When Churchill learned of the German naval dispatch, Lütjens was on the bridge of the aircraft carrier Zeppelin, wiping down his brand new Knight's Iron Cross of Oak Leaf Sword. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The order of issuance signed by the Führer himself, so that he and his partner Hines both hung this enviable military medal of honor.

Outside the porthole, it was still pitch black. The entire fleet couldn't see the battleships in the distance at all because of the lighting control.

However, the German Navy has a new technology called radar, which allows these warships to "see" each other in the dark. Directional light signals are used for communication, and radio silence is not easily broken unless it is a last resort.

"With the last operation, this time the top brass of the Navy really no longer worries about whether the fleet will go or not." Hines looked at Lütjans in front of him with a smile and opened his mouth to find a topic.

In the second half of the night, both of them had to go to sleep, but now because the mood of going to sea has not calmed down, the two of them temporarily played the role of officers on duty on the bridge.

"No one will doubt the Führer's eyes anymore, at least there will be no more such stubborn guys on the part of the Navy." Lütjans put down his medal and said to Hines.

His record has convinced everyone, including Raeder, that the radar plus carrier-based aircraft system is impressive.

This time when he went to sea, Raeder raised his hands to support, without the slightest intention of making things difficult. The navy has never raised its eyebrows like this, and naturally hopes that Lu Teyans will achieve better results.

"The British must have understood some of our tactics." Hines looked at Lytjens worriedly and expressed his uneasiness.

To put it bluntly, no matter how well the German Navy fought, it was only a partisan force that ran fast and saw far. Once the other side saw through the dependence of the German Navy, the absolute disadvantage in strength was still a huge gap that could not be eliminated.

In any case, the navy did not challenge the strength of the British main fleet, and at present, it seems that even if the British navy does not count the warships under construction of the British navy, the German navy will have to annihilate three times the number of British naval warships that are its own, so that it can be regarded as barely gaining some advantages......

Isn't this a joke, just ask Guderian or Manstein, or Rommel, these famous German army generals, whether they are willing to command their troops and fight against four times the enemy, and you can understand the embarrassment of Lütjens now.

"I know this, too, but now that we have an advantage, if we don't continue to fight, what will we do to serve the Führer?" Lu Teyans sighed helplessly and said with a wry smile.

Of course, Lu Teyans knew that his fleet was actually not sufficient, at most it was Cheng Biting Jin's three-plate axe, although it looked powerful, but there were no other tricks.

However, he also knew that his fleet, with the power of great victory, was now in a period of strength, and if he did not continue to act and expand the results of the battle at this time, how could he sit back and wait for the enemy to come to his senses?

The current British Navy will take more time than the German Navy. Once the British Navy deployed more or less the same number of fighters on the aircraft carriers, the only qualitative advantage of the German Navy ceased to exist.

At that time, the enemy's fleet was chasing and intercepting, and the German Navy could only rely on a Zeppelin aircraft carrier to barely support it, and that was to really fall into passivity.

Therefore, in Lütjans's view, even if the navy only has three axes, it is necessary to use these three axes to inflict as much damage as possible on the British navy in the shortest possible time.

Only in this way would the German Navy be able to buy itself more time even if it was reinvigorated.

And for the German Navy, more time means more submarines and more warships.

"In a short period of time, British aircraft carriers could not be equipped with better fighters, which gave us a time difference." Lütjans looked at Hines and continued, "You know more about this than I do. ”

Hines nodded and said approvingly: "Yes, now this is our only advantage - advanced carrier-based aircraft, fighters capable of shooting down enemy carrier-based aircraft." ”

"The Air Force assured us that the British would not be able to come up with advanced carrier-based aircraft to target us within half a month." Hines was born in the Air Force, so he naturally trusts the Air Force more.

Including Lütjans, they were pleased with the Luftwaffe's recent performance. The air defense of the port of Brest was foolproof, shooting down hundreds of aircraft of the British Air Force.

In particular, in that mysterious night battle, I heard that the British Air Force had canceled even the plan to bomb the Netherlands and other places, and not a single reconnaissance plane had recently flown into the airspace over the German occupation zone.

In fact, Lu Teyansi and others did not know, but the news that Li Le knew was that the British Navy was also developing radar, and compared with advanced carrier-based aircraft, the British Navy was still very enthusiastic about radar.

If nothing else, in a few months the British Navy will also be equipped with its own radar, and the radar superiority of the German Navy will cease to exist by that time.

It's just that these radars, like the radars that Germany is equipped with now, are early radar systems that do not perform very well, and their accuracy and reliability are not very good.

They can neither be used as fire control radars to direct fire, nor can they accurately obtain the opponent's position, but can only simply tell the user: the enemy is coming......

On the other hand, Germany's superiority in advanced carrier-based aircraft may have to continue for a little longer. Although the British Navy's Sea Hurricane project is progressing well, the Sea Hurricane is clearly no match for the German FW-190T.

The only thing that can reassure Britain is that the German Navy has only one aircraft carrier, and even if two or three Sea Hurricanes are exchanged for one FW-190T fighter of the German Navy, the British Navy has a chance of winning.

In fact, the British Royal Navy had a plan to entangle German naval fighters with sea hurricanes, and then use battleships to divide the winner......

If the German Navy carrier-based aircraft were unable to shoot down the British Sea Hurricane fighter in time, the position of the German fleet was not a secret.

After confirming the position of the German fleet, the shortcomings of the short legs of the British fleet could be compensated for by maneuvering in advance.

This is a battle plan formulated by the British Navy against the German Navy in the short term, provided that it must have its own radar and advanced carrier-based aircraft such as the Sea Hurricane.

It is a pity that under the jamming bombardment of the Luftwaffe, the experiment and production of the modified Sea Hurricane are far away, and there is no hope in sight for at least a month.

"Report!" A German naval officer came up, stood behind Hines and Lütjens, stood up and saluted, and said, "Long live the Führer!" Just confirmed information, we have avoided the second British submarine. ”

"They didn't notice us, did they?" Lutyans took the report and asked his men.

The other party raised his chin and replied proudly: "Report sir, we have maintained a distance of at least 20 kilometers from the enemy, and we should not be detected." ”

To tell the truth, if there was no radar system, while maintaining radio silence and light control, Lu Teyans was very afraid of the cold arrow sneak attack of the opponent's submarine.

With radar, this problem is much easier to solve -- even if the submarine has only one periscope exposed on the sea, the effective distance at which the radar can detect the submarine is much longer than the attack distance from which the submarine launches a torpedo.

That night, the German fleet got rid of the tracking of the British submarine forces, and because of the radar, the German fleet was able to find the British submarine at a distance of about 20 kilometers.

British submarines do not dive at night, and in order to maintain observation, they are more likely to be semi-submersible or float on the surface of the water as a whole.

But on the German radar screen, such a huge reflection, it is almost impossible to confuse with other clutter. So the German fleet easily dodged these submarines and safely rushed to the Atlantic Ocean.

In the same way, that night, the entire Atlantic, because of Charles's order to make an improvised deployment, was thrown into chaos.

The convoy that could not have hit the German submarines was attacked by wolves as they went north or south. Various reports were dissatisfied with the Atlantic, leaving Charles anxious and regretting.

Several convoys had been attacked by German submarines, and larger convoys were trying to find ways to assemble and form larger flotillas to ensure their own safety.

The AK-1 and AK-2 were attacked by German submarines at the same time, losing seven transports before they barely converged and drove away the surrounding German submarines.

Such losses continued throughout the night, and until dawn the British were not fully assembled.

Of course, such delays have caused confusion in the arranged transportation plan, and the losses caused cannot be counted.

Similarly, the location of the German fleet remained unknown, and the British fleet could only follow the predetermined route and move closer to its own convoy.

"The fleet of the Germans has not yet been found?" Looking at the bright sky, British Admiral Phillips asked the officer behind him.

"Nope! Sir! With the exception of the submarines in charge of surveillance outside the port, the submarine cordon on the perimeter of Brest did not detect the German naval fleet. An officer in charge of liaison reported from standing next to Phillips.

The fleet that could not find the Germans was almost exactly the same as the last time the British fleet surrounded and suppressed the German fleet on three sides.

Now that it was daybreak, the sea conditions were much better than the last - the Germans could take off carrier-based aircraft, drive out British reconnaissance planes, and attack British convoys at long distances.

Thinking of this, Phillips, who was hurrying to the meeting point, felt a faint uneasiness in his heart.

He was really a little worried, worried that his fleet, in the face of such a strange opponent, would make some fatal flaws at a critical moment.