Chapter 1741: Scarpa Bay

"Moreover, even if it takes 10,000 steps, how can the German fleet slip over? There are more than 400 aircraft of various kinds throughout the Shetland Islands, and the Navy has stocked a lot of bombs and torpedoes here, as long as we can be 100 kilometers away. Discover the German fleet, then the remaining incidents can definitely turn all the aircraft here into battleship killers. Well, there are not many people who really have experience in attacking ships, but the Germans want to rely on seaplanes and battleships. It is obviously unrealistic for the plane to block hundreds of bombers."

　　 Betty thought about it quickly. He really couldn't think of what the German fleet had the ability to knock off the airport in the Shetland Islands. He really thought that the big fleet was just a joke? Although he no longer serves in the fast fleet, Betty, who still exists as a high-level navy, knows that the current large fleet is stronger than before. With the four aircraft carriers in his hands, if the two main fleets meet again, Betty believes that she can A piece of meat is torn off the German fleet!

"I have to go back and prepare. This is not my battlefield, only the vast sea." Betty is no longer in the mood to stay at the airport in the Shetland Islands, because in his opinion, the defense of the Shetland Islands is as stable as Mount Tarzan. , What I need to consider now is how to command the four aircraft carriers currently staying in Scarpa Bay. This was originally the anchorage of the large fleet, but now, in order to ensure the English Channel and the central part of Britain, the main force of the large fleet has gone to Forth Bay. Now there are only 4 aircraft carriers and some auxiliary warships in the anchorage.

One of the reasons why the British put these warships in Scarpa Bay instead of the mainland is that they hope that these aircraft carriers can fully play the role of "active airport". After all, my family knows their own affairs, although the British have spent so much. Jin has put hundreds of planes here, but due to the harsh environment and the technical level of this era, the attendance rate of these planes is not high. Betty looks at the airport full of planes and feels that this place is solid. Fine soup, but in fact, quite a few of these aircraft are under overhaul and maintenance. After all, in winter, your airplane still uses liquid cooling. Have you ever asked the feeling of airplane coolant and antifreeze?

However, Betty sneered at this decision of the Admiralty. In his opinion, the greatest significance of aircraft carriers is to cooperate with the main fleet to limit the maneuvering advantages of the German fleet. With the aircraft carrier, the British fleet can use aviation torpedoes to severely damage the opponent's underwater part. , So that it will slow down and eventually be destroyed, and if there is no aircraft carrier, the German fleet will leave if it wants to, while the British slow warships have no way. Let these precious warships engage in blockade? It's really a secret project. In fact, the combat radius and communication equipment of the carrier-based aircraft are too bad for long-distance blockade operations.

But what Betty can’t think of now is that her aircraft carrier is also exposed to the Germans’ vision. Five other German K-8 bombers have flown over Scarpa Bay, and the British navy has been found in this natural harbor. Of 4 aircraft carriers!

"God, what did I see? If it weren't for the terrain here to tell me this is Scarpa Bay, I thought I was at the aircraft carrier base of the German High Seas Fleet in Königsberg!" Captain Mailer, the captain of the Albatross, looked at the bay. The four British aircraft carriers in the group let out an exclamation.

　　 "The British really built their aircraft carrier force again, a total of 5! The same number as ours!" Because the height of the aircraft was a little high, Captain Mailer regarded a seaplane carrier as the British aircraft carrier.

　　 I have to say that the British possessions are much stronger than the German fleet. Next to these aircraft carriers, the Germans discovered 6 light cruisers and at least a dozen various destroyers. There are also two seaplane carriers far away from the aircraft carrier, which is evident in the lavishness of the Royal Navy!

　　 "There are no traces of the large fleet around, and there are even few airfields. The British large fleet seems to have given up here." In the combat log, Captain Mailer wrote.

This situation is not surprising. Since the German High Seas Fleet under the command of Crown Prince Ruprecht severely damaged the Thomas Fleet, the Grand Fleet can no longer maintain its dual arrangement in Forth Bay and Scarpa Bay. Due to the strategic needs of homeland security and blockade, the British finally chose the former. The main force of the large fleet entered the Gulf of Forth and at the same time formed the maritime defense line together with the land-based aviation. In this half of the year, the Scarpa Bay Other forces are also gradually reduced. Blockade fleets and auxiliary cruisers are deployed in the Shetland Islands, the large fleet is in the Gulf of Forth, and the importance of Scarpa Bay is much reduced.

The investigation of the Orkney Islands went very smoothly, because there are not too many places to take photos and records like the Shetland Islands ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But the shock to the German fleet is not small, because the German Navy It was discovered that the sword they prepared before was not unique to the German fleet, and the British had it too!

After 3 o’clock in the afternoon the next day, the bomber group from the Black Hawk detachment began to return. Perhaps this time the British were negligent and did not expect the Germans to conduct long-range aerial reconnaissance, perhaps because of the K-8 bombers themselves. The performance of the aircraft and the short-term reconnaissance incident, a total of 18 bombers that went out, a total of 15 arrived at the designated target, and the remaining 3 returned midway due to various reasons. Of the 15 K-8 bombers on the mission, two made an emergency landing due to damage. One of them made an emergency landing in Norway. The personnel were subsequently detained by the Norwegian side, while the other made an emergency landing on the sea. Fortunately, the landing area was At a certain point of the German Navy, a German light cruiser came to rescue people in less than half an hour. Another plane had some accidents when it landed because it came back late. Although the plane needed to be overhauled, it was fine.

After the collected intelligence was sent to the Port of Kiel, the senior German navy conducted a systematic analysis of the content and came to a very unoptimistic conclusion. At this time, the Kaiser’s patience had reached its limit. He urgently needed the High Seas Fleet to take the initiative to break the blockade, and he was instructed by the Kaiser. Ludendorff, the director of ordnance production, and Tirpitz came to the German navy headquarters in Kiel to discuss the issue of the fleet attack.

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