Chapter 733: Naval Battle (3)

"General Bachmann, this time we shot down a total of 53 US P-40 fighter jets and 55 B-25 fighter jets."

After the battle, the German carrier-based aircraft returned to the aircraft carrier one after another, and a staff officer reported the results of the battle to the fleet commander, Major General Hannes Bachmann.

"Very good." Major General Bachmann nodded with satisfaction. "What about our losses?"

"Fifteen fighter jets were shot down, and another nineteen were seriously damaged and require major repairs. Seaplanes have been dispatched to search for the downed pilots."

"The performance of these Yankee fighter jets is not very good." Major General Bachmann mocked disdainfully. At the cost of fifteen fighter jets, they shot down 108 of the opponent's fighter jets and bombers. It can be said to be a great victory. “How far is it from the U.S. coastline?”

"Our current location is about 350 kilometers from the U.S. coastline."

Major General Bachmann glanced at the darkening sky outside the window. If the Americans do not take the next step, they will arrive on the east coast of the United States at around three o'clock tomorrow morning. "Do these Americans dare to continue to challenge?" If the Americans are determined to be cowards and dare not challenge, it would be a bit embarrassing; he can't go back with these 108 victories, right? Fortunately, as far as they know, the Americans have not deployed large-caliber coastal defense artillery on the east coast. If these Americans really want to be cowards, then they will approach the coastline in a big way and bombard their cities.

"Keep moving forward, let the outer destroyers strengthen their vigilance, and don't let the enemy's submarines take advantage of them." They know the power of their own submarines, so they are particularly vigilant about enemy submarine attacks.

"yes!"

At this moment, everyone in the temporary combat headquarters in Washington, USA, looked extremely serious, especially Commander Arnold's face, which was so ugly that it even turned a little dark. Unexpectedly, the jump/bomb attack tactics they had painstakingly developed failed like this. The bomber formation was annihilated without even being able to see the German fleet. It was really speechless. "The performance of the German carrier-based aircraft far exceeded our expectations. Our fleet must avoid fighting the Germans during the day." The German carrier-based fighter jets are so powerful, and the carrier-based attack aircraft may not be much worse. They rashly follow them during the day. The German fleets were engaged in battle. I am afraid that our own fleet was attacked by German carrier-based aircraft before it could reach within the range of the naval guns.

"Vice Admiral Ingersoll personally led the fleet to set off. According to the news sent by our patrol ships along the way, our fleet will encounter the German fleet at around 9:30 tonight. At that time, it will approach the German fleet and start an artillery battle. Our chances of winning are still very good. "It is impossible for aircraft carriers to launch aircraft at night, so there is no air threat. They still have confidence in naval guns."

Time passed by, and night completely enveloped the world.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, an alarm came from the radar room of the German fleet. "General, the US fleet has been spotted 45 kilometers away!"

"Finally!" General Bachmann stood up and came to the window of the bridge, looking at the dark night sky outside the window and ordered. "Order the fleet to enter combat status! Sound the combat alarm!"

As the order was issued, a shrill battle siren sounded over the entire fleet, and the sailors hurriedly ran to their combat posts. In the fort, the gunners quickly completed the loading of the artillery shells with the assistance of the semi-mechanized loader. In the fire control room, the fire control radar was scanning the fleet on the opposite side, calculating the shooting elements, the main gun's rotation angle, pitch angle and other data. .

"General, do you want to launch a torpedo?" the adjutant standing next to General Bachmann asked. After all, their oxygen torpedoes equipped with sound guidance mechanisms are still secret weapons until now. Launching torpedoes from this distance is enough to severely damage local battleships.

"Hey, it seems that the big ships and big guns are really going to decline." Hearing the adjutant's words, General Bachmann showed a wry smile on his face. Carrier-based aircraft attack during the day, and ultra-long-range oxygen torpedo attacks are used at night. Their cannons are almost rusty. "The US fleet started shooting after entering 25,000 meters, and launched torpedoes after entering 10,000 meters."

"yes!"

As for whether the naval gun can hit the target at a distance of 25,000 meters, the longest hit record in the original time and space of the dynamic interaction in World War II was that Warspite hit the battleship Kaiser at a distance of 26,400 yards (approximately 24,140 meters); The Glorious hit, but this distance is always controversial. Some say it is 24,175 meters, while others say it is 24,035 meters. Of course, these all involve luck, and it is impossible for every warship to achieve this record.

No matter what, the German fleet is now equipped with the world's most advanced fire control radar and calculators for measuring ballistics. The 25,000-meter distance ordered by General Bachmann is still conservative.

The two fleets were traveling head-on, and soon the distance between the two fleets was shortened to 25,000 meters.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The guns of the German battleships, which had been waiting for action for a long time, roared one after another, and the fire from the cannons illuminated the dark sea area like a torch.

The sudden firing of the German fleet startled Lieutenant General Ingersoll who was sitting on the "Washington" opposite. The "Washington" is the second ship of the North Carolina class battleship. The first ship "North Carolina" was sunk by a German submarine (Chapter 543). Lieutenant General Ingersoll took this newly commissioned ship "Washington" was used as the flagship.

"!!" Let's not talk about how the Germans found their fleet. Why did they open fire rashly in such a dark night? Aren't they afraid that the flames from the muzzles will expose themselves first? Moreover, he judged from the muzzle flames of the other side that the distance between the two fleets was at least 20,000 meters away at this moment. At this distance, they couldn't hit them at all, right? Unless God gave them a golden finger, who knows where the shells will fly.

Lieutenant General Ingersoll frowned deeply. Could it be that the Germans fired randomly to scare them away? But this idea is a bit ridiculous. If the Germans were so naive, they would not have gone so deep here.

Before Lieutenant General Ingersoll could figure out the German intentions, the shells fired by the Germans had crossed a long distance of 25,000 meters and landed near the US fleet, or more precisely, in the center of the US fleet.

The shells splashed into the water, which also frightened Lieutenant General Ingersoll. Not only him, but almost everyone was shocked! How could the Germans shoot so accurately? Why can they shoot so accurately?

"What on earth is going on?!" The Germans fired shells at a distance of 20,000 meters and the landing point was so accurate. This can no longer be described as well-trained. Not to mention in the dark night, even in the daytime, it is impossible to achieve such an effect in the first round, right?

Could it be that God really gave them a golden finger? !