第750章 马沙尔的闪光(中)
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一如“腓特烈-凯撒”船团在出发前就被对手盯上,代号z-0720的美英护航船队还未离开弗洛里斯海域,即遭到德国潜艇的盯梢,这狡黠的潜伏者悄悄跟在船队后面,直到蓄电池耗尽,无法继续潜航,便将天线连同潜望镜伸出海面,把有关目标方位、行踪以及探查到的构成情况传递出去。龙腾小说ltxs520.com
接获准确敌情,领命担当先锋的威廉-马沙尔立即会同僚属制定了袭击路线,并于三个小时后首次派出两架he-60型水上侦察机,用以确认美英船队的位置和护航兵力。稍晚些的时候,马沙尔得到了一份相当详实的空中侦察报告,跟他预感的情况稍有不同,为船队护航的舰艇当中只有一艘怀俄明级战列舰,余下舰艇吨位最大的是两艘20年代中后期设计建造的北安普敦级重巡洋舰,另有轻巡洋舰2艘,驱逐舰和扫雷艇十数艘。这样的护航部队用来应付敌方潜艇的袭扰是绰绰有余的,对抗巡洋舰分队级别的敌方战力亦是游刃有余。
z-0720船队指挥官是以组织能力出色而著称的美国海军少将哈罗德-斯塔克,他同时兼任着大西洋第4巡逻舰队司令的职务,麾下编有两艘怀俄明级战列舰、两艘北安普敦级重巡洋舰以及多艘轻巡洋舰、驱逐舰。怀俄明级战列舰是标准的无畏舰,安装12门305毫米口径主炮,六座炮塔采用成对背负式的方式布置这种布置方式主炮风对舰体上层建筑影响较小。该级战列舰共建造两艘,即“怀俄明”号和“阿肯色”号,这对姊妹舰均于1912年服役。
按照利默里克海军条约的条款,美国海军的怀俄明级、佛罗里达级和德国海军的赫尔格兰级、拿骚级都必须退出现役,只不过在阵营对立的局势下,谁也没有放下戒心,真正削弱自身实力,两艘怀俄明级和两艘佛罗里达级在拆除后主炮后转为训练舰,当国际局势日益紧张,战争一触即发之时,美国人很快就让这些训练舰恢复到了现役状态,顺带对它们进行了小幅度的技术改装,安装了新式观瞄和火控设备,使之足以胜任当前态势下的二线任务。
怀俄明级标准排水量26000吨,按照美国海军当初的设计要求,是能够跟德国的国王级无畏舰相匹敌的战舰,但当上一场大战的烽烟散去,美国人赫然发现自己的主力舰跟英国人一样处于相当尴尬的位置:若是单舰对抗,怀俄明级的防护明显不足以抵挡德国主力舰的精准重拳;舰队交战,美国人既没有航母用以提供作战侦察和空中掩护,又缺乏强有效的舰载防空武器抵御敌方空袭。经过无数次的兵棋推演和战略推算,美国海军确信自己无法单独对抗德国海军,所以在20年代中期之前,美国人只敢暗地里搞些动作,甚至“爱荷达”号在邻居家门前被炸沉,到头来仅仅采取了经济上的制裁手段,但那个震惊全美、轰动世界的大事件坚定了美国人的参战决心,而后才有了美英联盟和亚速尔攻略。
美英联合作战司令部的计划是让“怀俄明”号和“阿肯色”号一同护送44艘船舶集结编组的z-0720船队返回北美,但就在船队启程前两天,“阿肯色”号在弗洛里斯岛附近海域巡航时不幸触雷,造成舰艏大量进水,而后艰难返回港口,此次任务便由“怀俄明”号独自领衔。
“阿肯色”号因受创而缺席护航部队,加之美英航母编队刚刚遭遇了一场覆灭式的打击,哈罗德-斯塔克及其麾下官兵是带着沉重而又忐忑的心情驶离弗洛里斯岛的。因是从战区返航北美,多数船只都是空载,仅运兵船搭载了送返后方的伤员,所以航速要较满载航行时更快一些。斯塔克希望此行顺利,但指挥官的直觉告诉他,此行很难一帆风顺,当敌方水上侦察机出现在船队上空时,这种直觉得到了应验,他一边派出随舰搭载的水上侦察机进行警戒侦察,一面将自己的预判报告给了设立在特塞尔岛的联军作战指挥部。
及至午后,原本阳光灿烂的海面突然脸色大变,狂烈地海风卷起一米多高地海浪汹涌扑来,在万吨战舰上也能感受到这来自海洋的力量,外派的水上飞机未能觅得敌踪便匆匆返回。对着汹涌澎湃的大海,哈罗德-斯塔克的心情也在随之起伏。
下午四时许,敌方舰队的身影终于出现在了雷达屏幕上。
斯塔克毫不迟疑地发出了战斗警报,并调遣美国驱逐舰“克拉克”号前去侦察敌情。大约半小时后,这艘大型巡洋舰发来电报,根据目测观察情况,敌舰队由两艘战巡和两艘轻巡组成。接着,为了进一步探明敌情,装备双联装127毫米舰炮和四联装533毫米鱼雷发射管的“克拉克”号发起了试探性的进攻,然而双方实力相差太过悬殊,几轮齐射之后,这艘美国驱逐舰便中弹起火。德国人丝毫没有怜悯勇者的意思,两艘轻巡洋舰迅速迫近到距离“克拉克”号大约四千米的位置,用准确的齐射将它送入海底。
几乎就在“克拉克”号战沉的同时,斯塔克将军也收到了来自特塞尔岛联军司令部的密电:支援舰队正在赶来,无论如何拖住同盟国舰队至少10小时。
拿着这份电报,斯塔克的手在微微颤抖着,10小时对于一个人漫长的生命来说算不了什么,但在如狼似虎的同盟国舰队面前,这支船队也许只够它们填饱独自而已,然而形势由不得他多作考虑,这位美国海军少将忍痛让手下向整个船队发出命令:“保持队形,谨防敌方潜艇突袭!”
不多时,波涛起伏的海面上回荡着隆隆的炮声,当高爆型炮弹以超过两倍音速的速度脱离炮管时,发射药不完全燃烧后产生的大股烟尘便在一瞬间喷涌而出,在两艘德国战巡右舷形成一团团不规则的巨大烟幕。
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