Chapter 1686： Battle of the South Indian Ocean One (1/2)
Chapter 1686 The battle of the Southern Indian Ocean (1)
”Found active radio communication! It is 50 kilometers south of us!” a military officer reported!
”Order the fleet to sail south immediately! Send a telegram to the seaplane and focus on the designated area! At the same time notify Lieutenant General Su Xiong!” Raidel put down his teacup and ordered immediately.
A few minutes later, the fast battleship Gneisenau made a huge arc on the sea and sailed to the south. Following Riddle’s order, the battleship began to accelerate, and in the boiler room inside the hull, it shifted three shifts. The firemen of China continuously send hundreds of kilograms of anthracite to the boiler, and then release their energy in the raging flames. When the boiler temperature reaches a certain limit, the fuel injector at the top of the boiler starts to spray heavy oil. The additional fuel further increases the energy of the boiler. The high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor of up to more than 200 degrees rushes through the pipeline, like blood in a human blood vessel, providing huge energy to 4 marine steam turbines!
”Maximum speed! Don't let the Japanese run away!” After ten minutes, the warship increased its cruising speed from 15 knots to 23 knots, and moved further towards 26 knots!
”It's a fast battleship! It's a fast battleship of the Germans!” At this time, the distance between the two parties was not far away. In less than 20 minutes after the Germans determined the approximate position of the Japanese fleet through radio lateral technology, one A Japanese seaplane also spotted the Gneisenau heading south! And immediately used the telegram to notify the Japanese fleet 50 kilometers away!
”How come there is only one ship?” When Hyakutake Saburo received this information, he was unusually calm. Perhaps he had realized that the day would finally come, so he was not particularly nervous and afraid, but the fact that the other party had only one ship really made it happen. He was very surprised because, according to previous battle reports, the two German fast battleships would never act separately.
”What's the difference? There is only one battleship, and we absolutely can't beat it.” An officer next to him said frustratedly.
”Haha, that's right.” Hyakutake Saburo smiled helplessly. ”Order the fleet to disband! Let's hold the target!” After hesitating for a while, the Japanese lieutenant commanded to disband the fleet! This is actually an inevitable choice. Although there are a large number of people on your side, the artillery battle will definitely not be able to defeat the opposite super dreadnought ship with rich combat experience, and it may even be difficult to escape. So, do you want to rely on them to protect the merchant ship? Go to sleep! And even though only one has been found now, the other one may be killed sometime. Running now is better than running after a while, right?
”I heard that we can carry bombs on our seaplane?” Nan Yunzhong asked.
”Yes, but they are all small guys, and the final result is only 100KG.” Hyakutake Saburo said.
”Even if there are only 100KG bombs, but attacking some fragile parts of the warship, such as rangefinders, etc., is not a big problem?” Nan Yun said.
”The premise is that it can hit!” Hyakutake Saburo said in his heart, but turned his head and thought, isn't the situation now that a dead horse becomes a living horse doctor? Anyway, under normal circumstances, it will definitely not be able to beat, what if it is useful? Therefore, Hyakutake Saburo immediately issued an order to the Takachiho seaplane carrier, asking it to immediately recover all the aircraft, and then install bombs to prepare for attack! Unintentionally, Hyakutake Saburo set a record for the Japanese Navy and used a carrier-based aircraft to attack an opponent for the first time...