Chapter 637: H Fleet

The aircraft carrier Eagle, originally the Admiral La Torre built for the Chilean Navy, was interrupted due to World War I.
After that, it was purchased by the Royal Navy to conduct carrier-based aircraft operation tests and completed the modification as an aircraft carrier to become a quasi-aircraft carrier.
This aircraft carrier has a standard displacement of 22,600 tons and a maximum speed of 24 knots. It can carry 21 aircraft.
Originally, it served in the Indian Ocean two months ago. After that, it was incorporated into the British Mediterranean Fleet, and now it belongs to the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet.
At this time, on the bridge of the aircraft carrier, the Royal Navy Lieutenant Admiral Sir James Somerville, as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, looked at the sea in the distance, and his brain was always in rapid motion.
In all fairness, he did not want to carry out this operation, because it would cause them to draw swords against the French fleet.
Such a mission disgusted him, but as a soldier, he must obey orders as his bounden duty.
Perhaps, London's consideration is reasonable, the French navy will either join the British fleet or die! Can't make the Germans cheaper, right?
This time, after accepting the mission, James led the fleet to prepare for the ballista operation. Their goal was to remain on the French colony and stationed in the French fleet in Millskbild in North Africa!
After all, the French fleet is also very powerful, so they almost mobilized all the warships that could be mobilized in the Mediterranean.
In addition to the Eagle carrier, there is also the Hundred Eyes Giant, which is of great significance to Britain.
This is the British purchase of the Italian merchant ship "Cuti Rosso" and the transformation of the hull to build the world's first aircraft carrier with a straight-through flat flight deck.
It is the first warship with the appearance of a real aircraft carrier, and has the significance of opening a new era in the British Navy.
Although it has undergone many modifications, it is the foundation of the merchant ship after all. Therefore, in the British navy, this aircraft carrier is used more as a training ship, and now it is also dispatched.
The two aircraft carriers have 24 "Sea Gull" fighters and 20 "Swordfish" torpedo bombers. This is their greatest force. If they draw their swords at the end, these forces are enough to send French warships into hell.
At the same time, in their formation, there are also battleships "Warrior" and "Resolve", 2 cruisers and 11 destroyers. It can be said that after the main force of the British navy was annihilated by a raid in Scarpa Bay, this is already the British energy. The largest naval power that can be obtained, these powers are purely to maintain the British sea power in the Mediterranean, to ensure the safety of the routes from the Middle East through the Mediterranean to the homeland.
The Germans’ expanded naval power has always been developed in the Atlantic, and there is no trend of expanding to the Mediterranean. Even so, their actions must be fast!
Therefore, the entire formation was sailing almost at full speed, and his aircraft carrier reached a high speed of 24 knots.
He didn't know that there was a German submarine nearby and found them.
For the submarine, it is most convenient to attack to the side. However, the opponent will not stop and must move. Especially now, in high-speed sailing, the captain Helmut has to consider many factors. It is very important to judge the route in advance.
Now, he is not sure.
However, now that the British fleet has been discovered, how can they be allowed to run away dingy!
Even if it is a waste of four torpedoes, try again! As soon as Helmut wanted to continue giving orders, he heard the first officer's voice: "Captain, Berlin sent a telegram, asking us to keep track of the British fleet and not to attack for the time being."
track?
Helmut's eyes left the periscope. Just when he found the target, he sent a telegram back to Berlin. Who would have thought that there would be an answer so soon.
Only track, not attack? Helmut was a little confused about this order, but accepted it.
However, it is not easy for your own submarine to track it up. If you use a battery, the speed is not high enough. Moreover, it only takes an hour to sail at your highest speed, and the precious electricity is gone. If you turn on the diesel engine, Easy to be discovered by the other party.
You know, it's terrifying for a small submarine to track an aircraft carrier formation. As long as it is discovered by the opponent, it will definitely not run away.
Especially, even at full power, his submarine cannot run at a speed of 20 knots. It is not so easy to track the opponent.
So, removing his eyes from the periscope, swallowing and foaming, Helmut looked at the chart.
If you can't catch up, then you have to guess what the British navy's goal is this time. They sail at such a high speed at night. It is definitely not an ordinary patrol. Such a big move is definitely to fight.
However, the target will not be Germany, because the German navy is now in the Mediterranean. There will be nothing but submarines, and it will not be its own Libyan base, because the Libyan base is inland, and the navy is useless. With a complete air defense system, their carrier-based aircraft used to be cheap.
Italy? As long as the British have no brain damage, they will definitely not provoke Italy at this time.
Then, the final answer is ready to come out.
The British wanted to take action against the French navy, and the target was the French naval port in Algeria.
Bowing his head on the chart, he drew a line, and Helmut said: "We will set off immediately and go to the Mirskbil base!"
Now chase the past, you can also catch prey! Helmut was excited again.
The submarine that only exposed the snorkel, started the diesel engine, and continued to sail on the sea. Although the British navy was getting further and further away in the night, they did not give up. There is their own prey!
The H fleet was sailing at high speed, and after two hours of continued navigation, it finally arrived at its destination, ten nautical miles outside of the Mirskbil port.
The newer F-class destroyers form a short-range defensive circle, while several old-fashioned destroyers built at the end of World War I perform anti-submarine patrol missions on the periphery~EbookFREE.me~ Inside the defensive circle, battleships are ready to go, two aircraft carriers are on board, and more It is the beginning of the preparations for the release of carrier-based aircraft, and they can launch attacks at any time.
"We just received a telegram from London." Lieutenant General Somerville took the telegram and said to his staff, Colonel Holland, a former naval attaché in Paris, France.
Colonel Holland received the telegram and only saw it read: "The mission you have undertaken is one of the most unpleasant and difficult missions ever encountered by the British Fleet Command, but we have complete trust in you. I believe you will perform this task mercilessly."
That was the last scene that people want to see, but maybe things are not that bad.
"I and the commander of the French fleet are good friends. I will go there as a private person. Maybe I can convince each other." Colonel Holland said.
At this time, at 2:25 in the morning, Colonel Holland took a destroyer to the French fleet's flagship "Dunkirk".
This is destined to be a sleepless night!