Bismarck

Not to mention that the enemy was watching closely, and there was no way to stop and rescue the pilots. Even if it was delayed for an hour, they would have been doomed.

Those are the subordinates I trained myself...

However, compared with the overall situation, this is no longer a big deal...

Zeppelin frowned, forcing himself to put aside his worries. He turned to Bismarck and Tirpitz and continued to talk about the opinions of his own captain, Bonte:

"…Top is in a dangerous situation now, he must turn immediately. But…if that's the case, Captain Bangtai asked me to tell you that if Top is afraid that his turn will leave you no room, then we can turn the transport ship directly to the south and go around behind them. In this way, you will have more room to turn…"

Zeppelin seemed to be nonchalant, but in fact he was talking about the air battle overhead with great seriousness: "But... before that, I have to let those little bastards in the sky shoot down the British and American long-range reconnaissance aircraft, otherwise our tactical arrangements will be exposed..."

"But anyway, we are now nearly twenty nautical miles away from you, so we have enough time and space to have fun..."

Hearing Zeppelin talking nonchalantly about the reconnaissance plane overhead, Bismarck felt something was wrong:

After all, I nailed the C4ISR sign on the door of Zeppelin's command room myself. Don't say that I have insights from the future. Even if I have fought for such a long time, I have already learned these things thoroughly.

How could he not know how important reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance were? Didn't he see that the first step of every battle was to have Zeppelin send fighters to deal with the enemy's reconnaissance aircraft?

"I'll ask the captain about those reconnaissance planes. Wait a minute." Bismarck interrupted Zeppelin and asked Lütjens directly.

Soon, Lütjens' answer was passed on to Zeppelin and Tizi who was listening on the side through Bismarck's mouth:

"Zeppelin, the captain said that there is no time to delay any longer." Bismarck's face was very serious, and he said directly to Zeppelin: "If those reconnaissance planes cannot be dealt with, you have to turn around, but... Tirpitz and I will turn south first, so that we can block you in front and provide cover. In addition, this way we can separate from Eugen and form a tactical situation for her to turn parallel to contain the enemy destroyers..."

Bismarck explained the deployment and stretched out his paw to make a tactical diagram. With the explanation of the tactical diagram, not only Zeppelin, who was a master of tactics, but also Grape, who was recognized as the most lazy and troublesome among the four ship girls in the naval base and only wanted to play and didn't want to study, could understand it quickly.

Looking at Tizi who had already memorized the tactical map, the Persian cat, who had finished explaining the deployment, stretched out his other paw and tugged at the hamster beside him:

"Tizi, did you hear that? Tell this to Eugen and Toph later."

Eugen is now helping Top to avoid the bombardment while desperately driving away the American destroyers. Apart from coming over to report the enemy situation at the beginning, she has been helping Top to start the battle since then. She has no extra energy to come over and meet them - even for a ship girl, the energy of her "mental model" has a limit.

It's just that...Tizi is obviously getting impatient:

"I heard it. I know Eugen is still waiting for our answer, so I'll go over now. Also, sister, let's act quickly. If we don't act now, Eugen will be in real danger."

A certain grape went offline and disappeared while talking. When she disappeared, her face was puffed up and her lips were curled, and she looked eager to jump out and fight with the other party.

Seeing this hamster going offline on the WIFI, as if it was a little angry and wanted to catch a British or American warship to beat it up to vent its anger, Bismarck and Zeppelin looked at each other, feeling helpless: this girl, who had always been lazy and afraid of trouble, became like this after Bismarck almost blew up the ammunition depot last time.

Last time it was herself, and this time she was also very anxious about Eugen’s bad condition.

Although this can indeed be called growth, I still feel a little sad...

Shaking her head, Zeppelin nodded and went back to convey the battle plan to her captain, Bonte. But before leaving, she still glanced at Bismarck again.

The good thing about having a C4ISR capability that is close to networking is that in traditional naval fleets, complex operations are taboo because of the oppression on the battlefield, and language cannot clearly and accurately express one's meaning in a short period of time.

Originally, the ship girls basically communicated with each other through talking on the WIFI, but ever since Bismarck dragged herself back from Gdynia and nailed a C4ISR center sign to her command room, she has figured out a set of tactical routines - no one knows where she learned it from.

Just call everyone to the WIFI and meet with a few sisters. It's just like drawing with a drawing board. The tactical ideas are clear and clear at a glance.

As long as Warspite is not there... basically, our side can use all kinds of amazing operations and coordination, while the opponent can only use those rigid tactics - it all depends on whether the opponent's commander understands it well.

Even though military staff terminology must be standardized, it is not so convenient and accurate.

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"Tsk... this is really troublesome."

Watching a shell that had rubbed his head and fell less than a hundred meters behind him, causing a huge column of water, Top was in a state of panic. Little Eugen beside him was also staring at the American destroyer opposite nervously, holding his fist in front of his chest and directing his main body to attack. However, although the 203mm main gun fired continuously and even severely injured an American destroyer and forced it out of the battlefield, at a distance of 20 kilometers, the shells needed one minute to fly, and the guided shells needed much longer.

A short five minutes seemed so long now. During this short time, the destroyers on the other side - two Benson-class destroyers DD421 Benson and DD459 Laffey, and four Fletcher-class destroyers DD445 Fletcher, DD449 Nicholas, DD450 O'Bannon, and DD451 Chevalier that were put into service in advance during wartime production, except for the Chevalier that was seriously injured and retired, the other five destroyers have closed from kilometers to within kilometers. And they are still getting closer and closer.

Even though Eugen had begun to desperately attack the leading destroyer, the Benson, there was no way to stop the distance from closing.

Under such a terrible battlefield situation, neither of them was able to utter a word.

"Tsk... no news from the commander yet?"

"No...never..." Eugen was almost crying as he watched the enemy getting closer and closer. "Top! They are almost 20 kilometers away from us!"

Twenty kilometers is the range of torpedoes in anti-naval warfare.

What's worse is that this is the equatorial trade wind belt. The wind direction and ocean currents are from east to west. The Americans are in the southeast of us, and once they launch a torpedo, they will go downstream. Our situation is in the reverse state, and if we are not careful, we will be covered by the opponent's torpedo net and have no way to escape.

“Top Top…what should I do…”

"Hold on - as long as the commander doesn't give orders, we must hold on. If it's really impossible, then it depends on whether you can avoid it..."

Top said these harsh words, but he couldn't help but look in the direction of Lütjens behind him. When he saw the two battleships that seemed to be turning around ten kilometers away, Top seemed to think of the days under Kumetz again...

Is he trying to use himself and Eugen as shields?

Although he knew that Lütjens would never do that, Top couldn't help but think about it.

Wait, turn?

Before Top could react, a cold female voice that he rarely heard appeared behind him:

"Captain Top, Eugen, my sister asked me to tell you that the commander wants you to turn left immediately and keep a distance from their destroyers..."

"Sister Tirpitz!" Eugen opened his mouth into an O shape and looked at the girl in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Top looked back and saw a pink-haired woman who had suddenly appeared. She was standing beside the chart table. She ignored the officers and soldiers around her who were either frightened, confused, or had "I understand" expressions on their faces. She grabbed the red and blue pencils with a little indifference, raised the automatic plotter with one hand, and then began to draw on the chart table:

"What the mouth says is a bit complicated, so I'll just draw the picture..."

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Chapter 651: Guided Torpedo

"Sister Bismarck said that the commander's plan is this... My sister and I have turned around now, and we will attack their battleships later. The route is roughly like this... Then, in order to prevent the variable of their destroyers, you must find a way to contain and destroy their destroyers..."

"Once we've finished cleaning up, you will come back and attack their battleships with me and my sister. Also, Zeppelin's planes can take off at half past twelve at the latest. Be sure to leave enough depth for her to fly her planes in the upwind position. Leave this area for Zeppelin... That's about it, got it?"

Following Tirpitz's voice, Hamster's slender fingers, which were used to holding paintbrushes, grabbed the two-color pencil and quickly drew a simple tactical diagram. Although she was just copying her sister, and her tactical explanation was almost the same as what Bismarck and Zeppelin had told her before, but...

Although she didn't understand tactical maps, but... she understood painting.

Painting is her forte.

For a homely painter who does not have a formal six-year high school diploma and does not want to go to architecture school to become an architect, since she has served in the military for a few years, scribbling a few tactical drawings on the ready-made nautical chart symbols is not much more difficult than graffiti.

However, in the eyes of Top, who had rich combat experience, this tactical map made him understand Commander Lütjens's arrangements in an instant.

Moreover, even an experienced and excellent captain like Top couldn't help but feel a little amazed by this arrangement...

"As expected of the commander, you can even come up with this kind of operation..."

Top, feeling reassured, glanced at the two battleships on his port side that were turning southward, and said with a slight smile: "I see. We will be the ones to contain those destroyers later."

"Oh, I'll go back then." After hearing Top confirm that he had heard her explanation, the pink-haired girl nodded, said "oh", and disappeared directly from Top's sight. However, although Yiren disappeared, she left a message in the bridge: "Top, don't hurt Eugen."

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Looking at the place where Tizi disappeared and hearing the last words left by Tizi, Top couldn't help but feel angry.

"What do you mean I hurt Eugen? How could I..." Before he could finish his complaint, Eugen beside him hurriedly grabbed Top, and at the same time, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen turned around suddenly. The powerful centripetal force of inertia immediately caused the hull of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen to tilt a little:

"Top. Their battleships fired..."

Before he could finish his words, a 406mm shell flew past the window glass of the bridge with a death scream - even if it didn't hit, the strong air shock wave torn by the main gun shell of the battleship whizzing past would shake the bulletproof glass on the bridge.

Although Eugen's left turn avoided the chance of a bullet that almost destroyed the command post of the Prinz Eugen by a hair's breadth, and he turned back immediately, in fact, during this time, he actually got closer to the destroyer on the opposite side.

At 12:10, the distance between the two sides had narrowed to less than 15 kilometers - the torpedo range at 30 knots.

Although one of the six American destroyers had been severely damaged and had to withdraw from the battle, and the other destroyer at the front had also been severely damaged and slowed down by Eugen's attack, and had to withdraw from the battle line... But in Eugen's eyes, the remaining four destroyers on the opposite side were still moving rapidly towards his bow at a speed of 127 knots. Even the American destroyer that he had just crippled had not left far away, and was still using her guns to launch symbolic attacks in vain at the maximum range...

but……

The speed of the American destroyer was higher after all, and as it got closer, its position had moved from the original three o'clock position, about ninety degrees to Eugen's right, to thirty degrees in front of Eugen's right, or one o'clock. At this position, if it moved a little further, it would be T-advantage.

Even as the distance got closer, Eugen, who was watching the destroyers on the opposite side, saw that the sailors on several destroyers were operating torpedo tubes and showing them to him. ——Although he didn't know why, perhaps because he was afraid that his ship girl's observation ability would avoid torpedoes, or wanted to preserve the largest assault weapon of the American destroyer, the Americans did not launch torpedoes immediately, but continued to close the distance little by little...

Apart from the destroyers, Eugen was only about 406 kilometers away from the American battleships. The two battleships fired mm main guns in turn, and the momentum and pressure were suffocating.

This distance is when the heavy cruiser's kinetic energy is at its weakest, but it is when the battleship's shells reach their peak in terms of kinetic energy conservation and firing accuracy. Moreover, even the level of artillery is obviously more accurate and fierce.

Although they were the same two American battleships, their artillery accuracy, firepower efficiency, suppression effect, artillery tactics, etc. had obviously improved compared to the previous Battle of the Faroe Islands.

Under the repeated bombardment of the two battleships, even Eugen found it increasingly difficult to dodge.

And the worst thing is that under such fire cover, the American destroyer assault is now within range, which forces Eugen to continue paying attention to the destroyer side.

The consequence of paying attention to the enemies attacking from two directions at the same time was that after a loud bang, a large hole was punched through the entire bridge.

“Ah! It hurts so much… wuwuwu…”

Tears came out of his eyes due to the pain, and Eugen was a little panicked as he covered his head...

A big hand gently patted the little rabbit Eugen on the head: "Don't panic, I'm still watching."

"Ah?" Eugen, who was slightly startled, turned around and looked: "Top?"

"Let's continue moving forward. I'll give the order to evade their torpedoes. Just keep an eye on their destroyers and see when they launch torpedoes. Alert me as soon as they launch torpedoes or get within 10,000 meters."

Although the hand on Eugen's head was pulling at her ponytail dishonestly, Top was not looking at Eugen at the moment. Instead, he looked at the American destroyers opposite with a confident sneer, and at the same time he was looking at the American battleships farther away: "Pay attention later to see if all their destroyers have fired torpedoes - if any of them haven't fired torpedoes together, tell me immediately... Hmm? The American battleships opposite seem to be under fire? Bismarck and others are firing."

"Yes, yes! Sister Bismarck and Sister Tirpitz are already firing."

Eugen, whose braids were gently pulled by Top, looked back at the rear. Bismarck and Tirpitz, which had already turned, were heading southeast by south, maintaining a speed of 380 knots at a leisurely pace, cutting through the waves and heading towards the two American battleships heading northeast 6 kilometers away. With a sneer, he began to bombard with the sixteen 34mm main guns in his hands. Although the caliber of the MK8 was a whole circle thicker than that of the SKC, the higher chamber pressure, the more slender and sharper shells that conformed to fluid mechanics and had a lower resistance of CRH projectile coefficient, as well as the faster initial velocity and straighter trajectory brought by these, and the more efficient speed retention performance due to the lower resistance than simply increasing the weight of the shells, as well as the ship girl's control...

Row after row of four-and-a-half-round salvos accurately enveloped the American battleships between the water columns - this was just a firepower measurement, and once the parameters were determined, it would immediately turn into a full-force bombardment like a storm.

Even at a distance of thirty kilometers, Bismarck and Tirpitz could guarantee a certain hit rate, but the American warships on the other side were just a pile of cutlery.

Although their battleships have significantly improved their fire control systems and artillery concepts, a distance of thirty kilometers is already very close to the limit range for the MK6.

The dispersion of the artillery fire near the extreme range will gradually change from an ellipse with a large distance error to a nearly perfect circle, but at such a long distance... Eugen himself knew that the radar observation of the American battleships had been electronically interfered, and the efficiency of aiming was completely random; and optical observation of water column correction of artillery fire was completely out of the question. The barrage of Bismarck and Tirpitz alone was enough to make them hide hysterically.

Moreover, under the water columns of the bombardment, flashes of light and smoke screens could be seen from time to time. Eugen, who was holding his forehead, knew that it was an unscrupulous hamster sister who was using high-intensity flares to illuminate the two American battleships over there. It was really blinding...

What a wicked way of playing.

Looking at the American warships that were turning around in a panic, Eugen wanted to cover his face... However, although it was a bit excessive, but... looking at the panic of the Americans on the other side, it seemed to be quite effective...

Seeing the moral integrity of the two sisters, Eugen, who was originally innocent and cute, has been completely obsessed.

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However, in this case, Americans will be angry...

"General, what should we do?" The staff gritted their teeth, looking unwilling but helpless.

"Why are you panicking? Didn't you notice that their maneuvering has left the middle empty?" Giffen's expression remained unchanged as he issued his orders in a nonchalant manner. He had already become aware of the situation and no longer cared about life or death:

"I'll tell you what I've been waiting for - come on, pass the order: the entire fleet will start turning according to Plan No. 300. The battleships will head degrees northwest and attack the German battleships with all their might; the destroyer fleet will follow the plan and seize the T-head of the Prinz Eugen and launch an assault, at least to drive this heavy cruiser further away... In addition, no matter who breaks through the German interception position, search and attack the Zeppelin and their transport ships in the northwest direction..."

As he spoke, Giffen turned around and his tone became more severe: "They have Zeppelin here, so retreating means death. If you want to return alive, you have no choice but to burn your boats - do you understand? If you understand, then act immediately."

A general is the courage of his soldiers. Seeing Major General Giffen's realization, his subordinates inexplicably surged with morale:

"Yes!"

"Well, come with me..."

Encouraged by Giffen, American battleships and destroyers also began to turn and started to attack separately.

Even the young American soldiers showed their own bloodiness at this moment.

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Only two minutes had passed since 11000:105, and the distance had now shortened to meters. Even the destroyer's main gun and Eugen's mm secondary gun were firing. This was the range of the torpedoes of both sides at a speed of knots. Of course, the lead time factor also needed to be considered. At the same time, the gunfire of the American battleships had already begun to shift towards Bismarck and Tirpitz.

Top naturally saw the American destroyer's turning movement. ...

"Eugen, Eugen."

No response,

"Eugen?" Top turned his head and saw that his little rabbit was staring at the direction of the two American battleships being beaten by Bismarck and Tirpitz, and was in a daze...

With a bang, Eugen, who was immersed in the bombardment tactics of his two sisters, was hit on the head...

It’s enough to be in a daze on the battlefield!

"Don't be in a daze! Their destroyers are coming. Prepare to turn left and engage in a naval battle with them. Otherwise, they will launch torpedoes..."

After turning, it was a battle of the same naval type. When shooting, the torpedoes had to be fired at the "oblique side" and could not reach him. But if this girl continued to be in a daze and was snatched away by the Americans, Top felt a little annoyed when he thought of this.

"Eh? Okay, okay." Eugen, who had been awakened from her tactics by the knock, quickly responded while pouting and began to turn the rudder. However, she was reluctant to leave, and while turning the rudder, she continued to look towards the American battleship.

"Hmm? Toptop, it looks like the American battleship is turning behind us."