The Third Reich in Desperation

France?Or Germany?At present, there are only these two countries that are capable of challenging the British sea power.However, France has been very close to the United Kingdom recently, and Britain and France have also become allies in the world to advance and retreat together.Then, the only thing left is that the Germans are secretly building battleships.

Thinking of this, everything makes sense.The Germans were secretly developing a navy, but happened to be bumped into by a patrol formation of the Royal Navy.In this way, it seems that he has done meritorious service, Joseph secretly proud of himself.

"Report! General, we found that the other side seems to be flying the San Andrei flag of the Soviet Navy." The annoying lieutenant colonel came to report again.

Snapped!Like a slap in the face, Joseph's self-righteous judgment was completely wrong, and it didn't even touch the edge.

Chapter 149 "Shocked", discovered during sea patrol

In fact, Joseph did not guess completely wrong. This is indeed a new German-built battleship undergoing secret sea trials.It's just that this battleship was not left to the Germans.

After the visit of Warevsky, the director of the Political Propaganda Department of the Soviet Navy, the Peter the Great battleship jointly built by the Soviet Union and Germany went through a lot of preparatory work before the sea trial, including boiler test firing, turbine startup and debugging, and transmission system adjustment. Even refueling and lubricating oil took a while.

It was not until more than a month later that Stalin, who had received the news, sent the first batch of receivers, accompanied by the guidance team sent by the German Navy, to conduct this secret sea trial together.

Speaking of guidance, in fact, the crew of the German Navy was also the first to come into contact with such a main battleship with a designed speed of 31.5 knots.Moreover, in the sea trial, a large number of daily items that the crew needed to bring were not loaded on the ship, including the table in the conference room.

What Reinhardt means is that all the daily necessities will be left to the Soviets to arrange according to their own preferences.In this way, the weight of the Peter the Great was further reduced during sea trials, which is conducive to the improvement of stable speed.This is already impressive without taking into account the increase in the limit speed!

In this way, it is actually equivalent to the crew of the German Navy taking the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the operating procedures of this type of high-speed battleship and collect verification data by the way.

On the Soviet side, the leader of the team was naturally Huarevsky, who had been warmly received by Reinhardt in Germany. He was a high-ranking Soviet navy figure, but he was a complete layman.

Germany sent Major General Lütjens, who served in the torpedo boat unit in World War I and is now the director of the German Naval Personnel Bureau.

Let this general who commanded the battleship Scharnhorst in the original history, and used the limit speed of 32 knots to throw off the British Prestige, lead the battleship Peter the Great in the speed-upgraded version of Scharnhorst Going to training is simply doing the best of your talents.

"General Lütjens," Hualevsky, who knew nothing about the performance and meaning of battleships, followed Lütjens after boarding the ship, and only greeted him in his proficient German until the sea trials began: "Today's The weather is fine."

Trouble, the Germans don't care about the weather.Lütjens looked at this idiot who confused the habits of the British with the habits of the Germans, and really felt the urge to throw him into the sea.

But this layman is still the person in charge sent by the Soviet Union with full authority, and he can't beat or scold him.Facing his nonsense, he had to pretend to answer seriously.

However, Lütjens changed his mind and thought of Reinhardt repeatedly telling himself to treat the Soviet representative who was supposed to be the protagonist as air as much as possible, and to concentrate on leading the sea trial.So, he forced a smile on his face and said: "Well, yes, the weather is good...how about I ask someone to take you around on the ship?"

"Oh." Huarevsky responded tactfully.

Just when Lütjens thought he could dismiss the layman, a captain's report disrupted the originally peaceful sea trial: "A small formation is found ahead! They are approaching us!"

"There are warships from other countries! Warships from other countries!" Huarevsky shouted at the top of his voice.

"Don't worry, Representative Hualevsky. At this distance, even if they fire at us, they will definitely miss it." Lütyansi comforted with a smile.

Turning around, Lütjens immediately issued another order that made Huarevsky frightened: "Pass my order, this ship does not need to retreat, let them continue to approach."

Anyway, the flag of St. Andre of the Soviet Navy was hung, and a red mark was painted on the ship to indicate that it was a Soviet warship.Believe it or not, on the surface, it doesn't seem to do anything about Germany.

Why do you want to avoid it?Wouldn't it be better to have a conflict, let them have a good look at the "Soviet version of the new battleship", or divert some attention from the German Navy.

"Come in! Come in!" Huarewski was still screaming.

"I know!" Lütjens said impatiently.

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"It's getting better and better! It's getting better and better!" Huarevsky was still shouting.

"Shut up!" Lütjens yelled in a frenzy, regardless of the other party's representative status.

He couldn't figure out how a dignified minister of the Soviet Navy would be so timid.Doesn't the Soviet government like to appoint tougher officials?

Besides, it was just a chance encounter at sea.Although the attitudes of European countries towards the Soviet Union are not very good, they will not brazenly open fire on this warship belonging to the Soviet Union.At most, the other party would follow them over to take a few photos and go back, or show off their force again. Where is the danger?As for being afraid of becoming like this?

Since it was a joint sea trial between the Soviet Union and Germany, there are still a group of crew members sent by the Soviet government to take over the Peter the Great at this moment.Like Warevsky, they are not at all calm at the moment, in stark contrast to their German counterparts.

Through the binoculars, Lütjens, who had already seen the British Royal Union Jack, frowned slightly. After confirming that the other party should also see the Soviet Navy's St. Andrew's flag hanging on his side, he whispered to the ship's engineer. In a few words, he said calmly in front of Huarevsky: "Ready to return, the whole ship speeds up."

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"General! The opponent started to speed up and leave!" Josepha's major staff officer reported nervously.

"What are you panicking about!" Josepha sneered, "Did you forget that our Kent-class heavy cruiser is most proud of its speed?"

"Order, the entire formation immediately speeds up and catches up with the Soviet warships ahead."

"Order, the main gun is ready. Don't relax without my order!"

"Also, order the guys from the Propaganda Department on our flagship to prepare their cameras, catch up later, take photos and bring them back to China. This is important information!"

After a few orders, Joseph has clearly shown his plan for the formation's next move in front of everyone.

Approach boldly, respond with vigilance, and collect intelligence.Everyone believes that this lucky team will have the opportunity to send back an important piece of information for the country today!

As the Kent-class Suffolk heavy cruiser under Joseph's feet began to speed up, the entire Royal Navy's small formation of warships immediately raised their power to the highest level.

Under the full-speed pursuit of the British formation, the distance between the two sides is getting closer.The outline of the Peter the Great is gradually becoming clear under the cameras of the British Propaganda Department.

Seeing that in less than 10 minutes, this British formation will be able to catch up with the Peter the Great on its side.

As if the big brain exploded with a bang, Huarevsky tightly held onto the armrest, staring at what happened in front of him.

Not only him, almost all the Soviet crew who came to receive the Peter the Great felt heavy at the moment.

As the direct superior of these Soviet crew members, Huarevsky's heart has fallen to freezing point.

He even clearly remembered how his Soviet crew cheered for the amazing speed of the Peter the Great a few hours ago.

At that time, everyone's eyes glowed and everyone cheered.For these Soviet crew members who set foot on this new high-speed battleship for the first time, they were like children who got a beautiful toy they had never seen before, full of joy from the heart.

However, I didn't expect that after only a few hours, the matter had reached this point.

Britain, why did they meet Britain, the most unfriendly country in the world to the Soviet Union.

If you let this British fleet catch up, take a close-up photo or something.Every Soviet officer present at the scene may be chopped up by the disgraced Stalin after returning home, and thrown into prison.Huarevsky has seen too many such things...

The only hope is to avoid it immediately!Completely stay away from this formation belonging to the Royal Navy!

But everyone knows that the encounter between the two parties is inevitable.In 10 minutes at most, the British formation will be able to drive to your side!

Huarevsky sighed, turned and wanted to leave the conning tower.He also didn't want to watch this British formation approaching him step by step.

He could only wait helplessly for the tragedy to happen, which was too cruel for him.

However, Huarevsky's feet stopped at the moment when he was about to step forward.

He suddenly found that Lütjens, who was standing next to him and had just given the retreat order, had no worried expression on his face, and Nan Nan seemed to be muttering: "This is their full speed! This is their Full speed!"

Walevsky's heartbeat was speeding up, a premonition drove him to quickly cast his eyes on the other German crew members on board.