Bismarck

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Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, I still have to prepare some lovely Ou Gen after I go back!

On the other side, Eugen, who was accompanying Top, suddenly sneezed twice...

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The engine room responded very quickly. Under the control of the sailors, tons of heavy oil were pumped from the oil tanks in the anti-torpedo area to the boiler room. The oil mist was turned into a blazing flame from the nozzle. The high temperature of hundreds of degrees instantly turned the high-quality purified soft fresh water in the water tube boiler that had filtered out salt and calcium into an endless supply of steam. The raging fires of the twelve boilers in the six boiler rooms provided the Bismarck with surging power. At a high temperature of 480 degrees, the steam of 35 atmospheres of pressure continuously washed the high-pressure blade group of the Blom & Voss steam turbine, generating powerful power.

This is the heart of Bismarck!

The roar of the engine increased significantly, and the speed increased at a rate that everyone could feel. In the end, huge waves were split at the bow from time to time. The flying water splashed from the bow to the front of the bridge under the strong impact, and it seemed to be covered with a rainbow under the sunlight that came through the gaps in the clouds. Some young sailors stood on high places, laughing in the sea breeze and mist, and covering their hats to prevent them from being blown away by the sea breeze...

Along with the sound of "哗——哗——" water is the momentum of the huge battleship cutting through the waves and moving forward at full speed!

"Three into three...three into four...three into five! Full speed ahead!"

"Three into three...three into four...three into five - report, our ship is moving at full speed!"

"...It's been half an hour since we entered the third phase. Let's start measuring the speed now!"

"Understood! Start measuring the speed now!"

The speedometer was thrown down and the speed quickly came out to be 36.3 knots.

This is still an amazing speed, but a bit slow for the crew who have been on the bridge since the beginning...

"Is this the maximum speed?" asked Lütjens.

"It's already very fast. If it goes any faster, some parts may not be able to bear it, and the fuel consumption is very uneconomical." Bismarck sighed. There was no other way. The armor alone had increased so much weight, and the anti-torpedo protrusions that changed the resistance had a huge impact on the speed.

Although it has been modified to reduce drag, there is still a significant increase in resistance...

"Well, thirty-six sections is thirty-six." Lütjens looked at the unhappy Persian cat and said nothing.

But the tests that need to be conducted still have to go on... Lütjens stood up and turned on the microphone: "Attention everyone! Sign in safely within five minutes (sign in to the officer on duty or department head to report that you are now on board - you are allowed to find a witness to sign on your behalf. This is mainly a safety measure to prevent someone from falling into the sea during violent maneuvers without anyone knowing), and take safety measures. Our ship will begin the rudder effectiveness experiment in five minutes!"

"Yes!!"

The acceleration began at 36.3 a.m., and by :, after more than half an hour of continuous straight sailing, the maximum speed was measured at knots. At the same time, the Bismarck's electromechanical department measured the fuel consumption and calculated the endurance (of course, the Persian cat would also test it itself, and its own test was more accurate than that of the electromechanical department).

At 10:50, the maneuverability test under maximum horsepower began. The huge warship began to turn left and right repeatedly at an inclination angle of plus or minus twelve degrees on the sea, drawing S-shaped tracks on the blue sea.

After testing the turning radius at maximum speed and multiple consecutive turns, the time to accelerate back to the maximum speed must also be tested... These are subjects with strict tactical requirements and must be tested.

By the time the relevant subjects of the 25-knot test were completed, it was already 20:15 and almost o'clock. But the work was far from over! The kitchen team delivered freshly baked sausage slices, bread, chocolate chips, and Sprite soda in glass bottles (Sprite was invented by the German branch of Coca-Cola during World War II) to each battle position. From Lütjens to the "coal blacks" in the engine room, while chewing bread, they followed the relevant regulations and reduced the speed to knots, knots, knots... Each time, they used one hour of straight sailing to measure the fuel consumption. After each fuel consumption test, the turning radius and multiple turning ability at the speed were measured. Of course, the time to re-accelerate to the predetermined speed after turning was also indispensable... In short, the regulations stipulated this, and everything was recorded in detail.

The sailors were very excited, but the poor journalist was taking part in a test that tested the extreme performance of a warship for the first time in his life. He was soon completely lost due to the constant turns and was swayed from side to side in the tilted corridor. If a few kind sailors had not helped him back to the lounge, he might have been thrown onto the deck during one of the turns.

Anyway, the reporter who vomited all over afterwards is said to have weak legs and dizzy walking whenever he sees a ship for the rest of his life? The Persian cat can only spread his hands and say that this is what the combat regulations say, is it my fault? Anyway, I'm fine!

The entire afternoon of the 30th was spent on testing maneuverability, and it was not until six o'clock in the evening, after the last subject was completed, that Bismarck returned to the designated anchorage for rest.

The second day had more subjects. In the morning, we tested the artillery trajectory, which was actually to see whether the trajectory of the artillery firing matched the parameter settings of the mechanical fire control computer. In the afternoon, we tested the fire control system to see whether the search radar, fire control radar, optical sight, mechanical fire control computer and controlled artillery equipped on the Bismarck met the relevant requirements.

When testing the artillery, Bismarck did not do anything else except shooting all day long. He shot fixed targets in the morning, moving targets at noon, and empty targets towed by airplanes in the afternoon. After a day of shooting with various sizes of artillery, Bismarck said that his hands were almost useless. The shells he fired could support a battle. He was also busy at night. He used the data collected during the day to start debugging and testing the new radar. Although Bismarck was there, it was still a question of what these radars were used for.

The conclusion came out at noon on the third day. The test conclusion was ideal. For an "ordinary" battleship, this result was very good. Bismarck's maximum speed dropped to 36.3 knots, and its endurance dropped slightly from the previous endurance of 19 knots and 8500 nautical miles in history. Now it has dropped to 18 knots and 8500 nautical miles - although this is much better than the two bathtub warriors.

Well, it’s a super crossbow pirate ship after all 2333 (What the hell!!!)

As for the artillery, the most important thing is the eight thick tubes of Bismarck. After testing, it was found that the trajectory of the improved 380 CRH8 armor-piercing projectile is flatter, the flight time is significantly shortened, and the dispersion does not seem to increase significantly. According to the information provided by Krupp, the performance of the 8 armor-piercing projectile of CRH380 is much stronger than that of the initial type of shells, and even close to the penetration level of some 406-level artillery (to be honest, the speed retention performance brought by reducing resistance is actually much better than simply increasing the weight of the shells. The only price is that after the trajectory is straightened, the penetration depth of the shells on the horizontal deck will decrease at a long distance of 25KM...). Although it has not been replaced with a larger naval gun, it can be regarded as an improvement to a certain extent. It is said that Tirpitz, Scharn and Gnei are also undergoing related improvements in the shipyard, and they can also be equipped with CRH8 shells. The only problem is that in order to avoid being completely transformed into underwater battlecruisers, the bows of Scharn and Gnei must be extended by ten meters. Now the bows have been cut off and are lying in the dock for redoing. It is said that it will take more than four months. Therefore, this time when the Atlantic Fleet goes to sea, the Persian cat will stay at home to watch the house (and also to contain the strength of the British fast fleet)...

In terms of performance test, the performance of Bismarck's low-altitude/sea search radar is not very ideal. Even after improvement, it does not exceed 25KM, which is far lower than the detection range of Bismarck itself. However, Lütjens, who has Bismarck, does not pay much attention to this. However, the newly added Air Force Freya radar has very powerful performance, and it also has an IFF system for identifying friend or foe, which is quite acceptable for the detection range of large groups of aircraft in the air. The performance of the fire control FUMO23 radar itself was also acceptable at the time. At the same time, the original troublesome oscilloscope display was finally replaced with a PPI display that can rotate 360 degrees, and the relevant data can be connected to the two newly added automatic plotters (one in the conning tower and the other in the fleet C3I command room).

After more than five hours of bombardment and coordination, the search radar, tracking radar, optical fire control and artillery pointing were successfully linked. Finally, on the morning of the third day, without the intervention of the Persian cat in the artillery, the target was "determined to be destroyed" by the towing target experiment 22KM away (in order to reuse the target ship, the direction of the artillery and the calculation parameters of the fire control system were artificially changed, so that the fired shells would be a certain distance behind the target ship. As long as the distance difference between the shooting range and the target ship meets the relevant distance-angle calculation standards, it is considered to have hit the target.), declaring the sea trial a success!

According to the standards for new ships, warships need to undergo seven to ten days of comprehensive tests at sea, and some subjects may even be tested repeatedly to facilitate system adjustment. However, Bismarck went to sea for the second time, and with the all-powerful sensor of the ship girl, the sea trial was declared a complete success in just two and a half days, which only made reporter Derek feel unsatisfied. But think about the left and right swaying of the maneuverability test, or the deafening firing of the main gun, and it is a bit frightening, especially during the maneuverability test, when turning at full speed, the people on the bridge can certainly imagine how sour it was. Poor Derek was thrown all over the place, holding the trash can and vomiting all over the sky, and even Bismarck couldn't bear it.

Bismarck had no major problems after inspection. The deputy chief listed the minor problems reported by other crew members and handed them over to the ship's engineer to complete the task. During this period, Lütjens also promoted and appointed a temporary captain, the gunnery chief who knew Bismarck's identity. In Lütjens' absence, the gunnery chief would be the highest officer on the Bismarck. (PS: The gunnery chief was originally the second mate)

After completing a series of tests, Bismarck embarked on his return journey, and then ate, slept... cough cough, that's it.

Hey hey~

ps: The two most powerful ships in the bathtub are naturally the destroyers VV and Richelieu!

I had moral integrity before, and I still have it now! Thanks to the big sister for joining me in writing 2333 words

Chapter 287: Caressing Eugen

Since there were no major problems, Bismarck returned directly to Wilhelmshaven after completing the sea trial, where she was naturally greeted by Grapes and Zeppelin.

It seems that Eugen hasn't arrived yet, so she must be waiting for Eugen.

Zeppelin had never seen the real body of Bismarck before. This was the first time she saw it. Although it was not much different from a grape, it was the Bismarck after all. I think she was very familiar with the name of Bismarck at that time.

"Sister, you're finally here!" Tizi threw herself into Bismarck's arms. She was already so grown up, but she often behaved like a child.

Bismarck smiled and hugged her.

"How was the sea trial?" Zeppelin asked with a smile.

"What else could be the problem?" Bismarck let go of the grapes, gently hooked her nose, and said confidently, "The German flagship is here~"

"By the way, I'm telling you, I met Eugen on the way there."

"Eugen? Who?"

"It's Prince Eugen, the heavy cruiser." Bismarck said, "She will come to William soon."

"Eugen is an idiot!" Upon hearing Prince Eugen's name, Tizi, who also knew the whole story, immediately said angrily.

"A heavy cruiser? Then I'm going to hit her." Tizi waved his little fist in dissatisfaction.

Zeppelin nodded in agreement.

"Hehe, although Eugen did something stupid, she is still a lovely girl. I think it's better not to do anything..." Although Bismarck believed in eating, sleeping and beating Eugen, that was just talk. She used to like this monthly heavy cruiser Paras very much. How could she do anything to such a lovely girl - of course caressing was still okay.

Bismarck was glad that he came back first... otherwise, if a heavy cruiser was hit by a battleship, Eugen would be in trouble.

"Taiz, be a lady..." Zeppelin said on the side.

"But I get angry when I think about Lindman being beaten by others..." Tizi said aggrievedly.

"Look, Lindemann is fine, and Eugen didn't do it on purpose."

"So that's it?"

"Of course we can't just let it go like this," Bismarck said firmly.

"Okay! Sister, what should we do?" Ti Zi's eyes sparkled.

"You two...are really..."

Bismarck's eyes rolled. Although we can't really hit Eugen, we can scare her. Come on...&*%￥#@!"

"Mmmmm!" This was the sound of some troublemaker's approval.

"What are you doing?" Lütjens and the other two captains walked over slowly, and the three of them also gathered together.

"We are discussing how to welcome Eugene!" Bismarck replied.

"Well, Prince Eugen will be here soon, you should welcome her, so do your best." Lütjens nodded.

"We will!" The two sisters answered loudest, while Zeppelin looked helpless. She had no choice but to become an accomplice...

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In the setting sun, a golden afterwave rippled over Wilhelmshaven. In the direction of the port, a heavy cruiser blew its whistle and slowly approached. It was the Eugenio that Bismarck had been waiting for for several days. Her hull drew a beautiful silhouette in the setting sun, and from a distance it looked like a miniature version of Bismarck.

Eugen stood on the bridge with an excited look on her face, tiptoeing towards the port entrance, as if waiting for something, not realizing that her short skirt was swaying up and down in the sea breeze. Suddenly, she opened her eyes wide with joy, because she saw Sister Bismarck waiting for her at the dock.

so excited!

"Top, Top, look! Sister Bismarck is waiting for me!" Eugen shouted excitedly while shaking Top's arm, like a crazy fan who had met his idol - although it was true that Persian cat was Eugen's idol.

The latter was so annoyed by her shaking that he lost his temper. Top wanted to say that she had said this so many times, but when he saw her cute look, he held back. With such a beautiful smile, if she was happy, just let her be.

"Yes." Top nodded in agreement, "But no matter how happy you are, you have to get ashore first."

"Oh, that's right."

In fact, Eugen didn't need to control things like docking. If a deputy captain couldn't even dock, there was no point in his job. Soon, Eugen and Bismarck docked at the same pier, so it was very convenient for them to meet, as they were only a few steps away.

"You're finally here, I've been waiting for a long time..." Bismarck looked at Eugen, the first person to rush down the gangway, and smiled happily.

I've been waiting for a long time to bully you...

"I want to see my sister too, but there are so many things to deal with at the shipyard, I am so anxious waiting..."

"I begged Top to come early." Eugen blinked his eyes and had a look on his face that looked like he was about to praise me. Coupled with that voice, it was really adorable.

Looking at Eugen's admiring look, Bismarck suddenly wondered whether he should continue. If he hurt a young heart, cough cough.

But Grapes had quietly appeared behind Eugen, like a hamster with its front teeth bared. Well, did the hamster pounce on Paras?

That’s right.

While Eugen's mind was on Bismarck, Tizi suddenly stretched out two claws from behind and hugged Eugen's slender waist, locking it tightly.

"Hehe, Prince Eugen, you can't run away now!" Tizi hummed with her nasal sound, tried to lower her voice as much as possible, and made a threatening expression, but she was just a cute girl, and no matter how hard she pretended, she couldn't pretend to be a bad guy.

Bismarck just wanted to laugh when he saw it.

However, Pallas was really frightened and struggled subconsciously, but the horsepower of a heavy cruiser could not compete with that of a battleship, so he naturally could not move.

"Wow wow wow, who is it?" Eugen screamed in fright.

"I am Tirpitz! Eugen, today we are representing the Moon... Uh, the Führer to destroy you!" Bismarck almost shouted out that classic words.

"Do you know how much trouble you caused us by suddenly appearing in front of Regler?" The big boss behind the scenes finally showed up. Eugen saw a taller girl with a delicate and beautiful face walking out from behind the woods, but the chill emanating from her body made Eugen shiver uncontrollably.

Who is this?

"Sister, what did Eugen do wrong..."

Eugen seemed to understand something?

"Wow - didn't you say that Eugen's appearance in front of the marshal was not a big deal?"

"What do you think? We had a fight with Reger in Berlin, and our captain was almost captured by Reger. No, we should say he was already captured..." Bismarck changed his expression and stared at the frightened Eugen expressionlessly. "If the Führer hadn't come forward later, we would have been separated from the captain, and this is all because of you..."

"Idiot, it's because of you that Lindmann was beaten. I'm going to beat you too!" Because Grape was holding Eugen's waist and couldn't free his hands, he lowered his head and bit Eugen's ear.

"Mmmmm--idiot!" she said incoherently.

It really became biting the ear.

But Tizi's strength was of little use, because Eugen's face gradually turned red...

"Bismarck, pinch her nose!" Zeppelin snorted coldly and gave the order, and a chill immediately spread throughout his body.

"Yes!"

"Eugegen, even though you're so cute, I still want to teach you a lesson!" Bismarck walked forward with a grim smile.

The cat's paw was about to touch Eugen's nose, when suddenly -

Eugen cried.

"Wow wow wow, you are not sister Bismarck, you are not - wow wow wow, Top, save me, I want to, I want to go home!"

"Uuuuuu——"

"You are all bad people!"

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