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    Chapter 149 Best Supporting Role It was nearly noon, on the sea still 180 nautical miles away from Saipan, a huge gray fleet appeared.  (¡ª¡ª) They lined up in a majestic marching column. The one in the middle was particularly huge, with a sharp bow, a majestic hull and a towering mast. The huge Italian naval battle flag fluttered in the wind!  "Those are the Andrea Doria class and the Vittorio Veneto class!" Ludendorff seemed very indifferent when he said these names. As a professional German naval submarine commander, he has no doubts about Europe.  The main ships of each level in every country on the mainland are clearly known, and the ship type can be judged relatively accurately at a glance.  "The essence of the Italian Navy!" Colonel Bruni said with pride, chest and head held high.  "It's really not easy to travel a long way here. It takes four or five trips just to refuel!" Although Ludendorff did not directly refute it, the implicit meaning was a great irony - because it was designed to fight in the Mediterranean  , Italian battleships, almost without exception, have high speeds and short ranges. They have to replenish fuel after running three to four thousand nautical miles at normal cruising speed.  Not only that, the Mediterranean Sea is calm most of the time, and crossing the ocean is also a difficult test for the ship itself and the personnel on board.  The short range of our country's battleships is well known to the world. Bruni said disapprovingly: "The significance of battleships does not necessarily have to be reflected in naval battles. Our arrival has changed the war situation in the Pacific. Americans can't wait to stay away from their own country."  Launching an attack on the Mariana Islands at the base, such an adventure puts them in danger from the beginning! "But what if they are unfortunately involved in a sea battle?" Ludendorff deliberately provoked.  "If the situation we least want to see happens!" Bruni paused, "Then with the strength of the Italian fleet, there is no need to fear any opponent! You know, our 15-inch gun is the best in the world in its class.  The most powerful and longest-range, our armor is carefully designed and deployed at every position that needs to be protected, and our battleships are also equipped with fighter jets that can take off and direct fire in harsh sea conditions. These are all  Unparalleled advantages! ""Theory is one thing, actual combat is another!" In view of the poor performance of the Italian army in previous combat operations, Ludendorff dismissed the "advantages" that the Italians regarded highly.  .  What's more, after seeing the practical effectiveness of radar, I know that those traditional combat methods have long been outdated.  "You're absolutely right!" Bruni said this with a sly smile on his face, as if he already had a strategy in mind, and as if he was mocking the German Navy, which had a reputation but lacked actual performance support - defeating the British Royal Navy.  The navy and the overwhelming bomber group of the Luftwaffe played a vital role, and the biggest role of the German navy was to cover the army's landing and maintain the maritime supply line. It was not until the end of the Anglo-German war that they had a naval battle that was the icing on the cake.  "Whether it is right or wrong, we will have time to make a judgment."  Ludendorff asked casually: "Now that you have rendezvoused with the main fleet, and the battlefield is so close, do you really plan to just sit back and watch?" Bruni spread his hands: "They are now deciding the outcome with aviation, and we can't help at all.  Get busy!" Ludendorff was speechless again. After sitting like this for half an hour, the Italian main fleet finally caught up.  He made some calculations, and together with the advance fleet and auxiliary ships, the number of ships in this Italian expeditionary fleet was more than thirty, especially the two cutting-edge Veneto-class battleships. They were a force that could not be ignored on any battlefield.  .  "Is that your latest 'Imperial'?" Ludendorff looked at the battleship passing by the side with a calm expression. The slender hull, majestic bridge and neat deck looked like a ship in the sun.  A brand new ship that has just been completed, majestic and domineering!  If you want to outnumber the dwarf, then the Navy is definitely the most combat-effective and will-willed among the three Italian armed forces. Although this sounds like a big joke, it is a fact recognized by most people.  "Your Excellency has good eyesight! Why, four and a half years is not enough to build a 50,000-ton battleship?" Bruni did not mean to be polite when he said this, but was full of pride.  In the past two years, the Italian government has fallen into a very serious financial crisis. The debt problem once forced them to cut military spending. After the traditional opponents such as Britain, France and Russia were eliminated one by one, there were even rumors that Italy was preparing to sell some of its ships in exchange for cash.  As for buyers, both Germany and Japan hope to obtain these ships. The former is to reduce the strength of its competitors, and the latter is to expand its own naval strength.  The fifty thousand tons here are actually a??Moisture figures.  The standard displacement of the last two ships of the Veneto class, Roma and Imperial, is 41,000 tons, which is less than 1,000 tons different from the German Bismarck class. However, due to less fuel and supplies, the former is only 46,000 tons fully loaded.  The second Bismarck-class ship "Tirpitz" has a full load of 52,900 tons.  However, the words of the Italian Navy Captain frightened Ludendorff. In fact, even the most authoritative experts could not determine the accurate tonnage of a ship based on naked eye observation alone. Moreover, the German Naval Staff had always regarded the Italian Veneto as  The Bismarck-class battleships are regarded as equal to the Bismarck-class battleships, and the results of many simulations are almost evenly matched.  As for the construction period, the two Bismarck-class ships took 4 years from keel laying to completion, which is considered normal among warships of the same class. However, the Italians' shipbuilding speed is somewhat "erratic", and they can catch up in an astonishing time.  After building a batch of ships, you can also "grind" another batch with almost the same amount of work in the same astonishing time!  Ludendorff looked at the second battleship that followed, and this time he sounded a little surprised: "Is this the 'Roma'?" "You have obtained information from the German Admiralty before, right?" Bruni  Ludendorff looked at him questioningly. The Italian Navy was not as ostentatious as the Japanese, who hung the huge golden ship emblem in a very eye-catching position.  Due to the need for confidentiality, the copper ship plates were often covered up, replaced or simply removed, and the Germans also did this.  Ludendorff shook his head and said: "It is easy to tell between a warship that has been in service for two years and a battleship that has just been in service!" Bruni did not intend to go into details, but asked: "What do you think?" Ludendorff said disdainfully: "You guys  They are using the Japanese money to train their own crews. After this trip, the two new warships are almost ready for combat! So clever, indeed very clever!" "Haha!" Bruni laughed loudly, "The sunshine here is.  It¡¯s not as good as the Mediterranean!¡± The implication is not difficult to understand.  Ludendorff then made an overall observation, and his face changed slightly: "You are sailing at a slow speed like this, are you afraid of being mistaken for a Japanese fleet by US bombers? At an altitude of several hundred meters, the human eye is very sensitive  It's hard to see the flag on the mast clearly! " "Hey, I believe you still regard us as your own, thank you for reminding me!" Bruni's words sounded a bit affectionate, but he didn't mean to change the status quo at all -  Even if it's just a small suggestion to your superiors.  Ludendorff made an estimate in his mind, and calculated based on time, the American submarine that set up an ambush with him to intercept the Japanese fleet last night was probably still in the nearby waters. He was not worried that the Italian fleet would be beaten and he would be implicated, but he felt that the precious torpedoes  It should not be wasted on these "tourists".  Regardless of the outcome of the battle between the U.S. and Japanese fleets, the main force of the Japanese combined fleet is likely to pass through this sea area again. The value of those Japanese aircraft carriers is extraordinary!  Things that people worry about tend to become reality more easily. Half an hour later, just as Ludendorff was sitting at the dining table and enduring the pretentious noises of the Italian Navy Captain, a loud bang came without warning, through the porthole,  He saw a huge white water column rising from the side of the leading Italian battleship. The situation was very similar to the scene when he attacked the 10,000-ton British freighter in the Atlantic Ocean. The difference was that after the water spray dispersed, the Italian battleship did not break into pieces.  The two sections did not tilt in the billowing smoke.  Immediately afterwards, the second explosion appeared on the cruiser on the left front of the battleship. The light cruiser, with a displacement of less than 10,000 tons, did not have thick armor enough to withstand torpedoes. The explosion immediately caused it to roll over violently while trembling.  After the bridge deflected about 15 degrees, an obvious break appeared in the rear part of the middle part of the ship's hull. The black crack expanded rapidly, but it "closed" in the opposite direction after only two minutes.  Just like the process of breaking a slightly tough stick, the cruiser's hull completely broke after repeated this process. The bow and stern were raised high, and the hull quickly rowed towards the seabed. Those who abandoned the ship  The escaping Italians were naturally reducing their numbers like dumplings at this time - Ludendorff could always see such a scene every time he sank an enemy ship.  Seeing such a scene, Bruni sat beside the dining table absentmindedly, his eyes looking at the sea almost without moving for a moment.  The soy sauce person was hit with a soy sauce bottle and his head was badly bruised. Such an ending is really speechless!  "I'm sorry!" Ludendorff patted Bruni on the shoulder at the right time, just like the German military attach¨¦ in Italy learned that the Italian army's attack in southern France was frustrated in 1940 and suffered heavy losses in Greece and North Africa in 1941.  Sympathy is expressed out of personal emotion.  "It seems that God does not support us coming to the distant and unfamiliar Pacific Ocean!" Bruni murmured, "We are actually being attacked by such a despicable and shameless attack. It is really disappointing.People are angry!  Maybe we should give the Americans a heavy blow and let them" The words stopped here, because the Italian battleship serving as the flagship of the fleet sent a retreat semaphore signal. Yes, the loss of one injury and one sinking is enough to make the Italian fleet decent  Retreat
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