Imperial Overlord

Compared with the main Axis fleet commanded by Lütjens and Hines, the composition of the pursuit fleet commanded by Lindemann was less complicated.

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Although he only had three battlecruisers, these three battleships were all battleships commanded by the Germans themselves, so they were not messed up to such an unbearable level.

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"Hit the target! Sink the Soviet cruiser! The Counterattack is continuing to fire!" Lindeman looked at the sea with a blank expression, and an officer behind him reported the latest results.

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After more than ten rounds of salvos, apart from sinking a Soviet cruiser, the German pursuit fleet has not been able to continue to expand the results.

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The evil result of the tenfold expansion of the navy's army has finally been reflected. The German army's original tradition of accurate artillery bombardment has almost been lost.

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Those gunners who took great effort to train, those German gunners who could sink the Hood in a few salvos in the original historical time and space, have now become commanders of the artillery position.

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What's more, some soldiers with actual combat experience have been assigned to various warships, either as commanders or as important technical positions, and most of them will not continue to serve on the front line.

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Therefore, after more than ten rounds of shelling, the Soviet battleship Paris Commune was still unscathed, which made Lindemann a little embarrassed.

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This is the first fleet battle under his command. If something goes wrong, he, the commander of the Mediterranean Navy, is almost done.

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"After I go back, I still need to practice artillery shooting! What level is this?" With his hands behind his back, Lindeman asked the officer beside him.

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The officer was also embarrassed. Originally, the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were not the Mediterranean Fleet battleships under Lindemann, but were temporarily grouped into the pursuit fleet.

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Therefore, the problem of missing a hundred shots is not the problem of the Mediterranean Fleet itself, but the problem existing in the entire German Navy at this stage.

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"Remind me, write a report after the battle! You must strengthen artillery training! Otherwise, how will you fight in the future?" Lindeman gave a depressing command, and then stared at the sea horizon in the distance.

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"As ordered!" The officer in charge of weapons stood at attention and saluted, and replied, "I will pay attention to strengthening artillery drills!"

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In fact, he felt aggrieved, because the expansion of the navy has promoted and dispersed all the talented people.

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This has caused a serious drop in the level of soldiers in some positions, after all, newly recruited soldiers cannot immediately become veterans and proficient in business.

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As a result, most of the new recruits who were added were just civilian sailors or volunteers who had studied in the sailor school for two months. It is now the result of his and countless officers' efforts to keep the naval fleet ready for combat.

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Moreover, during the training, the Supreme Command issued a special document approved by the head of state, ordering the navy to strengthen air defense and anti-submarine mine clearance operations.

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You said that the Yuan capital ordered, who would dare to violate the law? You must know that there is a shadow intelligence department monitoring everyone at any time, the head of state! It is easy to be deceived!

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Therefore, after the expansion, the Navy focused on air defense and anti-submarine training, which also resulted in a further reduction in artillery warfare capabilities.

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But everything is not without gain. Germany's anti-submarine minesweeping combat effectiveness has been significantly enhanced, and air defense operations have changed from a weakness to a strength.

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In more than a month, the battleships such as Bismarck and Tirpitz have been modernized and refitted. There are only two key points: the installation of newer radars and the addition of anti-aircraft guns!

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With the new radar, the German Navy's anti-air alert capability has become quite strong, and even on the battleship Tirpitz, Germany is testing a new fire control radar.

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This kind of fire control radar can guide semi-automatic anti-aircraft guns to shoot, which is an advanced high-tech equipment.

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In addition, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are equipped with the latest sea fire control radar, which greatly improves the accuracy of shooting.

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This is also the reason why Lindemann's face is getting more and more ugly: with the aid of the new radar, the accuracy of the German naval gunner's hit is still so low that it makes people laugh and cry.

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"Boom!" Just as the officer in charge of weapons muttered in his heart, the battlecruiser Scharnhorst fired another salvo.

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The eight 283mm caliber main guns ejected dazzling light together, and the shells flew out of the muzzle at an extreme speed, almost three times the speed of sound!

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These shells swept the distance between the two fleets and rushed into the ranks of the Soviet Navy's Black Sea Fleet. Although it was very close to the Soviet warship, this time it was a near miss, which did not cause any damage to the Soviet army.

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"What are the Germans doing? It's been an hour... only one hit?" Holding the binoculars, Gorshkov couldn't believe his eyes.

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The Germans attacked here aggressively, blocking the Kerch Strait, causing the slower Soviet fleet to advance and retreat.

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The previous series of actions of the German fleet were as precise and standardized as textbooks, and they were completely classic actions like a textbook that ran thousands of miles.

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But then the combat literacy of the German navy immediately turned into a primary school student-they cut off the connection between the Soviet battleship and the transport ship, and they were unable to sink the second Soviet battleship after an hour of fighting...

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"Their artillery skills are really bad!" At first, he didn't want to believe it, but this time Gorshkov had to admit the fact that the German Navy's artillery skills seemed to be extremely bad.

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"Keep firing! Delay time! Since the Germans don't have good artillery skills~www.wuxiaspot.com~ then we still have a chance to win!" Gorshkov walked out of his previous despair and encouraged those around him. All humane.

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"Boom!" A few minutes ago, the distance between the two sides narrowed to the point where the Soviet navy could fire. So the Soviet Navy also started shelling, 12 305mm caliber cannons began to show their power, and the German Navy had to adjust its position.

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By now, it's about four o'clock in the afternoon. The German naval pursuit fleet had circled to the designated position and was intercepted between the large Soviet auxiliary ships and the Soviet fleet.

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"Compared to their rotten artillery shooting skills, their commanding skills and ability to grasp fighter planes are absolutely first-class!" Gorshkov sighed with emotion as he watched his cannon shoot out flames.

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The German naval fleet in front of me, apart from the poor artillery skills, has not had any major flaws until now!

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Long Ling stayed up all night to code words, and will continue to update tomorrow morning, please wait patiently, at least the outbreak of the fifth watch!