Chapter 2213： Dark Night Three (1/2)
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”Damn it, this is not the Thomas fleet at all.” After the first group of reconnaissance planes dropped the flares in the night sky, they just saw a few small destroyers, and the guy who was obviously a merchant ship in the distance, besides, Neither the Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleship of Thomas Fleet nor the aircraft carrier of Betty have been seen! And there was no roar of anti-aircraft guns on the sea. This made the Germans quickly understand that they seemed to be fooled!
”The Thomas fleet in front of us is not at all, the so-called radio signal is just a decoy! The British fleet has nowhere to go!” When Earl Spey received this telegram, it was like an ice cave! He is not worried about his comfort. In fact, there are very few British submarines and auxiliary ships in this sea area, and he has always adopted strict radio silence and light control, so the probability of being discovered is very low. He is not worried that the British calculated him this time, so now it’s alright. The British threw a decoy on his side. No, it was two decoys, both of which proved to be feigning. Then the British’s main force Where will the goal of the fleet be? It could only be the main force of the High Seas Fleet under the command of Crown Prince Ruprecht! The British will never evacuate at night, because evacuation is a failure!
”The main British fleet must have rejoined, and their goal is the high seas fleet!” Earl Spey walked up to the chart and began to calculate possible routes and time for each other. ”By the way, the main force of the High Seas Fleet will send a telegram before dawn to dispatch the air force stationed in Norway. This will expose the position of the High Seas Fleet. Therefore, taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, the British have a chance to bite the High Seas Fleet before dawn. ! And the bait they set up is actually to deter us! It must be like this!”
Earl Spey grasped the key to the whole problem! This time the British decided to strike first, and the target was the High Seas Fleet!
”Immediately break the radio silence and report to the High Seas Fleet so that they will be careful of the large fleet that burst out of the night! I now suspect that the British have sailed eastward as a whole and are ready to intercept the High Seas Fleet before dawn!” Earl Spey decisively Broke the radio silence.
”Then what do we do now? What about that British decoy fleet?” an officer asked.
”Regardless of him! We don't have time to waste time with these little characters! Order, immediately mark the planned route of the High Seas Fleet on the chart, and then the fleet will move closer to the High Seas Fleet at the highest speed!” Earl Spey was also decisive, directly. The decoy that was thrown in front of him moved closer to the High Seas Fleet. At this time, many aspects of intelligence had also been sent to the command tower of the flagship of the High Seas Fleet, Bavaria. Here, Ruprecht was making final strategic adjustments!
Jericho’s plan is theoretically very good, but how can’t deal with the instability of the submarine and the misjudgment of Earl Spey’s actions. If Earl Spey chooses conservative tactics, it may not be discovered so early. The Thomas fleet has moved east, and Jericho’s mistake is that he did not expect that Earl Spey’s head is so iron, ready to take action against the Thomas fleet at night! And the result of this series of inevitable or accidental events is that Jericho’s plan has a serious omission. The Germans learned about the British conspiracy less than 2 hours earlier than the British planned. During these last two hours, Ruprecht had the opportunity to make final adjustments to his plan!
”Unexpectedly, Jericho played such a hand in the end.” Ruprecht looked at the telegram gathered on the desktop and said with some emotion.
”If we want to be safe, we can change our course, say to the east. In this case, we can guarantee that we will not have contact with the British fleet for the time being. Earl Spey is leading the fleet towards us quickly, and we can meet at ten o'clock in the morning at the latest. .” Admiral Scheer said.