Bismarck

Because the Imperial Marshal is coming today!

Lütjens knew that Goering was a person who loved to save face, so the welcome ceremony for him was extremely grand.

Some might say he was flattering, but there was nothing he could do. He had already fallen out with Reger over Bismarck, so naturally he had to pay a price to get in touch with Goering.

But this was also thanks to Zeppelin. Lütjens actually knew in his heart that without Zeppelin's report and his attention to her, Goering would not have come to Brest in person. It is said that Goering also brought a radio expert with him this time, so he must have decided to intervene and help. For this, he specially thanked Zeppelin.

Of course, Zeppelin wouldn't need his thanks, it was just for her sisters and for herself.

Bismarck and Zeppelin both wore formal clothes, one white and one gray, and with their charming figures, they stood there very eye-catching. Bonte and Lütjens were also dressed neatly and greeted Zeppelin at the side of the ship.

As for Lindemann, his rank was lowered by half a level, the battleship needed repair, and the worst thing was that his hamster was a lazy and gluttonous otaku... So the depressed Lindemann had to stay in the shipyard, holding a thick shooting specification and grasping grapes for special training.

Bangtai doesn't care now. He used to be entangled in whether he belonged to the navy or the air force. Now that he has fallen out with the big boss, he has seen some things clearly. As long as he can support them in combat, it doesn't matter what branch of the army he belongs to. Seeing the combat capability of the aircraft carrier, he also has such a hope that the air force and the navy can be perfectly integrated in the future to form a powerful combat force.

"General, the marshal is coming!" A communicator ran over to report that Goering's convoy passed the duty post and the guard at the door had already passed on the news of Goering's arrival.

"Tell the band to play music!" Lütjens ordered methodically, and then said to the two beautiful secretaries behind him, "The marshal is here, you should also get ready."

"I see." Bismarck smiled.

She and the little mustache guy were chatting and laughing, so how could she be nervous about Goering?

The military band is a combination of Bismarck and Zeppelin. After two days of running-in, they have no problem singing ordinary songs and their voices are loud and clear, which should be very impressive.

Lütjens looked around to make sure there was nothing he had missed, then turned his sights towards the entrance to the dock.

The black sedan passed through the gaps between the trees and soon arrived at the dock, where it stopped accurately next to the rostrum.

The driver got out of the car, opened the back door, and a fat figure in a white military uniform stepped out.

It was Goering.

He did not move, but looked around, and then saw Lütjens and Bonte.

Lütjens and Bonte walked quickly forward, smiled, and held out their hands.

"Welcome the Imperial Marshal to our Brest to review the troops."

"Hello, Lütjens." Goering then extended his hand with satisfaction and shook hands with him.

He looked around at the welcoming ceremony, which was big and nice, and he thought it was pretty good.

"Please allow me to introduce you. This is the captain of the Zeppelin, Bonte." Lütjens pointed to the person next to him.

Goering already knew Zeppelin's captain, but he introduced him out of courtesy.

"You've done a good job leading the Zeppelin." Goering patted him on the shoulder.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three men began to walk towards the gangway, with military music playing nearby.

"The military band on Zeppelin doesn't seem to have so many people," asked Goering.

"I also called the ones from the Bismarck over. There is no military band on the Tirpitz, otherwise we could have joined them." Lütjens said with a smile.

"Yea, very good."

Seeing the three people walking over chatting and laughing, Bismarck, who was broadcasting the entire event live, curled her lips in dissatisfaction. She really didn't like such a captain, who was like a villain.

Yes, flattery was a synonym for a villain in Bismarck's education, but she also knew that in this situation, if she didn't flatter, how could Goering help them?

It was obvious that Lutjens had no other choice, and she knew it, but she just felt a little uncomfortable.

However, no matter how uncomfortable they are, they are still welcoming it.

"Hello, Marshal." Zeppelin and Bismarck spoke together.

The two crisp female voices were like a touch of spring in winter, bringing atmosphere to this solemn occasion.

Goering also met Zeppelin several times and thought highly of her, so his handshake lasted longer than Lütjens's - don't get the wrong idea, it was a very formal handshake with four fingers gently clenched, a standard handshake for a lady! Goering was a famous model husband and infatuated man throughout the Third Reich!

"Welcome Marshal to inspect our regiment. The guys can't wait." She said with a smile.

"Oh? How are they going to welcome me?" Goering asked with a smile.

"Marshal, did you find out soon after you went up there?" Zeppelin kept it a secret.

Well, even Zeppelin has changed his role. Bismarck found that Zeppelin now was like the salesman in later generations. He was simply an actor.

Stepping onto the red carpet on the gangway and arriving on the deck, you will see neatly lined up carrier-based fighter jets on the flight deck.

The spirited young men, wearing flight suits, stood under the bridge, waiting for the inspection by the Air Force Marshal.

Goering, accompanied by Zeppelin and Lütjens, walked slowly past them. The young men were so excited that they didn't know what to say. When Goering finished his circle and came back to shake hands with them again, the crowd suddenly burst into cheers. The pilots rushed to shake hands with Goering, and the atmosphere was very lively.

As the Imperial Marshal, he also enjoyed the feeling of being surrounded by people.

"I see you have all put the planes on the deck. Why don't you fly one around for me to see?" Goering said to Zeppelin with a smile.

"Marshal, we have made this arrangement. Since you want to see it, let's do it now." Zeppelin nodded to the squad leader, who immediately began to greet the pilots according to the established procedures.

"Marshal, please move to the bridge first. We are ready to go to sea."

ps: Happy Double Eleven everyone. Although I have completed my task for today, I will still hold a promotion, hahaha ~ it can be considered as a bonus.

Too bad, the flash sale items didn’t arrive immediately.

Chapter 377: Demonstration Subject for Goering (I)

The Zeppelin blew a long whistle and left the dock with the help of a tugboat. Also leaving with the Zeppelin was the Bismarck, which was on escort duty. This sea mission was specially arranged to show Goering the carrier-based aircraft force.

They didn't go very far out to sea, they just wandered around the waters around Brest. It wouldn't be safe no matter how far away they went. However, for Goering, this was still a relatively novel experience. As an air marshal, it was also the first time for him to stand on the bridge of a naval warship. He looked at this mobile airport at sea with great interest.

The command chair on the bridge was naturally given to him. Lütjens stood beside Goering and chatted with him while explaining naval matters, while Bonte was commanding in the front.

After an hour's sailing, they arrived at the open sea.

"Zeppelin, are you ready?"

"Ready to take off!"

Bonte nodded and reported to Goering and Lütjens.

The aircraft carrier began to turn, heading towards the wind direction, and then the surging power quickly increased the speed.

A formation of eight fighters, four BF109Ts and four FW190Ts, the latest equipment, rose into the wind when the Zeppelin reached full speed. A fighter painted with Edelweiss flew in the front, flashed before everyone's eyes, and quickly flew away with the other seven planes.

"That's Zeppelin's plane, right?" Goering asked, pointing at the leading plane.

"Yes."

Take-off and landing are certainly not performance subjects. For pilots, they are just the most basic things. The next demonstration is in the direction of actual combat, such as... bomb attack.

FW190 can dive bomb, and after diving, it can quickly escape at a super high speed of 650KM/H. As an escort ship, Bismarck was regarded as the target of Zeppelin's attack. After the order to start the subject was issued, she pulled up and led a group of boys to rush towards Bismarck. The latter began to evade desperately, attack and defend.

There is no smoke or sound of gunfire. After all, it is different from actual combat. Now it is enough to just pretend. Although the tense atmosphere is a little lacking, there is nothing that can be done about it.

After eight fighter planes broke through the air defense circle and flew over the Bismarck, the Bismarck was declared destroyed.

At the last moment, Zeppelin performed another low-altitude pass, with eight planes arranged in a straight line from the stern to the bow, flying past at a height of less than ten meters. The people on the bridge could even vaguely see Zeppelin himself smiling and greeting them, and the whistling sound hurt people's eardrums.

The flight exercise was very successful. Marshal Goering met with the seven pilots and Zeppelin again on the bridge, shook hands with them one by one and took photos.

Lunch was eaten in Zeppelin's conference room, which was spacious and bright and could also be used as a banquet hall.

Eating is a great way to bring people closer together, and this is true for everyone, both ancient and modern, both in China and abroad. With the careful hospitality of Lütjens and Zeppelin, the meeting finally got down to business.

The inspection force is just a sham, and both sides know the real purpose.

"I heard from Reger's report to the Führer that you are heading to the Mediterranean soon. Is that true?" Goering sat in a comfortable chair, stroking his belly, looking at Lütjens and said lightly.

"Yes, Marshal, we are indeed heading for the Mediterranean."

"I see that Gibraltar is defended by a fortress. Are you sure your warships can defeat it?"

"We can't defeat them." Lütjens smiled and shook his head. "No matter how powerful the battleships are, we can't fight against the fortresses, so we are going to sneak across. Zeppelin gave you a report not long ago. There are basically all the important things we need to prepare."

"I've seen the action plan." Goering shook his head. "Your action plan, especially the electronic jamming plan, seems to be code-named Thunder? How is the preparation going? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"If you have any needs, you can tell me. I will tell you clearly. I know Regel doesn't like you now. This plan is largely due to him. I can't interfere in your navy's affairs, but there are so many young men from the air force on your aircraft carrier, including Captain Zeppelin. Each of them is an elite. I can't sit idly by and watch my own men go to Gibraltar to die. I have to ignore this matter."

"Lütjens, you don't have to be polite. I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing this for the Zeppelin. You know what I mean, right?" Goering said with a smile.

Goering had already made it clear that he would help, so what else could Lütjens say?

I can only thank you again.

"Okay, tell me about your plan and your current progress."

"Perhaps it would be better to ask Lieutenant Colonel Zeppelin about this. Zeppelin, please explain it to the Imperial Marshal."

"Yes, Commander."

The dinner was over at this time, and the orderly quickly cleared the table and opened the windows for ventilation, so that the conference room could resume its function.

Zeppelin walked to the front of the stage and looked at Goering.

"Your Excellency, the Imperial Marshal, we have already begun to explore and train electronic jamming. Although we have only borrowed a jammer from the surrounding air force air defense forces, we have prepared some things ourselves, and we are currently exploring and training by taking advantage of the fact that the radar equipment of the same frequency band between several warships will interfere with each other." Zeppelin, who had introduced this, also secretly gave Bismarck a sly smile and said coquettishly, "This is the training subject that will be carried out in the afternoon. Can Your Excellency, the Imperial Marshal, correct me?"

Correction...Correction, what the hell, even if Goering was a pilot, how much would he know about this kind of thing? Bismarck silently complained in his heart.

Well, actually, this was a secret conspiracy between Bismarck and Zeppelin. It is generally believed in later materials that Goering knew nothing about electronic warfare, so he did not pay attention to the development of electronic equipment. When he discovered this problem later, it was too late. Bismarck certainly did not want this to happen, and Zeppelin wanted to get more support, so after the two ship girls exchanged ideas, they hit it off...

"Oh? You've prepared electronic jamming exercises and training? I'd like to see it!"

After Zeppelin's introduction, Goering, who was interested in electronic interference, quickly agreed. Of course, he automatically ignored the corrections. After all, the word "electronic interference" was a bit difficult to pronounce, and he didn't fully understand what it meant.

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After announcing the afternoon's subjects, Goering moved to the Zeppelin's radar compartment.

He was sitting in front of the radar screen, watching the electronic jamming exercise (or demonstration). On the other side, Lutjens and Bonte, and even Lindemann, who was called over to learn more about the plan to break through the channel, were also watching the electronic warfare exercise together.

In the radar control room, Goering and Professor Wolff, who he brought with him, were staring at the display screen without blinking as Zeppelin explained. Although Goering might not understand something that was highly professional, Bismarck and Zeppelin had specially communicated and adjusted the exercise settings to make it as easy as possible for a layman like Goering to understand.

After all, if you want to interest your leader, you first need him to understand the meaning of it, otherwise it will be useless no matter how smart you are.

"The exercise begins!"

The tracer bullets were released, trailing white smoke into the sky.

A small boat carrying a polygonal reflector, originally intended as a towed bait, was lowered by the Bismarck to serve as a hypothetical enemy. Because the polygonal reflector has a strong reflective property, even if the boat is small, the signal strength displayed on the display is comparable to that of a large warship at close range, such as the Bismarck on the side.

"How did they do that?" Goering couldn't believe his eyes. How could a small boat become a big warship on the radar?

"It's the angle of reflection, just like when someone uses a mirror to reflect sunlight from a distance, the reflected brightness can be very strong. So the future design of aircraft or ships may try to avoid such reflection angles as much as possible to conceal their whereabouts..."

The first exercise was electronic deception. A JU87, which was temporarily modified and equipped with the borrowed jammer, flew into the sky. Soon, the normal pattern on the radar screen changed: the signals of the big battleship on the radar changed from two to four! Moreover, this time, it was impossible to tell which one was real and which one was fake on the oscilloscope!

"How was this done?" Goering was stunned.

Goering, who originally thought he had understood electronic interference, finally admitted that he was at a loss after looking at the oscilloscope for a long time... Fortunately, Zeppelin, Bonte and others showed enough respect to him. Goering, who always cared about his reputation, did not feel embarrassed. Instead, he continued to ask questions with interest.

"The principle is simple. The planes equipped with jammers have been 'recording' the waveform and intensity data of our radar transmissions. Then they can modulate the echo of any intensity signal to 'cheat' our radar. It's like a prank. I deliberately speak very quietly next to you. You may not be able to hear how far away I am from you for a while."

"...Okay, although I don't quite understand it, this metaphor is very interesting." Goering turned his fat body with some difficulty and asked Zeppelin: "Is there any way to crack this?"

"Actually, there is a way. For example..." Zeppelin turned on a switch, and instantly there was only one target left!

ps: I will update twice today. Also, my new book was signed so quickly, it’s incredible. I think Bismarck signed the contract for 20…

ps: ==In history, the earliest application of this principle was after 1943, when the Japanese Army built special supply submarines to supply the starving troops on the Southeast Asian islands. Although the army was a novice in building submarines and its performance was naturally a mess, its anti-radar appearance was indeed a highlight.

378: Demonstration to Goering (II)

"What's going on?" Goering asked curiously. There were four of them one at a time, and he was a little confused about the situation.

"Deception jammers record our previous signals and then replay them to deceive our distance perception. However, if we just change the channel or the signal waveform, the jammers that only play tapes will lose their effectiveness temporarily. Although the enemy may record our new signals very quickly, at least they can determine which one is the real target within a certain period of time."

As Zeppelin explained, the false signal soon reappeared. But this time, even Goering, who was a complete novice, could remember which one was the real target.

"It seems that electronic jamming still depends on people after all. If you are deceived, it is your own fault. As long as the radar operator remembers the location of the target, it won't matter. Isn't this easy to crack?"

Looking at the results of the display, Goering was quite satisfied. At least he was able to crack it through some means.

Of course, the premise is to know the concept of electronic interference...

But...how could Zeppelin and Bismarck be able to do just this?

"I have to say that in addition to the anti-interference training of radar operators, the performance of the equipment is also very important. At least there are still some interference methods that are difficult to crack with our current technology..." Looking at Goering who was grinning, Zeppelin had to wait until the fat man had laughed enough before he sighed slightly and continued.

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"