Chapter 2186： Final preparation

It can be said that the "North Sea Outpost" military operation under the command of Ruprecht made Jericho think of something like a headshot. To some extent, the British have saved some of the situation, but unfortunately, from the overall situation, the British have lost too much this time, although Jericho still hides the last Phoenix machine. As the trump card, the Royal Naval Air Force and the land-based air force attached to the large fleet have lost the ability to launch a threatening attack on the high seas fleet in the Norwegian Sea. In other words, in the future, the British land-based aviation force has already They can only perform reconnaissance tasks. In the final battle, the British can only rely on the large fleet to fight output!

"From now on, the British Royal Navy fleet is just a plane fleet." On the way back to Kiel Harbour, Ruprecht said confidently while watching the attack assessment from the navy. On the walls of the control tower are several large-scale maps of British Airways bases, clearly marked with ground facilities and aircraft. The result of the attack is written next to it, so the picture is very intuitive. The top German navy can use this to determine the fate of the British Air Force in the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands.

"The British didn't dare to chase them in the end. It's a pity." Looking at the main high seas fleet on the sea and the Luftwaffe flying in the air, Admiral Scheer said regretfully. If the British fleet dared to chase at this time, the German High Seas Fleet would really dare to stop and wait for the British to come and fight!

"If they follow, we can end the war in one afternoon. But if this is the case, then Jericho and others will disappoint me too much." Ruprecht said disapprovingly.

"Your Excellency, if nothing happens, after we go back, we will use a week to complete all the preparations. Then we will adjust the state of the fleet. After 12 days at most, we can be ready for the decisive battle. And now Earl Spey's fleet Have arrived in France and have joined the US fleet under Sims. Is it time for the second step of the decisive battle?" Admiral Scheer asked.

The attack on the British naval air base was named an outpost. As the name suggests, it was the first step before the decisive battle. Before the decisive battle between the two sides, the German navy had additional deployments that used submarines to enter the Norwegian Sea and parts of the North Sea for surveillance. Focus on monitoring various waterways and radio communications. Although the results of the so-called submarine ambush tactics during the First World War were very low, they still had some effect when used for reconnaissance. In places out of the reach of German land-based aviation forces, the use of submarines for surveillance was the only way. And nearly a hundred submarines will be deployed to the target area within a period of time. This is undoubtedly a considerable project!

These submarines will be deployed from the Gulf of Forth to the surrounding areas of the Shetland Islands and Orkney Islands, and then continue to the north into the Norwegian Sea to carry out reconnaissance missions within the range of possible interception by the British fleet. The entire mission cycle is nearly one month, and in order to ensure the consumption of the submarine force, the German Navy also specially arranged 12 supply submarines called "transporters" to provide fuel and food for these submarines on mission. (Similar to the cow submarine in Battle 2.)

And this information will eventually be deployed at the naval radio stations in Norway and Germany for reception, and then aggregated at the German Navy General Staff in Kiel, and then transferred to the main force of the high seas fleet operating abroad. Of course, it can also be directly received. It was sent to the flagship of the High Seas Fleet, but unfortunately, the staff who accompanied the High Seas Fleet could not process so much information and filtered out useful information from a large amount of useless information and false alarms. Therefore, in general, this submarine code-named "audience" is very difficult to deploy and control.

"Let's postpone it for 5 days, and the preparations should be done a little bit." Ruprecht thought for a while and said. The submarine force can’t go directly to the Orkney Islands from Kiel Harbour to the speed of about 25 knots like the surface fleet. In fact, even in World War II, considering the situation of navigating on the surface most of the time, the speed of the submarine It is still not high. Take the historically noted U47 submarine entering Scarpa Bay and sinking the Royal Oak battleship as an example. First, regardless of the decision to conceal during the day to avoid being discovered by the Air Force during the attack, it is simply a return trip. To calculate, the German navy submarine also took 3 days!

If the current level of technology is used, in order to ensure the concealed deployment of a large number of submarines, it takes about a week for the German Navy to complete the deployment! After all, a considerable part of submarines are performing missions in the Norwegian Sea! According to the plan of the crown prince, it is best to complete the deployment 3 to 4 days before the start of the decisive battle. This time will make the submarine force in the best state, and at the same time, the submarine force can adapt to the local sea conditions in the last period of time!

"As you wish Your Highness." Admiral Scheer could only execute Ruprecht's orders. Now the rest is simple. The fleet goes back, replenishes the state, and then determines the total attack time based on the situation of the Spey fleet. The initiative is completely in the hands of the German Navy. As long as the Spey fleet is on its way home, no matter whether the British Navy is Yes, they must all play!

At the same time, on the far west coast of France, the German Navy finally merged with the U.S. Navy. For secrecy, the U.S. Navy did not station in any French ports. They were stationed in a heavily guarded harbor, where the aircraft carrier Independence Receive certain maintenance and maintenance, and will conduct pre-combat tactical training under the cover of the German Navy and American destroyers. It is not a secret that the German fleet is going to France. Therefore, all German warships enter French ports in turn for maintenance and repairs. Yes, repairs. The mine nets deployed by the British in the Strait of Gibraltar are not useless. The fast battleship Force has caused a certain amount of damage, so it needs to enter the port for repairs.

In the last period of rest before the battle, Earl Spey and others did not idle. After handing over the fleet to Earl Luknar, Earl Spey, Earl Suxiong, and Raidel came to the U.S. Navy for independence. On the USS aircraft carrier, on the island of the aircraft carrier, the earl was accompanied by the Americans while watching the training of the U.S. naval aviation force while discussing future cooperation with Sims.

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