In the afternoon of the same day, two air cruisers sailed out of the port of Brest, both of which were battle-hardened veterans, one was the German Navy's Nuremberg air cruiser, and the other was the Königsberg air cruiser, and the two air cruisers left the base with six destroyers and two supply ships and headed north, not only to attack the small British warships with carrier-based aircraft, but also to supply the warships and submarines that were on duty at sea.

And this time it was still Frank who led the team, but at this time he was already a major general, and with the help of the South Atlantic to break the battle, he successfully broke through the barrier between the colonel and the general! This mission seems to be very easy, in Crank's opinion, his fleet is now the king of the North Atlantic, the British fleet is shrinking at home, and the American and Chinese fleets are on the other side of the ocean, he really has nothing to fear!

But alas, the Germans underestimated the will to fight of the British Royal Navy! Although the British Royal Navy has suffered repeated defeats since the First World War, in the eyes of outsiders, the victorious Royal Navy of the Nelson era is gone, and the British Empire is already yesterday in the face of the new powers rising in this era. Even in the eyes of many naval critics, the British Royal Navy has been reduced to the fourth position and has been squeezed out of the first echelon of the world's navy.

This evaluation cannot be wrong, perhaps the hardware facilities of the British Royal Navy to dominate the world in the Nelson era have declined, but the indomitable and never-say-die spirit of the British Navy has never been lost. The spirit of still daring to face a strong enemy is also valuable! The British never pass up an opportunity, even when it comes to great risks. Nimitz underestimated the determination and fighting spirit of the British, even when he was still worried about whether the British government would accept the proposals of China and the United States. The Royal Navy has already begun to act!

The endurance of the British in extremely difficult circumstances was amazing, and they controlled themselves with an extremely tenacious will, like hungry cheetahs. They had formed a rapid reaction fleet very early, and there were fleet aircraft carriers in these fleets, but they had never made a move, and there were few high-value targets in the entire theater of operations, and they would rather watch the defeat of their own destroyer fleet than do it, and they were gambling that the Germans would send a secondary main force to clear out the British harassing fleet. And this time. They finally waited for their chance, and soon after the Rank's fleet was dispatched, the British discovered each other's whereabouts!

"The Germans were careless, they were blinded by past victories! How to make such a bloated fleet, and lack the ability to defend itself! Cunningham couldn't help but scoff when he saw the information. The Germans had lost the agility and thoroughness of the beginning of the war. As a fleet, either you have great mobility to keep the opponent scratching your head, or you're strong enough for the opponent not to do anything to you! The Germans began to formulate their battle plans according to this standard, and in the South Atlantic Breaking Operation, the German Navy did not have an advantage in military strength. But relying on the high speed of the aviation cruisers, the Germans were always able to catch the fighters. And when it came to the decisive battle in the North Atlantic, the German Navy overwhelmed the opponent with a dignified division, and the early performance can be described as perfect. But look at this time. Cunningham even wondered if his opponent was a newcomer who didn't understand anything!

Look at the composition of this fleet! Two aviation cruisers swaggered out with a bunch of supply ships with a speed of only 16 knots! Is this TM a mockery? After the previous stage of the light fleet contest, the British already had a certain understanding of the supply rules and locations of the German fleet. You can even guess where the German fleet with supply ships will appear! This is the same as in the original Iranian civil war, when the Germans could judge the route of the Iranian fleet based on the fuel consumption of the opposing side.

Is it true that when you have the Allied fleet standing behind you, my brother won't be able to clean you up? If the High Seas Fleet can cover you, the premise is that you can at least resist the first wave of attacks! This is something that the British will give you seconds with a round of attacks. Are you still waiting for someone else to come to your rescue? The British understood that the Germans had taken a fancy to the British and did not dare to send a large fleet. Either they are very confident in their land-based aviation and think that they are within the cruising range of the Cranker fleet. German ground-based aviation had an overwhelming advantage.

It's easy to run into the Germans and make a stupid move, so what are you waiting for? The British immediately put together an ultra-luxury detachment from their small home, and the British Royal Navy's Pride Fury-class aircraft carriers Fury and Brave were incorporated into this fleet at the same time, and the Fury, which had been beaten out in the North Atlantic naval battle, was finally repaired and upgraded after being re-equipped with new carrier-based crews. In addition, the British produced a new armored aircraft carrier, the Victory, and another light aircraft carrier, which supplemented the losses of the aircraft carrier Glory and the Poseidon Son, and the entire British fleet regained 5 fleet carriers and 2 light aircraft carriers. Pulling out the two strongest aircraft carriers is a bit painful, but it's also within the range of patience!

In addition to the aircraft carriers, the British also assigned the fleet with one new battleship, the lead ship of the Admiral Hood-class battleship, the Hood, a new type of battleship with a maximum speed of 31 knots and eight 16-inch guns. and 3 heavy cruisers plus 10 destroyers. The biggest advantage of this elite fleet is speed and range, in the Northeast Atlantic, they can maneuver at an average speed of more than 25 knots, strong and agile, this aircraft carrier formation led by Cunningham himself is completely a bloodthirsty cheetah! But at this time, a bad news made Cunningham, who was rubbing his fists and preparing for a big fight, a little disappointed, that is, the weather in the recent combat area was not very good! Not very suitable for aviation operations!

As soon as he heard the news, Cunningham's mood could be described as terrible! But this was only a short time, and soon, Cunningham figured it out, if you can't use carrier-based aircraft, you can't use it, you can't stop fighting in bad weather! Could it be that the British were instigated by an artillery battle? 1 battleship plus 4 heavy cruisers are still afraid of you 2 aviation cruisers! Besides, the weather is bad, and the opponent's land-based aviation cannot be dispatched. You have the advantage! After all, the British also have submarines and other light warships in this area to help with reconnaissance! After much thought, Canning decided that no matter what. It's a rare opportunity! Let's continue to prepare to go to sea to fight!

So Cunningham went out of Ireland with the fleet without saying a word, and then took advantage of the bad weather to hide his whereabouts. And this time. Cranke didn't know his fate, and the German fleet was indeed a bit hasty in this sortie, but it would be a big mistake to say that the Germans didn't consider the possibility of the British Royal Navy sending capital ships to attack! The Germans thought about it, and they also arranged the back hand! It's just that there are some mistakes in intelligence.

What was the strongest US Navy in World War 2 in history? In addition to strength, the strongest is damage management! After the Battle of the Coral Sea, Yorktown returned to Pearl Harbor and was resurrected less than a week later! The USS Franklin was hit by an airplane with a bomb! Hundreds of people died, and still survived! This time, the USS Fury was able to regain blood so quickly. It's also thanks to the American dentist and the blood vial! The Germans underestimated the progress of the repair of the aircraft carrier Fury, and did not expect that in this case, the British would be able to complete an aircraft carrier, after all, the new aircraft carrier Revenge was actually completed in the north of England, and the Germans did not know about its situation! And in this case, the Germans believed that the British could use only 3 fleet aircraft carriers and 2 light aircraft carriers! They decided that it was impossible for the British Navy to send fleet aircraft carriers to fight under such circumstances, and they did not have the capital or the determination! In this case, the British can only use 2 light aircraft carriers at most. (For the addition of light aircraft carriers, the Germans did think of it.) After all, light aircraft carriers are easier to build. A fleet of this size. The two aviation cruisers of the Kranker fleet also did not suffer much.

On the other hand, the Germans did a good job of forecasting the weather this time, knowing that the weather in the Atlantic Ocean during this time was not very good and was not suitable for aviation operations. This makes the probability of sorties of light aircraft carriers also greatly reduced, and wait until the weather improves. The Germans decisively left behind, and there would be two more aviation cruisers to meet the Kranker fleet, and when the time came. And what if the British sent 2 light aircraft carriers? How do you lose 4 against 2?!

As an old fox who had participated in the Breaking Battle, Crake was still very careful when he walked. Naturally, he will not touch the combat radius of British land-based aviation, according to the task. He spoke about supplying fuel, food, and torpedoes to German submarines cruising near the Faroe Islands and the Shetland Islands. Considering the US-British aviation base in Iceland, he chose the supply area 900 kilometers southwest of Iceland, which is basically outside the reconnaissance and attack range of the opponent's land-based aviation.

"General, our fleet will stay in the Wolf's Lair supply area for 3 to 5 days to replenish 30 submarines, and then the supply fleet will join up with the other 2 light cruisers, and the light cruisers will cover and return to the mainland, and then we can start a free hunt operation. There will be 2 more aviation cruisers under the command of Colonel Langsdorf. Our success in the South Atlantic will be repeated in the North Atlantic. A staff officer complimented.

"Good, watch out for air and underwater." Crake thought for a moment and said. If it was the beginning of the war, Cranke would never have waited for 3 days in a 50-kilometer radius! But now, it seems that he is the king of this sea! Crank's originally tense nerves were also relaxed!

Since it is to provide supplies at sea, there must be a radio communication signal. Coupled with the fact that long-wave radios used for submarine submarine communications were the easiest type of signal to intercept, the British noticed a surge in radio signals near Iceland at their radio direction finding stations in Iceland early on. And this information was quickly transmitted to the naval headquarters, and then to Cunningham's desk, thinking that the biggest dynamic of the German Navy at present is the dispatch of the Krankk fleet, so the anomaly near Iceland is obviously the lice on the bald head - clearly indicating the location of the Krank's fleet. And the Cunningham fleet, which was cruising on the sea, immediately headed for this sea!

"Don't go to the aircraft carrier formation. There is no point in you going, stay in the waters of the western part of Ireland to be on guard, and give us a warning if the German fleet is suddenly dispatched. "Before the action, Lancelot. Vice Admiral Holland made a suggestion that it would be enough to bring 1 battleship and 2 heavy cruisers and several destroyers for this task, there was no need to bring other battleships! And Cunningham thought about it, and decided to follow 500KM behind the fleet of Holland. So it didn't seem to Cranke that the British had long been thinking about him, and were going to fight a fundamentalist naval battle to solve their problems!

"To be honest, after the plane, I don't even know how to fight a naval battle now!" Holland's ambitions were thwarted by the harsh reality the next day, and if nothing else, where was the enemy? The radio direction is also affected by the weather. It is difficult to detect the direction of the other party, and you can find it yourself if you have a general direction, and if you have a reconnaissance plane, it is not difficult, but then again, you don't have to handle the plane yourself. So, under the strong winds and torrential rain of the Atlantic, Vice Admiral Holland's Hood and two followers wandered around the icy North Atlantic for two days! And the very next night, a telegram from a submarine changed the situation, and the lucky British submarine tracked a German submarine as it sailed across the sea and headed somewhere. This signal shocked Vice Admiral Horan, and the entire fleet immediately adjusted its course and headed towards the goal!

Frank was still very careful, he deployed the destroyers 30 nautical miles outside the fleet, and four 1937 destroyers equipped with long-range anti-aircraft early warning radars formed a weak air defense warning network to the east of the fleet. But what he didn't expect was that the British would actually kill from the southeast! And not from the air, but from the sea! The anti-aircraft radar can detect large aircraft groups hundreds of kilometers away, and the sea search radar can see 40 kilometers, which also depends on the radar antenna height and weather conditions! Coupled with the fact that the destroyer's sea-searching radar in the southernmost part was accidentally smashed by ice, Cranke sadly lost the last chance for long-range warning!

When Holland's fleet appeared at a distance of 70 kilometers nearby, Kranker did not detect the opponent at all, of course, Holland's radar also did not detect the opponent, but the passive radio sideways had already begun to lock on to the target! The Krank's fleet is locked in a small range, and in 1 hour at most, Holland can bring the opponent into the range of the ship's guns!

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