in the mouth of the first officer, Siegfried felt a hot blood rushing from the bottom of his heart. The hot feeling instantly filled the whole body, and at the same time, it was like The electric shock-like numbness was rushing along the spine to the top of his head, making him feel his scalp tingling and his hair seemed to explode.

"It's finally started."

Siegfried took a deep breath and tried hard to restrain his excitement and accelerated heartbeat.

"Lieutenant Colonel Lanes!"

Siegfried picked up his white military cap from the chart table beside him.

"Communicate my orders!"

"Yes, Captain."

Lines tightened his muscles and stood upright, standing upright, and answered with a loud voice.

Not only the first officer, but all the officers and non-commissioned officers now standing on the bridge are standing upright and respectfully to the young captain. Everyone held their breath and quietly waited for the captain to issue this long-awaited order. For a time, the entire bridge became silent, except for the annoying sound of the old wall clock hanging on the bridge wall. Ticking.

"All personnel immediately arrived at the combat position, the first-level combat readiness of the entire ship, waiting for the order!"

"Observe, sir!"

The first officer raised his hand excitedly and saluted a military salute.

"I hope that in the upcoming battle, every officer and soldier will be able to do his due diligence. For the honor of the navy, for the rejuvenation of the great nation, for our sacred Germany, for the trust and expectation of the head of state for us , Contribute all your strength."

Siegfried put on a military hat, and then greeted all the people present with a military salute.

"Observe, sir!"

"All for Germany!"

"Hi! Rheinhardt, long live the heads of state!"

The officers and soldiers shouted loudly to show their determination to their captain.

"Action, gentlemen!"

Siegfried nodded with satisfaction, driven by such strong morale, he is now more confident than ever to win.

"What's more..."

Siegfried walked to the huge porthole of the battle bridge and looked towards the surrounding sea. Through the thick bulletproof glass, a huge fleet appeared in front of him.

Yeah, with such a strong power, Siegfried really couldn't find any reason for failure.

Now the scene of a barren chaos on these originally quietly parked warships, a team of sailors quickly ran on the deck to make the final preparations before the battle.

Several warships have already started power, and the huge hull moves slowly away from the blue water.

Siegfried looked at the busy scene on the deck of the friendly ship with great interest. He knew that the current situation on his ship was not much worse than that of them.

Entering the first-level combat readiness prematurely will only consume the morale and physical strength of the soldiers, so the commander of the fleet will now put the battleship into combat. General Lütjens is indeed a savvy commander.

"Captain. The turbine is already on standby, requesting instructions."

The second report came loudly.

"The double car is at a quarter speed and the left rudder is fifteen degrees. Follow the predetermined route marked on the chart to the queue position. Pay attention to the position of the friendly ship, especially "Gneiseno", and the distance to her formation. Lines, you go above and direct."

"Observe, Captain!"

The chief officer, who was giving orders to the microphone, nodded quickly, then quickly stepped up the stairs and ran towards the nautical bridge above.

Siegfried approached the heavy armored door near the bridge. The serviceman standing by the door quickly turned the pulley on the door to open the door. Siegfried crossed the threshold and walked to the wide terrace outside the battleship bridge.

"Sir!"

Two machine gunners on duty on the terrace stood by an anti-aircraft machine gun and saluted their captain.

"Continue the fine ring, soldier."

Siegfried nodded slightly in return, then walked to the edge of the terrace and looked at the fleet in front of the armored fence.

The closest battleship to him is the German navy’s most powerful battleship Gennesnow, she is now slowly moving across Siegfried’s bow to the left, the kind of paint on the hull. The massive camouflage of black and white interweave makes this powerful battleship look more fierce and elite.

The large range finder installed on the top of the tall ship Gnesono is slowly turning, and it seems that the final inspection is being done.

Seeing this, Siegfried could not help but look behind his back and saw that the large main gun sight mounted on the top of the armored bridge and the rangefinder of the artillery command post on top of the main mast were doing the same job, young The captain of the ship couldn't help but smile.

The heavy cruiser "Admiral Hipper" is leaving her berth. This heavy cruiser with a beautiful hull and a simple and beautiful bridge has surprisingly powerful combat power, although only equipped with a 203 mm main gun , But enough to send those British colleagues who dare to underestimate her to the bottom of the sea.

"Admiral Hipper" is behind her sister ship "Prince Eugen", although it is said to be a sister ship, in fact "Prince Eugen" is an improved model of "Admiral Hipper", Both performance and tonnage have been improved.

In order to allow her to participate in this battle, the head of state exerted pressure on the Naval Construction Bureau. The result of those workers who rushed to work 24 hours a day was that she was originally scheduled to serve in the next month.

However, just entering the sequence does not mean that the battleship already has combat power. It is necessary to systematically train the crew of the battleship.

However, it will take at least half a year for the ship to perform combat missions.

The young head of state obviously did not have that patience. In order to realize his delicate plan, the German navy had to mobilize all its strength. For the head of state, any point of the navy's combat power is now precious. Putting such a powerful warship in domestic training is a waste that he cannot tolerate.

So the head of state came up with a remedy. He summoned the skilled crew members who survived the heavy cruiser "Blucher" that had sunk in the Battle of Norway and sent them to the "Prince Eugen".

"Blucher" and "Prince Eugen" are also sister ships, so there is no difference in cāo's work. In addition to ensuring the normal operation of the battleship, those skilled sailors can also lead those newcomers to get familiar with their work faster.

The current "Prince Eugen" is actually more of a training ship, but under the cāo of those skilled sailors, she has been able to exert most of her combat power, and there is no major problem in participating in naval battles.

And because of her current state, the Fleet Commander gave her great care, and she will follow the flagship movement as a reserve team in this battle.

After all, she is still a new ship, and no one wants her to be injured for the first time in battle.

The flagship "Admiral Sher" is also beginning to move towards the intended array.

Seeing "Admiral Sher", Siegfried could not help but secretly sigh.

There are two main battleships in the German navy fleet that did not participate in this operation. Both of these battleships are "German" class pocket battleships.

"Graf. Earl Spey" has forever left the German navy sequence, and she has sunk with her brave captain into the deep seabed outside the port of Montevideo.

The other is the "Germany", which is now the "Luzov".

She was attacked by British submarines during the Battle of Norway. A British torpedo hit her stern, and almost blasted it there.

She is still lying on Kiel's ship platform and can't move. Because the injuries are too heavy, the "Luzov" cannot be repaired in a short time, so she can only give up participating in this whole operation.

Captain Lansdorf, the captain of the "Luzov" must now be roaring angry in his office. Thinking of this, Siegfried couldn't help but rejoice in his luck.

I almost couldn't participate in this operation like Ransdorf. If that were the case, it would be the greatest regret in my life.

The "Scharnhorst" should be regarded as one of the main battleships in the Third Reich fleet. She and the "Gennesson" have long been a serious concern for the British Royal Navy.

These two battleships are a pair of best gears, and each time they are dispatched, they can return with full load.

The most famous one was when he participated in the Battle of Norway. These two warships cooperated with the tacit understanding of sending the British aircraft carrier "Glory" to the seabed. By the way, they also killed two British destroyers who wanted to rescue them.

However, because of this battle, the Scharnhorst was seriously injured and could only drive back to Kiel, Germany, for repairs.

Fortunately, her injury was much lighter than that of the "Luzov". With the attention of the head of state, the repairmen rushed to work day and night, and finally rushed out of the dock before the fleet was repaired.

However, due to the fact that the original captain Colonel Foster was injured while participating in the Battle of Norway, he could no longer continue to be the captain.

The result is Siegfried. Feng. With his ability and close relationship with the head of state, Colonel Rowan Kram stood out from a large number of competitors and became the second captain of the German battleship Scharnhorst.

And because of the efforts of the shipyard workers, he was allowed to participate in such a large and important operation just after taking the battleship captain's seat.

Now the entire fleet sequence has been fully displayed in front of Siegfried.

Three battleships, one is the flagship "Admiral Sher", one is its own sister ship "Gennesson", the last is to search for "Scharnhorst".

Two heavy cruisers "Admiral Hipper" and "Prince Eugen".

These five warships are the essence of the German navy. A total of 24 283 mm and 16 203 mm heavy artillery are installed on these warships. These ships have enough firepower to blow a British cruiser from here into the Mediterranean Sea.

Not only that, but this time all the light cruisers currently in the German Navy were dispatched.

"Emden", "Leipzig", "Cologne" and "Nuremberg".

Although these four are only light cruisers, they must not be underestimated.

As light cruisers of the German Navy, their performance is superior to that of British battleships of the same level.

After all, in their original design, they were fully prepared for the brutal beating of the British fleet.

However, because of this, in addition to running fast, these battleships also have a feature unique to the German navy in the design of the firepower configuration.

That is, their rear firepower is stronger than the front firepower. These cruisers only installed a double-mounted 152 mm turret at the front, but installed two such turrets at the rear.

This is obviously designed for escape. Thinking of this, Siegfried couldn’t help but sigh again. If it weren’t for the great head of Reinhardt, those light cruisers might still be hiding in the east of the Atlantic from the sneaky sneak attack of the British merchant ship. Where could the German navy collapse? How courageous, how could there be such an opportunity to raise your eyebrows and exhale now.

Four light patrols, with a total of 29 152 mm artillery pieces, to be honest, these four light patrols alone are enough to fight the British fleet.

If you add that group of destroyers, you don’t have to shoot these battleships.

Ten destroyers are two destroyer squadrons composed of German destroyers that survived the Battle of Norway and newly launched destroyers.

One squadron is composed of z-levels, and the other team is mixed into two z-level improved types.

This destroyer fleet had 40 127mm guns and 10 150mm guns. I didn’t expect the improved destroyer to have the firepower of a light cruiser. When Siegfried knew that such a destroyer existed, it was really scared. A jump.

Looking at such a large lineup of his fleet, coupled with the intelligence he has already acquired about the enemy fleet he is about to face, Siegfried's only feeling now is that this is a battle without suspense.

There was a trace of confusion in the heart of the captain of Scharnhorst.

"This is not animal cruelty. Does it look like an elephant stepping on Xiaoqiang?"

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