Chapter Eighty-Three: Discovery (I)
Just as the girl was going to ask John. As Tovey said goodbye, the footsteps grew louder and louder, and with a rush of footsteps, his adjutant Arrin hurried in.
Holding a telegram from the H Fleet in his hand, his expression was so excited that even George V noticed it, Yarlin glanced at George V, nodded and said hello, which was unusual in George V's impression, because Yarlin's calmness was famous in this fleet, maybe there was really some good news this time.
Originally, it was so late that the officers had nothing important to do and would not put John. Tovey woke up from his sleep, a good battleship is naturally paired with excellent staff officers, they can make a reasonable judgment about the current battle situation, and only when it is time to decide whether the plan can be implemented, they will trouble the veteran to personally come out and make the most appropriate judgment for the whole plan.
But this point John. Tovey's lack of rest was unexpected, but thinking about the recent events, it was only natural that His Excellency the Commander had not gone to bed.
Yarlin thought as he handed the telegram in his hand to John. Tovey, after sorting out his thoughts, added, "Your Excellency, Commander, this is the report we just received, the H Fleet has discovered the Bismarck!" ”
Although the telegram had been roughly read on the way to the captain's room, it was still read in the presence of John Murphy. Yarlin could not contain the joy in his heart when Tovey's face repeated it, and what exciting news it was that the German fleet, which had disappeared from the sight of the British fleet soon after the Battle of Denmark, was once again in sight of the Royal Fleet.
This means that in the vast ocean, they finally have a goal, so will the artillery fire of revenge be far away?
Arlin's fists clenched subconsciously, and the image of Bismarck being besieged by dozens of warships already appeared in his mind.
John. Tovey took the telegram from Yarlin's hand, and before he had time to look at it, he pointed to the chart next to him and said, "Where did they find the Bismarck?" ”
Yarlin looked at the chart in front of him, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately said, "Their location is here, according to your order, the aircraft carrier Ark Royal led by Vice Admiral Somerville has been conducting a carpet search of the surrounding sea area, and Miss Ark Royal's goblin can detect fluctuations unique to the juvenile martial spirits within a certain range, and this fluctuation cannot be hidden, which provides a certain advantage to our search work, and finally five minutes ago, they found the German fleet in this position." ”
"According to their current route, their ultimate destination is Saint-Nazaire, which is about 1,600 nautical miles away, but of course this is only the personal inference of their subordinates."
"That's right, in the case of a heavy blow in the Danish Strait, it is the wisest choice to abandon the operation to break diplomatic relations and return to Saint-Nazaire, unlike us, the Germans have very few ships, and they cannot afford to gamble." John. The corners of Tovey's mouth rose slightly, this time, he was right!
"Wait, you just said the German fleet?" Thoughtful John. Tovey immediately noticed Yarlin's mistake, "The battleship Bismarck should be acting alone now, and the only German fleet that carried out the operation to break the diplomatic relationship was the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prince Eugen, this is the last information that the Prince of Wales gave us!"
They didn't have any surface ships except for an unknown number of German submarines, and the Prinz Eugen was the one who sank the Black Pearl, and judging from our current distance from the Bismarck, it should be impossible for the Prinz Eugen to join Bismarck,"
"In fact, we found three surface ships...... "looked at John Murphy. Tovey's expression was getting worse and worse, and Arlin's face was getting paler, none of them were idiots, and after getting the latest information on the German fleet, they also discovered a chilling thing, in the personal account of Jack, the captain of the Black Pearl who had been killed, they had mistakenly concluded that Bismarck was the culprit in the attack on the Black Pearl.
Logically inferred, if the Bismarck, which had lost a large amount of fuel, was to continue to carry out the operation of breaking diplomatic relations, oil was an indispensable strategic resource, and at the critical moment when a large number of British fleets were chasing and intercepting Bismarck, the Bismarck had no chance to join up with the supply ships according to the original plan, which was impossible.
If the Germans had really taken the lead in arranging supply ships on the ocean in this operation, they would have been discovered long ago under a search of this scale. Tovey they came to their conclusions. (The Bismarck is located closer to Johann. Home fleet led by Tovey)
However, the reconnaissance mission that was originally carried out just in case revealed a terrifying fact, the detachment plan of the German fleet was no longer logically feasible, assuming that the Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen sank the Black Pearl, but how did they manage to run so fast in more than a day, even if the Bismarck was moving at full speed, this distance could not be completed in more than a day.
"In other words, the Germans actually sent four warships to carry out the operation to break the diplomatic relations?" Look at John. With the pale faces of Tovey and Yarlin, George V on the side asked suspiciously.
John. Tovey and Yarlin nodded at George V at the same time, and the eyes of several people converged on the charts again. Tovey said, "George, please go to the telegraph room first, I now need information on the waterway between Pentland Bay, between the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands, between the Shetland Islands and the Faroe Islands, between the Faroe Islands and Iceland, and all the suspected German surface ships passing through the Danish Strait between Iceland and Greenland within a week, and if any suspicious targets appear, report to me immediately, and at the same time inform the naval command that we are in big trouble!" ”
The girl nodded, and she immediately disappeared into a burst of golden particles into the air, realizing the seriousness of the problem.
"At least our guesses are partially correct, no matter what the battleship that sank the Black Pearl is, it will not be able to chase down the current location of the German fleet in a day, and the battleship loaded with Enigma and the Philosopher's Stone is still in the waters near us, maybe this is a once-in-a-lifetime plan......"
John Tovey breathed a sigh of relief, "The speed of the aircraft carrier Victory has reached 31 knots, within this range, immediately carry out carpet reconnaissance, the Victory is also one of the results of the ideal township plan, as the ship spirit of the aircraft carrier, it is not self-awakening, it is enough to have a sensitivity to the fluctuations of the martial spirit in the juvenile stage, so start the reconnaissance immediately." ”