Now, the other party is on the front of his right. If he rushed forward to shoot a cannon, he could only use his naval cannon in front of him to bombard the other party.

The bomb drop area is small and the hit rate is low.

In maritime combat, the one with the highest hit accuracy is of course firing sideways, especially if your warship is driving at the same direction and speed as the other party, you almost don’t need to hit any advance amount and just hit the bomb directly.

Now, Lansdorf had this idea. He hoped that his warship could move to the other party's port and sink it at close range!

The diesel engine at the tail roared. Compared with the steam engine, the power of the diesel engine is still limited, and it is impossible to achieve a high speed of more than 30 knots in the German class. However, the diesel engine has another advantage, that is, its fast start speed!

It takes time to heat the boiler, and the diesel engine almost leaves when it catches fire. At the same time, the diesel engine needs to accelerate, which is a matter of the accelerator.

Pushing the throttle lever to the head, the diesel engine at the tail made a violent roar, pushing the warship, accelerating, accelerating!

Just now, it was escorting the formation, and it could only sail at a speed of less than 15 knots, but now its speed is increasing continuously, 20 knots, 25 knots, 28 knots!

When it was designed, the maximum speed was 26 knots, but when the trial sailing was conducted, due to the excellent design, this kind of warship could reach a high speed of 28 knots.

The other battleships of the same period only had more than 20 knots, so they could fight if they could not beat them, and ran away if they could not.

And now, I have to catch up and fight!

At this time, the USS Beyan aircraft carrier was still sailing slowly, and its huge outline became clearer and clearer.

From the perspective of this era, the 30,000-ton Beyan is still tall and mighty, and can carry dozens of carrier-based aircraft, which is also the best among aircraft carriers.

However, from the current perspective of the German Navy, this type of aircraft carrier is completely behind. Needless to mention the problem of speed, the deck is a straight-through deck. Although there are three elevators, they are all on the deck. When the elevator is enabled, it is impossible to operate the aircraft on the deck at all.

This made its deck operation quite slowly. For example, it took an hour to recycle 20 carrier-based aircraft. This efficiency would have been blown away long ago if it were on the battlefield.

Under normal circumstances, there are fighter fleets, reconnaissance fleets and attack fleets on the USS Beyan, and now, on the deck, there is only one old biplane reconnaissance aircraft.

Its preparations before taking off. Although it is not very vigilant, it is responsible for a arduous task after all. Every once in a while, it has to take off a reconnaissance plane and reconnaissance the surrounding waters.

At this time, the lookout Paul was operating his telescope and casually circled the sea. He immediately found a warship behind his port side, chasing him!

The distance was a little far, and he could not see the flags flying on the other side's masts at all. Moreover, as an intern, he was not familiar with the various warships of various countries and could not visually identify the models.

"Report to the captain, and found a warship of unknown nationality behind our port side."

Behind the port side? After receiving this news, the captain on the bridge was stunned. Could it be the two warships that were planned to meet with him? It shouldn't be, the location is wrong, it should be in front of him!

"Send light recognition signals and radios immediately, and contact the other party in the naval dedicated channel." General Rabode said.

In the Bay of Biscay, there is no danger yet. Even General Laboud did not expect that the Germans would come. He just thought it was a warship on his side.

He raised his telescope and looked into the distance, but the wind direction was quite bad at this time. The smoke coming out of the other party's chimney just floated to the other party's right front, and it was impossible to see clearly from his own side.

I can only see a rough outline.

Light recognition signal!

At the sea, how to connect with each other has always been a difficult problem. At the beginning, ancient methods such as carrier pigeons and fireworks were used. Later, with the continuous progress, internationally common flag slogans and lighting signals were quite commonly used.

Although it is daytime, when the lights are aimed at the other party, they can still be clearly seen, and then they can be connected with each other with lights. In complex situations, this is easier to use than the flag verb.

For example now.

At the top of the bridge, the lights are quickly sending identification signals to the German warships. This is a unique identification signal for the French Navy. As long as the other party responds according to the standard signal, it can be said that it is our own.

"Report, the other party sent a light recognition signal." On this side, German lookout player Carl had discovered the other party's intention and immediately reported to the bridge.

"Don't worry about them, let's keep moving forward!" said Captain Navy Colonel Rancedorf, who was very excited in his heart.

Now, our side has accelerated to a high speed of 28 knots. As long as you start for more than ten minutes, you can drive side by side with the other side. This is the best attack distance.

The other party was not prepared and was still releasing light recognition signals to himself, which was simply giving himself a chance!

The rangefinder and radar are working at full speed, and the ballistic solver in the command room is buzzing. Now, they are in a state where they can shoot at any time, and the shooting elements have been calibrated!

Get closer and when you are driving side by side with the other party, pour all your artillery fire onto the other party’s head!

"Report, the other party did not respond." On this side, the French aircraft carrier bridge was waiting, but he just couldn't see the other party's response.

"Maybe the other party did not see our light signal, so we can try again." The captain said.

General Laboud shook his head: "The reconnaissance plane takes off immediately, hurry!"

There was an ominous premonition in his heart. As an old sailor who had been floating on the sea for many years, he could see a lot at a glance, such as the speed of the other party.

Now, he always feels that the other party's speed is very fast, even exceeding 25 knots. His own warship is not that fast. Could it be a Spanish warship?

Take off the reconnaissance plane quickly and go for reconnaissance!

After hearing the order, the po390 reconnaissance plane on the deck finally stopped being slow. After the engine was filled with black smoke, it was activated. The pilot was wearing a flying cap and preparing to push the throttle rod. After the engine was fully opened, he took off from the deck for reconnaissance.

This ancient reconnaissance aircraft has been in service for 30 years. Opening the canopy is very beneficial to the pilot's observation.

Unfortunately, the ancient biplane heard a sharp alarm before it took off.
Chapter completed!