Chapter Seventy-Eight: Anxiety
"That's how it looks..... "Even though George V was born not long ago, but under John Tovey's detailed explanation, the girl also understood John Tovey's purpose of insisting on letting the Ark Royal release the reconnaissance plane uninterruptedly, no matter how the course of the Germans changed, in the case of sensing that those things would play a key role in the direction of the war, the only decision they could make was to send these things into Germany's sphere of influence at all costs, which was a decision that was not unexpected, After all, compared to the old navy, the navy of the Third Reich was still too small.
For a fleet that has been traversing three oceans for more than 400 years, 15 minutes in the Danish Strait brought them nothing more than the loss of a few ships, the loss of a battle. For ordinary people, the thrilling 15 minutes of such a fleet are just turning over a certain picture in great history. Compared to the fleet's more than 400-year-old history, John Tovey and his task force are nothing more than a bunch of scheming and vicious rogues, a bunch of roving pirates.
At least that's what John Tovey thought before the Danish Naval War, born from such a navy with a glorious history, John Tovey naturally had such pride. But when the leakage of the ideal township plan, and the repeated teasing of the German fleet, let the veteran put away the trace of contempt in his heart, and with only two large warships and some submarines that could not be put on the table, the German Navy played the most powerful navy in the world, and this wordless teasing was the biggest provocation for this veteran who had participated in the Battle of Jutland!
It was such a task force that was not in John's Tovey's opinion, but it sank the Hood, what is the Hood, the Hood is the pride of the empire on which the sun never sets, not to mention that the Hood has awakened the ship spirit, even if it is an existence like the Royal Navy, the loss of a mature ship spirit on the battlefield is also a huge loss, not to mention the thousands of officers and soldiers?
"But what if the Germans stored the Philosopher's Stone and the Enigma cipher machine obtained on the Black Pearl and brought them back on the submarine? Compared to a behemoth like Bismarck, the submarine would be more concealed. ”
After pondering for a moment, George V subconsciously lowered his voice and asked John Tovey, although there were only the two of them in the captain's room at the moment, George V's habit still did not change, compared to her companions born from Gaia's consciousness, George V's understanding of the world was still too lacking, like a blank piece of paper The girl asked the old man in front of her who had seen it from the first time since birth with puzzled eyes.
"Although there is this possibility, but the submarine has a fatal shortcoming, they have no way to stay underwater, in terms of current technology, the submarine is still propelled by diesel engines and electric motors, diesel engines are used after floating, because the diesel engine must need air to start to sail, and the diesel engine is to charge the battery, they must surface, and once we find the target, it will give them a huge blow, the submarine that surpasses all the concealment of the ship is sacrificed in exchange for volume, Compared to the heavy armor of the battleships, they were vulnerable, and this sacrifice doomed the submarine to be only an assassin hiding underwater, rather than a knight galloping across the ocean. ”
"They can't afford to take this risk, at such a long distance, the underwater speed of the submarine will definitely take a certain amount of time, this is also our opportunity, no matter what kind of transportation method they take, it will inevitably be exposed to our reconnaissance range, of course, this is their intention to obtain the Philosopher's Stone, before the arrival of professional equipment, we can't be sure that the Philosopher's Stone will have been buried in this sea forever with the sinking of the Black Pearl."
"So we can only wait in this sea for now?" George V was stunned for a moment, and the news that the Hood and the Prince of Wales had been sunk by the German fleet in the Danish Channel reached Britain, causing outrage that even George V, who had only been born for a few weeks......
In order to destroy the Bismarck, it can be said that the entire battleship in the Atlantic has already been mobilized, and at the wrecked position of the Black Pearl, except for the battleship George V, which continues to wait for the follow-up equipment to be brought in order to confirm the location of the Philosopher's Stone, the remaining battleships have long since left the merchant fleet and carried out reconnaissance work in the direction in which Bismarck might sail, and after the Danish naval battle, there are only three ways to go in front of the German fleet, to meet the tankers on the west coast of Greenland or outside the Azores, After replenishing the fuel, they continued to carry out the operation of breaking the diplomatic relations, or swaggered back to the German mainland and the only Normandy dockyard occupied by the Germans capable of repairing a behemoth like Bismarck.
John Tovey nodded helplessly, under the pressure of his superiors, John Tovey had to set an example, at least the battleship George V had to stay here and continue to wait for the Governor's Palace to send the equipment and testers.
But if the Bismarck could not be intercepted, the merchant ship that left the escort would be as dangerous as a hungry wolf-like pirate as a defenseless maiden with a huge amount of gold on her back. But to re-intercept the Bismarck and try to sink her, it would be necessary to redeploy the Royal Navy ships scattered throughout the North Atlantic. It was also the first Admiral Dudley. Admiral Pound's choice was a last resort. This, John. Tovey could understand, but the only thing John Tovey couldn't understand was why the battle order specifically stated that the battleship George V had to stay in this area.
"George, do you know anything about the personnel and equipment sent by the Governor's Palace?" John. Tovey asked casually, and as soon as the words fell, John. Tovey regretted it, although the girl in front of him was born from the Governor's Palace, but for the people he knew in the Governor's Palace, there were only a few scientists involved in the scientific research program and her, and he seemed to have asked a fruitless answer, John. Tovey thought bitterly.
However, George V did not hesitate for a moment, and replied without thinking, "I am not familiar with the equipment sent by the Governor's Palace, but it is said that it is Her Royal Highness the princess who led the team." ”
At the mention of Her Royal Highness the Princess, George V showed an imperceptible smile, and even the tone of his voice seemed to be a little lighter, "After all, in a way, she is an angel......