Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 23: Looting (Part 1)
"From the report, this time the Imperial Navy did nothing to complete the operation, my head of state."
Weierle gently put down the expensive celadon tea cup in his hand, and said with a wry smile while supporting his arms.
"Although this time I’ve gained a lot, I personally think that Marshal Raidel is a bit too impatient. Is he so anxious to build a new ship? Is it because the Navy did not hesitate to sink a few warships for the funds ?"
"You mean the loss of the Navy this time. Weierle, I am also considering this issue. Although these losses are not much compared to our results this time,...Ryder The marshal really caused me a headache."
Xu Jun also smiled bitterly and shook his head to his chief of staff, then he turned his face to the naval officer who was still standing in front of him, raising his hand and signaled: "Keep reporting, Major Sorens, I want to know everything Details."
"Yes, my head of state. Five minutes after the war, the enemy flagship USS York heavy cruiser completely lost its combat effectiveness. General Lütjens issued an order in accordance with the battlefield situation at the time..."
The naval battle is in full swing. The warships of both sides are madly projecting artillery shells of various calibers at their opponents. The air echoes with the sound of gunfire like rolling thunder, and there are forests of large and small water jets on the sea. Now half of the sea is sea water and the other half is flame.
The gunpowder with the smell of unburnt propellant in the barrel, the colored smoke column that the battleship casts in order to cover its own smoke, marking the impact of the shells, and the billowing smoke from the various openings after the battleship was hit , Mixed with the shining cannon flames from the muzzle of artillery of various calibers, the colorful trails of tracer bullets, and the various command flags flying on the masts mixed together to present a magnificent picture in front of people, full of that order People are awe-inspiring and majestic, with an evil, primitive, seductive picture of blood, death, and violence.
The German fleet finally rushed out of the strait and showed a hideous look in front of the Royal Navy's fleet, but his opponent had no intention of expressing surprises and sighs.
The only thing left in the hearts of the British is to fight, fight, and fight for their own survival.
The British Ranger fleet has lost its unified command. The German fleet’s first attack hit the British fleet’s vitals. Brigadier General Nicholson followed the York’s bridge without time to explain who would take over the command of the fleet. Was bombed into heaven, with all his command officers.
The entire fleet command organization and flagship command organization were wiped out with the roar of the bomb and explosion on the USS York bridge.
This blow was so swift and powerful, and the disaster happened so quickly that the British fleet could not respond to the fact that the enemy had cut off the first stage for a while.
York has lost its combat effectiveness. After losing her bridge, she was as weak as a moving target in front of the two powerful enemies of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
After being knocked out of all her main gun turrets by the precise bombardment of the two battleships, the York continued her famous death maneuver in the future history of world naval warfare with billowing smoke.
The engine room was still faithfully carrying out the last navigation command issued by the bridge, and the tough British warship continued to turn to starboard at full speed.
Scharnhorst made a pleasant flat shot towards the York’s superstructure and started to turn to starboard. She gracefully drew a huge arc-shaped wake and circled towards the right wing of the British fleet, Gneisano The number followed.
York’s deck has been bloody, and there are the remains and stumps of dead sailors killed by German artillery.
The superstructure of this flagship has been beaten into a honeycomb, and the secondary artillery has also been beaten dumb. The York was once again hit by a precise flat shot from Scharnhorst when it was circling to the flank of Scharnhorst at a distance of 1,500 meters. The position of the seaplane hangar in the aft tower was accurately hit by four heavy grenades. .
Where did the light-armored hangar withstand this violent destructive force, and it was blown to pieces on the spot. A Banshee III light biplane water reconnaissance aircraft parked on the catapult rail and the catapult launched The device was torn from the base by the hurricane explosion and then rolled over and fell into the sea from the side.
The spare command tower at the top of the tail tower collapsed with the tall mast, and fell into the burning hangar.
the rear mast fell forward and slammed against the back chimney of the York, which was full of bullet holes, and broke into two pieces. The upper mast slammed into the chimney with a flag wrapped around various wires and light cables. On the lifeboat platform behind, a **** storm of cracked wooden debris from the lifeboat suddenly blew up on the upper deck.
Scharnhorst gave up the continued destruction of this flagship after completing this job that she was very satisfied with. She re-orientated the turret and began to rush towards her next opponent.
The British fleet is still turning to starboard in accordance with the final order of the flagship. Although the horror of the flagship deeply stimulates the brave Royal Navy officers and soldiers, the weakness of the lack of unified command is immediately exposed. The Royal Navy fleet is tidy. The queue began to show signs of collapse.
Scharnhorst rushed towards the front of the Orion to take up space.
As the third ship of the fleet following the flagship, Orion bears the brunt of Scharnhorst's next target.
Looking at the German battlecruiser that rushed towards him viciously, this Leander-class light cruiser had completely lost its position.
Orion, while Scharnhorst’s main gun was still adjusting its position, first fired violently at the Scharnhorst. Her response speed was not unpleasant, but the hit rate made all the British Royal officers and soldiers embarrassed.
The distance between the two sides is less than two kilometers. The two front main turrets and four main guns of the Orion were all lost in a salvo. This is really a shocking thing.
Even the German naval officers and soldiers on Scharnhorst could not help but shook their heads looking at the tall water column 200 meters away from the bow of the ship.
Actually, this is not to blame the gunner on the Orion, the earlier lucky German howitzer destroyed the Orion stern gun control tower, and the violent shock from the explosion also damaged the delicate optics in the battleship’s main gun control tower. Aiming instruments, aimers can now only use the rudimentary spare sight in the main gun turret to aim at the target.
Those proud British sailors never thought that one day they would fall into that kind of crude substitute. Those turret spare sights had been out of calibration for a long time, so this kind of ridiculous result.
Although the German naval officers on Scharnhorst often claim to be German soldiers full of chivalry, they are not yet generous enough to wait for their opponents to calibrate their scopes and give themselves a precise blow.
The poor performance of the British opponents made them feel a little regretful, but the Germans have decided not to give their opponents the opportunity to make up for this regret.
salvo. . . . The six front main guns of the Scharnhorst roared at the same time. Six 280mm heavy armor-piercing rounds roared towards the front deck of the Orion. The German navy triumphantly wanted to teach its British counterparts a lesson.
Two seconds later, two huge fireballs and two clouds of white smoke mixed with metal fragments rose up on the front deck and bridge of Orion.
four shots. Although it’s a shame to hit two shots at this distance, it’s pretty good compared to the performance of the British.
The four shells that hit three hit the foredeck, one hit the back side of the Orion bridge, and the other two seemed to fly over the foredeck.
The first armor-piercing projectile hit the first building of the warship. It pierced the outer 38mm armor plate about six meters behind the chain cabin and then easily got in, but this projectile did not bring anything to Orion. Huge damage.
Because the kinetic energy of the shell is too strong and the armor of the light cruiser is too thin, the armor-piercing shell did not explode but unscrupulously traversed the entire soldier's main cabin, and even penetrated several layers of wooden walls before tearing apart the other. The armor plate on one side was pierced out, and a huge water column was stirred up more than fifty meters to the starboard side of the battleship.
The second armor-piercing shell directly hit the front armor of the main turret of Orion A. After penetrating the 25mm armor layer, the shell hit the bulky tail of one of the 152mm main guns and was forced to change its flight attitude. The armor-piercing projectile hit the back wall of the turret sideways and exploded there.
The MKIII turret was immediately torn apart by the explosion, and the broken turret wreckage was directly lifted off the turret seat by the explosion shock wave, twisted and turned onto the wide foredeck.
The third armor-piercing shell almost hit the A main turret. It whizzed past the top of A turret less than five centimeters above the height, and one end inserted into the low-level officer’s main cabin and the officer’s galley under the B main turret on the upper deck of the battleship. Then he penetrated the seat ring of the B main turret and the bulwark on the other side and fell into the sea.
The height of the water column produced by the explosion almost surpassed the tall mainmast, and then it slapped fiercely on the rear deck, and almost swept away a few machine gunners who were waiting there.
The shot that hit the bridge was not so polite. It penetrated from the corner of the armored bridge and then plunged into the chart room of the battleship and exploded. Not only did it completely tear up the entire chart room, but it also blew up the chart. The infirmary behind the room.
This shell killed all the staff who were working in the chart room and a dozen wounded in the infirmary who were treated there and their military doctors. Those people were the survivors of the attack on the rear tower. In the end, he still failed to escape the fate of death.
The Orion bridge is now missing a whole piece, and it looks a bit shaky. Scharnhorst’s shelling made the captain of the search ship completely dispel the idea of continuing the battle. The heavy loss made him finally realize it in pain. Then, what he was facing was a battle with no chance of winning, and the difference in strength between the two sides was too far.
Orion immediately began to turn. It wanted to escape from the terrifying enemy ship, but now it was too late to think of it. She was destined to become a delicacy in the German fleet.
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The Scharnhorst did not entangle Orion for long. She shot the British warship with its tail main artillery for two rounds and then gave up the attack on the British warship that had drawn a crooked escape trajectory on the sea and continuously released smoke.
This elite German warship did not hesitate to toss Orion to the Gneisenau, who was still following him, to continue the abuse, and began to turn to the next target.
Scharnhorst, as the lead ship of the fleet in this operation, has the most difficult task. She must use the shortest time to complete the outflank of the British fleet, and then cooperate with the outer destroyers and light cruisers. All British warships are jammed in this area.
At this time, a situation that no one expected suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
The bombing train composed of Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, flagship Admiral Scheer, and Admiral Hipper is smashing the outer right side of the British fleet, which is turning hard. When the British fleet was in the British fleet, a German heavy cruiser that had been smashed in order to avenge personal revenge was inserted into the inner formation of the British fleet.
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