Churchill and his submarine "Sea Spike" are on their way to Radell Port with four other British submarines. The German surprise fleet that was wandering outside Radell Port suddenly disappeared, which made Churchill, who hoped for a perfect revenge war, and Raul, a teenager who hoped to become famous in World War I, fall into the bottom of disappointment again, because they could only determine their direction and carry out torpedo attacks at night through the shelling sound and fire of German warships. Otherwise, unless the German fleet passed through their noses, there was no equipment for British submarines to wander around the vast sea.
However, to everyone’s surprise, a very dramatic scene appeared. Because the surface navigation of the German U-submarine was slightly higher than that of the Holland II submarine, Deng Nici uo39 and three other German submarines unconsciously caught up with the Sea Spur, but because of the poor sight at night, both sides had other submarines heading for Radell. Deng Nici side was the second submarine formation in the Atlantic Ocean, and Churchill side was not long ago shooting torpedoes to sink the three battleships and two cholera II submarines, so neither side showed up at the first time.
In this way, Deng Nici, the uo39 control tower, and Churchill, the "Sea Sting" control tower, are moving in the same direction at a distance of more than 200 yards. These two people who would have become the heavyweights of their respective countries after more than 20 years have met in this environment.
The black vulture cross navy flag and the St. George’s cross navy flag were flying above their heads.
The first inquiry signal was sent by Deng Nici uo39. After seeing the signal from the German submarine, the signalman "Sea Spike" was still wondering whether the other party had the wrong signal or he had misremembered the signal. When the poor guy went to ask Rolle and Churchill, the British people felt that things were not good. After the other party delayed responding, Deng Nici and the sailors on uo39 finally realized that something was wrong.
At this time, the quality difference between the commanders and sailors of the two sides once again showed that Raul and his sailors were novice submarines, Churchill had never commanded submarines, and Britain had little basic experience in submarine attack tactics. Deng Nici and his sailors attacked the situation in the Baltic Sea at the beginning of the war, and then moved to the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to fight for 30 battles without losing. All kinds of sudden situations have met uo39 and the crew members called it the trump card of the German navy submarine force.
When the British were preparing for the flare, the Deng Nici sailors were preparing for the ship’s artillery and machine guns. About half a minute later, a flare rose from the "Sea Sting" Ran Ran to illuminate the other side and also illuminate themselves. Churchill saw the German naval flag symbolizing victory and saw the muzzle of the other side.
Deng Nici sailors will naturally not miss this good opportunity by adding the British themselves to shoot flares at such close range.
On December 27th, 1914, at two o’clock in the morning, the 6-boat fleet was completed and sailed to the southern coast of England under the protection of the escort fleet, and the paratroopers of the 2 nd and 3 rd descending regiments had boarded the plane at 30 airports in Cherbourg. The lights of the airport were lit up, and there were red guide lights on both sides of the runway. Hundreds of aircraft propellers took the lead in taking off successively, which was the first large-scale night combat operation of the 23 rd fighter-bomber squadron of the German army. Before that, all pilots had 34 night take-off and landing trainings with good lighting conditions and excellent pilots.
There are many broad plains in the south of England, and several kilometers of wilderness in Fiona Fang around the town of Wood is very common. This town with more than 100 residents is like a snow-covered paradise. There are few traces of horses and chariots walking in the snow around the town. More than 100 pairs of big feet step on the snow and creak dully. This team that quietly appears in the south of the town has not disturbed the residents’ good dreams. Poor British people don’t know what will happen here in a few hours.
Karen led the German commando team to a stop half a mile from Woodtown. He called the messenger "Report to the headquarters that we have arrived at the scheduled location! There are no British troops nearby, but we haven’t met the third commando yet! "
Karen once again observed the surrounding environment when the signal soldier reported that there was not even a little light in the vicinity, and the town was in a peaceful and quiet state. According to the information of "British The Infiltrator", two British infantry companies and a militia were stationed in Wood Town, and three policemen in Lianjia Town Police Station were 5 kilometers away from Fiona Fang, and there were less than 5oo British armed men. The nearest military camp here was the barracks of Beaumouth garrison more than 10 kilometers away.
Like all commandos, Karen crouched on the ground. He took out his telescope and observed Woodtown not far away, but the faint starlight could see the outline of some houses.
Heim moved slowly from the back of the team. "Captain, should we first find out the situation in the town and kill the British troops inside?"
Karen put the telescope and turned to look at Heim. "Not now. It’s best to wait until we meet with the third commando before acting! Remember, their joint codes are’ Firebird’ and’ Stone’! Tell you what, Lieutenant, you take 20 men to the west of town and take care not to be caught in the crossfire by the British now! Whether or not there is a third commando team, it must be back here in an hour! "
"Yes!" Hailim immediately ordered 20 commandos out of their figure and soon disappeared into the snow.
Chapter 40 Gorgeous performance
When a series of "owl" heavy bombers take off, those real owls hidden in the Woods may wonder in their little heads that there are such huge flying objects in this world, even pterosaurs will be dwarfed by such bombers.
The airplane has a wingspan of 35 meters, a length of 23 meters, a fuselage weight of 25 tons, and a maximum takeoff weight of 65 tons. Owl is enough to make all Germans proud. It is made of all-wood structure with gabriel skin, and it has an anti-angle main wing. The cross section of the fuselage is rectangular. Each group of main landing gears includes two skidded landing gears at the rear of the wheels. "Owl" is produced by Caijiji Aviation Group. The sun motive is installed in the nacelle with armored protection motive. The crew members are located in the open cockpit, and the pilots and pilots/mechanics sit side by side in the shooter
It was already 2: 15 in the morning when the 17th bomber squadron of the German Army finished the knot in Cherbourg, and there was still more than an hour before the descent. The pilot of this squadron was Flingher, who is 36 years old. His flying career dates back to before the first plane, when he flew as a glider. After the establishment of Thomas Post Office, he became a number of pilots recruited and trained by the people, flying postal planes across the English Channel more than 100 times before World War I.
After the war, the German army carried out many large formation flights of 50 planes, but the night battle operation was still inferior. In view of the lack of aircraft navigation and communication tools at this time, many planes took part in this oo-dropping, and the squadron unit flew over the strait for hundreds of kilometers from Cherbourg to the landing site, and the landing site was almost north of Cherbourg, which greatly reduced the possibility of German pilots getting lost. Among the other 42 flying squadrons, 42 excellent pilots like Flingher still had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of leading the fleet to the right place.
"Our flying height should be 13oo meters, and now it’s 11oo meters. Climb further!"
After Flingher yelled at the nearby pilot, the arc lamp on the cockpit surface sent a signal to the plane behind him. In the ground warfare operation of the German Sixth Army, the arc lamp has been proved to be a very convenient and effective battlefield communication tool. This time, the German army moved the plane to contact the planes behind the pilot.
After the signal "Climb with me" came out from Flingher 17o1 twice, none of the 19 planes behind followed him to climb. Those lights lit up the airport and the ignorant outline of the French coast gradually disappeared behind them
2o "Owls" 4o, 3oo horsepower motive noise is huge, and it seems that there are terrible swarms of bees everywhere, big or small planes. Because of the small fluctuation of airflow, they are like huge fleets moving rapidly and orderly on the surface of the sea. People look from their own planes, and there are groups of black shadows everywhere. Arc lights of navigation machines are flashing on the tail of each plane. Only recently, anti-collision lights have been installed to make this place full of orange "stars". This anti-collision light, together with the difference between the ascending order of each fleet and the scheduled flight height, is enough to ensure that a large number of planes fly safely and
"The direction is very good!" Flingher thugs glanced at the compass. At this time, the direction of the fleet was due north.
Soon, No.17O1 will signal the arc lamp again.
"The first heading determination point is in front of the aircraft to maintain the height!"
Pilots can see from a distance that there are conspicuous light spots in front of them, that is, the course determination points are made up of naval navigation airships. There is an airship with camera equipment every five miles on the route from Cherbourg to the landing site. These airships are almost at rest, which are like medium lighthouses to ensure that the subsequent German fleet flies along the right route. From a higher level, these airships form a discontinuous and straight line, but the other straight line is pointing to the landing site.
With the double insurance of navigator and navigation airship, 60 planes take off on the same day, but the navigation airship makes it limited to the situation that our own army zhan has absolute advantage. It is very important for those fighter-bombers who take off first to ensure that their navigation airship will not be threatened by British fighters.
Knock, knock, knock …
Although I didn’t knock at the door, I woke up from my dream. It’s really bad to be woken up suddenly (friends who stayed up all night watching football should have had experience)
"I know!" Chen Tian should get up from bed with a full face of drowsiness and wash his face with cold water, and then he finally woke up.
Chen Tian picked up the bedside table watch and walked out while wearing it. At 2: 25 in the morning, it seems that the fleet has reached its destination.
After knocking on the door, Chen Tian saw that it was no longer Renee’s familiar face to replace Renee’s bodyguard, Brecci, who was 29 years old. He had been with Chentian for a long time and was regarded as a veteran of the close guards.
"I’m sorry to disturb you rest! Someone will just be sent to inform us that we have arrived at the scheduled shelling site 10 nautical miles south of Beaumouth Beach! " Outside the door, Brecci said apologetically that he seemed to think it was a bad thing to disturb others’ sleep.
"No, even if you don’t wake me up for a while now, the cannon will make me jump out of bed!" Chen Tian patted Brecci on the shoulder to show comfort. This old bodyguard is somewhat stiff in front of himself, especially when they are alone. It can be said that he takes the identity of both sides too seriously.
When Chentian entered the command room, the main naval generals of the shelling fleet, such as Hoffman and guderian, were already waiting there. Scheer and Hoffman were still talking with great interest. When Chentian arrived, they stopped talking and changed their military posture to face this heavyweight.
"Everyone has worked hard!"
It can be seen that most people here didn’t rest before. Scheer’s eyes are still shining, but his face is tired. It’s not cold water that can be rushed to Hoffman and other six army generals. At this time, he must be asleep. Chen Tian himself firmly believes that rest is a better fight. He has been trying to instill this healthy concept into Hoffman, but this diligent staff member insists on working tirelessly as a motivation until after the war, and he will hide and sleep in the dark.
This selfless spirit of generals deserves a standard military salute. If it weren’t for the military parade, he would still be happy to respect this German military salute. This simple gesture is a symbol of the honor of German soldiers (of course, it is not a Nazi-era hand salute)
"The temple to disturb you rest! According to the plan, we can shell now! " Scheer is still unsmiling, and most German generals have this kind of expression on this occasion. Although the atmosphere is a bit serious and dull, Germans do have this kind of personality, unlike careless Americans, who can always be humorous, cold or hot.
"Very well! Is Beaumouth Beach ahead? " Chen Tian took Hoffman’s telescope and went to the window of the command room to observe. Obviously, at this time, the British had already discovered this unfortunate German fleet. More than a dozen searchlights were pointing to the beach here, and all kinds of fortifications were still hiding in the night. At this time, from the battleship, there was a vague outline of the British coastline.
Looking down at the searchlight beam, there are still several Led Zeppelin ships in the high school. They seem to be in Britain. Fighters and anti-aircraft guns can’t reach the height. At this time, the airships have stopped moving. The British searchlight shines on their bellies. They are going to throw bombs instead of bombs. The shelling fleet instructs the target to shine.
"Is there any movement from the British fleet at Plymouth?" After scanning back and forth on the beach several times, Chen Tian put a telescope and asked
"The British warships have all fired and anchored, but no warship has sailed out of the harbor yet!" Hoffman answered without thinking that he did stay up all night and pay attention to all aspects.
Chen Tian nodded with satisfaction. With the technology exhibition, the era of stopping one’s airship at the other’s port for reconnaissance will be gone forever. However, in the future, some reconnaissance planes and spy satellites will be more advanced to replace it. It can be said that the times are always improving.
"Be careful for British submarines!"
"Temple, please rest assured that our destroyers have been deployed around the battleship. It is difficult for British submarines to directly attack the battleship across their cordon! According to our admiralty information, there are less than five submarines that the British can dispatch now. Others are either sinking or injured, and many have to stay in port and rust because of lack of parts! In this case, we will try our best to minimize the threat of the British submarine force to the boarding 6 ship! "
Scheer’s confident but not frivolous words made everyone feel at ease.
For Chen Tian, the German navy, the cornerstone of Scheer and other veterans, did not feel complacent after the great victory. This is the most important thing. This is in stark contrast to the loss of the cornerstone in a coup in one day. The Japanese 6 th Army has now lost its way like a ghost.
"Very good!" Chen Tian raised my hand again and looked at his watch. At 2 o’clock in the morning, it was time for the scheduled shelling.
After a deep breath, Chentian officially announced the Deng 6 operation.
"shell as planned!"
A red flare rose from the "Border Governor" Ran Ran, but the earth-shattering roar did not ring immediately. The German airships that stayed on the beach immediately dropped flares one after another on the whole beach, and suddenly the British searchlights, watchtowers and beach fortifications were exposed to the German shelling fleet.