Chapter 2209： Deceive one

At sunset, the sun disappeared on the horizon unwillingly, and now, the time to sunrise is only about 6 hours. In the night the two sides will make the last adjustment, because when the sun rises again, if both sides do not retreat, then the battle will be inevitable! The two sides have more than 14 hours to compete against each other! This period of time is enough to wipe out a country's fleet that has been hoarding for more than ten years! In the last few hours before the battle, the final game between the two sides finally kicked off!

"Can I still find traces of the Spey Fleet now?" Jericho asked after looking at the dark night.

"I can't find it. The other party implemented strict radio silence and light control. The last place they disappeared is here." An officer walked to the huge chart on the wall and marked the location of the Spey fleet and continued: "Then , General Thomas ventured out to send light cruisers and destroyers to look for each other, but did not find the target."

"It's really a cunning guy, Earl Spey deserves to be the person who can fight night battles most in the entire Confederate navy. When night falls, this guy seems to have disappeared." Jericho shook his head and said helplessly. It would be great if the movement of the Spey fleet could be found at night.

"What's the situation with our target fleet?" Jericho asked.

"The Target 1 fleet has gone to the north, ready to replace General Thomas’ fast fleet, and the Target 2 ship has also arrived at the designated position. An hour later, they will communicate with the call sign of the main fleet, and the main fleet will Enter the radio silent state and wait for the arrival of Thomas fleet at the reserved place." Lieutenant General Duff said.

"Very well, if everything goes well tonight, then we will have a very good fighting situation at dawn tomorrow!" Jericho finished speaking and walked to his desk, picking up the battle plan in his hands for the last time. See if there are any omissions.

Jericho really deserves to be Jericho. Before he set off, he had already considered the most critical situation he was about to face, and possible solutions! And now, when it comes to the last fight, the British are doing their best to reverse the previous disadvantage!

The British know that it is absolutely impossible for a large fleet to compete with two German fleets at the same time! Fighting at the same time means suicide! Therefore, from beginning to end, the idea of ​​concentrating on breaking down one of the fleets has never changed. This was the case before, and it is the same now! Unfortunately, it was precisely because Ruprecht understood the British ideas that he used the Spey fleet as a decoy to attract the attention of the large fleet, so that the high seas fleet could smoothly cross the North Sea and enter Norway. Sea, the home ground of this German fleet.

And now, or in the previous few minutes, Jericho still has the idea of ​​solving the Spey fleet first, but unfortunately, the Spey fleet is very careful to hide itself and wants to find it at night. Such a fleet with light control and radio communication is too difficult!

So, now, Jericho decided to take action on the High Seas Fleet commanded by Prince Ruprecht! Yes, you read that right, it is the High Seas Fleet! Since the soft persimmon can no longer be pinched, then the British fleet has to fight with the High Seas Fleet, can't wait to die?

Now the question is, how does the British fleet find the high seas fleet at night? Crown Prince Ruprecht is by no means an ordinary hand. He naturally knew radio silence and light control. Even though the High Seas Fleet was much larger than the Spey Fleet, would the British have the ability to catch opponents in the dark? The answer is no! But it doesn't matter, Jericho is not thinking about night battles at all!

"History is full of misjudgments against General Jericho, thinking that he is a cautious and mediocre person, but in fact, there are many shining points in his command of the campaign, even in the final battle of the Norwegian Sea. , Admiral Jericho still showed his extraordinary wisdom and insight. If it were not for some other factors, the big fleet might not have been such a result."

"Before the final battle, Admiral Jericho had a relatively complete understanding of the operation and command system of the German Navy. Whether it was the Spey Fleet or the main force of the High Seas Fleet, they would maintain long radio silence at night. Before dawn, which is about 2 hours before dawn, the high seas fleet will break the radio silence. This is not a mistake of the German navy, but a necessary one, because they need to contact the ships and aviation forces deployed in the Norwegian Sea to investigate after dawn. Arrangement with combat missions is a real-time arrangement that cannot be carried out through planning or setting. Considering that Germany has such a huge force in this area, their contacts must be very frequent."

"General Jericho caught this. He decided to rely on the frequent radio contact of the German fleet before dawn to determine the position of the German fleet so as to get close to the opponent during the last period of night cover! and Be prepared for battle. Maybe someone said, is it not okay to fight at night? First of all, when the opponent is exposed, whether the distance between each other is enough for the large fleet to go to night battle. From the perspective of the situation of battle, fighting at dawn is best. Yes, because the German fleet is in the east, the direction where the sun rises first, the sun will first illuminate the German fleet, and the British fleet may still be hidden in the dark at this time, and the fighting situation is better!" After the war, Lieutenant General Duff Defend his boss in court.

That's great, even if Jericho solves the search problem, does it mean that all problems are solved? Certainly not! Jericho must go all out to fight the High Seas Fleet, so Thomas Fleet recovery is necessary, and he also has to ensure that the Spey Fleet will not suddenly rush over and attack the High Seas Fleet. Well, how can Jericho block the Spey fleet when the strength is not enough? There is only one answer, and that is to sing an empty city plan! So, this involves another move, which is the so-called target fleet!

It is impossible to withdraw directly to the Thomas fleet. Even if the German fleet cannot detect the evacuation of the Thomas fleet in the dark, like the German fleet, the Thomas and Betty fleets still have to release the aircraft before the early morning to carry out the necessary radio communication. This time is also about 2 hours before dawn. Jericho can't guarantee that Earl Spey, who has a keen sense of smell, will not discover anything from this change!

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