Chapter 2209 Deception 1
At sunset, the sun reluctantly disappears on the horizon, and now, the time until sunrise is only about 6 hours. Both sides will make the last adjustment at night, because when the sun rises again, if both sides do not retreat, then a war will be inevitable! Both sides have more than 14 hours to show off! This period of time is enough to wipe out a country's fleet that has been hoarded for more than ten years! In the last few hours before the battle, the final game between the two sides finally kicked off!
"Can we still find traces of the Spey fleet now?" Jericho asked after taking a look at the dark night.
"They can't be found. The other party implemented strict radio silence and light control. This is where they last disappeared." An officer walked to the huge chart on the wall and marked the position of the Spey fleet and continued: "Then , General Thomas took the risk of sending light cruisers and destroyers to look for each other, but the target was not found."
"What a cunning guy. Count Spey is worthy of being the best at night fighting in the entire Allied Navy. When night falls, this guy seems to have disappeared." Jericho shook his head and said helplessly. It would be great if the movements of the Spey fleet could be found at night.
"How's the situation with our target fleet?" Jericho asked.
"Target 1 fleet has headed to the north, preparing to replace General Thomas's fast fleet. Target 2 fleet has also arrived at the designated location. After an hour, they will communicate with the call sign of the main fleet, and the main fleet will Enter radio silence and await the arrival of the Thomas fleet at the predetermined location," Vice Admiral Duff said.
"Very good, if everything goes well tonight, then we will have a very good fighting situation at dawn tomorrow!" After speaking, Jericho walked to his desk and picked up the battle plan in his hand for the last time. See if there are any omissions.
Jericho truly deserves to be called Jericho. Before setting off, he had already considered the most critical situation he would face and possible responses! And now, when it comes to the last ditch effort, the British are doing their best to prepare to reverse the previous unfavorable situation!
The British know that it is absolutely impossible for the Grand Fleet to fight two German fleets at the same time! Fighting at the same time is tantamount to suicide! Therefore, from beginning to end, the idea of concentrating on breaking one of the fleets has never changed. It was like this before and it is like this now! Coincidentally, it was precisely because Ruprecht had an insight into the British mind that he used the Spey fleet as a bait to attract the attention of the Grand Fleet, allowing the High Seas Fleet to smoothly pass through the North Sea and enter Norway. The sea, the home ground of the German fleet.
Now, or in the past few minutes, Jericho still had the idea of solving the Spey fleet first, but unfortunately, the Spey fleet hid itself very carefully, hoping to find it at night. Such a fleet with blackouts and radio communications is really difficult!
So, now, Jericho decided to take action against the High Seas Fleet commanded by Crown Prince Ruprecht! Yes, you read that right, it’s the High Seas Fleet! Now that the soft persimmon can no longer be suppressed, the British fleet must bite the bullet and have to fight with the High Seas Fleet. You can't wait to die, right?
So now the question is, how did the British fleet find the High Seas Fleet at night? Crown Prince Ruprecht is by no means mediocre. He naturally knew about radio silence and blackouts. Even if the High Seas Fleet was much larger than the Spey Fleet, would the British have the ability to catch their opponents in the dark? The answer is no! But it doesn’t matter, Jericho isn’t thinking about the night fight at all!
"History is full of misjudgments about General Jericho.
He is considered to be a cautious to timid and mediocre person, but in fact, there are many shining points in his battle command. Even in the final decisive battle on the Norwegian Sea, Admiral Jericho still showed his extraordinary wisdom and Insight ability, if it were not for some other factors, the large fleet might not have such a result. "
"Before the final battle, Admiral Jericho already had a relatively complete understanding of the operation and command system of the German Navy. Whether it was the Spey Fleet or the main force of the High Seas Fleet, they would maintain long-term radio silence at night. Before dawn, that is, about 2 hours before dawn, the High Seas Fleet will break radio silence. This is not a mistake of the German Navy, but a necessity, because they need to contact the ships and aviation forces deployed in the Norwegian Sea to conduct reconnaissance after dawn. Arranging with combat missions is a real-time arrangement that cannot be carried out through planning or setting. Considering that Germany's power in this sea area is so huge, their contact must be very frequent."
"And General Jericho seized on this. He decided to rely on the German fleet's frequent pre-dawn radio contacts to determine the position of the German fleet, so as to get closer to the opponent during the last period of night cover! And prepare for engagement, maybe Someone has said, isn’t it possible to fight at night? First of all, let’s not talk about whether the distance between each other is enough when the other party is exposed to fight at night. Simply speaking from the battle situation, fighting at dawn is the best, because the German fleet is in In the east, the direction where the sun rises first, the sun will first illuminate the German fleet, while the British fleet may still be hidden in the darkness at this time, and the fighting situation is better!" After the war, Lieutenant General Duff defended his superiors in court like this defend.
Well, even if Jericho solves the search problem, does that mean all problems are solved? Definitely not! Jericho must go all out to fight against the High Seas Fleet, so the recovery of the Thomas fleet is necessary, and he also has to ensure that the Spey fleet will not suddenly rush over and attack the Grand Fleet with the High Seas Fleet. So, how can Jericho block the Spey fleet when he is out of strength? There is only one answer, and that is to use an empty city strategy! So, this involves another move, which is the so-called target fleet!
It is impossible to directly withdraw the Thomas Fleet. Even though the German fleet cannot detect the withdrawal of the Thomas Fleet in the dark, like the German fleet, the Thomas Fleet and the Betty Fleet still have to prepare to release aircraft before dawn to conduct necessary radio communications. This time is also about 2 hours before dawn. Jericho couldn't guarantee that Count Spey, who had a keen sense of smell, wouldn't notice anything from this unusual movement!
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