Chapter 1093 Hipper’s Emergency Telegram
Chapter 1093 Hipper’s urgent call
The prince is really a little worried. If Major General Hall does not mention the sea transportation line, then the prince may still be hesitant about whether to immediately launch an offensive against Romania under severe consumption. However, when the North Sea transportation line was hit, the British royal family When the navy gradually recovers, any resource is very important, let alone Romania, which is the Balkan bread basket and the largest oil field in Western Europe! Therefore, even if the losses are greater and the troops are weaker, this battle should still be fought! And the prince decided to leave this matter to his uncle.
On the one hand, Prince Leopold is naturally good enough to win the German Grand Iron Cross. Is he capable of becoming the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front? What's more, they are fighting weak chickens among the Balkan countries. We have enough aircraft, artillery and tanks on our side, how could we possibly lose?
On the other hand, it can be regarded as a reward for his uncle. To be honest, the prince definitely felt sorry for his uncle. When farming, it was his uncle who helped clear the way for him. If his father supported him in industry and politics, If so, then the prince's greatest support in the military is his uncle. In order to carry out the prince's plan, Prince Leopold often put forward constructive suggestions and withstood pressure from all sides.
After the war began, the prince's side enjoyed great success, while Prince Leopold took over some of the dirty work. In the border battle, the prince commanded the most elite legion to deal with the Russians, while Prince Leopold Blocked the Russian attack in Bohemia and cooperated with the encirclement. He went to the west to deal with the French, and the prince looked after the house in the east. In this battle, he and Mackensen stole the show, while the prince led only the third Bavarian Division on the side to provide cover.
Although everyone is one family and does not talk to each other, the prince believes that the glory of killing Romania should be left to his uncle. This can be regarded as a reward for him, and to be honest, the prince thinks that this reward is far from enough! And now that the prince has decided, according to the previous practice of the Bavarian Legion, the staff has no right to reject it. It is not only the authority, but also the absolute authority formed by long-term victory!
"Your Highness, General Schmidt would like to see you." The attendant bowed and said.
"Then let him come in. Shouldn't he be on duty at this time?" the prince whispered.
"Your Highness, this is an urgent message from Lieutenant General Hipper. It has just been forwarded from Munich. Please read it." Lieutenant General Schmidt was not polite when he came in.
"Hangcao, what's going on? Hipper sent the telegram to Munich, and then transferred it here from Munich? What kind of international joke are you kidding?" The prince was startled and felt that something was very abnormal. It must be unusual for Hipper to go to such trouble with the telegram and even take the risk of overstepping his bounds to find him!
"Call me the liaison officer from the Admiralty immediately, and also,
Let the communications department prepare. Our phone calls and telegrams with the Admiralty, Kiel Port and Kaiser Wilhelm Port must remain open. In addition, send a telegram to Wilhelm Port first and ask Hipper to hold the phone for me. I will read it. After that, contact him immediately. And Tirpitz, let me know too. "The prince was not ambiguous and ordered immediately. In fact, although the prince has temporarily given up the command of the High Seas Fleet, the Kaiser's order is still valid. Large-scale operations must obtain the prince's consent, and some extraordinary matters also require Report to the prince, and have Admiralty Tirpitz directly in charge. Logically speaking, Hipper cannot skip the Admiralty and contact the prince directly.
However, since the prince returned from Vienna, the Admiralty has not sent any important telegrams to the prince. But now, Lieutenant General Hipper, who is on the front line, suddenly sent the telegram to Munich and then forwarded it to the prince. There must be something big going on here. The prince believes it. , with Hipper's character and courage, he shouldn't be fooling himself. Therefore, in order to deal with a big and unclear matter, the prince needs to establish contact with the Admiralty.
"Your Highness, it is already 11:30 pm." Major General Hall reminded.
"I haven't even rested yet. Why should Tirpitz rest? He's going to do it immediately! Even if nothing happens, Tirpitz won't be able to sleep tonight!" the prince said unequivocally. Then he opened the telegram.
"Your Highness, I hope you can immediately send a telegram to the Navy Ministry to allow my fast fleet to leave the port to carry out missions." After seeing the first sentence, the prince felt his brain buzzing. The first reaction was Hipper, are you crazy? I no longer have the power. Even Admirals Tirpitz and Bohr, who are now in power, cannot just send out a main fleet. This requires permission from the Kaiser.
Then, the prince continued to browse the following content, and finally knew the general reason. Three days ago, the battlecruiser Blücher and the battlecruiser Moltke of the German Fast Fleet went to the North Sea blockade to perform operations at the North Sea blockade as scheduled. mission, after severely damaging the Betty Fleet, the Grand Fleet shrunk to the Firth of Forth in central England. The entire North Sea blockade existed in name only. Therefore, the German battlecruisers who could defeat me could not outrun me, and those who could catch up with me would fight. But my principles. (It seems that no British fleet can catch up with Moltke now.) It is very comfortable to operate at the North Sea blockade.
But this time, something seems to have gone wrong. Since the two warships sent the last telegram the day before yesterday, Hipper has never received any news from the two warships! And not only that, the radio signal station located in Kaiser Wilhelmshaven suddenly received strong radio interference clutter! Although it would not interfere with normal communications, it made Hipper feel very uneasy. According to the technician's estimation, the signal source should be near the Shetland Islands. If there is a German fleet there, then his radio signal Will be difficult to send to Wilhelmshaven!
"There is definitely a conspiracy!" The prince finally knew the general outline of the matter. The Royal Navy seems to have taken action! In fact, looking at the time, four months have passed since the last Thunder-Serbrus operation. The four queens of the Thomas fleet have returned and have completed repairs and maintenance. During this period, the new queen also went into service. After the fast fleet was restored, it was normal for the British Navy to take action. It seems that the British have already taken action, but the top brass of the German Navy still look wilted! Not only senior officials like Tirpitz, but even Hipper were a little careless.
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