Chapter 2596 Old Fletcher 1

"Prepare to send a message and tell them that the three dreadnoughts can withdraw from the battle at their discretion, and the super-dreadnoughts must follow! That's it! No matter what the cost, even if there is mechanical damage, they must keep up to patch the steam engine! "Then, Benson issued the order, and by this time they were already at least 3 hours away from the core area! And the Japanese fleet finally arrived at the outskirts of where the American transport fleet was stationed! A massacre is about to begin!

"How is the situation now? Can't you contact General Su Xiong?" Old Fletcher, standing on the flagship North Carolina, suddenly turned around and asked. (Yes, there were indeed armored cruisers named after North Carolina in history, and the name Iowa was once the name of an American pre-dreadnought battleship! Yamato was also the name of a gunboat during the Sino-Japanese War!)

"We couldn't contact him. Everything seemed to be lost. General Su Xiong didn't reply at all." said an officer in charge of liaison.

"Now, immediately mark the location of General Su Xiong's last contact with us, as well as the location of General Benson's fleet, and all the Navy's telegrams from tonight! Find them all for me!" Old Fletcher was a little uneasy. said. Unlike Benson, Old Fletcher is also one of the few senior U.S. Navy officials who has experienced actual combat. Although his gold content is not comparable to that of Magiffin, after all, Magiffin defeated the main force of the Spanish fleet in the Philippines and fought against the Japanese fleet, while Old Fletcher Fletcher followed the battle fleet in Cuba and beat up the drowned dogs...

But no matter what, old Fletcher still has some battlefield intuition. In other words, he has some talents and can find some clues from complicated situations. Compared to Benson, who was a little hot-headed and was chasing the bait, Old Fletcher had the time and energy to calm down and think about some issues. Now, he first wanted to analyze this issue from a navigational perspective.

"If there are no accidents, then whether General Su Xiong finally chooses to go east or west, we should be able to receive news from him quickly. If he goes west, then this period of time is enough for Su Xiong to The male fleet has merged with the main fleet, and if Su Xiong did not go to the west, but came back, then we should also be able to see them, but the result now is that the Su Xiong fleet has disappeared, and there is no trace of them in the vast night. News." Old Fletcher said worriedly.

"This is not over yet. Even if we and General Benson did not see the Su Xiong fleet, the destroyers and torpedo boats patrolling this area should be able to find the Su Xiong fleet, right? After all, it is a battleship detachment with two more Destroyer squadron," a staff officer said.

"This is not necessarily the case. Due to the weather and attendance, the number of our available destroyers and patrol boats has declined, and because of the previous battle, General Benson took away some of the destroyers used for patrols. Previously, because of the Su General Xiong's telegram told us to be careful, so the destroyers near the core area were also recovered. There are a lot of blind spots in our reconnaissance here." Old Fletcher said as he drew a line on the chart.

"And in this blind spot, Su Xiong's fleet disappeared? This is unscientific. It's hard for me to imagine what accident happened that prevented Su Xiong's fleet from even sending a telegram.

"An officer said. "Or, for some reason, he couldn't send a telegram? "

"If that's really the case, that would be terrible!" Old Fletcher's heart suddenly sank.

"General, just now, when we were sorting out the telegrams, we found an incomplete telegram." At this moment, the communications liaison officer opened the door and walked in and delivered a telegram to Old Fletcher.

"This is the highest level of secret cable. The first half is a verification code, and then it was cut off immediately after the code was sent. We don't know what happened." The liaison officer said.

"Could it be a misfire?" Old Fletcher asked.

"Unlikely! First of all, this verification code is changed every day, and is in the hands of the highest commander of the fleet. It can only be used at extraordinary moments. And the most important thing is that according to communication regulations, if a telegram of this level appears If it was sent by mistake, it will be notified immediately. But obviously, since this point in time, General Su Xiong's fleet has lost contact. And the most suspicious thing is that this telegram was forcibly cut off!" The liaison officer hesitated for a moment. He continued: "It's a bit like being disturbed by electronics."

"Hiss." Old Fletcher gasped. If this is really the case, it would be terrible! Su Xiong's fleet was electronically interfered with? ! And the perpetrator must be Japanese! When did the Japanese become so outrageous? !

However, now, it is definitely not a question of where electronic interference comes from. If this hypothesis is true, then it will explain two problems. First, the technical level of the Japanese is much higher than the imagination of the Americans, and the second problem is even more Pay attention to now! A huge Japanese fleet has come over! Moreover, they happened to meet Su Xiong's fleet and prevented Su Xiong's fleet from sending a warning! If this is the case, things will be very serious!

"Damn it! Send a telegram to General Benson immediately, saying that we have encountered the main force of the Japanese fleet and asking him to return reinforcements immediately!" Old Fletcher said loudly.

"General, you can't send such a telegram, it's fraud! We didn't find the Japanese fleet around!" said the officer next to him!

"Damn it! Send a telegram immediately! Don't look for other reasons, I am the military commander!" Old Fletcher became unusually irritable! "May God bless Su Xiong's fleet." Old Fletcher was convinced that this was his most devout prayer to God! He is really worried that something is wrong with Su Xiong's fleet!

Think about it, if the two sides really encountered each other and Su Xiong's fleet actually failed to contact them for nearly 2 hours, then it can only mean one thing. Su Xiong's fleet is in trouble. It is either killed or in a stalemate. Anyway, They definitely didn't gain an advantage. Although, even old Fletcher himself didn't think that the Japanese fleet had the ability to destroy Su Xiong's four fast battleships in less than 2 hours, but he was afraid that even if it wasn't destroyed, But if it is severely damaged and removed from the battlefield, the Americans will really be left in the cold.

The Benson fleet is at least 50 nautical miles away from here in a straight line! But now, the fleet in the core area of ​​the United States only has its own five armored cruisers and a group of salted fish called destroyers! Counting on yourself to block the Japanese fleet? Are you kidding me? Even if Japan loses half of its main fleet, even if it destroys itself and then steals the transport fleet, it won't be a big problem!

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