Chapter 1152： The elite gather together (1/2)
Chapter 1152 Gathering of the elite (1)
”The High Seas Fleet squadron was found 60 nautical miles southeast of the Grand Fleet. It is confirmed that it is the Hipper Fleet. They may be mixed with Bavarian-class battleships.”
”The main force of the German High Seas Fleet was found 20 nautical miles behind the Hipper fleet. They should all be here.”
”Major General Moore's fast fleet is expected to meet the Hipper fleet in half an hour, and Major General Moore is ready to fight.”
”The Hipper fleet began to withdraw to the southeast, and they tried to join the main fleet.”
”We can't catch up with them! General Moore asked the fast fleet to withdraw as soon as possible.”
In less than an hour after the confluence of the large fleet and the fast fleet, Jericho received at least a dozen telegrams, and looking at the telegrams piled up on the table, Jericho could feel quite a bit Feeling uncomfortable, this is definitely not to say that the large fleet can't beat the high seas fleet, but that the current situation makes him feel powerful. Today’s weather is good. Relying on a large number of seaplanes and airships, both sides can better understand the state of affairs on both sides. And one of the results of this is that Jericho has been unable to think of a way to catch his opponent!
If Jericho was not in a hurry before, anyway, as long as the large fleet can guarantee to shrink the high seas fleet in the cage of the North Sea, what about the integrity of the high seas fleet? As long as the North Sea blockade is not broken, just let the opponent toss it, but now the situation is different. The British suddenly discovered that under the strangulation of the submarine warfare, the supply of supplies in Britain was not much better than that of Germany, especially the Royal Navy. Apart from anything else, it was not easy to get a single fuel oil. Germany could also get from Romania and the Mesopotamia. Get fuel, what about Britain? The oil fields in the Dutch East Indies have not yet recovered, and the United States is stuck on the United Kingdom. And Persian oil could not be shipped. So that Jericho discovered that it was impossible for the British fleet to accompany the Germans and go out without problems... Jericho didn't even dare to tell his officers that at the most urgent moment, the fleet's fuel can only support 8 days!
Therefore, now the offensive and defensive trend has changed slightly. Jericho wants to hit the opponent hard, at least to teach the opponent a lesson, so that they dare not come out without problems! As the prince said at the beginning, even if everyone came out and turned around, the British would lose out. Who would let them ship more. Yes, there are many ships that can burn coal, but the British have limited coal. Although the British have a lot of high-quality Welsh white coal. However, the British have to provide coal to the French. no way. Who caused the French to lose Alsace and Lorraine.... So this time Jericho took the Royal Navy and his family out to see if there was a chance!
”The Hipper fleet has been in contact with the British forward fleet. They have all 7 Queen-class battleships and 3 battlecruisers. General Hipper chose to evade temporarily.”
”The No. 98 airship found a large fleet, six battleship detachments, located 70 nautical miles northwest of us.”
”The British fleet has discovered us and is coming back to us. The opposing fleet's speed is around 16 knots.”