Chapter 188: Everything Comes Together
"Destroyer Commander-in-Chief Hahn, you immediately organize the replenishment of all destroyers, and the Deputy Commander of the Submarine, you are responsible for counting all the materials, these special materials are transferred separately from the national weapons and equipment depot, and then they will arrive at the port of Kiel at noon tomorrow, you must assist all the logistics personnel to do the inventory, do you have any problems?"
"Nope."
"Good...... Schmidt: What is the situation of your flying team, you are the sharpest arrow in the hands of our aircraft carrier formation, whether we can complete this mission depends on your naval aviation, let's talk about it! ”
Schmidt and Li Mo are old brothers, and they are absolutely unconditionally obedient to Li Mo, Li Mo asked Schmidt to fight the east, he will not fight the west, Schmidt is the sword in Li Mo's hand, whether Li Mo can point to the sword this time, whether he will be invincible depends on Schmidt.
"Report to the commander-in-chief, more than 200 carrier-based aircraft pilots in our flight regiment have gone through exercises, and the more than 300 pilots in the back are all drawn from the Air Force, and they have been training on the simulated training ground for several months, even on the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, they have also done several take-off and landing trainings, and most of them have passed the assessment, and there is no problem at all with these assessed ships. The number of people is definitely sufficient, and we now have a total of 632 qualified carrier-based aircraft pilots available. ”
"Good...... You see, this is your example......"
Li Mo can be proud of having a brother like them, such a subordinate, what the commander didn't expect, he had already thought of and did a very good job, if this operation died because there were not enough pilots. Li Mo had no choice but to hit the wall by himself. Now Schmidt has solved the problem that Li Mo is most worried about, what a good sign! Although this operation was very hasty, it was also the most unexpected. There are two sides to everything, and if you want to do everything perfectly, maybe Li Mo's plan to sneak attack the British home fleet will be put on the desk of the prime minister.
On August 17, 39, in order to create more smoke, Hitler issued an ultimatum to Poland, demanding that Poland must return the Danzig Corridor by September 1, otherwise all the consequences will be borne by itself, and at the same time Germany began to mobilize troops to the Polish border with great fanfare. Hitler did not shy away from anyone in this redeployment. Journalists from all countries were able to go deep into the German army to cover the situation. Everyone thought that Hitler was deliberately flexing his muscles to the whole world! Anyway, all eyes of the world were drawn to the German-Polish front.
Countless German troops continued to march to the front, and Poland, not to be outdone, immediately issued a general mobilization order and began a comprehensive expansion of the army. At this time, Poland, which had expanded its army, was not very afraid of Germany in its heart. Because Britain and France had already issued a second stern warning against Germany. France had already placed thirty-eight divisions on the Maginot Line. Britain had not yet sent any land forces into France. But if Germany dared to attack Poland, it would immediately find itself in a two-front war.
To be honest, the Polish idea is good. Just put their fate on other imperialists, then the tragedy of Poland is doomed.
On the morning of 18 August, the Berliner Zeitung published a newsletter that the German aircraft carrier group would go to the Arctic Ocean for sea trials. Such a newsletter of only a few dozen words can hardly attract attention, because now all newspapers are full of reports and interviews from the German-Polish front. Anne's uncle, Nie's husband, as an officer of the German Intelligence Service, also saw this report, and the husband immediately tried to search for memories, and there was indeed no major intelligence in the Navy during this time, and even his niece Anne did not say anything about the actions of the German Navy. It seems that this is just a routine sea trial of the German Navy's aircraft carrier formation, and the ** husband is not paying attention to this news.
At the same time, a notice was also posted outside the port of Kiel that the German aircraft carrier group would go to the Arctic Ocean for a month of sea trials, and all the families of the navy could see them off at the dock. Such announcements can be seen everywhere in the port of Kiel, and it can be said that the news that the German aircraft carrier group is going to go out for sea trials is well known.
This piece of information quickly appeared in front of the British and French leaders, and the French did not inquire about this matter at all. And British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, after seeing this information, directly made instructions on it:
"There's nothing on the surface."
At this time, Britain's MI6 naturally did not pay attention to this matter, but focused on Germany's intelligence on Poland, such as immediately getting Germany's battle plan for Poland, which is the main task of MI6 at present. No one else is paying attention to Li Mo, and Li Mo will not ask anyone to pay attention, and he has clearly published the newspaper and made an announcement anyway, in this case, his cheap father-in-law George VI does not know that he is awake, and he can't blame himself. As for Queen Li Mo, one day she will tie up that vicious girl to play with wax and leather whips.
The huge aircraft carrier formation, which had been loaded, swaggered out of the port of Kiel, and there were countless naval families who had come to see them off at the seaside, because all the aircraft carriers that Germany had just completed their transformation needed sea trials, and now the army colonel Li Mo took these 16 aircraft carriers, 32 destroyers, 5 light cruisers, and 10 10,000-ton supply ships, and the submarines left the port last night.
"My dear...... I love you......"
"Mother, take care of the child......"
"Daddy...... Wow wow......"
All right! The shouting and screaming of the family members in the Kiel Military Port, coupled with the crying of children, Li Mo really couldn't stand it, and went directly into the lounge of the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, the preparations in the past few days are very cumbersome, even if Li Mo, the shopkeeper who shook his hands, did not have much time to rest, and now he can sleep well. Li Mo is a strange person, he was very nervous before the war, but when it came to the real war, he was not worried at all, which gave Li Mo's subordinates a reassurance, and the coach was confident! Then this mission is nine out of ten. Li Mo's little habit really played an unexpected benefit.
As soon as the aircraft carrier formation left the Kiel military port, it adjusted its course and sailed towards the Arctic Ocean, which of course should be farther and farther away from Britain.
Scarpa Bay is a semi-enclosed water in the Orkney Islands, the northernmost part of Scotland, England, surrounded by the main island of the archipelago, Hoy Island, South Ronasay Island and a small island, is a good natural bay, about 24 kilometers long, 13 kilometers wide, with an area of 130 square kilometers.
There are 3 shipping lanes connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, and it is an important naval base for the British Royal Navy. In the First and Second World Wars, Britain played an important role in controlling the North Sea. The British Royal Navy tightly sealed off the bay. Six of the seven entrances are equipped with anti-submarine nets, and minefields are also laid. Only the 7th entrance has a narrow channel and a rocky underwater area, and there is no fortified submarine net.
…… (To be continued......) u