It must be admitted that the progress of the radar jishu made it much more difficult for warships to ambush and sneak attack, but in any case, knowing in advance the departure time and sailing route of the enemy fleet still gave German warships such as the Bismarck a chance to wait for the rabbit

By this time, the British vice admiral had clearly realized that the so-called "fighters" were simply a trap, but it was too late to evacuate at this time, and don't forget that there was a large airfield on the Faroe Islands, and since the Germans had set this trap, it was impossible for the airfields on the Faroe Islands not to have German planes stationed. In this case, if the British fleet immediately flees the battlefield, it is likely to suffer heavy losses from the Germans' three-dimensional attack, especially since the British fleet is still divided into two, weakening the regional air defense, and must be combined as soon as possible.

And even if it has been calculated, the British fleet cannot be said to be defeated now, although the battleship Bismarck and the Shane sisters are significantly faster than the battleship Rodney, but it is only six or seven knots behind, if you do a simple calculation, you will find that before the three warships of the Bismarck chased the battleship Rodney into the effective range of their main guns, the battleship Rodney had almost converged with the flagship King George V first, if you were lucky, It was not impossible to take out the battleship "Tirpitz" together with the battleship King George V before the three German warships Bismarck had completed the necessary calibration.

By that time, the situation on the battlefield had become that of two British battleships against one German battleship and two battle cruisers, with a large number of light warships to help. The advantage then returned to the British. And the powerful anti-aircraft fire network of 21 light warships made it difficult for the Luftwaffe to sink the British battleships, even the battleship Duke of York, which was heavily damaged, even if the Luftwaffe was stationed at the Faroe Islands airfield, which was the most threatening to warships.

Due to the tight schedule, British light warships, which had previously played only a supporting role, began to participate more actively in the battle between the capital ships. Among them, the British destroyers responsible for protecting the battleship Rodney rushed towards the three large German battleships and rushed towards them (because they were moving relatively well, the advance could be calculated, and they did not have to rush so close. Fired a torpedo before entering range, although at such a distance the hit rate was close to zero, and the British torpedo was not an oxygen torpedo, and the track was very obvious. Enemy ships can be seen from a distance to evade. But it can give the enemy some interference, and if you are lucky, you can force the opponent to turn to avoid and directly affect the pursuit.

The British light cruisers and destroyers, which were responsible for protecting the two King George V-class battleships, also temporarily let go of the crippled Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers, and rushed to the German battleship Tirpitz, which had already fired the first straddle shot at the King George V battleship at this time. In order to close the opponent and launch torpedoes. It's best if you can get lucky. Even if it dodges, if it succeeds in forcing it to steer to evade, it will be difficult to pose a threat to the King George V battleship for at least the next 3 minutes due to the need to readjust the fire control parameters. The King George V, on the other hand, was able to continue to pour its main guns on the enemy, and the difference between one in and one out was obvious, and even if a British light warship was sunk by the enemy, the sacrifice was worth it.

At this time, the captain of the Tirpitz, Admiral Jung, was a little hesitant, whether to continue shelling the enemy's battleships, or to kill those annoying light warships first. If the Tirpitz is completely completed, there is no need to worry about this problem at all, because the firepower of the secondary guns and even the large-caliber anti-aircraft guns alone can deal with the light warships that suppress the enemy, but in the artillery battle with the enemy's two battleships, the superstructure of the Tirpitz battleship was not lightly damaged, and many secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns could not continue to be used.

But if you use the main guns, the parameters that were corrected before will be in vain, and then each British warship will have to spend at least two or three minutes to adjust the fire control, and it will take time to destroy it (it will take almost 1 minute for the flight of the shells alone), if you want to sink all 10 British light warships, even if you are lucky, it will take at least 1 hour, and the battleship King George V, which was left alone, probably didn't know how many times it hit the Tirpitz, Although it is difficult for 356mm shells to penetrate the main armor on the battleship Tirpitz, after the number of hits increases, it is not difficult to make the battleship Tirpitz incapacitated

And if you ignore those light warships, once they get close to and frantically fire torpedoes, the Tirpitz will also be very dangerous, even if it is not hit in time, it will also give the battleship King George V a chance to fight in vain, and once it is unfortunately hit by one or two torpedoes, and then the battleship of King George V takes the opportunity to fall into the ground, the Tirpitz will be even more dead

Faced with a dilemma, Admiral Jung frowned, and he became increasingly envious of the sheer numerical superiority of the British Navy's light ships. However, he was no longer a rookie to warships, and soon grasped the crux of the matter, randomly ordering the continued shelling of the King George V, as long as the enemy flagship was inflicted heavy damage before the enemy's torpedoes were fired here, the advantage was still on the German side. However, the Jungian navy, who was ruthless in his heart, couldn't help but be a little anxious, and said secretly, "What are those bastards in the Air Force doing?" Why haven't you seen a single plane until now? ”

In fact, the German fighters on the airfields in the Faroe Islands had already begun to take off, but since the air defense capabilities of warships today are far from comparable to those of the past, if a squadron or even a small squadron took off as in the past and immediately went to attack the British fleet, it would be no different from sending them to death, and there would still be no results in vain. Therefore, the German planes that took off first had to wait in the air until the follow-up planes had also taken off, and then they formed a large formation to attack, so that the delay was not a little time, and in order to cooperate well with the navy, these air force planes still waited for the navy to exchange fire with the enemy before they began to take off, so until this time, the shadow of the German warhawk was still not seen in the sky over the battlefield (to be continued......