In any case, the matter of the German Navy going to sea to fight is already a certainty. In www.biquge.info harbor, workers and soldiers were refueling their warships, and busy figures filled every corner.

It is not easy to set sail an entire fleet, and it is necessary to prepare many, many things. Just the fuel poured into the tanks of a battleship can cost hundreds, if not thousands.

The officers had to personally check the various ammunition stored throughout the battleship and prove that the ammunition was indeed still in their place and in good condition.

The radar and all kinds of equipment had to be tested, the engines had to be tested, the communications equipment had to be kept absolutely unimpeded and in good condition, and all artillery had to be overhauled.

In the port of Kiel, a total of 6 warships are preparing for such a voyage, unlike in the past, and at the same time, there are 48 naval combat aircraft preparing to sail.

The battleships Bismarck, Tirpitz, Gneisenau, Prinz Eugen, Nuremberg and Zeppelin are ready for departure.

On the docks, Lütjans and Raeder, who had sent him here, were still struggling with how to evade the British patrol ships.

They drew up a route that would detour north of Norway as if it were thieves from leaving the Kattegat Strait to Bergen.

This route is almost exactly the same as the route taken by the two warships Bismarck and Prince Eugen to the Atlantic Ocean in real history.

Moreover, in order to avoid British reconnaissance planes and patrol ships, the route into the Atlantic Ocean was also selected in the Danish Strait......

Li Le looked at this route that he was so familiar that he couldn't be more familiar with it, and he couldn't cry or laugh a little. He gave Raeder almost three times as many troops, and Raeder chose the same route......

In order to make the most of the night, the departure time was chosen at 6 o'clock after dinner. So that as soon as it broke out of the Kattegat Strait, the German fleet had the cover of night and could sail all the way to the waters off Norway.

The Luftwaffe also served as an escort during this mission. The air force stationed in Denmark and Norway will be dispatched to cover this naval operation.

Of course, when the fleet sailed near the Danish Strait, air cover ceased to exist. The rest was up to the German Navy itself.

"The flagship was placed on the aircraft carrier Zeppelin, because the aircraft carrier has relatively more and more complete communications equipment." Ruetjens explained for Raeder.

After explaining this, he also spoke to comfort the marshal: "If there is a problem, I will change the flagship back to the Bismarck at any time, please rest assured of this." ”

The Zeppelin aircraft carrier was a new type of warship that the Führer had high hopes for, and the selection of the flagship of the Navy was also ordered by the Führer himself, and Lütjens certainly did not dare to change it.

Raeder also knew that this problem was not Lu Teyans' fault, so he could only nod and instruct earnestly: "This time when you go to sea, be careful in everything, don't force it!" ”

If he could, he really wanted to personally command this fleet to sea. But he was now a marshal of the Navy, and there was no chance of command at the front.

Moreover, he also had to save some face for the German Navy - was it not enough to take a fleet, but also to take another commander-in-chief of the navy to be tragic? Isn't that the laughing stock of the whole world?

Lu Teyans nodded and saluted: "Long live the Führer!" I will bring back victory for the German Navy! ”

Raeder also solemnly raised his arm: "Long live the Führer!" Good luck with your best of luck! ”

The two men parted, and Ruttjens turned and jumped onto the dinghy on the edge of the dock, waving at Raeder.

The battleship had already left the port dock because of its size. Lütjans was the last to board the ship, so it had to be transported to the anchorage in small boats.

The sea breeze of hunting blew on Lütjans's face, and the dock and the commander-in-chief of the navy standing on the pier were rapidly becoming smaller in his eyes.

Finally, he withdrew his gaze and looked back at the USS Zeppelin behind him.

Without difficulty, he boarded the Zeppelin, on which he saw Hines and other officers waiting for him.

"Sir, the boiler has been inspected and is in good working order." An officer opened his mouth to explain his work.

Other officers also introduced: "The anti-aircraft artillery and ammunition have been checked!" Everything works fine" "The communication system is in good working order! "The amount of fuel is confirmed, there are no problems!"

Ruttejans took the report and looked at it, and after making sure that there was no problem with the data, he set his eyes on Hines again.

Hines smiled and saluted: "Sir! There are no problems on the part of naval aviation, and they are ready to set sail at any time. ”

Taking out the pocket watch in his coat, Lu Teyans looked at the time, then nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go to the bridge." At 6:15 a.m., the fleet pulled anchor and set sail! ”

As he spoke, he led the way across the wide deck, up the staircase welded of steel, and all the way to the bridge of his command ship.

There, through the porthole, he saw the Bismarck in the distance, as well as the battleship Tilpitz behind the Bismarck.

Retracting his gaze, he once again took out his pocket watch, and seeing that the time was accurate, he opened his mouth and commanded: "Use the light signal to notify the fleet to set sail, and keep the radio silent." ”

Although he could not hide it for long, Lütjans still hoped to delay the discovery of his fleet by the British as much as possible.

The later the British fleet was discovered, and the less time it had to prepare, the safer the German fleet would be. Lütjens believed that such a dangerous plan could only be accomplished if every detail was done to the best of its ability.

In the real historical space, Lütjens commanded the Scharnhorst to complete many dangerous missions. In the end, he was also killed on the battleship Bismarck.

There are no problems with such commanders, courage and technique. In any case, he was more optimistic than Raeder, believing that he could turn the tide and command the fleet to reach the Brest military port.

However, Lütjans also had his concerns, and that was the size of the fleet. He was confident that he could hide from the enemy in the vast seas with a warship, but he did not have the confidence to do so with a fleet.

The size of the fleet is too large, and while increasing its combat capability, it also increases the probability of its own detection to a very dangerous level.

In Lütjans's view, it is much more useful to conceal oneself from being discovered by the enemy than to be strong in combat -- it seems that there is no point in improving combat power until the overall combat power surpasses that of the opponent.

"Sir! The battleship Bismarck gave feedback on the light signal, and their boilers have already begun test runs! An officer walked up to Lütjens and saluted.

Soon, word came from Tirpitz and the Prinz Eugen, and they had already begun to warm up their boilers.

The cruiser Nuremberg had already gone to sea ahead of schedule and sailed as a lead ship to the vicinity of the Kattegat Strait.

The Nuremberg would then join the fleet and sail with it to the Atlantic. The main reason why he took such a cruiser was that the Führer was worried that the anti-aircraft firepower of the fleet would not be enough, and he added such a battleship to make up the number.

"Commander! The battlecruiser Gneisenau is ready! "The news that an officer had delivered the last battleship relieved Lütjans.

"Anchor! All ships set sail! Start executing Project Viking! Victory! Monarch! "Lütjans gave the order to fight, and the entire fleet set sail.

At the forefront was the battleship Bismarck. Then it was followed by the aircraft carrier Zeppelin, the flagship of the fleet, then the battlecruiser Gneisenau, then the Tirpitz, and finally the Prinz Eugen.

Five warships left their anchors one after the other, and for the first time in twenty years, such a powerful German fleet appeared.

The last time Germany's high seas fleet set off from here was more than twenty years ago. And that mighty fleet, turned into a rainbow, disappeared into the British anchorage.

They used the sinking to maintain the last vestiges of dignity of the German Navy, but they could only end their lives with tragedy and despair.

Now, once again, the German fleet went to sea to challenge the supremacy of the Royal Navy of the British Empire. Whether they can surpass their predecessors this time, no one can predict.

As the sky darkened, the figure of the German fleet began to blur, and soon disappeared into the dim sea because of the relationship between the light and its camouflage.

In order to ensure that they were not detected by the enemy, all German battleships were light-controlled, and all battleships marched in total darkness, maintaining a distance from each other by their speed.

About an hour later, the sky was darker than before, and the sound of the engines of the German battleships, accompanied by the sound of waves crashing against the hull, echoed between the sea and the sky.

In the sky, patrolling German fighters are returning home. It was their last takeoff of the day to alert the skies above the fleet.

After a while, when the fleet sails out of the Kattegat Strait, the sky will be completely dark, and aerial reconnaissance will be completely impossible.

In this way, the German fleet could remain relatively safe and sail all the way to the vicinity of Bergen in Norway.

Then, under the cover of aircraft, the fleet will head towards the Danish Strait. There, out of the cover of shore-based fighters, it really became a lone army fighting hard.

"May God bless us!" Standing on the bridge, looking at the sparkling sea, looking at the disappearing sun, Lütjans prayed in his heart that his fleet would be safe and sound......

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