The second gun Chapter 10 King of the North Atlantic! (3)
Recently, the update of illness should be slow, and I suddenly found that the naval battle has been written by me. Thinking about the fear of ship-to-ship bombing, what angle I haven’t touched, and what skills can I play.
From the first armored ship Warrior to the former dreaded ship Kaishan Jun, from Junhao to the epoch-making battleship dreaded, the world navy experienced both strange and bizarre changes in the last 30 years of the 19th century and the first 20 years of the 2nd century.
People always simply define this profound change as a series of heavy artillery, steam turbines and carburized armor with a displacement of 20,000 tons. However, few people realize that this change not only reflects weapons and equipment.
Fear of ships has had a far-reaching impact on the ocean strategy and the training mode of war thoughts of a country interested in the ocean in the world. This impact was not significant at that time. It was not until the outbreak of the European war in 1914 that Britain, an old maritime power, and Beihai, a new maritime upstart, Germany, played one after another, and all this came to light.
Fear of ships The most powerful and imaginative steel weapon in the history of mankind once firmly grasped and dominated 7% of the earth’s surface. In the 1960s, the first choice for military service of American naval officers was still the H-stream battleship, which was recognized as outdated at that time.
However, when the fear of the ship was truly brilliant, it was extremely limited. The History of World Naval Wars compiled by China naval history experts wrote like this
"In 1915, the capital ship of the British and German navies in the North Sea fought all the way from Helgolan Bay to Scar Gerakl Strait. The battle that was named by Germany the next afternoon was called by the British as the epic battle of Scar Gerakl Strait, which made the dreaded ship the highest peak and the most wonderful moment, and became the last swan song of the dreaded ship.
In 1917, in the corner of the northern part of the North Sea, Britain and Germany won the power of both sides and started the naval battle of the Orkney Islands. This time, the fear of ships is still limited, but it is a pity that the fear of ships will end. "
Of course, historians have different views on the value of the naval battle in the Orkney Islands. In fact, the number of troops and warships invested by both sides in the naval battle in the Orkney Islands far exceeds the total tonnage of the main ship, and the influence of the naval battle in Ri Delan on the European war is no less than that of the latter. However, most experts in the history of world naval battles in China tend to define the naval battle in the Orkney Islands as the end of the era of fear of ships.
GO229, an expert in China’s naval history, has made a fairly pertinent view on this debate.
"The Orkney Islands naval battle is underestimated not because of its tragic degree, but because it is different from the unified meaning of a West Lyme-style sea victory. It is a land country that has paid a warlords to gain the sea soul of a big country. China people have a strong sense of tragic aesthetics. We always look forward to it with a little light sadness, and the saxophone Ritland naval battle has sublimated him into a gorgeous ruin after a high day. At the same time, China people have an eternal happy thought …
For the argument, GO229 did not give a tendentious evaluation, but was saddened by the fact that the Orkney Islands were underestimated. Therefore, GO229, a southern border of China, wrote The King of the North Atlantic, the best study of the Orkney Islands naval battle in China.
(Gorgeous dividing line)
"On June 21, 1917, the weather in the North Sea was extremely bad. This morning, from Scarpa Bay in England to Helgolan Bay in Germany, the North Sea was shrouded in white Se fog as always, and it was hard to wait until the sun dispersed the sea fog, but the sea conditions in the North Sea became worse.
This bad weather has both advantages and disadvantages.
For the British, the sea fog helped the big fleet slip out of Scarpa Bay successfully in the morning, and allowed the American battleship detachment from afar to approach the North Sea quietly, but at the same time, it also refused to disclose the high sea conditions before the news of the secret voyage of the ocean fleet, and also put three brave light cruisers, which were temporarily used as the eyes and ears of the big fleet, in an awkward position.
Looking at the three low freeboard ships with poor seaworthiness and flat deck, the bow of the brave large light cruiser was almost buried in the splashing white Se waves, and David Betty’s face became more and more Y and N haze.
Betty has learned that her old rivals Heidi Searlem and Searlem’s Ocean Fleet disappeared into Britain at night. "If Betty can remain indifferent to the false news that the first reconnaissance group went to sea in the early morning and insist on completing the established plan to meet the American battleship detachment, then the disappearance of the Ocean Fleet will make Betty abandon his disguise and become hysterical.
Betty knows about her old friend and rival. The ocean fleet is definitely out of the blue this time. The biggest possibility is to intercept the fast fleet and withdraw it from the north desperately. For the British Empire, the destruction of the fast fleet of ten battle cruiser ships is not just as simple as heartbreaking. It is very likely that the British sea tyrants have completely fallen by the side. Because of the powerful Ri, the empire has no ability to build another fleet. Betty’s big fleet is not only Britain now but also the future!
Betty knew that the West Lyme Fleet was hidden in a corner of the North Sea, waiting for the fast fleet to take the initiative to deliver the door. Betty had to give up the American rendezvous plan and choose the South Coordination Fast Fleet.
Although the countermeasures have been taken and the fast fleet has a considerable chance to escape before the Germans arrive, David Betty is still full of panic
In 1917, the Royal Navy really lacked reconnaissance power, and the key to this battle was to find the whereabouts of the Germans.
In 1916, the Royal Navy lost a large number of light ships in the previous sea battle, and after 1916, the Royal Navy focused on the main hull of the ship, ignoring the supplement of light ships, anti-submarine and escort. The Royal Navy was able to investigate in the North Sea and the direction of large fleet investigation. Light ships were stretched.
For the big fleet, three brave large light cruisers and two light cruiser squadrons with certain deterrence have been the rapid investigation forces of other departments. However, the three brave squadrons can leave the big fleet dying because they can’t fight the bad sea conditions in the North Sea. Twenty-three capital ships of the British Empire and three battle cruiser can rely on just two cruiser squadrons for battlefield investigation.
The original fleet can still count on air reconnaissance as an effective way. However, the fog and bad sea conditions in the North Sea in the early morning always prevented the fleet from flying its own water-carrying aircraft. It was not until 3 noon that the Royal Navy deployed the East Coast and Scarpa Bay fleet that the first batch of reconnaissance was released. (3) "The plane searched for the big fleet water plane along the waters of scarborough in Firth Bay and 4 nautical miles south of Orkney Islands. The timing of the plane’s ascent is still known.
At 1: 21 p.m., the land-based air force still failed to find the trace of the Germans. Where on earth is West Lyme? ！’
The commander of the flagship revenge tower seems to have solidified his anxiety. David Betty clenched his fist and slammed it into the solid armor of the commander tower and made a low roar.
The bad weather in the North Sea also has a great influence on Germans.
The sea fog in the early morning delayed the Germans’ secret sea information leakage, but the damn sea fog and high sea conditions also hindered their intelligence investigation in the North Sea, which was important for attacking the big fleet.
Although the northern part of the North Sea is not open, it is still not an easy task to find another fleet in the vast sea. At this moment, Heidi Selim is no less anxious than David Betty, the commander of the Bavarian battleship Tower, who is not spacious. The commander tower walks around cursing the weather in the North Sea and worrying about whether his fleet should pass by by by by moving south.
Twenty-seven capital ships of the Ocean Fleet and the First Reconnaissance Group, which sailed overnight, have gone deep into the North Sea, and then the British territory is the apex of the North Sea, where the ocean fleet can’t get support from the soil. Once the whole plan is exposed, the British fleet will be outflanked. The fast fleet will not only drive the Americans to destroy the big fleet before the war, but also achieve the strategic goal of the ocean fleet. It is even possible for others to meet a Li.
West Lemhannashaw reports that the sea conditions in the North Sea are barely enough for the water plane to take off!’ Just when West Lime bowed his head and prayed to himself, the chief of staff of the Ocean Fleet broke in and said with surprise
What are you waiting for! Let the rabbits fly quickly!’ J: ng knows Chinese culture. West Lyme knits her brows and is ironed instantly. His answer is full of bandits.
At 1: 37 p.m., the wind and waves in the North Sea were a little smaller, except that the second reconnaissance fleet and the third reconnaissance fleet had not been renamed, and they continued to investigate the enemy’s "great sea spirit" in front of the avant-garde fleet cruise formation of the ocean fleet. Two main ships of the ocean fleet, which were converted from junk ships into Zeppelin-class seaplanes, finally had to hoist and put on the Frederick 33D seaplane to improve the bad sea conditions in the North Sea.
The real Zeppelin-class seaplane carrier has an aircraft deck and a ship engine, but this way of taking off from the deck in sea conditions is a complete disaster for every ship-based pilot, and the ocean fleet has to make the seaplane unsatisfactory in terms of voyage and combat effectiveness.
More than 30 Frederik 33D seaplanes rose one after another. Naturally, among them, the red baron of the German Army Air Force is as famous as the purple baron of the Navy Air Force, Hannashaw.
For a long time, the countess of the purple baron Hannah Shaw Luckner’s family had a vigorous and thrilling love affair. The German audience didn’t grin and be frightened, but Hannah Shaw Luckner was forced to marry, but after marriage, she was strangely harmonious.
J Ο ng, commander of the naval air force, vigorously pushed open a seaplane. The pilot sat in the cabin with no skin and no face and waved his hand away, then sorted out his standard flying equipment, flying purple Se ribbons.
The propeller of the Frederick seaplane began to rotate at high speed, and the wings surged, and the sea began to shake violently. Hannashaw raised his hand and kissed his wedding ring, then put on goggles.
The seaplane clumsily glided forward for a while and then rose to the sky askew.
Two-plane formation target 34 sets out!’
Large-scale fleet guard fleet arranged the formation, and according to the pre-war plan, the two-plane formation dispersed.
Hannashaw’s two-plane formation soon flew across the sea and stretched for several kilometers. When Hannashaw flew the plane very fancy and flew low over the towering three-legged mast of the flagship Bavarian, Baron Zi laughed and imagined that the officers and men of the flagship watchtower were angry and cursed, while trying to twist their heads back to see the towering ship shadow of the ocean fleet with tens of thousands of tons of steel ships.
Nineteen battleships of the desolate North Sea Ocean Fleet dragged long soot and split without stopping, and the waves shook up. ""The four-column cruise formation of the big white Se waves advanced at a high speed in the northwest. "
Located in the rightmost part of the cruise formation, the flagship Bavarian of the seventh unit of the third battleship team is half a berth ahead of the whole fleet, followed by four king-class battleships equipped with 35 mm ju pao, and on the right is the fifth unit, five Caesar-class battleships and the first battleship team, the second unit, a Bavarian-class battleship and four Helgolan-class battleships, while the leftmost is the first unit, four sā-class battleships.
The first reconnaissance group of battleships discharged three cruise formations according to different ship types, that is, three mackensen-class battleships, three Devingel-class battleships and the’ 332′ formation of Seidlitz Mao Qi, which was slightly decadent. Its ocean fleet kept about ten nautical miles away from the northwest of the latter.
In order to offset the number advantage of the British fleet and avoid the weakness in the naval battle of Ritland, four ships of the first detachment took the sā class battleships and suffered from the siege of the British. J and jīng Xin designed a century scam to induce the British to divide their troops and transfer the ten capital ships of their fast fleet to the direction of scarborough to stay away from the established battlefield, and to give full play to the rough skin of German battle cruiser, and to add battle cruiser, a main battle weapon, to the battlelines of the feared ships.
Of course, West Lyme will not give up the advantages of battle cruiser’s high-speed capital ship investigation. The first investigation group will go out of the ocean fleet to continue the investigation. Once the British are found, the deceleration team will meet.
Looking at the Great Wall of Steel, Hannah Shaw gave a solemn military salute to the ocean fleet and then turned her attention to finding the body of the British fleet.
At 11: 04, Hannashaw flew over the second reconnaissance fleet of the avant-garde fleet in a two-plane formation.
At 11: 01 pm, the second reconnaissance fleet was left behind, and the Hannashaw telescope accidentally found a series of black Se y Ι n shadows moving south from the north.
Will it be English?’
Hannah shaw slightly hesitant "to be continued.
The second gun Chapter 10 King of the North Atlantic! (4)
"("The King of the North Atlantic "discovered by the purple baron in the first quarter)
Where is the opponent? Can the South British fleet save their patrol? Can the North German ocean fleet successfully find its old enemy? Is it that the British joined their patrol and the American battleship detachment in the North Sea to play a counterattack? Or is it that the Germans decided to fight for the Orkney Islands after they died?
The outcome is unknown.
Perhaps the two famous fleets on both sides of the North Sea have been under too much pressure and shouldered too many missions, or perhaps both sides are too strong and too eager for a brilliant victory. On the eve of the final riddle of the North Sea, the panic, true and false information, fragmented rumors and commander’s neurotic performance of the fast fleet pushed the tension and terror to a high level, making the North Sea ocean always shrouded in a similar pathological entanglement, which was almost tragic and dignified.
The bleak North Sea has not been renamed as the German Second Investigation Fleet. Two Madburg-class light cruisers and two Graudenz-class light cruisers, the main force of German investigation, galloped northward about 1 nautical mile from Aberdeen Port in the south of cromartie Bay, England.
The bow of the vertical light cruiser "Fort Madre" split open in the North Sea, and the steep waves dragged long and broken white tails to the north at high speed. The guns were long and the nests were narrow. The gun command room rattled the German navy flag hanging on the top of the main mast with strong sea breeze, making an annoying crack. Remember to record his mood at the moment when you grasp it.
We are under pressure to search for the British main fleet off the coast, far away from the imperial soil and close to the British defense zone. I expect that the Second Reconnaissance Fleet, which will be renamed soon, can find the British to help the empire win this important naval battle, but at the same time, my parents, wife, husband and father of two daughters are afraid to enjoy this glory.
With the British main fleet fighting, the support force is more and more weak, and we are likely to be entangled by the British light fleet. The emperor will forgive my cowardice. This is not Helgolan Bay, which is 250 nautical miles away from the soil …’
Although the officers and men of the Second Reconnaissance Fleet are uneasy, the professionalism of the first reconnaissance group J and jīng Rui battle cruiser and the German Navy, which is located in the northwest of the Ocean Fleet, has given the Second Reconnaissance Fleet the strength to move forward. Four light cruisers stubbornly and proudly searched for progress.
Until 11: 01, Heidi Selim David Betty, a good friend in the first half of her life and an enemy in the second half of her life, continued to play cat-and-mouse games tirelessly. Although Selim’s J and jīng tactical deception took the lead, this advantage was not stable. If Betty could discover the identity of the cat and mouse in the ocean fleet before Selim, it would be reversed in an instant.
It’s like the dark and confusing war in Lebanon is always suffocating, but ten minutes later, the Germans are ecstatic because they are the first to find the traces of the British!
It was both accidental and inevitable. At 11: 01, the German purple baron Hannashaw took the lead in discovering the British fleet.
When Hannashaw discovered the big fleet, it was still 20,000 meters away from the British. Even the majestic 30,000-ton steel giant German craft J Ο ng Liang Zeiss’s high-powered telescope lens can be a series of small black spots looming.
The purple baron can continuously avoid the two cruiser squadrons in front of the British fleet to search south and move forward. The British seaplane then bumps the cockpit telescope and finds a series of small black spots moving in the blue background of the North Sea. It is absolutely lucky.
Of course, it is also inevitable that the Germans can find out first.
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