Naval exercises Ⅱ

　　"Understood, left full rudder!" The helmsman repeated the command, then shot the rudder to the left.

　　The Helgoland began to turn awkwardly left under the helmsman, and the six torpedo planes got very close to the Helgoland very easily because the Helgoland lost all its anti-aircraft guns, and then dropped six 500mm aviation torpedoes.

　　Johannes ran to the porthole window and stared at the six white torpedo trails that were getting closer.

　　Finally, with the muffled sound of "banging", six torpedoes hit the starboard side of the Helgoland fiercely.

　　"Alas." Johannes sighed and sat back in his seat.

　　He understood that if this was on the battlefield, his ship would probably be sunk by these six torpedoes.

　　"The Helgoland was hit by six aviation torpedoes, exploded violently and was sinking, not a single aircraft of the 101st Naval Air Squadron was shot down. The commander, Major General Johannes, was requested to hand over command. "The voice of the commander-in-chief of the exercise came over the radio.

　　"The Helgoland understands that this will turn off the engine and exit the exercise." Johannes said, "Captain Otto, of the battleship Ostfrisland, please?" Rear Admiral Bakkenkaur took command! "

　　As soon as Johannes' voice fell, Otto's helpless voice appeared in the channel: "The transfer of command is invalid, the battleship Ostfriesland is sinking." "

　　"Ahem!" Johannes choked.

　　It didn't take long for the voice of the commander-in-chief to appear in the channel again: "The Ostfriesland was hit by 7 250-pound bombs, 4 500mm aviation torpedoes, the hull was ruptured, it was rapidly entering the water, the damage pipe failed, the Ostfriesland was sinking." "

　　"Alas, then please ask Max, the captain of the battleship Oldenburg? Captain Bastian takes command. Johannes said weakly.

　　"The Oldenburg understands that from now on it will take over as the flagship of the Blue Fleet." Bastian replied wryly, because he was left with one ship left in the Blues fleet.

　　"Follow the returning plane and find the Count Zeppelin!" Bastian hung up the radio and ordered the helmsman.

　　"Understood, correct the course, go full speed!" The helmsman said loudly.

　　"Let's hope it's before the second wave of attacks." Bastian prayed silently.

　　On the other side, Raeder and the others also received the good news from the pilot: they sank 2 battleships on the blue side and lost only four planes.

　　"I heard you right, right? Took out 2 battleships on the blue side in the first wave? Raeder said as he looked at Dönitz beside him with wide eyes.

　　"Well, it seems to be." Dönitz was also full of disbelief.

　　Raeder quickly recovered from his shock, and he excitedly shouted: "I knew that the Fuhrer would not lie to me!" You can really win! Aircraft carrier! I love you to death! "

　　"General, general." Dönitz shook Raeder, "Don't take it lightly, they still have a battleship!" "

　　"Yes, yes." Raeder hurriedly adjusted, "Order the ground crew to quickly prepare ammunition and fuel without hurry, and prepare to welcome our boys back!" "

　　"Understood, ammunition and oil supply preparation!" The herald repeated the order loudly.

　　Half an hour later, the fleet returned to the airspace of the Graf Zeppelin and began to land in turn.

　　The pilots jumped out of the plane after landing, quickly rested and solved physiological problems, and then prepared to take off again.

　　"General! The destroyer responsible for perimeter vigilance spotted the enemy battleship! An officer in charge of observation reported loudly to Raeder.

　　"How far away is it?" Raeder asked.

　　"25 km! Expect to be in the visible range in 8 minutes! "

　　"How long will our carrier-based aircraft be ready?"

　　"15 minutes!"

　　"Damn, it's too late!" Raeder said nervously, "Start the engine, let's run in circles!" "

　　Since the Helgoland class battleship has a speed of only 21 knots, while the Count Zeppelin aircraft carrier has 28 knots, if the aircraft carrier runs vigorously, then the blue side will not be able to catch up.

　　So for the sake of fairness, this exercise Lyon made a very small circle to the red side, and the aircraft carrier could not run out of this circle, so Raeder could only order the aircraft carrier to run around the circle, and not drag the knife.

　　At the same time, inside the command room of the battleship Oldenburg,An officer in charge of reconnaissance also spotted the destroyer guarding the aircraft carrier.

　　"Mr. Commander, we have found a destroyer of the red side!" The officer shouted excitedly at Bastian.

　　"Haha, the sky will not kill me!" Bastian looked up to the sky and laughed, "Keep going full speed!" The Count Zeppelin is definitely nearby! "

　　A sailor in the engine room of the Oldenburg heard the news that the aircraft carrier was about to be found, and burned the boiler even harder, and the old battleship Oldenburg ran to an unprecedented speed of 5 knots for a while.

　　A few minutes later, the over-level observers on the Oldenburg spotted the Graf Zeppelin running in circles 22 kilometers away.

　　"The main gun is assembled and filled, ready to fire!" Aim at the damned Count Zeppelin! Bastian gave the order excitedly.

　　With Bastian's order, for the first time, the Blue side warships, which had been fighting for so long, began to load their main guns.

　　"General! Blue battleships enter the visible range! The telescope-holding observer on the Count Zeppelin also spotted the Oldenburg, "their main gun began to turn!" They aimed at us! "

　　"Don't panic!" Raeder had been serving in the battle fleet before, so he knew his ship's performance very well, and he said calmly, "As far as the main gun of the Helgoland class, if it could hit us 22 kilometers away, then the last Jutland Battle of the British would have died long ago!" "

　　General, IMHO, that's our battleship, is it really good that you are so black? The observer hand couldn't help but sneer.

　　However, as Raeder said, the first salvo of the battleship Oldenburg was judged by the command to be 108,000 miles away.

　　"How long will it take for our carrier-based aircraft to be ready?" Raeder asked calmly.

　　"7 minutes!"

　　"Then we won." Raeder grinned, "In 7 minutes, the Oldenburg can fire up to 16 rounds of guns, and can approach us at most to a distance of 4 kilometers, which is a distance that will definitely not hit us for the Oldenburg!" "

　　Black again? The officer was speechless.

　　However, what Raeder did not expect was that when the two ships were 20 kilometers away, the single-turret test fire of the Oldenburg formed a straddle fire on the Count of Berlin.

　　Raeder almost cursed when he heard the report of the command forming a straddle shot.

　　You play me, right? When was the Oldenburg so accurate? Raeder thought.

　　But complain to complain, since the straddle shot was formed, it was not far from the hit, and Raeder hurriedly ordered the aircraft carrier to cut out of the current course and get rid of the aiming of the Oldenburg.

　　And after the Count Zeppelin cut out of course and narrowly avoided a volley, the preparation of carrier-based aircraft was finally completed.

　　"The 101st Naval Air Squadron requests takeoff!"

　　"Allow takeoff, blow up the son of the son of the Oldenburg!" Raeder burst into foul language excitedly and personally gave the order to allow takeoff.