Chapter 861: Prelude to the Great War!
However, now Tirit is most entangled in this, he vaguely feels that the situation is a little wrong, because in the past, when the Hipper fleet came out, the 5 battle cruisers were lined up, and it was easy to see clearly, but now, the situation is a little different, and, it seems, the other side has a little more escort warships?
Looking at the light cruisers of a whole detachment located to the west of the fleet, Brigadier Tirit fell into deep thought. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Some telegrams he didn't dare to shoot easily!
"Based on past experience, this should be Hipper's fleet, but how do I feel a little weird?" Looking at the vague shadow of the ship in the distance, Brigadier Tyrit became more and more uncertain. After looking at it for a while, he finally found the problem, it seemed that all the warships were similar in appearance? And according to his memory, the three Moltke-class battlecruisers in Hipper's fleet were similar, and the Blucher and the von der Tann were relatively close.
"The German fleet consisted of about 5 warships, but they had a larger number of light cruisers, probably two squadrons. At a speed of 18 knots, it is heading in the direction of the Dogle sandbank. After half a ring, Tyrit finally sent the telegram.
At this moment, Betty did not care about the first half of the telegram at all, he only needed to know the speed, position and direction of the German fleet! The Hipper fleet appeared, they were discovered by the Harwich fleet, and they were steadily tracking, and they were heading north! And the position of his own fleet is to the east of the Dogle sandbank! Vice-Admiral Jelam's fleet was northeast of the Dogar sandbank. In this way, the two fleets formed a pincer encirclement, waiting for the Germans to jump in!
"We have the most perfect state of engagement! The only problem now is that if the Germans choose to turn around and run, there will be some trouble. An ecstatic Betty walked up and down the bridge, his staff members reporting the positions of both fleets almost every three minutes, and frequently contacting the Harwich fleet.
For this general, who is known for his bravery, the only thing he fears now is that when his fleet appears, he will scare Hipper into battle! Although he blocked the way back of the German fleet, as long as the Germans were willing to pay a certain price, they still had a chance to escape. Not doing her best, this is a very serious problem for Betty, as for the can't win? How is this possible?!
"The speed of the fleet has been increased to 26 knots!" Betty commanded suddenly.
"General, I'm afraid the Warrior can't keep up, and Lieutenant General Jeram definitely can't keep up." An officer said.
"So is there a problem with New Zealand and Australia?" Betty asked without looking back.
"It's not a big problem, both battlecruisers have a minimum load and are in the best condition, both of them can run at a speed of more than 25 knots during sea trials, and 26 knots is not a big problem." The officer thought for a moment and said.
"That's no problem, we have 6 ships, and Hipper's 5 ships, that's enough! Let Rear Admiral Moore and Vice Admiral Jeram follow behind to pack up the wounded battleship! Betty said without hesitation. If it weren't for the Warrior's strong combat power, Betty might have thrown it aside, and for Betty, the significance of not being able to catch up with her opponent's battleship is really limited. "If only the guy at the front was another Warcruiser!" Looking at the warrior in front of her, Betty said leisurely.
So the whole fleet began to speed up, a large amount of Welsh white coal was sent into the boiler, no battlecruiser as many as 20 boilers quickly converted the energy of these coal into high-risk high-pressure water vapor, and then through the pipeline to supply the roaring steam turbine, when the temperature reached a certain level, the fuel nozzle located in the boiler began to spray heavy oil, which made the speed of the whole battleship to a higher level!
In this case, the battleship Warrior had to fall behind, and Betty didn't seem to think it was fast enough, and after a few minutes, he asked the fleet to increase its speed to 27 knots! At this time, General Moore's two battleships were already a little overwhelmed, and when Betty gritted her teeth and increased the speed to 28 knots, the four battlecruisers in the front team had a relatively obvious gap with the two behind!
"The radio frequencies of the British are starting to skyrocket, and if I'm not mistaken, we're getting closer!" Sher stepped forward and said to Prince Ruprecht. "And we now find three sources, one of the British light cruisers behind us, and the other two to our northeast, one of which is Betty, which we can conclude from the method of the dispatcher, and the other seems to be some new fleet." There was some concern in Scheer's words.
"It doesn't matter, as long as it's not the Grand Fleet." The prince said indifferently. People will have fingerprints, and the telegram will be sent by a person, and it will also be mixed with a person's imprint, which is the so-called method of sending telegrams. The German fleet had dealt with Betty too much, as long as the transmitter was not replaced, it was natural to determine which signal source was Betty, and although the other signal source could not be determined, Schell could also guarantee that this could not be the Grand Fleet.
The reason is very simple, even if the Grand Fleet is ready to raise fire and go to sea from the moment they get the news, they cannot feel it at this time, and from the Shetland Islands to the Dogger Sandbank, the German submarines have deployed at least three cordons, and there are 5 airships, with the size of the Grand Fleet, if it passes through this area, the Germans have no reason not to find it, not to mention anything else, the smoke of hundreds of various warships covering the sky is enough to expose the whereabouts of the fleet!
"But it may be a battleship formation, or even a super-dreadnought formation, the size of about 4 ships." Scheer said with some concern, Scheer is also very bold, but he did not fight to the extent that he thought that his 7 warships could PK with the opponent's 11 or even 12-day warships.
"So what? The number of warships on the other side does not mean how many warships there are when we are at war. Rest assured. The prince said calmly, "Let Rear Admiral Heppinghouse of the 1st Light Cruiser Formation go out to investigate, we need to meet with Betty as soon as possible!" ”
For the prince, the same opportunity must not be missed, and God knows when the Grand Fleet will come! If you can fight, fight early, look up at the sky, well, the weather is good, it's a good day to get a shot!
Of course, the prince also paid attention to Scher's reminder, but Ruprecht was obviously ready to deal with it, and waited for the British to come up! And shortly after the first light cruiser detachment in front went out, they spotted Betty's fleet rushing towards this side!
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