Bismarck

A Bismarck with waist-length blonde hair was huddled beside the radio, listening to the songs on the radio in boredom.

Although the songs on the radio sound very pleasant to people of this era, Bismarck, who comes from the future and is used to concerts and the second dimension, actually doesn’t like this style of music of this era very much…

Oh, it's too old-fashioned. It sounds like the music of our grandparents' generation. Only some German military songs sound exciting and thrilling.

But now, this is the only way to pass the time, what else can I do?

It was okay when she was fighting because she had to concentrate, but whenever she had nothing to do, she would always miss her previous life with a computer, a TV, and all kinds of delicious food. It would make her cry if she talked about it too much.

I don't know how Eugen, Top and the others are doing now...

No one knew where Bismarck's thoughts had drifted to.

I looked up and saw the autumn rain falling outside the window. Berlin in October was not like the clear and crisp autumn in China in my previous life. The gloomy weather, which was cold, windy and rainy, coupled with the sycamore trees whose leaves had turned into ugly rust-yellow in late autumn, really made people feel inexplicably depressed.

It is said that when it rains, the oxygen content in the blood decreases, which causes people to become depressed and irritable, but she is not a human, so how can she be affected?

The captain was upstairs, bargaining with Raeder in order to get treatment for everyone in the Mediterranean Fleet and Top. Zeppelin and Bonte, who had settled down and returned to work, were now out on business, leaving him alone here, watching for official documents or letters, while anxiously waiting for news from Eugen and Top...

With his ears drooped and his tail tucked in, Bismarck sat on the sofa hugging his knees and buried his face deeply in his arms...

A standard beauty to hug and take a nap.

I don't know how long it was before the door creaked open and the captain walked in.

Bismarck looked back and found that the captain seemed to be in a good mood today...

She was a little stunned: What's wrong? Did the sun rise from the west? Usually when the captain bargained with Raeder, he would come back very angry, and the whole building could hear their quarrels. When they had a good relationship with the captain, they thought Raeder was good, but once they fell out, he showed his true colors. Not only was the old man stubborn, but he also often did something weird, which made them extremely annoyed. But today...

It can't be that Redel has changed his gender...

Impossible, then she really believed that the sun rose from the west.

Bismarck's curiosity was incomprehensible, but no matter how hard I tried, I just let it go. There was no need to think about it anyway. I could just ask the captain directly.

"Captain, what's wrong? Are you so happy that Raeder didn't make things difficult for you today?"

But they were arguing about the same thing just now.

"Hey, if he gets tired of me, we'll quarrel every day." Putting down his briefcase, Lütjens sneered and sat on the chair. The news of the two people's quarrel was known to everyone in the Navy Department. Moreover, they lived in the same building and met each other all day long. If they didn't quarrel every day, everyone in the Navy Department would think it was abnormal. Moreover, Lütjens had a slight advantage recently. The reason was that after all, Lütjens's home was gone, and after he took over the Navy Department as his home, he had the home advantage...

"But I do have good news for you today. According to the telegram I just received from Top and his men, they have now successfully broken through, and even their supplies have been refilled."

"Well, this is good news, right?"

"Eh? Really? They succeeded? That's great~"

Of course it is good news. This is not good news. What is good news?

As the captain spoke, a certain Persian cat instantly perked up, leaned back on the sofa happily, and let out a long sigh.

The stone in my heart was finally put down.

Seeing his own Bismarck relaxing on the sofa with a sigh of relief, Lütjens smiled with understanding. With a smile and a doting look on his face, he looked at the Bismarck, who had become lively because of happiness.

After all, they had been through life and death together, and he knew that Bismarck was very caring and concerned about his sisters. He had noticed how worried she had been these past few days, so after getting the news, he immediately put aside his unhappiness after the quarrel with Redel and told her the news.

After so many life and death experiences, I have already let it go. As for that damned military code that forbids making noise in the offices of the Navy Department? Forget about such trivial matters.

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Deep in the North Atlantic, after completing his replenishment, Prince Eugen was beginning to hunt around the North Atlantic at a cruising speed of seventeen knots.

In the bridge that had been repaired at sea, because the two radar-connected sights on the main mast and the conning tower were destroyed by a single shot from the USS Washington, only the radar on the backup command post sight on the rear bridge could detect targets. However, the shrapnel from the previous 406mm shell not only penetrated the conning tower floor, but also caused heavy losses to the Prinz Eugen's staff and fire control group.

The steering position is not in combat mode, and the navigation bridge has a wide field of vision, not the emergency steering device in the command tower. In addition, the remaining personnel of the fire control team are now all concentrated in the emergency fire control command room in the rear bridge, which is the only available one. So now in the command tower, there are only Top and Eugen, and a wooden table that was obviously moved from somewhere to make up the number and used as a chart table...

However, this had no effect on Top's command. After all, as long as Eugen was by his side, Top could understand the surrounding situation clearly and could continue to command the bombardment.

Now, Top was standing beside the wooden table, looking at the nautical chart with a frown on his face.

This is already deep in the North Atlantic, with a sea area of ​​5,000 kilometers wide and far away from the detection range of air force bases in Iceland, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Allies have not yet occupied the Azores belonging to Portugal. Therefore, now that the Allies cannot detect its whereabouts, the Prince Eugen can be said to be free to fly freely here.

However, perhaps because their forcing their way through the Faroe Channel had too much of an impact, or because the Allied transport teams preferred to sail within the patrol aircraft cover areas of Cape Halifax, Canada, Iceland Airport and the UK mainland, and to seek air force cover as much as possible, Top and Eugen spent most of the day on the sea, but did not see a single Allied transport ship.

Although it was understandable that the Prinz Eugen could not find the target in a short time in the face of the Atlantic Ocean, which was more than 5,000 kilometers wide and the search radius was only 20 nautical miles, not to mention that the entire Atlantic Ocean was searching for him. Even if there was a merchant fleet, he would probably be asked to retreat by the Allied Shipping Administration. However, looking at the reality that nothing was found as the sun set, the impatient Top could not help scratching his head...

After the supplies were completed, it has been two days...

Looking at Top, who was like an ant on a hot pot, Eugen, who was standing beside him, was also anxious. As his warship, she knew why he was anxious - it was rare for him to go out to sea to rob but ended up with nothing. Although it was still safe, with his temper, how could such a thing be considered "safe"...

After all, although he escaped this time, he was also carrying out a mission for his motherland...

But seeing him running around like this, he couldn't bear it. So Eugen walked over and pulled Top's sleeve: "How about, Top, let's try somewhere else?"

There has been no sighting of a ghost for such a long time, so something must be wrong.

"Change location?" Top was stunned, then shook his head. "Where else can we change to? Their transport teams are basically active in Iceland, or they go around the Bay of Biscay to Gibraltar and the South Atlantic. They are all protected by their bases. We might even be searched by their search fleet..."

It seems like a familiar noun has been mentioned.

"Wait! Search fleet? Got it!"

As he was talking, Toph suddenly slammed his hands in joy, not knowing what he was thinking of. Eugen was a little confused...

"Toptop, what did you think of?"

Top was in a better mood, laughing and saying, "When we were resupplying yesterday, Rukotsheer told me that they ran into an American search fleet when they came over, but the Americans were very lax in their inspections, and they let them come over without even checking the ship. Then I was thinking, if the Americans were only on this level of alert..."

"Then we'll go to the United States?" Eugen understood what he said now. He clenched his fists and jumped with his eyes shining: "I understand! Top, I'll turn around and go to the United States right away!"

"Hahahaha~"

German warships are going to rob along the coast of the United States. Hahaha, Top was somewhat impressed by his own idea.

-----The dividing line that brought bad luck to American coastal merchant ships--------

More than a week later, in Berlin, the sky cleared up after the rain and it was a crisp autumn day.

In the Admiralty building, in Lütjens' office, the Captain, Bonte, Zeppelin and Bismarck were sitting together for a small meeting...

"...You all know that I was called to the Wolf's Lair for a meeting the day before yesterday, and I just came back this morning...The diplomatic channels have confirmed that the international situation will change drastically in the near future. Although the Bismarck on our side still needs to be repaired until the end of the year, according to the requirements of the declaration of the three countries of Germany, Italy and Japan, the head of state requires us to rush back to the Mediterranean as soon as possible and cooperate with the African Corps to capture the Suez Canal as soon as possible. Only in this way can we contain the British forces in South Asia and West Asia, so that they can't take care of both ends, and finally attack America together with the ally in the east to achieve the highest combat goal."

When saying this, Lütjens noticed that when he said this, Bismarck beside him seemed to flash a hint of disgust in his eyes.

As Bismarck's captain, he also knew why the domesticated Bismarck was so unhappy. After all, during the meeting in the Wolf's Lair, Bismarck had expressed his disgust to him in the chat, saying that the "Eastern Allies" were just a group of beasts in military uniforms.

However, there is no way to dislike it...

Even Bismarck herself knew that the captains were all Germans, but they didn't hate the Japanese as much as she did. Besides, from the perspective of the little mustache, based on her own national interests and strategic judgment, there was nothing wrong with abandoning the KMT, which had always been in a state of failure and only followed the lead of Britain and the United States, and choosing to ally with Japan to fight against Britain and the United States, so... Bismarck actually had no choice...

It’s such a headache, my cat’s head is going to explode.

Fortunately, this was cooperation with the Japanese navy, which was better than the army, and it was also based on the premise of jointly dealing with the Americans - in Bismarck's eyes, the Americans were not good people anyway.

Things like dog biting dog are just adding fuel to the fire.

So, forget it, for the sake of dealing with the Americans, I will just endure it. As long as it is not too excessive, I can just turn a blind eye to it...

I wonder if she can take advantage of this opportunity to have sex with him?

I guess not, that 460mm big dick will teach her how to build a boat. Think about her own small water pipe... Bismarck is so angry, she also wants a big dick!

However, at this time, she should still be the largest ship in the world. Although her caliber is a bit small, her size is still acceptable, and it should not be a problem for her to meet the Combined Fleet.

Bismarck curled up on the sofa and sulked, while the captain, Bonte and Zeppelin continued to discuss the issue:

"...the Air Force has agreed to transfer those Flak41 50mm anti-aircraft guns to the Navy. And I've also seen them. The basics of those guns are OK, with only two major problems: slow elevation and slewing speeds. But it's not difficult to solve them on naval warships - the ship can use high-power motors to drive the steering, but they can only crank manually on land."

Zeppelin spoke of the new gadgets he had gotten from the Air Force with a tone of triumph, but also with a bit of contempt in his tone...

I really don't know if Junkers Military Industry is deliberately making trouble or something, Germany always comes up with some weird designs. Take this gun handle for example, a 4.3-ton anti-aircraft gun driven by hand... The picture is really too beautiful. A few people used their imagination to instantly understand why this gun was not well received by Goering...

But the foundation is still quite good. The result of Zeppelin's appraisal is that it can be put on the ship with a little improvement. Moreover, the 2.25 kg warhead, 840 meters per second initial velocity, maximum range of ten kilometers and 180 rounds per minute theoretical rate of fire, as well as the five-round magazine that is easy to load, seem to be able to make up for the firepower area between the 105 anti-aircraft gun and the 37 anti-aircraft gun very well, using the multi-layer interception distributed under unified command to improve the firepower efficiency of defense. The famous 40 Bofors has a 1 kg warhead, 880 initial velocity, 7200 maximum range, 120-140 theoretical rate of fire, and a four-round magazine. Compared with the 50, it is not at the same level at all. Only the later famous Soviet S-60 type 57 anti-aircraft gun can be compared.

"Have the dimensions, weight and recoil parameters been marked back?" asked Lütjens.

"The bid has been received, and it will be shipped to Italy in the near future. All we have to do now is contact Lindemann to ask the Italians for a few gyro-stabilized bases for Type 90 anti-aircraft guns and then make simple modifications..." said Bangtai, who worked in the air force with Zeppelin.

"Well, that's good..." Lütjens nodded, but continued: "Because the time for the Battle of the Suez Canal is tight, we have to go back soon... Then we will let Bismarck install 50mm anti-aircraft guns during the modification and start emergency experiments, and let Tirpitz and Zeppelin participate in the battle. After this battle, Tirpitz and Zeppelin will install more - it's already afternoon now, I will go and get the combat information, Bontai, you and Zeppelin go to contact the plane, finish the matter tomorrow, and we will return to the Mediterranean theater the day after tomorrow."

"Yes, Commander." Zeppelin and Bonte responded loudly to Lütjens' words, only Bismarck was a little weak...

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The meeting is over...

Bismarck was still very depressed and unhappy, which would definitely show on the surface. The specific manifestation was - I don't want to work, don't come to me.

However, Lütjens did not say anything - although he would probably be unhappy in the past, but now he knew what kind of people the Japanese were through Bismarck, so he did not say anything now.

"Forget it... I'll handle this little thing myself..." He said with a helpless look.

Shaking his head, Lütjens grabbed a few orders and documents and prepared to go out. He would be back in the Mediterranean tomorrow, so he had to go out to the data room to apply for the procedures for obtaining intelligence information. However, before leaving, seeing his pet cat looking unhappy, the captain turned on the radio for his pet cat to see if he could comfort the Bismarck.

The radio station is turned on and the news is being broadcast:

"...According to the Argentine National News Agency, the German Navy's Prinz Eugen heavy cruiser has been wreaking havoc on the U.S. coast in recent days. Combined with the activities of German submarines, the U.S. coast lost eleven merchant ships within the last week... The ship's whereabouts are mysterious, and it recently defeated a U.S. battleship-led task force in the Faroe Islands alone. The British and Americans often call it the 'Black Storm'... The U.S. coastline is now in a state of panic. The U.S. government warns all coastal merchant ships, regardless of nationality, to join the escort team organized by the Navy Department and obey unified arrangements to prevent accidents..."

Hearing the news on the radio, Bismarck's attention was instantly diverted:

"Eh? Eugen and Toph did a great job!"

Bismarck's ears immediately perked up after hearing the news from Eugen and Top. Seeing the cat suddenly excited, the captain shook his head and prepared to go out. However, the next piece of news immediately stopped the captain and Bismarck in front of the radio:

"…Here is a piece of breaking news. According to the news we just received, just an hour ago, at 2pm Berlin time, 7am Tokyo time, our ally the Japanese army has officially launched an attack on Southeast Asia. The battle is currently going on intensely…For the specific battle situation, please pay attention to our follow-up reports…"

Upon hearing the news, Bismarck and the captain looked at each other.

Looks like something has been done...

ps: According to the original design, the Bismarck was actually a pirate ship, going hunting on the west coast of America, and then using her 380 big dick to take advantage of the opportunity to bomb the Philadelphia shipyard in America... Unfortunately, it was not feasible, and then it became Newcastle. Okay, the latest volume, the Far East War.

Chapter 543: Malay Tragedy

Although due to Japan's early declaration of war, the Southeast Asian Allied forces, including the Dutch colonies, also organized a multinational coalition called the American, British, Dutch and Australian (Australian) Fleet, but except for the British Far East Fleet (Z Fleet) led by Admiral Tom Phillips, the United States, the Netherlands, and Australia had either been destroyed or their main forces had been withdrawn to deal with the Germans, leaving only a few small cats and cats.

Even Britain itself, apart from the two aircraft carriers Glorious and Formidable, and the four battleships King George V and Prince of Wales, had very few light warships to send - four battleships and six destroyers, which was the upper limit of the number of troops that Britain could transfer to the Far East.

Even so, the navies of the four countries put together had two aircraft carriers, two battleships, one American heavy cruiser (Houston), four light cruisers (Admiral Tropp, Admiral de Ruyter, Java of the Netherlands Navy, and HMS Perth of Australia), as well as six British destroyers, six American destroyers, four Dutch destroyers and two Australian destroyers, a total of eighteen destroyers, and several submarines on paper.

If we look at it on paper, the Soryu Hiryu, Nagato Mutsu, Kongo Hiei, Atago Takao, and the Southbound Fleet of two light cruisers and sixteen destroyers that were fighting against the Japanese South Seas Invasion Force were not to be said to be equally matched, but at least they were not too obviously disadvantaged.

but……

Not to mention that Japan had two air squadrons stationed in Saigon with 200 Type 96 and Type 1 land-based bombers, the four countries in the US-UK-Netherlands-Australia joint fleet, even Australia, which was determined to follow Britain all the way, and the US Far East Fleet, which had its own interests in the Philippines but knew that it was not strong enough to fight the Japanese fleet alone, all had their own little calculations. The Netherlands also focused its main energy on the security of the Dutch East Indies - if Admiral Phillips had not served in the League of Nations' Navy, Military Alliance and Air Power Committee, and served as a naval adviser to the King of England, and was relatively good at diplomacy and negotiations, and had convinced the Dutch with the reason that "to keep the Dutch East Indies, we need to unite and cooperate to defeat the Japanese invasion fleet in the south", the Netherlands would not even send a few ships over.

Even so, it is understandable that the US, UK, Netherlands and Australian fleets are in conflict with each other...

"Oh, my head hurts..."

Looking at his obviously half-hearted ally, Phillips "Thumbs Up" who was sailing out from Singapore with his fleet to the northeast to meet the Southern Expeditionary Fleet led by Takeo Takagi of Japan, could only sigh with his hand on his forehead...

Fortunately, he now has two aircraft carriers, and the wind direction in the South China Sea at this season is northeasterly - he is sailing against the wind. If he really encounters the enemy, he can take off the plane directly without adjusting the course. This is a very favorable condition for him.

Although there have always been opinions about aircraft, the naval battle experience over the past year has taught everyone that aircraft are the protagonists of naval battles. Moreover, Admiral Phillips is now leading two battle-hardened armored aircraft carriers, the Illuminati and the Indomitable, which carry almost the same number of aircraft as the Japanese Soryu and Hiryu, and their defense is even stronger.

The only problem was that, according to reliable intelligence, Japan's airports in the Saigon area were equipped with large numbers of shore-based bombers belonging to the Japanese Navy Air Force, and it was said that the Japanese Navy Air Force had received extremely harsh training and was not an easy opponent to deal with...

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"Commander, reconnaissance aircraft reporting."

In the bridge of the Soryu aircraft carrier, the communications staff was handing a report to Vice Admiral Takagi Takeo. Although the living environment and atmosphere of the Nagato were the best, it was the former flagship of the Combined Fleet after all. In the Japanese Navy, where seniority was extremely important, Takagi was not qualified to live in the Nagato...

However, Takagi has no time to care about his mood...

After receiving the battle report from the staff officer, Takagi read it carefully:

"Saigon Air Force reconnaissance report at 1:30 p.m.... discovered that the US, UK, Netherlands and Australia coalition fleet is heading north along the Malay Peninsula and is currently in the waters off Kuantan! The speed is about 22 knots. The force includes two aircraft carriers and two battleships..."

Looking up at the setting sun, Takagi began to calculate: "It's already past two in the afternoon... The sunset here is about seven o'clock... The landing fleet will take nearly forty hours to travel the 430 nautical miles from Saigon to Kota Bharu, but the route from Kuantan to the landing fleet is less than two hundred nautical miles... And we are almost within the combat radius of the enemy's carrier-based aircraft. It is estimated that the British should have already launched their carrier-based aircraft... And according to the information from the German allies, the British aircraft carriers should have the ability to take off and land at night, so we must not delay until night..."

Without much thought, Vice Admiral Takagi Takeo quickly made up his mind to fight: "Send the order immediately. The transport fleet turns northeast and temporarily retreats. The aircraft carrier and Nagato Mutsu turn northeast and start launching carrier-based aircraft. Kongo Hiei takes the heavy cruiser and a torpedo squadron to continue to advance to meet the attack... Also order the Saigon Air Force to send their fighters to support our air defense, and send all the bombers to me!"

"The first priority target is the British aircraft carrier!"

"Yes!"

-------One hour later

"Commander, the radar of the Kongo reports that about fifty enemy aircraft have broken through the interception of our vanguard fighters and are now about 120 kilometers away from our team and the transport team... However, our attack team was not intercepted by them. The land bombers of the Saigon Air Force have also successfully followed up..."

"Hmm...Have the fighter planes from the Saigon Air Force arrived?"