Chapter 2100 First Night 3
"Your Excellency, we have spotted German bombers over the Strait of Dover. At this time, we are full of people preparing to evacuate on the beach. If the evacuation of the convoy is suspended, what will happen to the people on the beach? What if If the fleet does not enter the sea but is on the shore, what should we do when the German bombers come over?" At this time, Lieutenant General Martin's chief of staff immediately warned.
The Germans can determine the whereabouts of the British fleet through radio positioning, and the British can naturally determine the approximate positions of German aircraft and the exposed fleet through radio positioning. If it is just a sea invasion, then this is nothing, but if At this time, German bombers carry out night bombing, so what should we do? You must know that the port of Dunkirk has been bombed enough. Many people actually evacuated to the beach and then boarded the ship with a small boat. At this time, if the fleet cannot go to sea, then in case of The consequences of the bombing by the German bombers were unimaginable. Although the accuracy of the night bombing was very low, the ship is now at anchor, and if a bomb falls, there may be hundreds of people who died!
"Let Marshal Haig decide for himself, let's get rid of the invading German fleet first! By the way, contact Major General Harris's Second Armored Cruiser Squadron, we may have encountered a hard problem this time!" Lieutenant General Martin finally Still decided to blame the army, he now wants to see how sacred the German fleet is this time! However, it is estimated that judging from the record of the opponent's almost instant patrol fleet, the opponent is definitely not weak!
The response speed of the British was still very fast. In a very short period of time, the British mobilized 3 armored cruisers, 4 light cruisers and more than 18 destroyers to the sea area where the incident occurred. And this is only the first wave, there are two other light cruiser detachments and an armored cruiser detachment also coming from other areas. If the German fleet's attack this time is like a needle, then this needle is stuck in the The sensitive nerves of the British fleet!
"We may have poked a hornet's nest today." At this time, on the K8 bomber group still circling in the night sky, a technician responsible for receiving British radio signals said to his captain helplessly. "There are too many. The British have already broken the radio silence. Many signal points are moving eastward. The fleets of the two sides will meet soon. It is estimated that it will take half an hour at most."
"Then the navy can only ask for more blessings." The captain said with a sigh. In fact, the British reaction was quite extreme in the eyes of the Germans. According to the analysis of the German technicians on board, there were at least four or more The fleet is moving fast, and they are constantly communicating with each other to ensure mutual cooperation.
If someone can see through the entire sea from the perspective of God, then it can be found that a complete destroyer fleet, including 13 warships including the leading light cruiser Champion, has launched a huge arc on the sea, As the vanguard and guard post of the entire British fleet. And then, behind were three armored cruisers commanded by Rear Admiral Harris and two light cruiser detachments commanded by Brigadier General Alexander Sinclair.
In the north and south directions of the battle area just now, the other four auxiliary destroyer squadrons in the originally deployed warning area also began to draw back like two huge arms. Generally speaking, the British fleet formed a situation of encirclement from three sides. In this not-so-wide sea area, more than 40 British ships rushed over like a tide. In terms of tonnage, the fleet commanded by Earl Spey really can't compare with the opponent.
"It seems that the situation is not good. The size of the British fleet is somewhat beyond our imagination. According to our speculation, there may be more than 10 warships above light cruisers.
’ said an officer.
"Understood, order the fleet to implement the No. 3 plan, maneuver to the northeast, and first kill the destroyer fleet on patrol in the north! In addition, order Major Frank to lead two light destroyer squadrons to deploy a cordon behind the main fleet! Spey said the Count.
Faced with the current situation, Earl Spey will never charge head-on. This is not a problem of being able to fight but not being able to fight, but that it is unnecessary! And the loss outweighs the gain. After all, the withdrawal of the British army will last for a long time. It is obviously not worthwhile to put together the fleet on hand at the beginning. To put it bluntly, the British exchanged two destroyers for the Germans One is a German loss!
Therefore, a simple head-to-head confrontation is absolutely not advisable. Now Earl Spey's best choice is to temporarily give up the opportunity to continue reckless, use aerial reconnaissance and lighting, and concentrate the fleet to attack the British fleet to weaken the British navy's defensive forces inside the strait.
What? You ask what to do with the transport ship tonight? This is not easy. Since surface ships have no chance to deal with those transport ships, it is natural to leave it to submarines. Judging from the current situation, the British should use most of their troops to block Earl Spey's fleet. And Earl Spey's fleet moved northeast, so that a gap appeared in the southern part of the strait. Without the suppression of destroyers, German submarines can pass through the blockade line at high speed in a semi-submerged state, although the submarine is underwater The speed is very low, but it is no problem for submarines of this era to reach a maximum speed of more than 15 knots on the water. If sailing at this speed, it will take at most one hour to enter the waters near Dunkirk, and during this time, the battle between the British fleet and the Spey fleet will definitely not end!
Considering that the first night evacuation work of the British will not be large-scale, the use of submarines for interception and blockade is enough. And now, Earl Spey needs to concentrate on responding to the attack of the British fleet!
The so-called one-force drop ten times is very reasonable. When dozens of British warships surrounded them from all directions, many warships in the British fleet directly turned on their searchlights to search the sea, even though these ships exposed themselves. so what? There are also comrades hidden in the night to help shoot black guns!
However, this time, the British still underestimated the Germans. Although the German fleet is not very large, at this time, the number of aircraft owned by the K fleet circling over the theater has reached about 40. They did not carry many bombs, and even more There are no torpedoes, but there are enough flares and a large number of searchlights. Anyway, I don't expect them to be able to hit these warships at night, as long as the flares they fire or the searchlights on the aircraft can spot the opponent!
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