Chapter 2213 Dark Night 3
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"Damn, this is not the Thomas Fleet at all." After the first group of reconnaissance planes dropped flares in the night sky, they only saw a few small destroyers and what was obviously a merchant ship in the distance. Other than that, Neither the Thomas Fleet's Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleship nor Betty's aircraft carrier are anywhere to be seen! And there was no roar of anti-aircraft guns on the sea. This made the Germans quickly understand that they seemed to have been fooled!
"What we have in front of us is not the Thomas Fleet at all. The so-called radio signal is just a bait! The British fleet has disappeared!" When Earl Spey received this telegram, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave! It was not that he was worried about his own comfort. In fact, there were very few British submarines and auxiliary ships in this area. In addition, he had adopted strict radio silence and light control, so the probability of being discovered was very low. He is not worried that the British are plotting against him this time, so now, the British have thrown out a bait on their side, no, two baits, both of which have been proven to be feints, so the main force of the British Where will the fleet's goal be? It can only be the main force of the High Seas Fleet commanded by Crown Prince Ruprecht! The British will never evacuate at night again, because evacuation equals failure!
"The main force of the British fleet must have rejoined, and their target is the High Seas Fleet!" Earl Spey walked to the chart and began to calculate each other's possible routes and times. "By the way, the main force of the High Seas Fleet will send telegrams before dawn to dispatch the aviation forces stationed in Norway. This will expose the position of the High Seas Fleet. Therefore, using the darkness before dawn, the British have the opportunity to bite the High Seas Fleet before dawn. ! And the bait they set up is actually to scare us! It must be used like this!"
Count Spee grasped the key to the whole problem! This time the British decided to strike preemptively, and the target was the High Seas Fleet!
"Immediately break the radio silence and send a message to the High Seas Fleet, telling them to be careful of the large fleet rushing out of the night! I now suspect that the British have sailed east as a whole and are preparing to intercept the High Seas Fleet before dawn!" Earl Spee was decisive broke the radio silence.
"So what should we do now? What to do with the British decoy fleet?" an officer asked.
"Ignore him! We don't have time to waste time with these little people! Order, mark me the planned route of the High Seas Fleet on the chart immediately, and then the fleet will approach the High Seas Fleet at the highest speed!" Earl Spey was also decisive and direct Throwing the bait in front of him, he moved closer to the High Seas Fleet. At this time, various intelligences had been sent to the command tower of the High Seas Fleet flagship Bavaria. Here, Ruprecht was making final strategic adjustments!
Jericho's plan is very good in theory, but it cannot deal with the unstable factor of submarines and misjudges Count Spee's actions. If Count Spee chooses conservative tactics, it may not be discovered so early. Thomas's fleet has already moved east, and Jericho's mistake was that he didn't expect Earl of Spey to be so stubborn and prepared to attack Thomas's fleet at night! The result of this series of inevitable or accidental events was that there were serious omissions in Jericho's plan. The Germans discovered the British conspiracy less than 2 hours earlier than the British planned, and used In these last two hours, Ruprecht has the opportunity to make final adjustments to his plan!
"I didn't expect that Jericho would play such a trick in the end." Ruprecht said with emotion as he looked at the telegrams compiled on the table.
"If we want to be on the safe side, we can change the course, for example to the east. In this case, we can ensure that we will not contact the British Grand Fleet for the time being.
Count Spee is leading the fleet towards us rapidly, and we can rendezvous at ten o'clock in the morning at the latest. "Admiral Scheer said.
"There is still more than an hour before dawn, and we don't know the location of the British fleet, so we still have to find ways to lure the British to appear. According to the previous plan, immediately issue today's mission to the Norwegian Air Force, and then the fleet Pull back 10 nautical miles from the current position and we will wait for the arrival of the British fleet!" Ruprecht thought for a while and said.
"If we only retreat 10 nautical miles, we will still fight the British fleet first before the Spey fleet arrives." Scheer said.
"That's right, we just delayed the fighting and had a better fighting situation. Today, I decided to make a break with the British. We can't have all the advantages. We must make the British think they have Only after you gain some advantages will you really compete with us!" Ruprecht said.
Now Ruprecht does not know the exact location of the British fleet. Maybe the two sides meet 20 nautical miles away, or it may be 30 nautical miles or even 40 nautical miles. Although the Crown Prince can now retaliate with others, the British are not stupid. They will definitely send aviation forces to conduct reconnaissance during the final attack. If they find that the actual position of the German fleet is different from the transmitting position, If it's too far away, Jericho will definitely know that he has been tricked, so in this case, Jericho will most likely choose to run away.
Although the main force of the High Seas Fleet has a speed of about 5 knots against the Grand Fleet, if the two sides meet for 40 nautical miles, then if the two sides want to meet for an artillery battle, they will have to sail for at least three hours. This does not include the rediscovery of the British fleet. time. It would be very troublesome if the battle turned into a chase.
Large fleet battles are different from small-scale battles. The fleet is more likely to sail in a rectangular formation. For example, several battleship detachments move together. The so-called battle line only occurs when both sides meet together or both want to fight. It will unfold when the time comes! And if both sides have sailed in a rectangular formation, most of the firepower will naturally be unable to be used. In this case, even if they catch up, fighting for a long time will not be very effective. Therefore, if you want to solve the opponent with higher efficiency, Then you must make the other party think there is an opportunity, and then willingly start a battle line with you!
After Ruprecht deployed today's mission via radio, the fleet controlled the speed and evacuated 10 nautical miles eastward. Considering that the British's previous setting should have been for the German fleet to sail eastward, there was a gap between advance and retreat. There is a distance of about 20 nautical miles, and if you want to smooth this distance, the British fleet will need to sail for at least more than an hour.
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