Chapter 2222: Optical Magic One
"We must live up to our mission! Tell all officers and soldiers that the outcome of this battle lies in whether we can quickly annihilate the opponent's fleet! Today's first goal! Destroy the Hipper fleet! I can only give you no more than 30 minutes. Kill them! Let the arrogant Germans know who is the master of this ocean in the past, present or future!" Thomas' impassioned words sounded in the command tower of the Queen Elizabeth!
"General, Thomas on the opposite side is coming." Standing in the control tower, through binoculars, the officers of the German fleet can already see the silhouette of the British fleet in the distance. Looking at the large number of British battleships, some people can't help but feel a little nervous under such a disparity in military strength.
"Afraid?" Putting down the telescope in his hand, Hipper took out a box of cigars from Havana from his pocket. This was a gift from an American officer. Hipper used a cigar cutter to handle the cigar. Said: "Don't worry, Thomas will not do anything with us until the main fleets of both sides are confronted. If you compare the entire British fleet to a lion, only when the lion’s limbs fix the prey, he is most aggressive. Teeth will attack."
"Then how do we respond?" the officer asked.
"Dodge the lion's sharp teeth, and then break off its limbs." Hipper said with a smile.
"Your Excellency, Major General Bodick of the Armored Cruiser Squadron stated that he is ready for battle. I asked if I would join the fleet now." An officer reported.
"Let's start then!" Hipper said after taking a look at the British fleet whose sword was unsheathed in the distance.
This is not simply to let the armored cruiser squadron keep up with the previous battlecruiser squadron. The Germans' actions seemed a bit complicated. The 4 battlecruisers gradually moved apart, and then the 4 Mainz-class armored cruisers were dispersed and inserted into the queue. , The first is the battlecruiser Von De Tann, then 3 armored cruisers, then 3 battlecruisers, and finally an armored cruiser. The two fleets are completely mixed.
"We are the decoys of the main force of the High Seas Fleet, and they are our decoys, is that right?" At this time, an officer on the Mochi pointed to the armored cruiser ahead.
"It can be understood that way," said Captain Koch.
"These things are too fragile. It is a miracle that they can survive 10 minutes under the queens’ artillery. Moreover, even at such a distance, the opponent can still distinguish between armored cruisers and battlecruisers through the rangefinder. Fancy painting." An officer said.
"This is not necessarily true. Sometimes our rangefinders can observe unaffected, but it does not mean that the British can also do the same. In short, at the beginning the British need to deal with 8 targets, not 4. A. To some extent, the firepower focused on us is reduced by half!" Colonel Koch said.
Ruprecht will naturally not let Hipper sacrifice in vain, but in the case that the main fleet is unable to draw enough troops, Ruprecht can do very little, and after thinking about it, let the armored cruiser help. Sharing the firepower has become one of the few measures. Although it is operational in theory and technology, the specific situation depends on the situation. Of course, when the personal feeling is not very reliable, Ruprecht will naturally arrange second-hand or even third-hand preparation, but these The back hand is not something that can be deployed now!
"Damn it! Our rangefinders seem to have nothing but a problem!" When the rangefinders of both sides had reached a more accurate distance to the target, the British suddenly discovered that the German fleet in front of him seemed to have some problems! In the vision of the British combined-type rangefinder, no matter how you adjust the knob, the images of the two viewfinder windows can never overlap, and they are like dancing in the field of view! And if the images in the combined image rangefinder cannot be overlapped, naturally the data cannot be obtained by reading!
(Here is a rough talk about the principle of the combined image rangefinder. When the rangefinder is used, the center of the rangefinder is perpendicular to the target. There are two lens groups on both sides of the rangefinder. They are responsible for acquiring the image. The left lens The group is responsible for acquiring the upper part of the target image, and the right lens group is responsible for acquiring the lower part of the target image. Finally, it is adjusted in the eyepiece so that the upper and lower images overlap, and the distance can be read out, and the distance is read through It is obtained by solving the triangulation. If the image cannot be aligned, it is naturally difficult to read the exact position!)
And this kind of zebra-like painting is also famous in history. It is called dazzle painting. In history, this kind of painting was invented by the British. What's more, this kind of painting also appeared in the past. In battle! The Hundred Eyes Giant aircraft carrier in 1918 is this kind of painting!
Although this kind of painting is very pioneering, the British feel good after testing with their own combined image rangefinder, but unfortunately, this kind of painting only works for combined image rangefinders, and for Germans. The asana rangefinder doesn’t work~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In history, the British came up with a paint that could only deal with themselves, and in this plane, Prince Ruprecht decisively used this paint on To deal with the British....
Of course, although there will be some difficulties in the sighting, it is impossible to say that it is impossible to control the fire. The British can still find the target gradually through sighting and estimation combined with the shooting method. Therefore, the dazzle painting alone is not satisfactory to Ruprecht. He also prepared two other gifts for the British!
During the war, the size data of battleships are very important secrets, because many times the rangefinder needs to determine the identity of battleships based on the length and mast height of the battleship. According to this point, the Germans have also done corresponding camouflage in history. Work, remember the Hood in the Danish naval battle? In fact, Hood is suspected of being pitted by German camouflage!
In history, if you turn out the Bismarck's paint in the Danish Sea, you can see a large white paint on the front and rear of the battleship. Is this a German graffiti? Obviously not! That's all purposeful, because the Germans found that when fighting at a long distance, the white paint is the easiest to blend the hull into the background color, and in this way, when the opponent observes, the hull will be shorter than the head and tail. ...... As a result, misjudgment of the length of the hull will occur, and the result of this misjudgment is doubts about the identity of the ship! This is also the second insurance that Ruprecht has prepared for Hipper!
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