Louise followed Elena to the operations command room with trepidation. The large sand table in the middle is already full of flags, and all the capital ships on the island are there, including the two admirals Cato and Lily.

"Is the Admiral resting?"

"Well, how's it going?"

"The British, believing our speculations, have informed everyone. Other ports have also agreed to step up patrols. The sea areas for which each family is responsible have just been divided. The area we are responsible for is Scarpa Bay's two coastlines that run due south and due west on this side of Meenland. ”

The terrain around Scarpa Harbour is relatively simple, with almost a straight line on the south side, only two small fjords on the west side, and it should not be difficult to patrol on the front side. But Elena's face was not very good when she saw Margaret.

"Is there any difficulty?"

Margaret smiled bitterly: "The tonnage of our warships is too big, and we dare not deviate from the course and go deep into the shallow waters. In particular, we don't have a single torpedo boat of about 500 tons, which is a hidden danger. ”

Elena also smiled wryly, who can be blamed for this?

Blame Italy for not having small destroyers? But it is clear that people have torpedo boats, minesweepers, and minelayers all available, from 300 tons to 1,000 tons without any interruptions. It's just that everyone used to dislike their combat effectiveness and was not happy to contract such a small ship.

That blames the Admiral?

The Admiral is not a rookie in the first place, and it is impossible not to see the role of small ships. These 'schoolboys' are useless in the open ocean, but they are no less effective than large warships in coastal combat.

But the question is, which ship's mother doesn't want her tonnage to be as big as possible?

Barcel Lisa's cruiser-like sheer size has become a fad, and among the familiar, the little ones are the focus of attention wherever they go, like stars. Most of the time they were mistaken for cruisers by people they didn't know. Elena could foresee that if the fame of these guys spread, it would inevitably cause a shock.

So this problem is not recommended by the ship girls, it involves internal harmony issues, and it is obviously impossible for Barcelisa and the guys who are used to eating big fish and meat to go back to eat bran throat vegetables.

However, Elena knew that the Admiral had seen the problem, and the gopher had just transformed all the ships under his command into minesweepers, and if nothing else, most of the torpedo boats and auxiliary ships would also be under his command. But the gopher is currently stepping up demining day and night, and there is no time to spare at all.

"So how do you fix it now?"

Cato replied to Elena's doubts: "The British have also discovered this problem, and all of our admirals who have come to carry out the mission are not prepared for this. They had pulled out the Scottish Nearshore Defense Fleet last night, and the Admirals had a lot of MTB torpedo boats and minesweepers. I have just asked the British for help, and they have sent two admirals to assist us in our defense. ”

This is the strategic location of the Auckland Islands, which is next to the British mainland, and the flight distance is only an hour, so it is not too convenient to want support.

"By the way, on the issue of command and narrowing the scope of defense, the British said that there were great differences on the island. Inform us of the meeting tomorrow. ”

Elena turned back to Louise and said, "Write it down, and you'll need to tell him the news tomorrow morning when he eats breakfast." ”

Louise nodded, curiously coming to the sand table. The sand table is a large-scale model of Scapa Bay, which is quite finely made. She also knew that each of the dozen or so operational command rooms here had a model of this, but the locations drawn on the sand table were different, and she had even seen a detailed map of the German coast, which was no worse than her own country, and the British were in a hurry, and there were still remnants of the war deduction.

This is the advantage of stationing in a large military port, all kinds of hardware facilities are quite complete, and the admirals of other ports are probably still holding a magnifying glass to look at paper maps.

Scapa Bay on the sand table has been divided into neat squares and labeled. Athena and Alicia are busy marking small flags of various colors.

Alicia reported: "The three teams have completed patrolling Area C5 and are moving towards Area B3. ”

Athena was in charge: "They're a little bit faster, tell them to slow down by one section and let the team in B4 speed up by one section. ”

"Okay. Six teams have completed their patrol of Sector E4 and are moving towards Sector E5. ”

"Let them change course, the E5 area just finished patrolling half an hour ago, it's not a big problem, let them go to the F3 area."

Louise looked at it for a while and felt dizzy: "What kind of tactic is this?" How come I've never seen one? ”

Athena smiled slightly: "This is a special confrontation that our military department has explored by itself...... Deep-sea submarine tactics. It's not complicated to understand the principle. The sea surface is divided into different areas, and each team cruises in different directions and on different routes, trying to ensure that each area is searched by the fleet within a certain period of time, and trying to reduce the time and space for enemy submarine operations. We call it 'Rubik's Cube Anti-Submarine '. ”

Little smashed! What against deep-sea submarines is obviously against Germany!

As soon as Athena explained Louise, she understood that this set of tactics was specially used for coastal defense submarines, and it was prepared for submarines that had been lurking for a long time. The disadvantages of this tactic are obvious, first of all, it must be carried out in absolutely familiar sea conditions, otherwise the reefs on the bottom of the sea will cause a large non-combat attrition of the fleet, and the number of combat ships to be invested is large enough, and the resource consumption of continuous patrol is also very large, which is not a very advanced tactic. To put it bluntly, it is to cram as many anti-submarine warships as possible into a sea area and make them patrol as efficiently as possible. However, it cannot be denied that this is indeed better than traditional line patrols.

Although deep-sea submarines will also go to the British mainland from time to time to harass them, neither the density nor the frequency is very high. It is clearly not worth using such high-cost tactics, which are clearly directed specifically against the tactics of the German wolf pack!

Thinking of this, Louise couldn't help but worry about those submarines.

Athena seemed to see through her thoughts: "What? Worried about those submarines? ”

Louise nodded with a wry smile: "Yes, it's really uncomfortable to confront your own country." But don't worry, I know where I stand now, and I won't hold you back. ”

"The Admiral is also involuntarily. Hold on for another year or two, and when we get back to the East, if you're still confused, you can consult Sissi and Teresa, they have experience. ”

"I asked, and Sissi said that since you have decided to become a secretary ship, you must be ready to face all the courage with your own admiral, not to mention facing your own mother country, even if you are a sister, you can only sink it, this is our fate."

Athena laughed: "Wow, it's so ruthless, it's all fatalistic to brainwash you." It's worthy of sleeping with the Admiral, and it's different from our enlightenment! This should be love. ”

Love? Maybe.