Chapter 184: North Sea

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The turbulent North Sea and the cold air made every soldier's breath with white mist on the deck. A deck ammunition loader wearing a red vest is staring at the sea on a specific smoking platform.
Unlike the peaceful Pacific Ocean, the cold and windy waves of the North Atlantic can be regarded as the worst sea conditions, so US and Japanese aircraft carriers can fight openly on the Pacific Ocean, and easily fight with aircraft on the deck-if the UK and Germany If an aircraft carrier is constructed in this way, their aircraft will be eroded by seawater, causing terrible flight accidents.
The German navy came out this time, and a total of 16 warships assembled on the North Sea. Two aircraft carriers, two armored ships that joined the fleet later, four cruisers, and eight destroyers. This huge fleet became the operational target of the British Royal Navy from the beginning.
In order to prevent the German fleet from entering the North Atlantic, the Royal Navy mobilized heavy soldiers to chase and intercept, so that the Germans who wanted to pick cheap ones instantly saw the difference in strength: 4 British aircraft carriers with 4 battleships, 11 cruisers and Twenty-three destroyers formed three huge convoys, which sealed off the North Sea route to the North Atlantic.
So this time, Admiral Ryder, the commander-in-chief of the German Navy, decided to completely abandon the combat plan and played hide-and-seek with the fleet and the Royal Navy. He sent a large number of fighters and reconnaissance aircraft to cooperate with the submarine to monitor the position of the British fleet, and then avoided the British The ship's tracking disappeared in the icy North Sea.
"Urgent assembly! Urgent assembly! Fill bomber formations with aerial bombs." A loud siren suddenly sounded in the horn, and several navy sailors who were smoking together quickly threw their cigarette butts on the sea and turned to walk inside the aircraft carrier.
The entire fleet is communicating with each other with lights and flags, because the radio is kept silent. Since a few days ago, various warships are using this primitive method to communicate with each other.
On the bridge of the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, Ryder was confirming the intelligence data just obtained with the captain of the Zeppelin aircraft carrier. The atmosphere on the entire bridge was very tense. The aircraft headquarters was arbitrarily deploying aircraft and arranging fighter jets. Take off and prepare bombers for bombs.
"How did the British find us?" Riddle asked, frowning at the information in his hand, mumbling.
The adjutant said nothing, staring at the chart in front of him, and the expression on his face was so heavy. Just now, the reconnaissance plane taking off from the USS Bismarck found a British fleet, and it was said that at least three warships were found. This British fleet is located in the southwest of the German fleet, about two hundred kilometers away.
At first, Redell did not pay much attention to this British fleet, because in the past few days, the British navy search fleet that the German navy avoided was too much, which really made him less interested. Eighty percent of these British warships followed an aircraft carrier. Once the war starts, he will definitely not get any benefits, but he may be entangled and unable to get out.
So the best way to treat this British search fleet is to adjust some sails slightly, avoid them, and let them continue to spin around the North Sea. And Ryder did exactly that. He ordered the entire fleet to adjust its course from northeast to northeast. This was the first time he had issued an order to head eastward in a few days.
He wanted to sway a shot, and then went south to continue to circle, but the result surprised him. The second wave of reconnaissance planes took off to monitor the British fleet and found that the fleet was followed by two British aircraft carriers and at least one battleship. This shows that behind the German navy is the main fleet of the British Royal Navy.
Even more frightening is that, shortly after the German navy adjusted its course, the British navy also adjusted its course, even keeping the same height with the adjusted course of the German navy. This time, Radel had to be nervous. If the fleet was discovered and watched by the British, it would be very unfavorable for the German navy in the current situation.
"Keep heading! The fleet is accelerating as a whole ... Maintaining a speed of 22 knots to continue driving." Redell ordered with a chin touched.
"At present, the fleet is not driving against the wind. The deck wind is displayed as a crosswind and is not suitable for fighter jets to take off." The commander of the aviation unit is obviously still not very suitable for the bad weather of the North Sea, and his face is a bit pale. He reported to Modal Hui: "If To take off Stuka and fw-190 fighter jets with torpedoes, the fleet needs to sail against the wind. "
"If you take off the plane, the entire fleet should sail north." Rydell glanced at the chart and shook his head. If they went north easily, they would be surrounded by the fleet of the British Navy in the north of the North Sea, and would never escape back to Germany Too.
"Our army has an overwhelming advantage in the range and performance of the aircraft. If the attack is successful, it will achieve certain results." The commander of the aviation unit said: "There is no way for the British Navy ’s aviation to compare with the fw-190."
"But you just explained to me a few minutes ago. You have no confidence in sinking the British warships, making it impossible for them to continue to follow my fleet." Redell looked at the chart carefully again, and finally because the area was too small, Abandoning his plan to continue his circle, he looked at the captain and his adjutant: "Ordered the fleet to keep heading and continue eastward. We went directly into the William Junction and waited there for a few months until the confluence of the second fleet."
Facing the huge and well-trained British Royal Navy fleet, Rydell finally did not have the courage to step up and challenge. He was prepared to send the German navy back to Port Deutschland in the safest way he thought.
"Is the investigation clear? What exactly is the situation, letting the Royal Navy know our speed and course?" Redell glanced at the adjutant in charge of intelligence analysis and asked, "If this problem occurs two days earlier, we have already Blocked to the north of the Shetland Islands, the whole army was wiped out! "
"In fact, this is what makes us wonder." The adjutant pointed to the point of encounter a few days ago: "Obviously when the British are here and here, we have not figured out our specific location, but here and After contacting our reconnaissance plane here, we have determined our approximate location. "
"However, they still did not have accurate information, so they still adopted the containment strategy." The adjutant pointed to the northern part of the Shetland Islands and said: "But after our fake movement into the North Atlantic Ocean failed, the British siege interception appeared a bit Coping with errands, they do not regard us cruising in the North Sea as a threat. "
"All this has just changed." The captain of the Zeppelin carrier pointed to the chart: "They obtained our detailed information a few minutes ago, so they changed their past style and prepared to stick to us to fight a naval battle. , Completely wiped us out. "
"Will it be the password that was cracked by the British when the Dunnitz submarine sent us a report?" The adjutant suddenly asked.
"Impossible!" Redel shook his head and said: "The password can hardly be deciphered without the codebook, and we never called back, and the submarine did not send back information about the specific location of my fleet. I won't get any useful data. "
"Wait!" The captain of the Zeppelin carrier suddenly froze, and then said loudly: "Not our submarine! That is the British submarine! They will definitely have submarines in the North Sea! Whether it is arranged in advance or special For our dispatch, these submarines should be in place! So there must be British reconnaissance submarines near our fleet! "
"It makes sense! Inform all destroyers and cruisers to fight the submarine!" Redell ordered loudly: "If it is the outer periphery, throw it away! If it is found in the fleet's defense circle, sink it!"
"The destroyer z11 sent a signal, they found a suspicious target, fired two deep-water bombs, and the target disappeared." A communications soldier came over and handed the adjutant a record: "They asked whether to continue the pursuit?"
"Order the two destroyers z11 and z17, with 3 nautical miles as the boundary, and search for attack! Then no matter what the result is, they will immediately accelerate to keep up with the main fleet!" Redell ordered: "The fleet will keep its course unchanged and accelerate to the east!"
"Let's go back to our country?" The first officer looked at Redell doubtfully.
"It's been a few days since I came out, why didn't I go back to rest and rest?" Redell said with a smile: "The head of state ordered us to contain the Royal Navy and do some training by the way. Haven't we completed both tasks?"
In the southwest direction of the German fleet, the British navy general in a white military uniform looked down at the information coming from the huge British fleet flagship carrier USS Glory. It says that the submarine was expelled and could not provide more accurate information.
"These Germans really have two lives." He glanced at the sea and muttered to himself: "It's so fast to be able to tell what happened because of the leak. It seems that there are also capable people in the German Navy."
"General! Shall we speed up to catch up?" The adjutant asked in a low voice.
"Chasing is definitely going to chase! It's just more chasing than sending! Send the German navy fleet home." The general shook his head helplessly: "Everyone's overall speed is about the same, now you chase me, others Not far from William Junction, we have no chance. "
"We have completed the task of blocking the German navy. Although they have not suffered any losses, they have not achieved the desired results. We have restricted them to the North Sea, haven't we?" The adjutant said proudly.
The general shook his head: "In this strength comparison, only fools will lead the fleet to the Atlantic to risk a decisive battle. Entering the Atlantic is just their fake. In fact, they originally wanted to eat something in the North Sea and go back."
Before the stunned adjutant continued to speak, the general continued to order: "Give the local telegraph that the bad news is that the German navy fleet ran away! The good news is that the German navy was frightened by the Battle of Jutland. There is no courage to fight. "