Chapter 535 Dispatched battleships
The waves on the sea surface were a little big. At this time, in the 300 nautical miles west of Brest, the dual aircraft carrier formation was sailing steadily.
When the main force of the British Navy disappeared, the entire east coast of the Atlantic Ocean temporarily belonged to Germany. As long as it was not within the range of the British shore-based aviation, the German Navy could be said to be sailing at will.
The German dual aircraft carrier formation is also the most attacking formation. When they release their carrier-based aircraft at the same time, they can release more than 100 fighter jets to attack at the same time!
On the aircraft carrier of Earl Zeppelin, Captain Major General Longsdolph has been paying attention to the charts. His formation has undoubtedly had huge attack power, but at the same time, they have not used all the firepower.
After the last battle, Longsdorf's rank was upgraded to one level and he became a major general. In the war, the rank was improved very quickly. He believed that his lieutenant general and general would come soon!
Those battleships can actually drive up and bombard the other side's coast with ship guns.
On his side was the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Admiral Gunther Rutjens. Now, Rutjens is a powerful faction in the navy. With him in charge, everyone is very at ease. At the same time, he will tear any enemy apart like a shark on the sea!
"Report to the General, the Joint Command of the Three Armed Forces sent an order to send several warships to the French coastline and bombard it with the confirmation of safety!"
The most threatening battleships are of course dive bombers. If dive bombers want to be used, they must have control over air supremacy. At least in the present moment, air supremacy is completely firmly controlled by our own side. When our side launches an attack, it can be said that the French combat troops about 500 kilometers will be crippled by our own side.
The safety around can be confirmed, so an attack can be launched!
"The order is to dispatch all warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and use naval guns to bombard the French coast."
Admiral Lütjens finally gave the order.
So far, in Berlin, the reform of the command system has been underway. In order not to cause chaos in the war against France, the joint command of the three armies has been used in the areas outside the battlefield in northern France. It can be said that the attack on Brest is the first attempt of the joint command of the three armies.
In the future, if Germany wants to attack Britain, the navy, air force and army will need to cooperate closely, and this kind of joint command of the three armies is imperative.
Longsdorf and others were quite welcome to this change by Head of Cialis.
In particular, in the joint command of the three armies, the status of the navy has been significantly improved a lot. Now Redel is serving in the joint command of the three armies. Soon, Lütjens will also enter, and then, perhaps Longsdorf can command the entire fleet.
After receiving the order, the battleship Bismarck immediately burst out with black smoke. In the huge chimney, there seemed to be a demon. The steam pressure continued to increase, and the main engine of the battleship began to accelerate with full power.
Go closer to Brest!
They had been waiting for this moment. After the naval aviation team helped them eliminate the threat in the sky, they could approach the coast and use their naval guns to deal a heavy blow to the other side!
Everyone on the warship was very excited. The triple-mounted 406mm naval gun could no longer suppress their excitement and was about to roar like death again.
"Prepare to release the reconnaissance plane." Captain Lindman shouted.
At sea, if it is a warship bombardment, it is enough as long as the gunner commands the aim. However, if you hit a target on land, it is obviously not enough, because a 406mm shell can be shot 40 kilometers away! The highest lookout on the warship cannot confirm whether the bounce point is correct, so a reconnaissance plane must be sent to observe the bounce point and then correct it.
While Bismarck was accelerating its navigation, the hydraulic catapult began to start at full power behind the warship bridge, and in a short time a water reconnaissance plane was ejected.
Pilot Chris sat in his cockpit. When he just ejected, it was as if someone had kicked him hard on the back. Every time, he would make his body experience that feeling again.
"Ike, watch," he shouted to the observer and machine gunner in the back seat
It is difficult to shoot accurately when your shells are fired from a distance of 40 kilometers away. At this time, the observer has a great responsibility and he needs to provide improved data to your naval gun, such as how much elevation angle is corrected, how many angles are deviated from, etc.
Whether he can hit the target accurately depends on him. At the same time, any targets on the ground will be destroyed under his hands!
"I understand." Ike in the back cabin shouted. At this time, he was holding a telescope in his hand and looking into the distance.
The sea is vast, and the land is still hundreds of kilometers away.
On the sea, our own fleet was sailing in a herringbone formation. In front of the formation was our own Bismarck.
From here, the Bismarck is even more spectacular.
The majestic triple turret is simply a manifestation of perfect power.
He looked south again with great strength, hoping to see the ships transporting his own army arrive as soon as possible. Of course, he could not see anything, and the other party now sailed to the center of the Bay of Biscay at most.
It's nearly ten hours away from here!
He was right. At this time, the ships in the south were still sailing along the straight line, and everyone was looking forward to quickly reaching the destination, but unfortunately this was not a high-speed speedboat.
On one side of the landing ship, the German-class third ship Earl Spey, accompanied them on a sailing, met the formation halfway, and then took on the task of bodyguarding.
The landing ship does not have much armed forces. Although we have touched the sea area here in advance, we still cannot be careless.
At this time, at the watchtower at the top of the bridge, German Navy Corporal Carl was observing the sea with vigilance.
They cannot use radar because it belongs to a fishing ground, and occasionally one or two fishing boats will appear. If the radar is turned on, the constant alarms on the radar can make people collapse.
At this time, the responsibility of relying solely on manual observation posts is huge.
He wanted to manually identify that the ships in the nearby sea were just fishing boats or warships.
Fishing boats, fishing boats, he saw one after another, all of them were fishing boats.
While he discovered fishing boats, fishing boats would also find their fleets, but don’t be afraid. Many fishing boats are from Spain. Even if there are French fishing boats, they don’t know what they do. At the same time, ordinary fishing boats now do not have radio.
Even if there are so-called patriots, it is useless to report. The speed of their own warships is much faster than that of fishing boats. When the other party returns to the shore to report to the local area, they have already arrived at their destination.
Suddenly, Carl's eyes lit up. A big guy was on the right side of the front of the route!
Chapter completed!