"Now the fleet is in the best condition, and we are ready to carry out sorties. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Rear Admiral Moore, commander of the second detachment of the British Rapid Fleet, reported to Vice Admiral Thomas, who was sitting in the main seat.

"The Navy's radio listening stations in the Shetland Islands, as well as large modified V1500 radio side planes, and camouflage cruisers are also in place, and an invisible net has appeared in the Norwegian Sea, and if the Germans dare to use their radio communication equipment, then we will be able to catch them!" Colonel Holland from the British Admiralty Intelligence Department also said with confidence.

"On behalf of Admiral Jericho, I assure you that the submarine forces have approached the German coastal waters to establish a blockade line, and if there is a large-scale sortie of the high seas fleet, then we will definitely block them!" As a representative of Jericho, Hood expressed the support of the Grand Fleet for Thomas. And just as Lieutenant General Thomas was about to express his gratitude for the support of his brother unit, the red confidential phone on the table rang.

"Vice Admiral Thomas, you are now shouldering the glory of the entire Royal Navy for hundreds of years and the national fortunes of the British Empire, and I hope you succeed immediately! So far, we have lost 3 baits, and the fourth bait has been placed in your hunting grounds. That's it! Churchill, who was on the other side of the microphone, had no intention of listening to what Thomas had to say, so he simply put down the phone.

"The fourth bait is already in place? It looks like it's time for the hunters to get ready to get to work. "Thomas really admires Churchill's methods, not only the supplies and the required supplies are in place, although these are difficult, but they can be done, and the most important thing is that he can also arrange "bait"! This is to let a person and a ship send it! Although it makes sense in theory, emotionally, even Thomas who proposed the plan is a little uncomfortable in his heart. And Churchill is not burdened at all!

And in fact, if the prince were here, he would definitely say Thomas, you are really too young, too simple Tucson! You must know that during World War II, Churchill in order to prevent the password from being exposed, a city called Coventry was washed by German bombs. What's the point of having a few baits? As long as we can win, God will forgive.

"Well, there is no way back for me and you, we will either be heroes or sinners. Now, we need to understand the situation. Lieutenant General Thomas motioned to the staff officer to give an update.

"The German battleships reappeared, this time still two, and judging by the information coming back from the submarines, one of them was the first British dreadnought of the German Navy, and the other was supposed to be one of the Moltke-class battlecruisers. Not two super-dreadnought, and even less terrible Bavarian-class battleships, they expected to rush out of the North Sea in 1 day. The staff officer then marked the presumptive tracks of the two ships on the chart.

"Very good, 1 dreadnought and 1 super dreadnought, the strength is not strong, and the two queens can handle it completely." Thomas nodded. This time, Thomas's arrangement for the queen is still a group of 2. The seven Queens were divided into three and a half groups, and the other one was to join Admiral Moore's second fleet. In this case, the entire hunting team is paired with 3 double queen formations and 1 four-ship formation.

And when it comes to the specific execution of the task, the 3 queen formations are responsible for encircling and depleting, just like the bullfighters who use red cloth to tease the bulls in the Spanish bullfight, and the last 4 ship formations are the bullkillers, as the last to solve the existence of the opponent!

"I will personally command the Queen Elizabeth and the Malaya, as well as a seaplane carrier, to wait for the appearance of the German fleet near the decoy. And is responsible for direct stalking. If I miss, well, the second group, the Barem and the War Weyer, intercepted with the help of seaplanes and radio sideways aircraft. The third group is deployed to the west of the decoy and is responsible for interdiction. And General Moore's detachment was to cruise near the former North Sea blockade. Place the opponent to kill back suddenly. Once again, General Thomas repeated his plan.

After the hunt in the Indian Ocean, Thomas is also an old fritter, he knows very well what the potential of a fast battleship is, the German battlecruiser is very fast, and it is not difficult to run 27 knots. But to maintain this speed all the time is affected by many factors, the machinery must operate normally, there must be enough manpower to fuel the boiler of the battleship, theoretically the German battleship can always maintain such a high speed, but in practice? Take the historical Goeben as an example, when it was pursued by the British Mediterranean Fleet in history, the Goeben actually did not reach its maximum speed, and kept running away at about 24 knots, and even so, there were still 4 stokers who died due to fatigue and harsh conditions. Mechanical equipment also appeared in this case, such as the rupture of steam pipes. Of course, because the British were not in good shape for battle cruisers, they ....... Goeben ran away.

And the biggest advantage of Thomas's queens is that he doesn't have to shovel coal by hand! People are full of heavy oil! This allows the queens not to be limited by manpower! And although the speed difference between the two sides is more than 2 knots, however, it is impossible for the German fleet to reach the maximum speed of the whole journey, while the Queen of the British can, so if the ship is really in good condition and everyone is soaring, the speed difference is not large!

And because of the seaplanes, if the Germans want to get rid of it completely, they will probably have to wait for the evening, and if they dare to use the radio at night, then the general direction will naturally be exposed. Of course, it was still difficult to catch the opponent at once on this alone, so Thomas set the ambush at a distance from the North Sea blockade, and arranged for the strongest fleet to block the way back for the Germans.

As long as it is daylight, with the help of camouflaged cruisers, seaplane carriers, shore-based reconnaissance aircraft, and radio sideways, it is not difficult to find opponents! And the last safety rope is the Grand Fleet, if the High Seas Fleet goes out to respond, then the Grand Fleet will definitely approach Wilhelmshaven, which is also a lion guarding the door of the two German battle cruisers that went out, but unfortunately you will definitely not be able to beat it! As long as the German fleet can't get back into port, it's attrition. If you've been running at 24 knots or more, how many days can you run? Can your machinery and people stand it? The end result is that Thomas is consumed by life and death!

And Thomas felt that before the machinery was close to the limit, the personnel might not be able to do it first, because the stoker was so high that it was changed every two hours. On a battleship, how many people do you shovel coal? How long can a person last? By that time, the final result had already been decided, and the two German capital ships would be completely crushed by the British fleet, which had absolute superiority!

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