Chapter 1288: Meet
Chapter 1288
As for the rest? Except for goods from neutral countries, the British absolutely cannot find anything abnormal, and over time, the British have no good way to take this.... Although the British will try to trick or other means to limit the effect of pearls as much as possible, but overall, this system is fairly reliable! Especially this time, when the Japanese do not intend to deliberately hide themselves.
"They are here." A German officer next to him suddenly put down his 16x Zeiss telescope. Pulling Schultz over, following the direction of the officer's finger, we can see that faint black smoke appears in the place where the water and the sky meet. You don't need to ask to know that this Britain is a huge transport fleet. But whether it is exactly what the Germans are looking for needs to be further determined.
"Bring the chart here and reposition our position." At the command of the colonel, the assistant spread out a roll of charts. This is a large-scale chart of the Bay of Bengal. It consists of a series of charts on the west side of the Strait of Malacca. The route marked with a blue dashed line is the patrolling area of 6 German submarines. The 6 submarines formed a cordon covering a huge area.
"They seem to be sailing to the area where the U210 and U195 submarines are responsible. I think these two submarines can determine the identity of each other. What about us? Should we continue to track, or stay in this area on standby?" The chief of staff carefully checked the route of the distant fleet and the position of his submarine and asked.
"We will stay here for the time being. According to the speed of the JP-15 fleet and the location where we intercepted the submarine, the two sides can meet within about 2 hours, and we can determine the identity of each other according to our current position and speed. If you want to chase them, you can keep them within our field of vision for up to 4 hours, don’t worry about losing them.” Colonel Schultz said.
"I saw it! It's so beautiful. This is definitely the most beautiful battleship besides the Bavarian-class battleship. Look at the three twin 15-inch turrets on the front deck, and the towering bridge. , This is really a work of art.” An hour and a half later, the battleship Yamashiro appeared in the periscope field of view of the U229 submarine. Of course, just see, if you want to attack, let’s forget it. Let’s not say that the two sides are 8,000 meters apart, and rely solely on the submarine with an underwater cruising speed of only 4 knots. Unless it is exactly right, you can consider an ambush. Don't be too complicated to launch an attack underwater! What's more, there are 2 Japanese destroyers next to it!
"The latter one is the Japanese Kurama-class fast battleship? It's shorter than the King Kong-class built by the British, but it's thicker and seems more durable?"
"One destroyer was found on the side of the fleet, and there are 2 more behind. From my position, we can see 5 destroyers. There should be one on the opposite side. There should be 6 destroyers in the entire fleet. Japanese arrangement Some are top-heavy. Ten kilometers in front of the fleet is a Japanese capital ship, and behind it is a large number of transport ships, about 20 ships, which basically matches the information provided by the intelligence."
At the end of the telegram, the U229 submarine once again stated that it discovered the location, course, and speed of the JP-15 transport fleet. The telegram is then sent out using the new transmitting frequency band. And I have to say that the Japanese electronic equipment is really not good. U229's new communication frequency band is completely outside the range of Japanese radio reception. So, when the Japanese looked dull, Su Xiong had already determined the position of the Japanese fleet!
"The Japanese are here, fortunately as we expected. If nothing else, we can stop them by tomorrow afternoon at the latest!" Su Xiong lit a cigar for himself. "Has the action been decided?"
"Of course, otherwise what are we doing out?" Raidel took a sip of coffee. The refreshing effect of this Turkish specialty coffee is amazing. Even a small cup can make people feel refreshed all night! Now, this coffee has become a must-have drink before Raidel's battle.
"Now, is it a bit early to drink this? Our fighting time is tomorrow day." Su Xiong said half-seriously and half-jokingly.
"If it is a simple interception, what do I need to plan?" Raidel smiled and shook his head. "Our first contact shouldn't be during the day, because during the day, the two sides fight hard, and we have no advantage."
"Do you want to learn from Earl Spey's night battle?" Su Xiong frowned slightly.
"No, that would be too hard. And we don't have a frigate. If it is a normal night battle, we must be at a loss." Raidel vetoed.
"You can't fight during the day, and you can't fight at night, so when do you say you can fight?" Su Xiong said angrily.
"My opinion is in the evening! When the sun sets from the west, we catch up from the east! At this time, the afterglow of the sun can also illuminate the Japanese fleet, and we are already hidden in the night. And, you Look here." Raidel said as he pulled a piece of paper over, and it happened to be a schematic diagram of the Japanese fleet.
"We can launch an attack from behind the Japanese! Two Japanese battleships are about 10 kilometers in front of the transport fleet. Even if the rear fleet is found to be attacked, it will take 20 minutes to sail even in the most smooth situation. Only left and right can rush to the battlefield, because they first have to bypass the entire fleet and then search for the target to fire. During this time, if we are lucky, we can already sink a few transport ships. If we are lucky, We might even be able to destroy one or two destroyers~www.wuxiaspot.com~Ryder said as he stroked the graph with a pencil.
"By doing this, we will at least not suffer." Su Xiong nodded and agreed, but this piecemeal approach still made him slightly unhappy.
"Will we do this?" asked a nearby officer.
"It doesn't matter. If the Japanese disbanded the fleet, it would be better. They have 23 merchant ships but only 6 destroyers. These destroyers cannot protect the dispersed fleet at all. The rest is enough for our submarines. , Even if we don’t have to take a shot, Colonel Schultz’s submarine can help us solve most of the problems!” Raidel said as soon as he changed the conversation.
"Of course, the most likely thing is that the Japanese did not disband the fleet and continued to sail in formation. This is actually the most troublesome. The wildebeest herd gathered together, even the lions are troublesome."
"So, we still can't avoid night battles? Can't we?" Su Xiong asked rhetorically.
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