"If you are all right, then we are like this, the first, third, and fourth detachments of General Moore are each assigned to a seaplane carrier, and the light cruiser detachment is deployed in the predetermined sea area, and we use a new frequency of secrecy to make contact, and besides, take note, we have more time to drive the German fleet to the far sea to the north, and they will certainly not hold out longer than we do, so we must have confidence. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info If there is no problem, then let's go! Lieutenant General Thomas said, and with his order, the First Battle of the Norwegian Sea began!

2 days later, the Norwegian Sea. Two large figures and a smaller figure emerged from the morning fog, and the two battlecruisers under Hipper's command cut through the rough waves of the North Sea with their bows as sharp as long knives and made their way to the north. At the head of the pack was the Moltke, Germany's most elite battle cruiser, and behind was the original German battle cruiser, the Blucher. They were followed by a light cruiser.

"Send a signal to Colonel Helhouse and ask how their ship is doing." Von Moltke, who served as captain of the Moltke. Colonel Lefetsov ordered. Because just yesterday, in order to be able to catch the fleet carrying supplies to Russia, the two German battlecruisers have maintained a high speed of more than 23 knots, and today, the cutting-edge Moltke is better, but Blucher is already a little tired, and a steam pipe has also had problems due to excessive pressure, so the fleet has been reduced to 20 knots in the last few hours.

"Captain Helhouse replied that the ship's fault has been eliminated and can continue to maintain a speed of more than 23 knots." A moment later, an officer said.

"Well, send a telegram to General Hipper, everything will go according to plan, from now on we will return in 5 days. If nothing else, we will contact you once a day. "Feng. Colonel Lefetsov ordered. The reason for this is actually to allow the naval headquarters to keep abreast of the movements of the fleet, in the North Sea, the German fleet will not easily send reports, but in the Norwegian Sea, in this wider water, it should be no problem....... However, this time is different.

"It's the devil's whisper! The Germans have arrived! "About 50 nautical miles from the German fleet, the Queen Elizabeth and the Malaya under Thomas's direct command, as well as four light cruisers. Ten destroyers and one seaplane carrier were cruising at low speeds, while to the east of them, a convoy of transport ships was speeding towards Norwegian territorial waters.

Because the British never knew the principle of the new cipher used by the German Navy, they naturally could not decipher this non-simple replacement code, so they called this code the Devil's Whisper, which means that only the Abyssal Devil can understand it, which cannot be deciphered by humans.

"Very well, let the decoy fleet send another report, colleagues rule the third detachment, and get the two new queens of Prestige and Counterattack ready, and if we lose them, then we need to make up for them. 1 hour later, a seaplane was dispatched for tracking. The fleet turned to the south 3 compass points, and that's it. ”

Lieutenant General Thomas ordered. A moment later, Thomas's fleet, having received the order, began to rush towards the German fleet at a speed of more than 20 knots, and at this time, because of the morning fog, the visibility of both sides was greatly reduced, and if you wanted to spot a large battleship in the distance, the distance between the two sides would probably be close to within 15 kilometers. And it was for this reason that Thomas asked for the seaplane to be sent after a while.

Although there was a radio side in this era, it was normal for the deviation to be a few degrees, and Thomas could only know the approximate location of the opponent, and in the case of low visibility, he could only order the destroyers and light cruisers to disperse, and pull a wide cordon in front of the two capital ships, searching for the opponent's traces like the tentacles of an octopus. And this time Thomas was lucky, and after about 1 hour of sailing, a light cruiser located in the southeast direction found the target.

As the last light cruiser before the British went to war, the British, who had no fuel crisis at the time, equipped this cruiser with an all-oil boiler, so it could hide itself better. As the sea breeze gently blew away the morning mist nearby, Major Wintour was surprised to find that less than 12 kilometers from his left chord, two huge figures spitting smoke were speeding north!

"Send a report to Lieutenant General Thomas immediately, and say that we have caught our opponent!" Major Wintour immediately ordered. The British fleet, using the new frequency bands, managed to evade the radio detection of the Germans this time, and they spotted their opponents half an hour before the Germans. Major Wintour did a good job, and when he found his opponent, he didn't want to shoot, and quietly followed. But unexpectedly, a British destroyer also discovered the German fleet, but unfortunately, this destroyer was not equipped with new radio equipment, so a telegram revealed that there was a British fleet nearby!

"There seem to be British battleships around us!" An officer was on von. Colonel Lefetsov said. "It's very close, probably at 9 o'clock, and it's estimated that it's no more than ten kilometers!"

"Hold the grass, what's the situation?!" Colonel Lefetsov's brain began to spin rapidly, and if he could find them at such a close range, and he didn't find them, it was probably not a large battleship. However, in this case, did the British warn the surrounding merchant ships, or did they keep an eye on themselves?

"We've spotted prey, and if the weather is good today, they should be within range of our main guns." Thomas rubbed his hands together excitedly when he received the telegram. "Immediately give an order to the fleet, outflank the German fleet, Queen, prepare for battle!"

When the morning fog was gradually blown away by the sea breeze, the German fleet finally spotted the surrounding British battleships, and this sight directly startled Colonel Lefetsov, because in the field of vision, he saw at least 3 British battleships! If these little things are not in the brain, then the main British fleet is next to them!

And at the sea level, there is really a shallow column of smoke that is rapidly approaching him, and the distance between the two sides is about 22 kilometers at most!

"Alright, let's go." Lefetsov's level was still sufficient, although he couldn't see the incoming ship clearly, but he could already guess that it was the queen. As for the reason? To put it simply, the smoke emitted from coal-burning warships other than the queen is not like this! And for an assault ship, it is the basic principle not to face the opponent's capital ship as much as possible, and if it encounters an invincible one, Lefetsov can easily clean it up, and other than that, try not to fight.

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