Bismarck

"By the way, Tizi, have you memorized the naval gun specifications?" Lindmann asked.

"I've memorized it a long time ago..."

"It's up to you this time out. I hope you can fight as beautifully as your sister."

"My sister is so amazing..."

"You're pretty good too. Were you the one manning the secondary guns in Iceland last time? You did a great job."

"Oh, really? Well, then I think I have some confidence..."

As the sun gradually approached noon, the positions occupied by Lindemann and Tirpitz moved out of the shadow of the hull and were directly illuminated.

The sun in May was not that hot, but it seemed dazzling under the mirror reflection of the ocean, so Tirpitz finally found an opportunity to "be lazy".

"The sun is so dazzling, Lindemann, let's go back." Tirpitz put his hands over his eyes and said aggrievedly, pulling Lindemann's sleeve with one hand.

Lindeman turned around and glared at her. Tizi stuck out her tongue as if she was feeling guilty. After all, what she recorded was really too little... To put it bluntly, she didn't do much work.

"Please, Lindemann, I'm so hot, my skin is getting tanned..."

"..."

There's no way you'd get hot, Lindemann complained in his heart, but when he saw his own battleship acting so cute, he immediately felt in a good mood.

"You look pitiful. Come on, let's go back to the boat."

"Lindemann, you're the best!" Tirpitz hugged him happily.

A bunch of single dogs fell down...

Ps: Royal Kssi, muah. We don't have much to do but write down our best wishes here. I wish you a smooth operation and a speedy recovery. After all, this is a big hospital, don't panic!

(It seems that our blessings are useless... Life and death are determined by fate, rest in peace)

Ps: Please give me some blessing words~

Wei  Ce

Well, I went to Dandong for a trip, so I stopped updating for a few days. I'm really sorry. I'll be back in Tianjin tomorrow, so I should be able to resume updating in the evening.

I got ripped off a lot along the way, especially at the hotels, it was terrible.

Look forward to the return of Grapes!

Kexi will have surgery tomorrow, I wish you peace of mind and come back soon so we can tease you!

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Chapter 144: Pink Hamster

One morning after all the supplies were completed, the long-awaited Lindemann finally stood on the bridge of Tirpitz and loudly announced the order to set sail.

The moment the order was given, all departments immediately took action. The machines they were responsible for began to operate, the main engine began to roar, and thick smoke billowed out of the chimney.

Tirpitz touched his chest with some curiosity. Something was beating strongly there.

With the help of the tugboat, Tirpitz first slowly left the dock and sailed at a low speed. It did not speed up until it was out of the port and then ran across the vast sea.

At this point, Germany's two Bismarck-class battleships had been launched.

Because the Baltic Sea is narrow and cannot fully display her capabilities, some of Tirpitz's sea trials were held in the waters near Heligoland Island.

With four destroyers and four frigates clearing the way, the battleship Tirpitz is undergoing a maximum speed test.

"Captain, everything is ready, we can start!" the deputy captain reminded. He looked at Secretary Ti Zi beside the captain with some confusion. Since they started sailing, the secretary's face never seemed happy, and he always looked listless.

It seems that the wind and waves have not been strong these days, he scratched his head.

"Very good, start the maximum speed test! Three into five!"

"Understood, three into five!"

The bell order was issued from the bridge and quickly transmitted to the engine room.

"Three into five!" The chief engineer took a look and ordered the people below.

The ship steadily increased its speed.

"29 knots! 30 knots!" The speedometer reported the changes in speed.

Tirpitz's speed stopped changing until it reached 30 knots, which was the maximum speed she could reach without relying on her own abilities.

After reading the report, Lindemann said nothing, but just chuckled and patted Tirpitz on the back of the head.

"I count on you."

"Oh..." Tirpitz said listlessly, his voice as soft as a mosquito.

Consciousness poured into every part of the ship like a flood. Steel began to take shape like flowing water. The pipes that no one noticed were rapidly strengthening and thickening.

As expected, the speed began to increase again.

"31!...32!...36!!...Currently maintained at 36.04 knots! The maximum speed of the Tirpitz!"

On the bridge, the engine room crew was excitedly announcing the test speed loudly. There had never been a battleship that could run so fast before.

Although slower than the Bismarck which had just been launched, Tirpitz had been improved a lot compared to the Bismarck which had just been launched. The armor alone consisted of 150-160 mm dome armor + 70 mm internal lightning and explosion-proof isolation wall + external torpedo protection layer. The standard displacement reached 45000 tons and the full load displacement reached 51000 tons. Therefore, it was normal for the sea trial speed to reach 36 knots. Lindemann was aware of this.

Although...under normal circumstances, the actual design speed of the Bismarck class should not exceed 31 knots. Even with forced ventilation, 32 knots is the limit. Therefore, the German Navy and power system suppliers, who were both excited and confused, organized a special investigation on the unscientific speed of the Bismarck class. However, the results were quite surprising. The test results of the same type of boiler and turbine at the test site were less than 31 knots, and a lot of problems were found, such as the potential risk of boiler overheating and fire and low efficiency of the steam turbine.

The German Navy and its suppliers were scolded by the top brass, and they were struggling to make improvements, but they were still puzzled...

In fact, the German Navy still hasn't figured out how the Bismarck class could run at such an abnormal speed. All the results of the arguments show that the indicators of those power plants could not drive the Bismarck class's huge hull to a high speed of 36 knots.

Therefore, the only certain result is that more people began to believe that the Bismarck was actually an unscientific existence.

As for how unscientific it is, it is up to the crew and engineers to imagine.

However, due to Bismarck's performance, especially after escaping from Denmark and Iceland, the sailors on the ship expressed their welcome for the so-called unscientific (ghostly) legend... After all, there seemed to be no harm in being on such an unscientific warship.

So, starting today, the "devil-loving" sailors have one more grape...

The bridge was filled with jubilation, with the exception of two people.

The Bismarck was already accustomed to this, so Lindemann turned a blind eye and Tirpitz lay on the railing next to him and muttered to himself.

He listened with amusement to what Tirpitz was mumbling, which was nothing more than that he just didn't want to travel far.

"It's so tiring to always keep the boiler pipes from leaking... It's so troublesome, I really want to go home... The captain always makes me so tired."

As Ti Zi muttered, even the hair on his head began to droop, making him look pitiful.

Of course, Lindemann would not be fooled. If Bismarck could do it, why couldn't his own grapes do it?

However, seeing such a cute Grape being lazy, Lindeman couldn't help it, so he stretched out his sinful hand and rubbed Grape's head fiercely, causing Grape to protest: "Don't touch my head! My hair is messy again! Woo... It's so troublesome to fix my hair..."

Seeing Grape's weak protest, which was drooping more and more and was about to become a giant hamster, Lindman laughed even more heartlessly.

The captain seemed to be in a good mood. The crew on the bridge smiled knowingly when they saw this scene. Since going to sea, seeing the captain "bullying" the secretary seemed to have become a daily routine.

The reason...everyone knows it.

The helmsman and the first mate exchanged "evil" looks and laughed.

But perhaps remembering Bismarck's threat, Lindmann quickly produced a small comb from his pocket and approached the drooping grapes that were complaining.

Lindeman gently took away her two hands that were getting more and more messy, and then carefully combed Tizi's hair neatly. Finally, he took out a small mirror and placed it in front of Tizi, causing the silly hair on Tizi's head to stand up with his eyes and ears. "Stop making trouble, let's see how it's combed?"

Then, with a swish, Ti Zi instantly stretched out his hand, held the small mirror, and looked at it shakily.

Looking at Grape like this, Lindman could feel his mood improving.

He gently smoothed her hair twice and said, "Be serious. We can go back if we finish the audition sooner, so let's finish it quickly."

He raised his arm and looked at the watch: "Hmm...it's half past ten. After I finish the high-speed turning test, I can call it a day."

"Really? Can we go back now?" Ti Zi raised his head instantly and became energetic.

Looking at the grapes on the other side who were looking at him with starry eyes and full of expectation, Lindman smiled, squinted his eyes, shook his fingers, and said word by word: "Although this is true, don't forget that there will be artillery shooting in the afternoon..."

With a sound of "Ah...", the grapes drooped again in an instant...

Lindemann stroked the "pink and purple hamster fur" with amusement, then stood up and walked to the captain's position in the command tower and turned on the microphone:

"Attention everyone! I'm Lindemann. Now let's prepare for the high-speed turning test! Everyone check your life jackets and safety ropes and sign in safely! Close all watertight doors! The test will officially begin in five minutes!"

ps: I am back! Hey, Kim Jong-un originally wanted to keep me in Korea to write a biography, but I couldn’t let go of Bismarck, so I rejected it sternly. Well~ shouldn’t I give you some rewards? Please give me a monthly ticket!!!

I will slowly make up for the missing chapters~

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Chapter 145: Naval gun anti-submarine? Don't scare me...

At 4 pm, at the Heligoland shooting range...

After the clearing was completed, the important artillery test began. In addition to testing the performance of the warship's guns, this test was also a test of the sailors' operation and the officers' command ability. After all, everyone was transferred from various warships and needed to be adjusted to each other. The current test was to see the degree of adjustment.

Before the artillery test, Lindemann specifically warned Tirpitz not to interfere with the battleship's artillery aiming, and all preparations were to be controlled by the crew - Tirpitz's intervention would make it difficult for him to see the crew's true capabilities.

But he obviously thought too much.

Grapes obviously wouldn't take the initiative to intervene in this matter, so it would be better to take it easy. So after Lindeman said that, she nodded happily to show that she would comply.

Although it was true that he saw that Grape was very obedient, but when Lindeman saw her happy expression, he felt inexplicably depressed...

"Lock the target!"

"Target locked!"

"The shells are loaded!"

"You can fire!"

"Ready—fire!"

Suddenly, the rumbling sound of cannons was heard between the tranquil sea and sky, shaking the earth. The surrounding sea surface was stirred up by the storm from the muzzles, with large circles of ripples, which was extremely magnificent.

When the smoke cleared, the calculation of the impact points and the results began to be counted intensively, and were soon presented in the form of a report.

“对海射击测试结束！对10海里外靶舰发射10轮共计80发炮弹，命中3发！命中率3.75%！”

The gunnery officer loudly reported the results of the shooting test, and the 3.75% hit rate was considered to be quite satisfactory. Of course, this was the shooting hit rate of the sailors.

I can only say it's okay. For a new team, it's pretty good.

As for the hit rate of grapes, Lindmann had a rough idea of ​​it during the Icelandic naval battle. As a non-scientific person, Lindmann had never worried about this situation.

Lindemann, the deputy captain and the chief gunner were nervously discussing the subsequent training methods on the bridge, while Grape... was now standing unsteadily on the window sill in a corner, and seemed to have fallen into a doze while muttering "I'm so bored..." all the way.

Speaking of which, less than a day after setting sail, the officers and soldiers on the bridge looked at Tizi with helpless expressions. Although this secretary was beautiful, the bridge was a serious place after all, and it was not right for her to take a nap like this... They seemed to be looking at Lindemann with a bit of a weird look in their eyes, probably because they couldn't even control a woman...

Lindemann could only look up to the sky.

But luckily, Commander Tari was leaning on the captain's seat, so now it was just him and Tizi... Sometimes he wondered if he should drag her out more often to practice gunnery so as not to regress.

After all, although shooting is instinctive for them, they still need regular training in terms of shooting timing, shooting position, and even the tactical arrangements of artillery battles.

"The next subject is to blindly fire at ground targets with manually input coordinates! Load high-explosive bombs!" No matter how much you think about it, you have to try the sea trial.

But... at this moment, Tizi, who was originally in the corner, frowned, and then covered his eyes and said to Lindemann: "Captain, I seem to feel that there is a submarine staring at us..."

Although Tirpitz was reluctant to move, she would still complete the tasks assigned by Lindemann seriously. For example, when Lindemann asked her to be on guard against the sea, she looked lazy, but her mental strength was always sweeping the sea.

Suddenly, a dark shadow that shouldn't have appeared on the sea caught her attention.

The ahoge on his head moved like an antenna.

I didn't see this thing when I scanned the sea just now...

Ti Zi curiously invaded the space with his mental power. It was a submarine, owned by the British.

Ti Zi had heard about submarines from his sister and had also seen them in the port, so he recognized them quickly.

That person really likes to hide in the dark and attack things, which Tizi doesn't like!

"Submarine?!" Lindman's originally somewhat distracted eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Where is the submarine? Can you locate it?" He had no doubt about Tizi's feeling. He knew exactly how strong the ship girl's perception was. If Tizi said there was a submarine, there must be a submarine. And the submarine that appeared here... definitely could not be a friendly force!! I just don't know why they chose to ambush here. Did someone tip off the British?

(PS: Although this is a plot, Admiral Canaris, the director of the German Military Intelligence Agency at the time, was indeed an out-and-out traitor in history...)