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These two types of strategic resources were also scarce for Germany, but the Germans rejoiced at China's occupation of Indochina, mainly because China helped them attack and contain Britain and France. Although the French government still adhered to the policy of appeasement and was unwilling to take the initiative to attack Germany, the British had already opened fire on the Germans at sea, of course, because the mustache asked the navy to send warships to break the seagoing relations in order to break the British naval blockade, so as to divert the main force of the British Royal Navy blockading Germany

In 1941, the two Bismarck-class battleships that Germany was proud of had been refitted according to the opinions and suggestions of Hu Weidong (artillery and armor) and Fukuda Keiji (overall layout) and officially joined the German Navy's combat sequence, but in order to be sure, Mustache still agreed to the request of the naval commander Raeder to let the two warships train for a few more months before sending them out. In this way, the heavy responsibility of breaking the diplomatic relations of the German Navy in the ocean fell on the three German-class pocket battleships

These three warships have also been refitted, but because the power system is a diesel engine, although the endurance is very amazing, but the speed, especially the maximum speed, is always a hard injury, let alone the cruisers of various countries, and even the emerging high-speed battleships are faster than them, which is doomed to the tragic fate of these three warships

But either way, it's better to be modified than not to be modded. After the replacement of more advanced turbocharging devices, the power and torque of the marine diesel engine have been significantly improved, while the fuel consumption has been further reduced, so that the maximum speed exceeds 29 knots, but the endurance reaches 11,000 nautical miles / 16 knots, which undoubtedly greatly enhances the maneuverability of the three Deutsche class pocket battleships. In addition, the armor of the three Deutschland-class pocket battleships has been improved, and they have benefited from the addition of a variety of new radars.

Therefore, when Denmark, the first German-class pocket battleship, broke through the blockade of the British Navy and rushed into the Atlantic Ocean after the Channel thawed in the spring of 1941, it immediately became a major problem for the British government. Both in firepower and armor surpassed the average heavy cruiser. And if it encounters a battleship (Note 1), it can fly at full speed and at a high speed of 29 knots.

Theoretically, only battlecruisers and aircraft carriers of this particular class can completely restrain this special class (it must be a fleet aircraft carrier, the escort aircraft carrier is not fast enough. ）。 But because both Far Eastern fleets were annihilated by the Chinese. Today, there is only 1 battle cruiser left in the Royal Navy. The aircraft carrier also lost 2 ships, and the British aircraft carrier design was very strange, in addition to the small number of aircraft, the speed was generally slow. After the aircraft carrier Ark Royal was killed by the Chinese, Britain now has only two aircraft carriers fast enough to catch up with the German pocket battleships, this vast sea, only three warships want to search for that German warship, so how easy is it?

Therefore, the British Royal Navy believes that it is more appropriate to send heavy cruisers with light cruisers to search and arrest, first of all, the number of British cruisers is large enough, and secondly, even if the German pocket battleships are stronger than the British heavy cruisers one-on-one, but the advantage is not so big as to crush after all, if it is 1 heavy cruiser and 2 light cruisers to deal with a pocket battleship, it should be able to win

In April 1941, "Graff. The "Admiral Spee" successfully attacked the British sea transport fleet in the waters of the South Atlantic, sinking a total of 7 ships with a total tonnage of more than 40,000 tons. These transport ships that sank forever to the bottom of the sea made "Graff. "Admiral Spee" became famous. As long as this pocket battleship is dispatched, any transport ships within its range are no longer safe. For a time, "Graff. The terrifying shadow of the "Admiral Spee" hangs over the entire South Atlantic.

But at the same time, it also revealed its own position, and the prolonged stay in a sea area increased the danger of the warship, which made the captain, Colonel Langesdorff, feel a little uneasy. Just as Colonel Langesdorf was lost in thought, a telegram from the seaplane that had been released earlier interrupted his thoughts

The intelligence brought back by the pilot made the ship's personnel elated, and the seaplane found a British freighter with a displacement of no less than 10,000 tons about fifty nautical miles from the warship in the southwest direction! This is a "big fish" that has never been encountered before!

"Graff. The "Admiral Spee" immediately adjusted its course and sailed towards the ship's course, and it was not long before the German officers and men on board finally saw the 10,000-ton freighter, whose tonnage was no smaller than that of their own warship. Colonel Langesdorff immediately ordered the signalmen to send a light signal, asking the people on the British freighter to abandon ship immediately, and at the same time ordered his own rescuers to lower their lifeboats and meet the people on the freighter. Langesdorff's combat credo is very "gentlemanly": our goal is the ship, not to kill anyone.

After all the crew evacuated the British freighter named "Dornik Star", the three 280-mm main guns on the German battleship slowly aimed the muzzle of the black hole hole at their prey, and with the roar of cannons, several 304-kilogram shells hit the "Dornik Star" in unison.

A few minutes later, the 10,000-ton ship was gone, leaving only an oil stain on the water. In the tears of the crew of the "Donic Star", "Graff. The "Admiral Spee" has added another glorious addition to the record book. However, this battle, which took a lot of time for the sake of humanitarianism and gentlemanly demeanor, made a British naval detachment with three cruisers "Graff. Admiral Spee's pocket battleship was firmly locked

The German warship is equipped with a new radar developed in cooperation with China, but the British warship is also equipped with a radar, although there is still a gap in performance for the time being, but as long as it enters the detection range of the British shipborne radar, it is not easy to run away. On the one hand, the performance of the British seaplanes was significantly better than that of the German cargo (the British seaplanes during World War II were the most haode), which could greatly compensate for the lack of radar performance, and more importantly, the cruiser was faster than the pocket battleship, so the distance between the two sides would only keep getting closer

Note 1: Although the George V-class battleships that had just been commissioned in Britain at this time were barely high-speed battleships, their speed was the slowest among them, just reaching 29 knots, and the acceleration performance of the steam turbine was far inferior to that of the diesel engine, so it was generally difficult for it to catch up with the improved German-class pocket battleships, not to mention those old battleships. (To be continued......)