Chapter 527: Meet
"Your Excellency, our radio operator has received a strange set of signals." As the fleet sailed near Crete, a staff officer reported to Scheerhui.
"It seems that we may have been exposed, but we just don't know when they will come back!" Scheer sighed and said helplessly. The radio communication in this era is still very primitive. Before the sub-band, a radio station sent A signal is known all over the world. It is very easy to intercept, of course, if it is not a Morse code, it is somewhat difficult to decipher. In this era, warships have not yet popularized radios, and it is even more unlikely that ordinary civilian ships will have them. The most likely thing is that this is a signal sent by a camouflage reconnaissance ship!
The Mediterranean is the busiest sea area in the world, and many foreign merchant ships can run into it at all times. Italian ships hit them and they naturally hit them, while ships flying the flags of other countries will have no way. So the camouflage scout ship is easy to hide. After all, Italy is a great power, so it is easy to get a few reconnaissance ships to control a certain area of the sea.
"Avoid the main route, we move north." Scheer looked at the densely covered routes on the chart, and then decided to avoid the edge temporarily, but unfortunately, it seemed too late this time!
At the same moment, the cruiser Hehe Bisana, which was cruising in the Mediterranean, also received the telegram. At this time, they were less than 40 nautical miles away from Scheer's fleet!
"We found the location of this battleship! They are here!" An officer marked the location of the Scheer fleet according to the instructions on the telegram, and was about to move north!
"The Germans came out a bit early. Our mine-laying fleet has not been dispatched. If the Aegean Sea cannot be blocked, the other party can easily withdraw." An Italian officer said with some worry.
"It should be said that the Germans are ready to withdraw at any time." Jericho threw away the pencil in his hand and strode towards the map.
"This time the Germans came out because of political pressure. They may not have the idea of going deep into the Mediterranean to break diplomatic relations. At present, we are the only one of all fleets that can lock up the enemy's retreat in advance. If it is not in place, then we will close this gap!" Jericho said proudly.
Jericho at this time is not the later generation to take charge of the entire British fleet. North Churchill is called the person who can lose the war in one afternoon. His conservativeness is largely due to the very heavy responsibility on his shoulders. And not cowardly. Now, Jericho is just a captain, and the result of the battle has little effect on the British Empire. And the empire still needs data for this battle, so Jericho desperately wants to fight this battle!
"We may not be able to beat our opponents." An Italian officer said with lingering fears. He once served on the battleship Italy. He witnessed the entire process of the destruction of the battleship. He felt the same for the power of Prince Albert. what!
"..." Jericho was speechless immediately. He was so scared before he hit it? If he were a British officer, Jericho would shut him down directly. "We are just holding the opponents, know? Holding them. I will send a telegram to the Duke of Abu Qilu immediately, asking him to arrive immediately."
The commander of the fleet had already made a decision, and the Italians could not refute no matter how much they had. So Jericho took the two warships and started heading northeast. They are going to block the way of the German fleet to the Aegean Sea!
Jericho is not in a hurry to fight, the knight-like heads-up battle is indeed what he hopes, but if you can wait until the other Italian battleships are in place, group fights are not impossible. Jericho picked up a coin.
"Let God decide our destiny, single-handedly on the front and gang fight on the back." After speaking, the coin drew a beautiful arc in the air...
At this time, what Jericho could not think of was that his whereabouts were also discovered by a German disguised reconnaissance ship flying the Danish flag. How could Scheer not arrange reconnaissance forces if he wanted to play at the opponent's home court! Originally, he really only wanted to make a round and leave, but now, the situation is different, because the opponent only has two warships in the nearby waters!
"You are seeking your own death!" Scheer sneered looking at the telegram in his hand. The Prince Bismarck fought a cutting-edge French battleship and a cutting-edge cruiser in South Africa! Win within an hour! How dare you come over? Who gave you such a bold man? The prestige of the German warship was created. Whether it was the Qing-Japanese War or the Philippine naval battle, or the West African naval battle, the second-generation third-tier German cruisers used naval guns to make their name in the ocean of blood and fire! And this time, as a rising star in the German Navy, Scheer will naturally not give up this opportunity!
Jericho wants to find Scheer, and Scheer now wants to find Jericho. Both sides know each other's location. And now the distance is very close, the autumn is high and the air is fresh, the wind is calm, it is indeed a day suitable for pk! The two men in charge of the world’s most powerful maritime power in later generations began their first fateful duel in October 1902!
"A high-speed moving target was found at 2 o'clock!" The two sides sailed together~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Soon, the watchman on the Agile spotted a plume of smoke rising high and the slightly fuzzy shadow of the ship below!
"It's approaching us!" When the watcher reported the situation again, Jericho stood up! "It must be it! It took the initiative! This is the best result, isn't it?" Jericho said excitedly. "Prepare to fight, let the Bisana position a little bit back, find the opportunity to go back!"
"The one in the front should be the Nixie just bought from the British, and the one in the back should be a second-class cruiser, no problem." Scheer said as he looked at the warship approaching him in the distance.
"It really doesn't look like a British warship." As the distance approaches, Scheer finally has the opportunity to take a closer look at this unmasked opponent. This warship is very different from the previous British warships. From the data point of view, the weapon tonnage of this warship is a bit too large, and from the appearance point of view, it is those protruding from the gun gallery on the side of the hull. The long 190mm heavy gun made Scheer feel a little guilty.
"These guns are like shark teeth. I have never seen the British install so many heavy guns on their warships. Those close to 8 inches can be used as secondary main guns on cruisers and battleships. But on the Agile, they are densely arranged on both sides like 6-inch guns! Maybe this is the source of Italian confidence?" Schell wrote in his memoir.
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