Chapter 861 Prelude to the War!

However, this is what Tilit is struggling with the most now. He vaguely feels that something is wrong with the situation, because in the past when the Hipper fleet came out, the five battlecruisers were lined up in a row, and it was easy to see clearly, but Now, the situation is a little different, and it seems that the other side has too many escort warships?

Looking at the entire squadron of light cruisers located to the west of the fleet, Commodore Tirit fell into deep thought. There are some telegrams that he would not dare to take easily! "According to past experience, this should be Hipper's fleet, but why do I feel a little strange?" Looking at the obscured shadow of the ship in the distance, Commodore Tilit became more and more uncertain. . After looking at it for a while, he finally discovered the problem. It seemed that all battleships had similar shapes? According to his memory, the three Moltke-class battlecruisers in Hipper's fleet were similar, and Blücher and Vondertann were relatively similar. "The German fleet consists of about 5 battleships, but they have a larger number of light cruisers, maybe two squadrons. The speed is 18 knots and they are heading towards Dogger Sandbank." After a while, Tiri Te finally sent the telegram. At this moment, Betty didn't care about the first half of the telegram at all. He only needed to know the speed, position and direction of the German fleet! The Hipper fleet appeared, they were discovered by the Harwich fleet, and were steadily tracking, and heading north! And the position of his fleet is east of Dogger Sandbank! Vice Admiral Jerram's fleet is heading northeast of Dogger Sandbank. In this case, the two fleets formed a pincer-like encirclement, just waiting for the Germans to jump in! "We have the most perfect fighting situation! The only problem now is that if the Germans choose to turn around and run away, there will be some trouble." An ecstatic Betty walked back and forth on the bridge, almost every time he passed In three minutes, his staff officers were asked to report the positions of both fleets, and they were in frequent contact with the Harwich fleet. For this general who has a reputation for bravery, his only worry now is that when his fleet appears, Hipper will be too scared to fight! Although he blocked the German fleet's way back, as long as the Germans were willing to pay a certain price, they still had a chance to escape. Not giving full play, this is a very serious problem for Betty. As for, can't win? How can this be? ! "The fleet speed is increased to 26 knots!" Betty suddenly ordered. "General, I'm afraid the Warrior can't keep up, and Lieutenant General Jerram will definitely not be able to keep up." An officer said. "So is there a problem with New Zealand and Australia?" Betty asked without looking back. "It's not a big problem. The two battlecruisers have reduced their loads as much as possible, and their ship condition is the best. They can both run at a speed of more than 25 knots during the trial. 26 knots is not a big problem." The officer thought for a moment. Want to say. "That's no problem. We have 6 ships and Hipper has 5 ships. That's enough! Let Major General Moore and Lieutenant General Jerram follow behind to take care of the injured warships!" Betty said without hesitation. . If it weren't for the Warrior's powerful combat power, Betty might even have thrown it aside. For Betty, the meaning of a battleship that couldn't catch up with its opponent was really limited. "It would be great if the guy at the front was another battle cruiser!" Betty said leisurely as she looked at the warrior in front of her. So the entire fleet began to speed up, and a large amount of Welsh white coal was fed into the boilers. More than 20 boilers on each battlecruiser quickly converted the energy of these coals into high-risk, high-pressure water vapor. The roaring steam turbine is then supplied through the pipeline. When the temperature reaches a certain level, the fuel nozzle located in the boiler begins to spray heavy oil.

This brings the speed of the entire battleship to another level!

In this case, the battleship Warrior had to lag behind, and Betty seemed to feel that the speed was not fast enough. After a few minutes, he asked the fleet to increase the speed to 27 knots! At this time, General Moore's two battleships were already overwhelmed. When Betty gritted his teeth and increased the speed to 28 knots, there was a clear gap between the four battlecruisers in the front team and the two behind them! "The British radio communication frequency has begun to increase sharply. If I guessed correctly, we are already relatively close!" Scheer stepped forward and said to Prince Ruprecht. "And we now find that there are three signal sources. One is the British light cruiser behind us, and the other two are to the northeast of us. One of them is Betty. We can determine it from the method of the transmitter, and the other It seems to be a new fleet." Scheer couldn't help but feel worried in his words. "It doesn't matter, just make sure it's not a large fleet." The prince said nonchalantly. People have fingerprints, and telegrams are sent by people, and they will also be mixed with personal imprints. This is the so-called telegram technique. The German fleet has had too many interactions with Betty. As long as the transmitter has not changed, it can naturally be determined which signal source is Betty. Although the other signal source cannot be determined, Scheer can also guarantee that this It can't be the Grand Fleet. The reason is simple. Even if the Grand Fleet was ready to launch fire and go to sea after receiving the news, they could not feel it at this time. Moreover, from the Shetland Islands to Dogger Sands, German submarines deployed at least three cordons. , and there are 5 airships. With the size of the large fleet, if they pass through this area, there is no reason why the Germans cannot discover it. If nothing else, the thick smoke covering the sky from hundreds of various warships is enough to expose the fleet. Whereabouts! "But it may be a battleship formation, or even a super-dreadnought formation, about 4 ships in size." Scheer said with some worry. Scheer was also very courageous, but he did not fight. To the point where I think that with 7 warships, I can compete with the opponent's 11 or even 12 warships. "So what? The number of warships the other party has does not mean the number of warships when fighting us. Don't worry." The prince said calmly, "Let Rear Admiral Heppinghouse of the first light cruiser formation come forward. We need to meet Betty as soon as possible to go out for reconnaissance!"For the prince, the opportunity is too good to miss and will never come again. God knows when the big fleet will come! If you can, do it as early as possible. Look up at the sky. Well, the weather is nice. It’s a good day to settle your scores with one shot! Of course, the prince also paid attention to Scheer's reminder, but Ruprecht had obviously already prepared a response and was just waiting for the British to come up! And soon after the first light cruiser detachment in front went out, they discovered the Betty fleet rushing towards this direction! The second update~~~! Please subscribe and support~~~!