Six Hundred and Ninety Five Roar

How far can the 280mm guns on the Lützow armored ship hit? The Germans' excellent steelmaking technology and artillery casting technology allow this cannon to push its shells to a distance of 30 kilometers. Although this range is not the best in the world, it is used to deal with a ship equipped with only 127 American destroyers with millimeter-caliber artillery can definitely be said to be bullying.

"Boom!" At almost the same time, all six 280mm main guns on the German warship spewed out dazzling flames. Even in the daytime, such huge flames and smoke were still clearly visible. , Even on the rough North Sea, the air waves erupted from the huge propellant powder are like a strong wind, blowing away the haze in people's hearts.

Moreover, seeing six 280mm caliber cannons firing salvos a few tenths of a second apart from a few hundred meters away may be a spectacular sight that civilians will never see in their lifetime. So when the Lützow fired a salvo, Kohler and some civilians standing on the deck were frightened and fell to the ground. In their eyes, this might be the most powerful warship in the world.

Don't laugh at these people's ideas. Even if the British battleships are powerful, not many civilians can see the scene of the ten guns firing at the same time on the King George V battleships, so these German personnel feel that the battleships in front of them are the world's most powerful battleships. The number one battleship is definitely not a compliment, but a sigh from the heart.

What's more, although the battleships of the British Navy are better, they belong to others, and they will not make their own roars for the Germans who are far away overseas. Sailing in front of my eyes, I am really shooting angry shells for the humiliation I have suffered!

Cheer up! When have the Germans been so uplifted since 1919? Since the High Seas Fleet turned into a rainbow and sank into the bottom of the British sea, when did the Germans have such a tough style in the Atlantic Ocean? Shooting at American battleships? And just to vent your anger on a group of insignificant German civilians, and then shoot directly? Kohler sat on the deck, looking at the naval guns that were still smoking in the distance, and felt for the first time that being a German was not a disadvantage.

Nearly 20 kilometers away, on the American destroyer, the first mate and the captain were still regretting that they hadn't gotten an objective sum of money, but soon they suffered a thrilling round of "heavenly disaster". With a huge whistling sound, the shells fired by the Germans 20 kilometers away accurately flew around the destroyer, setting off a column of water that was extremely huge for the destroyer.

"The Germans opened fire? What's going on? Didn't we let the other party's ship go?" The captain of the American destroyer looked at the huge water column rising in the distance, and was surprised for a long time before uttering such a question. whose words. I just intercepted a transport ship, and I just fired a shot to intimidate it. It's not worth attacking directly with the main gun, right?

And I am just a small destroyer, attacking with the main gun of the 280mm heavy cruiser,

Is it a bit overkill to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? Do you want to play so hard? Who is on the transport ship? Didn't the Führer's lover happen to be there? How can I be so unlucky?

A series of question marks passed through Captain America's mind, and finally he remembered that his current situation was very critical, so he quickly recovered and ordered: "Quick! Speed ​​up, change the sailing, and turn the rudder to the left! Avoid the situation we were in before. The route! Quick! Quick!"

The tonnage of the destroyer is relatively small, and the sailing speed is faster. It is a typical ship that is small and easy to turn around. Within a dozen seconds, the destroyer deviated from the original route with the roar of the engine, and turned to the south direction by riding the wind and waves. up the bow.

At the same moment, on the Lützow armored ship of the German Navy, the middle-aged captain was standing on the bridge. Behind him, the weapons officer was reporting the result of the attack: "The first round of salvo did not hit the target, and the point of impact was far from the target." Far, is there a second round of shooting?"

"Keep firing!" The range and power of the 280mm cannon are indeed astonishing, but it is obviously a bit inappropriate to deal with a ship of the size of a destroyer. At least at this time, there are only 6 main guns on the Lützow. The situation became a bit prominent, and the low firepower density made the Lützow somewhat powerless in terms of the time interval between continued attacks and the firepower density.

In fact, the solution is not without it, that is, only one of the front and rear main guns fires at a time, and then reloads and shoots in turn, forming a cycle. However, although the attack interval is compensated in this way, the firepower density is even more sparse. Already - in short, the firepower of such a small ship with a small number of cannons is not without its disadvantages, so it cannot be a particularly successful cross-border battleship design.

Of course, in terms of power, a cruiser with a failed design is much better than a destroyer, so using an armored ship to attack a destroyer is a bully anyway.

The so-called layman watches the excitement, and the insider watches the way. Although the overemphasis on cross-border firepower caused some problems in the design of armored ships, in the eyes of a group of German civilians on the Hercules transport ship, they couldn't see so many professional things at all. They were still immersed in the second round of salvo. In the shock, I am deeply proud of the power of the German war machine.

Some people are proud of it, but of course some people have to deal with the dangerous situation of wanting to scold their mothers. Although the accuracy of the German gun school radar is far from advanced enough to indicate where to hit, after all, in the stormy North On the Atlantic sea, not only the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier cannot take off due to the waves from time to time, but also whether the cannons on the battleship can hit the target is completely a certain type of lottery with a relatively high chance of winning.

However, German artillery has always been known for its precision, and since the German Navy's gun handling technology can make the British feel threatened, it is enough to prove their strength. Under the guidance of the gun school radar, the German Navy not only adjusted the shooting parameters at the immediate distance, but also corrected some shooting parameters after the enemy's course was changed.

The second salvo of shells almost formed a cross-shot around the US Navy destroyer, and the shell closest to the US destroyer almost hit the destroyer's tallest mast. Such precise long-distance bombardment really broke out the American sailors in a cold sweat. If they were hit by a 280mm shell, they would probably have to swim back to the east coast of the United States in the cold Atlantic waters.

"Did the German shells open their eyes? Can we shoot so accurately even if they can't see us?" The captain of the American destroyer looked angrily at the huge water column shot by the shells that hadn't completely calmed down not far away, and said loudly to himself. the adjutant growled. Then he seemed to remember something, and immediately waved his hand: "Let the air search sentry look for me! Don't miss the place with clouds! Look carefully! The other party must have a calibration plane! Find it for me! Quick!"

For the old-fashioned destroyers patrolling anti-submarines on the east coast of the United States, advanced gadgets such as radar are not yet popular, and even if they know that there is advanced equipment such as radar, the US Navy does not have a radar that can direct artillery to aim at the target For them, radar is just a device to detect opponents, not a shooting aid that can be accurate to ten meters.

It can be said that the radar research that Akado started to invest in as early as 25 years ago finally allowed Germany to lead the world in this equipment, and the invincibility of the German navy did not rely on weapons such as aircraft carriers, but on devices such as radars. In the naval battles, he has achieved victory after victory. If there is no radar, the combat effectiveness of the German aircraft carrier fleet will be greatly reduced, and it may even be wiped out by the British battleship fleet in the North Sea.

When all military powers in the world are trying their best to make their cannons have a longer range and thicker armor, the Germans are focusing on radio applications, infrared rays, etc. So when everyone had thick armor and powerful cannons, everyone was surprised to find that the Germans had a lot of new equipment that could determine the outcome of the war.

Seeing the boundless power of the German aircraft carrier, the Americans and the British are capable of building their own aircraft carrier fleet, and even the production speed is faster, but even if the American aircraft carrier is really launched, can it have the combat capability of the German aircraft carrier fleet? ? Filling these gaps is not as simple as a short one-year aircraft carrier construction cycle-the Germans have gone 10 years first, and the Americans want to catch up. Is it easier said than done?

At the time when all the soldiers on the air defense position on the destroyer of the U.S. Navy raised their heads and stretched their necks looking for the non-existent artillery calibration plane, the German armored ship just fired its third salvo. , The huge shelling sound extended to the distance, and also hit the hearts of all German expatriates on the No. 317 Hercules transport ship.

This is not routine intimidation and revenge. If that is the case, a round of salvo will be enough. Even if it is to please the German expatriates on board, a round of shelling can definitely play a role in buying people's hearts.

When the German navy's cannons fired their third salvo, a seemingly absurd word popped up in Kohler's mind: "Of course". Similar to the pride and tradition imprinted in the bones, the German naval warships in front of them seem to regard all acts of provoking the Third Reich as intolerable behaviors. Their warships are not firing for these German expatriates, but for the entire Roar for the rise of the German nation!