"Lieutenant Colonel Harman wants to talk to you!" Sitting in the corner of the carriage, the communications soldier said that he would pick the earphone microphone and prepare to hand it to Okoula
Okoula did not care about the car shaking badly in his heart. He took the headphones and microphone from the communications corps with a big step.
"Is the school I am Okoula …? Everything’s normal. It’s … ……15o kilometers? An hour? ….. I think there should be no problem! ….. There is no problem! ….. White! Yes! "
After the short call, Okoula’s cold expression on his face became heavier instead of lessening it.
Seeing this scene, the staff officers around didn’t dare to ask more questions, even more afraid to comfort them. In their opinion, they didn’t say that their head was the main attack of the division this time. After all, the fourth regiment was ranked according to the serial number. Even if there is such a full-fledged head, even if it has good fighting capacity, it is always ranked behind the 1 ST, 2 nd and 3 rd regiments as reserves and mobile units, unless it is to carry out a large-scale interspersed division battle against large enemy forces, but obviously there will be no such environment and opportunity here.
Meditation for a long time, Okoula looked up and looked at most of the officers in the carriage.
"HQ ordered our regiment to carry out a detour. We will travel 15 kilometers on this road at least from now on, and it is in an hour …"
Okoula clenched his fists tightly. "It’s heavy and difficult, but our goal is to … cut off the route of Vladivostok!"
"Vladivostok!"
Several officers almost called out. Before receiving the order, people were not sure whether they would attack Vladivostok, let alone attack the first fortress in the Far East. Although it was far more glorious to capture Vladivostok than not to enter the enemy country, it was a phased "ultimate goal" before the Japanese invasion of Japan. Among German officers and men, it was already said that they could win the war without directly landing on the islands on the 6th.
However, the staff officers in the carriage are also somewhat lost like Okoula at the thought that they are going to carry out circuitous instead of frontal attack. Although the main attack force can’t be 100% guaranteed to enter Vladivostok first, it is also "an advantage". Although it is often possible to catch many prisoners circuitously, it is difficult to suffer more. Besides, marching for 15o kilometers in an hour sounds simple, but the progress on this dirt road can’t be compared with that on the road, and no matter whether it is a type 3 or a tank. The cross-country journey is less than 150 kilometers, which means that there is at least one midway refueling before taking part in the battle. If the battlefield environment is smooth, it will take half an hour. If it is not smooth, the time will be hard to predict!
So the cold wind outside the car was blowing, and the atmosphere in the car couldn’t heat up. The specific orders were quickly given to all the companies, but Okoula’s eyebrows were still locked. This operation really conforms to Rommel’s style, which is famous for its strange and changeable tactics. But will it be as successful as usual this time?
Okoula looked worried, and at the same time, another group of Germans off the coast of Vladivostok was really full of confidence and high morale.
"Very well, let’s keep this degree and let those Japanese guys see us!"
In the command room of the heavy cruiser "Hesse", the old coach Spee looked full of energy. It is no wonder that he has been looking forward to this day since he was forced to lead the fleet out of Vladivostok. It is also for the same reason that the German High Command and the Admiralty unanimously agreed to assign Spee to command this battle so that the old coach can finish before retiring, but this worry is also a reward for his loyal service to the navy for many years.
Not far away, the battleships "Caesar Fiedler III", "August" and "Bavaria" are aiming their starboard at the black coastline. In their main turrets, naval gunners are orderly loading pieces weighing half a ton and a large bag of guns into huge gun barrels, and volley them every two minutes. For these three ships, when they were in service in the German navy, they were three years respectively. The main battleships in 7 years and 10 years were not effective, but in fact, except for the Bavarian, the other two were in the best condition of the hull and crew. Because their main gun firepower was so strong, even the strong fortress had to tremble when the shells fell and barely lingered at the top of the fortifications. It was the Sixteenth Rising Sun Flag of the Japanese Navy!
Just as the coach was talking, the gunners in the three battleships once again hit the gun bore and repeated that they were too familiar with the loading procedure, and the residual heat left by the gun was also filled with the limited turret. Although the exhaust fan was spinning wildly, the thermometer on the tower wall clearly showed the temperature inside-4 degrees was nearly 5 degrees higher than the outside temperature!
The boss is naturally very aware of the hard working environment of turrets in four seasons, such as stoves. In fact, he has already taken into account the gunners’ situation by making such a shot. If it were changed, it would be normal to shoot every 15 minutes in a fierce naval battle, and even once every minute. When a single ship is free to shoot, the main gun shot of Caesar Feterie III battleship can reach 15 per minute!
When three German battleships, a total of 25 main guns with a diameter of less than 343 mm, fired at the shore fortress, the Japanese fortress guns also responded without weakness, and the shells were slightly messy. Almost every minute, a dark red "meteor" landed on the sea, which was far away from the German battleship fleet and seemed close at hand! We need to be careful to guard against these heavy pound fortress shells. Not only are the three battleship officers and soldiers carrying out anti-submarine alert destroyers around them, but we must always pray that although these destroyers can easily defeat the light ships in recent days, they are not 20 mm very large caliber fortress guns. Often, an opponent can shake the destroyer sailors with a near miss, not to mention rubbing them lightly, which is a direct hit!
"Marshal, this is the secret of Qingdao headquarters!"
Another deafening cannon was still echoing on the sea. When wearing a thick basket of black winter navy coat, the communication officer came to Shi Pei’s side to salute and handed over a newspaper. His face was serious but not restrained, and his eyes were even more confident and relaxed.
Spee took the newspaper and his two senior staff officers looked at him from a suitable distance.
"The 6 th Army will attack in 4 hours. Whether we board 6 from the sea depends on their progress!" Spee seems to have no intention of keeping secrets from the officers around him. His voice is enough to ensure that most people in the operation room can hear him.
"Marshal, how likely is it that this battle can be solved by only six armies?" A brigadier general next to him, whose temples are gray, said that although the high command has not yet reached the notice, it will be nine times out of ten for him to retire at his age and rank after the war. It is the same wish of veterans like them to get more meritorious service before the war is over.
"From the moment we fired at the shore, our navy will have a battle!"
Spee looked at the dark sea ahead and said
Destroy the day Chapter one hundred and twenty Negotiation? Tactics!
"Negotiation?"
Spey looked at the staff officer in front of him with an incredible look, because he had just told himself that the warning ship at the forefront was showing a light signal in the Japanese fortress, to the effect that the German side should temporarily cease fire so that the Japanese side could send representatives to negotiate.
"It’s a marshal!" Jaw slightly raise officer very positive tone replied.
"Japanese people going to surrender? Or do you want to leave Vladivostok with dignity? Anyway, it’s hard to imagine that those fanatics took the initiative to come out and talk! Right? " Spee looked around at the senior officers who were either generals or school or lieutenant colonel. Almost everyone responded in favor.
"Maybe their commander is different from other Japanese? I mean … "The veteran thought on Spee’s left." Maybe his brain is more rational! "
Speer nodded. "All right! Reply to the Japanese, we will temporarily cease fire for two hours and ask them to send representatives! And tell them not to play tricks and let us return more shells to them! "
"It’s a marshal!"
"Although we can’t compete with the fleet, we can’t take it lightly. A small mistake may ruin a fleet!" Spee’s words are not specifically addressed to anyone here, but to the people who will continue to fight in the German navy.
"The marshal said yes, so shall we let all the capital ships back slightly?" Speak or the veteran on the left.
Spee turned and looked at him. "Caution is good, but you don’t have to be confused! School! "
A naval academy with a clean face who is only in his forties should take two steps forward.
"I ordered the battleship detachment to keep the shelling distance at any time to continue the gun preparation and make tactical maneuvers from the current irregular course and navigation; The aircraft carrier formation continues to stand by at the predetermined position, and the escort ship must maintain the highest alert state; For us … just wait for the Japanese here! "
Spee habitually walked to the place just one step away from the observation window, raised his high-powered binoculars and looked at the distant target 6 clearly marked by fire smoke.
The sea cannon soon subsided, and the silence made people feel a little uncomfortable in their ears and hearts. Then they swam in the dark, and German warships turned around with hydraulic drive. The unique and deep turrets with different sounds moved so that their guns could point in the direction of the Japanese fortress, and then they waited silently.
A quarter of an hour later, a few searchlights lit up in the Japanese fortress. At the end of the beam, a small-looking Japanese ship appeared on the sea. It was not the once mighty sixteen rising sun flags but a striking white flag hanging from the bow!
In a short time, a German destroyer with the most dangerous execution greeted it and hit its searchlight. It was said that the most dangerous thing was that its 21oo-ton hull and hundreds of officers and men of the ship were exposed in the middle of the battlefield because of the light. In case of illness, it was likely to be torn to pieces by a Japanese artillery fire. Fortunately, this situation did not actually happen.
Now people are watching the German Medal destroyer with simple hull come to meet the ships smoothly, and then turn around the other side beautifully and come to its left. Then the two ships come side by side to the main German fleet.
In the German destroyer, people have a more intuitive evaluation of the Japanese ship carrying out the negotiation-if the German Medal destroyer is compared to an adult soldier, I am afraid that Japanese ship can be regarded as a childless girl, because it is not only nearly half smaller than the German destroyer, but also belongs to a non-combat ship in shape and equipment, and its deck is quite slow! According to the standard voyage of the German medal destroyer, it can now be a three-point voyage with patience!
It seems that every move of the Japanese ship monitored by the German destroyer is in the hands of the Germans, which also dispels people’s doubts to a great extent-the Japanese will never pose a threat to the German capital ship because such a patrol ship is not even a non-combat ship!
There is no denying that the officers who graduated from Germany’s regular naval academies have qualified navigation knowledge and the ability to command conventional combat. In the face-to-face battle, they are afraid and calm. Even in the case of weak strength, their courage and quality are enough to make them proud of an opponent. However, in terms of tricks, I am afraid they are not rivals of some eastern commanders. Imagine that a German military academy curriculum will never attack the enemy like suicide tactics! Enemy suicide tactics? The French dare not, the British despise the Americans, and the German military school instructors have never had the opportunity to fight against the "terrorist war machine" like the Japanese army, let alone teach their brothers to be prepared.
In this case, the commander’s personal observation, Wit and adaptability are particularly important. Unfortunately, at this time, neither the commander of the medal-class destroyer nor the German Admiral of the fleet von Speer thousands of yards away were aware of the faint and secret strange smell. Less than 2o yards behind the slow-sailing Japanese ship, a ghostly submarine was relying on the former to tow and approach the sea, but it was not equipped with advanced Nader warships. Today, people not only closed all the equipment of the submarine, but also failed to make periscope. Even the other end of the towing cable was cleverly installed at the waterline of the power ship. Therefore, the German destroyer has been in a state of being equipped.
"All right, let them stop. We’ll send a boat to pick up their negotiators!"
When Speda gave this order, the other party had already arrived at a place about 3ooo yards away from the flagship "Black Forest". Although it is a bit cumbersome, the benefits are obvious. It is reasonable and protects itself. This is a common method in normal circumstances, but today Speer is obviously miscalculated.
Stopping at the muzzle of many German warships is different from hiding in the wolves. But at this time, Japanese ship officers and sailors, instead of being nervous and timid, are filled with confidence and pride. More than a dozen sailors with white stripes on the front deck are holding bottles full of spirits and pouring them into the deck while drinking. It seems that they are singing something, and then one of them throws an outcry match to the ground. The fire spreads rapidly, and the German officers and men have not reacted to see that the ship is soaring and a huge fire is also reflected.
The Japanese submarine, which needed to adjust its direction slightly, aimed its sights at Spey’s flagship, while the cruiser with a displacement of 150,000 tons and first-class communication equipment and heavy weight was not so tenacious in front of torpedoes.
Almost at the same time, Na Bing, the nearest medal destroyer to the Japanese ship, shouted
"There is something wrong with the water!"
It’s a pity that everything came too late. The first, second and third torpedoes were fired at a fairly short interval. Two seconds later, the fourth and fifth torpedoes were fired from the rear of the Japanese submarine. If they were not equipped with their own restrictions, the Japanese could still achieve greater results!
Silver-gray torpedoes broke through the waves extremely quickly. Their tracks were looming in the night, which kept German warship officers and sailors in a hurry. They had won one battle after another in a distance reactivity competition, but the German navy became a loser. Even if one third of the torpedoes grazed the ship and deviated from the target, it was still enough to destroy the Black Forest and another cruiser, Enma. The huge energy of the torpedoes directly broke Enma into three parts. Although the Black Forest
When other German warships reacted, the Japanese ship, which was still burning on the sea, became the best target to vent their anger. Several cruisers and the destroyers’ main guns and auxiliary guns burst into pieces in a flash, and then they were furious. German destroyers frantically searched for the underwater submarine. The explosion of the underwater bomb lined with the explosion of the two cruisers’ martyrdom ammunition resounded across the sea, and the battle was in suspense. The German destroyer team only let the "murderer" sink to the bottom of the sea for half an hour, but the joy of victory in people’s hearts was washed away by the signal that the mast of the "Black Forest" rose and abandoned
"This is definitely a disaster day for the German navy! When we were lucky, Marshal Spee was slightly injured, and after this misfortune, including us, everyone should keep a correct attitude. War is by no means a rigid dogma battlefield, and all kinds of situations are possible!
Afterwards, the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces, Kaiser William III, told the confidant generals that the German navy lost 461 people in each light and heavy cruiser, and another oo person was injured. However, the German high command did not replace Spee, but gave him a firm letter and a tough character. Spee also fought in his new flagship until the end of the war.
After retiring, Count von Spee devoted himself to the study of unconventional naval tactics, including maximilian? Feng? Spee, Crazy Sea and served as a senior consultant for the Royal German Navy students until his death at the age of O in 1941.
Destroy the day Chapter one hundred and twenty-nine The spear shield ()
It’s getting light.
There is no sunshine, no blue sky, and the whole world is foggy. Look around for dozens of meters.
The environment can affect the war, but the war will not end because of the environment. This time it is no exception. There are even white Woods, white snow, white snow coats, white chariots and white cannons. The white camp is moving, with a white background, a German flag and an iron cross logo, and a black vulture logo. The German flag is moving forward. Snow on the ground has delayed its pace? The dense fog covered the enemy’s figure? Didn’t listen That rumbling gun is the drum that inspires soldiers to move forward! Look around us, the invincible steel chariot is advancing, and the tenacious comrades are advancing!
"Keep in formation!"
On the turret of a Type 4 combat tank, the word "black" was left. Commander Hu gave orders to his troops. Although his black armored force made him look more conspicuous, a bullet from the dark could kill him, but he was arrogant, unruly and despised the enemy as much as he held his chest high.