Chapter 1480 Lost 1 and a Half at the Start

Chapter 1480 Lost half of the start

"Damn, we seem to have lost track." Rear Admiral Senes, who commanded the three Danton-class battleships, threw aside the telegram he had just received. An hour ago, the French Mediterranean Fleet Commander-in-Chief Le Bris Navy Will sent a telegram to Senes asking the latter to "follow the German fleet while ensuring its own safety." The reason is very good. The British have already stated that they cannot guarantee air supremacy over the battlefield, so the Allied Fleet will naturally kill their opponents as soon as possible. Lieutenant General Le Bris found that in all his fleets, only Major General Senes was relatively close to the Germans, so he came up with the idea of ​​letting the latter follow the Germans. Of course, "be careful."

After receiving this order, Senes naturally had no choice but to execute it. In order to ensure his own safety and not be killed by the German fleet that discovered him, Major General Senes was still very careful and sailed southward for a period of time deliberately. , opened the distance, and at the same time deployed destroyers in front of the fleet for reconnaissance, but who knew that after the German fleet withdrew, it immediately implemented strict blackout and radio control, and lost it not long after, which made Major General Senes feel Pretty depressing....

"Leave some destroyers to continue to search for the target, and you lead the three Dandong-class battleships to go north immediately to join the main fleet." Afterwards, Lieutenant General Le Bris issued a new order to Major General Senes, leaving 6 destroyers to continue here. After searching for their opponents in the sea area, the three Dandong-class battleships began to head north at full speed. At this time, the Mediterranean Fleet of the Allied Powers was heading northeast, rushing towards Mitili Airport.

"It's already 3 o'clock in the morning." Looking at the wall clock on the wall, Earl Spey picked up the binoculars and looked at the brightly lit Mytilene Airport in the distance. There are still less than 3 hours left. It is about to light up, Britain and France will definitely release the first batch of reconnaissance planes to search for the Spey fleet before dawn, provided that the other party does not know his location. At this time, the entire airport was in a busy scene. A large number of aircraft were dragged out of the hangar, and a team of ground crews drove oil tankers and ammunition trucks to replenish fuel and ammunition for these aircraft. The pilots are in the combat department, making pre-war preparations.

This airport is not too big, with only three runways and two aprons. The French air force is inherently weak, and there are even fewer planes that can be sent to the Balkans. In addition, the Turkish Air Force is too weak. Therefore, the French Air Force is at most performing reconnaissance missions. If the Bavarian Air Force hadn't hit the British hard and aroused the French's vigilance, this airport would have been smaller and had at most 2 squadrons of aircraft stationed there. And now? In order to ensure the safety of the air above the landing field, the British and French deployed a total of 75 various aircraft here.

"Most of the planes of the British should be on the tarmac. I have seen at least 30 of them so far, including several twin-engine planes, which are deployed on the runway and ready to take off. The oil depots, hangars and other facilities are standard. The location is very accurate, and the actual location is exactly the same as what we marked on the map.” The seaplane entering from low altitude reported the situation of the entire airport to Earl Spey’s fleet 12 kilometers away.

"Get closer, use more 150MM artillery to attack,

They are all soft targets, nothing particularly hard. ’ ordered the count.

Right now, with the state and situation of the Spey fleet, it is naturally impossible to bomb the entire runway when dealing with a target like the airport. The only thing you can do is to bombard the aircraft, towers, warehouses, and hangars on the tarmac. , It’s almost enough to make a fight. Although the entire airport cannot be completely destroyed, it is still no problem to greatly reduce the operating efficiency of the airport.

"Order, send a destroyer unit to search north along the strait to see if there are any mines!" Just after giving the order to attack the airport, the earl sent out a reconnaissance fleet. (There is a very narrow bay between Lesvos and Asia Minor called the Gulf of Edremit.)

"Your Excellency, Commander, are you planning to evacuate along the strait? But if the French fleet happens to exit at the northern end, our situation will be too bad." An officer said looking at the chart. "They blocked our way and then set traps, and we didn't even have room to turn around."

"But we must not sail south. In this case, we will be far away from the range of air support. If I were French, I would try my best to force the Allied fleet to sail south. Although going south can temporarily reduce the risk, but if we Once we get out of the air force's cover, then we really can't go, unless we are willing to give up the three former dreadnoughts behind."

Looking at his men who were still hesitant, Earl Spey sighed and said, "Send a report to Lieutenant General Harrell and ask them to provide us with cover at the northern end of Edremit Bay. If they say they can do it If so, we will break out from the northern end."

Ever since he killed a British squadron, Earl Spey has been thinking about his way home. As long as the French stay near the Dardanelles, they can definitely block themselves. Because there is only one entrance to the strait, during the daytime, with the cooperation of seaplanes, he is absolutely unable to escape. In this case, the earl can only choose a battlefield that is as favorable as possible. The French fleet has a large number. Once the British and French fleets are launched, they will face attacks from all directions. Sometimes this situation is similar to land warfare. The German fleet also needs a suitable defense point so that it can be dragged until the arrival of Lieutenant General Harrell's plane.

And this strait is a very good place, the attack front is very narrow, and there is no need to worry about the opponent's surprise attack from behind. If the opponent enters the strait, it will be even better. The British and French allied forces have nearly 20 battleships and cruisers of various types. It is difficult to deploy. This also weakened the firepower advantage of the British and French fleets.

A few minutes later, the artillery of the Spey fleet roared again. However, compared with the previous two times, the momentum of this attack was much worse. Only the secondary guns of the four super dreadnought battleships were firing, and the ammunition was not enough. On the one hand, nothing at the airport is another.

"The things on the island are not worth attacking with artillery larger than 12 inches." Earl Luckner commented on this crude airport afterwards.

The attack is short and efficient. The aircraft is no different from a weak chicken if it cannot fly. The airframe made of wood and canvas is not to mention being affected by shrapnel. Even the detonation wave generated by the explosion may cause extremely serious damage. , When the intensive firepower fell on the airport, the British didn't even know where the attack came from!

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