Bismarck

Relying on the modified Panzer IV tanks equipped by the 34st Armored Division, which were far superior to the Allied tanks in the North African battlefield (they were urgently launched by the German tank manufacturers and Speer under the order of the mustache after seeing the picture of T drawn by Bismarck), Rommel, who was fighting a desperate battle, quickly caught the British st Armored Division, which had been attacking the Italians smoothly before, off guard!

四号魔改坦克的车体正面防御力达60毫米60度、炮塔正面防御力更是达到了120毫米之厚！顶着盟军装备的马蒂尔达Ⅱ步兵坦克、瓦伦丁步兵坦克、以及美制M3格兰特坦克那可怜的2磅炮或37毫米坦克炮的“微弱”火力，甚至于无视了M3格兰特坦克的75毫米车体炮；而魔改四号坦克的75毫米L48坦克炮的强大火力打起盟军坦克来，却几乎是一炮一个！加上又是黑夜里，之前还在意大利人身上打得顺风顺水的英国人，一时半会搞不清情况，在侧翼德军发起的反攻之下当场就陷入了懵逼……

However, after all, they were well-trained elite troops, and with a general like Auchinleck in charge, the Germans did not suffer heavy losses and repelled the first wave of British attacks despite their advantages in weapon performance and tactical situation. However, if they wanted to defeat or even chase the British at night...

"Huh... this wave is barely acceptable..."

After a short and fierce battle, Fox wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a sigh of relief as he watched the vanguard of the British 1st Armored Division begin to retreat slowly but steadily. It would be a joke if he couldn't stop a single wave.

He checked his watch:

"It's half past four, and it's almost dawn... I just don't know what to do after the daybreak..."

"Report to the Corps Commander! The Engineer Brigade and the 21st Armored Division Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment have completed the task of blocking the British troops on the central line! Minefields and simple anti-tank artillery positions have been laid out on the central line! Request the next order!"

"Okay, I understand." The fox received the battle report and began to think about the battle situation.

Although the entire battle situation was extremely bad, the cunning fox was always capable of responding quickly. Soon, the fox raised its head and began to issue subsequent combat orders:

"Signalman, pass on my order: stop the attack! Dig shelters on the spot! Send the Corps Engineer Brigade that laid mines on the center line to me, and lay mines here too! The 21st Armored Division and the Areete Armored Division will start assembling their troops on the spot now! In addition, all troops should report their situations to me!!"

Soon, Rommel received reports from various troops...

"Report to the Corps Commander! The report from Del Aishya Village is that the 90th Armored Division and the 1300th Light Division have cooperated to repel the vanguard of the Indian 15th Division and stabilized the front line. Now there are about 1400 people and ten tanks left in the 31th Light Division, and 2700 people and tanks in the th Armored Division. The two divisions of the Italian allies still have people! In addition, there are a total of anti-tank guns and field guns. Request the next battle plan!"

"Do they still have so many artillery?" Rommel hesitated for a moment, then gave the order: "There is only a five-mile front over there, and there are still some small hills and mounds that can be relied on for defense... Order, transfer the 15th Armored Division to support this side! The rest of the troops will defend on the spot, and if there is a chance, move closer to the Alanhafa Pass to shorten the front as much as possible!"

"Okay! I'll send the message right away!"

however…

"Commander, urgent report from the Chief of Staff! The situation in the south is somewhat serious... There are only 800 people left in the Littrio Armored Division, and the Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion still has three guns!... The Chief of Staff said that even if he can kill a single soldier, he will be able to hold back the Australian Sixth Division!"

"…What?! Well… Anyway, once the mines are laid in the north, the Engineer Brigade will hold here with the Areate Division. The 21st Armored Division will join me, and we will be ready to turn around and fight the British on the southern front!"

"Yes!" Several staff officers received the order, saluted, and turned to coordinate the troops. Fox, however, was also sweating in his heart...

"This battle is so difficult..."

"It's half past four... There's still an hour until dawn. They will definitely launch a second wave of attacks during the day... Without the cover of night, they still have air strikes, so it won't be so easy to drive them away..."

"Lütjens, if you don't come, I'll die here..."

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Just north of the African Corps, which was in a bitter battle, more than 50 kilometers away on the Mediterranean Sea...

The German-Italian joint fleet is divided into three formations and is acting separately.

There is a shoal belt in the northeast and southwest of the Alexandria-El Alamein line. The entrance in the middle is the passage to Alexandria Port and the Gulf of El Alamein. The British Royal Navy laid a mine belt here, apparently to strengthen defense?

Although there seemed to be some passages in the mine belt, Bismarck could sense it. But if the Italians were with him, there would be no way...

If something really happens, we can slowly organize and cooperate in the open sea without mines. But if something really happens in such a narrow sea, unless the ship girls can see the overall situation and communicate with each other in real time through WIFI, otherwise, the more ships there are, the more chaotic it will be!

Therefore, the mission of entering the Gulf of Alamein to bombard the British positions had to be completed by Tizi alone...

And 20 kilometers behind the battleship Bismarck, Bonte was driving the aircraft carrier Zeppelin, with the light cruiser Duke of Abruzzi, the flagship of Italian Major General Dazzara, and four destroyers, slowly turning towards the northwest, intending to release the fleet against the wind.

As for the Bismarck itself, it was now joined by two Italian light cruisers, the Duke of Aosta and the Prinz Eugen, which were authorized by Major General Dazzara to be managed by Heyer, as well as two destroyers, and was patrolling near the minefield. Although the information forwarded by Fox was that the Mediterranean Fleet had withdrawn, who knew if there was still an ambush in Alexandria...

Bismarck's position was determined in order to monitor both Grape and Zeppelin at the same time.

Although before that, I still have to help Grape clear the mines...

Suddenly I felt very depressed: it is really not easy for me as a sister to do this.

By the way, the British mines are now hidden very deep, basically at a depth of five to fifteen meters underwater, which cannot be illuminated by searchlights and cannot be hit by 37mm machine guns. However, this did not pose a problem for Lindemann. He found Lütjens and discussed it with him. In the name of fighting frogmen and clearing obstacles, he asked the army to get a few Granatwerfer34 81mm mortars and a batch of Wurfgranate5 long shells with a length of more than half a meter, a charge of 950 kilograms, and a maximum range of 40 meters. He screwed on the delayed fuse - the five kilograms of charge was already the explosive power of a 150mm main gun. It was not too easy to blow up the mines...

To the officers and soldiers on board, the captain and Lindemann publicly stated that both Bismarck-class battleships were experimentally equipped with "a special small sonar automatic targeting minesweeping system produced by Krupp". As for whether the sailors believed it or not...

Haven't you heard that the British and some conservative Christian sects have already condemned certain Germans for practicing witchcraft and magic, calling them apostates and atheists, in the underground radio stations and underground publications under their control, without naming them?

But it seems that the sailors and officers are already used to it, right?

Anyway, Bismarck himself knew that the chaplain in his original body, who had been with him since the Norwegian Campaign and had repeatedly tried to "exorcise the ghost", had now given up. One time when Bismarck was examining himself, he happened to overhear the chaplain half-jokingly and half-seriously saying to others that he had changed his profession to believe in Satan or something like that...

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Cooperating with the hamster, they opened a passage through the mine belt deployed by the British. They returned to join the two Italian cruisers and two Italian destroyers commanded by Haye. Bismarck was on the bridge of her own ship. Through the unique perception of the ship girl, she watched the hamster turn right after passing the minefield and slowly sailed towards the bay near Alamein, which was surrounded by undulating shallows, about 40 kilometers long, about 15 kilometers wide, and about 10 to 20 meters deep on the flat seabed.

By the way, don’t forget to explain some things on WIFI.

After all, she is my sister, although maybe Tizi might say that I am nagging...right?

Commander Tariq of the minesweeper HMS Hamster…

"Lindman, my sister said that the commander asked us to contact the army on our own. My sister is on guard at the periphery with destroyers and cruisers..."

Next to Lindemann's seat, as usual, was a pet hamster, sitting in a pile of soft cushions, wearing headphones and acting as a messenger. Seeing Tizi's expression of disgust when he looked up and spoke, and then lowered his head in a daze after speaking, Lindemann, who was amused, could not help but gently pat the tuft of hair on the hamster's head that was still spinning non-stop, the position of the ahoge radar.

"Hey!..." The hamster raised its head and glared, ready to explode. But before it could finish the word "Hey!", a box of milk chocolate dangling in front of the hamster made Tizi take back the second half of the sentence. Then, in less than a second, the milk chocolate in Lindeman's hand was snatched away by the hamster's two paws and held in the hamster's arms.

By the way, I also took a picture of Lindemann’s hat…

"Hey! I told you not to slap or feed the baby! If you slap again, I'll get mad and you can drive the boat by yourself!" The little nose snorted softly, and then a big hole was torn in the package...

After straightening his hat and looking at Raisin who was happily eating chocolate, Lindman couldn't help but want to complain: "I'm telling you, you ate my chocolate, you better be better when you fight me later!"

"I know! Really, you're so stingy! You're talking as if I didn't fight well some time ago..." He muttered incoherently, rolling his eyes. Lindeman, who was rolled his eyes, didn't know why, but suddenly thought about whether he should change the hairstyle of this hamster next time, such as twin ponytails or something...

A muffled sound was faintly heard outside the porthole, and Lindmann knew that another mine had been detonated by the Hamster minesweeper.

Lindemann, smiling, couldn't help but stroke Grape's pink hair. Sure enough, Grape is still very obedient and hardworking...

Soon, the officers and soldiers on the bridge of the Tirpitz once again heard the scream of their unreliable captain, which happened several times a day and they had long been accustomed to it and ignored it...

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Bismarck was still worried as he watched the Hamster gradually sail into the depths of the harbor...

After all, this place is just outside the port of Alexandria, not far away at all! The Allies have more than 700 aircraft in Egypt, not including the two aircraft carriers of the British Mediterranean Fleet!

It is precisely because of this that the Zeppelin aircraft carrier will dock near the shallows less than 280 kilometers from the shore! After all, the African Corps' land aviation force only has aircraft, and because of the pressure of logistics, the airport is still far away! So Lütjens can only let everyone stay together as much as possible, and the air defense will be better dispatched by hugging each other...

However, if daybreak comes, there will definitely be a large-scale air raid...

After all, this is a harbor, and the west is full of large shoals. Moreover, Tizi's current mission is to bombard the other side, but he must go deep into the bay!

This terrain makes it easy for people to catch us all in one fell swoop...

Although Zeppelin and I were still a little far from the shallows, I, as her sister, could never abandon Grapes! Neither could Zeppelin!

Seeing that the captain beside him had been working so hard that his eyelids were starting to droop, Bismarck, feeling sorry for the captain, hurried downstairs and soon brought him a cup of warm coffee...

"Captain, the coffee is ready, wake yourself up."

"Thank you, but the British Navy still hasn't shown up?" Lütjens' eyes were red from staying up late. He took a sip of coffee and seemed to be a little more energetic, but his focus was still on the war situation. After all, he was the fleet commander...

Although Bismarck still felt a little distressed... she could only do her best to do her part so that the captain could worry less about those small issues...

"No, but it should be soon..."

"Yes..." The captain nodded with bloodshot eyes...

Moreover, this is a bay. Although the British ships are slow, if they come from the east or northeast, they will be blocked in the shallows.

Zeppelin and the captain looked at each other and saw deep worry in each other's eyes.

After all, this is the most likely response from the British... Wait! I have a bad feeling...

Sensing the sudden appearance of the enemy, Bismarck's pupils shrank!

My intuition is never wrong! It's not that they "might come", but that the British have already come!

"Captain! We are on the starboard side! At three o'clock, thirty-seven kilometers away! We have found the enemy fleet, it's Warspite and the others... three battleships, four destroyers, single column, heading 260 degrees, speed 70 knots!... In addition, Zeppelin reported that her true bearing is 32.5 degrees, thirty-seven kilometers away, there are four British cruisers and six destroyers! Speed ​​, heading due west!..."

"What? Are they really coming?" Lütjens' eyelids, which had been fighting, suddenly opened: "Keep observing! Draw the situation map! Let Zeppelin launch the plane quickly and evade according to the plan! Also send a telegram to Haye, asking Haye to bring the Italians to follow us! Let's form a team..." The captain's order was interrupted by another shout from Bismarck!

"...Wait! Captain! There is new enemy information!! Twenty-four torpedo boats rushed out of the port of Alexandria! They passed through the British minefield and headed towards Tirpitz..."

"What?! Damn it!"

Lütjens stood up in horror!

Cruisers deal with Zeppelins, torpedo boats block Grapes, and Warspite is near Bismarck in its own home...

You know, the battle situation in Desert Fox is very tense right now! If the three ship girls here want to support the North African battlefield, everyone has their own mission! Not one less will do!

At this point, any accident to any of the ships would be disastrous or even devastating to the German Mediterranean Fleet! !

And the most important thing is that it is already dawn, less than an hour away from daybreak. The British Mediterranean Fleet's Indomitable aircraft carrier and the Hermes light aircraft carrier are not yet known where to release their aircraft. As soon as daybreak comes, they will join forces with the bombers at the British land airport to strangle the German Mediterranean Fleet!

This is a dead end!

unless……

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The same scene also appeared on Lindemann's bridge...

"There is about a battalion of British troops in the town of Alamein, holding out in strong fortifications with 25-pound guns, anti-tank guns and heavy machine guns. We hope that the Tirpitz can clear this stronghold..."

On the bridge of the Tirpitz, the Army Liaison Officer, who was dressed neatly and behaved like a genuine Prussian soldier, was reporting the bombardment request while looking at the unruly Lindemann and the even more unruly "ship secretary" who was curled up in the cushions next to Lindemann. He was just muttering in his heart...

How did this guy, who is a disgrace to the military, become a rear admiral and captain of a battleship?

It's really a navy idiot.

but--

"No problem! Grape, you heard it too, get up and work!" Lindman patted his chest and agreed to it. Then, under the gaze of the army officer, he directly patted the lazy and impatient "honey" beside him - his patting hand was almost bitten by Grape...

but…

Although it was a complete disgrace to the Prussian soldiers, the cannon was really accurate...

The officer couldn't help but feel emotional.

Now, please let Cannon speak!

The eight main guns of the Tirpitz minesweeper roared and fired at the town of Alamein!

Chapter 450: Never retreat

The fierce flames were particularly conspicuous in the night sky. Even from the sea more than 20 kilometers away, the direction of the town of Alamein, which had built strong fortifications, could be seen, with the flames rising into the sky!

The town now is obviously like hell. The huge cannons of the battleships cannot be compared with the small water pipes of the army. For the fortifications of Alamein, it is justice sent from heaven!

After each burst of fire, it would take a long time before a dull sound could be heard. The muffled bangs reminded Bismarck of the gorgeous fireworks during the New Year when he was a child.

It’s just that the purposes of the two are different.

"Well done, Tirpitz," she said.

"Of course!" she said proudly, "I am Tirpitz!"

In the radio that Tirpitz carried with him, the voices of his fellow soldiers cheering for him kept coming out from his headphones, which made her equally happy.

But it seems that the sloppy rear admiral captain who openly teased her in the bridge was not satisfied?

He is so ungrateful. Do you want to throw him down?

"Tizi, be careful, we only have 40 high-explosive shells for each main gun! Don't waste them!"

"I know, I know! I know!" Tizi shook her head impatiently, shaking it like a rattle, while still muttering: "I've told you the same thing so many times! My sister told me, Lindeman told me too! Aren't you annoying!"

As a warship, when she has limited ammunition in stock, she will of course use it sparingly.

Tirpitz glared at Lindemann.

"Hey, what's with that expression?" Lindeman laughed. This cute little girl was about to rebel.

"Ignore you."

The army liaison officer seemed to hear the sound of Lindemann grinding his teeth...

Well, although Lindmann liked to joke about this kind of thing, he was still very serious about business, and the army admired him very much.

But at this moment, Bismarck's anxious voice, almost shouting, suddenly sounded from Ti Zi's WIFI.

"Warspite spotted! Everyone, please be prepared... Wait!"

"Tizi, the torpedo boats from Alexandria are coming towards you!"

"Twenty-four! Across the line! Forty knots! Tizi, you must be careful, don't get hit by their torpedoes!"