Chapter 832： Rush Hour Two

In the telegraph room of the Scharnhorst, the radio receiver suddenly received a message transmitted by medium wave. Although it was not able to record all of it, the other party also used a coding method that had never been seen before. Deciphering the content, but this situation has made Su Xiong, who is highly nervous, even more nervous!

"Mid-band? It seems that the recipient of this telegram is far away." Su Xiong began to quickly calculate the situation in his mind. "Our telegram was only sent out within half an hour, and a ciphered telegram was sent out. This situation is very wrong." Su Xiong hesitated. He could not give up the opportunity to supply supplies just because of a telegram. He knew that when the British fleet arrived After that, I will definitely work on the camouflage supply ship at sea. If I miss it this time, I don't know when the next time.

"We continue to the planned assembly area, and at the same time, tell the Gneisenau to ignite the remaining unused boilers, just in case, and send seaplanes around to prepare for investigation. Well, the main direction is tentatively south and west. Face. Each battleship releases two seaplanes." For the sake of safety, Su Xiong ordered the fleet to prepare for emergencies.

This telegram confirming the position of the German fleet awakened the British fleet lurking around like a spring thunder. After receiving the information, the Thomas Squadron acted first, with the exception of the two battleships Queen Elizabeth and Barlem. There are also 2 light cruisers and 1 Japanese seaplane aircraft carrier Akitsushima. After receiving the telegram from the Angler, the four seaplanes immediately took off from the Qiujinzhou. Flew to the approximate direction of the German fleet. At the same time, the two British battleships also began to accelerate closer to the target.

"The German fleet's position seems to be a little off from what we expected. We can't determine the opponent's course and speed. For the sake of safety, I suggest that the fleet increase its speed to 21 knots. Then adjust the course based on the intelligence of the reconnaissance aircraft." Beside Thomas, a group of staff officers gathered around a table and worked on the chart. They first marked the starting position of each sub-fleet on the chart, and then marked the position of each fleet according to the scheduled route according to the passage of time.

The British are not stupid. They are also worried that radio communications will expose this encirclement and suppression plan. Therefore, in addition to the necessary radio communications, each squadron implements strict radio silence in accordance with regulations. This is why the Su Xiong Fleet did not receive any inexplicable signals for an hour after receiving this telegram. At this time, from the chart, Thomas can already see the British fleet's encirclement began to shrink step by step. In order to ensure that it does not leak past, the two light cruisers have been deployed on the side of the fleet. After all, the air reconnaissance thing is not in Thomas’s view. Not particularly reliable.

Tick ​​tick tick, except for the rhythmic sound of the wall clock on the bridge, only the slight rustle of the ruler hitting the table and the rustle of the pencil sliding gently on the chart, and the voice of the officers whispering discussions. There is silence in this Cambridge. Thomas sat in his position and looked at the sea quietly. Although it was calm on the surface, the lighter in his hand revealed that Thomas was still a little nervous. A unique silence before the war enveloped the entire bridge.

At the same time, the Su Xiong fleet, which was very disturbed, began to accelerate. The boilers of the two warships that had not been operating normally began to ignite. The stoves sweated and sent a large amount of smokeless coal to the boilers. The red flames were like giant beasts. The coal is quickly swallowed, the treated boiler water is heated, and then sent to the steam turbine through the pipeline. Several technicians kept checking the pressure gauge and inspecting the pipelines to prevent accidents.

"Send two more seaplanes to the resupply waters." After asking Su Xiong for instructions, Raidel added another order. Now there is only about an hour away from the resupply time. If no resupply ships are found in the scheduled waters. If there is any trace, then there must be a problem with this supply!

While the two German fast battleships continued to release seaplanes, four Japanese seaplanes were approaching quickly according to the orientation given by the British. The Japanese pilots are also considered to be more experienced. They choose to quickly skip at an altitude of about 100 meters above sea level, because this altitude is enough for the aircraft to discover the warship in the distance, but from the perspective of the warship, they want to find this altitude. It is very difficult to get on a smaller aircraft. The detection efficiency of the fan-shaped seaplane is still very high.

What's more, the two German fast battleships used kerosene mixed-burning boilers, and the plumes of smoke formed by a large amount of smoke and dust are still very obvious at a long distance. This point, the British Queen Elizabeth-class battleships are much better, they are all oil-burning. !

"I saw him! What a beautiful warship!" On the No. 3 seaplane, the telegrapher sitting in the back first spotted the Su Xiong fleet running wild on the sea. At this time, the No. 3 seaplane was almost with the German fleet. The course is parallel! Under the guidance of the telegrapher in the back row, the pilot also found the fleet on the right side of the plane!

"Their appearance is really similar to our King Kong-class battlecruisers, but they seem to be more sturdier. They are very similar to the British queens." The pilot said, looking at the German battleship ten kilometers away.

"Yes. Except that the turret seems to be a small circle, it is really similar to the queen, but the air strikes between the front and rear turrets of this battleship are a bit bigger It feels a bit scattered "The telegrapher said.

After commenting on the two German battleships, the telegrapher in the back seat immediately began to report to the fleet, reporting that he had discovered the German battleship. However, at this time, the Japanese obviously underestimated Germany’s electronic monitoring capabilities. They used medium wave radio to send reports at a distance of less than ten kilometers from the fleet. The radio direction-finding equipment on German warships could already accurately measure the direction of departure and report. !

"We have a problem on the side! The signal source is very close to us!" An officer opened the hatch of the control tower and said to Su Xiong. In radio communication, the distance of more than ten kilometers is very close. Although it is difficult to visually find the "wooden bookshelf" flying at low speed almost close to the sea surface, this problem does not exist with the radio side!

"Send a signal to the Gneisenau!" Su Xiong immediately informed the friendly forces who were 5 chains away. The current situation is getting more and more unpredictable. Make him feel great pressure.

"The signal source is very strong. I am afraid it is only ten kilometers away from us, but we did not find them." The officer's words revealed anxiety and a hint of fear. (In fact, even for an aircraft such as the f200, when approaching a target at low altitude, the visual warning time is very short, generally only about 5 minutes. Observation of low-altitude targets is completely different from the observation of the fleet. The latter can Rely on the smoke column. But the former is very difficult to catch a target.)

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