After giving the order, Dönitz came to the center of the combat command room alone, where there was a huge sand table, on which the position of his current aircraft carrier was clearly placed, and several sand table push actual combat staff officers stood straight next to the sand table with one hand pulling the push rod. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe push rod in the hands of the sand table push actual combat staff officer is to push the model in the sand table down to the designated position, and there are countless models on the file rack next to it, all kinds of aircraft, ships, and even tanks.

The sand table has been placed where our patrol planes found enemy planes, and enemy planes were found at a distance of 100 kilometers from the aircraft carrier formation, which is still a bit close, and for the enemy planes attacking in the air, that is, more than ten minutes, which will make their fleet have very little time to react, and it is too dangerous to do it:

"Order, from now on, our patrol aircraft must be kept at more than two hundred kilometers, and the number cannot be less than three or eight, tell Schmidt not to be afraid of wasting fuel, just be trained to fly, the safety of the aircraft carrier formation is much more important than that damn fuel."

This time the unknown plane was not discovered until it was 100 kilometers away from the aircraft carrier formation, most likely because Schmidt's bastard put the patrol distance of about 100 nautical miles in order to save fuel, Germany is not short of fuel now, why do this!

Schmidt was in charge of the fuel at the time of loading the ship, and in this large-scale operation, all the fuel reserves in the port of Kiel were loaded at one time, which just met the fuel required for this operation.

It is no wonder that Schmidt gave such an order, not because the Germans were short of fuel, but because the operation was too hasty and needed to conceal its true purpose of the campaign, so the Germans could only use the fuel reserves in the port of Kiel, and could not transfer oil from other places on a large scale.

Schmidt, of course, also received an order from Dönitz, which made Schmidt only mutter Dönitz'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 Dönitz'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 after, the aircraft on patrol reported that it was two Icelandic reconnaissance planes, and the patrolling aircraft requested advice.

When Dönitz knew that it was an Icelandic plane, he began to weigh the pros and cons, Iceland is a Nordic country that wears the same pants as Britain and France, and their intelligence system must also be related to the British intelligence system, and most of these two Icelandic reconnaissance planes were entrusted by Britain to come to investigate.

In that case, why did Dönitz go to expel or shoot down Icelandic planes! There was no need at all, and the Icelanders asked him to report if they wanted to.

"Order, use the international common communication channel to inform the two Icelandic reconnaissance planes that our army is conducting sea trials and training, and 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 the two reconnaissance planes have any attempt to attack, they will be shot down immediately."

Dönitz is very clear, you Icelanders can see it if you want, but please don't get too close, lest you suddenly attack and catch me off guard.

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

Eight huge aircraft carriers are full of two kinds of planes parked 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 there are also submarines that have surfaced, and dozens of planes patrolling in the air.

The most attractive thing is what kind of ugly FW223 helicopter, 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 Icelandic planes hurriedly left, and at the same time sent what they saw to the British, and the course of the aircraft carrier formation was of course reported emphatically.

It seems that these Icelanders just came 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 a few months to build eight aircraft carriers, still surprised the Icelanders. Although some aircraft carriers are converted from merchant ships, Germany's strong industrial capabilities can also be seen.

In the next few days, Icelandic planes came to reconnoiter every day, everyone was on guard, Dönitz was not afraid of the Icelanders' scouting, and now he had not entered the Arctic Ocean, Dönitz would not do anything to any country, so there was no need for secrecy.

On 23 February, after Dönitz sailed out of the Icelandic coastline with the aircraft carrier group, the Icelandic planes did not come, but the helicopters found a submarine of unknown nationality in the air, which was discovered twenty nautical miles away from the carrier group, when it 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 was extremely fast, and the JU27s patrolling above the aircraft carrier formation were all flying with bombs, and under their wings were hung five 200-kilogram depth charges, which were specifically aimed at the submarine.

Dönitz 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 generally in this open-air command tower, and Dönitz was responsible for strategic command, such as when and where the entire formation would attack the British home fleet, Dönitz had the final say, and Steven was responsible for arranging aircraft sorties.

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

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

"Thank you, my brother."

Dönitz generally did not like to call his familiar subordinates by his name and official position, but simply addressed him as a brother, which made his subordinates feel familiar.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, unknown international submarine is sinking in defiance of our notice, please instruct." (To be continued.) )