Chapter 1796 Discover the secret
The diesel engine at the tail of the Karlsruhe is rumbling. Due to Germany's industrial progress and its advanced marine low-speed diesel engine, many ships are equipped with this type of diesel engine, which has a smaller size than a steam engine. At the same time, Germany no longer has to worry about the lack of diesel, so this type of diesel engine is widely used.
However, one of the disadvantages of diesel engines is that their power is not large, so even if they drive this supply ship, they can only reach 15 knots, and now, this supply ship is advancing at a maximum speed of 15 knots.
The bow of the ship split the waves and rides the wind and waves. After entering the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic Ocean, the waves have decreased. The sea breeze blows on the mast and the waves gently slap the hull.
Captain Terry only slept for a few hours. When the eastern sky gradually shone, he stood on the bridge again and looked at the blue sea in the distance, and felt excited.
At the same time, he was the only one on the entire ship who knew the goal of his voyage. When he thought of this action, he was extremely proud and admired the wisdom of the great head of state. Such a strategic detour could only be thought of by Head of State Cialique.
Americans, just wait to surrender!
The supply ships of tens of thousands of tons are sailing on the vast sea, and they are invisible from afar.
In this case, the Horse Mackerel submarine behind is still bravely following.
The submarines with a total of more than 2,000 tons only had one top exposed on the sea surface, and the waves often hit the upper end of the bow. If you don't pay attention, you won't be able to see them at all.
Bill had no other choice, he had to keep up, and he would never be discovered until he found the secret behind him!
In this way, after sailing for more than a day, the lookouts on the command tower changed batch after batch. When the sun slid to the west, suddenly, a forest of masts appeared on the distant sea.
It was a huge fleet, unimaginable!
"Note that the ballast tank is filled with water and ready to enter underwater navigation." Bill shouted.
Once you enter underwater, the diesel engine will have to be turned off, all relying on the power of the battery. If you sail at full speed, you will run out of power in an hour. However, Bell has no choice. The supply ship did not notice him. However, a huge fleet will definitely have many lookout posts. It is already dangerous for him to get closer. He must enter underwater.
He suppressed his inner excitement. He knew that the truth was about to appear before his eyes. His submarine slowly entered the water, like a clever whale.
"Periscope!"
Although Americans did not expect to arrange underwater snorkels, periscopes have long been a must-have for this era. His eyes were close to the periscope and carefully adjusted the focal length. Soon, the fleet in the distance came into view.
The straight deck is not particularly large, and the smoke in the chimney is relatively light. This should be the Delhi-class escort aircraft carrier of the Germans who use marine diesel engines!
At this time, on the deck of the aircraft carrier, one after another, was covered with fighter jets. At this time, these escort aircraft carriers were acting as water transport ships and transporting these fighter jets!
Turning my shots, on the other side, there are large German-made Ro-Ro-ship ships. There are not many things in the fat belly of the lower layer, but on the top layer, you can see the exposed equipment, all of which are all tanks!
There were countless ships at a glance, and there were countless ships lined up on the sea. This must have been the use of almost the entire European transportation capacity to carry out a terrible strategic shift!
"Continue to get closer and observe!" Captain Bill said. When the initial excitement passed, all he left was worry. Such a huge fleet must be targeted at the United States. What do the Germans want to do?
It must be bad for the United States! He must now find out the scale and where the fleet is going as soon as possible, and then send a telegram to the local area to tell them this amazing discovery!
Captain Bill became inexplicably impatient when he thought of this.
This is related to the future of America.
The German Navy's 1st Expeditionary Special Mixed Fleet.
This is a huge fleet, with a total of more than 300 warships and 400 merchant ships. This time, they will transport ten main divisions in full capacity, as well as more than 500 fighter jets and all their ground equipment.
This is a huge military mobilization and the first time in history!
At the forefront of the Special Mix fleet are the forefronts composed of five attack aircraft carriers and two super battleships. The carrier-based aircraft they take off can even patrol 500 nautical miles away, looking for the most peaceful sea area and the most suitable route.
When Germany attacked Greenland, it only used six attack aircraft carriers. This is why they divided up some of the troops and carried out cross-sea mobilization, which was equivalent to the German Navy using half of its troops to fight against the US Army Air Force and Naval Air Force.
The fleet at that time was vast and formed a terrifying formation on the sea, which had already scared the Americans.
If the current formation is seen by the Americans, it will make them even more scattered. The entire fleet has been stretched to a length of ten nautical miles, and its width has reached two nautical miles. This huge fleet is definitely the most powerful and terrifying of this era.
The aircraft carriers, battleships and cruisers in front form a pointed cone-shaped forward, with bloated escort aircraft carriers and merchant ships in the middle and rear. At the same time, on both sides of the fleet, there are destroyer formations responsible for escorting.
The commander of the German destroyer force, Brigadier General Paul Frederick Bondy, sat on his destroyer "William Hydekamp", sailing behind the formation.
This is a warship built in 36 years. Although it has only been five years now, it is already an old ship. The main weapon it uses is three single-unit 127mm naval guns (when I check the information, why is it not 128?), with a full load displacement of more than 3,000 tons. It uses boilers as power, and at the same time, there are torpedo tubes on both sides and deep-water bomb drop devices at the tail.
Up to now, destroyers rarely participate in battles on the sea. They are almost mainly anti-submarine. A new device has been added to the upper end of the bridge to search the sea radar.
At this time, the radar is scanning the sea surface at a speed of half a minute. If there is a submarine periscope on the sea surface, it can also be clearly found. The wind and waves in the Pacific Ocean are not big, and it is easy to identify the target from the wind and waves.
Inside the bridge, radar soldiers were closely watching the screen. Suddenly, a bright spot appeared on it.
Chapter completed!