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Chapter 5017: D?nitz's Fleet Vanguard

The Bismarck battleship is more than 240 meters long, with a width of 36 meters, and a maximum draft of about 10 meters; the maximum speed is about 30 knots and a maximum range of 8,500 nautical miles; the ship is equipped with 8 380mm main guns, 16 105mm secondary guns and 40 machine guns.

In addition, it is equipped with 6 533mm torpedo tubes, 4 seaplanes, and two catapults. It has a crew of 2,000 people. It is one of the famous battleships during World War II.

The standard displacement of the heavy cruiser "Prince Eugen" is 14,240 tons, equipped with 4 dual-mounted 203 mm main guns, 6 dual-mounted 105 mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 6 dual-mounted 37 mm anti-aircraft guns, 6 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and 4 triple 533 mm torpedo tubes, the thickest armor on the side of the hull is 80 mm, 12 533 mm torpedo tubes, 4 seaplanes, and two catapults, with a maximum speed of 32.5 knots and a maximum crew of 1,600 people. It is one of the famous large surface combat ships in Germany World War II.

The battleship Tirpitz is the second ship of the Bismarck-class battleship, the sister ship of the Bismarck battleship.

All its turrets are not easily damaged by enemy ships, and its main gun reloading time only takes 26 seconds, while the turret rotates 180 degrees and only 36 seconds, which is already extremely fast with its secondary gun.

Weapons and equipment: 4 double-equipped 380 mm 52-caliber main guns, 6 double-equipped 150 mm 55-caliber secondary guns, 7 double-equipped 105-mm anti-aircraft guns, 8 double-equipped 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, 20 78-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 2 4-equipped 533-mm torpedo launch tubes.

The carrier-based aircraft has 4 seaplanes, with a staffing of more than 2,600 people, of which more than 100 were from military officers.

When Eisenhower saw his fleet reinforcements reach Algiers; the fleet composed of three Tirpitz battleships, three Bismarck battleships, and three heavy cruisers "Prince Eugen" that Chen Yanlong exchanged for use for Denitz, including 12 battleships, 2 Midway aircraft carriers, 3 escort aircraft carriers, 20 cruisers, 20 destroyers and three tankers had also left the port of Sicily and sailed towards Algiers, preparing to fight the aircraft carrier fleet of British and American troops.

In addition, this German-Junior fleet is also equipped with a large number of new carrier-based F-8 fighters, which are the first truly supersonic carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy in the 1950s.

These F-8 fighters are also equipped with 20 mm cannons as their main fixed armament, as well as 32 guided air-to-air rockets, and two subsidized AIM-9 Diamondsnake missiles.

"Martyr Dunitz! Why do we only dispatch so few fleets to raid the British and American fleets?"

Navy Chief of Staff Tang Woford stood in a command room on Midway Island and watched the sea with Denitz, looking at the situation on the sea. He was puzzled and puzzled.

"Because we still have a large number of new Iranian 400-class submarines under our sea to assist in combat!"

"Of course the main thing is that our German Navy has experienced three years of brutal war, and there are fewer naval personnel left, especially the fewer veterans with practical experience!"

"Although the head of state has been here for us half a year in advance to recruit soldiers and expand the scale of our navy and gather more outstanding naval talents! But the time is still relatively short, so even if we have to reduce the training process and time, we will not train more qualified, excellent and practical naval soldiers as quickly as the money printing machine!"

After listening, Denitz sighed deeply and helplessly.

Afterwards, he was also worried about what the result would be of victory or failure this time he followed Chen Yanlong's orders and took the initiative to attack Tunisia and Algiers' British and American aircraft carrier fleets?

For the German Navy, which has always had a large number of submarine forces, it is still unsure of victory in naval warfare, and the United States, which also has more and more aircraft carriers and sea carrier-based aircraft.

"But I feel that the fleet we attacked this time and the Air Force support are not enough!"

Navy Chief of Staff Tang Woford was still worried.

"Don't worry! With me and the head of state in the German Empire for one day, we will try our best to dispatch more air forces and fleets to support us in combat, defeat the British and American navies and seize the control of the Mediterranean sea."

Regarding the other party's concerns, Denitz showed a bright and confident smile, and responded without any worries.
Chapter completed!
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