Thus, the most absurd scene since the beginning of the war appeared on the waves of the North Sea. The two largest fleets in the world, www.biquge.info total tonnage of more than 2 million tons, the British and German fleets are looking at each other from a distance of about 25 kilometers! Both fleets seem to have an invisible line, and neither of them dares to cross the line easily. The British fleet was not in a very good state, so it did not want to take the initiative to fight, and the German fleet also had a ghost in mind, and delaying time was their first task!

In this way, the two sides did not do anything other than the light warship approaching and firing two guns. It was only when the sun was setting and darkness began to slowly envelop the North Sea that the German fleet turned away.

"The Germans are gone, it's time for us to go home, and the fact that we've all consumed thousands of tons of fuel without achieving anything is a little weird in itself." Charles. Vice Admiral Madden said with some uneasiness as he looked at the German fleet, which was gradually covered by the night.

"They're not going out and then turning around and coming back, choosing to fight at night, right?" Lieutenant General Jeram said with some concern.

"No, there are indeed slow-moving warships among them, and our reconnaissance aircraft identified most of the opposing warships. This time the number of capital ships of the Germans was between 18 and 20 units. We saw the first German Nassau-class battleships, but there were no dreadnoughts, so they would have been able to reach about 20 knots, and if they had thrown off the slow ones, they would have only 16 fast battleships, and those 16 would have to be more disadvantageous against our 25 capital ships and the armored cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers that far outnumbered them. No sane commander would have chosen it that way. And it's too late," Jericho said, shaking his head.

This point, Jericho's analysis is very correct, the current situation is that the Grand Fleet is not far from its anchorage, although the Grand Fleet deliberately lowered its speed in order to save fuel, but if the German fleet wants to catch up with the Grand Fleet before the Grand Fleet enters the warning area and fight a decisive battle, it is still very difficult, and must give up the slow warships, so that the disadvantage of the German fleet in numbers will be magnified, and close to the Shetland Islands, the British fleet can also get the help of seaplanes in the harbor, if the Germans do this, It is more likely that you will lose money, so Jericho was completely relieved after seeing the German fleet return.

"The German fleet is sending a telegram, which, judging by the characteristics of the call sign, should be their flagship." A moment later an officer said. The British still can't decipher the German telegrams, but just as everyone has fingerprints, some of the characteristics of radio transmitters are their telegram fingerprints! So the British can determine the identity of the other party from the difference in the smile that the dispatcher is used to!

"Where are they? What about our radio direction finding ?! Jericho asked.

"It's been 40 nautical miles south of where we last spotted them, and if we were going at 16 to 18 knots, they'd been going south after the departure of both fleets." The officer thought for a moment and said.

"That's good. It seems that this time the Germans are really gone. Jericho then instructed, "Send a telegram to General Thomas and tell them they can leave." After making sure that the German fleet was on its way home and that it was impossible to catch up with him, Jericho was finally relieved and let Thomas return to Forth Bay with the rest of the fleet.

At this time, if someone takes a look at the charts, then they can see that the route taken by Thomas's fleet is to first go northwest, and then turn southwest to the Forth of Forth! He actually walked on both sides of the triangle! Thomas's fleet is even further home, and if he sails at normal speed, Thomas will not be able to see the lighthouse of Forth Bay until noon tomorrow!

"Now, the action has just begun!" Looking at the charts showing the movements of the fleets of both sides, the prince said confidently. And the long-brewing Battle of Prometheus, the Fire Stealer, has finally begun! And just an hour earlier, the three battleships that had been brought out were on their way home with some light cruisers and destroyers, and on the way they were in contact with Wilhelmshaven in the name of the Bavaria, the flagship of the German High Seas Fleet! The telegram was intercepted by the British, unsurprisingly!

The 3 old dreadnoughts of the fifth battleship formation came out definitely not with a façade, but really performing a very important and special mission! They were to communicate with the headquarters with the call sign of the High Seas Fleet, and they had been withdrawing to the south, in order to convince the British that the High Seas Fleet had returned to port!

Of course, a mere radio contact was not guaranteed to deceive the British, after all, any warship could make contact with this call sign, and the British still deployed a number of submarines off the coast of Germany. If it's just two or three kittens, if people find out and send a report to the Grand Fleet, it is very likely that things will change, so this feint fleet must also be able to deceive the eyes of the British!

So the Germans made a certain improvement to these ships, for example, after nightfall, they erected a few planks and hung some light sources, so that if you look at a light cruiser from a distance, then the external outline of the ship is very close to that of the capital ship! In this way, the 3 capital ships of the feint fleet could become double-digit capital ships! It was impossible for the British submarines to see the entire fleet at night, after all, the distance was very large, and they only had to make sure that there was a large main fleet passing in front of them. As for determining what ship it is? Wash and sleep, it's impossible!

In fact, this camouflage has been practical after World War II, for example, the American Humvee, in the night, if a Humvee turns on the inside headlights, then it gives the other party the feeling of a small Jeep. And if you turn on the outer headlights, then just from the lights, it is somewhat close to the width of an armored car like the M113. And the Americans also took into account the confusing effect of light on the enemy when they designed the Humvee!

As for what the main fleet is doing? Naturally, I'm ready to open the film! At this time, the remaining main forces of the German High Seas Fleet were sailing fast in the direction of Forth Bay to the west! Among them, the first and second squadrons of battleships commanded by Vice Admiral Scheer and the detachment composed of two squadrons of light cruisers headed almost due north! Pointing straight in the direction of Forth Bay. And the 3rd Battleship Detachment and the Battlecruiser Detachment, commanded by Vice Admiral Hipper, first headed northwest for a while, and then waited for the opportunity to stand by! An hour ago, Operation Prometheus, the fire stealer that the prince had been planning for a long time, had finally begun!

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