Chapter 190: Spotted by the enemy

If a full-scale war breaks out, Germany will still have a shortage of five million tons of oil per year, why is this happening? With Li Mo, a traverser, will it still be like this, isn't this looking for death? Traversers are not omnipotent. This article was first published by Germany's annual civilian oil consumption of 10 million tons, military does not count, and Germany's oil sources, in 39 years, for example, Romania imported 3 million tons of oil, (Romanian oil field production of 10 million tons, shares belong to many countries), Germany coal to oil this year can produce 3 million tons, straw production 2 million tons, (both of which are increasing at a rate of 1 million tons per year), Germany has a shortage of 4 million tons of civilian oil every year, not counting the military, but these six million tons of oil sources will not be blocked now. (Real Data)

Other oil is imported from the Soviet Union and other European and American countries, these sources of oil are still guaranteed in peacetime, but in wartime they will be immediately cut off, 39 years Germany is frantically importing all kinds of materials, especially oil, at this time Germany has oil reserves? Five million tons, (real data), according to the calculation of 1.8 million tons consumed by the German people per month, Germany's oil reserves are at most three months, so Chamberlain also asserted not long ago that Germany did not dare to invade Poland, because as long as Britain blocked the German route, Germany, which could not obtain oil, would soon collapse because of the lack of oil, even if Germany's armor torrent was strong, without fuel it could only be a pile of scrap iron.

Schmidt was in charge of the fuel at the time of loading, and in this large-scale operation, all the fuel reserves in the port of Kiel were loaded at one time, while the other German warships only needed a small amount of fuel. It can be seen how tight the fuel in Germany is, that is, every drop of fuel is a huge savings. It's no wonder that Schmidt would give such an order, Li Mo didn't think so, if there was no oil, he would grab it, and if Germany in history did not grab oil, it did not mean that he could not grab it. Anyway, Li Mo already has his own line and strategic direction to grab oil.

Of course, Schmidt also received Limer's order, which made Schmidt only mumble Limer's order:

"I really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are." The fuel brought by this operation was relatively sufficient, and Schmidt did not question Li Mo's order, after all, doing a good job in the air defense of the fleet is also crucial to the safety of the entire fleet.

Soon the patrol aircraft reported that they were two Norwegian reconnaissance planes. Patrolling aircraft requested to deal with comments.

When Li Mo knew that it was a Norwegian plane. Just began to weigh the pros and cons, Norway is a Nordic country that wears the same pants as Britain and France, and their intelligence system must also be linked to the British intelligence system, these two Norwegian reconnaissance planes. Most of them were entrusted by the British. came to investigate. In that case, why did Li Mo go to expel or shoot down the Norwegian plane! Not at all necessary. The Norwegian wanted to report the news, so he told him.

"Order, inform two Norwegian reconnaissance aircraft on the international common communication channel that our army is conducting sea trials and training. In order to avoid accidents, please do not come within 10 nautical miles of the aircraft carrier formation, and at the same time let the patrol planes follow them, and if there is any attempt to attack the two reconnaissance planes, shoot them down immediately. ”

Li Mo's meaning is very clear, you Norwegians can come and see it if you want to, but please don't get too close, so as not to suddenly attack and catch me off guard.

The two Norwegian reconnaissance planes immediately received the news from the international public radio channel that the red line set by Germany for them this time was relatively low, and as long as they were not 10 nautical miles away from the aircraft carrier formation, there was nothing to do; the two Norwegian planes that were responsible for the reconnaissance mission, regardless of the number of German fighters escorted, came towards the aircraft carrier formation, and the two Norwegian reconnaissance planes were indeed shocked by the German aircraft carrier formation 10 nautical miles away.

More than a dozen huge aircraft carriers are parked with two kinds of planes on their huge bodies, and there are countless planes conducting take-off and landing training, and the aircraft carriers are surrounded by dozens of destroyers, and at the same time, there are submarines that have surfaced, and dozens of planes patrolling in the air. The most attractive thing is what kind of ugly FW61 helicopters, almost flying close to the water, this thing has also been published in the newspapers, only Germany can produce a kind of aircraft that can take off and land vertically and hover, these helicopters are flying close to the surface of the water, of course, searching for submarines.

After completing the reconnaissance, the Norwegian plane hurriedly left, and at the same time sent what it saw to Britain, and the course of the aircraft carrier formation was of course reported emphatically. It seems that these Norwegians are just here to confirm the news published in the German newspapers, to see if the German aircraft carrier formation really went to the Arctic Ocean for sea trials, since the situation is true, then there is no need to make a fuss, but the German army in Germany has built more than a dozen aircraft carriers in a few months, which still surprised the Norwegians. Although some aircraft carriers are converted from merchant ships, Germany's strong industrial capabilities can also be seen.

In the next few days, Norwegian planes came to reconnoiter every day, everyone was careful and vigilant, Li Mo was not afraid of the Norwegians' reconnaissance, and now he had not entered the Arctic Ocean, Li Mo would not do anything to any country, so there was no need for secrecy.

On 23 August, after Li Mo sailed out of the Norwegian coastline with the aircraft carrier group, the Norwegian planes did not come, but the helicopter found a submarine of unknown nationality in the air, which was discovered when it was 20 nautical miles away from the aircraft carrier formation and had risen to the periscope depth.

"Report to the commander-in-chief that a submarine of unknown nationality has been discovered, twenty nautical miles southeast of our aircraft carrier formation."

"Order the patrol aircraft to go to support, and at the same time use the long-range unlimited nationality public channel to notify the underwater unidentified submarine to surface immediately, otherwise it will be regarded as an attack attempt and will be sunk immediately."

The reinforcement of the aircraft carrier formation is extremely fast, and the JU87s patrolling above the aircraft carrier formation are all flying with bombs, and under their wings are hanging five 200-kilogram depth charges, which are specifically aimed at submarines, and if they explode ten meters away from the submarine, the submarine will be destroyed.

Li Mo also went to Zeppelin's command tower after giving the order, and the deputy commander-in-chief Stephen was responsible for the first-line command, so his post was usually in this open-air command tower, and Li Mo was responsible for strategic command, such as when and where the entire formation would sneak attack the British home fleet, Li Mo had the final say, and Stephen was responsible for arranging aircraft sorties.

The two of them can be said to have a clear division of rights and responsibilities, and Li Mo's task is certainly not easy, and coordinating the anti-submarine air defense of the entire fleet is also a very cumbersome job, but now it is just a normal sea trial, and there is no important combat mission.

"Commander-in-chief, why did you come here, I am here, don't worry!"

"Thank you, my brother."

…… (To be continued......) u