Chapter 857: The Battle of the Airships

The character of Germany itself is quite rigid, the Admiralty is a sophisticated machine, and after the powerful radio waves are connected to the German counterattack fleet and informed of the current situation, a series of orders are issued that spread throughout the far sea fleet.

They were rapidly advancing the counterattack fleet according to the established route, and were taken aback, and after a simple adjustment, they immediately turned around and headed towards a large-scale turn in the south, extremely decisively, at this time, they knew very well that any slightest hesitation would cause them to suffer a catastrophe.

Later, some naval experts commented that when this pursuit battle was more on the German side, reliable radios easily changed the tide of the war, and if the two sides stood under the situation of equal radio levels, the German counterattack fleet would definitely not be able to escape, because from the beginning of the war, the radio of the anti-submarine fleet would be transmitted to the surrounding fleets, and the encirclement would be earlier, faster, and more ships would pounce, and it would be impossible for that loophole to appear.

However, there is no if, Britain's radio technology and Germany's, in fact, more precisely, the radio technology of the northwest, are completely two different concepts, when Britain is only trying to use radio for military purposes, the northwest has moved towards practicality, radio from the corps to the subordination, step by step down, the smallest has been configured to the company level, it can be said that the command level is decentralized, the position is moved forward, this difference, even if the northwest to Germany is not the latest product, or based on the tube, However, in terms of reliability and stability to completely military standards, British radio was completely exploded.

At night, it may be the last chance. It was found by the German fleet, and at this time, the British fleet sailed for ten hours in a row. also arrived at the sea area where the accident occurred, although the sea was boundless, but more than 10 hours, it could not offset the traces of the war, countless oil slicks, blood stains, and broken fragments. All prove that there was a terrible battle here, and the British army of the entire fleet was annihilated. Not even a single ship ran away.

All the British sailors looked angrily at everything in front of them, their robes, their comrades. Yes, there is. It was absolutely unforgivable to be attacked by those hateful Germans, especially when the speedboats sent out did not find a single survivor, and this anger rose to the top.

This cannot be said to be the heaviest British loss since the beginning of the European War, in terms of tonnage, the loss of two old battleships. It's already bigger than that, but that's completely different. 10 ships are all cutting-edge warships, even among the auxiliary ships, they also belong to the strong combat effectiveness, 10 ships, hundreds of naval officers and men, especially Jesse, as the best of the listeners, his position is irreplaceable by others, one less one, even if the fleet is replenished, the anti-submarine fleet will always be one less.

From the beginning of the search for survivors, the search fleet began to contact the Admiralty, and it was a long time of contact, and finally after 40 minutes, the Admiralty was contacted, and the fleet reported what it saw, and the entire Admiralty was stagnant, the British Imperial Navy, crisscrossing the seas, for hundreds of years, was the master of the sea, but at this time, it was attacked by the German Navy, which was absolutely not allowed, they had to retaliate, and they had to leave the German Navy behind, otherwise, who would dare to continue the cruise, the Germans would have to come a few more times, I am afraid that the spirit of the Navy will not be guaranteed.

Churchill was really tough, and immediately mobilized all the warships he could, and if it weren't for the home fleet, which was tasked with guarding the home land, he would even want to use the home fleet. Britain's huge war machine began to move, more than 200 different warships, from several directions, surrounded the German fleet where it might be haunted, and at the same time, Churchill contacted the airship unit belonging to the navy, all the airships took off, searched the airspace on a large scale, and did not let go of any incoming warship.

In terms of combat, the fleet plays a huge role, but in reconnaissance and search, airships have a unique advantage, not to mention the night, the airship can see a large area with the help of telescopes during the day, and the speed of 60 kilometers is far faster than that of ordinary warships.

A large number of airships, taking off at night and venturing into the North Atlantic, could travel 400 nautical miles in one night, and by daylight they could reach the predetermined sea area and conduct a massive search above the surface to find the German fleet.

At least 60 or more airships took off in the night, such a big move, can not hide the residents near the harbor, of course, among these residents, lurking some spies arranged by the German intelligence department, they don't know what happened, but the sensitivity of their profession still let them send the news back, a large number of airships took off urgently, and their whereabouts are unknown.

After several turns, thanks to the role of high-power radio, the English Channel is only more than 30 kilometers, the radio waves cross the strait, connect to the French side, and upload step by step, the army is very strange, why did the airship set off at night, investigate a circle, nothing was found, from the English Channel to the French side, only a few dozen kilometers away, no other discovery, by the way, this news was forwarded, and finally reached the Admiralty.

A fleet of 20 warships, more than 80,000 tons, with more than 2,000 sailors, his safety pinned on the attention of the Admiralty, throughout the night, the chief of staff was personally on duty, when he got the news of the departure of the airship, the staff officers sensitively felt the problem, and immediately recruited everyone to come, including Tirpitz, because of the concern for the safety of this fleet, Tirpitz also asked when he was about to sleep, any news, must be notified to him.

When Tirpitz arrived, the entire command room had already begun to argue, but the core of the argument was these airships, obviously, these airships took off near the port, and it is very likely that the airships belonged to the British Navy, so the British fleet was used on a large scale, and airships were used, and their purpose and result could only be one.

Germany took the lead in using airships in this war, and the huge role of airships directly allowed the German Army to gain absolute superiority in the early days of the war, blitzkrieg Belgium, defeat France, and because of this, Germany is the most in-depth study of airships in the whole of Europe, not only to study the role of airships in the battle, but also to play a role in transportation and reconnaissance.

The navy is also one of them, especially before, the navy has a history of using airships, and now it is just expanding this history, in the air of 5000 meters, using telescopes, the observation range of airships, at least dozens of nautical miles, mainly depends on the weather conditions, in this case, one or two ships may not have missed, not to mention a fleet, in naval battles, recently in dozens of nautical miles of places where they abound, this is the reason for the means of detection.

The British side sent airships to appear, if this fleet did not enter the Baltic Sea, it was almost impossible for him to escape the pursuit of the fast fleet, as long as the fast fleet, any capital ship outflanked in place, the result was almost doomed.

What to do, the staff officers are already very sure, in the middle of tomorrow daylight, the German fleet that attacks will almost impossible to enter the Baltic Sea, itself, the vast ocean, the probability of being hit by the fast fleet and the warships that can entangle the German fleet is very low, but the appearance of the airship makes this probability of escape greatly reduced.

"Otherwise, we'll send airships too!" A young staff officer, seeing that the whole scene was in a stalemate, said tentatively.

An equally young staff officer next to him said disdainfully: "Do we also need reconnaissance, how can we let the fleet run away at this time?" ”

"It can be seen that it is impossible to fly, as long as you entangle the other party's airship and don't give them a chance to investigate!"

The young staff officer's simple answer made the chief of staff and Tirpitz, who had always frowned, light up, yes, since this airship is a huge threat to them, then entangle them, the airship flies in the air, and the only one that can deal with them is the airship, when Germany and France are fighting, but there is an air battle, which still ends in a great victory for Germany, and Germany has an advantage in this.

Tirpitz immediately contacted the airship troops, the current airship troops, mainly under the army, fortunately now is not the time of war, the whole winter, the army has very few battles, heard about the situation of the navy, the army is also very tempted, Britain and France during this time, in Paris small movements, they also see in the eyes, but unfortunately there is no way to stop, can not be in the harsh winter when the arrival of the city, the strong attack on the construction of Paris, a little careless, for Germany, is the result of more than worth the loss.

The first battle in Paris will inevitably be fought after the beginning of spring, and the big war between Britain and France must have started the airship war, and the previous war with France was in an asymmetrical situation, the French side was still a hydrogen airship, and the German side was already helium, and now the British airship must also be helium, and the main airship will definitely be dispatched, in this case, it can be regarded as a warm-up for the war.

Germany in the real winter, including the import of a large number of airships from the northwest, the total number of airships is about 300, it is impossible to put all of them on the navy, after careful investigation of the intelligence of the navy, the final batch of 120 ships, are cutting-edge airships, fully armed, even equipped with machine guns, armed to the teeth, from the very beginning of the purpose is not reconnaissance, but against the opponent's airships.

No one thought that under a raid war, the largest air battle in the early stage of the history of the First World War was born, and the cumulative number of airships participating in the air battle exceeded 200. (To be continued......)