"The British fleet should not penetrate deep into the vicinity of the Skagerrak Strait. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Vice Admiral Lütjans, commander of the destroyer fleet, pointed to the sea area north of Denmark on the map and said: "This place is only 200~300 nautical miles away from the German mainland, and not only land-based aviation can cover it, but even S-type torpedo boats with a range of 800 nautical miles can reach here to carry out attacks." Despite the short days and long nights, proximity to the waters around Germany is still risky; Previously, our S-boats even crossed the North Sea to Edinburgh to attack merchant ships, and the British would not have noticed this. Judging by the current size of the British fleet and the situation of the navy, it can be concluded that they will not throw their precious first-line ships in exchange for our small boats with a displacement of less than 100 tons, and planes with a unit price of only 100,000 marks. ”

Kars nodded slightly. Lütjans's words are close to his analysis, and it is unlikely that the British will choose southern Norway as a breakthrough point. According to the telegram sent by U-99, the British fleet had just entered the North Sea at this time, and there were still more than 260 nautical miles to go from the southern coast of Norway, which meant that even if the British sent fast warships to rush first, it would take 9~10 hours to reach the intended target.

And if you concentrate your forces on moving at normal speed, you won't be able to get there without 20 hours. Such a long time is enough for Germany's offshore forces to respond and keep an all-round eye on their own territory from the sky, the sea, and even underwater. Kars thought that if he had been in command of the British fleet by himself, he would definitely not have to go to trouble the Germans at this time. If the lineup of the British fleet is twice as strong, it is another matter, with the current number of ships of the British, hehe!

"The General Command of the Navy must have also received the dispatch of U-99. The marshal will inevitably fine-tune the original battle plan, so that the troops in the two theaters of Kristiansand and Stavanger will avoid the enemy's attack. Kars said calmly. These things are not difficult to do, just get the army out of the port in time, and then have the transport ship diverted to Oslo to unload. Since the land position of the two ports was not far from Oslo, such an adjustment would at most delay the Army's offensive schedule for a few days, and would have no fundamental impact on the overall objective of capturing Norway.

Judging from the current situation, these two ports, including Oslo, should not be distracted by Kars. Even so, the British fleet had three different places to go: Bergen, Trondheim, and Narvik in the north. The latter three ports were 220, 480, and 750 nautical miles from the British fleet in a straight line, respectively, and did not have a common point of passage with each other. Only in the daytime when the wind is calm and the visibility is good, the German aircraft carrier can rely on the large number of aircraft to support a 250-nautical-mile radius radar at any cost, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee the capture of the British fleet.

And these locations are not like the Stavanger just now, where the army and transport ships can temporarily avoid the edge at will. Since it was not yet possible to determine whether the British were prepared to land (the German High Command had been competing with the British for the capture of Norway), Kars had to consider whether the British fleet, which had reacted quickly, was as capable of delivering land as his own, and if one of the three ports including Bergen was counterattacked by the British fleet and the army, it would be difficult for the Germans to recapture them by land.

If you look at the map, you can see that the land outside these three ports is all rolling hills, which is not suitable for the advance of large armies. As long as the British sent a small detachment to blow up the bridges and tunnels, they could form a confrontation with German-occupied Norway in the south in an instant. At that time, even if the German fleet could trap the landing British forces by seizing sea supremacy, the cost of the whole battle would be too heavy. This is by no means a passive choice that a commander with a deep sense of responsibility to the country is willing to make.

The clear-faced commander of the air fleet, Bomay, pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think the British fleet will go to Trondheim. The port's topography is similar to that of Oslo, with a narrow waterway nearly 20 nautical miles long and 2 nautical miles wide just outside its main pier. If I were the commander of the 3rd Fleet, there would be at least 5 ways to block this entrance. If the British had chosen to open a landing ground from the flank, it would have taken a lot of extra time, and our fleet would have had time to rush over directly. The British acted so quickly that wasting any more time was clearly not an option they should have made. Therefore, whether it was for the purpose of attacking ports or carrying out landings, the British fleet should choose Bergen, where the waters are relatively wide, or Narvik. ”

"General Brom, do you have any opinion on the current situation?" After listening to Bomei's opinion, Kars pondered for a moment, and then turned his head to Fang Yan, who had been silent next to him.

With Kars's words, all the officers in the navigation room focused their eyes on Fang Yan. Some of the officers who were close friends with Fang Yan, such as Bo Mei and Lindemann, showed a worried look in their eyes, and they were secretly anxious about Fang Yan's performance, but most of the people led by Lu Teyans cheered for Admiral Kars in their hearts, and waited for the young man's next answer with scrutinizing eyes.

In fact, this warship, and even the entire officer corps of the German Navy, recognized Fang Yan as an extremely good member of them. The battle of Scapa Bay alone was enough to bestow Fang Yan with unparalleled honor; However, the key point is that Fang Yan's position was promoted too quickly.

If the use of a false rank of colonel as a commendation for Fang Yan's military merits can still be accepted by the majority of naval officers, then the act of promoting him to brigadier general and appointing him as commander of the detachment completely broke the conceptual nerves of most middle and high-ranking officers. How did you, a young man who looked about the same age as a military academy recruit, who had never even been the captain of a ship, suddenly become the commander of a significant aircraft carrier fleet? This is a regular and rigorous Wehrmacht Navy, not a ragtag SS army where Himmler, a chicken farmer, can be a general, do you have the ability to be the commander of the fleet? Where are the laws and axioms?

In the face of the suspicious or cold eyes around him, Fang Yan, who has been chatting and laughing with the top leaders of the National Socialist Party for many years, has long been indifferent to this level of targeting. After a slight pause, he spoke in a calm and clear voice with confidence: "The target of the British fleet is most likely Bergen. I suggest that the fleet should immediately turn south and focus its search near the 61st parallel at the mouth of the North Sea. (To be continued.) )