Chapter 2596: Old Fletcher One
"Prepare to send a report to tell them that the three dreadnoughts can withdraw from the battle at their discretion, and the ultra-dreadnoughts must keep up! That's it! No matter what the price I pay, even if there is mechanical damage, they must keep up with the steam engine patching! "Afterwards, Benson issued the order, and by this time they had already been at least 3 hours away from the core area! And the Japanese fleet finally arrived at the outskirts of the US transportation fleet's station! A massacre is about to kick off!
"How is the situation now? Can't you contact General Su Xiong?" Old Fletcher, who was standing on the flagship North Carolina, suddenly turned and asked. (Yes, there is indeed an armored cruiser named after North Carolina in history. The name Iowa was once the name of a former American dreadnought battleship! Yamato was also the name of a gunship during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895!)
"I can't get in touch, everything is like a stone sinking into the ocean, and General Su Xiong didn't reply." An officer in charge of the contact said.
"Now, immediately mark the position of General Su Xiong when he contacted us for the last time, as well as the position of General Benson's fleet, as well as all the telegrams from the Navy tonight! Find it out for me!" Old Fletcher was a little uneasy. Said. Unlike Benson, Fletcher is also one of the few high-ranking officers of the U.S. Navy who have experienced actual combat. Although the gold content is incomparable with Ma Jifen, after all, Ma Jifen defeated the main force of the Spanish fleet in the Philippines and smashed the Japanese fleet. Fletcher was behind the battle fleet in Cuba to beat down the dog...
But no matter what, old Fletcher had some intuition on the battlefield. In other words, he has some talent and can find some clues in the complicated situation. Compared to Benson, who was a little hot-headed and chasing the bait, Fletcher had the time and energy to calm down and think about some problems. Now, he first wants to analyze this problem from the perspective of navigation.
"If there are no accidents, then no matter whether General Su Xiong finally chooses to go east or west, we should be able to receive his news quickly. If we go west, then this period of time is enough for Su Xiong. The male fleet and the main fleet have merged, and if Su Xiong did not go to the west, but returned, then we should be able to see them, but now the result is that the Su Xiong fleet has disappeared, and there is nothing of them in the night. News." Old Fletcher said worriedly.
"It's not over yet. Even if we and General Benson didn't see the Su Xiong fleet, the destroyers and torpedo boats patrolling in this sea area should also be able to find the Su Xiong fleet? After all, it is a battleship detachment and two Destroyer squadron," a staff officer said.
"This is not necessarily true. Because of the weather and attendance, the number of destroyers and patrol boats available to us has dropped. Because of previous battles, General Benson took away some of the destroyers used for patrol. General Xiong’s telegram, he told us to be more careful, so the destroyer near the core area was also recovered. There are a lot of blind spots in our reconnaissance here." Old Fletcher said on the chart.
"And in this blind zone, Su Xiong's fleet disappeared? This is unscientific. I can hardly imagine what accident caused Su Xiong's fleet to not even send a single telegram." An officer said. "Or, for some reason, he can't telegraph?"
"If this is the case, it would be bad!" Old Fletcher's heart sank sharply.
"General, just now, when we were sorting out the telegram, we found an incomplete telegram." At this moment, the communications officer opened the door and walked in and delivered a telegram to Old Fletcher.
"This is the highest-level confidential telegram. The first half is to verify the code, and then it was cut off immediately after the code was sent. We don't know what happened." The liaison officer said.
"Maybe it was a mistake?" Old Fletcher asked.
"Impossible! First of all, this verification code is changed every day, and it is in the hands of the highest commander of the fleet. It can only be used at very moments, and the most important thing is that according to the communication regulations, if a telegram of this level appears If it is 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. Continued: "It's a bit similar to being interfered by electronics."
"Hiss." Old Fletcher took a deep breath. If this were the case, it would be terrible! Su Xiong's fleet was electronically interfered? ! And the implementer must be Japanese! When are the Japanese so defying? !
However, now, it is definitely not a question of how the electronic interference comes from. If this hypothesis is true, then there are two problems. First, the technical level of the Japanese is much higher than that of the Americans, and the second problem is even more serious. Attention and now! A huge Japanese fleet has been killed! And they happened to meet Su Xiong's fleet and prevented the warning from Su Xiong's fleet! If that were the case, things would be big!
"Damn it! Send a telegram to General Benson immediately, saying that we have encountered the main force of the Japanese fleet, and ask him to return immediately!" Old Fletcher said loudly.
"General, you can't send such a telegram. This is fraud! We didn't find the Japanese fleet around!" said the officer next to it!
"Damn! Telegram immediately! Don't find any other reason~www.wuxiaspot.com~I am the chief military officer!" Old Fletcher was rarely irritable! "May God bless the Su Xiong fleet." Old Fletcher was convinced that this was his most pious prayer to God! He is really worried now that Su Xiong's fleet has two shortcomings!
Think about it, if the two sides really encountered each other and Su Xiong's fleet hadn't been in contact for nearly 2 hours, then only one problem could be explained. Su Xiong's fleet was in trouble. It was either killed or deadlocked. Anyway, He certainly did not gain an advantage, although even the old Fletcher himself did not think that the Japanese fleet had the ability to destroy Su Xiong’s four fast battleships in less than two hours, but he was afraid, even if not. But if it is hit hard and removed from the battlefield, then the Americans should really be chilled.
The Benson fleet is at least 50 nautical miles away from here in a straight line! And now, the fleet in the core area of the United States only has its own 5 armored cruisers and a group of salted fish called destroyers! Counting on yourself to block the Japanese fleet? Are you kidding me? Even if the Japanese main fleet loses half, even if you lose yourself and then copy the transport fleet, it is not a big problem!
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