Imperial Overlord

At 1:30 on November 17, 1940, the German partisan fleet was still carrying out strict light control. . fastest update

Except for the necessary emergency directional light contact, the entire fleet is like a ghost floating in the Atlantic Ocean, almost invisible in the dark night.

The weather was so bad that even the stars and the moon could not be seen. Therefore, the visibility at this time is extremely low, and it is impossible to see the appearance of the battleship in the distance.

The bigger and bigger waves slapped on the battleship, splashing several floors of water. The sharp bows of the German warships rose and fell on the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

It is indeed an icy sea, because it is close to Greenland, where it is frozen all the year round, and floating icebergs can often be seen.

The German sailors on duty, dressed in thick coats and overcoats, were still shivering and suffering in the observation posts on the masts.

After all, it is already the weather in November, after all, this is the cold North Atlantic Ocean, after all, this is the worst place on earth...

Inside the unlit battleship, the German sailors slept soundly in their beds. Tonight they were ordered to recharge their batteries and get up before dawn.

Compared with Germany's most famous submarine force, these sailors living on battleships have a much better living environment.

They have fixed and secure beds, although they are not spacious. There's a miniature library to pass the time when you're bored, and a dedicated smoking area.

This is a huge and sophisticated combat weapon, the pride of the German Navy! Compared with similar British warships, the Bismarck is much more cutting-edge.

Although there is suspicion of wasting firepower, the Bismarck battleship still surpassed most of the existing British battleships.

This largest warship in German history has an amazing manufacturing process and terrifying precision instruments.

Germany, which has the world's most sophisticated aiming equipment, has installed a world-class mechanical aiming command system on its battleships.

Don't underestimate this system, it may be one of the most advanced command systems in the world before the computer command system was born.

The German electromechanical firing director installed on the battleship Bismarck is very large and complex. It can be directly connected to the electrical cabinet of the main turret control machine to control the main turret, and the solution results are displayed on the relevant command cabin with an electromechanical dial.

The accuracy and reliability of this device is still very high, the length of the aiming baseline is a full 10 and a half meters! This length ensures that the main gun can accurately hit the target at the extreme range.

In addition to the installation of two sets of large 10.5-meter optical rangefinders, the main battery turret is also equipped with an independent 10.5-meter rangefinder, which is convenient to continue to conduct range measurement and fire control shooting according to the commander's telephone password after the failure of the command turret. .

Unfortunately, German naval radars were limited in detection range and were not very advanced.

The time for Li Le to improve the radar was too short, and the engineers did not have the ability to come up with a high-performance stable radar that could be used, so they could only improve the original radar and use it first.

This radar can only detect marine targets 30 kilometers away. Compared with the British and American radars of the same period, it can only be said that the performance is very ordinary.

However, for Germany, they are not afraid of being left behind temporarily, they are only afraid of being conservative in their thinking and taking the wrong path and wasting precious time.

Now German engineers are trying to improve their radar, of course, it is not backward.

With the continuous increase of investment, one day, the German radar will become the most first-class radar in the world.

The huge hull of the battleship Bismarck of more than 50,000 tons still swayed up and down on the turbulent waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Compared with the huge power of nature, human beings are still insignificant after all.

On the bridge of the battleship Bismarck, the officer on duty was meticulously standing at his post. Although the lights had gone out, he could still clearly see the outline of the main gun in front of his battleship.

He was instructed to wait for dawn, and when it was dawn, he handed over command to Captain Lindemann and Commander Lütjens.

At the moment when the sun rises, the entire fleet will open fire, attacking the enemy who has no power to fight back, and send those fully loaded ships into the depths of the ocean.

It is definitely a battle of disparity between the winners and losers. All they have to do is wait for the dawn.

On the sea in the distance, on the equally undulating aircraft carrier Zeppelin, in the small officer's rest cabin, Hines found himself unable to sleep.

Because of the poor sea conditions, the aircraft carrier Zeppelin was unable to take off carrier-based aircraft, so it is now completely a burden on the fleet.

Just after nightfall, while the waves on the sea were still within the allowable range, Lütjens had already arrived on the Bismarck in a small boat.

Tomorrow morning's fight will depend entirely on the cannons on the battleship, and this time, my aircraft carrier is destined to be just a spectator.

Because he couldn't sleep, he sat up from his bed. On the swaying battleship, he felt the huge waves outside.

The weather was so bad that it really made the newly emerging German naval aviation sigh and sigh. They have not shown enough of their great strength, they have become supporting roles in the war.

"When will this **** weather return to peace?" Hines muttered depressedly, feeling his battleship swaying from side to side.

Then he got out of his cabin and, by the dim light, climbed the stairs at the end of the corridor.

When he pushed open the hatch on the bridge, a cold wind entered his clothes. On deck, sailors are checking some equipment that needs to be fixed, but the efficiency is very slow.

"Victory! Führer! Good evening sir!" A ground duty officer saw Hines approaching, and after identifying for a long time, he stood at attention and saluted.

After all, it's so dark here that you can't see anything at all. The whole deck was shaking, and the strong sea breeze made every step required great force.

"How is the inspection here? I don't want any problems!" Hines squinted and asked the subordinate in front of him.

The men in front of him quickly answered, "Sir! It might rain tonight, and the plane has already been covered with canvas."

As he answered, he pointed to the planes in the distance: "All the planes have been placed properly, and there will be no major problems."

"It's really bad weather. When we were training in the Baltic Sea, we never encountered such a thing!" Hines covered his wind-blown hair with his hands and shouted loudly to his men.

Before the shouting landed, a black shadow made a sound in the distance, and the people around were shouting something, because the distance could not be heard at all.

Soon, the sound of a huge object falling into the sea came over. A soldier hurried to the direction of the bridge, and saw Hines and others on the way.

"Sir! We need more ropes! The ropes holding the plane are too thin, a Stuka fell into the sea!" The soldier said this in a panic, and ran to the bridge to get more fixed rope.

Hines looked at his subordinates sadly and scolded: "Go and prepare more ropes! Before it rains, quickly fix all the planes! Quick!"

Training is not a substitute for everything, such as how to secure an aircraft on deck in these complex sea conditions.

In order to be able to carry more aircraft, the aircraft carrier Zeppelin also parked ten aircraft on the deck. However, just now, there are only eight remaining planes out of ten...

The Stuka-type bomber that crashed into the sea, after the fixed steel cable broke, crashed into a nearby Stuka-type bomber and fell into the sea.

In just such an instant, the Royal Navy, which shot down two German carrier-based aircraft, was unable to do it, and nature did it with ease.

Hines also ran to those precious aircraft, and with the help of many people, he doubled the fixed ropes of all carrier-based aircraft in the dark.

"Write down this experience and lesson! Don't make the same mistake next time!" Hines, who was distressed, didn't blame his subordinates too much. After saying such a sentence, he went back to his cabin.

No one wants this to happen. But after all, the use of German aircraft carriers is too small, and they can only gradually master many unimaginable details through constant exploration.

Walking back into the dim corridor, Hines leaned against the wall of the cabin, took out his pocket watch and glanced at a wall lamp, the time had just passed an hour.

"It seems that this night is still very long." Hines muttered depressedly ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and walked to his cabin.

For all, the night seemed to be a long one. Far behind the German fleet, the British fleet was sailing as fast as it could, trying to get to the designated position before dawn.

Just now, after speaking with the k-1 transport fleet, Churchill finally felt relieved. His fleet was still there, and there was no sign of the German fleet approaching.

The message shows that the sea conditions near the North Atlantic Ocean are already very bad, and it is almost certain that the aircraft carrier-based aircraft will not be able to take off.

The German fleet is the fastest and can only start attacking the fleet at dawn tomorrow, which is good news for the British fleet.

Because the time when the British fleet was expected to arrive was almost in the early hours of the next morning. If the British fleet is fast enough, the K-1 transport fleet is safe.

The three commanders of the British Navy, Charles, John Tovey, and Somerville did not sleep. After all, the next dawn is related to the outcome of this naval battle.

At the moment of the sunrise in the east, who will have the last laugh will be known.