After figuring out the trick of dealing with the camouflage of British ships, the emotions of Marchar and the others suddenly became excited. In the past six months, the German Navy has really had enough of the political stuff - Hitler strictly forbade the Navy to attack American ships, which made the initial operation of breaking diplomatic relations with the wind and water, but with the change of British ships one after another, it quickly fell into an extremely aggrieved situation. Although Commander-in-Chief Raeder has been admonished many times, what he gets is always a categorical word!

No one in the Navy dared to question or oppose this decision made by the Führer on the basis of political considerations. Therefore, all the grievances are concentrated on Britain and the United States. They have lost a bottom line, and they are willing to fall into lowliness; A brazen and brazen one who pursues double standards and tries his best to pull the bias and release cold arrows. Since Raeder's surrender, all the officers and men of the navy have been eager to let go of their hands and feet, and beat these two pirate scoundrels to death. This time, although there are still many shackles on his body that restrict his movements, he has finally taken the first step to fight back!

The commander of the air fleet, Bermay, suppressed the excitement in his heart a little, and said in a wary voice: "However, we still need to enter the North Atlantic safely first. Since the surrender of France, the British Navy's deployment of troops in the Faroe Waterway and the Danish Channel has increased dramatically, and in the past month or so, two Z-drives of our army have failed to secretly infiltrate and have to join the main fleet to act together. It seems that the British also understood that once our warships slipped into the Atlantic, with the support of the French bases, it would be sharks entering the sea, and it would be impossible to restrain them at all. Therefore, it is important for us to be careful. ”

"You're right. If the British wanted to prevent the breakdown of our fleet, they could only do so on the two necessary shipping lanes into the North Atlantic. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to catch our track in the vast ocean, not to mention that there are aircraft carriers in our fleet that can detect and attack the enemy before the enemy. Kars nodded, his face showing a bit of solemnity, "This time, I plan to break into the war zone from the northernmost Danish Strait. ”

The eyes of Machar on the side flashed slightly, and he already understood his boss's intentions. The Danish Channel is more than 800 nautical miles away from the British mainland in a straight line, and it will be difficult for the British main fleet to arrive in time in the event of a large-scale alarm there. In addition, the range of British destroyers was generally only about 2,000 nautical miles, which made them seldom go out to the Danish Strait to search and reconnoitre, and even when they did, there was not much fuel left to squander. If the German fleet had taken this route, it would have avoided encounters with British warships to the greatest extent.

However, the Danish Strait has its drawbacks. Choosing this route meant that the German fleet would have to sail at least 500 nautical miles more; In addition, most of the Danish Strait is located in the Arctic Circle, and the sea conditions are harsh and changeable, which is obviously not a good place for the German fleet, which is centered on aircraft carriers. If safety is to be guaranteed, then the German fleet will need to wait for a long time in the Norwegian Sea until the weather suitable for aircraft carriers to take off and land aircraft appears. Judging by the current trend, Marchar is fully confident that Kars will choose to fight to the end - he may have already decided in his heart that as long as the main force of the fleet is brought into the Atlantic, it means that the operation to break diplomatic relations has been won.

In August, the night in the 60 degrees north latitude region was quite long, and it was not until 7:30 a.m. that the first rays of morning light dispelled the darkness of the eastern continental shelf. Viewed from the towering bridge of the flagship Bismarck, five M-type minesweepers are approaching the Norwegian coast in front right. They waved the signal "Follow me" and then turned their rudders and fanned out to the front of the main fleet. This was the step that the German fleet had to take every time it passed through the Norwegian waterways. Due to the shallow depth of the Norwegian waterways, British planes often came at night to drop mines, so all hidden dangers had to be eliminated.

Kars did not slack off in this regard, and immediately ordered the fleet to slow down and convert the two columns into anti-submarine formation. There is a saying in the rivers and lakes that no matter how high the kung fu is, you are afraid of kitchen knives, and this sentence corresponds to the navy, no matter how fat the tonnage, you are also afraid of torpedoes. No commander dares to underestimate the threat from underwater, which is the source of direct destruction of the warship's floating!

"Boom!" A deafening explosion suddenly resounded through the sky. The German battleship was on the deck of the ship, followed by a loud shout from the officers, ordering them to continue to their duties. Those who had been watching the sea could clearly see that it was the minesweeper in front that had cleared a mine, which had just been detonated with a machine gun. Hearing this, Kars frowned slightly. He ordered the fleet to slow down further to 10 knots so that the forward minesweepers could work more carefully.

About 20 minutes later, another thunderbolt exploded on the sea. The red flames were surging and gushing, carrying waves several meters high and swept wildly in all directions, and the M boat of more than 500 tons shook violently in the raging waves, and it took nearly half a minute before gradually returning to normal. The German sailor operating the machine gun was pale and his mind was buzzing - he had no idea that this mine could be so powerful, with a charge of at least 400 kg, enough to make even the cruiser recover. When did the British start doing this kind of big thing?

The two explosions in quick succession raised 120 percent vigilance on the officers and men of the minesweeper, and in the next one hour, four more mines were discovered by them. One of them was no less powerful than the second, and even from a distance of several hundred meters, the German sailors could feel the powerful shock wave of the waves from the turbulence of the hull under their feet.

Kars stood on the bridge of the navigation ship with a serious face, and his heart was full of joy and doubt. According to the report of the commander of the minesweeper detachment, they would sweep the channel every day, but they had never encountered such a dense target before, and it felt like the British had suddenly taken aphrodisiac. On closer inspection, this should be a coincidence, after all, it is understandable that the British Air Force stepped up the minelaying of Norwegian waterways, precisely in order to add obstacles to the departure of German ships from the North Sea. If it was deliberately targeted, it would be terrible, how would London know when its own fleet would be dispatched?

"Did the army aviation in Norway attack?" Kars asked the lieutenant beside him. The latter immediately grabbed the microphone and contacted the communication room, and after a while gave a positive reply. In order to cover the attack of the main fleet of the navy, the army fighters that took off from the Norwegian bases such as Bergen and Stavanger had set up a reliable umbrella 150 kilometers west of the fleet. As soon as a British aircraft came to reconnoitre, it was immediately driven away or shot down. In this way, Kars prevented the British pilots from identifying their own fighter jets and signaling that the German aircraft carriers had been dispatched. After all, the main fighter of the German Army and Navy has a fairly obvious difference in appearance.

"The British should not be able to know the whereabouts of our fleet." Kars thought to himself. You must know that at this time, it is not only the 5th Air Fleet in Norway that provides cover for your fleet; The 3rd and 4th Air Fleets, stationed in France and the Netherlands, will also launch a large-scale offensive bombardment of the southern ports of Britain early this morning, and the attack wave will continue until sunset in the evening.

Under this tremendous positive pressure, the British Air Force's reconnaissance force in the North Sea will inevitably be very weak, let alone a large-scale bombing. When you sail through the 300-nautical-mile waterway into the Norwegian Sea, you can completely hide in the fog of the battlefield and declare safety.

Not far from Buckingham Palace, the British Treasury building attracts attention for its classical and majestic shape, and no one will pay attention to the dilapidated door that looks like an underground plumber entering and exiting the pedestrian steps of the street in front of it. However, if you go down the passage inside this door until you reach the end, you will find that there is a hole in it. Twenty-one rooms are packed together in a compact manner, with suit-clad dignitaries and uniformed colonels moving back and forth, and although they are slightly short and cramped, they are the true headquarters of Britain's wartime cabinet.

Churchill sat up from his single bed, his round body rattling the legs, and just moments before the clock on the desk next to him had struck four times. As a result of staying up late, Churchill developed the habit of taking a nap, which allowed him to keep himself energized in the evenings and devote himself to various meetings and decisions. At this time, Churchill's eyes were deep and obviously full of energy, but when he pushed the door out, Thompson, the adjutant who knew him well, noticed a somewhat dark look in his eyebrows that was difficult to remove.

"How's the situation with the Air Force?" Churchill asked. Thompson was prepared, and immediately replied without thinking: "Fifteen minutes ago, Sir Dowding's plane had just repelled the enemy forces attacking Portsmouth Harbor. Five of our fighters were shot down, 2 parachuted pilots were searching for them, and the Germans had 19 planes destroyed. However, three dry docks in the port were damaged to varying degrees, along with one frigate and one minesweeper under construction. Another oil depot was bombed, and the fire brigade is currently working hard to extinguish the fire. ”

Listening to Thompson's debriefing, the gloom on Churchill's face could no longer be concealed. He clenched his fists and slammed against the wall, but the anger in his heart did not subside in the slightest.

In recent days, the faint sound of explosions from around London had disappeared, but Churchill was not at all relieved because, according to the air force's response, the Germans had devoted all their forces to attacking warships in the southern ports and in the Channel. With the shrinking of the attack range of German aircraft, the difficulty of the British Air Force to implement defense has increased significantly, especially in the fierce battle in the channel, the home advantage of the British Air Force has been extremely weak, and the battle loss has climbed to an unacceptable point when it was compared to the battle!

However, air supremacy over the Channel was something that the British Air Force could not give up. At present, the light ships of the German Navy are frequently active in the English Channel, and while attacking British ships and sweeping mines on the other hand, you can know with your ass that the Germans are preparing for the landing. If the British Channel Fleet did not receive sufficient support from the air, it would inevitably suffer huge losses under the coordination of the German sea and air. At that time, once the Germans swept out of a minefield-free area, it is very likely that the follow-up will be the invincible iron army that swept through Western Europe!