Chapter 1741: Scapa Flow
"Also, even if we retreat ten thousand steps, so what if the German fleet can sneak over? There are more than 400 aircraft of various types in the entire Shetland Islands, and the navy has stockpiled a large number of bombs and torpedoes here. If the German fleet is discovered, then the remaining incidents can definitely turn all the planes here into battleship killers. Well, there are not many people here who have real experience in attacking ships, but the Germans want to rely on seaplanes and the ships carried by battleships. It is obviously not realistic for an aircraft to block hundreds of bombers."
Betty thought quickly in her mind. He really couldn't imagine that the German fleet could knock down the airport in the Shetland Islands. He really thought that the Grand Fleet was just joking? Although he no longer serves in the fast fleet, Betty, who still exists as a high-level navy, knows that the current large fleet is stronger than before. If he cooperates with the 4 aircraft carriers in his hands, if the main fleets of the two sides meet again, Betty believes that he can start from A piece of flesh was torn off the German fleet!
"Go back and prepare quickly. This is not my battlefield, only the vast sea." Betty is no longer in the mood to stay at the airport in the Shetland Islands, because in his opinion, the defense of the Shetland Islands is as solid as Mount Tai. , What I need to consider now is how to command the four aircraft carriers currently staying in Scapa Flow. This was originally the anchorage of the Grand Fleet, but now, in order to ensure the English Channel and the central part of England, the main force of the Grand Fleet has gone to the Firth of Forth. Now there are only 4 aircraft carriers and some auxiliary warships in the anchorage.
To talk about why the British put these warships in Scapa Flow instead of the mainland, one of the reasons is that they hope that these aircraft carriers can give full play to the role of "active airports". After all, their family knows their own affairs, although the British have spent so much Jin has put hundreds of planes here, but due to the harsh environment and the technical level of this era, the attendance rate of these planes is not high. Betty looks at the airport full of planes and feels that this place is solid. Soup, but in fact, quite a few of these planes are in overhaul and maintenance. After all, in winter, your plane still uses liquid cooling. Have you ever asked about the experience of plane coolant and antifreeze?
However, Betty scoffed at this decision of the Admiralty. In his opinion, the greatest significance of the aircraft carrier is to cooperate with the main fleet to limit the maneuverability of the German fleet. With the aircraft carrier, the British fleet can use aviation torpedoes to severely damage the opponent's underwater part. , so that it will slow down and eventually be destroyed, and if there is no aircraft carrier, the German fleet can leave as it wants, and the British slow-speed warships have nothing to do. Let these precious warships blockade? It's really a hidden gem. In fact, the combat radius and communication equipment of carrier-based aircraft are too bad to be used for long-distance blockade operations.
But what Betty can't think of now is that his aircraft carrier is also exposed to the Germans' vision, and another five German K-8 bombers have already flown over Scapa Flow, and found all the British Navy's aircraft carriers in this natural harbor. 4 Aircraft Carriers!
"God, what did I see? If it weren't for the terrain here to tell me that this is Scapa Flow, I would have thought I had come to the German High Seas Fleet aircraft carrier base in Königsberg!" Captain Meile, the captain of the Albatross, looked at the The four British aircraft carriers in the air let out an exclamation.
"Sure enough, the British are building their aircraft carrier force again. There are 5 ships in total! The number is the same as ours!" Because the height of the aircraft is a bit high, Captain Mailer also regarded a seaplane carrier as the British aircraft carrier.
It has to be said that the property of the British is much stronger than that of the German fleet. Next to these aircraft carriers, the Germans discovered 6 more light cruisers and at least a dozen destroyers of various types. There are two seaplane carriers farther away from the aircraft carrier,
The luxury of the Royal Navy can be seen!
"There is no trace of the Grand Fleet around, and there are even few airfields. The British Grand Fleet seems to have abandoned this place." In the combat log, Captain Mailer wrote this.
This situation is actually not surprising. Since the German High Seas Fleet under the command of Crown Prince Ruprecht severely damaged the Thomas Fleet, the Grand Fleet can no longer maintain its dual deployment in the Firth of Foss and Scapa Flow. Under the strategic needs of homeland security and blockade, the British finally chose the former. The main force of the large fleet entered the Firth of Forth, and at the same time formed a sea defense line together with land-based aviation. Other forces were also gradually reduced, with the blockade fleet and auxiliary cruisers deployed in the Shetland Islands, the Grand Fleet in the Firth of Forth, and Scapa Flow's importance was much reduced.
The reconnaissance of the Orkney Islands went very smoothly, because there are not as many places to be photographed and recorded as in the Shetland Islands, but the shock to the German fleet was not small, because the German Navy found that they had prepared before. The sharp sword is not unique to the German fleet, the British have it too!
After 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, the bombers from the Black Hawk Squad began to return one after another. Perhaps this time the British were negligent and did not expect the Germans to conduct long-range aerial reconnaissance. Perhaps it was because of the K-8 bomber itself. Due to the high performance and short-term investigation incidents, a total of 18 bombers went out, a total of 15 arrived at the designated target, and the remaining 3 returned midway due to various reasons. Of the 15 K-8 bombers on the mission, 2 had to make an emergency landing due to damage, one of which was forced to land in Norway, and the personnel were subsequently detained by the Norwegian side, while the other made an emergency landing on the sea, but fortunately, the landing area is At a certain reception point of the German Navy, in less than half an hour, a German light cruiser rushed to rescue people. In addition, there was another plane that came back late and had some accidents when it landed. Although the plane needed major repairs, fortunately everyone was fine.
After the collected information was sent to the port of Kiel, the high-level German navy conducted a systematic analysis of the content, and came to a very unoptimistic conclusion. But at this time, the Kaiser's patience had reached its limit. He urgently needs the High Seas Fleet to take the initiative to break the blockade, and at the Kaiser's behest. Ordnance production director Ludendorff and Tirpitz came to the German Navy headquarters in Kiel together, wanting to discuss the issue of fleet sorties.
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