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However, they were lucky, not only did they not encounter any enemy ships during the ten-day voyage, they did not even encounter pirate ships.Seeing that the destination was not far away, Sa Zhenbing finally let go of half of his heart.

The next day, that is, at 3:26 am on March 7.The sky was cloudy, and after anchoring for half a day, Sa Zhenbing carried out the final mobilization of all crew members. With a few whistles, the Singaporean fleet began to anchor and head towards the Red Sea.However, at this time, neither the two German super battleships nor China's Singapore fleet knew that the two sides were approaching quietly.A super collision never before seen in the Red Sea is about to unfold.

The Red Sea extends southeast from Suez, Egypt to the Mandeb Strait, about 2100 kilometers long.The Bab el-Mandeb Strait connects to the Gulf of Aden and then to the Arabian Sea.Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on the west bank face each other across the sea from Saudi Arabia and Yemen on the east bank.

At this time, two super giant ships of Germany were cruising in the waters 20 nautical miles away from Sudan. Lukins could see that on the beach in the distance, many local residents were looking at them curiously. He couldn't help showing contempt smile.But with that comes anxiety.As time went on, his doubts about the accuracy of the military's intelligence increased day by day, and he felt that he and his soldiers were like a bunch of idiots, performing a boring mission of no value at all.

And on the sea 30 nautical miles away, the Singapore fleet is driving at high speed.Due to the weather, Sa Zhenbing did not send two teams of carrier-based aircraft to perform security missions in the air as usual, but only sent one team.Each of the six battleships has a group of aircraft, organized into three squadrons, and take turns to take on the security mission. The first to detect the enemy's situation was a Bluebird reconnaissance plane that took off from the flagship Qiuzi aircraft carrier.The Qiuzi aircraft carrier is the latest successful "Shang" class aircraft carrier built by the empire. There are four aircraft carriers of this class. Unlike the first generation of "wind" naming rules, this generation of aircraft carriers are named after spring, summer, autumn, Named after the four seasons of winter, the Qiuzi aircraft carrier has just been deployed to the Singapore fleet and has become the new combat core of the fleet.

The pilot of this blue bird reconnaissance plane is called Chongyuan, a man from Liaoyang Prefecture in Liaodong, and a former White Banner member of the Han Army. , was the first bannerman who gave up the annual subsidy of six taels of silver and voluntarily entered the Han Dynasty. After him, there was also a trend. More than [-]% of the soldiers who were full of the army banner in the Central Plains voluntarily registered as ordinary Han people.

The correspondent on the plane is Wen Hui, a man from Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. He was originally the fireman on the Dingyuan ship. He was incorporated into the command class and learned professional skills such as radio operation and artillery sighting data compilation for nearly half a year. After returning, he was directly incorporated into the Singapore Fleet Air Force formation.

Wen Hui was the first to discover the swastika flag on the Bismarck. He reported to the fleet on the radio that "heavy fog, I can see five miles, and everything is normal." When he looked up, he suddenly found that there was almost Suddenly, a column of smoke appeared.Then there were two, three... Then he gradually recognized the swastika flag, one of the Nazi symbols that appears on the front pages of various newspapers almost every day, for him, it is very familiar .

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Resurgence: World War II Chapter 6 Iron Torrent

"Urgent! Urgent! Urgent!" Wen Hui almost roared out these words, and then quickly sent a notification to the fleet. Due to the heavy fog, he only saw the first three ships. When he finished sending, Looking up, he could already see six pillars of smoke, so he quickly added, "The number of enemy ships is still increasing!"

Sa Zhenbing was shocked when he received the report. The first reaction from a professional soldier was excitement. He had been waiting for this day. For more than half a month, he had been suffocated. Since receiving the order, He is almost even dreaming at this moment of a dream!It's just a little pity that the weather is not very good, our advantages cannot be fully utilized, and it is too late to discover the enemy's situation.Of course, the reconnaissance plane can't be blamed for this. Originally, due to the weather, it was difficult for the airship to take off, and the fog was heavy, so it would be nice to be able to find it.So he hurriedly ordered the plane to return to the flight, so as not to leak his whereabouts.

But at the same time, when he thought of the three atomic bombs lying quietly under the bottom cabin of the Qiuzi aircraft carrier, he suddenly became nervous again. In any case, he must try his best to avoid the flagship from being bombarded by enemy ships, otherwise if the atomic bomb is detonated, the two sides will only die together. It's all over. "All the warships are arranged in a T-shaped formation!" With an order, all the warships began to turn and arranged in a T-shaped formation. The flagship Qiuzi was located in the center of the entire T-shaped formation, protected by warships in front and on both sides, Baiyun, Lanyun, Feiyun's three Yunzi-class heavy cruisers rushed forward. Because these three battleships have thick armor and fierce firepower, they are most suitable for attacking enemy ships. The two wings are the battleship Glacier, Yangwu, and cruisers from near to far. , torpedo ship, and outside is a network attack formation composed of submarines.

In fact, he didn't have to be so nervous, the enemy was far from discovering himself. On the Bismarck, the flagship of the German Atlantic Fleet, Lukins was complaining about the bad weather in his heart. This hazy weather made him feel bored and depressed even more. But this kind of dense fog exacerbated the danger of the fleet being attacked. If at this time, the Chinese warship suddenly came from the side, the Atlantic Fleet would suffer heavy damage.

Thinking of this, Lukins felt that it was better to be more careful, and he immediately ordered the fleet to be on alert and keep moving in a diagonal formation.

Just when Lukins was full of doubts, the Singapore Fleet had already completed its mobilization. In order to avoid alerting the other party, each ship quickly completed the order by radio.

"Full left rudder!" Sa Zhenbing gave an order, and the entire fleet completed a major turn. The entire fleet formed an arc-shaped long snake formation with six battleships and an aircraft carrier at its core. Before he found himself, he moved forward and slowly adjusted his ship position.

Wen Hui's visual distance was obviously a bit off. After completing this big move, Sa Zhenbing saw the blurred black outline of the German fleet through the telescope.

"Attention all the team, turn on the searchlights! All the planes are up and ready to fight!" Following this order, dozens of searchlights were lit up, forming a long line on the foggy sea. The reconnaissance planes took off one after another, commanding the warships to fight from above, and the pilots made cheering gestures to each other.

The Germans almost suddenly discovered that there was a lantern dragon stretching across their north. Amidst the harsh police whistle, they saw two planes coming through the mist. "All on alert! Enter the combat position immediately, enter the combat position immediately. Scouts, immediately measure the distance and find out which country they are from." Lukins roared and issued an order. He had a vague premonition that the military's intelligence was correct. A big battle is coming.

Five warships with a displacement of about 3 tons form the steel core of the Atlantic Fleet. The world's largest Bismarck, Tipinitz, Prinz Eugen, Admiral Hipper, Blücher Er, the latter two ships have a displacement of 3 tons, plus a total of 3 other ships, with a total displacement of 1 tons.

Opposite them are six Yunzi-class battleships with a displacement of about 3 tons. Together with 3 cruisers, the total displacement is about 33 tons.

In terms of main artillery, the main guns of Tipinitz, Prinz Eugen, and Admiral Hipper are all 3 triple-mounted 283 mm calibers, but there are two behind them, and the secondary guns are 4 double-mounted 150mm and 4-seat single-pack 150mm.The Blücher is equipped with twin 283mm artillery. Judging from the artillery, this kind of equipment is not weak, but opposite them, there are six Yunzi-class warships coming prepared, almost all of which are triple Installed 283 mm main gun.

Judging from such data, the strength of the two sides is comparable.

At this time, the Singapore fleet has adjusted its shooting elements, and is only waiting for Commander Sa Zhenbing to say "Fire!".

Of course, the Germans are not stupid. After discovering the enemy's situation, the experienced Lukins quickly divided the entire fleet into two columns, and all turned to the left full rudder, trying to use the battleship's anti-strike ability to cover the cruisers on the inner wing. Get out of the enemy's attack range as soon as possible at high speed, and for a while the sea is full of waves formed by sharp turns.

In response to the changes in the enemy, Sa Zhenbing gritted his teeth, spit out a mouthful, and made up his mind to fight. At this time, it may be useless. Since the two powers meet, they can only have a head-to-head contest.

"Attention all ships, each chooses a favorable attack position, and fires freely!" The communications soldier on the flagship immediately became excited, communicated with him by radio, and issued the order of Sa Zhenbing to the entire fleet.

It was 7:57 in the morning.

boom!boom!boom! ...

All the 283mm cannons roared almost in unison, seeming to stir up the entire water of the Red Sea.

Sa Zhenbing quietly observed the situation on the opposite side through the telescope. The opponent adopted a two-line formation, and now they need to intersperse their way back as soon as possible. A torrent of steel sank it.

At this time, Yangwu led the eight cruisers Kaiji, Huantai, Jingqing, Nanrui, Baomin, Huwei, Feiting, and Jingyuan, with the assistance of the battleship Lanyun. Down, slowly firing while turning to the east, the overall formation gradually elongated.

"Medium! Medium! Medium! Medium!..." The reconnaissance planes in the sky sent back the hit data of the first round of fire one after another.Yangwu's hit rate was 25 percent, and the rest of the ships were also mostly positive. Only Jingyuan's data was better, with two hits, while Baomin missed one.The commanders quickly asked the gunners to correct the muzzle through the radar.

This round hit the cruisers Scharnhorst and Luzzot on the periphery of the Atlantic Fleet. Among them, Luzzot was hit by four rounds, two were on the left side of the front deck, and one hit the side and exploded. , the huge flames and shock waves made the gunner who was shooting the gun dizzy, and the other shot passed by the hull. In fact, it was a long-range missed bomb, but the sight was not good, and the observers on the plane did not notice The wave that splashed on the sea mistakenly thought that it had hit the enemy ship.

"Fire! Fire!" Lukins gave the order to fight back, and at the same time ordered the fleet on the inside to look for opportunities to turn around immediately, and interspersed to find suitable positions to attack the enemy fleet.

At the same time, the reconnaissance planes of the two sides continued to report back the data. Based on these data, the commanders quickly directed the movement of the ship and carried out the next round of bombardment.

"Concentrate firepower! Strike the enemy's flagship!" Under the fierce artillery fire, the six German battleships always maintained a protective posture on the periphery. Sa Zhenbing put his heart aside, ignoring the dozen or so shadows at the far end who were gradually moving away from the battlefield. Looking at the bad weather angrily, he shouted into the intercom: "Hit!"

Of course, the German flagship, the Bismarck, would not take on the protective role for too long. She led the four battleships in a charging posture while fighting back, and then made a turn, aiming the triple-mounted artillery at the stern at the Chinese battleship Baiyun. .

"Boom...boom!" There were several roars again, and the sixteen main guns on the Chinese side fired again, seizing the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of the enemy fleet to turn around, and the shells roared and hit the side of the enemy ship, causing an explosion. The fireball threw the screaming sailors into the sky.

The enemy also fired a volley. Since it crossed the hull, in addition to the Lützow, which had already turned around, the Admiral Hipper and the Prinz Eugen could fully exert the power of their main guns, while Tipinitz Both the HMS and the Blücher had only triple-mounted 283mm guns on the bow. In this round of salvo, a total of 4000 shells traveled a distance of more than [-] meters, causing two explosions on the Baiyun.The main gun at the stern was almost hit, and the shell landed on the protective barrier not far from the gun position. It had little effect on the hull, but the explosion caused minor injuries to two soldiers.

But the other one was a headache. Like a god, the shell hit a torpedo boat hanging on the flank, and the explosion caused the airship's position to be blurred.

"Damn your grandma!" Sa Zhenbing turned around and cursed angrily: "Hit me! I'll beat the mother up hard for me. Turn to the south with full power!"

While the main battleship was dueling, the cruisers with relatively small tonnage were not idle. Taking advantage of the opportunity when both sides were greeting each other, more than a dozen cruisers were ordered to fire freely, relying on their high speed. Quickly interspersed, approaching their respective enemies.

The tense turn of the Germans is still going on, their current morale is a bit low, and the entire fleet seems to have different ideas. Commander Lukins' intention is to use the large fleet to attract the opponent's firepower, and then use his advantage of having a large number of small ships, Let the cruiser fleet detour to the opponent's flank to assist the main ship in combat.However, many ships below thought that the commander was covering their retreat, so when the battle started, two cruisers of the Atlantic Fleet left the battlefield and quickly headed south.Some of the remaining cruisers circled with the rushing cruisers at close range, while the other part still carried out Lukins' detour strategy.

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 621 Battle Situation Changes

At this time, the sea surface gradually formed a situation where the large ships fired at each other from a distance, and the secondary guns on the large ships and the small ships fought fiercely with each other in the middle. When the German ships gradually adjusted their battle positions, the two sides formed a circular battlefield , At the two edges of this battlefield, the core combat forces of the two sides are facing each other from afar.

In this way, the two sides fought fiercely for four to 10 minutes, and there were no sunken ships. It was just that the six battleships of the Atlantic Fleet's core combat power were severely damaged. More serious, and China's main battleship was also severely damaged in the opponent's concentrated attack.So far, the battle between the two sides has completed the first stage.

At this time, the strength comparison is 24 ships in the Singapore fleet and 27 ships in the Atlantic fleet. Although China has an aircraft carrier, Sa Zhenbing is worried about the three atomic bombs placed in the aircraft carrier and dare not let the aircraft carrier be the core of the attack. Therefore, the strength of the two sides is still comparable. At this time, as an ally of the Allied Powers, after receiving news of joint operations from the Chinese military, the fleets of various countries cruising in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic have gradually approached the theater.

The British feeder fleets departing from Yemen and Sudan first arrived in this misty war zone, followed by the French feeder fleet.There is also a reason for the late arrival of the French. This fleet performed an escort mission and directly sent two operations to the north by sea to cope with the increasingly unstable situation in northern Europe.Therefore, they arrived at the battle area nearly half an hour later than the British fleet.

The flagship of the British fleet, the Ark Royal, issued a semaphore: "Keep your distance." In fact, there is no need for such a reminder, the French Navy naturally knows to stay away from the torrent of steel in the melee.Since the fall of France, Charles de Gaulle formed a "Free France" provisional government in London, vowing to retake the land of the Gauls and fight the Nazis to the end.But taking shelter from others is not a pleasant thing after all. Compared with the past, the naval budget of this provisional government can only be described as pitiful, and de Gaulle was indulging in his unique naval philosophy. It does not support large ships that are expensive and of low practical value, but tends to build some small ships with low cost, low investment and high return.With the change of the commander-in-chief of the navy, a large amount of the navy's budget was used to pay liquidated damages after the old ships were shut down. The French called for those semi-finished products to be used as target ships to verify the power of the artillery. boat fee.But de Gaulle, who was financially strapped, gritted his teeth and refitted these warships and put them on the sea. This humble French fleet only had two battleships launched 9 years ago, and seven old-fashioned cruisers were almost all of them. It's home.Compared with the warships of China and Germany, the French are simply shabby.

On the contrary, the appearance of the six British battleships showed the strength of the former maritime overlord. The neat lineup of the Nelson-class battleship, the zero-class battleship, the Prince of Wales, the Vanguard, and the Vengeance-class battleship was enough to surprise the world. In front of the torrent of steel composed of the Chinese and German fleets, it does not seem to be very conspicuous.

Seeing the rescue fleets from Britain and France coming, Lukins, who was already a little lost, became even more depressed now.At this time, the hour hand gradually pointed to nine o'clock, and the battle between the two sides had lasted for nearly an hour.The German officers and soldiers headed by Commander-in-Chief Lukins exposed their low morale and inconsistent determination. Except for the two escaped cruisers, the remaining 25 ships fought independently. The original strategy of using battleships as a barrier to attract firepower After three or 10 minutes of execution, it began to gradually lose its shape.And Lukins also quickly discovered that the two core enemy warships had slowly approached him from the flanks, and the mist that had once covered the entire battlefield gradually dissipated as noon approached, and the sun from the thick Half of his face was exposed in the clouds and mist, and it sprinkled the entire sea surface with golden light.

The reconnaissance plane on the Ark Royal was the first to take off, and with a good view, the pilots sent back the battle situation to the British warship one after another.

The battle situation at this time was already chaotic. Except for the four core battleships of the Chinese who were still holding on to their original battle positions, the remaining cruisers had already detoured eastward to the Atlantic Fleet under the leadership of Yangwu and Baiyun. To the northeast, they faced the small German fleet plus the hardest-hit flagships Bismarck and Luzzot.

In this way, due to the differences in the morale and quality of the soldiers, the direction of the two sides has become more and more obvious.Yangwu and Baiyun used their battle positions to form a T-shaped crosshead with seven ships, blocking the German ship's retreat. Dozens of naval guns roared at the same time, pressing the suffocating heat wave and strong air pressure to the enemy. On the surface of the sea, the shells flew out at the front flagship Bismarck and the cruiser Prinz Eugen on its right. Following the No.12 salvo of the Singapore fleet, the superstructure of the Prinz Eugen burst into flames, raging The thick smoke from the fire covered half of the sky, and the ship was in danger.

Before the officers and soldiers on the Yangwu and other ships had time to celebrate this first major achievement, they suddenly discovered that on the sea under the smoke and dust, except for the shrapnel on the sea and the fragments of the Prinz Eugen, two white waves rushed towards Our side rushed forward, drawing two arc-shaped white tracks, which seemed to be directed at the Yangwu. When the Prinz Eugen was damaged by a wave of shells, they made up their minds to die together and fired at the enemy ship. These two 14-inch torpedoes came out.

"It's over!" Not only Yangwu, but also Sa Zhenbing sighed when he saw this scene.Due to the limited observation conditions, when the two white waves were found, the distance was too close to react. Since the enemy ship had just hit the enemy ship, the vigilance of the Yangwu was also reduced to the minimum, but even if there was enough time to react, it was too late Just now, in order to launch a salvo, the Yangwu quickly rushed from its base to the side, and all the hanging nets had already been put away, and the positions of the seven warships of our own side were all stuck in order to exert the power of all the artillery fire as much as possible. Very tight, there is very little room left for maneuvering.

"Now it's just a gamble. Brothers, target the enemy's flagship and fire!" Captain Liu Shangqing of the Yangwu made up his mind. He couldn't avoid it anyway. Seizing this critical moment, the four giant doors on the bow and stern of the ship The cannon checked the launch data just now, and moved the cannon position controlled by the hydraulic system.

However, there is still a little luck in Liu Shangqing's heart. This warship was shipped from the Vladivostok Shipyard. It is designed by the Germans. The thickness of the waterline armor is 380 mm. It is the original oblique armor in Germany that the German engineers insisted on. In other words, even if the two 14-inch torpedoes hit all of them, the damage they would theoretically cause would be about 355 mm. As long as they didn't hit the same point, they would be sure to survive!But who knows whether these two torpedoes are 14 inches or larger?