Chapter 67: The Battle of Liège N
The waters of Liège in May are not very hot, and the scorching sun looks more like a bluff. However, I couldn't bear the war-weariness and was exposed to the sun all the time, coupled with mental tension, and sweat kept appearing.
Tirpitz was much more laid-back. She nestled in her own little world, the ship's outfit completely blocked out the sunlight, and from time to time brought her a cool fresh breeze. She's completely ignorant of war-weariness, but there must be something wrong with the ship's plane hanging over her head all the time. She sent teams of 10 groups of about 60 animals scattered around the deep sea to reconnoitre.
Something must be wrong!
It's a veteran gamer's instinct, and she trusts her instincts. As if she suddenly felt a chill in her back while playing FPS, she subconsciously sensed the presence of enemies, and she also believed that she would be able to blow up the newly emerging enemies with one shot, just like in FPS games.
Naturally, the Royal Ark understood the importance of deep-sea movements for war weariness at this time. At this time, the war-weariness is like a dancer dancing on the tip of a knife, which may be cut in half by the sharp blade under him at any time. She sent out all the planes of the entire aircraft carrier group, even the Swordfish, which had not yet had time to hang up the torpedoes. Airplanes filled the sky and covered almost the entire sky of the deep-sea forces. The Royal Ark stared at the deep-sea troops, and it didn't even have time to wipe the sweat off its head.
Her pupils shrank suddenly, and a chill emanated from her spine. A small part of the deep sea changed its course and dispersed in an organized way.
She immediately sounded the alarm about war weariness. War-weariness also found out about this situation, and her hairs immediately stood up, and the sweat on her body revealed a coldness.
Did they find themselves?
Not like.
She immediately dismissed the speculation that they shouldn't have spread their forces like this if they had already discovered their movements.
It should just be speculation.
War-weariness thought so, such a situation was bad, but it was much better than being discovered by the deep sea.
And then, the problem of war weariness is even more serious.
What should I do?
The reconnaissance force sent by the deep sea is very large, all in all directions, and it is very difficult for such a large force of oneself not to be discovered, even if all the ships are now packed.
What to do? What to do?
War-weariness tries to calm himself down.
The speed of the deep sea Judging from previous observations, the speed of simultaneous advance in a large force is not more than about 30 knots, but they have separated, so the speed should be faster.
War-weariness pondered the various data of the deep sea in his mind, calculating the possible time of their encounter.
The situation is not encouraging.
The firing range of both sides is close to more than 30 kilometers at most, and generally speaking, the reconnaissance range will definitely be larger than the firing range. Then they must have found them in a shorter period of time.
Definitely not enough time to go around.
War-weariness thought calmly.
The deep-sea reconnaissance force is getting closer and closer to them, but there is nothing they can do about it, if they unfold their ships at this time, they will definitely be discovered earlier, and war-weariness will never allow this opportunity to be lost in their own hands.
The deep sea was about to enter the archipelago she had expected.
"Trust me, war-weary." This is the first time that the Royal Ark has directly called the name of war-weariness.
At the same time, the Royal Ark went on the attack.
It was an attack that was not even expected by war weariness. It was only when the carrier-based aircraft's perspective rapidly changed that she realized that the Ark Royal had begun to attack.
Afterward, she heard the voice of the Royal Ark and swallowed everything she was about to say.
The dive of the carrier-based aircraft is very fast, and even the slow Swordfish can fall relatively quickly. Ark Royal did not have the energy to subdivide whether the planes were hung with torpedoes and bombs. Her purpose was not to effectively kill the enemy in the first place.
At first, her mission was to force the deep sea into the archipelago, and now she has one more mission.
Attract the attention of the deep sea, and the deep sea must not be allowed to focus on scouting the surrounding situation.
Thankfully, they had plenty of ammunition, but the Ark Royal had to be used little by little. She had to keep the attack dense and uninterrupted.
And the war-weariness reaction is not slow, she immediately dispersed the originally complete troops, the goal of the action together is too large, and there will be a situation where the speed of the voyage drags each other down, now is not the time to go out and advance together, and must act separately.
The troops, which had been neat, began to tear apart in an orderly manner.
The moment the plane above his head began to attack, it was not defense that appeared in Tirpitz's mind, but—
Sure enough, there was a problem.
She remembered the details vividly.
When I didn't send out the reconnaissance, the fly on my head didn't move, but after the reconnaissance team sent out, I quickly reacted.
There's definitely a cat around her troops.
The attack on the Ark Royal did not stop Tirpitz from exploring his surroundings.
However, Tirpitz did not completely ignore the attack from heaven. A set of skillful venting movements was thrown out. In the case of double use, Tirbitz can't do everything, but for the gamers, the most basic operations have been integrated into their souls, just like this set of air defense actions.
Tirpitz didn't expect that what she was most confident about would be her biggest vulnerability.
The Royal Ark had completely given up on observing her surroundings, and she had devoted all her energy to the battle. She had to maintain the density of attacks on the battlefield, and she had to operate planes to and from the battlefield to and from her. At the same time, her scouting of the deep sea is not over, and she does her best to provide a sufficiently comprehensive distribution of the deep sea for war weariness. There will be omissions, of course, but she believes that war weariness can be dealt with.
Suddenly, the planes returning to resupply encountered a situation - a convoy of planes flew past them. The Royal Ark noticed it, and even she could see the model of the plane. It's not their plane, it's not the plane of the deep sea, it's Aramco's plane!
Shouldn't Lexington be on the other side of the battlefield?
How did you come here?
The Royal Ark was suspicious.
Moreover, they seem to be in a hurry.
The Royal Ark immediately sent a plane to follow, and at the same time asked Lexington questions.
(Did we just run into friendly forces?) Best felt like he had seen someone else's carrier-based aircraft.
(Is there one?) They were flying so fast that McCluskey didn't notice at all, and it was constantly watching the surface of the sea.
(Seems to have been, right?) Best wasn't sure either, it hadn't just paid attention to it.
(Whatever, keep going, my warrior soul, tell me the enemy is nearby!) )
(Yes!) )