Chapter 1156： Eyes in the night (1/2)
Chapter 1156: Eyes in the Night
”It's really magnificent. This is the heritage and strength of a century-old empire.” The S-85 reconnaissance airship is hidden in the black night sky. Even without moonlight, the German navy officers and soldiers on the airship are still at an altitude of 3000 meters. You can clearly see the British fleet that is returning, because the British fleet navigating at night is not under light control. The huge fleet composed of more than 30 battleships, more than 20 various cruisers, and more than 4 dozen destroyers is in mighty force. Withdrew to the mainland.
”Captain, the British fleet is beginning to disperse!” Moments later, a crew member pointed to the two fleets that were dispersing on the sea in the distance and said loudly. Three hours after the end of the battle, the British fast fleet and the main fleet finally separated. The huge fleet, which was originally like a magnificent sea city, was divided into two regiments, one large and one small, and sailed to the Shetland Islands and the Gulf of Forth. .
”Three hours later, in the C5 area, the British fleet began to disperse. Previously, the average speed of the British fleet was around 15 knots. The British fleet did not implement radio silence or light control.” Captain S-85 was in his own battle. It says in the record.
The reason why the German airship can easily determine its position in the North Sea at night is still relying on the radio positioning system called Salzburg. With the strong support of the prince, the German radio technology is actually no worse than the British. Each has its own strengths. The British have an advantage in single items, while the Germans are strong in system integration. Relying on 36 radio direction finding and ranging stations located along the coast of Germany and Belgium, they can not only provide night navigation for their submarines and airships. , And at the same time can roughly determine the position of the British fleet with the cooperation of the airship.
”The British fleet went very slowly. After 4 hours of sailing, they reduced the speed to about 14 knots. And they often carried out irregular Z-shaped maneuvers, which should be to avoid ambushes by our submarines. But in general. Said that they chose the closest route to sail.” After a while, the S-90 airship replaced the S-85 airship to continue tracking the British fast fleet.
However, when it was about 150 kilometers away from the port, the British fleet suddenly gave up its previous caution and chose to return in a straight line. After a while, the S-90 airship found a group of aircraft coming from the direction of the British mainland. When approaching the fleet, more than 20 planes in this team turned on the searchlights on the fuselage almost simultaneously, and one oval beam of light swept back and forth on the sea.
”At around 11:30 in the evening, 130 kilometers away from the Gulf of Forth in the UK, the British land-based aviation troops dispatched planes to respond. The number is very large, about 2 dozen. According to the analysis of the aircraft outline, there are V1500 4 large aircraft. , And V400 twin-engine aircraft, but the largest number is the Felixstowe F2A 4-engine large seaplane. Their main task should be anti-submarine.” The captain of the S-90 airship also recorded in the combat report. Measures and steps when the British retreated.
”Okay, let's fly higher. I don't want to have a head-on conflict with these guys who are covered with machine guns and are comparable to an extra-large flying hedgehog.” The British fleet sailed to less than 70 kilometers from Forth Bay. After the distance, more and more planes appeared in the air, and at this time the S-90 airship chose to increase the altitude to 4500 meters.
But just as the airship in the sky stared at the British fast fleet and aircraft. A submarine on the surface of the sea in a semi-submersible state is also carrying out no attack but still very important tasks.
Several German navy personnel opened the sealed hatch, and then moved carefully on the wet surface of the submarine. Several people laboriously opened a huge arc-shaped antenna along the steel lifting rod. Inside the submarine, several A naval technical officer is busy on an instrument. Although they were around the route of the British fleet, they did not take any attacks.