Chapter 1097: Multi-party response

Slide 1097

The three newly-served Bavarian-class ships of the newly formed Third Fast Battleship Squadron also hurriedly ended their training and sailed to Kiel Harbor with their auxiliary warships. The Helgeland-class fast battleships, which are being laid in the Baltic Sea with the mine-laying fleet, are also busy handing over the fifth battleship squadron, which is dominated by the Nassau-class battleships. At this point, the German Empire High Seas Fleet will once again be together in two days. Gathering in Wilhelmshaven. Ready to launch a new wave of offensive towards the enemy facing each other.

"General Scheer, what do you think of this matter? I mean to say about the current situation." Admiral von Boll was also a bit dissatisfied with the prince's "airborne seizure of power" behavior, but there is no way, so he is in Heshe When discussing, he also specifically emphasized that he was right or wrong.

"Lieutenant General Hipper’s squadron is obviously in trouble. Maybe we will lose the capital ship this time. And now the fleet is concentrated towards the North Sea. I think that according to His Royal Highness’s thoughts and character, and our more abundant time , We may have another large-scale naval battle with the British in the next one or two months."

"Although it is a bit disrespectful to say this, but from the current situation, the entire Eastern Front is almost impossible to fight in winter. The Bavarian Army needs to rest, and the Balkans does not need His Royal Highness to sit down in person, so His Highness has a few months. Time to deal with the North Sea. And with the restoration of the British naval power, the North Sea blockade will also be closed again. This is a very bad thing for the Empire. In this matter, the High Seas Fleet bears the brunt!" After thinking about it.

"It makes sense, but I need to add that if we still have a chance to win a victory like the Thunder-Thurbrus this time, the High Seas Fleet will probably be busy in the future." Admiral Boll looked a little puzzled. Scheer continued: "The British are trying to give blood to the Russians on the Arctic Ocean route. Judging from the current battle reports, the Russians have been beaten badly, and the British will perform this task even if they pay a heavy price. We can't rush out of the North Sea, so this mission will naturally be impossible, but if we can rush out of the North Sea, I am afraid there will only be more collisions between the two fleets in the future!"

Admiral Ball is still very visionary. Why is the Thunder-Thurbrus campaign classic? That's because after World War I broke the British navy's superiority in the British offshore and North Sea blockades, making it impossible for the British to have two at the same time. Although the British are still stronger overall, they have to give up one point. This time, if His Royal Highness takes over the navy again, the re-launch of the battle is also to break the balance that the British gradually restored. However, with Russia's tightness in the land warfare, in addition to keeping the North Sea transportation route open, the high seas fleet has another role to take the opportunity to attack the British transport fleet.

"If this is the case, we must hit the British queens this time. There is a certain risk in doing so, but if it succeeds, the effect of this battle may be better than that of Thunder-Thurbrus." Sher felt. Chin said.

In fact, although it is hard to say clearly, the prince made a coincidence last time. He fought the weakest battlecruiser squadron of the British, so he chopped melons and vegetables in a few hours. And this time, the British fast fleet is dominated by the queen, it is easy to defeat, but it may be more difficult to sink. Of course, if the Queen were to be killed this time, then the British would be really injured. After all, shipbuilding still has a construction cycle.

And just as Scheer entered the Kiel Canal with his fleet and was heading for the North Sea, the prince finally got on the train going north. First, the prince had to cross half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and then go north, through the whole of Germany. To get to Kaiser Wilhelm Port. While in the carriage, the prince is watching the Admiralty liaison staff mark the latest news of the British Navy on the chart, while contacting the Admiralty personnel to grasp the situation as soon as possible.

Where do you start in this chaotic situation? Naturally a large fleet! There are more than 20 battleships in the large fleet, dozens of armored cruisers and light cruisers, and hundreds of warships in total are the only force that the German High Seas Fleet fears. Therefore, he must first determine the situation of the large fleet, not just now. What? The situation in the last two weeks.

"In other words, in the last week, the British Grand Fleet did not conduct a repressive cruise? And last week it was only conducted once?" the prince asked.

"Well, we started to think that the British fuel supply is a problem, because our submarines sink more than 500,000 tons of British ships every month. Especially last month, we killed at least 4 ships with no less than 50,000 tons. Tons of oil tankers. Britain does not produce oil. Their fuel is mainly provided by the United States and the Dutch East Indies. It is no secret that warships are short of fuel." The Admiralty Liaison said.

"Yes, in fact, the current large fleet should be under food. Their purpose may be to save fuel and provide fuel for this operation. The Queen-class battleships are all oil-fired boilers, and they have to carry on high speed in the Norwegian Sea. Hunting, coupled with light cruisers and destroyers, so they need a lot of fuel~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the prince said. From this we can see that the British did this thing for a long time. I am afraid this time two ships. The situation for battlecruisers will not be very good.

As for, can the British find these two warships? The prince thinks that as long as the time is a little longer, it is fine. After all, according to historical records, the British had a relatively complete radio lateral technology in World War I, and the Norwegian Sea was not very large. As long as the German fleet reports, it is easy to reveal the position, and the British aviation technology is absolutely absolute. Top-notch, maybe, now there is an evildoer like the V1500. If equipped with a radio side-pointing device, it is a good ocean patrol aircraft. Well, at least it should be enough in the Norwegian Sea. In addition to these technical things, the British auxiliary cruisers and light cruisers can also perform reconnaissance missions.

In fact, the reason why the North Sea Blockade was destroyed is not that the British cannot find you, but that there are not enough fast warships to be contained. Although the queen's speed is not too fast, once the numbers are up, it is only a matter of time before the blockade is re-closed. What's more, Thomas can catch Su Xiong in a place as big as the Indian Ocean. How can he not hold a German battlecruiser in a small place like the Norwegian Sea?

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