Chapter 1,231 Target Sevastopol!
Chapter 1231 Target Sevastopol!
So where will the Russians go now? Constantinople is also impossible. Not to mention that the fort at the entrance still exists. The two battleships of the Allied fleet have been damaged. There is no need for the Russians to continue attacking. Well, the Russians have only one choice, and that is Together with the British fleet, they attacked the main fleet commanded by Count Spey!
"Yes, that must be the case!" Count Luckner threw away the pen in his hand. In a few steps, he walked to the nautical map kilometer, and after carefully measuring the distance from the fleet to Ereli with a slide rule, he shook his head. "No, the distance is too far." The count said to himself helplessly,
Earl Luckner has discovered the key to the problem, but it is of no use now. Judging from the current speed of the fleet, it will be about 6 hours before we get there. How long? The winner has already been decided. The day lilies are already cold! If Count Spey wins, his trip will be in vain. If the Count loses, will he go there to deliver food? And thinking about the plane above his head just now, Count Luckner himself felt very troubled. God knows how many bombers the British sent to deal with his teacher. When one side has air superiority, this battle is too difficult, so After weighing the pros and cons, the Count decided that going to Ereli to meet the teacher at this time was not a good choice!
"So, it would be better for us to choose here at this time!" The count panned his eyes eastward, and finally pointed at a certain area in the eastern part of the Black Sea with his hand! "After solving the fire on the Redbeard Varedin, go to Sevastopol immediately! Where are we waiting for the Russians!" Count Luckner said decisively.
"Your Excellency Major General, are you crazy? Your Excellency Count Spee is fighting the Russians, but we are going to Sevastopol?" an officer said in surprise.
"No matter what the situation is in Ereli, the Russians will eventually come back here. And we ambush them here! If the count wins, then all we need to deal with is the bastards of the Russian fleet, and we can just send them to the west. . If the teacher unfortunately fails, then let us save the war situation in the Mediterranean." Count Luckner said.
Earl Luckner finally made this decision after careful consideration. He has fully considered the comparison of combat power. To be honest, if we only count the battle at sea, it would definitely be a matter of minutes for Count Spee's main fleet to kill the Russian Black Sea Fleet. 3 super-dreadnoughts and 3 quasi-dreadnoughts can defeat 2 ships. Dreadnought and 4 pre-dreadnoughts…. This combat effectiveness is generally several levels worse!
The only variable is the British Air Force, but what is certain is that even if the Russians and British defeat the Earl's fleet, the Russian Navy will definitely not feel comfortable! It is inevitable to sink several warships. The condition of the remaining battleships is definitely not good. On our side, one super-dreadnought may be a little overmatched against two full-status dreadnoughts. But it shouldn't be a big problem to defeat two Dreadnoughts with residual health. Although the armored cruiser is a little earlier, its performance is advanced, so killing one of the former Dreadnoughts is not a big problem. That is to say,
Theoretically, from the perspective of large warships, the combat effectiveness of Russia's remaining warships will not exceed the upper limit of its own fleet!
Of course, there are still risks. Count Luckner's fleet does not bring destroyers, which is an obvious shortcoming in escorting warships. If it is a night battle, anything can happen, and even during the day, a few A destroyer may also change the situation of the war, but compared to the risks faced, this benefit is large enough, an opportunity to resolve the Black Sea War!
If that's the case, why not block them at the door of the other party's house? !And it can also avoid British bombers. As for tracking the enemy? Count Luckner's fleet also has 4 seaplanes, plus the submarines deployed around it, which should be enough.
"At the latest before nightfall tomorrow, the battle for control of the Black Sea must have a result." Earl Lucknar once again encouraged himself in his heart. He had a hunch that if the Russian Black Sea Fleet could not be completely eliminated now, the Allied Mediterranean Fleet and Turkey would face an extremely difficult situation in the near future. Britain's background as a great power was still very scary. Some places are really not comparable to a country like Germany that only emerged during the Second Industrial Revolution.
Half an hour later, the fast battleship Suman Osman I and the armored cruiser Amityesh advanced towards the Sevastopol Fortress at a speed of 18 knots, while the heavily damaged Redbeard Varedin carried all the Scarring northwest from here, he would head towards Romania, which was under the control of the Bavarian Army. At this point, before 10 o'clock in the morning, the fighting on the two secondary battlefields of this round of fighting between the two sides had ended. RAF battle reports showed the destruction of two fast battleships and an armored cruiser. A total of 3 squadrons, 54 bombers of various types and 6 guidance aircraft were committed. So far, 27 of these bombers that penetrated behind enemy lines have been confirmed to have been lost, and 8 were damaged. About 12 of them returned successfully. The whereabouts of the remaining aircraft are currently unknown.
"Our plan was successful this time, wasn't it?" At the command headquarters located on the Holy Mountain Peninsula in Greece, Navy representative Lieutenant General Sturdy said with a smile.
"The cost is still quite high. We lost nearly 70% of our aviation crews. And it is far from the time when the dust has settled. If we cannot destroy or severely damage Count Spey's fleet, then our operation will not be considered a success." Lieutenant General Trenchard said with some uneasiness. A fully-organized German interceptor force actually appeared in the sky over Turkey, turning the originally low-risk operation into a hell for the bomber force! The lieutenant general had only heard of this interceptor force that specifically targeted twin-engine and four-engine large bombers in battle reports. It is said that they made the Russians miserable, and also made the British bomber troops involved in the bombing in the North Sea suffer some hardships.
He originally thought that such air force squadrons would be very rare, and if there were any, they would probably be on the Eastern Front. However, judging from the telegrams sent from this operation, this time the Germans dispatched at least two squadrons of interceptor aircraft to intercept the bomber force. The intensity of the interception and combat effectiveness far exceeded Lieutenant General Trenchard's estimate!
"I hope these bombers will not appear in Ereli." Lieutenant General Trenchard closed his eyes and prayed in his heart for his colleagues who were still fighting on the front line. The existence of these bomber killers made Lieutenant General Trenchard worry about the future development of the British bomber force.
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