Chapter 2581: Adapt to Changing Circumstances
At this moment, the sophistication of the British naval technicians who had experienced the baptism of the war was vividly displayed. While releasing interference, they paid great attention to the frequency band and the released energy to ensure that these signals would not spread too far. Otherwise, if the energy is too large and is directly noticed by Benson's fleet or the surrounding radio listening stations, wouldn't it be self-inflicted?
The result of multiple jammers working at the same time also made it impossible for Su Xiong to confirm the specific location of the interference source. Like Su Xiong, in this case, it was definitely not the battleship that released the interference, but it was carried by light cruisers and destroyers. The jammer was released! The battleships of the Japanese Combined Fleet are still hidden under the night and complicated radio waves!
"Our communications have been interfered with! The telegram was not sent out!" Leidel said to Su Xiong with a livid face after receiving the report from the communications department.
"Haha, I can't believe that the first target of the Japanese is actually us!" Su Xiong sneered. "Order the seaplane to take off immediately. The destroyer force is preparing to form a shield to the southwest of the fleet. The fleet will turn north and we will circle back!" At this time, the first thing Su Xiong thought of was not to fight but to distance himself. Then retreat to the core area!
Although Su Xiong ranked fifth among the four famous generals of the German Navy in World War I... He was far inferior to Crown Prince Ruprecht in terms of strategy and overall situation, and inferior to Scheer, Count Spee and Hipper in the battle of the Grand Fleet. But when it comes to micro-managing a small fleet and adapting to the wind, then Su Xiong is definitely the best! The principle he adheres to is to panic immediately if the situation is bad!
At this time, Su Xiong had no intention of testing the strength of the Japanese fleet, because he knew that he would definitely be the one to suffer in a battle! The Japanese must know about his military strength, and Su Xiong doesn't think the Japanese are so stupid that they don't know who sent the telegram just now. And even if the Japanese are stupid, the British will definitely not be so stupid. Well, if the other party dares to come forward directly when the other party fully understands them, it can only mean one problem: the Japanese are emboldened!
Su Xiong has now made an assessment in his mind of the size of the Japanese fleet that has not yet been contacted. On the opposite side, there are at least 6 Fuso-class battleships. If his luck is worse, there will be 10 fast battleships gathered together! However, no matter what, even facing 6 Fuso-class battleships, our own 4 Bavaria are definitely at a disadvantage. Even so, why do we have to use hard steel here?
Of course, Su Xiong's duty and military honor would not allow him to escape directly. Su Xiong had already planned to get rid of the Japanese fleet at this time, and then use high speed to detour back to the core area, and merge with Old Fletcher's armored cruiser detachment. At the same time, after confirming that he had left the Japanese electronic interference coverage area, he immediately and Contact Benson and ask him to return to the division for reinforcements!
Although even with Fletcher's five armored cruisers and the destroyers and torpedo boats remaining in the core area, they are still no match for the main force of the Japanese combined fleet, but in any case, the situation between the enemy and ourselves will be greatly improved. After all, even in the face of a large number of powerful generals, Thomas Fleet and Admiral Hipper only relied on 4 battlecruisers and 4 armored cruisers to delay their opponents for more than an hour! Su Xiong estimated what Hipper could do back then.
You seem to be about the same?
"The Japanese fleet is stronger than the Thomas fleet, and old Fletcher is not as good as our armored cruiser detachment." Reidel seemed to understand Su Xiong's thoughts. There was something even more heart-wrenching that Redl did not say, that is, in terms of ability to withstand pressure, Su Xiong seemed not as good as Hipper.
But no matter what, Su Xiong made the best response in the shortest time! Just now, the signal source exposed was a destroyer that was some distance away from the main fleet! If the British locked in at the first time, they would only be able to hit one destroyer! The accompanying destroyer squadron has turned south, aiming at the incoming Japanese combined fleet like a spearhead, although this spearhead seems too fragile in the face of more than 400,000 tons of steel. But at least you can buy time. And I used this time to escape into the night again. Strict light control, radio silence and speed control can greatly reduce the possibility of exposure. Even the most demanding commander can never say anything. But how do you say something? In this world, there is another thing called luck, and this time, Su Xiong's luck doesn't seem to be very good!
"The destroyer V151 has been discovered." The searchlights and flares that suddenly appeared on the sea turned the sea area around the destroyer into daylight. Then, shells like raindrops streaked across the sky. A few seconds later, there were explosions one after another. The sound and the forest-like water column surrounded the poor destroyer. At this time, Su Xiong and Redel could only silently pray that the sailors on the battleship could live longer, and this prayer only lasted less than 5 seconds. It took a few minutes, because the keen Su Xiong discovered that there was no large naval gun in the attack just now! In other words, the Japanese fleet's main ships did not participate in the attack!
"Holy shit! What's going on?" Su Xiong felt for the first time that the whole thing went beyond his plan. He expected that the V151 destroyer would be ambushed because of its exposure, but he didn't expect that the Japanese Navy's battleship did not open fire. It was obvious that the other party was still holding back. In other words, I have already thought of this little trick of my own!
"As expected." Looking at the destroyed German destroyer in the distance through the telescope, a cruel smile appeared on Betty's lips.
"How did you guess that the Germans would use destroyers to send the message?" asked Shimamura Hayao next to him.
"It's very simple. In the later stages of the war, the battle training of the British and German fleets stipulated that if conditions permit, destroyers should be responsible for sending long-distance communication telegrams and using searchlights to search for opponents. Your country's practice of using battleship searchlights to illuminate targets It seems completely stupid to us!" Betty said mercilessly.
Although both sides did not reveal the position of their main fleets in the first round of the battle, there is no doubt that the Japanese still have an advantage at this time, because everyone knows the approximate positions of both sides, and the Japanese have more destroyers and aircraft. many! They can penetrate the German fleet's shield faster and be the first to confirm the opponent's position! And just 3 minutes later, a group of Japanese destroyers collided with the front line of German destroyers!
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