While sending the plan to the Second Fleet and ordering it to perform exercises according to the plan, the First Fleet where Redell is also moving forward while practicing.

The exercise is very simple, which is to divide the fleet into two, one team plays the first fleet and the other team plays the second fleet, and then continuously calculates the safety angle based on the distance between each other and the height of the warship and issues instructions to allow the gunner to quickly adjust the elements.

Of course, shooting, etc. are simulated, and the gunner has no real target. Although such an exercise is not very effective, at least tell the soldiers what to do or pay attention to when the battle begins, so as not to mess around and make some low-level mistakes.

Redel took Qin Chuan and others to watch the exercise. The German Navy was indeed well-trained and was very skilled in operating various equipment on the warship, including the maneuvering evasion of enemy bombers and torpedoes by warships... One of the very important ones is the "S-shaped" maneuvering artillery attack when the warship fled to enemy ships.

There is another very strange design for French warships, that is, the main guns are all placed on the head of the ship, and the secondary guns are only placed on the tail of the ship.

There will be no problem with this in air defense. There are secondary guns on the head and tail of the ship. If there is any problem, it is its 75-degree elevation angle.

but……

If an enemy ship appears in the rear, or a French warship needs to escape from the enemy ship due to its number or other reasons, it will be a pity: the 130MM secondary gun is likely to not pose a threat to the enemy ship at all, and the enemy ship can be chasing behind with confidence until the French warship is sunk.

Therefore, French warships have a unique "S-shaped" maneuver, which can use their own high speed (the characteristic of French warships is fast speed) while moving away from enemy ships and letting the main gun fire in the rear.

This requires the main gun to be highly coordinated with the warship, because it requires that the main gun can point directly behind when the warship turns sideways, and when the main gun goes to the other side, it is ready to launch again and adjust the new elements... If the warship goes to this side and the main gun points in the opposite direction, it will be a joke.

Being able to do this fully demonstrates that the German Navy has mastered the control of French warships and learned its tactics, and even surpassed others, such as Qin Chuan's air defense method of covering each other...Reder named this tactic: "Cross Air Defense".

This name is really apt, it's like two machine guns forming crossfire with each other to minimize blind spots.

Dallang looked at this scene and became heavier... He seemed to realize that the shame of the French navy would last for a long time, not only would it last for a long time, but it would continue to magnify because of the victory of the German navy.

This is certainly not what Dallang hopes to see, but he has no choice but to do anything about it.

"Marson!" While Redel and the officers were holding telescopes to watch the exercise, a staff officer ran up to report in a hurry: "The news just received, an enemy aircraft group was found in the direction of Sicily!"

Redell was stunned and immediately took the officers back to the command center, then asked to the map: "Location!"

"Here!" the staff officer replied with a point: "Over the Colleone!"

Redel couldn't help but look at the staff officer in surprise: "Over the Colleone? God, the British crew flew over the Colleone and the Italians discovered them?"

No wonder Raidel was so surprised. Coleone is the hinterland of Sicily...

Normally, the Italian 6th Army in Sicily sent warships, submarines and reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance after receiving the warning. In this way, the British army will be discovered by the Italian army and reported to the German army as long as it has just taken off the air or even has not assembled.

But the reality is obviously not like this.

A huge British fleet passed through the Italian reconnaissance aircraft search area, then through the reconnaissance area of ​​submarines and warships, and through the Sicily coastal defense line. It was not discovered and reported to the German army until it was over Coleon!

"God!" Redel glanced at Qin Chuan, shook his head and said, "I was so wrong. I actually hope that the Italians can block the British aircraft fleet. Now it seems... we should ignore the existence of these Italians!"

"Marson!" said Colonel Slain, "You will get used to it!"

"Luckily!" said a staff officer: "We changed the plan in time to correct this error, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Redell asked: "How long will it take for the enemy planes to reach us?"

"Half an hour!" The staff officer replied: "The enemy plane did not fly at the highest speed, and it is probably because it has temporarily lost our accurate position!"

This is something that happens frequently in sea and air combat... The aircraft group is dispatched and cannot be said to have hundreds of fighter jets rushing to find enemy warships. If they can't find it, it will be useless.

Because of the slow speed of submarines, as long as the fleet drives at full speed, it will easily leave the enemy's reconnaissance submarine far behind.

Therefore, the enemy should send several reconnaissance aircraft to reconnaissance first, and reconnaissance and track according to the location obtained by the submarine and the speed and direction of the enemy ship, and then let the fleet fly to the enemy ship as fast as possible.

Redell nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "We only need twenty minutes to meet with the Second Fleet!"

At this time, another staff officer took a telegram and reported: "Marcedes-in-law, discover the enemy's reconnaissance plane!"

The atmosphere immediately became tense. The discovery of the enemy reconnaissance aircraft means that the reconnaissance aircraft also discovered the fleet, that is, the British fleet has determined the target location, so the fleet will likely arrive over the fleet within thirty minutes.

"Be ready for battle!" Redel gave the order without thinking.

"Fight preparation!"

"Fight preparation!"

...

The orders were conveyed one by one, but this time it was a real gun and a live ammunition was not an exercise.

However, due to previous exercises, the German Navy was actually ready for combat, the difference was that it had to install live ammunition for various weapons.

"Do you want to notify the Air Force?" the staff officer asked.

Generally speaking, this is to notify the air wing to let them come and provide air cover for the fleet, but Raidel thought about it and shook his head and said, "No, the battle is over when they come, and they can't help!"

It was this correct command that completely changed the outcome of this battle.

More than ten minutes later, a lookout shouted from a high place: "I see them, Second Fleet!"

The officers raised their telescopes and looked towards the lookouts, and sure enough, the shadows of warships appeared on the hazy sea surface. The flagship of the Second Fleet was the Richelieu.

Almost at the same time, someone shouted: "Airplanes, British fleets!"
Chapter completed!