The Spanish Republican Army's fighter planes actually dared to bomb German warships. This was a nasty provocation!

A few days ago, I accidentally exploded the Italian warship, and now I have been "miseriously bombing" the German warships!

Although the other party did not successfully bomb, on the contrary, the entire fleet of aircraft they came to bomb was wiped out. Even so, Germany must not give in!

Although Germany and Italy are supporting Franco, on the surface, the two countries have not declared war on Spain. Now, the Spanish Republican army dares to take the initiative to provoke, and they must pay the price!

This is the opportunity that I'm waiting for!

After completing the mission of annihilation of the incoming bomber fleet, the Germans continued to set sail. After joining Admiral Schell, two warships advanced to the north.

Dare to bomb German warships? Now, tremble!

The engine at the tail is running at high speed, and the diesel engine rumbles, and the propeller is rotating quickly, pushing the huge warship, accelerating, accelerating!

Just as welcoming the bomber from the West, another seaplane patrolling the eastern seas found several warships of the Republican army in the waters about twenty nautical miles ahead of its navy. Obviously, the other party was planning to come up and fight!

Now that the bombers are completely wiped out, these Republican warships are already retreating! For the Germans, revenge is of course not just about killing the other side's bombers. These Republican warships waiting to come up and fight are their own prey!

Before the war began, the Spanish Navy had strong strength and was generally among the top ten in the world. After the outbreak of the civil war, the Republican Army and the National Army fought for the navy, shooting each other's soldiers and controlling the navy's warships.

Afterwards, the two sides started a series of struggles, and the result was that the pride of the Spanish Navy, the Spanish-class battleship with a displacement of 16,000 tons, unfortunately sank.

The two latest Canaryas-class heavy cruisers with a displacement of 13,000 tons are under the control of Franco.

The largest and most combat-capable warship controlled by the Republican Army was the Selveira class with a full load displacement of 9,000 tons. This light cruiser was designed with the British "E" class as its female model.

Among them, the Libertad was the most active warship in the Republic's Navy during the war. It took on the role of fleet flagship almost throughout the war and participated in all major military operations.

The enemy formation discovered by the seaplane had a total of four warships, including the Libertad!

Now, the German and Admiral Schell formed a formation and moved towards the direction the seaplane was reconnaissance.

It was getting darker and darker, and it was already evening.

All the officers and soldiers of the entire ship were in excitement at this time. As naval soldiers, they were eager for a decent naval battle!

On the bridge, Lukins looked at the dark sea in the distance with a determined face: "Use radar to detect the surrounding waters, you must find the target!"

Although the seaplane discovered the other party's whereabouts, after the battle here, the other party would definitely withdraw, and the sea area they were searching for became larger.

At this time, radar needs to be used for detection!

Radar! In this era, it is definitely a new thing.

At that time, Cyric's trip to the island country established good military-industrial relations with the island country. In the subsequent series of cooperation, Germany obtained the magnetron technology of the island country, and this device was the key to manufacturing radar.

After years of development, this naval ship-based radar has now matured. Although it is still very primitive compared to later generations, at least it can be discovered on the water warships!

This is not too far from history. In 1938, the "Earl Spey" became the first German warship equipped with original radar equipment. The detection distance of the equipment was only 15km. It could not accurately indicate the target when used for weapon control, and could only know the approximate position.

Now, after receiving the order, several radar soldiers climbed onto the high bridge and skillfully installed it.

Yes, it is just installation. For the sake of confidentiality, the radar antenna is often removed and only installed when needed.

For example, during the day, this kind of radar is not very useful. It is found that the distance is less than 20 kilometers, and it is much more convenient to use a seaplane to detect it than radar.

And at night, it is useful, so this radar is often removed in the morning and installed at night!

The current radar is still the ancient Yagi antenna type, and the installation is not complicated.

More than ten minutes later, the radar antenna was installed on the base. After the radar soldiers came down, the antenna began to rotate and electromagnetic waves radiated toward the surroundings.

In a cabin next to the bridge, radar soldiers stared at the small screen in front of them, waiting.

Time passed by bit by bit, and suddenly, the radar soldier shouted: "In our east, there is echoing sea surface, ten kilometers away!"

Ten kilometers! Lukins's face was excited: "Right rudder, chase after you! All the naval guns are ready to load!"

Ready to load!

In the Drh LC/28 triple turret in front, the hoist rumbled, and the cartridges and warheads were lifted out of the ammunition depot.

In the observation tower at the top of the bridge, several soldiers who were taking on the observation mission were concentrating all their attention and looking at the dark night sky. At this time, it was difficult to find the target.

Generally speaking, the battles at sea are carried out during the day, and such night battles are difficult to fight. How to find the target is the first difficulty.

The radar is not clear and can only show the approximate direction, so the best way is to see it!

Above head, dark clouds gradually dissipated, the moon and stars were revealed, and the bright moonlight spread throughout the Mediterranean.

"Discover the target, right ahead!" A lookout soldier shouted loudly, extremely excited.

Already caught up with the target!

"Former main gun, load armor-piercing shells and prepare for shooting!" Lukins issued an order loudly.

Now, the other party is sailing and has not noticed that he is catching up from behind. It is a good opportunity!

The Libertad is a light cruiser with an 8-seat boiler with an output of 80,000 horsepower. If it is soaring, it can reach a maximum speed of 34 knots. However, during normal navigation, it will definitely not be so happy and cannot consume fuel, so, usually, it can only sail at an economic speed of 15 knots.

On the bridge, Spanish captain Colonel Rodrigue was a little sad. They originally planned to attack German warships. After their bombers were successful, they could go up and beat each other up and completely sink each other!

However, contrary to what was expected, the Germans came prepared and their bombers were destroyed. They gave up their mission and sailed towards the Northeast, circled around the Mediterranean.
Chapter completed!