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The Third Empire - Chapter 197

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:59:07 AM


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The fighters of the Spanish Republican Army dare to bomb German warships, which is chiguoguo's provocation!

A few days ago, mistakenly bombed Italian warships. Now, mistakenly bombed German warships!

Although the other side did not succeed in bombing, on the contrary, all the aircraft they came to bomb were destroyed. Even so, Germany must not give in!

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

Waiting for this opportunity!

After completing the task of completely annihilating the incoming bomber team, the German continued to set sail. After joining the Admiral Scheer, the two warships headed north.

Dare to bomb German warships? Now, tremble!

The tail engine is running at high speed, the diesel engine rumbles, and the propeller is rotating rapidly, driving the huge warship, accelerate, accelerate!

Just as we were greeting the bombers coming from the west, another seaplane patrolling the eastern waters found that there were several warships belonging to the Republic Army in the waters about 20 nautical miles in front of our navy. Obviously, the other party was going to come up and fight!

Now, with all the bombers destroyed, these Republican warships are already retreating backward! For the Deutschland, revenge, of course, is more than just killing each other's bombers. These Republican warships waiting for mass fighting are their own prey!

Before the war, the Spanish Navy had strong strength and ranked among the top ten in the world. After the outbreak of the civil war, the Republican Army and the National Army competed for the Navy, shot and killed each other's soldiers and controlled the Navy's warships.

After that, the two sides launched a series of battles. As a result, the pride of the Spanish Navy, the 16000 ton Spanish class battleship, unfortunately sank.

The two newest Canarias class heavy cruisers with a displacement of 13000 tons were under Franco's control.

The largest and most effective warship controlled by the Republican Army is only the selvera class with a full displacement of 9000 tons. This light cruiser is designed based on the British "e" class.

Among them, the Libertad was the most active warship of the Republic Navy during the war. Almost throughout the war, he assumed the role of fleet flagship and participated in all major military operations.

The enemy formation discovered by the seaplane has four warships, including the Libertad!

Now, the German and Admiral Scheer, in formation, are moving in the direction detected by the seaplane.

It's getting darker and darker. It's evening.

All the officers and men of the ship are excited at this time. As navy soldiers, they are eager for a decent naval battle!

On the bridge, Lukins looked at the dark sea in the distance, with perseverance on his face: "use radar to detect the surrounding sea areas, and be sure to find the target!"

Although the seaplane found the whereabouts of the other side, after the battle here, the other side will certainly withdraw, and the sea area searched by the other side will become larger.

At this time, we need to rely on radar to detect!

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

In that year, during his trip to the island country, Chirac established good military industrial relations with the island country. After a series of cooperation, Germany obtained the technology of magnetron from the island country, and this device is the key to manufacturing radar.

After years of development, this naval shipborne radar has been mature. Although it is still primitive compared with later generations, at least it can find water warships!

This is not far from history. In 1938, the "Earl spee" became the first German warship equipped with original radar equipment. The detection distance of the equipment is only 15km, and it can not accurately indicate the target when used for weapon control. It can only know the general direction.

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

Yes, it's just installation. In order to keep secrets, the radar antenna is often removed and installed only when necessary.

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

At night, it is useful. Therefore, this radar is often removed in the morning and installed in the evening!

Today's 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 radiate electromagnetic waves around.

In a cabin next to the bridge, the radar soldier stared at the small screen in front of him and waited.

Time passed bit by bit. Suddenly, the radar soldier shouted, "in our east, there is sea echo, ten kilometers away!"

Ten kilometers! With excitement on his face, Lukins said, "right rudder, catch up! All naval guns, ready to load! "

Get ready to load!

In the front DRH LC / 28 triple loading turret, the winch sounded a rumble, and the cartridges and warheads were lifted out of the ammunition depot.

In the lookout tower at the top of the bridge, several soldiers undertaking the lookout mission are paying full attention and looking at the dark night sky. At this time, it is difficult to find the target.

Generally speaking, the battle at sea is carried out during the day. This kind of night battle is difficult to fight. How to find the target is the first difficulty.

The radar is not clear and can only show the general direction. Therefore, the best way is visual inspection!

Overhead, dark clouds gradually dispersed, the moon and stars exposed, and the bright moonlight spread all over the Mediterranean.

"Find the target, straight ahead!" A lookout soldier shouted, very excited.

We've caught up with the target!

"Front main gun, load armor piercing bullets and prepare to shoot!" Lukins gave orders loudly.

Now, the other side is sailing and doesn't find itself catching up from behind. It's a good opportunity!

The Libertad is a light cruiser with eight boilers and an output power of 80000 horsepower. If it soars, it can reach a maximum speed of 34 knots. However, in normal navigation, it will certainly not be so happy and can't afford fuel consumption. Therefore, usually, it can only sail at an economic speed of 15 knots.

On the bridge, Captain Rodriguez of Spain felt a little melancholy. They had planned to sneak attack on German warships. After their bombers succeeded, they could go up to fight and sink each other completely!

However, contrary to expectations, the Germans came prepared and their bombers were destroyed. They gave up their mission, sailed northeast and circled in the Mediterranean.




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