Chapter 1,288 Encounter

Chapter 1288 Encounter

As for the rest? Except for the goods from neutral countries, the British could never find anything abnormal on it, and over time, the British had no good way to deal with this... Although the British will use deception or other means to limit the role of pearls as much as possible, overall, this system is quite reliable! Especially this time, when the Japanese did not intend to hide themselves deliberately.

"They are coming." A German officer next to him suddenly put down the 16x Zeiss telescope in his hand. Pulling Schultz over, following the direction of the officer's finger, you can see faint black smoke appearing where the water and the sky meet. You don't need to ask to know that this British transport fleet is a huge one. But whether it is exactly what the Germans are looking for needs to be further determined.

"Bring the chart over and reposition our position." Under the colonel's order, the assistant unfolded a roll of charts. This is a large-scale chart of the Bay of Bengal. On the west side of the Strait of Malacca, there are a series of The route marked with a blue dotted line is the patrol area of ​​6 German submarines. The 6 submarines formed a cordon covering a huge area.

"They seem to be sailing towards the area responsible for the two submarines U210 and U195. I think these two submarines can determine the identity of each other, but what about us? Should we continue to follow, or should we still stay in this area and be on standby?" The chief of staff asked after carefully checking the route of the distant fleet and the position of his own submarine.

"We will continue to stay for the time being. According to the speed of the JP-15 fleet and the position of our intercepted submarine, the two sides will meet within about 2 hours, and we can determine the identity of the other party. According to our current position and speed , if we want to chase them, we can keep them within our sight for up to 4 hours without worrying about losing them," Colonel Schultz said.

"I saw it! It's so beautiful. This is definitely the most beautiful battleship besides the Bavaria-class battleship. Look at the three twin 15-inch turrets on the front deck and the towering bridge. , This is really a work of art." An hour and a half later, the battleship Yamashiro appeared in the periscope view of the U229 submarine. Of course, if you just see it, if you want to attack, forget it. Let alone the fact that the two sides are 8,000 meters apart. Simply relying on the submarine's underwater cruising speed of only 4 knots, unless it happens to be directly facing you, you can consider an ambush. It doesn't have to be complicated to launch an attack underwater! What's more, there are two Japanese destroyers next to it!

"The one at the back is the Japanese Kurama-class fast battleship, right? It's shorter than the Kongo-class built by the British, but thicker and seems to be more durable?"

"There is one destroyer found on the side of the fleet, and two more behind it. From my position, I can see five destroyers, and there should be one more on the opposite side. The entire fleet should have six destroyers. The arrangement of the Japanese It was a bit top-heavy. There were Japanese battleships 10 kilometers ahead of the fleet, followed by a large number of transport ships, about 20 of them, which was basically consistent with the information provided by the intelligence.

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At the end of the telegram, submarine U229 once again stated that it had discovered the location, course, speed and other information of the JP-15 transport fleet. The telegram was then sent using the new transmission frequency band. And I have to say that the Japanese electronic equipment is really not that good. The new communication frequency band of U229 is completely outside the Japanese radio reception range. So, when the Japanese looked exhausted, Su Xiong had already determined the location of the Japanese fleet!

"The Japanese are coming. Fortunately, it's pretty much what we expected. If nothing else happens, we can stop them tomorrow afternoon at the latest!" Su Xiong lit a cigar for himself. "Have you decided to take action?"

"Of course, otherwise what are we doing out here?" Redel took a sip of coffee. This Turkish specialty coffee has an amazing refreshing effect. Even a small cup can make people energetic all night long! Now, this kind of coffee has become Redel’s must-have drink before fighting.

"Isn't it a little early to drink this now? Our battle time is tomorrow during the day." Su Xiong said half seriously and half jokingly.

"If it's a simple interception, what else do I need to plan?" Reidel said with a smile and shook his head. "Our first contact should not be during the day, because when fighting during the day, both sides are fighting for hard power, and we have no advantage."

"You want to learn Count Spey's night battle?" Su Xiong said with a slight frown.

"No, that would be too hard. And we don't have a frigate. If it were a normal night battle, we would definitely suffer." Redel objected.

"You can't fight during the day, and you can't fight at night, so when do you think we can fight?" Su Xiong said angrily.

"My opinion is in the evening! When the sun sets from the west, we catch up from the east! At this time, the afterglow of the sun can still illuminate the Japanese fleet, and we are already hidden in the night. Moreover, you Look here." Reidel said and pulled a piece of paper over, and what was drawn on it happened to be a schematic diagram of the Japanese fleet.

"We can launch an attack from behind the Japanese! The two Japanese battleships are about 10 kilometers in front of the transport fleet. Even if they find that the fleet behind them is attacked, it will take 20 minutes to sail even under the smoothest circumstances. It takes about 10 seconds to get to the battlefield, because they first have to go around the entire fleet, and then search for targets to fire on. During this time, if we are lucky, we can already sink several transport ships. If we are lucky, We might be able to destroy one or two destroyers," Redl said as he marked on the drawing with a pencil.

"By doing this, at least we won't suffer a loss." Su Xiong nodded and agreed, but this piecemeal approach still made him slightly unhappy.

"Will we alert the enemy by doing this?" asked an officer next to him.

"That doesn't matter. It would be better if the Japanese disbanded the fleet. They have 23 merchant ships, but only 6 destroyers. These destroyers cannot protect the dispersed fleet at all. Our submarines will be enough for the rest. , and we don’t even need to take action, Colonel Schultz’s submarine can help us solve most of our problems!” Redel changed the subject and said.

"Of course, the most likely possibility is that the Japanese did not disband the fleet and continued to sail in formation. This is actually the most troublesome. The herds of wildebeest gathered together are even troublesome for lions."

"So, we still can't avoid night battles? Can't we?" Su Xiong asked.

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