Chapter 828: Difficulties

"Don't be too busy and thank you. We can provide more help. We can arrange a seaplane carrier for your fleet to detect the position of the opponent's fleet." Major General Kur said.

"What you think is so thoughtful." Thomas said unexpectedly. The thing about seaplanes is actually not new. There are all major naval powers, and there are also seaplane carriers in the first-class navy, but it is not easy to have such a ship in the Indian Ocean region far from the core theater. At least in Thomas’s memory, the British navy’s well-known seaplane carriers should all be in the mainland and the Mediterranean.

"This is not as thoughtful as we thought. This seaplane carrier belongs to the Imperial Japanese Navy. You must know that they also suffered heavy losses in the last attack. Not to mention the loss of tens of thousands of army officers and soldiers, they were also sunk by two ships. Quasi-fearless, you don’t know how ugly their faces were when I told the Japanese about this, they were like green potatoes."

"Although they rejected the imperial request of the Japanese Navy to send a capital ship to besiege the Suxiong fleet, they expressed their willingness to send auxiliary forces to help the imperial fleet kill the Germans. Therefore, this seaplane carrier named Qiujinzhou was taken. It was dispatched to India. The Japanese captain who commanded this seaplane seemed to be called Kantarou Suzuki. It was a great master."

After summarizing the previous attacks of the Suxiong Fleet, the British found that under better sea conditions and better weather, the seaplane on the battleship greatly improved the fleet’s reconnaissance capabilities, especially in the original Gulf of Aden battle. , If it were not for the German seaplane to accurately determine the position of the British transport fleet, the German attack would not be so accurate. The British were caught off guard without any protection. Therefore, in the Japanese In the case that they could not send capital ships to help in the siege, the British asked the Japanese Navy to provide at least one seaplane carrier. In order to at least tie the advantage of Su Xiong Fleet in aviation reconnaissance!

Up to now, Major General Kuhl has done everything he can do, provide you with supplies, provide you with eyes, and replace it with the terminology in the game of lol in later generations. You go down the road and people pk, and you have a good nurse to plug your eyes. , It depends on whether you can keep the opponent! Four of you beat two others, if you can't catch it anymore, you can't blame the support! But in fact, even if the support is fine, it is still not easy for Thomas to catch Su Xiong!

No way, naval battles don't want to have control, jump, and teleport like in the game. If Thomas directly led the fleet to ambush at the ambush site, and immediately ran over to start the film after seeing Su Xiong's fleet, then... Basically, the British should not be able to catch...

Nonsense, if you can catch your opponent so easily, then the maritime attack would have died early. Otherwise, why would there be maritime assault ships in World War II? Especially the situation encountered by Thomas this time is even worse. The opponent's theoretical speed seems to be faster than his own, so good, you tell me, if the other party finds the British, then the British artillery can't reach the opponent. Under the circumstances, how do you stay behind?

Some people may say that the German fleet may not be able to run at this speed because of the fuel and ship conditions. That's right, it really makes sense. As the superior side of the sea, the ship's condition is generally better, and the supply will be more adequate, but the problem is that the Su Xiong fleet has not been out of the port for a long time. It seems to be about 28 days now, and the ship's condition is still fair. Yes, and in general, the boilers of Scharnhorst-class fast battleships will not be used all, there are always some reserved for spare. And those unused boilers will naturally be in good condition if they are ignited and used.

Take the situation of the Earl of Spey’s fleet in history as an example. If the calculation starts on August 1, 1914, (Germany declares war on Russia) by December 8, 1914, the Earl of Spey’s fleet has sailed at sea for 4 months. Time, that is, nearly 130 days! At the time of the Falkland battle, Earl Spey’s fleet was indeed in bad condition. The two battleships were said to have a speed of 15 knots. In the face of two British battlecruisers that had just arrived from the mainland, they were naturally unable to fight and run. but.

However, the Suxiong fleet was different. People came out after they had rested. It took less than a month to come out. The ship was in very good condition. It is worth noting that the Suxiong fleet was mixed with kerosene and used mostly fuel. (No way, it is much more convenient to get fuel oil than coal in Mesopotamia.) So the burden of cleaning the flue will be very small, and the pressure of cleaning up the ash will not be affected, so the ship's condition is naturally better than sailing at sea The Earl of Spey's fleet was too strong for more than four months.

Therefore, even if the British estimated with the most optimistic attitude, the speed of the German fleet may still exceed those fundamentalist dreadnoughts under the current circumstances! If everyone runs extremely fast. The Thomas fleet has a speed advantage of about 1 knot at most. Don’t forget, there is a subtext that sea voyages need to refuel. In a short time, the speed will be faster!

What if Thomas’ queens are about to have a quarter? To do the simplest elementary school math chase problem, if the German fleet finds the British fleet 25 kilometers away (the distance is actually too close). The queen's attack range is 15 kilometers. (This distance is not too close. The normal combat distance in World War I. Of course, the author does not deny that there were many hits 15 kilometers away in World War I.)

Well, now the question is, how long will the British fleet need to catch up to bring the German fleet into its range! One nautical mile is equal to 1825 meters. If you calculate it roughly, it may take 6 hours... And what does 6 hours mean? What if it gets dark? Then this calculation is worthless! Where do you let the British find the Germans the next day? One night, you can catch up with two warships that are under the control of the lights, and you can run more than 20 knots of warships. The next day you can find opponents within your visual range. You need not only skills and experience, but luck. ! The kind of luck that can win 5 million in a lottery ticket!

Therefore, even if you know the time and place of the event and the characters, if Thomas wants to write a perfect and thrilling article, he still needs to think about how to start! Su Xiong is not a mediocre player, and Thomas is doomed to take a lot of brains to capture his opponent.

"Well, since everyone is here, let's assign the task first." Thomas said.

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