Bismarck

"Actually, your deputy chief is just afraid of his wife, hahaha." The gunnery chief patted the deputy chief's shoulder unceremoniously.

"Hey, hey, hey, aren't you the same? Do you have the nerve to say that to me?"

"Did I?"

"Have!"

The two senior officers did not have their usual dignity in front of the sailors, and instead started fighting, which made Lütjens look helpless.

"Is that a journalist?" Bismarck pointed at a young man who came in with a camera and asked. At this time, the people with cameras must be the photographers. Who else could it be besides the journalists? The man was looking around and asking others questions.

"I think so. I'll go say hello." The deputy captain took a look, put down his wine glass and hurried over.

After some conversation, the young man was brought here.

"Hello, General Lütjens! I am the new military reporter!" The blond and blue-eyed young man excitedly reported to the admiral in front of him.

"Hello, what's your name?"

"You can just call me Derek." The man in front of him was the hero that the Führer had highlighted! How could he not be excited?

"Admiral, it's a pleasure to be on your ship!"

"No need to address me like that. The concept of hierarchy in our navy is not that strict. You can just call me Captain. I came to the bar specially to see you today. Let's have a drink together." Lütjens motioned for him to sit down together, and a bartender quickly brought the drinks.

"Captain, are we going to sea on the Bismarck this time?" Derek asked excitedly.

Everyone laughed.

The deputy captain said, "The captain is the captain of the Bismarck, so of course he will be on the Bismarck. Why, are you happy?"

"I finally got this opportunity." The young man scratched his head embarrassedly. "I have wanted to board the Bismarck flagship for a long time, and this time I finally got the chance."

"Uh..." Bismarck was speechless. Hey, could you please not speak so dirty?

"You will have a happy life on the Bismarck." Lütjens said with a smile. People who have not experienced the baptism of the Chrysanthemum certainly do not know that boarding a ship is a synonym for being dirty.

"Our gunner, chief engineer, and deputy chief are all combat heroes. You can report on them at sea. I think you will not lack material."

"I will!" Derek nodded vigorously.

"If you have any questions, you can go to my secretary, Bismarck. Yes, that's her. She will take you to familiarize yourself with every cabin on the ship, and you can also report on the brave sailors."

"This is Derek," Lütjens said.

"Hello, I am Secretary Bismarck." Bismarck nodded slightly and said, "I will arrange your food, clothing, housing and transportation."

Derek was shocked again. Was this the Navy girl that was advertised?!

Oh my god, I didn't expect to meet you here!

Derek blushed.

"Um, thank you Secretary Bismarck."

"You're welcome."

Everyone sat down and had a few drinks, then Lütjens stood up to say goodbye, but before leaving he was surrounded by the excited crew members, who seemed unwilling to let go.

"The captain won't let me go until he says a few words!"

The cheers were getting louder and louder. Someone on the crew took the lead and started to make a fuss. Finally, there was no other way, so Lütjens took a glass of red wine and went on stage.

The whole audience was silent under Lütjens's gaze.

"That's all I have to say. First, I hope you have fun tonight."

His deep voice came through the microphone.

"Second, we have to go out to sea tomorrow, so go to bed early."

"Yes, Captain!!"

"Third, whoever gets drunk will be put in solitary confinement."

The audience burst into laughter.

"To the Führer, to Germany, to Bismarck!"

"cheers!"

Chapter 284: Bismarck Returns

"what!"

With a short cry of surprise, our Mr. Derek fell down while climbing the Bismarck's gangway.

"Oh, Mr. Derek, are you okay?" Bismarck said in panic, but he didn't make any movements to indicate "how did you fall?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Derek quickly shook his head, his face red from making a fool of himself in front of the beautiful woman, and he quickly climbed up from the gangway.

“There might have been something on the ground just now.”

"No, the ground is very flat." Bismarck squatted down and touched the gangway and said.

"Hey, just now clearly..."

"Forget it, I'll take you to your room."

"Okay." Derek didn't dwell on it anymore. He probably just slipped.

Derek's room was inside the officers' cabin, and was considered of a good quality. He had his own cabin and a private bathroom. It was originally the room of another deputy chief, but the position of deputy chief had always been vacant in Bismarck, and the room had never been used. It would be nice to use it as a guest room.

"Mr. Derek, are you satisfied with the room?" Bismarck said with a smile at the door. "This room has always been used by us to entertain distinguished guests."

Derek turned on the light and exclaimed in admiration. The room was as good as the hotel on the shore in both size and decoration.

"Very satisfied, very satisfied, thank you Miss Bismarck."

"I'm glad you're satisfied. I won't go in. If you need anything, ask the orderly to call me. I wish you a happy life on the Bismarck." Bismarck continued to smile.

"By the way, Miss Bismarck, can I take a picture of you then?" the young man said with a blushing face.

"No problem, I look forward to you taking pictures of me." Bismarck nodded.

a shy boy···

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

After Bismarck left, Derek blushed and closed the door, then began to take a shower. Tragically, the hot water ran out while he was showering. Fortunately, it was still September and the weather was not very cold, so Derek turned on the cold water and continued to shower. However... in the end, the cold water also ran out...

The next morning, Bismarck, well fed and well-drinking, finally started her maiden voyage of the year.

"Hello, guys." Bismarck was wearing her signature short-sleeved shirt and skirt today, with an anchor necklace around her neck. She walked lightly into the bridge and greeted the sailors with a smile. "Hans, why do you still blush when you see me? How can you find a girlfriend if you keep doing this?"

"Secretary, Hans is almost going to be a father." The radar technician next to him said with a smile.

"What?! Weren't you still single last time?" Bismarck was stunned and then teased, "Hans, you are so quick. You are going to be a father soon. But you are so shy. I really can't imagine what you look like in bed..."

"Hahaha." The bridge was suddenly surrounded by laughter, and the sailors who had not seen each other for a year quickly became friends with Bismarck.

In fact, she didn't want to do that in her heart... Unfortunately, the best way to infiltrate the enemy is to assimilate yourself, so she can only become this dirty.

"Gunner, why did you come down?"

"The artillery is not firing now, so why can't I come? Besides, it makes no difference whether I'm here or not. Having you is enough." The gunner suddenly turned into a resentful young wife.

"If you say that, I'll ask the captain to transfer you to another ship." Bismarck said with a smile. As a person who knew his own status, he was more relaxed when talking to the gunner.

"No, no, no, your ship is much more comfortable than other places." Gunpowder Zhang waved his hands quickly.

"It's good to know."

"Where have you been this year, Secretary? Have you been to Berlin?"

"It was just a few days. I was very busy. I followed the captain around all day long and even went to Paris to attend their surrender ceremony." Bismarck looked like he was saying, "You think I'm very relaxed."

"You didn't fight at Dunkirk?"

"Not only Dunkirk, I've also been to Newcastle. Wherever the captain goes, I'll go there too. I'm a qualified secretary!"

"How is it? How do you feel after fighting the British a few times?" asked the gunner.

"That was it. The other times were all close calls, except for the Newcastle incident, when we ran into the Hood, which seemed to be a formidable opponent."

"There is actually an opponent you think is powerful." The gunner said in surprise.

"We had an artillery battle last time, and it was really accurate. I guess they are at the same level as me. The quality of their sailors is very good." Bismarck nodded.

"There is actually someone with similar artillery skills as you... Could it be..." the gunner asked, "Do you think that Hood is also similar to you?"

"kindness?"

"Since the Bismarck battleship has you, maybe the Hood also has a Hood."

"Um, I don't think I've ever thought about this, but what you said... seems to make sense."

Yes, why didn’t I think at that time that Hood might also have such superb artillery skills?

"That's troublesome..."

"What are you talking about?" Lütjens walked over, followed by the photographer who had boarded the boat.

"Nothing, just discussing tactics," said Bismarck.

"Click, click." The impatient photographer started taking pictures inside the bridge.

"Go back to your respective positions and let Derek take a picture!" the deputy captain said loudly.

Everyone carried it out faithfully.

"Captain, we have enough steam and are ready to go."

"what time is it?"

"Seven fifty-five."

"Ring the bell, untie the ropes, and leave the dock at eight o'clock!"

"Yes!"

Soon the entire ship was broadcasting the deployment to leave the dock.

"Derek, you can go take some pictures of the sailing and rigging crews on the deck." The captain suggested from the bridge, pointing at the busy deck crews below.

"Yes! I'm going right now!"

"This reporter is very dedicated." Bismarck walked over to Lütjens with a cup of tea and handed it to him.

"Well, how do you feel now?"

"Very good, I feel full of power, and the self-check did not find any problems." Bismarck said confidently, "I have upgraded the latest equipment, and no one can stop me from moving forward."

"Hahaha, well said! Let's go then."

"Prepare to leave the dock!"

With the help of a tugboat, the huge warship slowly left the dock and slowly entered the busy waterway.

"Inspect the whistle!"

"understand!"

Every German knew that this ship was the glorious battleship Bismarck, so her departure attracted quite a few enthusiastic young Germans to watch. They gathered around the railings of the dock, cheering and waving their hats.

Suddenly, as they watched, the huge warship blew its high-pitched whistle, instantly silencing the entire port. No matter the noisy voices or the sounds of machinery, everything was drowned out by her deafening whistle. Bismarck announced his return with a brand new voice!

The warship gradually went away, and people became even more excited!

"Wow, this newly installed audio system is really powerful. It would be awesome if I could play square dance at this volume." Bismarck rubbed his ears and joked in his heart. He finally smelled the sea breeze on his own ship again. It felt really great.

After leaving the Elbe River, there is the North Sea. Then, just like the first sea trial, it turned into the Kiel Canal in the North Sea. However, compared with the confidentiality of the first sea trial, this voyage was open and aboveboard, and even had a propaganda meaning in it, which was to tell the British that the Bismarck that they were worried about was back!

When the battleship passed through the Kiel Canal, it naturally caused a greater sensation in certain sections of the river. Lütjens even regarded this as a kind of display and deliberately slowed down the speed. Cheers and exclamations could be heard along the way.

However, after this sea trial, Bismarck will not leave Germany and go to Brest. Instead, the ones going to France are the Tirpitz and Zeppelin, which are about to be shipped out of the factory. In fact, they will face a breakout battle as soon as they leave the factory.

In order to defend their sea transportation lines, the British set up a blockade in the North Sea very close to Germany. Because the three battleships were under repair, Germany had no other capable ships to break out. If Tirpitz and her companions wanted to reach the French port by sea, they would inevitably pass through this area, and basically there would be fighting as soon as they went out.

However, Bismarck was shocked at first when he thought that Tirpitz and his team would go through the English Channel from Wilhelm to Brest. How dangerous it would be! But when he told Lütjens about his doubts, he was severely criticized.

"Stupid, who told you to take the English Channel?"