Chapter 858: 4 Fang Yundong

"The target has passed the Kiel Canal, and the Hipper fleet will strike soon!" A British spy immediately sent the telegram out, but what was unexpected is that after the telegram was sent out, he could never send it out again. The second telegram! At the same time, the Hipper fleet did set off, but not from Mande Bay but from Kiel Port! Under the cover of a large number of destroyers, the Hipper fleet went north to the Skagerrak Strait, entered the North Sea from Scandinavia and Denmark, and then waited for the opportunity to kill the North Sea blockade between the Shetland Islands and Norway!

"The British expect that we will attack in 18 hours. We advance a bit, 16 hours, and then choose a good battlefield, quietly waiting for Betty to come out on the British beach." The prince said.

More than ten minesweepers swept a new channel in the minefield area that had been laid. In order to prevent the British submarine or the destroyer arriving for reconnaissance from discovering the prince's fleet prematurely. Ruprecht specifically asked to take a new passage, and the entire fleet left Mande Bay at 5 am under the guidance of the ship.

And when the prince left with the main force three hours later, on the battleship Helgeland, General von Boll sent a telegram in the name of the flagship Bavaria! And if this telegram is not unexpected, it will be received by the British. Although they cannot determine the content of the telegram, according to the "hint" of the Germans in the past, this will mean that the German fleet has officially left the port!

August 15, 1912, this will surely be a day for the world to remember! The Germans think so, and the British think so! When the British spies sent the news of the German fleet's impending attack to the British Admiralty on August 14, Churchill, who was already preparing to go home from get off work, immediately returned to his desk and ordered him to immediately forward the information to Jericho and Betty, at the same time let someone call Fisher, who was on vacation!

"We are about to witness a great battle!" Churchill said excitedly, not forgetting to light a cigar for himself. "What about our submarines and cruisers? I want to watch the Germans when they leave the port!" Churchill asked.

Although the Harwich fleet of light cruisers and destroyers was forced to converge due to the gradual activity of the Hipper fleet, a small number of ships will still be arranged to monitor the main route, and submarines will also be arranged to go. They are the first cordon of the large fleet. . In the past, the German fleet was dispatched 5 times, and the Harwich fleet's reconnaissance unit seemed to have found its opponent three times. The success rate is still quite high.

Half an hour later, Betty received a telegram forwarded by Churchill on her flagship Lion.

"Order, the fleet is ready to attack at 2 o'clock tomorrow morning. Although we don't know where the German fleet will attack this time, we only need to go to the east of them and block the way back to Hipper! Immediately notify Lieutenant General Jeram, I hope his fleet can attack early, because their speed is relatively slow!" Betty ordered.

"Is it too early?" An officer thought for a while and said. "General Jeram’s fleet just completed a repressive cruise mission to the German fleet with Commander Jericho’s large fleet two days ago. He has just arrived back and is carrying out coal refueling operations, even if it starts at 2 o’clock in the morning. In terms of time, I am afraid that Lieutenant General Jeram’s fleet will set off as soon as it has finished refueling. The personnel have been too hard."

The officer looked at Betty's open eyes a little guilty, and the latter's facial muscles were twitching unnaturally, which was an obvious sign that Betty was going to be angry. But the conscientious officer decided to finish: "The coal refueling of battleships is a very labor-intensive work, and if the personnel who are about to participate in the battle cannot fully rest, it will naturally have a great impact. After all, the commander gave the order. It is the officers and soldiers who are really executing."

I have to say that the timing chosen by the prince is very good. The British fleet has just completed the patrol and after returning to Hong Kong, 80% are going to refuel because the interval between the last cruise and this cruise is very short, only three days. opportunity! During this period of time, the large fleet is unlikely to add coal. It is very likely that they will add coal together after two cruises. And this time it happened that the prince was betting right!

Add coal! The full load of coal on the battleship George V is 3,150 tons! Calculate the amount of supplemented two-thirds of the coal, there are also 2000 tons! This coal is transported to the side of the ship and then placed in the coal bunker. This is so sour and refreshing, and the number of crew of the George V is only 752! The Iron Duke and his like are probably more than 900 people, which means that almost all the warships with few people have to be mobilized! And after desperately loading thousands of tons of coal, they will immediately go to sea to fight. What a painful thing....

Those who seek advantage for a hundred miles are the general, and those who seek advantage for fifty miles are half to the army! What does this mean? After walking a hundred miles and then fighting, it is estimated that the main general will be dead. It is estimated that half of the people will be good if they travel fifty miles to fight. This is an old saying from "The Biography of Sun Tzu Wu Qi". The British may not know it, but the truth is understood! Therefore, the British officer hopes to delay his departure. After all, if coal is to be added, not only the firearm, but also the gunner must be on!

"If this battle is won~www.wuxiaspot.com~ then I will give everyone a week-long holiday, and they will take a rest as they please. But now, no! And you, if I can appoint you, then from now on , You are no longer an officer." Betty said viciously. "I won't ask for any reason. In short, the departure time of the fleet cannot be changed! Now you roll off the bridge, I don't want to see you as a coward again!"

At the same time, Lieutenant General Jeram also received an order to attack. In the face of such an order that is almost inhumane but has a reason to be executed, Lieutenant General Jeram has no choice. "Then add a little less coal. We must let the soldiers rest for at least 2 hours!" The lieutenant general thought for a while and said. He can now imagine what kind of combat effectiveness the tired officers and soldiers will have tomorrow. Especially those sorrowful firemen, exhausted and even exhausted things often happen in battle. (It seems that such a thing happened on the Lion in the Battle of Helgeland in history. The fireman is sad~~~.)

Just as the Betty fleet was preparing to start the fire, Jericho also received the order, but at this moment, Jericho’s large fleet is also carrying out coal refueling operations. If the Betty fleet has at least enough coal and fuel. If you add it, then Jericho doesn’t even have enough fuel reserves. There is no way, because the established plan of the British navy is to let Betty take the lead. Under the submarine blockade, the British gave priority to the battlecruiser formation, but the large fleet? There is no problem going to sea, but it is hard to say whether we can get to the battlefield in time.

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