Chapter 2179： Operation Outpost Two

"Is there any action by the German fleet?" Jericho asked Lieutenant General Duff, who was reporting on the work, in the conference room of the flagship Iron Duke of the Great Fleet in the Gulf of Forth.

"The German fleet has returned to the Baltic Sea base group, and the gun replacement work has begun. Our intelligence personnel can see a large number of artillery transport ships entering and leaving the major ports, and the required cranes and personnel are in place. Now the Port of Kiel There are many scaffolding in important ports such as Port of Danzig. The Germans have done a good job of security this time. They even emptied civilians within 5 kilometers of the port area. They have also completed control of other commanding heights. Many of us have been arrested. They also erected wooden shutters on some key berths to block prying eyes." Lieutenant General Duff said.

"That means there should be no possibility for the German fleet to leave the port now?" Jericho asked.

"No, the German fleet's capital ships still have time to go to sea, but it seems to be training artillery. In addition, the Germans also transferred large floating docks from other places to maintain the warships. It seems that they are in a hurry." Lieutenant General said.

"If I remember correctly, just yesterday, the Count Spey fleet had crossed the Strait of Gibraltar under the cover of the Luftwaffe? Into the Atlantic Ocean?" Jericho asked.

"That's it. Our garrison in Gibraltar reported that during the battle, the German naval capital ship seemed to be under lightning strikes, but then, according to other sources, the German fleet was sailing at a speed of 22 knots or more. Yes, even if the mine strikes, it is estimated that the problem is not big. A simple repair in the French port is enough." Lieutenant General Duff said.

Although generally speaking, mines can cause great damage to warships, there are always some special cases that can be used when necessary. For example, the historical battlecruiser Goben only underwent simple pontoon repairs after it struck the mine, and was repaired in the dock more than a year after the mine struck, and it was also repaired in the dock of the Russian Sevastopol Fortress. ....

"Well, it seems that the last moment is coming soon. Even if you count the simple maintenance of warships, the German fleet will not spend more than a week in France to replenish. We have to speed up our preparations these days. From now on, we sleep. Keep one eye open!" Jericho said.

"It will take 3 days for the fleet to complete all maintenance. Before the Spey fleet returns, we have enough time." Lieutenant General Duff said.

"Well, after completing the necessary maintenance, the main force of the large fleet will return to Scapa Bay in the Orkney Islands. We are there waiting for the Germans to deliver it!" Jericho said. "By the way, quickly deploy our new air team to the airport in the Orkney Islands. We want the boys to familiarize themselves with the local situation in advance." Finally, Jericho added.

However, what Jericho did not expect was that at this time, in the remote Baltic Sea, the high seas fleet had already sailed from Kiel Port, Danzig Port, Königsberg and other places, and the entire fleet would be assembled outside the Kiel Port, the North Sea outpost. The action is about to start! And just before going to sea, Ruprecht finally calculated Jericho! By letting the Spey fleet rush out of the Mediterranean Sea at this time, Jericho believes that the two Allied fleets are about to converge, and the German fleet needs to be restored, and the various battleships are trained in artillery and large floating docks are also moved. Let British spies get used to the situation of German warships entering and leaving the port.

And now, when the German fleet is really about to assemble and start operations, Ruprecht added the last insurance! Before the departure of the fleet, the German military implemented large-scale communication interference in all port areas and cut off all non-military telephone lines! In this case, even if the British spies get the news, they will be very slow to send the information out, and if they wait 6 hours before sending it out, taking into account the turnaround time of intelligence, then there is no value, because the large fleet It is too late to rescue them at the airports in Orkney and Shetland Islands!

"Contact General Halder one last time and ask about the air force." In the command tower of the Bavaria, the flagship of the High Seas Fleet, Crown Prince Ruprecht sent the last telegram before sailing.

"General Halder stated that everything is foolproof. At the same time, the Meteorological Department stated that at the scheduled time, visibility over the combat area was good." An officer said.

"Our cover fleet deployed in the Skagerrak Strait sent a signal that all passing ships have been controlled, and our boarding team members are on each of them," Admiral Scheer said. Four hours before the departure of the fleet, several German destroyers and auxiliary cruiser squads began cruising in the Skagerrak Strait. Their task is to control all merchant ships of various countries that they encounter to prevent them from contacting the high seas fleet or sending out telegrams. From the current point of view, the situation is not bad.

"Very good, we have a very good start, I hope everything goes well!" Then under the leadership of the Hipper fleet, 1 light cruiser squadron and 3 destroyer squadrons, under the leadership of the pilot fleet ~ www.novelhall.com ~ huge For the first time, the entire high seas fleet of Kiel departed from the sea off the port of Kiel, bypassed the whole of Denmark, and then entered the North Sea through the Skagerrak Strait, then turned to the northwest and approached the target area at a speed of more than 23 knots. At the midpoint of the connecting line between the Shetland and Orkney Islands, the two fleets were separated. Ruprecht led 12 Bavarian-class battleships and affiliated warships to attack the Orkney Islands, while Hipper led the remaining fleet to attack Shetland Islands. It takes about 20 hours for the fleet to reach the target area.

This time the weather is on the German side once again. The fleet sailing time is actually in the morning. However, aerial surveillance can be avoided by relying on bad weather, and civil ships that may leak along the way are also controlled. As for submarines? In bad weather, it is also difficult to find a fleet that has been well-lit. What's more, the British submarines are either used to block the English Channel or return to Hong Kong for maintenance like the large fleet.

"The fleet has entered the North Sea, and the radio monitoring stations and jamming stations we set up in the strait have not received any abnormal radio signals." Admiral Scheer said. The so-called not afraid of 10,000, but just in case, what if there is a British submarine in this strait and it happens to be the main force of the German fleet? Therefore, the cautious Ruprecht added another security guarantee, that is, deploying multiple radio monitoring ships and jamming ships in the strait to interfere with all non-German frequency bands! Judging from the current situation, this step seems redundant, because there is no strange signal.

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