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Volume 2 Steel Torrent Chapter 1104 Peerless Sea Battle 2 Electromagnetic Gun!

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    Only rational people can withstand the temptation of powerful weapons and not pursue or even use them. Obviously, the heads of state in this era all appear to be rational, but are actually crazy!  No matter what excuse they have, as long as there is a slight possibility, they will not hesitate to try to make a nuclear bomb and then use it in war!

    Everything is based on the fact that they far lack basic understanding of the destructive power of nuclear energy!

    Zhu Bin can already imagine how crazy Hitler would be after hearing the news!  This time is different from before, but right at the doorstep of Europe, in the middle of the North Atlantic, in full view of everyone, the power of nuclear weapons is unleashed!  For a madman who aspires to rule the world, if he can't get such a weapon, he won't be able to eat and sleep well!

    Chen Shaokuan and others did not know whether Zhu Bin could control himself, and were very worried about what kind of evil tricks he would do to the enemy forces on the vast ocean besides civilians. They couldn't help but hesitate to ask: "Are you planning to destroy the enemy like this?"  ?¡±

    He didn¡¯t think that the nuclear bomb was deliberately set at that height and landing point, but he thought that the launch distance was too far to be accurately controlled. Its real goal was to directly destroy the advancing German main ship group?

    Zhu Bin waved his hand gently: "Of course not. Nuclear weapons have never been the best way to solve wars. Showing strength to the enemy once or twice is enough. Too many are not only meaningless, but even counterproductive! We must use the enemy to think that they  The strongest method to defeat them completely!"

    Chen Shaokuan and others felt a little relieved, but also had some expectations.  Perhaps, this will be the last time to experience a traditional naval battle in person, and the scale is unprecedented!

    In the high altitude, the nuclear radiation gradually disappeared, and the churning wind and clouds recovered in an orderly manner under the earth's powerful self-tuning ability.  It's just that the electromagnetic storm will continue to rage for at least a day or two. Zhu Bin doesn't need any intervention, just sit back and watch the Germans rush forward like blind men!

    The real situation is worse than imagined!

    Within the scope of the explosion, there will be strong light, high heat, shock waves, strong winds, and ice storms.  Under various impacts, 80% of the German reconnaissance aircraft within a radius of 100 kilometers were damaged and crashed on the spot, leaving a fatal vacuum in the entire forward reconnaissance area.

    Those aircraft that had been hovering on the periphery were frightened and did not dare to fly to the core area. As their wireless communications were completely interrupted, many people's eyes were blinded. Under the attack of waves of ice rain, high altitude  Flying became an extremely dangerous thing.  Either avoid it from a distance, or land in a hurry to avoid it!

    In the vast ocean, under severe weather conditions where it is difficult to see the sea surface clearly from a thousand meters altitude, if contact is lost, the fleet may lose its position. If you are not careful, even returning home will become extremely difficult.  Numerous planes stumbled onto the sea, and were shocked to find a mountain-like frenzy raging from all directions.  In the blink of an eye, they were smashed on the cold water!

    ?Central array.  The battleship "Bismarck" tenaciously rushed out of the huge waves, suddenly leaving behind all the violent and terrifying airflow. The thick iron clouds suddenly disappeared, and the heavy hull rose from a swarm more than ten meters wide.  It was pushed forward on hundreds of meters of waves and crashed into the trough. The sharp bow of the ship fiercely split open a steep peak and valley in front of it.  Rushed out!

    The fierce waves crossed the deck and slapped hard on the bridge, and were immediately left behind by the warship running like a wild horse. The water in front of it actually became ten times smoother after a violent impact.  It's like everything is back before the explosion!

    Colonel Lindemann grasped the chrome handrail with both hands, and stared at the bright water outside the porthole with his firm eyes. The corners of his cold mouth turned pale, but his tense body relaxed slightly. He picked up the phone and inquired about each department one by one.  How is it going!

    In the engine department, the diesel engines are running well; in the gun department, the turret transfer is normal, and some secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns are damaged and can be repaired urgently; in the damage control department, they are stepping up their efforts to clean the deck, but the violent storm seems to have saved them a lot of trouble, and the freezing  The ice on the bridge is disintegrating

    Fully more than a hundred people were injured in the collision, with severe fractures and bloody heads. It seemed that they had experienced a difficult naval battle. Overall, the combat effectiveness was still acceptable.

    Admiral Lukins was even more embarrassed. He had never experienced such terrifying and strange sea conditions. His hands and feet were trembling with all his strength exhausted, and he could not even hold his cane steadily. He urged the staff officer repeatedly: "Ask me immediately.  The situation of other ships! Try to contact the two wing formations! Damn it, doesn¡¯t God want to see us get an unprecedented victory?¡±

    ¡°He doesn¡¯t think it¡¯s the Chinese who are causing trouble.  Such a large-scale terrifying air explosion is powerful enough to change the meteorological and geomagnetic environment. It is definitely not a power that humans can control. It must be a rare anomaly in history.  Furthermore,There has never been a shortage of magical legends in the Western Ocean. Maybe under the sea they are sailing now are the ruins of the ancient civilization Atlantis.

    The signal soldiers risked their lives and rushed to the top of the bridge, lighting up lights and sending semaphores. The radio stopped completely, and the water reconnaissance planes kept falling from the sky. Everything was terrible, and it was more troublesome than they imagined!

    Lukins¡¯ face became ugly, and his previous confidence seemed to have been severely chopped.  If this is God's warning, will there be more dangers waiting for them ahead?  Or in the mysterious Bermuda Sea?

    No!  Absolutely not!  The Third Reich was blessed by God. The Germans and Aryans were the people chosen by God. Their victory was natural. Or perhaps this temporary difficulty was just a test by the Supreme God of their firm will. It was necessary.  Overcoming obstacles, only breaking through numerous obstacles and finally achieving victory will be more glorious!

    Lukins repeatedly hinted to himself in his mind, emphasized this conjecture, and then anxiously waited for further news.

    It¡¯s all chaos!  It took a full three hours for the central formation to barely break out of the storm area, or to be more precise, the local disturbance caused by the detonation of the three-phase bombs subsided and no longer caused them any trouble.

    But within these three hours, the main combat effectiveness of the German army, which was all new warships, was reduced by more than 20%. The loss of ships was not too serious, but most of the officers and soldiers were exhausted from the tossing. If they suddenly encountered the enemy, it would inevitably be a disaster.  discount.

    There's still bad trouble.  They temporarily lost their exact location in the sea area.  All the instruments were disturbed like crazy by the abnormal magnetic field. There was no sun in the sky, and the wind and intermittent icy rain continued to rage all around. It was very possible that they had lost their way!

    This is simply a joke!  In what era, a fleet with hundreds of huge fleets can actually get lost!  But the facts are right in front of us.  During the long hours of tossing, everyone was desperately trying to stabilize the ship, looking for breakthroughs, preventing collisions with other warships, and not caring about maintaining the course. Now it was impossible to determine whether it was going east or west.  Perhaps only the old sailor's intuitive judgment can be of some help.

    Lukins frowned.  Ordered the flying scout: "Continue to launch the search! No matter what, we must find out everything as soon as possible! We must not give the enemy any chance for a sneak attack!"

    He firmly believed that the other side would most likely take advantage of such weather conditions to launch a sudden attack. Otherwise, their strength would not be enough to defeat him head-on. This was the same strategy as the German Navy's long-standing guerrilla raid strategy.

    real.  Is that so?

    General Andrew Cunningham didn¡¯t think so.

    The left wing formation he was in also crashed into the storm and electromagnetic interference area, and was slightly less affected than the central cluster.  It's scary enough.  However, compared to the Germans, Cunningham had too much experience. He immediately commanded all the ships to turn the rudder decisively to the right, facing the fierce impact of the cross-cutting waves, using a strong hull and a sharp bow.  Aiming at the cascading steep wave crests, he made active impacts again and again, forcefully breaking through the terrifying side pushing force, and looking for a way out amidst the earth-shattering impact!

    Poor Italians have never seen such a terrible storm at sea!  They were used to wandering around the Mediterranean.  Entering such a violent Atlantic Ocean is like a young eagle experiencing the wind and rain for the first time. It is a brave performance to huddle up without trembling!

    Thanks to their co-ordination with the British, the balance of the Germans ensured the smooth transmission of orders. In the midst of the chaos, the unscathed battleships successfully turned around and headed towards the core of the fiercest storm!

    This strategy is correct.  The storm caused by the nuclear explosion came and went quickly, and they were far enough away. It only took a period of raids to return to the previous stage of cold wind and turbid waves.

    The cautious British did not forget to determine their course and speed at all times in their busy schedule. After rushing out of the storm area, they immediately marked their exact location on the chart. Cunningham ordered the air search fleet: "Attention  Search more towards the central cluster! We must prevent us from getting too close to them and causing an accident!"

    Their left formation moved closer to the center line for more than a hundred nautical miles. Even after trimming the course again, the strategic maneuvering had already caused changes in the overall front. This must be taken into account to ensure that nothing goes wrong!

    One hundred nautical miles is enough to bring about a decisive change in the shore-based support force, so we have to be on guard!

    In this attack, the tasks of the three major formations are quite clear.  The central cluster has the most balanced strength and is responsible for the main long-range attack and frontal impact. Once it entangles the enemy, the left-wing battleship-based force will take the opportunity to rush over and force the enemy to attack with main gun-level torpedoes.??Blow.

    After forming a comprehensive encirclement and melee, the right wing formation can approach at full speed and launch strikes with carrier-based aircraft. Such a multi-pronged approach can ensure a large-scale siege of the enemy.

    There is no way, a typical air priority attack. Faced with the abnormal air defense capabilities of the Chinese navy and the terrifying jet fighters, they are not helpless, at least they can't expect to attack and drop bombs.  At the joint operations meeting, it was decided that the war should be conducted at night to weaken the enemy's fighter aircraft to the greatest extent.  Confining the battlefield to the center of the ocean will weaken their shore-based forces and prolong the range of pursuit and siege activities at sea.

    Around this big goal, no mistakes can be made, and the current chaos must be corrected!

    The damage was quickly calculated. When he heard that there were actually four old Italian battleships lying down, Cunningham frowned immediately. Looking at the other ships, he saw that they had suffered a lot of damage from the cross-cutting wave crest, which must have been huge.  It will affect the progress of the battle. Although they can't count on their old helpers who can't run at a cruising speed of 20 knots, facing a terrifying enemy, every reduction in strength is fatal!

    "Issuing a warning to the headquarters! Our enemies are very likely to take advantage of weather changes to launch attacks! We must increase our enemy reconnaissance and search!"

    Cunningham performed his duties faithfully, knowing that in such a battle.  If they don't cooperate with all their strength for the time being and are still half-hearted, they themselves will be unlucky. Once they are defeated by each one, the consequences will be disastrous.  He also wants to retain the precious vitality of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, so be careful.  How!

    After five or six hours of tossing, the formations of the three major formations were in chaos!

    The German central formation, which had finally adjusted, finally confirmed its direction six hours later, and actually ran nearly 200 nautical miles towards the left-wing African continent!  It was less than 300 nautical miles away from Cunningham's formation¡ª¡ªand this was after Cunningham took the initiative to adjust the course and deliberately distanced himself!

    And the distance between them and the right-wing US military formation actually increased to nearly a thousand nautical miles!  The originally extremely even formation tore a large hole out of thin air.  The Americans' active deviation was discovered, but they lost radio contact with each other and could not coordinate for a while.  Relying solely on plane contact is too slow!

    Major General Louis Mountbatten, who stayed in the German formation and was in charge of staff work, gave the best advice at the critical moment: "We must imagine launching a head-on conflict with enemy ships under full electromagnetic shielding conditions! We must also be prepared to be attacked by long-range ships.  Preparation for attack! The enemy may have fully grasped our detailed intelligence. Do not have any illusions and prepare for battle with all your strength. Once in contact, you must go all out without compromise. This is the only chance for victory!"

    It seems to be repeating the common understanding of the United Kingdom and the United States at the joint operations meeting.  But at this time, his reminder was telling the Germans from another angle, be careful!  The battle may start at any time!

    Mountbatten, who had a weird temper, was as stubborn as a tendon that could not be chewed, but Admiral Lukins particularly appreciated this style and agreed with his proposal.

    Six hours is enough for many unexpected changes to occur.  If the enemy is advancing at full speed head-on, the two sides will be close to each other at least 300 nautical miles under the confrontation, and have reached the edge of the fighter's take-off distance, at least the other side's.

    ?Look at the time.  Lukins confirmed that in the middle of the night, if the two sides advanced directly to attack without evasion, they would surely enter within 500 nautical miles. An air battle and attack might occur. They had to be careful!

    ??Except for damage control, the rest of the staff took the time to make final touches.  As usual, the enemy does not seem to have the habit of hide-and-seek. Once engaged in battle, the first wave of attacks will often be very fierce. Those terrifying ultra-long-range missiles will suddenly arrive at an unexpected time!

    Admiral Lukins himself is relatively reserved, but he did not notice that a strange mood had spread throughout the German Navy¡ª¡ªcowardice!

    This is an overall change that has entered an almost irreversible bad cycle since the beginning of the war, with the disputes between the submarine faction and the battleship faction, and the glorious results of the later successful D?nitz Wolf Pack battle!

    The entire German Navy is increasingly losing the courage to fight head-on with enemy ships!  Even though two "Bismarck-class" battleships and two "Zeppelin-class" aircraft carriers were in service, the two aircraft carrier formations formed by them were mainly used to break diplomatic relations at sea, and they never considered launching a head-on battle with the British Navy.

    Of course, the British navy they faced was too powerful, but the problem was that thousands of warships did not stay together.  In order to maintain the long maritime lifeline, the British Navy was very dispersed. A battle group rarely gathered more than three battleships, and the number of aircraft carriers was also pitifully small. The Germans had a great chance of defeating them one by one and eating them bit by bit.  .

      But the Germans just didn¡¯t do that, they were timid and deliberately avoided it!

    Now, the battle has not started yet, and I never thought that the Germans, who had never experienced a frontal battle, were already getting too nervous!

    In this situation, people like Mountbatten were keenly aware of it, but they did not intend to remind them, or they could no longer be convinced!  The habit has been formed. With the stubbornness of the Germans, who can reverse it?

    "Perhapsthis is their fate!" Mountbatten sighed silently.

    Under the electromagnetic shielding, the vast North Atlantic battlefield is filled with eerie silence. The cold wind gradually weakens as the night falls, and everything seems to be calming down.

    However, the fleet led by Zhu Bin quietly crossed half of the Atlantic from the direction of the Bermuda Islands, then turned towards the right side of the German formation, and cut it fiercely with a sharp arc!

    At midnight, the icy sea surface seemed to have been frozen, and the raging cold wind suddenly stopped roaring, forming a huge conical ocean fleet. Two electromagnetic gun attack ships opened up their posture, locking two enemy ships 500 nautical miles away.  The military battleship suddenly opened fire without warning!

    There was no fire, no loud noise, and no earth-shattering vibration. The shaped warhead driven by high-energy electromagnetic force was like a bolt of lightning, rushing out of the orbit at more than 15 times the speed of sound and flying through the air!

    The projectile is only as thick as a fist, like a long spear with rounded edges and corners. The streamlined shell has been precisely calculated and forged. There is a layer of weak electromagnetic force field flowing at high speed, which reduces the air resistance to a minimum and maintains stable, high-speed,  The straight ballistic trajectory hit the high-altitude orbit, followed by a leisurely arc drawn by the geomagnetic force, and suddenly fell. When it entered the front of the target group, it returned to a flying attitude along the sea level, and plunged into the waist and ribs of an attack ship extremely quickly.  !  (To be continued)
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