Chapter 15 Jutland, Jutland! (1)
The five main battleships of the First Reconnaissance Fleet were lined up by Wang Heidi to sail at high speed towards the northern edge of the Helgolan Bay. The flagship Luzov was the first ship, the battle patrol of Defringer and Seidlitz was the No. 2 ship, and the No. 3 ship existed. The Moltke and the Deutsches, which had slightly inferior performance, were on the tail of the team.
Luzov, Defringer, and Seidlitz are all fast main battleships of the rear Seidlitz type. In order to improve the hit rate, it is the custom of naval battle. There is no doubt that the opponent of the rear Seidlitz type battle patrol is the British Lion (flagship), the Royal Princess and the Tiger. The rear Seidlitz type battle patrol has a 350mm waterline with the main armor thickness that can obviously ignore the British 13.5-inch (343mm) main gun, even the British 15-inch (381mm) main gun may not be able to bite. On the contrary, the German 305 and 350 main guns that use the most powerful** can obviously easily sink the new British ships under the same conditions. []
Although the Moltke has five main turrets, the inclined straddle layout allows it to only use four main guns on the side for a huge period of time. The 270mm waterline with main armor and 250mm main turret armor is easy to face the Invincible Class Battle Cruises equipped with 12-inch (305)mm main gun, but it is obviously not confident in front of the lion and tiger class Battle Cruises. Although the German Battle Cruises are widely defined as battle cruisers, the naval designers who are keen on protection ignore the British colleagues who are in tears and stubbornly regard it as the "ultimate version of Blüchel". The daunting 350mm main gun makes the Germans disdain the 250mm waterline with main
Armor, with a maximum speed of 26.5 knots. In addition to short legs, the German battle patrol is more like a German battleship with British descent. Therefore, Wang Heidi and the German battle patrol stayed at the end. Their opponents will be the two Invincible Class Battlecruisers, and perhaps two Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleships. Wang Heidi put the Moltke and the German at the end, which is obviously a protection for these two main battleships. No matter how overestimated it, it cannot escape the "Za Zha". The Invincible Class Battlecruiser evaluated is not the opponent of the Moltke and the German. Although Queen Elizabeth and War-Welfare can dominate the fate of the Moltke and the German, the premise is that the Queen can catch up with them!
"It's like a guessing game, the bet for winning or losing is the national destiny of a country for a hundred years!"
Jutland, Jutland! One hundred nautical miles away is the Jutland coastline. That place was once a place where the ocean fleet fought bloody battles. Tens of thousands of German soldiers fought to the death to the death. It was only for the evaluation that "the German fleet attacked its prison guards, but was still locked in prison." It was a stigma and wasted years in Kil Harbor until the tragic rainbow over Scarpa Bay. Jutland, Jutland! One hundred nautical miles away is the Jutland coastline. It was the dream of countless bloody otaku who had traveled through the front of the journey. Fantasized in white clothes, fantasized in golden swords and iron horses, fantasized in vanilla beauty. Jutland, Jutland! One hundred nautical miles away is the Jutland coastline. Wang Heidi's white wrist sigh in his previous life has turned into desolate historical memories. The history of the time traveler has slightly deviated, but this is still not enough!
"This battle must be fought if you don't fight!" In order to protect her lovely daughter, protect the cornflower in front of Hathaway's grave, and protect the feelings he loves or cannot bear, the tired Wang Heidi secretly vowed in her heart, vowing to break David Betty's fast fleet and break the Royal Navy's long-range blockade in a warm water boiled frog!
The sea breeze in the North Sea was no longer strong but cold enough bypassed the body of Singhlaer leaning against the door and blew in a slanted manner. It had been mixed with the unflawed private friendship for more than ten years, and was wrapped in the tragic feeling of two nations who were destined to decide the outcome with iron and fire in this corner of the North Sea. The feeling of murderous death came to his face. Wang Heidi's head was still drowsy and his face was covered with a sick blush. However, an inexplicable idea of trying to achieve his contributions to one battle was like a poison that occupied the heart of the otaku, making him panic!
The short whistle and the buzzer alarm sounded heart-wrenchingly. The shadow of the great era, the uneasy of creating history, and the deep taste of responsibility, Wang Heidi tried her best to take a deep breath, trying to filter out the impetuous and radical, and casually grabbed a heavy coat and rushed out of the commander's office.
The Luzov battle patrol deck was full of busy steps. The unduly duty officers and soldiers quickly emerged from the air-filled lounge, either turned into a preparatory gunner, joined a team member of the damage control team, or became temporary boiler soldiers; the gunner with a gas mask on his neck juggled like a juggling noose and debris piled up on the side of the ship and drilled into the bulky turret. The loader in the depths of the turret looked at the launching medicine warehouse, the hatch and the bullet tubes of the bullet warehouse were connected.
The armored protective cover above the road. According to the safety regulations, the hatch of the ammunition depot can only be opened when the ammunition is transported out. It must be closed immediately after the ammunition is transported out. When the ammunition is transported to the turret, the protective cover of the ammunition is also closed immediately. Until then, the main turret can only be fired. The loss control team members are conducting the final warm-up. A high-intensity naval battle, loss control will be the undeserved last line of defense for the main ship.
"It has been confirmed that it is Betty's fast fleet, and the specific data of the main gun shooting platform has not yet been released..."
Walking on the narrow forecastle bridge aisle, General Staff Officer Colonel Singhlaer seized the time to introduce the battle situation. Wang Heidi listened with his ears and saluted the military to the soldiers and technical officers and soldiers who were rushing to their respective posts on the bridge from time to time.
As soon as the military boots were about to step into the Commander Tower of the Luzov, which had 400mm front armor and 300mm side armor protection, Major General Levitzow's unconcealed excitement and Zeiss high power telescope appeared in front of Wang Heidi. Wang Heidi once again raised his right hand wearing white gloves and swept it across the brim of the hat.
"Thanks for your hard work!"
The floating glimpse of the British main battleship flashed in the lens of the high-power telescope. On the vast sea, five thin-skinned battle cruisers full of British style lined up in long vertical lines. The pearl-white painted painted by the Royal Navy, the large-caliber main guns shining with cold light, the iconic triple-legged main mast, and the chimney sprayed with coal smoke. Wang Heidi could shout out the name of the old enemy without having to compare with the warship manual.
"Lion, tiger, royal princess, unyielding, unyielding, two queen-level ships are temporarily missing!" Wang Heidi has already deduced the possible reaction of his old friend David Betty in his mind countless times. He never put down his hand holding the telescope, and the feeling of turbulence of the universe became more and more intense. Wang Heidi tried his best to smooth his breathing and heartbeat, and sneered and issued an order with a breath of death: "Staff Officer, order: The first reconnaissance fleet ships turn gradually, ruling the right thirty, full speed, correct the angle!"
Wang Heidi's First Reconnaissance Fleet was almost parallel to the British First Battle Cruise Fleet heading southwest. Although the range of the main gun in the Dreadnought era exceeded 21,000 yards, the artillery battle was still carried out at a distance of about 10,000 yards. The shooting accuracy of the main gun is always related to the life of the tube, the baseline of the photometer, the quality of the gunner, and the time window for cross-fire. The shooting distance is also an important parameter. When the extreme range is fired, the hit rate of the main gun is obviously at a terrible level, and the speed and penetration of the shells have also been greatly reduced. This is also the reason why the third Reconnaissance Fleet can persist for half an hour in front of the five battle Cruise.
In the midst of lightning, Wang Heidi decided to give up the idea of firing at the extreme range to disrupt the British formation, and tried to use high speed to seize a more favorable position, which is the so-called T-shaped horizontal head. Although there were chaos and melee flows in the Battle of Lissa, and the French green water naval flow in the 1880s, T-shaped horizontal head was still the most important tactic of naval warfare. In naval battles, the side in the horizontal team can exert all firepower, while the side of the column can only use the bow firepower. The simple main gun digital advantage is superimposed to the trend of decisive battles. The British used this magic weapon to scatter the seven seas and invincible.
Although the British were the ancestors of the T-shaped horizontal tactic, the situation this time was a little different. The lion-class battle patrol has a maximum speed of 27 knots, and it can even run for 28 knots under overload. The Tiger battle patrol is stronger and can run for 27.5 knots without pressure and ventilation. In front of the lion-class battle patrol, the German battle patrol with a maximum speed of 26.5 knots is only in a bad mood. However, the principle of wooden barrels is also applicable to the sea. The two invincible class battle patrols of the First Battle Cruise, and the two Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleships that have not yet appeared, are Achilles' ankles.
The maximum speed of the Invincible Class Battle Cruise is only 25.5 knots. Due to the aging hull, the boiler is old, even if it is used for strong pressure ventilation, its overload speed is only 26.1 knots. The Queen Elizabeth-class performance is good, and it can only reach a speed of 25 knots under overload. In the real Battle Cruise, the maximum speed of Betty's fast fleet was also limited to only 26.1 knots. Wang Heidi can use high speed to seize a better shooting angle, and let Betty's rear team, the two Queens-class, catch up.
Accompanied by a series of short commands by the Luzov vs. the cruiser, the steering wheel drives the electric steering chamber servo. The steel giant ship with a standard displacement of more than 31,000 tons was raised and stacked waves were cut to the right, cutting an angle to the front of the British. In no accident, the deafening engine room was depressing. The chief of the engine was covering his ears and trying to repeat the command of the command tower. The boiler soldier threw his powerful arms, flew up the coal and threw it into the furnace. After the pressure and ventilation, the Luzov vs. the cruise speed suddenly increased, from 26 knots to the maximum speed of 26.5 knots, and then rose to 27.4 knots.
"Thirty right rudder, full speed, correct angle!" In order to avoid unnecessary mistakes, after the commander's order is completed, the chief responsible for execution must repeat it.
The waves on the Luzov, which had been turned, became more and more obvious. The trivial water columns and bubbles were flying at the bow of the ship. The somewhat sluggish iron crosses and the black shadow naval flag regrouped and made a thrust forward on the towering mast. The signal soldiers tried to hang the signal flag of "right thirty, full speed, correct the angle" on the main mast. The telegraph room also repeated the instructions with radio. Therefore, the Defringer, Seidlitz, Moltke and Deutsch, who were following the Luzov battle patrol, began to turn one after another.
"I want to protect two queen-class ships who have not formed combat power, and I also want to take advantage of me. Betty, you miscalculated!"
Chapter completed!