"I'm not telling you to go to the British fleet for a decisive battle! Why are you so resistant? Li Le looked at Raeder helplessly, as well as the other admirals, and said helplessly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

He pointed to the map at sea and roughly drew a route: "As long as the secrecy is done well and the operation starts at night, the fleet will not be in danger of being discovered by the enemy all the way to the Danish Strait!" ”

At this point, he raised his head and looked at Raeder: "Doesn't your navy also have calculations and admit that this hypothesis is valid?" ”

"Yes, my Führer, when the fleet marches to the Danish Strait, we will be spotted by the British submarine and cruiser patrols...... It's a definite thing. Raeder admitted, depressed.

He had stressed this problem countless times, and it was precisely because the fleet had not yet entered the North Sea that it would be discovered by the British patrol network, so he thought that the plan of a surprise attack on the Atlantic route would not work at all.

As soon as the British discovered the movements of the German fleet, they would send out battleships and aircraft carriers to intercept the German fleet near the North Sea.

It would be a hard-fought naval battle, and eventually the German fleet would suffer losses and be forced to retreat to its place of departure......

The best-case scenario would be to fight the Second Battle of Jutland, in which Germany would have the tactical advantage but lose strategically.

In a worse case, it would be even more desperate - Germany would lose the "presence fleet" that had been built up with great difficulty, and lose any possibility of continuing the war at sea......

Whether it was a good result or a bad outcome, as a field marshal of the German Navy, as commander-in-chief of the Navy, Raeder was not willing to choose.

"Now that our fleet has access to the wider North Sea, this plan has been established!" Li Le heard Raeder's affirmation, smiled and said his estimate.

The expression on Raeder's face became even more depressed when he heard the Führer's optimistic speculation - is he the admiral? Isn't his speculation as good as an infantryman who has only served as a corporal?

He had a premonition that the German fleet would be surrounded by the enemy fleet and even lose most of its warships, but the Führer did not believe his explanation and firmly believed that the fleet would break through in the North Sea......

"Whether the enemy's fleet is chasing us or searching for us, it relies on radars and aircraft!" Li Le looked at Raeder, as well as the admirals below, and spoke about his basis.

As he spoke, the Führer pointed to the map in front of him and drew a rough radius on it with his hand: "The detection range of the radar is 40 kilometers, and it is not stable. ”

With that, the Führer walked up to Raeder and continued: "Just by keeping in touch with our fleet with radar, you have to get close to a range of 40 kilometers!" ”

"Our battleships are all refitted, they are equipped with radar! When they can find us, we have already found them! As Li Le said this, he slapped his hand on Marshal Raeder's table.

Raeder frowned when he heard Li Le slap the table, but he knew that the Führer was right, at least technically invulnerable.

Compared to the Luftwaffe, the German Navy was one of the earliest supporters of radar systems. So Raeder also has a deeper understanding of radar technology than Goering - but only "some".

The German Navy was the first branch of the German armed forces to be equipped with radar technology, and when radar was installed on the German-class pocket battleships, it was kept secret for a long time.

Because of this, Raeder was very happy when Li Le was refitting German warships and equipping them with radar -- at least in terms of search and guerrilla warfare, the German Navy's radar was effective in actual combat.

The Scharnhorst burst cruiser relied on the superb command of Lütjens and its own radar detection to evade the encirclement and suppression of the enemy army and fled all the way to the port of Brest.

"Before, because cruisers had high speeds, our battleships could only endure the tracking and tailgating of these battleships!" Li Le looked at Raeder and said his plan: "But now, you have the ability to expel these cruisers, what are you afraid of leaking your whereabouts?" ”

In fact, Li Le's tactics are not profound. Most of the ships in his fleet have radars, and carrier-based aircraft can patrol farther away, so if the other side wants to keep an eye on this fleet, they must enter the strike range of German carrier-based aircraft.

Li Le trusts his naval aviation very much, and the combination of Stuka and the butcher bird can certainly deal with any target from the air in the Atlantic!

Even if the Spitfire fighter took off from the British mainland, in the face of the German FW-190T fighter, there is no advantage to take advantage of, right?

What's more, Li Le is sure that the British Navy at this stage only has outdated second-rate goods such as sea fighters and swordfish!

Because of the radar and advanced carrier-based aircraft, the German fleet could easily eat the enemy patrol aircraft and the destroyer cruisers that followed it.

As for the huge size of the British battleships...... Which one can catch up with the German fleet in Li Le's hands?

You must know that the German Navy warships are all designed for guerrilla warfare, including aircraft carriers, all warships can run at a high speed of more than 25 knots!

Britain wants to intercept such a fleet, it is simply a dream! The speed of the big ship is not enough, and it can't be stopped! The boat can catch up but can't beat it!

As when Bismarck went to sea, the British did not have many options. The saddest thing is that the tactics that originally relied on the swordfish to paralyze Bismarck are now simply not working!

This is Li Le's tactics, a set of tactics that are also guerrilla, but very technical. Li Le wants to use radar and carrier-based aircraft to cooperate to eat the cruiser patrol net that the other party uses as eyeliner and the reconnaissance plane that arrives!

After taking out this reconnaissance network, Li Le's fleet would head west into the Atlantic to fish and hunt, sinking any merchant caravans it saw.

And then before the enemy surrounds it, find a gap and use high speed to easily break through - as for the carrier-based aircraft of the British...... In front of the FW-190T is not a threat at all!

However, this set of tactics that seems to be very perfect is actually based on Li Le's trust in carrier-based aircraft!

The Führer is a person who has traveled from the future seventy years later, and his understanding of the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers is certainly not comparable to that of Raeder and others.

So when Li Le was sure that his aircraft carrier could be used as one as ten, Raeder and the others thought that this was not such a thing.

"Führer! Your speculation is too absolute! The take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft is affected by wind and waves, our fleet has been moving at high speed, the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers is not yet clear, and the tactical ...... is completely based on the aircraft carrier."

As a marshal, as a commander-in-chief of the navy, it is impossible for him to accept that he will pile all his family resources around a new technology weapon and fight a naval battle that he has not verified.

Even in Taranto, in the Mediterranean, the British used aircraft carriers, but the results of their combat operations were quite limited!

And on the German side, there is also the great record of the Scharnhorst sinking the British aircraft carrier Glory! That's why Raeder doesn't believe in the theory of aircraft carrier victory, he prefers to believe in the cannons on his battleship!

As for why the battleship was converted into an aircraft carrier, and why the battleship Zeppelin was so concerned - it was all about gaining air quotas for the Navy.

Raeder is willing to try new tactics, but he's still an old-school naval commander at heart. Let him give up the romance of a man with a big ship and a huge cannon, he still can't accept it.

Now that the Yuan wants to formulate a set of naval tactics around aircraft carriers, and even the safety of the fleet is pinned on an aircraft carrier, Raeder can't stand it.

"If you don't believe in the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers, then I'll put Zeppelin in command of Göring." Li Le looked at Raeder and said with a sneer.

After he finished speaking, without waiting for the admirals below to break free from the shock, he continued: "Even the ships that escort the aircraft carrier, I want it!" ”

Hearing the Führer say this, Raeder knew that the Führer was really determined to fight this naval battle. Although the Navy was not ready, there was no reason for him to refuse.

Even Raeder himself knew that it would take at least 1944 or even later to prepare the Navy. But the naval battle could not be delayed until that time, and sooner or later his navy would have to go to sea to fight and face the mighty British navy.

Running away can't change anything, sending one battleship to an adventure, and sending ten battleships to an adventure, this adventure is to be taken!

As a marshal, Raeder was more worried that the Führer had really lost naval command to the Air Force and handed it over to a group of Air Force commanders who didn't understand anything.

Compared with the old army, the navy has little confidence and stature, and it is on a par with the Führer. The current navy relies entirely on the support of the Führer for its own development, so the confrontation with the Führer can only be thought about in the head.

The army could bargain with the Führer with its vast base and aristocratic connections, ignoring the decisions of the Supreme High Command. But the navy can't do it, and the law is that the naval headquarters has to be transferred by the supreme command......

After all, I'm not in the Army. Raeder sighed in his heart, and then had to make a compromise with the Führer: "My Führer, of course your plan will be carried out by the Navy, it's just a lack of fuel and careful planning, so we need some more time!" ”

Seeing that it was not good, Raeder played the procrastination card, hoping to buy the Navy some more time. Of course, Li Le could see it, so he also cooperated to give his deadline: "Mid-November!" The Navy must take part in the battle! This is what you have to do! ”