Chapter 1,156 Eyes in the Dark Night

Chapter 1156 Eyes in the Dark Night

"It's really spectacular. This is the foundation and strength of a century-old empire." The S-85 reconnaissance airship was hidden in the black night sky. Even without the moonlight, at an altitude of 3,000 meters, the German naval officers and soldiers on the airship were still You can clearly see the British fleet returning home, because the British fleet sailing in the night did not implement light control. A huge fleet composed of more than 30 battleships, more than 20 various cruisers, and more than 4 dozen destroyers are moving in a mighty manner. withdrew to the mainland.

"Captain, the British fleet is beginning to disperse!" A moment later, a crew member pointed at the two fleets that were dispersing on the distant sea and shouted loudly. Three hours after the battle ended, the British fast fleet and the main fleet finally separated. The huge fleet, which was originally like a magnificent maritime city, was divided into two groups, one large and one small, and sailed to the Shetland Islands and the Firth of Forth respectively. .

"Three hours later, in the C5 area, the British fleet began to disperse. The average speed of the British fleet before was around 15 knots. The British fleet did not implement radio silence or blackout." Captain S-85 said in his own battle The record reads.

The reason why German airships can easily determine their position on the North Sea at night is because they rely on the radio positioning system called Salzburg. With the strong support of the prince, German radio technology is actually no worse than the British. It can be said that both sides Each has his own strengths. The British have an advantage in single components, while the Germans are strong in system integration. They rely on 36 radio direction and ranging stations distributed along the coast of Germany and Belgium, which can not only provide night navigation for their own submarines and airships , and at the same time, the position of the British fleet can also be roughly determined with the cooperation of airships.

"The British fleet moved very slowly. After 4 hours of sailing, they reduced their speed to about 14 knots. They also often performed irregular Z-shaped maneuvers, probably to avoid the ambush of our submarines. But overall Said that they chose the nearest route to sail." After a while, the S-90 airship took over from the S-85 airship and continued to track the British fast fleet.

However, when it was about 150 kilometers away from the port, the British fleet suddenly gave up its previous caution and chose to return in a straight line. A moment later, the S-90 airship discovered a group of aircraft flying from the direction of the British mainland. When approaching the fleet, this group of more than 20 aircraft turned on the searchlights on their fuselages almost simultaneously, and oval light beams swept back and forth across the sea.

"At around 11:30 p.m., 130 kilometers away from the Firth of Forth in the UK, the British land-based aviation force sent out aircraft to respond. There were a very large number of them, about 2 dozen. From the analysis of the aircraft outline, one of them was a V1500 4-engine large aircraft. , and V400 twin-engine aircraft, but the largest number is the Felixstowe F2A 4-engine large seaplane. Their main mission should be anti-submarine." The captain of the S-90 airship also recorded it in the battle report The measures and steps taken by the British in their retreat.

"Okay, let's fly higher,

I don't want to have a head-on conflict with these guys who are covered in machine guns and are comparable to an oversized flying hedgehog. "After the British fleet sailed to a distance of less than 70 kilometers from the Firth of Forth, more and more aircraft appeared in the sky, and at this time the S-90 airship chose to increase its altitude to 4,500 meters.

However, just as the airship in the sky stared at the British fast fleet and aircraft. The semi-submersible submarines on the sea are also performing missions that do not have any attack operations but are still very important.

Several German naval personnel opened the sealed hatch, and then carefully moved on the slippery surface of the submarine. Several people laboriously opened a huge arc antenna along the steel lifting rod, and inside the submarine, several people A naval technical officer was busy working on an instrument. Although they were around the route of the British fleet, they did not take any offensive action.

After all, the carrying capacity of the airship is limited, and the radio equipment on it cannot cover all the frequency bands used by the British. Therefore, other means must be relied on to supplement it at this time. At this time, submarines that can also avoid most of the British navy's detection methods can be used. It worked. (What? Why didn’t the British planes discover this submarine? Come on, there was no radar in World War 1. Just relying on searchlights could drive away the submarines 3,000 meters around the fleet. I also wanted to discover Germany, which was dozens of kilometers away. Submarine? What are you thinking about?)

"Finally found them!" A bearded officer rubbed his hands excitedly. "Let the brothers above turn the wire to the 10 o'clock direction!" The officer walked to the passage of the submarine and said to his colleagues outside the control tower.

Afterwards, several soldiers laboriously turned the antenna with a diameter of 3 meters. After the rotation is completed, don't forget to fix it with a bracket.

"30 kilometers outside the Firth of Forth, it should be a British submarine from the signal analysis. In addition to this point, there are three other points. After connecting these points together, a line is formed with the Firth of Forth as the The arc in the center. This should be the submarine cordon deployed by the British outside the Bay of Forth." The bearded officer marked the position of the British submarine that had just determined its approximate position on the chart. This positioning was very inaccurate. Generally speaking, It is said that the error can be calculated in kilometers, but if you want to anti-submarine, you can only know the approximate location of the opponent.

"Here, take a look at these pictures." The captain took out several other charts, and together with the officer, he and the officer used pencils of different colors to mark the positions of the British submarines determined in the previous surveys one by one on one chart. .

"Although there are some changes, they are generally offshore warnings. Their warning lines are generally in a circular area with a radius of 15 to 40 kilometers centered on the base. The number of submarines deployed by the British in the Firth of Forth is not large. The gap is also relatively large." The captain wrote in the report after comparing the data collected many times.

When the British fast fleet returned to the Firth of Forth, the eyes scattered in the air and under the sea also withdrew. In the following days, a large amount of intelligence was sent back to the German Navy's base camp in Wilhelmshaven through various channels.

"Well, in the next three weeks, we need to adjust the entire fleet to the best condition. If possible, I hope that each ship can perform a certain degree of maintenance. When the Moltke and the Saxony return to the fleet It's time for us to attack again. Believe me, next time, it will definitely not be a trivial fight. Those battlecruisers can no longer satisfy our appetite!" At the end of the battle summary meeting on the second day, the prince said in high spirits said.

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