The situation on Wan Island has stabilized, and Xiao Zhenlei has the idea of going to Wan Island to have a look, mainly for political reasons, and at this time, he, the president, can go to Wan Island, on the one hand, it can show the importance that the state attaches to the recovery of Wan Island, and on the other hand, it can play a role in calming people's hearts, and after that, the people of the mainland and the people of Bay Island can have normal exchanges.

This matter was quickly put on the agenda, and the specific date and itinerary of the trip to Bay Island required the negotiation and cooperation of multiple departments, after all, the president's trip was not a trivial matter, although it could not be compared with the previous emperor's trip, but the president's trip could not be taken lightly.

At the regular meeting of the president's office on March 22, the matter was confirmed, and the specific date and itinerary of the president's trip to Bay Island are top secret, and very few people know about it, but the fact that the president is going to Bay Island is already known to the world.

"Okay, the matter of going to Bay Island to inspect is so decided, and Yang Yongtai is solely responsible for the specific itinerary!" Xiao Zhenlei patted the board, and then was about to speak, when he saw the secretary Xiao Gao come in and whispered a few words in his ear, Xiao Zhenlei said: "Let him come in!" ”

Xiao Gao turned around and went out, Wang Yaqiao walked in, walked up to him and whispered, "The Germans have done it!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said to all the participants at the meeting: "I just received the news that the Germans launched the Flying Tiger military operation, and now I would like to ask Director Wang to tell you the specific situation!" ”

"Yes, President!" Wang Yaqiao came to the big map with a promise, picked up the command whip and clicked on the map and said: "According to the reliable information we have received, it was about 2:20 a.m. yesterday, and it was about 9 o'clock in the morning on the European side. The Germans dispatched 300 fighters and bombers in mixed bombing formations, divided into three echelons, to carry out a large-scale bombardment of the battle cruiser detachment led by Betty, a British Royal Navy fleet sailing over Jutland. Obviously, the German military knew the exact location of Betty's fleet on the surface of the sea. Our internal line took great risks to learn that a German submarine had spotted Betty's fleet in the waters of Zhdra, and the German High Command immediately decided to send a mixed bomber formation consisting of fighters and bombers to carry out a large-scale bombing of Betty's fleet, and our intelligence analysis department speculated that it was very likely that the German side had released information to attract Betty's fleet, and the British did not know that they had learned that the German navy had been informed by the Germans. The Germans took advantage of this precisely and put out fake news to attract Betty's fleet over! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette, exhaled a large amount of smoke and asked, "The specific size of the Betty battle cruiser detachment, how many ships are there." What was the result of this German bombing? ”

"Betty's battle cruiser detachment includes the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron, the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron, the 5th Battleship Squadron and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Cruiser Squadrons, and the 1st, 9th, 10th, and 13th Destroyer Squadrons. Betty's fleet consisted of ten capital warships. Six battleship cruisers and four new super battleships! The bombardment lasted for two hours, and Betty's fleet suffered heavy losses, two battlecruisers and two battleships were all sunk, and four more battlecruisers and two battleships were also scarred. In addition, two-thirds of the other ships led by Betty lost their combat effectiveness, and more than half directly lost power and were paralyzed on the sea. If the Germans had torpedo machines, we estimate that the Betty fleet would most likely be wiped out. The bombed Betty fleet knew that it had been ambushed and immediately turned around and ran. But how can a ship outrun a fighter? After the bombardment, the German aircraft group returned, and the reconnaissance squadron composed of more than 40 destroyers of 5 battle cruisers led by Rear Admiral Hipper pursued the remnants of Betty's fleet, and until now, they are still chasing on the sea, two hours ago the news showed that only one battlecruiser and six cruisers and six destroyers and six torpedo ships in Betty's fleet escaped, all the others were captured or sunk, and the remaining ships were incapacitated. Soon after, the main fleet of the British royal homeland led by Jericho had followed, and the main German fleet on the high seas led by Schell had also followed Hipper's fleet.

Among them, the German High Seas Fleet led by Vice Admiral Schell included 16 dreadnoughts and 6 old battleships, a total of 59 combat ships; The fleet led by British Admiral Jerichault included 24 dreadnoughts, totaling 99 combat ships. Before the start of the war, it became clear that the British naval fleet had absolute superiority in strength. But after the bombing of Betty's fleet and the hunting down, the difference in strength between the two sides was significantly reduced, and the British fleet was not much stronger than the German naval fleet! ”

"As far as we know, in the process of the Hipper's fleet chasing Betty's fleet, Hipper's ordered a large number of torpedo ships to pursue quickly, and used melee closeness to torpedo the battleships of Betty's fleet in the process of escaping, the battleships themselves were not fast, plus they were scarred by the previous explosion, so the speed was even slower, and during the pursuit, two were torpedoed and sunk by German torpedo ships, and also severely damaged Betty's flagship battlecruiser Lion, which is what we learned."

After Wang Yaqiao finished speaking, Xiao Zhenlei said to him: "Okay, Jiuguang, you go back and keep an eye on it, and come over to report it as soon as there is news!" ”

"Yes, President!" Wang Yaqiao saluted and turned to leave.

Xiao Zhenlei said to the members of the staff group: "You have just heard the news that Wang Jiuguang said, the British and German sides have a large-scale naval battle in the North Sea, both sides have dispatched all the main fleets, it can be said that the nest is out, before the British were tricked, suffered some losses, but until now, Britain still has the upper hand in strength, but the advantage is not so obvious, and due to the crazy escape of Betty's fleet, the sea area that the two sides are entangled in is quite far away from the land, in terms of the range of a generation of fighters, I'm afraid that the whip of the warring sea area is beyond the reach, so the German bomber group is afraid that it will not be able to help, now look at the results of the melee between the two sides, I don't know what kind of prediction you have for the outcome of this naval battle? After the end of the naval battle, what impact did it have on the overall situation of the war? ”

After Xiao Zhenlei finished speaking, he took out his cigarette case and lit a cigarette for himself, and smoked slowly, and the members of the staff began to talk in a low voice, mainly analyzing the current naval battle situation between Britain and Germany.

"Huizi, what do you think will be the outcome of the naval battle?"

"I think the Germans have a better chance of winning, after all, the Germans personally directed this play, and the British fleet was almost wiped out before, in terms of strength, the advantage of the British is not obvious, and in terms of momentum, Germany is like a rainbow, which is a sign of a great victory in the art of war!"

"I think the British have a better chance of winning, anyway, the British naval strength still has the absolute upper hand, although the current war situation is not good for the British, but we all know that the British have a deep naval heritage, even if they are in a disadvantageous state now, but I believe they will soon adjust, and the Luftwaffe can no longer help!"

Half an hour later, the staff members unanimously agreed, and Yang Shiqi was the representative of Xiao Zhenlei to make a detailed analysis, inference, and prediction of the naval battle of the British and German naval fleets.

"President, we think that the final result of this naval battle is a great possibility to lose both!"

Xiao Zhenlei took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Oh? Why? ”

"Judging from the current situation, although the British have lost some ships, the main force is still there, and it is a little stronger than the German main fleet in terms of overall strength, and the British navy has a deep heritage, we think it is not so easy to be defeated!"

"At the same time, the purpose of the German side this time is to defeat Britain in a war and completely solve the situation of being blockaded by the British, so the Germans will definitely not stop if they do not achieve their goal, the Germans will definitely chase and kill desperately, even if the British do not want to have a decisive battle, it has been more than ten hours since the start of the war, and they are still fighting on the surface of the North Sea, it can be seen that this naval battle will not last for a short time, at least there will be no results today, if this is the case, analyze the strength of both of them, In the end, the probability of losing both sides is more than 60%! ”

In fact, at this time, the British and German teams, as Yang Shiqi analyzed, were still fighting on the sea, although the British naval fleet was calculated, but the strength of the British fleet itself was much stronger than the German fleet, even if it lost a small part of its strength in an ambush, the rest of the fleet was not pinched by Germany as much as it wanted, the Germans' hearts were too big, and they wanted to eat the British naval fleet in one bite, but unfortunately its stomach was not so big, until now, not only did it not succeed, but also entered a struggle with the British fleet, Before, the British fleet wanted to evacuate quickly and go back to rest, after all, the losses were too great this time, but the Germans were not stubborn, which made the British fleet commander Jericho have to turn around and fight a decisive battle with the German fleet.

This naval battle has been fought so far, the losses of both sides are getting bigger and bigger, several battleships are sinking every hour, neither the British fleet nor the German fleet has taken any advantage, both sides can only grit their teeth and hold on, now it depends on who can hold out to the end. (To be continued......)