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The sky became completely dark, and in the end, even within a few thousand meters, it was almost impossible to see what was on the sea. In this increasingly dark night, the entire German North Sea fleet advanced southwest at a distance of 25 knots.

Major General Eric Bei walked out of the bridge and climbed to the open deck on the port side. Faced with the bitter cold wind, he turned up his coat collar to cover his ears to keep warm. Looking far away, the sea and sky were chaotic in the distance, and only the monotonous roar of motives came from his ears. As the vanguard, he was ordered to lead the shelling formation to open the way. Based on the results of the battle, he already knew that the fleet was not far from northeast of Iceland. He had a vague premonition that he might encounter the British tonight.

He secretly prayed in his heart that it would be better not to collide with the British. If he had to meet him on a narrow road, he also hoped that the time would be later. Once he was entangled by the enemy tonight, he would not be able to complete the mission of crossing the Iceland-Faro Islands waterway at night. If he was discovered tomorrow, the losses would be great. Everyone knows how powerful the carrier-based aircraft performed today. More than 60,000 tons of warships were sent to the bottom of the sea by dozens of aircraft. If the fleet could not quickly leave the enemy's air defense circle after dawn tomorrow, the entire North Sea fleet would face a more violent air attack than today.

However, he is different from Kumetz. The latter objected to Mashar's order to travel through time tonight, believing it was too dangerous. Instead, he believed that if the tsunami operation was to be successful, it would have been wasted a day when it encircled the British cruiser fleet. If another day wasted, the number of enemies would only increase.

The same attitude was also Major General Hamilton, the commander of the e-fleet. After receiving the battle report this afternoon, he took a breath and air conditioner. The German aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft were really powerful and a little dissatisfied. So although he was ordered to advance northeastward and intercept the German fleet, he hoped that the meeting between the two sides would be best in the morning. He wanted the carrier-based aircraft on the escort aircraft on the aircraft carrier to cooperate with the 6-based attack aircraft to achieve the maximum effect, so his advancement was very slow, and he moved slowly in less than 13 knots.

This good wish was completely broken by 11 o'clock in the evening. He moved southeast and was ordered to cut off the German fleet's Newcastle (Southampton-class) light cruiser showed three vague radar signals.

"Is this the enemy's fleet?"

"Not necessarily, it may also be the echo burrs reflected by the waves, but..." said the professional officer with difficulty. "These highlights are on the right wing of the fleet's existing route extension (not checking the south, if it is really an enemy fleet, they will be let go."

The captain and the first mate exchanged glances and immediately reported the situation to the fleet commander Major General Lewis to decide. After two minutes, he called back and came: "Continue to track and don't let go of all suspicious things."

Because three escort aircraft carriers were sunk on the spot, the escort aircraft carrier that was severely damaged and paralyzed was finally ordered to sink by Major General Lewis because they could not save it. Without the drag of these slow warships, the injured Mississippi was restored to 21 knots after emergency repairs. Therefore, the entire fleet can reach a maximum of 21 knots. Newcastle immediately and a destroyer accelerated to investigate the relevant situation.

They read that they were not wrong. The three radar signals belonged to the three main battleships in the German fleet's artillery formation: Tirpitz, Admiral Scher and Luzov. At this moment, they were heading southwest, without realizing that the British warship had already appeared. Because the aircraft carrier formation behind the artillery formation was 35 nautical miles away from the former, the British fleet had not arrived.

After confirming the situation, Newcastle chased all the way. When the radar soldiers found a large number of radar signals, the route extension line of the entire fleet had already inserted the German fleet unknowingly and divided the aircraft carrier formation and the artillery formation into two parts. Because there were many light spots in the north and the radar signal in the south, there were fewer radar signals in the south and farther away from the fleet. In addition, Lewis knew that there were his own e-fleet waiting for the Germans in front, so he immediately ordered the fleet to turn left 15 prayer points and prepare to seize the T-head formation.

At this moment, the German army, who woke up from a dream, also appeared in the British fleet, and the radar soldiers reported that the distance between the pilot ships of both sides was less than 18 nautical miles, and it was getting closer and closer. Mashal knew that the situation was serious: Judging from the feedback of the radar situation, there were at least 5-6 medium-strength signals. In order to avoid direct hedging with the opponent's fleet, he decisively ordered the formation to turn right by 15 compass points.

At 12:24, the German aircraft carrier formation rushed over the front of the Schanehorst and suddenly burst out with a sharp explosion. Captain Colonel Hints raised his head suddenly and saw a flare burst out from the sky a little further away, shining brightly, dazzling and dazzling, dyeing the dark sky purple-blue. The beautiful light curtain set against the water's jumping and splashing waves. When the flare slowly fell, the shadow of the Schanehorst, which was living in the wave valley, was slender.

"Enemy ship!" The lookout officer on the Newcastle shouted loudly. Although the northwest wind invaded and exacerbated the difficulty of observation, he still seized the opportunity of the dazzling light of the flares to cut through the night for a moment and saw the figure of the Schonhorst. A few minutes later, Colonel Hints saw a series of flashes appearing south. The 356mm cannons on the Idaho battleship opened fire. The shells made a long roar and flew over the mainmast of the Schonhorst and landed more than 1 ooo.

The distance finder of the "29ooo meters" department started to work, and the non-commissioned officer immediately reported the approximate data.

"Right rudder 15 degrees!" Xinz indeed issued a rudder order, and then shouted, "Prepare to shoot!"

After a while, the Schanehorst immediately turned to the right wing, while the main and auxiliary guns raised their muzzles and turned to the port side. The gunman shouted repeatedly: "Aim at the target! Aim at the target!"

A minute later, when everything was ready, Hinz shouted: "Fire!"

When the Schanehorst jumped from the wave valley on the port side, the 283mm naval gun sprayed out orange-red fireballs, and white smoke rose on the deck, and ran around after the northwest wind. After it fired a counterattack, another batch of shells fell more than 80 meters above the port side of the ship, and several water columns dozens of meters high were blown up.

"267oo meters..." After the sighting officer read out this distance, all the staff officers were frightened. Judging from the howling sound of the shells and the water columns stirred up by the landing point, this was at least a 14-inch main gun fire that could only be fired. The battleship was fired, and the battleship could not run so far in just one minute, so there were at least two battleships of this level opposite. The report of the radar soldiers also supported this view.

The 356mm caliber artillery was obviously not something that the Schanehorst could bear, not to mention that the enemy still had two ships. Captain Hints no longer tried to fight back, but instead ordered the warship to turn right 15 degrees and issued a signal for help.

Mashar, who was commanding behind, had learned the whole situation, and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and quickly issued a series of orders: "The aircraft carrier formation's course will turn to the north, and the degree will be increased to the festival to escape to the maximum extent; the destroyer covers the S boat to launch a torpedo attack on the enemy, restrains the enemy's troops, and covers the front of the Scarnhorst; notify Major General Bei of the artillery formation and ask him to return to aid immediately!"

Hearing the sound of artillery coming from behind and the telegram from the flagship, Major General Bei knew the situation was in a hurry and immediately ordered the formation to turn back and help. The tall Tilpitz turned a 18o-degree bend on the spot and drove towards the direction he was coming.

Until this time, the Germans did not understand that the shelling of American battleships was guided by the Newcastle radar, so they were faster than the Germans in their judgment of the landing point and the analysis of the enemy ship's position. The Schánhorst's practice of concealing its own gunfire by not fighting back could not interfere with the fleet. The closer Newcastle was ignored by the Schánhorst because it had not opened fire. Colonel Hinz only felt that the shells of the enemy warships were getting denser and denser, and the position of the shells was getting more and more accurate from the ship. Due to the pressure to reduce during the turn, the distance between the two American battleships from the Schánhorst has been shortened to less than 25 ooo meters, and the nearest Newcastle is even less than 18,000 meters.

At 12:48, a group of nearly missing bombs fell around the Schanehorst, lifting up rows of white water columns. Half a minute later, a shell hit the main mast, the top of the mast was blown away, and steel fragments fell over the superstructure like raindrops. The main mast swayed violently, like a tall brown tung tree suddenly attacked by a typhoon, and the radar screen was gray and white.

"This is not a battleship shell!" Lieutenant General Kumetz, who was on the Schánhorst, screamed, "Otherwise it would not be this power." This time he guessed correctly. The shell just now was not fired by the battleship, but a 152mm shell fired by the Newcastle, with a distance of only 15,000 meters.

The radar suddenly lost its function, and the Schánhorst became blind. All the officers and soldiers of the ship were worried, fearing that the next time the enemy shells would fall on the warship, but they did not dare to slip away desperately. The Schánhorst was the most powerful warship in the entire aircraft carrier formation. The aircraft carriers and other light cruisers behind were trying to turn around and retreat, and they had to buy time for them. Once the British rushed in, they were afraid that the warships behind would not survive.

Therefore, although the enemy's artillery fire came one after another, the Schánhorst could not just slip away and could only continue to deal with the British fleet.

"Kill the nearest enemy cruiser first!" Xinz decided not to care about the battleship behind, and just vent his anger on the Newcastle, which is closest to the ship and has been firing cold guns. Two minutes later, the 283mm main gun aimed at Newcastle and fired a salvo. (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!