Chapter 1166： The beginning one in the morning mist (1/2)
Slide 1166
”The straight-line distance is 28 kilometers! The direction is due east!” When an officer sent the direction finding data to the control tower, the originally silent control tower quickly boiled! No one, including Prince Ruprecht, thought that the luck of the German Navy would be so good this time! Blocked the British fleet directly!
”Order the three seaplane carriers to immediately take off all seaplanes and deploy the cordon.”
”The seaplanes attached to the battleships are ready to take off, ready to perform the orthopedic mission!”
”The light cruiser is ready to go forward and perform a reconnaissance mission.”
”The Second Fast Battleship Squadron immediately followed. After contacting the British fleet, they immediately notified the Hipper fleet that the hunting officially began!” Orders were quickly transmitted to each battle position via the phone on the ship. The German fleet began to stretch its limbs and polish its weapons like a Titan who was about to step onto the battlefield. The sharp spear was aimed at the distant enemy.
”If there is no problem with our speed, then we should be only 16 kilometers away from each other!” However, the God of Destiny made a joke with the German fleet at this time. After determining the position of the British fleet half an hour ago, the German fleet walked in the pre-judged direction for half an hour, but it had not discovered the British fleet. The plane in the air also failed to find the target because of the smoke problem.
”Send a signal to the second battleship squadron behind, pull our formation slightly larger, and at the same time order the 5th and 6th destroyer squadrons to move south. Report immediately after finding the target, and don't launch an attack without authorization.” Now I am a little worried. Looking at the white sea fog outside the window, I directly ordered the fleet's alert range to be expanded again!
However, when the prince was looking for Thomas' fleet in the morning mist, there was a sudden rumbling of cannons in the distance! Unexpectedly, the Scher fleet that was in charge of intercepting did not find its opponent the first time, while the Hipper fleet, which was tracking, collided with the opponent first!
As the forward of the Hipper fleet, the 4 light cruisers of the third light cruiser squadron under the command of Major General Bodick led the two destroyer squads. A destroyer detachment fanned out in the front to search for the target, while the other 4 light cruisers lined up on the battle line to guard against possible dangers at any time. According to the results of the chart operation, they should be no more than 12 kilometers away from the British fleet. And because of the morning fog, they still haven't found the target until a sea breeze blows over, making the sea fog lighter....
Then a huge but somewhat vague figure appeared in front of Major General Bodick. At this time, the German light cruiser detachment was even less than 9,000 meters away from the opponent!