Under the double blow of submarines and surface ships, it took only 30 minutes to solve the battle, which may be the fastest to solve the battle after the battleship entered the modern era, and the power of torpedoes for surface ships can be seen.

During the battle, all the radios of the British anti-submarine fleet were constantly emitting radio waves, sending the battle situation to the outside over and over again. In this era, Britain's radio research has just begun, radio performance because of the instability of electronic components, low reliability, and too many packets, but it has been transmitted for a long time, and there is really a chance that radio waves will be transmitted to the surrounding sea areas, and the first one received is more than 500 nautical miles away, a fast warship that is performing a cruise mission, because they are capital ships, equipped with better radio receiving devices, and the other is the Admiralty, they have the best radio transceiver devices in the navy.

An anti-submarine fleet of more than 10 warships with a total tonnage of more than 50,000 tons was flanked by German surface ships and submarines, and was in danger of being annihilated.

Even the communicators did not dare to be sure, because the reliability of the radio was not high, there were many clutter and miscalculations, and in many cases, the radio was not used as the main object of information transmission, and only in emergency situations. For this reason the correspondent continued to call the other party, after which there was no response. When there was no news for more than half an hour, everyone stopped talking. It may be a malfunction, but no one dares to conclude that there must be no problem, especially the commander, who, after thinking about it for a second time, reported it to the Admiralty.

Such an amazing news, uploaded layer by layer. In the end, it came to Churchill, and with Churchill's character, he has always been relatively tough. All along, there have been agitations for the Navy to prove a decisive battle with Germany, and in this case, it can only be believed. Not credible. Under Churchill's direct care, not only did all the airship detachments under the control of the Admiralty fly into the sky to reconnoiter in the area where they were attacked, but at a distance of 600 kilometers, ordinary reconnaissance planes could not fly that far, and airships could pass through, but it would take more than 10 hours. Other. All the ships that could be commanded, quickly concentrated on that place. The nearest is the 9th Anti-Submarine Fleet, which has just completed its cruise mission and is preparing to return, less than 220 nautical miles from the area where the accident occurred, and if it goes at full speed, it may reach the area of the accident in eight or nine hours.

Whether it is an airship with a speed of about 60 kilometers per hour, or a ship with a speed of about 25 knots, it will take more than 10 hours to rush to the area where the accident occurred, at this time, the Admiralty controlled by Churchill did not wait passively, they were analyzing whether this was true, because the anti-submarine fleet continued to report information, and they also knew a little bit what the other party was, 2 7000-ton cruisers, 12 4000-5000 ton light cruisers, and 8 destroyers of various types, are fast fleets, strong firepower, plus there are a large number of unknown number of submarines ambushed around, in this sense, if the anti-submarine fleet is caught off guard, it is very likely to suffer a big loss.

After careful study, the staff officers finally concluded that if the Germans really wanted to, even in the case of the blockade of the entire Baltic Sea by the home fleet and the fast fleet, a small auxiliary fleet could come out, which proved from the side that an attack was possible. But in addition to this, there are many doubts, the most important one is one that has been lingering in everyone's hearts, the listener of the anti-submarine fleet is none other than Jesse, the strongest listener, why didn't Jesse find those ambushed submarines.

Thousands of miles away, the Admiralty did not see it in person, and the telegram received was not detailed, only simple content, he would not have thought that Germany actually sent a submarine to attract their fleet into the encirclement, and more than 30 ambushed submarines actually hovered and ambushed under the water without starting the engine, let alone the listener, even in a powerful earpiece, it is impossible to hear the sound of the propeller, unless it is sonar, this era, from the era of sonar, there is still a long distance, This is also the foundation of the submarine's recklessness.

Churchill's carefully considered staff gave the analysis results, and after a little hesitation, it was finally decided to let the surrounding fleets intercept, whether it was true or not, it was good to treat him as true first, anyway, the North Atlantic and the North Sea are the world of the British Navy, and the big deal is to waste a little bit of fuel, which Churchill can afford, but if the other side really attacks, then for the British Navy, it will be a huge defeat and shame, if they are allowed to run away, The entire Navy will be questioned.

That is, Churchill's decisiveness, giving way to the fast fleet 600 nautical miles away, quickly turning, according to the direction they determined, rushed towards the attacking auxiliary fleet, and tried to block this German fleet, and at this time, the fleeing German fleet, did not realize this, and moved quickly forward, according to the established plan, they need to pass through the danger zone in a day and night, when close to the Baltic Sea, it is safe.

The whole day, it was very calm, and it was probably night, when a German submarine on a routine sortie mission unexpectedly discovered the fast fleet, and their size shocked the submarine, and the roar of full speed could be heard almost far away. In the darkness of the night, the submarine ventured through a periscope and saw at least 4 battleships, 6 battle cruisers, 14 light cruisers and 27 destroyers, this number coincided with the British fast fleet led by Vice Admiral Betty, this area was not the area where the British fast fleet cruised, he deviated at least 200 nautical miles, what did this fast fleet want to do.

This submarine, just equipped with a reliable radio from the northwest, although the range is only about 400 nautical miles, this location, from the land, only less than 200 nautical miles, with the help of a large number of road receiving devices, can be reliably transmitted to the Admiralty, no matter what, there is a clear fast fleet news, is a great credit, and this submarine did not expect that this important information, at least 20 water auxiliary ships were saved, and the captain of the submarine also received a medal.

Suddenly found the news of the fast fleet, after layers of turns, and finally reached the German Admiralty, they were completely alarmed, the daytime raid operation, carried out very smoothly, they successfully knocked out an anti-submarine fleet of the other side, annihilated more than 10 warships, and achieved good results, I thought the dust had settled, with the reaction speed of the British, as long as the night passed, the counterattack fleet entered the Baltic Sea, everything was doomed, this was a successful sneak attack, can go down in history.

At the time when everyone thought it was successful, at night, the news sent to the Admiralty left everyone speechless, but it was clear that the British reacted faster, and the chief of staff of the Admiralty, under the guidance of the staff officers, quickly drew the chart and the direction, according to which the two sides would go in the opposite direction, and if nothing else, they would meet at about 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

10 capital ships, more than 50 large and small warships composed of fast warships, what kind of strength does it have, even if the main force of the high seas fleet is all out, it may not be able to kill the other party in a short time, not to mention a partial division, and a small fleet of the British anti-submarine fleet only for raiding.

The chief of staff suddenly changed color, everyone knew what kind of level of battleships were sent, facing 10 capital ships, as well as many destroyers, cruisers of the German fast fleet detachment, this is not an opponent above the grade at all, as long as they meet, it must be more than lucky. What to do, everyone turned their eyes to Tirpitz, who was the backbone of the German Navy and the anchor of the sea, and at this time it was mainly up to him.

"Let the staff officers quickly make a plan, according to the available intelligence, investigate the location of the British fleet, stop all submarines from attacking merchant ships, and reconnoiter the British Navy in the entire North Atlantic waters!" Tirpitz quickly issued two orders, both of which were also very critical, and after the high-power radio station was launched, the entire North Atlantic waters, including the more than 30 submarines that participated in the ambush, were also informed.

The North Atlantic Ocean is huge, and more than a hundred submarines are scattered like a pond and a few handfuls of sand, which is not inconspicuous at all, but if you really want to disperse, you really get a lot of information.

Although there were a lot of ships surrounded by the British, the powerful ones were Betty's fast fleet, and there were three cruiser fleets with about 20 ships together, and their positions were clearly marked on the charts one by one, forming a big encirclement, but there were still loopholes.

One by one, the clear news was listed on the charts, and the situation was clear, and without Tirpitz's orders, the staff officers found a breakthrough one by one, and after summing up everyone's opinions, they gave a good direction of escape, as long as after entering the night, several major fleets did not turn, or rather, without the roar of the British renewed naval forces, the German fleet could escape from the encirclement, and in the vast sea, the difference was more than 200 nautical miles, It is not easy to find an opponent, let alone more than 300 nautical miles, and their hopes of returning greatly increase, as long as there are no accidents, they can successfully return. (To be continued......)