"Collect and sort out the relevant information into a report and distribute it to various departments, send it to all high-level generals by this morning, and hold a meeting tomorrow morning. By the way, I will say hello to the High Command, this responsibility is entirely on me, and I will return to Berlin to report after the war is over. When the Count of Spee saw the report of the battle of Iceland and the battle of northern France, he gave the order with a grim face. Although the German Navy could not be said to be entirely to blame for this fiasco, the German Navy suffered heavy losses due to its strategic contempt for the British, and he could not escape the responsibility for this root.

The German navy had lost its aggressiveness in the case of relative superiority, and he believed that the British were no longer afraid, and would not send a large fleet to fight, and it was enough to use light fleets and submarines alone, but in fact, the British were definitely not the masters who could only defend the ships, and still dared to attack in the face of absolute disadvantage. Before this happened, Germany did not have the opportunity to correct it, as long as the aircraft carrier detachment cruised in turns, no matter how powerful the British were, it was impossible to directly eat the huge fleet of 4 or 5 aircraft carriers in one bite! The Germans were too conservative in their approach, and almost 2 dozen aircraft carriers nested at home, which ultimately led to this defeat.

"From now on, the entire fleet of the Allied Powers must realize the seriousness of the matter! Our enemies have not yet succumbed, and they are still hiding in dark corners. I am alone in the past, but from now on, I hope that the whole army will be more vigilant, because in a few weeks, or a few days. The Allied Combined Fleet will face the toughest challenge ever! The Chinese and U.S. navies tried to reopen the North Atlantic route, a battle that would have affected the Empire's victory or defeat in the Battle of Britain. In this engagement, we are likely to be flanked on both sides by the Chinese, the United States, the British, and the remaining French fleet. "At the next day's meeting. Count Spee said this to his generals with a seriousness and seriousness that he had never felt before.

"General Raeder, I need you to rebuild the system of breaking diplomatic relations at sea, when we are engaged in the battle with the main fleet of the Entente, it is impossible for all the main forces of the first rank to participate in the operation of breaking diplomatic relations, and we still need the capital ships of the second class (cruisers) to maintain the blockade of the sea. Difficult? Count Spee asked.

"This, very difficult, we lost 3 aviation cruisers in the First World War, and now the German Navy has only 1 aviation cruiser, even with the full support of Austria-Hungary. Considering the wheel war, we are still unable to maintain a continuous suppression of the Allied transportation lines on the ocean. With more and more light aircraft carriers entering service, the era of our second-class main fleet breaking operations will be gone forever. Reddell smiled wryly. He really didn't expect that the system of breaking diplomatic relations composed of aviation cruisers and submarines that he had worked so hard to get would be shattered overnight! He has just taken a week off, and there has been such a big change, which is really a little unexpected for him! The aviation cruiser force is so vulnerable in the face of a regular fleet!

Are three aviation cruisers a big deal for the Allied Navy? Objectively speaking, it can hardly be called a broken nerve, and the regular aircraft carriers of the German High Seas Fleet have more than 1 dozen. This loss is really nothing, and it can't change the basic market at all. But if you look at it from another angle, it may not be. The Germans needed all the fleet carriers to deal with the main fleet of their opponents. The huge Allied fleet had very little margin against the equally large Allied fleet, and it was not even one-seventh of its overall strength, and almost all warships with a tonnage of more than 10,000 tons, except for submarines, had to participate in the battle.

In such a large-scale systematic confrontation. The Germans suddenly found that in addition to being able to barely compete with each other in terms of aircraft carriers, there was an extremely huge gap between them and the Allies, whether it was battleships, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, or almost all other types of ships, in order to ensure the number of aircraft carriers in the fleet. The Germans did not build light aircraft carriers, and the fleet, which had only 8 heavy cruisers at the beginning of the war, has not been replenished with a single heavy cruiser!

The composition of the German fleet was quite unreasonable. The gap in national strength and industry is already reflected in the speed of replenishment of the fleet. The Germans lacked enough frigates, so in the event of another super-massive naval battle. Almost all auxiliary warships had to be on board, and only the aviation cruisers could barely perform the task alone. But now, this fleet has also been crippled, although Austria-Hungary still has a few aviation cruisers, but they are inferior both in terms of combat readiness and personnel quality. Raeder, who had only 5 air cruisers combined, was really unable to maintain the suppression of the Allied sea lines of communication.

After losing the aviation cruiser, an important node that concentrated reconnaissance, attack and information exchange, the wolves that the Germans were proud of also became a group of blind lone wolves, and the wolves that lost their aviation protection gradually lost their vitality under the blows of the light aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers of the Entente countries.

"The issue of breaking diplomatic relations at sea will be talked about later, I will negotiate with Marshal Holdie about the relevant matters, now talk about the challenges we will face in the future, the Chinese and American fleets will soon attack, according to intelligence, they will be accompanied by a large number of transport ships to act together, we will search for each other's fleet in a bunch of transport ships, in this case it has never been encountered in the previous naval battle mode, I need you to provide some valuable advice." Count Spee said that in the past, the fleet covered the convoy, and the fleet was in front of the fleet, clearing the obstacles and opening the way for the fleet, but now the situation has changed, and it is clear that the American fleet cannot provide adequate protection for the huge fleet of hundreds of transport ships, on the contrary, the United States is said to have adopted another tactic, hiding the fleet in the transport ships, and when the German fleet attacks the transport ships, it will reveal its position, and then the Americans will take the opportunity to take the lead. The Germans were not stupid, they thought of Halsey's tactics!

"The Americans have clearly learned the essence of our tactical system, a swift, accurate, ferocious wave of attacks. And now the Americans are adapting to our tactics, they hide the fleet in a bunch of secondary targets. If we want to spot them, we have to reconnoiter them progressively, after all, at low speeds. Large transport ships and aircraft carriers are difficult to distinguish on radar. Those transports became the barrier and outpost of the enemy fleet. Count Luknall analyzed. But this system is not without problems, if we take advantage of shore-based aviation. There is still a chance of large-scale high-density reconnaissance on the last leg of their voyage before they enter England, and I assert that the American and British fleets will choose a position further north, and they will think that it is safer. ”

"It's a safe thing to do, but those transports will take advantage of the opportunity to reach the UK, our land-based aviation is not capable of intercepting such a huge fleet at the same time, and their fleet will provide cover for the fleet, even if only half of the fleet enters the UK. That means millions of tons of supplies. The military and political implications are enormous. Is there a better way? Count Spee thought about it, but still hesitated.

This wave of Allied fleets is certainly not fully loaded, some may even be empty, and no matter how powerful it is, electronic warfare technology may "create" a fleet out of thin air. Now the Germans are faced with a situation where a wolf knows that there is a sheepdog in sheep's clothing in the opposite flock, and then the German wolf needs to find the sheepdog from the flock. And you only have one chance, and if you make a mistake, the sheepdog in sheep's clothing is likely to bite the wolf to death!

Count Luknar's tactics were more prudent, but the thought of a large number of convoys arriving in England made it difficult for Earl Spee, as commander of the navy, to bear the consequences. The German General Staff did not want to know how many transports the Navy had sunk on the opposing side. How much damage was inflicted on the adversary, they will only think that the blockade of the Navy has failed, which will lead to the collapse of the entire strategy, and now the Air Force is already in trouble in England. The exchange between the two sides was not in the direction of Germany, and even if Germany had now handed over all its industrial production capacity to the air force, it was still unable to overwhelm its opponents, and it was entirely possible that the Allied transport fleet would become the last straw that crushed Germany's British strategy.

Even a naval attack on a transport ship was a big blow to the national strength of the Entente. The British can also be found in the skies over England! The reciprocal consumption of national strength is a big loss for the Allies!; Count Luknar, as an admiral, could make this suggestion, after all, he had the interests of the navy first. But it is impossible for Count Spee to submit this plan, which is tantamount to a direct slap in the face of the High Command. Nearly 2 months of fighting in the Luftwaffe before were in vain! The Germans' attempt at a quick victory was also completely frustrated!

The Earl of Spee knew that the Red Baron had retreated, and that the latter did not want to fight this war that was costly and had little hope of victory, but this did not mean that the Earl himself was willing to bear the black cauldron of defeat in the Battle of England. More importantly, he believed that if the Allied fleet took a northerly route, it was doubtful how much of a Luftwaffe and Air Force attack would be able to achieve under the cover of the Allied fleet, the British fleet, and the land-based aircraft in Iceland. Count Spee's aim was to inflict heavy damage on the Allied fleet and ensure the strategic superiority of the High Seas Fleet in the Atlantic.

"If we have enough time, we don't necessarily have to crack the other side's tactics, we just need one chance, and after a collision, we have to stop regardless of the outcome. A 12-knot transport ship travels only about 260 nautical miles, or 500 kilometers, in a day, and it takes them at least 10 days to cross the entire Atlantic. We followed slowly from behind, using submarines and reconnaissance planes to search for the adversary, and occasionally launching some small attacks, and in ten days, I think we would have searched all those convoys, and if God wasn't on our side, we could also attack with the air force on the last line of defense. Maybe it didn't turn out well, but we did our best. "Count Luknall further refined his plan, the German fleet would cruise around the huge American fleet like a pack of wolves, and try to find the American fleet and then attack, the transport fleet would protect the American fleet and at the same time completely tether them, they would not be far away, unless they were really bold enough to ignore the casualties of the transport fleet.

"It's not a solution, it's really the best option right now." Count Spee smiled wryly. But fortunately, they still have time to perfect, and even after going to sea, the two sides will probably meet in a few days. "Let's get ready for the fleet to sail, let's bring our own supplies this time, don't arrange any special fleet to follow us, in addition, the submarines of the last line of defense are recovered, give them time to prepare, we need to deal with it with all our strength this time!" At this point, with the end of the meeting, the entire German Navy once again began to slowly move its minions like a awakened lion to prepare for the next hunt!

At the same time, the Huaxia and American fleets have also made final preparations, and the eight ships of the Huaxia Navy are divided into two battle groups, namely the HX-1 fleet and the HX-2 fleet. The first squadron consisted of two medium-sized aircraft carriers and two armored aircraft carriers, the 18,000-ton Liaoning and Heilongjiang, and the 30,000-ton Jilin and Hebei. All 4 aircraft carriers of the 2nd Detachment are armored aircraft carriers. Jiangsu, Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Fujian, respectively, escorted the eight aircraft carriers with four fast battleships equipped with these 16-inch guns, six heavy cruisers and six light cruisers, and as many as 36 destroyers of various types. And there are also a certain number of American destroyers on the periphery to provide escort.

And the U.S. fleet has also been rearmament, this time, the Americans dispatched all Essex-class aircraft carriers, a total of ten, a total of two fleets, TF-1 and TF-2, in addition to the Huaxia and American fleets, there is also a full-time air defense fleet, this fleet is mainly composed of two French aircraft carriers and four light aircraft carriers. Counting light aircraft carriers, the entire fleet has a total of 24 ships, and the total number of carrier-based aircraft has reached 2,000, which is on par with the German high seas fleet in terms of scale, with the Chinese and American fleets having an advantage in single-engine aircraft, while the Germans have an advantage in twin-engine attack aircraft. And in addition to these warships, the Americans arranged a number of escort aircraft carriers, which, in addition to anti-submarine escort, also provided the fleet with spare aircraft.

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