In the port of Brest, the German battleship Bismarck was being repaired, and Lütjans, Heines and others had already taken the train back to Germany to receive the medal they deserved. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Those who remained on the docks were busy sailors and many officers on leave on standby. Compared to the British Navy, each of them had a smile on their face.

Can you not laugh? Every soldier and officer who participated in the naval battle had an exquisite commemorative medal, and everyone received a lot of reward materials.

It included two bags of flour, cigarettes and other household items, as well as beer in a makeshift bar in the port of Brest.

Everyone was excited, because they had just experienced a naval battle that challenged the strong, and they returned with victory, bringing glory to the whole of Germany.

"Hey! I say! I heard that some of the oil has arrived? An officer stood in the corner of the dock, lighting his cigarette and asking his friend.

His friend nodded, squinted at the sea breeze and replied, "Yes, two tankers came from Germany and brought in a large amount of fuel. ”

After finishing speaking, he paused and added: "The port I arrived in yesterday was divided up by the warships in the port today." ”

There were not many German naval warships assembled here, in fact, there were only a few warships in total.

However, these warships are all famous historical ships, and each of them has left its own figure in the history of World War II.

The aircraft carrier Zeppelin, two battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz, two battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the cruiser Prinz Eugen, as well as two German-class armored ships.

If you count the cruiser Nuremberg, which followed the soy sauce, Germany also had only nine large warships here, which was far from the maximum capacity of the port of Brest.

However, as soon as the ships entered the port of Brest, the German troops stationed there became nervous.

Because the fleet here is the large surface ship force of the German Navy, all the belongings. And this belongings are within the combat radius of British aircraft.

If one is not careful, these battleships will be destroyed by British aircraft, and the German Navy will lose a lot of combat effectiveness.

Therefore, compared to the navy on the dock and the laughter in the harbor, the coastal defense and air defense units, as well as the pilots and radar operators of the air force fighter units, are much more nervous.

"I heard that even the little oil left in the battleship Bismarck was divided?" The officer who lit the cigarette took a deep breath and exhaled a puff of smoke and said.

The other party nodded: "Yes, I did it in the morning, and it cost us a lot of things...... The fleet is in a hurry to leave the port, and it is too dangerous to stop here. ”

Due to the shortage of fuel, the Navy's fuel supply is still somewhat stretched. However, the Bismarck was not wounded, so it was logical to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, take Bismarck's fuel, and replenish Tirpitz.

Transporting large quantities of naval fuel to Brest is a very large and systematic project, so it consumes a lot of time, and the fleet operation cannot wait for such consumption.

The most efficient way is to get the navy to fight at sea again as soon as possible, and the port of Brest took advantage of this time to continue to replenish fuel for later use.

This time, it was still in the form of a fleet, including the aircraft carrier Zeppelin, the battleship Tirpitz, and two German battle cruisers.

The strength of the troops was similar to the previous dispatch, except that the battleship Bismarck was wounded and could only be absent from a new round of breaking the engagement.

With one less battleship and one battlecruiser added, the overall strength seems to have decreased, but after all, this time the environment is much better than the last one.

Brest's short voyage into the Atlantic, and the British early warning system was not perfect, which gave the German fleet a fairly flexible facility.

At the same time, the British Navy had just suffered heavy losses, and there were already very few warships capable of catching up with the German fleet. In this case, as long as the German Navy adhered to the fight-and-run guerrilla tactics, the risk would be very low.

Because of the existence of the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, the opponent's naval aviation was abolished, and the speed advantage of German ships became very obvious.

In the absence of natural predators, the German naval commanders jumped from conservative to radical at once.

Raeder used the naval reserve and ordered the naval forces to prepare for a second engagement cruise as soon as possible. He had already tasted the sweetness of this victory, and of course hoped that his navy would continue to improve.

Going to sea from Brest, you can enjoy a long period of fighter escort without risking passing through the opponent's tight blockade, which minimizes the risk.

Because of this, Raeder was full of confidence and was ready to send out the fleet in one go, defeat the British fleet again, and directly gain a local advantage.

"If it's as easy as going to sea this time, I think I can try it and go to sea again." The old god of the smoking officer took another puff of his cigarette and spoke.

"Of course, I also hope that this kind of fight will continue to be fought." The other officer nodded approvingly, with confidence and a smile on his face.

Of course! This kind of battle makes the opponent have no power to fight back, and can attack the opponent's warship all the way and return to the port safely, who doesn't want to fight is Sun Tzu!

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When Churchill convened another impromptu operational meeting, he came with the decision to reorganize the navy. Because of the failure of the first round-up of the German naval fleet, the British naval losses were so great that they had to be reorganized.

First of all, it was to strengthen the strength of the home fleet, leaving the battleships Barham and Sovereign on the home side, as was the Ark Royal.

Secondly, the dissolution of the Mediterranean Fleet, with Cunningham as commander-in-chief, was announced. Because there were no more ports in the Mediterranean, there was no need for the British Navy to keep this fleet.

Next, the remaining warships in the disbanded Mediterranean Fleet were replenished and strengthened to the H Fleet in Somerville to strengthen the defense of Gibraltar.

In this way, the British Home Fleet and the H Fleet were strengthened to a corresponding extent, but the Mediterranean Fleet was completely disbanded.

The main reason for this arrangement was, on the one hand, that the threat of a German landing in Britain began to increase as the British fleet was weakened and supplies began to run short of supplies on the mainland.

Therefore, Churchill and His Majesty the King, as well as the army, thought that it was a matter of course for the navy to strengthen its own forces.

At the same time, the pressure on Gibraltar's H Fleet has also increased, and its role in putting pressure on the Mediterranean Axis powers has been increased as never before, and strengthening its forces must be strengthened.

Therefore, the split of the Mediterranean Fleet is also recognized by the majority. When splitting the fleet, the top brass also shouted that this was a temporary decision in a state of war.

"After talking about this arrangement, then let's talk about the blockade of Brest, as well as the dispatch of the air force to attack the German fleet." Churchill said as he looked at the Air Force generals sitting next to him.

Everyone was silent, including Air Force Commander Dowding, who would likely serve as an escort.

The commanders of the Air Force know that in the present situation, it is not a good choice to take the initiative to attack, and to take the initiative during the day.

Dowding could now barely scrape together 300 escort fighters, most of them Hurricanes with poor performance and Spitfires, which were already well known to the Germans.

In the local air defense operation, if these planes are shot down, they can still keep the pilots from parachuting out of the battle, but if they are engaged in offensive operations, the downed pilots will not be able to come back......

American pilots would not help the British Air Force to bomb Brest, so the attack would have to rely on themselves.

If you think about it, based on the experience of the other side in intercepting the Berlin bombing, the bombing operation could make it impossible for at least 300 pilots, including the crew members of the bombers, to return home.

Not to mention that such a mission is really carried out, just think about the losses, and all the Air Force commanders present feel pain in the flesh.

Obviously, it was the Navy's unfavorable operations and the incident that had arisen caused it, and now the Air Force is going bankrupt to wipe the Navy's ass, how can the British Air Force generals present here not be slandered?

"Sir...... Our opinion is that the Navy will mine the port and the Air Force will send reconnaissance planes to guard the nearby waters to provide early warning to the Navy......," an Air Force general said, suggesting to Churchill.

Churchill looked at his subordinates, waved his hand and said, "I'm not asking for your opinion!" I am asking you to carry out this command! ”

Are you kidding? I ordered you to attack, and as a result, you arranged two reconnaissance planes for me, which is considered to be the completion of the mission?

Although he knew that the air force itself had been in a state of passive attack, Churchill still hoped that with an attack, the unfavorable situation of the Atlantic naval war could be reversed.

At the very least, an attack could be used to boost morale and put more pressure on Germany. In Churchill's view, it was much easier to bomb Brest by the sea than to bomb Berlin.

"Day bombing followed by night bombing! I'm going to turn Brest into a sea of fire! It's a must-do! Got it? Churchill opened his mouth to ask as he looked at all the Air Force officers, including Dowding.

Everyone knows that eighty percent of the Germans have laid out a net in Brest, but an order is an order, and even if they know that there will be losses, they must carry out the order.

In the Normandy landings, there were several landing sites in front of the heavily defended positions of the German army, could the troops who landed here refuse the mission?

"Sir, the Air Force will do what you want...... Within two days, the Air Force will be ready to carry out the mission you deployed to bomb Brest. In the end, the generals of the Royal Air Force chose to compromise.