The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 288

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If the Windmill people had not seen the British fleet before seeing the Hans fleet, they would probably not have noticed the difference between the two fleets!

“Hans’ battleships are so powerful. Look at their main guns, they are triple-mounted guns, and the caliber seems to be larger than that of the British Navy!”

“Yes, I have read it in the newspaper before. The main gun of Hans is a triple-mounted 406mm gun, which is currently the largest caliber naval gun in the world. Moreover, there are a total of 9 such main guns installed on the Hans battleship, while the British battleship Hood has only 8 guns. The firepower of the Hans is more powerful!”

Among the crowd rushing to the port to watch the excitement, there are many military enthusiasts from the Windmill Country.

Originally, these military enthusiasts came for the Hood battlecruiser, which never sets. After all, this battlecruiser had a very amazing performance in the previous Mediterranean naval battle. At this time, it has become a star battleship in the world, so it naturally receives a lot of attention.

However, when they saw Hans’s Bismarck and Tirpitz battleships, their eyes immediately couldn’t move away!

Compared with the Hood battleship, which has been launched for five or six years, the Bismarck and Tirpitz, which have just been launched not long ago, are obviously more mysterious. At present, there is very little data on the various performances of these two battleships in the world, so for military enthusiasts from various countries, finding out the detailed data of this battleship is what they are most interested in at present!

After the onlookers heard the explanation of this military enthusiast, they figured out how powerful Hans’s two battleships were!

After understanding this, they also began to take an interest in these two beautifully shaped, domineering and majestic Hans battleships!

“Damn, it’s these guys again!”

“Why is it always them? What do they want to do?”

On the Royal Navy’s fleet, the officers and soldiers of the British Sun soon noticed the decline in the attention of the Windmill Nation’s people to them. They were all very angry, but they could do nothing about the Hans!

The Hans have not made any threatening moves yet. If they go to war with them now, it means that the British Sun will be the first to initiate the war. If they are held accountable in the future, they will definitely be fully responsible!

Moreover, the British Sun knows very little about the various parameters of the two cutting-edge battleships of Hans.

It is not a wise choice to open fire rashly without understanding the opponent’s firepower and protection performance.

If the opponent’s armor is thicker than theirs, the firepower is stronger than theirs, and the speed is faster than theirs, then it will be difficult for them to completely wipe out the opponent!

They opened fire, but failed to destroy the enemy, but let the enemy run away.

If this kind of thing gets out, I’m afraid the Royal Navy will lose all their face!

Because there is no certainty of victory, plus There was no order from above to go to war with Hans, so the Imperial Patrol Fleet could not start a war on its own initiative. If they did so, it would be a very serious case of the inferior overthrowing the superior, and this kind of thing would be dealt with seriously in the British Army!

Not only did the soldiers in the British Fleet become depressed, but the expression of the British Representative who came to greet him on the shore was as ugly as if he had eaten shit.

He didn’t even dare to look at the expression on Representative Pons’s face at this time. How he despised the other party just now, the other party would definitely return it double now, so he would rather not look at the other party. As long as he didn’t look at him, he wouldn’t know, and if he didn’t know, it didn’t exist, and if it didn’t exist, he could just pretend that nothing happened!

Representative Hans really didn’t have time to think about what others thought. He waited until Hans’s two warships stopped, then he walked up quickly and said to the captain of the Bismarck, Ernst Demann, and the fleet commander-in-chief, General Lütjens:”Welcome, both of you, thank you for your hard work!”

Lütjens saluted and said with a smile:”What’s so hard about this? We are all serving the interests of the empire. Speaking of which, we have to trouble you to arrange supplies and rest for the officers and soldiers. Thank you for your hard work!”

Lütjens was the fleet commander directly appointed by Mainz, in charge of the two battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz.

He had a total of 4,500 soldiers under his command, which was a large number.

Therefore, arranging food, clothing, housing and transportation for these people was a very heavy task.

They certainly didn’t have time to solve these problems by themselves, so they could only rely on the government of the Windmill Country and Hans’ officials stationed in the Windmill Country to help deal with it!

“Don’t worry, these things have been arranged!”

Lütjens nodded, and then he asked the soldiers on the ship to land from the warship, and went to meet the naval generals of the Windmill Kingdom who came to greet them.

The curiosity of the people of the Windmill Kingdom about the Hans Navy obviously exceeded their curiosity about the British Fleet.

After all, the British Navy often visits various countries to show off their military power, while Hans’s navy does not visit many countries. The last time Hans’s navy visited was 11 years ago in 1912. Since then, the war broke out, Hans’s high seas fleet was completely destroyed, and Hans’s navy declined, and it no longer had the ability to visit foreign countries.

At this time, with the launching of Hans’s two Bismarck-class battleships, the Windmill Kingdom, as a neighboring country of Hans, was fortunate to witness their neighbors’ powerful warships at the first time. This has to be said to be a kind of luck!

“It’s so huge! From the keel to the top of the mast, it must be at least 50 meters high, right?”

“Fifty meters? More than that, right? In my opinion, it is at least 70 meters high!”

A battleship does not seem very big when viewed from a distance, but when it is approached, it immediately appears huge!

The two Bismarck-class battleships docked at the dock were like two floating hills, blocking most of people’s sight, so that they could only look up at the two battleships!

The most excited people were not the spectators in the Windmill Country, but reporters from various countries!

Originally, these reporters rushed to the dock to take pictures of the British fleet and report the news of the unprecedented British Empire’s cruise around the world.

Unexpectedly, they not only photographed the British fleet, but also Hans’ fleet. The most important thing is that Hans and the British fleet were docked at the same dock, especially the British star battleship Hood and Hans’s. The flagship Bismarck, these two battleships of comparable size were almost next to each other!

This scene excited the reporters because they found an excellent news material!

As long as they freeze the two battleships in the same picture and indicate the nationality of the two countries’ battleships when reporting, even if they don’t use words to describe it, this is also a big news!

Many reporters thought of this, so a large group of reporters with long guns and short guns gathered at the dock and took a lot of pictures of the two battleships.

And no one knew that the Hood and Bismarck, which originally had a lot of historical origins, quickly made the front page headlines of major newspapers!

The headlines published in the newspapers were also very eye-catching: Hood or Bismarck? Who will lead the future! ?

It has to be said that these The reporters are quite capable.

The Hood and Bismarck are both named after celebrities from their respective countries.

Hood is a legendary general in the history of the British Navy.

Bismarck is the founder of Hans, and can be regarded as the father of the nation.

These two celebrities have a very important position in the history of their respective countries, just like the status of these two cutting-edge battleships in the navies of various countries at this time!

Judging from the data, the data of these two battleships are very close, and the performance should be almost the same, so everyone is very curious, if these two battleships fight, who will be more powerful?

In response to this debate, the spectators from various countries have been arguing endlessly. Some people cited classics and quoted a lot of detailed data to support Hans’ Bismarck-class battleships, and believed that if the two ships were to fight, Hans’ Bismarck must have the last laugh.

Of course, some people also support the Hood battlecruiser, because this battleship has proved its strength in the Mediterranean naval battle. It is indeed a very powerful battleship, and the Bismarck has not even completed the complete sea trial at this time, and has not participated in any actual combat, so it is impossible to determine how strong it is!

The quarrel between the supporters on both sides began in 1924 when Bismarck and Hood were in the same frame, and continued until the outbreak of World War II. The argument finally stopped until the two ships met on the battlefield.

However, in addition to these reporters, there was another person in the Windmill Country who was very happy about the visit of Hans’ fleet. This person was the last emperor of the Second Empire – William II! _Feilu reminds you: Three things to do when reading-