Chapter 1104 Peerless Sea Battle 2 Electromagnetic Gun!
Only rational people will withstand the temptation of powerful weapons and not pursue or even use it. Obviously, the heads of state in this era seem rational, but in fact they are crazy! No matter what excuses they have, as long as there is a slight possibility, they will try to create nuclear bombs without hesitation and use them in war!
Everything is based on the destructive power of nuclear energy, they have far lacked basic understanding!
Zhu Bin could already imagine how crazy Hitler would be after hearing the news! This time, unlike before, right at the doorstep of the European home, in the middle of the North Atlantic, in full view of everyone, he would fully bloom the power of nuclear weapons! For a madman determined to rule the world, if he could not get such a weapon, he would not be able to eat or sleep!
Chen Shaokuan and others were not sure whether Zhu Bin could control himself. He was very worried about what kind of black hands he would attack the enemy troops in the vast ocean outside the civilians. He couldn't help but hesitate to ask: "Are you planning to destroy the other party just like this?"
He didn't think that the nuclear bomb was deliberately set at such a height and landing point, but he thought that the launch distance was too far to be precisely controlled. Its real goal was to directly destroy the marching German main fleet?
Zhu Bin waved his hand gently: "Of course not. Nuclear weapons have never been the best way to solve wars. It's enough to show the strength to the enemy once or twice. Too many are not only meaningless, but they will even backfire! We must use the means that the enemy thinks they are the strongest and completely defeat them!"
Chen Shaokuan and others were a little relieved and looked forward to it. Perhaps this would be the last time they experienced a traditional naval battle personally, and the scale was unprecedentedly large!
In the sky, nuclear radiation gradually disappeared, and the stirring storm recovered in an orderly manner under the earth's powerful self-tuning ability. It was just that the electromagnetic storm would rage for at least one or two days. Zhu Bin did not need any interference and sat and watched the Germans break away like blind people!
The real situation is worse than expected!
Within the range of explosions, strong light, high heat, shock waves, strong winds, and ice storms. Under various impacts, 80% of German reconnaissance aircraft within a radius of 100 kilometers were injured and fell on the spot, and a fatal vacuum appeared in the entire reconnaissance area ahead.
The planes that had been hovering outside were frightened and did not dare to fly to the core area. As their wireless communication was completely interrupted, many people's eyes were blinded. With waves of ice and rain, flying high altitude became an extremely dangerous thing. Either dodge far away or land in a hurry to avoid it!
On the vast ocean, under the harsh weather conditions on the sea surface that are difficult to see from a height of 1,000 meters, if you lose contact, you may lose the position of the fleet. If you are not careful, it will become extremely difficult to even return. A large number of planes stumbled on the sea surface and were stunned to find that a mountain-like frenzy was raging from all directions. In a blink of an eye, they were smashed into the cold water!
The central array. The "Pesmai" battleship stubbornly rushed out of the huge waves, suddenly throwing all the violent and terrifying airflow behind him. The thick cloud as thick as iron suddenly disappeared. The heavy hull rose more than ten meters from a bee and was hundreds of meters wide and pushed forward hard, smashing into the trough. The sharp bow of the ship slashed a steep peak and valley in front and rushed out!
The fierce waves crossed the deck and slapped hard on the bridge. Then they were thrown behind by the battleship running like wild horses. The water surface in front of them was ten times smoothed. After a violent impact, it seemed as if everything had returned to before the explosion!
Colonel Lindman grabbed the chrome handrail with both hands, staring firmly at the porthole with bright water surface, the corners of his cold and hard mouth were pale, but his tight body relaxed a little. He grabbed the phone and asked each part one by one, how was the situation!
The engine department, the diesel engine is running well; the gun department, the turret is transported normally, and some sub-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft guns are damaged, so emergency repairs can be made; the damage management department is stepping up cleaning the deck, but the storm seems to save them a lot of trouble, and the frozen bridge is disintegrating ice...
More than a hundred people were injured in the collision, severely fractured, and bleeding from the head. It seemed that they had experienced a arduous naval battle. Overall, the combat effectiveness remained acceptable.
Admiral Lukins was even more embarrassed. He had never experienced such a terrible and strange sea situation. His whole body was exhausted and his hands and feet were trembling, and he couldn't even hold his cane. He urged the staff officer with a stack of yells: "Ask the situation of other ships immediately! Try to contact the two-wing formation! Hell, don't God want to see us win an unprecedented victory?"
He did not think that this was the Chinese who were making trouble. Such a large-scale terrifying air explosion was enough to change the power of the meteorological and geomagnetic environment, and it was definitely not a great power that humans could master. It must be a rare abnormality in history. Besides, there has never been a shortage of magical legends on the Atlantic Ocean, and it may be that under the sea they are sailing now, there are ruins of the ancient civilization Atlantis.
The signal soldiers risked their lives to rush to the top of the bridge, uttered flags and spoke flags, the radio was completely shut down, and the water reconnaissance planes kept falling from the air, everything was terrible, more troublesome than they thought!
Lukins's face became ugly, and his previous confidence seemed to be slashed hard. If this was God's warning, would there be more dangers waiting for them in front? Or in the mysterious Bermuda Sea?
No! It is absolutely not! The Third Reich was blessed by God. The Germans and Aryans were God’s chosen people. Their victory was natural, or this temporary difficulty was just a test of the Supreme God’s determination of their will. It was an obstacle that must be overcome. Only by breaking through the numerous obstacles and finally obtaining victory will be even more brilliant!
Lukins repeatedly hinted in his heart, emphasized this conjecture, and then anxiously waited for the news to come further.
It was all messy! After three hours, the central formation barely rushed out of the storm area, or rather, the local disturbance caused by the detonation of the three-phase bomb was subsided and no longer caused them trouble.
But within these three hours, the combat effectiveness of the German main force of the new warships was weakened by more than 20%, and the loss of ships was not serious. Most officers and soldiers were exhausted. If they suddenly encountered the enemy, they would inevitably be greatly reduced.
There is also bad trouble. They temporarily lost the exact direction of their sea area. All the instruments were disturbed by the abnormal magnetic field like crazy. The sun was not seen in the sky. The wind and intermittent ice and rain continued to rage. They were most likely to be fleeing!
This is simply a joke! In what era, a fleet of ships with hundreds of huge formations would actually go to the fore! But the facts are right in front of you. During those long hours of tossing, everyone was desperately trying to stabilize the hull, looking for breakthroughs, preventing collisions with other warships, and maintaining the course. Now it is going east and west, and it is impossible to be sure. Perhaps only the intuition of the old sailor can help a little.
Lukins frowned and ordered the flying scouts: "Continue to search in the air! In any case, we must figure out everything as soon as possible! Never give the enemy any chance to attack!"
He firmly believed that the other party would most likely use such weather environment to launch a sudden strike, otherwise their strength would not be enough to defeat him head-on, which was the same as the German Navy's strategy of raiding guerrillas.
Is this true?
General Andrew Cunningham didn't think so.
The left wing formation he was in crashed into the storm and electromagnetic interference zone, and the impact was slightly smaller than that of the central cluster. It was also terrifying enough. However, compared to the Germans, Cunningham had too rich experience. He immediately directed all ships to turn right and rudder to face the cross-cutting waves. He used his strong hull and sharp bow to make active impacts again and again, breaking through the terrifying side pushing force, and looking for a way out in the earth-shaking impact!
Poor Italians have never seen such a terrible sea storm! They are used to wandering around the Mediterranean. Entering such a violent Atlantic Ocean is like a young eagle experiencing the first time in a storm, shrinking into a ball without trembling, which is already a brave expression!
Thanks to their mixed arrangement with the British, the balance between the Germans ensured the smooth transmission of orders. In the chaos, the main ships that were not affected by disaster successfully turned around and rushed towards the core of the most intense storm!
This strategy is correct. The storm caused by the nuclear explosion comes rapidly and goes quickly. They are far enough away. After just a period of surprise attack, they will return to the previous stage of cold wind and turbid waves emptying.
The cautious British people took the time to determine their course and speed at any time. After rushing out of the storm area, they immediately marked the exact location they are on the chart. Cunningham ordered the air search group to search: "Please pay attention to searching more in the central cluster! We must prevent us from getting too close to them and causing accidents!"
Their left-wing formation approached the center line for more than 100 nautical miles. Even after the course was adjusted again, the strategic maneuver had caused changes in the overall front, and this must be calculated to ensure that there is no accident!
One hundred nautical miles is enough to make the shore-based support forces decisively change, and we have to be guarded against!
This time, the tasks of the three major formations were quite clear. The central cluster was the most balanced, responsible for the long-range attack and frontal impact of the main force. Once it entangled the enemy, the forces dominated by the left-wing battleships took the opportunity to rush over and force the enemy to attack intensively with main gun-level torpedoes.
After a comprehensive encirclement and melee, the right-wing formation can approach at full speed and launch strikes with carrier-based aircraft power. Only by taking such a multi-pronged approach can a large-scale siege of the enemy be guaranteed.
There is no way, typical air priority attacks. Facing the abnormal air defense capabilities of the Chinese Navy and the terrifying jet fighter, they don’t say they can do anything, at least not expect to attack and drop bombs. At the joint combat meeting, it was determined that the war should be controlled at night to weaken the enemy’s fighter jet power to the greatest extent. Constrain the battlefield in the center of the ocean, make their shore-based forces unable to be used, and extend the activity range of sea pursuit and siege.
There are no mistakes around this major goal. The current chaos must be corrected!
The loss situation was quickly counted. When Cunningham heard that there were actually four old Italian battleships lying in, he immediately frowned. Looking at the other ships, the damage caused by the cross-cut peaks would definitely greatly affect the progress of the battle. Although he could not count on their old baits who could not run out of the cruising speed of 20 knots, facing the terrible enemy, every reduction in strength would be fatal!
"Send a warning to the headquarters! Our enemies are very likely to use weather changes to launch attacks! We must increase the reconnaissance and search of the enemy!"
Cunningham faithfully performed his duties. He knew that in such a battle, he would not work hard for the time being and be half-hearted. The unlucky one was themselves. Once they were defeated one by one, the consequences would be unimaginable. He would still have to retain the precious vitality of the Royal Navy of the British Empire. If you are not careful, how can you do it!
The five or six hours of troubles in the first and last years led to a chaos in the formation of the three major formations!
The German Central Formation, which had finally adjusted, finally confirmed its direction six hours later, and ran nearly 200 nautical miles towards the left-wing African continent! Less than 300 nautical miles away from the Cunningham formation---This was when Cunningham took the initiative to adjust his course and deliberately opened the distance!
The distance between them and the right-wing US military formation was actually widened to nearly a thousand nautical miles! The originally extremely uniform formation made a big hole out of thin air. The Americans' initiative to deviate were discovered, but they lost radio contact and could not coordinate for the time being. The speed was too slow by relying on the contact of the plane alone!
Major General Louis Mountbatten, who stayed in the German formation, gave the best advice at a critical moment: "We must imagine launching a head-on conflict with the enemy ship under full electromagnetic shielding! We must also be prepared for long-range attacks! The enemy may have fully grasped our detailed information, do not have any fantasies, prepare for combat, and once we contact, we must do our best without compromise. This is the only chance to win!"
It seems that the common understanding between Britain and the United States was repeated at the joint combat meeting. But at this time, his reminder told the Germans from another perspective that they had to be careful! The battle may start at any time!
Mountbatten, who had a weird temper, was as stubborn as if he could not chew a skewer. However, General Lukins particularly praised this style and agreed with his proposal.
Six hours are enough to see many unexpected changes. If the enemy is advancing at full speed on the front, under the hedge, both sides are close to at least 300 nautical miles and have reached the edge of the take-off distance of the fighter, at least that's the case with the other side.
Look at the time. Lukins confirmed that in the middle of the night, the attack and attacking directly without evasion will surely enter within 500 nautical miles. Air combat and attack may happen, so they have to be careful!
Except for the damage to the pipe, the rest of the personnel seized the time to do the final revision. According to convention, the enemy does not seem to have the habit of playing hide-and-seek. Once they enter the battle, the first wave of attacks will often be very fierce. The terrifying ultra-long-range missile will suddenly arrive at an unexpected time!
Admiral Lukins himself was quite reserved, but he did not notice that a strange feeling had spread throughout the German navy - cowardly battle!
This is from the beginning of the war, with the dispute between the submarine faction and the warship faction, and the brilliant achievements of the later successful battle between the Dunitz wolf pack, entering an almost irreversible and bad cycle!
The entire German navy is increasingly losing the courage to fight head-on with enemy ships! Even though the two "Bismar-class" battleships and two "Zepplin-class" aircraft carriers are in service, they are formed by two aircraft carrier formations, mainly as maritime breaks, and have never considered launching a head-on battle with the British Navy.
Of course, the British navy they faced was too powerful, but the problem was that they were not thousands of warships stayed together. In order to maintain the long lifeline at sea, the British navy was very dispersed. A battle group rarely gathered more than three battleships, and the number of aircraft carriers was pitifully small. The Germans had a great chance to defeat them one by one and chew them bit by bit.
But the Germans just didn't do that, they were afraid to fight and deliberately avoided it!
Now, the battle has not begun, and I have never thought that the Germans who have never experienced a head-on battle have begun to be too nervous!
In this situation, Mountbatten and others have keenly discovered it, but they do not intend to remind them, or they can no longer convince them! The habit has been developed, and with the German stubbornness, who can turn it around!
"Maybe...this is their fate!" Mountbatten sighed silently.
Under the electromagnetic shielding, the vast North Atlantic battlefield was filled with strange silence, and the cold wind gradually weakened as the night fell, and everything seemed to be calming.
However, the fleet led by Zhu Bin quietly cut across half of the Atlantic Ocean from the direction of the Bermuda Islands, turned to the right side of the German formation, and cut it hard with a sharp sharp angle arc!
At midnight, the cold sea surface seemed to have been frozen. The raging cold wind suddenly stopped whistling, forming a huge ocean-going fleet. The two electromagnetic gun attack ships set off and locked two enemy warships 500 nautical miles away, and suddenly opened fire without warning!
There was no fire, no loud noise, no earth-shaking vibration, the repair warhead driven by high-energy electromagnetic force was like a bolt of lightning, rushing out of the orbit at a speed of more than 15 times the speed of sound and flying through the air!
Chapter completed!