In the past month or so, the Far Sea Fleet has achieved brilliant results, with a sinking volume of 1.5 million tons, it has become the most dazzling pearl, and has been commended by the Admiralty several times. But under the pearl, there are a lot of white bones, a total of 19 submarines were sunk, plus the previous losses, since the start of the war, the number of German submarine losses has reached about 50, thousands of submarine sailors, forever buried at the bottom of the sea, even the bones can not come back.

Unlike other warships, as long as the submarine sinks, there is very little chance of survival, and basically all of them die with the ship. Although, more and newer submarines, in turn, put into service, short-term training personnel also increased, but in the end how the British discovered the submarine, this has always been a problem, submarine losses, compared with the beginning, greatly reduced, but losses also occur from time to time, if you don't understand, maybe for the far sea fleet, is a huge destabilizing factor, once the British method is expanded, most of the convoy fleet, can attack the submarine, then it's all over.

The British did a very good job of secrecy, and during the battle, some secrets could not be concealed, and soon, the German side found out that there were a total of 12 fleets capable of sinking submarines, one no more and one no less.

It is already very clear that it is not that Britain has made a breakthrough in the discovery of submarine technology. It's just that Britain has cultivated a special group of people, and even in a sense, only 12 of these people are qualified. But this listening base, the personnel who are being trained, maybe, each one is a potential threat, and the security forces here are quite strong, but the Germans are still ready to launch an attack on them. Fight for the destruction of all listeners in Britain.

This is the Army, to be exact, under the Northwest Command. The matter of the formation of special forces, which was the first mission of this specially trained and carefully selected unit after the war. For listeners who have already served. The Far Sea Fleet also organized a program. At present, the high seas fleet is blocked in the Baltic Sea, and occasionally taking advantage of the other side's inattention, it will go out on a long trip and make a move in Northern Europe, and it is almost impossible to cross the British Isles to the North Atlantic course, which is very easy to block. When the time comes, it will not be a provocation. It's a strategic showdown. No one wants to do anything that suffers, especially for Germany, where there is a special fleet of Scher, and in a more powerful state, looking for a decisive battle with the British main fleet, that is okay, but it is absolutely not possible now.

However, some fast fleets can go out and form a guerrilla fleet of about 20 ships with a number of light cruisers and destroyers, and they can selectively set up ambushes, using submarines or other methods to attract those patrol fleets, and then these guerrilla fleets will attack the patrol fleet, not knowing which ship the other side is listening to, but once the ambush is completed, it will be good to sink all the ships. It is a breakthrough for Germany to cross the blockade line of the British army and enter the North Atlantic, otherwise even if the opponent's warships are killed, the loss of these more than 20 light warships will outweigh the losses.

After several drafts, a somewhat risky battle plan was finally set, in the area under the key monitoring of the far-sea fleet, there were a total of 3 fleets, and when the time came, which one was which, as long as a fleet was sunk, the British would not dare to be so bold, at least the threat to submarines was greatly reduced.

According to the plan, the first batch of more than 30 submarines, slowly to which area, and then, stopped in the predetermined sea area, they will hover in the designated sea area, since they know how the other party found out, then the countermeasures will be available, the listener will know that it is used to listen, Britain has a listening system, it was unreliable before, but there are better people, it should be a combination of these two. If the submarine is not moving, it will hover in the sea water, and the listener will not be able to detect it at all, and the fast fleet will take advantage of the night to drive out of the Baltic Sea, enter the North Atlantic, go around in a large circle, enter the theater of operations from the other direction, and then use both prongs to achieve a great chance of victory.

This is already carefully prepared, after a long time of deliberation, get the most suitable plan, Bol checked even if there is no problem, submitted to the Admiralty for approval, this is a bold plan, in the Admiralty has generated a huge controversy, for and against, each about half, but in the end, Tirpitz still agreed to this bold plan, for no other reason, the Navy must act, from the beginning of the war, the Army has become the protagonist of the game, whether it is a blitzkrieg against Belgium, or an attack on France, All of them were overwhelmed, with a total of more than 2 million enemy troops annihilated, and great results were achieved, and the French capital Paris was somewhat precarious, and it may soon be able to take it.

William II had high hopes for the navy, but it was blocked in the Baltic Sea by the British home fleet, not only did it not have many results, but it hid in it like a turtle with a shrunken head, which was more or less depressing, and if it were not for the sudden rise of submarines and great results, the role of the navy would be almost negligible.

Ball's plan is not to use many ships, only more than 20, that is, tens of thousands of tons, compared with the capital ships, it is not a grade, even if it fails, it is nothing, but once it succeeds, it is a huge result, which is very critical to boosting people's hearts, which means that the navy has not stopped its activities and is looking for any way to weaken the British Navy.

After the order was given, the submarine quietly dispatched and arrived at the designated position, and the fast fleet, as early as yesterday, had already crossed the Baltic Sea, made a large circle in the north, and then swooped towards the target sea area, and it was expected that at about 10 o'clock in the morning, it would arrive at the sea area where the ambush was stationed, and this time period was the moment when the war began.

The British did not know anything about all this, and the long period of calm made them lose their vigilance, and every day they patrolled like a routine, found the opponent's submarine, and then dropped depth charges, they did not expect that the Germans would take such a risk and choose to attack here.

The 6th anti-submarine fleet, calmly out of the northern seaport of Britain, according to a fixed route, he needs to patrol the entire North Atlantic near the British side of the channel, back and forth more than 1200 nautical miles, is expected to complete the patrol in a week, and the day after his departure, there is also the 8th anti-submarine fleet dispatched, almost uninterrupted patrols, so as to ensure the safety of the route to the greatest extent.

The high-speed fleet, when patrolling, can not drive to the highest speed, under normal circumstances, is to maintain a constant speed, about 15 knots per hour, under this speed, the sound of the ship has a great impact on the sound, really if the battleship is turned on at high speed, the listener is absolutely useless. However, now, the submarine is not easy to find, in the past, a patrol, there were always a few times to find the traces of the opponent's submarine, basically there will be a catch, but in recent times, it seems that there are not many, the last cruise, not a single found, which is tantamount to doing useless work.

A 1,800-ton destroyer, in the lowest compartment, a young officer who looks a little pale, his name is Jesse, only 24 years old, after the start of anti-submarine operations, he joined the naval sequence, the first position was a second lieutenant, in the past month, after participating in naval operations, he was promoted to the position of lieutenant, as long as he gets 8 more sunks, he can become a captain, it can be said that he is one of the fastest ranks in the navy.

Jesse washed his face in the bathroom next to him, listened for several hours in a row, and the consumption of energy was very large, he was born with a sensitive hearing, and he had been trained to distinguish the sound of the submarine propeller very well, among the 12 listeners, his record was the best, and he achieved a total of 9 sinking figures, which was the highest among all the listeners. The day is not the best time for the submarine to be active, so it is also a rare time for him to rest, from 8 o'clock to 10 o'clock, he will relax a little, and then from 12 o'clock, until night, is the most critical moment, must ensure that all the energy is focused on listening to the sound, find suspicious targets to attack the target.

However, when it was almost 10 o'clock, he did not listen attentively, and suddenly heard a very familiar voice, obviously the sound of the propeller of a German submarine, and without reservation, about 7 nautical miles ahead, the unexpected discovery made Jesse lift his spirits, just a few hours of cruising, and got a target, which is really a good start. After pointing out the location through the pager, the entire fleet quickly adjusted and began to move quickly in that direction.

There were no reliable radios, and most of their communication with each other was still in flags, and there was already a lot of cooperation with each other, so it took less than 20 minutes to complete the sorting, and the fastest several destroyers of more than 30 knots, formed two directions, and outflanked the location where the submarine was found, they were the first to attack, and next, the light cruisers would follow.

The speed of 30 knots, 7 nautical miles is only 15 minutes for a battleship, and under normal circumstances, the submarine will not run very far, and the speed of a few knots under the water is simply negligible under the high-speed fleet of more than 30 knots, and it will be possible to reach the target area in a maximum of 15 minutes and carry out depth charges on the target. (To be continued......)

PS: The previous chapter has been partially adjusted, you can re-read it, otherwise it will be a little incoherent