Imperial Overlord

What is the technological gap between the British fleet and the German fleet? This is not yet easy to measure. . fastest update

However, as long as people who know the navies of the two sides know the weapons gap between the two sides, the biggest one is the carrier-based aircraft.

Throughout the entire British Royal Navy, there were simply no suitable carrier-based aircraft in the early days of World War II. Even the barely usable Sea Hurricane was rushed into service after 41 years.

In fact, in the current Royal Navy, only Sea Fighters and Swordfish attack aircraft can be used on deck.

Under such conditions, it is basically impossible for the British Navy to catch up with the technological gap of carrier-based aircraft in the short term.

However, apart from carrier-based aircraft, is there a gap between the German Navy and the British Navy in other respects?

It is true that the British navy surpassed the German navy in terms of numbers, morale and the quality of its troops.

But it is an indisputable fact that the battleship is old and the speed is generally low. In addition, the bigger gap between the two sides is also reflected in the technical equipment.

Under the urging of Li Le, the German naval warships were equipped with high-tech equipment such as radar. In this regard, the gap between the German and British navies is even greater.

Sadly, the historical event of the installation of radar on the HMS Hood of the Royal Navy was early 1941!

In other words, the current USS Hood has no such equipment as radar! It's a pity that although it doesn't have it, it has it on the Bismarck!

The Basemarck had radar, Tirpitz had it, and the same goes for Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen!

Therefore, when the British Royal Navy's search fleet approached, the German Navy had already discovered the two assassins lurking around them.

At this time, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to 15,000 meters. The German fleet knew that the British Navy battleship had arrived ten minutes ago.

At this time, Lütjens had already given the order to prepare for battle on the Bismarck.

He knew that he was still too greedy, and his greed put the entire fleet into a dangerous situation.

The British fleet could come around at any time and annihilate the weak German navy. Lütjens prepared to use salvos to scare away the approaching warships before dawn, and then quickly got rid of the pursuit and ran away.

No matter how conceited he was, he had no intention of annihilating any British fleet. Now he still regards himself as a pirate, a pirate who runs away when he sees a warship.

"Get all the artillery ready! Get ready to fire! After getting rid of the pursuit of the British warships, the entire fleet moved forward at full speed, increasing the formation speed to 28 knots!" Lütjens ordered a new operation at 4:13. Order.

In the main battery turret of the battleship Bismarck, the gunner who received the combat order pushed a different shell into the cannon's barrel.

Unlike when attacking merchant ships, this time it was a naval battle with enemy warships, so the battleship Bismarck chose armor-piercing shells instead of high-explosive shells as a matter of course.

With the help of the semi-mechanized loader, the gunners in the turret quickly completed the loading of a shell.

At the same time, the other 6 artillery pieces were loaded. In the last darkness before dawn, the cannons of the German battleships and battlecruisers had already pointed their muzzles in the direction of the target not far away.

At this time, the speed of the German Navy was maintained at an altitude of 24 knots, so the speed of the British Royal Navy search fleet was also around 24 knots.

Unfortunately, the other two British fleets that are coming from a distance are very slow, and the distance between the two sides is actually increasing.

At 5 o'clock, Lütjens finally couldn't hold it any longer. He gave the order to attack: "Don't wait any longer, fire and attack! Use the radar parameters as the standard!"

In fact, the Bismarck and other radars installed on German warships had no fire control function. When instructing a target at sea, the accuracy is simply appalling.

However, to barely measure the distance and target position, radar can do it. Using approximate parameters to fire is not impossible.

But the hit rate after firing, it can only rely on faith. If there was such an existence as Chun-ge at that time, it is estimated that it would be very popular in the navy.

"Boom!" At 5 o'clock, the battleship Bismarck of the German Navy fired its first tentative shot, and the Faith projectile flew out of the barrel and flew towards the target.

The German fleet opened fire suddenly, scaring Admiral John Tovey, who was anxiously awaiting dawn, on the bridge of the British search fleet HMS Hood.

He didn't expect that the German fleet would fire in this extremely low visibility, and he also didn't expect that the German fleet had spotted the British fleet following them all the way.

"How could the Germans fire, even if they found us, at this distance, they couldn't hit us at all." John Tovey frowned and muttered in his mouth.

In his view, even if the German navy could spot a British warship at the same distance, it would not have been able to fire at a distance as far as 15 kilometers.

You must know that in this weather condition, fire first, and the flame of the muzzle will expose itself first. The accuracy of the fire attack is similar to that of hitting the big luck.

Before the doubts in John Tovey's mind passed, the shells fired by the Germans passed a distance of 15 kilometers and landed far away on the starboard side of the Hood.

The shells caused a huge splash, and also frightened General John Tovey, who was standing on the bridge of the USS Hood.

"What's the matter? How could the Germans be so accurate? How could they be so accurate?" John Tovey asked his subordinates loudly, not realizing that he was a little rude.

Although no artillery shells hit the British warships, the German warships firing guns at a distance of more than 10,000 meters could make the artillery shells land so accurately, which can no longer be described as well-trained.

The British Navy sailors have quite high fighting qualities, and they are unable to discredit and fire at the target at a distance of about 15 kilometers.

Why can the German Navy do it, and why does it dare to do it? John Tovey roared loudly in his heart.

"Full speed ahead! Immediately!" John Tovey felt the pressure, and he was ready to pull in the distance and launch an artillery battle with the enemy in advance.

In fact, he himself had unknowingly caused his fleet to fall into a passive state.

With inferior troops, being forced to temporarily change the battle plan and fight the superior enemy in advance is a very risky choice in itself.

What's more, because of the time wasted on the road and the fatal reason of its slow speed, the local fleet as a backup and the interceptor fleet are getting farther and farther from the war zone at this time.

The Hood was just beginning to accelerate when four other 381mm main guns on the German battleship Bismarck fired.

This time, the landing was closer, but it still landed on the starboard side of the battlecruiser Hood and missed any targets.

On the Prestige battleship, the captain is going crazy. Compared to the Hood, his old antique battleship can really be described with a thin skin and a big stuffing.

Hood's broadside main armor belt is still in the 300mm thick, but the Reputation is only over 200mm...

Seeing the other party's shells falling on the sea not far away again and again, the Captain of the Prestige felt that his palms were constantly shaking.

If a 381mm caliber artillery shell landed on its own battleship, it could almost declare that the battleship sank!

You know, this is a classic ship that was launched in 1915. It fought head-to-head with a German battleship 21 years younger than him. Apart from courage, there was nothing to rely on.

General John Tovey gritted his teeth, stood on the Hood and continued to charge with the Prestige, but he found that the distance between himself and the German battleship had been maintained at a level not far or near.

The distance of 15 kilometers makes him very uneasy, because his ideal combat distance is about 10 kilometers. Only at a distance of 10 kilometers, the opponent's projectile ammunition could not pose a threat to the Hood.

"The other party can see us!" Although he didn't want to admit it, John Tovey, who was quite intelligent, still found the difference between the German warships.

If he hadn't been able to see him, the German fleet would certainly not have maintained such a good speed, and would certainly not have rashly opened fire to waste their emotions.

Everything shows that the German warships can see the British warships in the dark environment, although not so real, but definitely visible!

Having determined this~www.wuxiaspot.com~John Tovey knew that his fleet was facing a greater crisis.

"The situation is not right! The German warships are luring us away from the support of the rear fleet!" John Tovey made a casual inference, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

At a high speed of 24 knots, his fleet would only be farther and farther away from the two friendly fleets that were being reinforced, and the short-lived light advantage at dawn would also become less important as the opponent moved ahead.

"But after the sun comes out, the other party is in an advantageous position, and then we can only be beaten passively..." After thinking about it, John Tovey felt that it seemed the most reasonable and the most reasonable for him to immediately slow down and get out of the battle. The right choice.

Regrettably, the most sensible choice also seems to be the hardest one. It is easy to leave with the fleet, but how can I explain it to everyone?

Could it be that just by saying "the Germans discovered me in advance", shirk the responsibility of "running away"?

Can Dudley Pound be trusted? Even if he believes, the Prime Minister Churchill, who is already close to madness, can let him go?