"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, another Chinese fleet sailed at night...... "This is the third day after that naval battle, and the Chinese fleet that has been separated has just joined the Chinese Grand Fleet, and it will ...... that night

"Your Excellency, Commander, two Chinese fleets have set sail at night......"

Since the end of that war, the war on both sides has calmed down again, and the main forces of the combined fleet of the three countries continue to be stationed in the Gulf of Aden, and Socotra Island remains their front line. And the Chinese fleet stays in the middle of the ocean, always in motion, constantly moving.

As you can imagine, time is definitely on the side of the Europeans. They only need to drag the time a little bit, and the longer it drags on, the worse the state of the officers and men of the Chinese fleet will be, the weaker the combat effectiveness will be, and even the Chinese Grand Fleet will take the initiative to retreat. In this way, the morale of Europeans will inevitably rise sharply, and they will not be able to solve practical problems, and they will also have a certain impact on the overall situation.

The Chinese Grand Fleet's response was the same as before, constantly sending fleets to attack at night. From the first task force, to the two task forces later, and finally there was a madness of the entire large fleet going west at night, but these are all fake, all false.

Just like the little boy who 'came from the wolf', the Chinese fleet kept attacking, making more and more submarine forces of the three countries ********, and after a month of tossing and turning, China failed to receive decent results. The task forces took turns to attack, and the fighters covered the sky, wasting so much fuel and effort in vain, and only gaining very little.

"Can the emperor's strategy really hide from foreigners?" Sa Zhenbing, deputy chief of staff of the Chinese Navy, spoke to the colonel with concern. This is too pediatric, and the strategy is simple and easy to see at a glance. Sa Zhenbing was very worried.

The colonel's name was Ba Zhendong, and he was the captain of the battleship at the foot of Sa Zhenbing. Born in the Shipmaster Naval Academy, that is, the Mawei Shipmaster School of that year. It's Sa Zhenbing's apprentice.

The status of the two is very different, and they can talk on the same ship.

Sa Zhenbing's worries are not alone. The Grand Fleet stayed at sea for a month, and with the previous time, two months have passed, which is not a joke. Not to mention the great cost, the fatigue and lack of spirit of the soldiers also made people directly feel the decline in combat effectiveness.

"Deputy seat, didn't the emperor say that the difficulty of this plan lies in grasping the enemy's intentions. The emperor has experienced a hundred battles, and he always expects the enemy to be the first. With the emperor here, why should our army worry? ”

Ba Zhendong is a group of people who grew up listening to the 'myths' of the old emperor since childhood, and their reverence for the old emperor has reached blindness. Sa Zhenbing's worries really seemed a bit superfluous to him.

The old emperor mastered strategy, not specific battles, and the old emperor who was rampant in the world on land really wanted to personally command the warships to fight, and Ba Zhendong admired him again, and knew that this was unreliable with his most basic reason. The old emperor didn't know anything about the command of warships. But now the old emperor is playing strategy, and he is fooling the hearts of the enemy. What's there to worry about?

During the period when Sa Zhenbing and Ba Zhendong were talking, the fleet was still advancing rapidly towards the west. This time it was the overall operation of the entire Grand Fleet. After 2 hours of travel, the fleet began to drift in a southwesterly direction by order of the old emperor.

In a virtual map that outsiders can't see. Liu Xian could clearly see that in the sea area where the fleet passed, a large number of European submarines did not gather in a hurry. There are quite a few submarines that don't even move. That's the effect of shouting 'The wolf is coming' for a month." So, these submarines are pulled behind. Even if I received the news that the Chinese Grand Fleet had really started, I hurried to the road. It's too late. The speed of the submarine is too slow, even if the underwater speed is 6 or 7 knots per hour, the surface speed will definitely not exceed 15 knots per hour. Compared to the overall speed of the fleet at 20 knots, and even if necessary, this speed can be increased to 23/4 knots, they really can't catch up.

The direction of the Grand Fleet was deflected, and it didn't take long for the news to be fed back to the Gulf of Aden, and Jericho glanced at the telegram and went back to sleep. It's the same old again! There was no sneer or ridicule on his face, and the frequent movements of the Chinese Grand Fleet seemed to have little success, but his nerves were about to weaken. Now he will definitely stay in the command room until the early hours of the morning at night, and only after getting the news of the Chinese's attack and turn can he go to sleep with confidence.

It's like 'listening to the boots from upstairs landing'. Isn't it a ridiculous thing? But that's the reality.

China's Grand Fleet will run wildly to the west for two or three hours, or even more, and the first time the Grand Fleet went out for four hours, and the emergency alarm sounded on Socotra Island and the Gulf of Aden, and as a result, after sailing 100 nautical miles, when there were still more than 300 nautical miles from Socotra Island, the direction of the Chinese Grand Fleet turned northwest.

Jericho did not ignore the position of the Chinese Grand Fleet, which was at least a hundred nautical miles shorter from Socotra than it was a month ago. But so what? As soon as they turned, Jericho was no longer interested in caring. At most, it dawned, and reports of several unlucky submarines being sunk, or good news that these wolves at sea were catching their prey.

In a month, the submarines of the Europeans were somewhat lost, and the same was true of the Chinese warships. However, the success of the European submarine forces was still limited by speedboats, destroyers, and not even light cruisers. Seven supply ships from the rear were also sunk by submarines, but they did not cause supply difficulties, and they were far from shaking the morale of the army.

The Chinese Fleet, which had changed direction, traveled in a southwesterly direction for an hour and a half, by which time the distance between the fleet and Socotra had been reduced to within 250 nautical miles. Liu Xian can clearly see from the virtual map the European submarines that have returned to their original positions, and in their cognition, the Chinese navy, which has not succeeded in luring the enemy, will sooner or later jump out of the 300-nautical-mile safety range. They also need to hold their ground safely and be on the lookout for Chinese warships passing overhead.

During a gap between European submarines, Liu Xian ordered the Grand Fleet to turn around and continue its march towards Socotra. Today, as soon as the situation allows, he will deal a heavy blow to the Europeans - the abolition of Socotra. The British-controlled naval base in the Arabian Sea was so bad that it was too bad for him.

The fleet continued to sail towards Socotra for almost two hours, at 3 o'clock in the morning. Once again, the Grand Fleet was discovered by submarines. But the Europeans don't know it yet, right in this time period. Liu Xian had already ordered the fighters of the whole fleet to take off.

More than 300 warplanes were escorted by hundreds of fighter jets to Socotra. The Chinese fleet, which had been rediscovered by European submarines, was no longer hidden, but changed its direction due west. Head south of Socotra.

This spacing is very close. If you go 150 nautical miles in the direction of the Chinese Grand Fleet, you can see that the line is less than 50 nautical miles from the island of Socotra to the north. Such a distance is, of course, intolerable to Europeans.

The urgent telegram quickly discovered the Gulf of Aden, and the European submarine that discovered the Chinese naval fleet was also directly discovered by reconnaissance planes hovering in the air because of the telegram, and the radio direction finding technology was aimed at this aspect.

Jericho was awakened in his sleep and saw a telegram from his adjutant, and the commander-in-chief of the fleet of the three countries immediately realized the difference. The Chinese actually cut within 200 nautical miles of Socotra Island, which is not like a previous feint.

He immediately sent a telegram to Socotra to the island to raise the vigilance of the garrison. All anti-aircraft fire was put on combat alert. Then all the warships that had to stay in the harbor lit fire and pulled anchors, but unfortunately it was too late!

It took only an hour and a half for the Chinese fleet to reach the skies over Socotra, and the night gave them the best cover. It was also dark night, giving the same cover to all important combat readiness positions on Socotra.

All the anti-aircraft fire on the island was desperately firing into the sky, and there were also the warships of the three countries that stayed in the harbor, and the anti-aircraft fire was in full swing at this moment. And every battleship that has just pulled anchor is desperately pressurizing the boiler in order to start the warship in the shortest possible time.

The first targets of the Chinese fighters flying over Socotra Island were the airfields and ports here, which were difficult to manage and had strong anti-aircraft firepower. Several airfields are also not easy. Britain, France and Germany have a total of 1,200 aircraft stationed on the island, one-tenth the size of Taiwan, spread across four airfields.

But is it dark now, and it is impossible for the Air Force to take off if it is not bright enough. Moreover, the Chinese planes came quickly, and a large number of bombers braved the dense anti-aircraft fire below. Completely destroyed four airfields. All fighters placed in the open were destroyed, as were all hangars, pilots' quarters and fuel depots.

The Chinese Navy paid the price of the downfall of 23 warplanes, completely destroying the air power of Socotra. The 600 warplanes parked in the open were completely destroyed, and the planes in the hangar on the other side may still be left. But the hangar has been blown up, and it will be impossible to use the combat power of these surviving fighters in a short time.

Socotra was hit by four rounds of fighter jets. It lasted four hours, and the Chinese Grand Fleet used all its strength. With the exception of the reconnaissance planes, all the fighters were engaged in the air raids on Socotra.

During this period, they became the most delicious bait, and one European submarine after another desperately rushed towards the Grand Fleet, but due to the effectiveness of the month before the defeat, the Grand Fleet had to face no more than 30 submarines at most. It's just that the Grand Fleet is not as close to Socotra as originally planned, 50 nautical miles, and the location is not due south of the island, but southeast, with a distance of 70 nautical miles.

The three-hour air raid had already lost 88 aircraft, including only 12 fighters, and according to post-war intelligence, these 12 fighters were mostly knocked out by the enemy's concentrated fire in order to attract anti-aircraft fire and create opportunities for bombers. In this way, 76 torpedo planes and bombers were dropped, and who can say that the Europeans did not have the power to fight back in this war? It's just that China's offensive power is much larger, beyond the limits of Socotra's defenses.

The European warships docked on Socotra Island were half silent, and the rest was a matter of time, whether they were damaged or not, anyway, the exit of the harbor was blocked by a sunken ship, and Liu Xian also deliberately let a group of speedboats rush there and release hundreds of anchor mines.

The rest of these warships have become turtles in the urn. It's too simple for the Chinese side to sink them, just take a breath of relief and then pile up bombers.

The old emperor's heart was dripping blood, 88 planes were lost, and none of the pilots returned. Even if they managed to escape before the plane crashed, they would not have escaped captivity, and it is hard to imagine that they would be able to continue to live. The Europeans are not a good thing in themselves, and the Geneva Conventions are a fart at this time.

At least one of the Dreadnought-class battleships was sunk, and the other was in the shallow waters of the harbor, and it was impossible to tell if it was sunk or alive. Two dreadnoughts were sunk, two more were seriously damaged, two battle cruisers were sunk one, and the other was only slightly damaged. Then there was a group of heavy cruisers and former dreadnoughts, no less than ten of which were sunk and damaged, and then the armored cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers below, also achieved great results. These warships are nowhere near as durable as capital ships.

If it weren't for the fact that the submarine forces couldn't keep up with the speed, this air raid was coupled with dozens of submarines, and the old emperor thought that he could wipe out the warships of the three navies on Socotra Island. Now the Chinese Continental Fleet has also dealt a heavy blow to Socotra, but it is still far from taking possession of this naval base of the British Empire.

The island was garrisoned by a small 30,000 British and German army troops. The battle came from the air, and the coastal fortifications that the British had built on the island at great expense had little effect. When the pill occupies this island, the investment of the British can play a huge role. Besides, how much blood would it take for the 30,000 Yingde elite forces to drain them? The old emperor didn't think about this question.

He would baptize the whole island of Socotra with endless bombardment, and even if he wanted to land here, the old emperor would not land from the port, he would rather land the troops on a deserted beach, and then walk for several days to reach the city of Hadib and have a brutal contest than the army to launch a hard attack directly on the port area of Hadib. Whether or not to make up our minds to take Socotra is not on the Chinese side, everything depends on how the combined fleet of the three countries in the Gulf of Aden responds.

At this moment, Jericho was sitting in front of the sea map like a mournful woman, surrounded by a large number of big people with the rank of general and lieutenant general. "Socotra is not occupied by Chinese troops, but its role has been taken out by the Chinese."

Clearing the channel cannot be done by the power of Hadib Port, which means that if no one saves them, Hadib Port is a dead port. There are still a certain number of warships in it, but if they can't leave the port, it means that there are none.

"The eastern gate of the Red Sea was opened by the Chinese. The Gulf of Aden became the next battleground. "Jeliko is responsible for the disaster on Socotra, and who made him the commander-in-chief. But he could not be deprived of the position of commander-in-chief because of this.

The British had the advantage of the combined fleet, and Jericht, as the naval commander of the British army, was the only natural thing to be the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet, and the Germans and French became the deputy commanders. If Jericho had gone down, the British would have to re-promote one of their own men to the post of commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, but would the French or the Germans be happy with it?

The commander-in-chief has gone down, shouldn't the deputy commander take over? (To be continued.) )