Chapter 1105： Norwegian Sea Battle III

Slide 1105

The last destroyer also failed to withdraw from the battlefield. After hurriedly firing 4 torpedoes, the destroyer was blocked by Wiesbaden, which turned back. A 120mm shell landed on an unfired torpedo tube. Then, a huge fireball rose from the surface of the sea. Hundreds of tons of sea water rushed into the sky. When the flames and water mist dispersed, except for some debris After that, there was no trace of this ship.

"Well, let's keep going!" After killing 3 destroyers in less than 20 minutes, the German fleet continued to evacuate to the southwest.

"It seems that this will be a long hunt. Report to the Second Squadron, so that War exhaustion and the Barlem are ready to keep up!" Thomas ordered.

The Queen’s ship design is still a bit worse. When the German fleet reached a speed of 27 knots, the Queen of the Thomas Fleet was finally a little bit unable to hold it, and Thomas did not dare to maintain 25 knots for a long time. After all, the two battleships had hidden injuries. The speed gradually drops to 24 knots, which means that the distance between the two parties will increase by about 6 kilometers per hour. And two hours later, Thomas could no longer see the two German battlecruisers, but it didn't matter, the seaplane carrier waiting on the side began to dispatch planes to follow the two battleships. In order to ensure the accuracy of tracking, the British implemented a dual-machine tracking strategy. The position of the German fleet is determined by the data provided by the two aircraft.

Visibility was good today. The two British Schott seaplanes were able to spot the two German battlecruisers that hadn’t run far.

"Look, the two German battlecruisers are so beautiful. Compared with these two panthers, our lions and tigers are like lynxes." Lieutenant Schaubert piloting one of the planes Sincerely admired the two German warships.

"They seem to slow down?" said the observer in the back seat.

"Yeah, is there something wrong with their power system? The two warships slowed down at the same time. I think we need to lean up and see." Lieutenant Schobert said.

"Okay, send a signal to Martin and say we go up and see." As Lieutenant Schobert operated the plane and leaned in.

What's it called? Curiosity killed the cat! Lieutenant Schaubert was killed by curiosity. At this time, he was on the slender aft deck of the battlecruiser Blücher. The two seaplanes were ready to go, and the crane next to the apron had already installed two J-1s. The seaplane was put on the sea, relying on its own power, the two planes took off one after another. And Lieutenant Schobert’s seaplane was caught by one of them!

"It's a German seaplane! I should have known it a long time ago." Lieutenant Schaubert was operating a huge twin-engine plane trying to avoid opponents. You must know that this plane is purely for reconnaissance. It is better than J- in terms of range and endurance. There are too many strong ones, but if you talk about air combat, you really can't beat it or get away!

The twin-engine aircraft carrying a huge pontoon was caught off guard by a sensitive opponent, who knocked off the wings of the seaplane with just one burst, and after the second burst, a bullet directly smashed the front block. The windshield shot the ensign, and a minute later, the plane crashed into the sea, while another J-1 seaplane successfully drove away another SCHOTT seaplane.

"We seem to underestimate the British." As the two British reconnaissance planes in the sky were destroyed, the other was dared to leave, Colonel Lefetzoff touched his chin. The colonel did not relax after throwing off his opponent temporarily. He walked to the huge chart hanging on the wall and began to rethink the way out of the fleet.

"We have been being followed! All of our most direct and likely choices are in the other's calculations. It is not right to only come out with two queens, what about the other queens?" Colonel Lefetsov looked at the staff just in the chart. Said after the marked route.

"We can't go back to the North Sea right now. The British fleet is in our northeast. And there is a wide cordon in front of the main battleship. If they find us again, they can intercept it. Maybe the opponent is still deploying in the direction of the North Sea blockade. With additional troops, we can only go back at this time to throw ourselves into the net. Now we must not turn to Beihai!"

"Order the fleet to evacuate due north!" Colonel Lefetsov said.

"Your Excellency, our fuel is actually not enough to support the fleet in circles in the Norwegian Sea! If our warship sails at a speed of 20 knots or more, since it is fully loaded, our fuel can only last about 150 hours at most! And now we insist on at most 4 days." An officer said.

(The fuel consumption of warships at high speeds is several times that at low speeds. For example, when the Emden sails at 12 knots, it consumes only 2 tons of coal per hour. If it sails at 23 knots, it consumes 15.7. Tons of fuel, walking the same distance, consumes 4 times more fuel!)

"Because of this, we need to take a long-term plan. We can't waste the limited high-speed sailing time. We need to go farther, save fuel, and then use the night to slowly go back to the North Sea." Colonel Lefetzoff said.

The colonel’s thinking is like this. Judging from the current situation, the British fast fleet has recovered. They have at least 6 Queen-class battleships, and they have dispersed like wolves. Now only one is exposed, so where are the remaining at least two queen fleets?

The situation of the German fleet is very bad now, the colonel is almost a smear now But even so, the colonel can guarantee that the British fleet must be arranged at the entrance and exit of the North Sea! A large number of reconnaissance ships and at least two queens.

In theory, if the fleet immediately turns around and returns at a high speed of 25 knots, it can return to the North Sea before dawn the next day. However, this has a prerequisite, that is, it cannot be targeted by the British fleet again. Now the fleet that just chased itself is in the northeast, and there is a cordon across the east and west, and there are seaplanes, and the visibility is today. Next, if you go north, then 80% will be found, and then the opponent will take a shortcut to intercept. Before the night, the other party can definitely stop him.

And the most important thing is that this route is too dead. Apart from the queen, the British battlecruisers are also impatient to wait, right? The British had enough warships to deploy two blockades on their way south. It can even temporarily block the large fleet at the gate of the German nation. At the same time, at least two queens and a bunch of **** warships were left waiting in the Skagerrak Strait. If this is the case, even if he returned to the North Sea, he would still be very dangerous, and even throw himself into the net! Do you think it’s safe to cross the North Sea cordon? too young too simple!

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