Chapter 964: The Blockade Line That Exists in Name 2
The British read it right, it was indeed two, because Cedritz's behavior greatly inspired the enthusiasm of the Hipper's fleet to "hunt"! The British don't have fast battleships! If you really hit a nail, just run! The fact that the Cedritz had successfully turned in front of the British battleships many times greatly inspired Hipper and others. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Coupled with the great victory in the Battle of Hellgrand Bay, the German Navy's confidence was a little bursting, so, after Schell's application and the Kaiser's approval, the battle cruiser detachment finally had a greater right to act, of course, there was a premise that before the British battle cruiser repair was completed.
And this time, the two British super dreadnoughts met the Moltke and Goburn, thinking about the queens' encounters in the Indian Ocean, and then looking at their 12-inch armor belt, the two British battleships rationally chose to avoid, and then called friends to call the other two battleships, but at this time, people had already turned in. When the news finally reached the British Admiralty, Jericho finally realized that the North Sea blockade had collapsed.
At this time, Churchill proposed whether the Grand Fleet could be moved to the Shetland Islands to complete the blockade again, Jerichale said that he could try, but on the third day after the British Grand Fleet left Forth Bay, the capital ships of the German High Seas Fleet reappeared on the east coast of Britain, and then, after receiving the news, Jericho was forced to go back honestly and then squat in Forth Bay, before accumulating a new detachment of fast battleships, the North Sea blockade line and the security of the British coastal waters are a single choice question that cannot be both!
As a result, Jericho rejected Churchill's bad idea of splitting his troops in two ways, and remained firm in the Forth with the main fleet, maintaining a repressive twice-weekly patrol, and why he reduced the frequency back to the simple reason that there was not enough fuel to run out of ....... German submarines are too powerful!
However, after Ruprecht heard the news, he praised Jericho with regret, if Jericho didn't resist the pressure, or if he was dizzy and really divided his troops, the prince wouldn't mind returning to the port of Kiel immediately and taking the whole family of the High Seas Fleet to fight with Jericho! Otherwise, Jericho is also capable, even if Jericho and Betty don't have a good relationship, but at Jericho's funeral, Betty still attended it in person. This ability and the quality of not being afraid of pressure are worthy of admiration!
As a result, the final result was that the British almost temporarily abandoned the North Sea blockade, and a large number of supplies were transported to Germany in as long as two and a half months, which greatly increased Germany's war potential, so that later generations were divided into two factions when analyzing Operation Thunder Thurbrus, one faction believed that the prince led the German battleship detachment to severely damage the British fast fleet was the biggest result of the battle, while the other faction believed that the former was just a preparation to break the blockade line. The two sides fought over it, and it was a debate that spanned decades, from within the military to the newspapers, and then to the Internet, and then became an enduring topic. Neither side could convince the opponent.
Eventually, when the prince was asked this question, he replied unexpectedly: "If I agree with the former, then I will offend Marshal Hipper, if I say the latter, then I will offend Marshal Hipper, and if I say equally important, I will offend two competitive men, so I refuse to answer the question." "Of course, that's all for later, so let's not mention it for now.
But one way or another, the prince's goal was reached, the blockade was broken, and the British fleet was seriously underwhelmed in the number of fast battleships. To compensate for the lack of numbers, the queens had to leave the Indian Ocean and return to the North Sea. And the Suxiong fleet, which had been suppressed and had no choice, finally found a chance to go home.
Otherwise, Su Xiong is definitely first-class on the road. Look at the performance of other people's history, their own fleet was trapped in the Mediterranean, and then they were chased by the British Mediterranean fleet, the Suez Canal could not go, and the Italians were not allowed to enter the port, in an almost desperate situation, this guy could actually think of a way to run to Turkey! What is even more unbelievable is that he not only succeeded in retaining the fleet, but also took advantage of the situation to draw Turkey into the camp of the Allies, and indirectly led to the collapse of Russia! Mao Zi is finished, Su Xiong has at least 2 percent of the credit!
And this plane, Su Xiong also performed very well, after the two Scharnhorst-class fast battleships and the queens PK, Su Xiong's later days in February were so worrying, God knows when the other two queens will kill the door, if this is the case, I am afraid Su Xiong will send a letter: "The battleship has been bitten and will fight until the last moment." The telegram was up.
However, I have to say that Su Xiong still has a lot of ideas on the road, after the battle, he first went to the German East African colony, and after getting supplies, he went all the way south, nested in the sea near Mozambique for half a month, felt that the wind was a little tight, and continued to go south, and used the cover of the night to bypass the Horn of Africa and enter the Atlantic! And it's not too late, it's north to Namibia! Once again, it was reinforced, and then it went all the way west, into the seas off South America, and then it stayed there waiting for news .......
While a fleet of British battleships and auxiliary cruisers had turned almost the entire Indian Ocean over, Su Xiong was basking in ......the sun in the South Atlantic with two fast battleships. Su Xiong perfectly avoided the routes frequented by all the Entente fleets, and waited until the queens entered the Mediterranean before returning to the Indian Ocean .......
Later, Su Xiong, who had been promoted to general after the war, also wrote a book called "Extreme Escape 20,000 Miles". It is to tell about the Indian Ocean detachment in the war, and it is said that it sold well, and the manuscript fee was much higher than the salary......
By the way, there is a way Admiral did not say, that is, the Count of Spee who is in the Mediterranean, but compared with his colleagues in the North Sea and the Indian Ocean, the Count of Spee has not performed very well recently, and the French fleet has seen too much, they rely on a series of naval bases such as Alexandria and Malta Island, and locked the entrance and exit of the Aegean Sea, although the Count of Spee has carried out several tentative raids, but they have been blocked back.
Every time he saw at least double digits of former dreadnoughts and a dozen and a half armored cruisers behind the main forces of France, and more than 4 dozen destroyers, Count Spee, who did not even have 20 ships at one time, immediately had no desire to fight. The main force is 4 super dreadnoughts and 2 front dreadnoughts, how to fight this TM?
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