Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 632 Super Collision
On the night of March 3, the Singaporean fleet quietly sailed out from the Strait of Malacca, passing through the Burmese Sea, loaded some ocean-going supplies at Port Blair on the Indian Ocean, bypassed Sri Lanka, and entered the Gulf of Aden in the northwest direction, and finally passed through the Suez Canal. The goal is the world-famous Alexandria Harbour.

However, just after entering the Red Sea, they encountered the worst naval battle in history.

On the Bismarck, the iconic battleship of the German Navy, Admiral Lukins is discussing the current situation with his senior generals.This time they were ordered by the German Military Command to carry out a combat operation code-named "Rhine Exercise", dispatching the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, commanded by Lukins, starting from Norway, intending to pass through the Denmark Strait Into the Atlantic to attack British sea lines of communication.However, just as the fleet entered the Denmark Strait, it received an urgent telegram from the Supreme Command, which said that according to a telegram intercepted and deciphered by the Secret Police Headquarters, China had sent a fleet directly from the Indian Ocean. The specific purpose of the Atlantic Ocean is unknown, but it is guessed that it wants to block the outlet of the Suez Canal, so that German and Italian warships lose contact with the South Atlantic Ocean and North Africa.

This news was no small matter, and the Supreme Command ordered Lukins to lead the fleet to the Red Sea immediately, and annihilate the Chinese fleet before it reached the intended location.In the era of pursuing the doctrine of large ships and large guns, the caliber of naval guns and the size of the hull have an important impact on determining the victory of naval battles.The major naval powers are scrambling to build giant battleships, and giant battleships with huge scale and fierce firepower continue to appear.In order to deal with the powerful British navy, Germany built the largest battleship in the world at that time in 1906, named "Bismarck". Reminiscent of the amazing anti-strike capabilities of German warships in previous wars, the British Admiralty felt that it was a real challenge to deal with this German ship. So tricky.

The Bismarck-class battleships were the largest battleships built by Germany in the early days of World War II.Their completion and service caused great repercussions in the naval circles, and even then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill praised it as a masterpiece in the history of shipbuilding!
In 1904, the German Navy began to conduct theoretical research on the construction of a 3.5-ton battleship, and conducted a feasibility study on its armament, armor and speed. In 1905, the German Naval Construction Bureau prepared to build two battleships to replace the outdated Hannover and Schleswig Holstein pre-dreadnoughts.

This ship has a displacement of 45000 tons, more than 10000 tons more than similar British warships. The firepower on the ship is extremely strong. Only the main turret is equipped with 381 8 mm caliber artillery. Turret at sea.In terms of speed, the huge "Bismarck" is not inferior to any British ship.It can be said that the "Bismarck" is almost perfect in terms of seaworthiness and combat effectiveness.However, the style of warfare at this time has undergone great changes, and it is outdated to continue to pursue the doctrine of large ships and cannons. Therefore, no matter how perfect the design is, without the cover of the air force, no battleship, no matter how strong it is, cannot escape the fate of extinction.

Lukins' fleet quickly arrived at the mouth of the Red Sea, and has been staying here for almost a week without even seeing the shadow of a Chinese warship. Lukins began to doubt the intelligence of the military department. He even thought that the The sealed information may be a smoke bomb deliberately released by the Chinese. In such a tense situation in Europe, he led the main German fleet, but stopped fishing in the Red Sea. It is not an option to continue like this, but there is no order from above. It is basically impossible to return to the Mediterranean Sea.And now it is too late to go back to implement the "Rhine Exercise" plan.In war, there is a time limit for an order from being issued to being executed. After this time limit, the order can be invalidated.

Not only did Lukins have doubts, but pessimism is also the emotional tone that plagues this fleet. The homesickness caused by leaving home and the loss of the future are the main reasons for the morale of this fleet. Various methods to mobilize morale After trying again and again, in order to cheer up the soldiers, Lukins had to allow the fleet to temporarily stop off the coast of North Africa to create some opportunities for these sailors to go ashore to prostitute.The rest of the generals couldn't say anything. Apart from cursing the stupid pigs in Berlin, all they could do was hold the bottle and get drunk.

Only Captain Ernst Lindemann's suggestion is still the right way for him. According to the words of this admiral who suffered a lot in East Asia, only victory is the best way to boost morale. From the perspective of strength comparison, it is not an impossible task to achieve such a goal. If you can choose a suitable weather, so that the opponent's aircraft that are superior to your own can't play a role, in a melee, the outcome is really close. Hard to say.

The weather is also considered beautiful. There has been some haze in the Atlantic Ocean these days. This is a good time for Lukins to wait for.

In contrast to the German fleet waiting for a rabbit in the Red Sea, the Singaporean fleet, which had already sailed in the Arabian Sea at this time, was heading northwest at a high speed of 19 knots. It is estimated that it would take less than an hour to reach the mouth of the Red Sea. , there is almost no warning time, so in addition to the airships taking turns on duty during the day, there are also batches of warning duties at night.In the month since the entire army received the edict, apart from a few exercises, there have been no combat orders, and more than [-] naval officers and soldiers are all holding back their energy.It was not until a month later that the war against Germany was first issued, and the next day was a strong statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The navy knew that the time to raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a short time had come.

However, the edict only said that the Singapore fleet should arrive at the Alexandria military port with carrier-based aircraft, and did not issue an order to attack the German fleet, which surprised everyone.Only Fleet Commander Sa Zhenbing received a top-secret telegram from the emperor, which stated that the Singapore fleet should arrive at the designated location, and then send carrier-based aircraft to carry out nuclear explosions on Germany.

During the voyage of more than ten days, the rest of the officers and soldiers were holding back their energy. As long as they could meet the Japanese warship, they would give each other a hard blow. Only Sa Zhenbing kept sweating in his hands. He was so worried that he couldn't even sleep. He knew that his warship was carrying super weapons that could destroy several cities. What if the naval gun hits and explodes?If that were the case, not only would the mission not have been accomplished, but the atomic bomb would have been powerful enough to destroy the entire fleet.

However, they were lucky, not only did they not encounter any enemy ships during the ten-day voyage, they did not even encounter pirate ships.Seeing that the destination was not far away, Sa Zhenbing finally let go of half of his heart.

The next day, that is, at 3:26 am on March 7.The sky was cloudy, and after anchoring for half a day, Sa Zhenbing carried out the final mobilization of all crew members. With a few whistles, the Singaporean fleet began to anchor and head towards the Red Sea.However, at this time, neither the two German super battleships nor China's Singapore fleet knew that the two sides were approaching quietly.A super collision never before seen in the Red Sea is about to unfold.

The Red Sea extends southeast from Suez, Egypt to the Mandeb Strait, about 2100 kilometers long.The Bab el-Mandeb Strait connects to the Gulf of Aden and then to the Arabian Sea.Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on the west bank face each other across the sea from Saudi Arabia and Yemen on the east bank.

At this time, two super giant ships of Germany were cruising in the waters 20 nautical miles away from Sudan. Lukins could see that on the beach in the distance, many local residents were looking at them curiously. He couldn't help showing contempt smile.But with that comes anxiety.As time went on, his doubts about the accuracy of the military's intelligence increased day by day, and he felt that he and his soldiers were like a bunch of idiots, performing a boring mission of no value at all.

And on the sea 30 nautical miles away, the Singapore fleet is driving at high speed.Due to the weather, Sa Zhenbing did not send two teams of carrier-based aircraft to perform security missions in the air as usual, but only sent one team.Each of the six battleships has a group of aircraft, organized into three squadrons, and take turns to take on the security mission. The first to detect the enemy's situation was a Bluebird reconnaissance plane that took off from the flagship Qiuzi aircraft carrier.The Qiuzi aircraft carrier is the latest successful "Shang" class aircraft carrier built by the empire. There are four aircraft carriers of this class. Unlike the first generation of "wind" naming rules, this generation of aircraft carriers are named after spring, summer, autumn, Named after the four seasons of winter, the Qiuzi aircraft carrier has just been deployed to the Singapore fleet and has become the new combat core of the fleet.

The pilot of this blue bird reconnaissance plane is called Chongyuan, a man from Liaoyang Prefecture in Liaodong, and a former White Banner member of the Han Army. , was the first bannerman who gave up the annual subsidy of six taels of silver and voluntarily entered the Han Dynasty. After him, there was also a trend. More than [-]% of the soldiers who were full of the army banner in the Central Plains voluntarily registered as ordinary Han people.

The correspondent on the plane is Wen Hui, a man from Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. He was originally the fireman on the Dingyuan ship. He was incorporated into the command class and learned professional skills such as radio operation and artillery sighting data compilation for nearly half a year. After returning, he was directly incorporated into the Singapore Fleet Air Force formation.

Wen Hui was the first to discover the gun on the Bismarck. He was using the radio to report to the fleet that "heavy fog, I can see five miles, and everything is normal." Almost suddenly, a column of smoke appeared.Then there were two, three, and then he gradually recognized the ****. One of the symbols of this **** appears on the front pages of various newspapers almost every day. To him, it is very familiar .

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