The Third Reich in Desperation

Needless to say, the United Kingdom, who are pursuing absolute sea dominance, how could they feel at ease and let their navy be big for the Soviet Union, a country with an opposing ideology?!

And the Japanese Combined Fleet also felt like it was facing an enemy.

After all, the main purpose of the Soviet Union's development of naval technology was to control the Far East.The stages of Pineapple Land Sea and Black Sea are too small to be worthy of such a high-speed battleship!

However, for this Peter the Great, the current Japan has nothing to do with it.

At this speed, the King Kong-class battleship must not be able to catch up.

The Kaohsiung-class heavy cruiser can barely catch up, but has the Kaohsiung-class ever fought it? !

According to the available information, the 12-inch guns of the Peter the Great, against the heavy cruisers of the previous generation in Japan, are not like smoking grandchildren?

In case such a similar Soviet battleship appeared on Japan's sea line of communication... It doesn't take much, just mess up and back, not to mention the loss, the protest crowd at the gate of the Navy Ministry is still not monstrous?

Roosevelt took it easy, expressing a very ambiguous attitude on behalf of the US government.They were so calm probably because they had no intention of joining the war at all.

France, on the other hand, expressed an indifferent attitude.After all, the French thinking circuit is always inconsistent with the general trend in Europe.Their eyes are still on the European road, always on guard against the German neighbor's army.

Because George was born in a naval family since he was a child, he was also a top student at the Portsmouth Naval Academy, and then he stayed in the Royal Navy for nearly ten years.Over time, you will have your own network of relationships.

He basically has a certain understanding of the capital ships being built in the UK and the capital ships of other countries.

To be honest, he still feels that there is probably something tricky about the Soviet Union's high-profile trial voyage.

Of course, it was impossible for him to guess that the Soviet Union and Germany had any private transactions on this ship and on the Polish issue.

However, this did not prevent him from smelling something strange.

Centennial Navy!Judging from the technological accumulation and scientific talent level of the Soviet Union, the appearance of this battleship seems a bit too early.How could the Russian navy, which was beaten to the point of losing its armor by the Japanese navy in just a few decades, possess warship technology not inferior to that of the British Empire in just a few decades? !

On the other hand, Germany, which is considered to be the most likely to challenge the British sea power, has recently not only had no news of continuing to build new warships, but has been producing large cruise ships (camouflage of aircraft carriers) with great fanfare.It's been a war, and this thing is still produced. From George's perspective, he really doesn't understand what these Germans are thinking?

Finally, George made up his mind to visit Peter the Great!

Even though this possibility seemed a bit low, he still did not give up and made a boarding request through the Soviet embassy in Britain.Unexpectedly, the Soviet Union actually replied that they agreed? !

George, whose curiosity overshadowed his suspicion, didn't think much about it, and boarded the plane sent by the Soviet Union as arranged the next day (in order to keep the domestic terrain secret).

With all kinds of complicated emotions, he made a notice in the Thames before leaving. After arousing the enthusiasm of readers, George made his way to a large military port.

When he saw the huge ships in the port, he recognized at a glance the Peter the Great among the three leading battleships.No way, in terms of appearance, the Peter the Great is completely better than the two low-profile and misleading battleships imitated by the Soviets according to the problematic drawings.The freeboard of this low-profile imitation battleship is too low, which looks very uncoordinated, and the workmanship seems to be much rougher than that of the Peter the Great.

Suddenly, George realized that something was wrong. The boilers of these battleships had been lit, and the chimneys had already emitted faint black smoke...

His brain exploded with a bang—these Soviets are going to make big news!

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Along the way, through the labyrinth of cabins, George and his party finally came to the engine room.

Here is a group of sailors busy under the command of the chief engineer. In George's eyes, these Soviet sailors look very energetic.

He is also a person who has spent nearly ten years on a warship before and after, and he can tell at a glance that the Soviets in front of him are making final adjustments to the turbines before sailing.

The captain who was in charge of translating for George waved his hand and called the chief engineer with gray hair over.

"Come on, old Ivan, introduce our Peter the Great Beast's heart to our guests who have come from far away from England!"

The elderly technical officer walked up to George, saluted a British military salute, and said in English with a strong Russian accent: "Welcome to come?"

George was very surprised, subconsciously recalled Lily: "I didn't expect you not only know English, but also British military salute?!"

Old Yi said indifferently: "When I was serving on the Gangut, I was doing the work in the engine room. And my instructor was a lieutenant from your Royal Navy. It was he who taught me how to take care of Parsons. turbine. And I also learned English at that time.”

During World War I?Speaking of which, Britain and Russia were still military allies at that time.Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, and only a few decades later, the two sides have reached the point where they are at odds today.

Perhaps this also corresponds to the words of Mr. Churchill, who has been in trouble recently, "friends who have no meaning, only eternal interests".

But when the Soviet Union threatened the interests of the British Empire, it was a matter of course to become an enemy...

While lamenting how good luck made people, George did not forget to point to the turbine and asked, "So, can senior tell me how powerful this beast really is?"

"12 high-temperature and high-pressure boilers, 4 steam turbines, with a design rated power of 15 horsepower. In actual operation, the power can even reach 15.5 horsepower. If overloaded, the turbine can stably output 16.8 horsepower with a peak power of 17.2 horsepower .” Ivan, who is used to dealing with machines, said lightly.

"By the way!" Ivan seemed to think of something suddenly: "In the light-load test voyage that met you, the Peter the Great ran at a high speed of 33.7 knots with this beast. If the weather conditions are good that day, the impact 34 knots is not a problem either!"

After listening, George nodded silently.

It's no wonder that even the destroyers of the Royal Navy couldn't catch up in that chasing battle. After all, such a power system can already despise most of today's capital ships.

Coupled with Peter the Great's slender figure and low resistance, and the light load during the trial voyage, many auxiliary equipment have not been installed, so it is not surprising to run at this speed with such power.

To be honest, old Ivan was very satisfied with the German-Italian hybrid power system provided by Reinhardt.

In his opinion, as long as the power system can output enough power, it is enough, as for some insignificant minor problems, it is normal, and it is the same in any country.These four engines are just more stubborn. As long as we can find out their personalities one by one, these "children" are still very obedient.

What really made him dissatisfied was the group of recruits under him!

Veterans are okay, well-behaved but can't make mistakes.

But those newcomers, sometimes they really do all kinds of tricks, all kinds of blind operations, it can make him mad.

How many times have I said that the floor of the engine room and the surroundings of mechanical equipment must be kept clean, free of oil, water and dirt, to prevent personnel from slipping and being injured during operations.But this group of newcomers, carefree, will never take the initiative to clean up without beating them, completely ignoring the potential safety hazards.

In order to save trouble, when equipment failures or hidden dangers are found, they don't even bother to do such trivial things as recording them in the engine log, let alone handling and repairing them in time.

The most irritating thing is that it is agreed that during the operation, the engineering watch must be strengthened, and no one is allowed to do anything unrelated to the watch.But once Ivan came back from his report work, these recruits on duty even drank some vodka that they did not know where to get.On that day, I was as comfortable as a fairy......

They were so happy, they almost made all the people in the engine room "ascension"!

Taking advantage of George's arrival, old Ivan seized the opportunity to complain severely...

The time for a pleasant conversation is always too short. Although the two people who are quite close still want to chat, the commander of the fleet is already a little impatient.

After all, the engine room is not only stuffy, but also noisy. Even if the engine is not running in the port, you still have to speak louder when talking here, let alone now.

In addition, the boiler placed next to it is even hotter!So, under his urging, George had no choice but to say goodbye to old Ivan, followed him to leave here, and went to the last stop—the command tower.

On the way out of the engine room, the Soviet translator seemed to "accidentally" translate: "Unfortunately, the other two battleships purchased from the Germans have not yet arrived, otherwise..."

Then, under the "violent" eyes of the fleet commander, the captain who translated "suddenly realized" said: "Sorry, what I said just now... Did you hear clearly?"

It has to be said that the acting skills of these two Soviets were very poor, and George could tell at a glance that they were deliberately leaking secrets.

But in this way, the previous doubts are all solved!

Why did the Soviet Union, which has always regarded all kinds of military intelligence as top secrets, allow British journalists to board the ship for interviews and even take pictures?!