The page turns to an abrupt end, except for Belfo’s heavy breathing and a little smell of gunpowder. The office of the Secretary of the Navy is absolutely silent. Of course, the silence will always be broken, just like Belfo’s uncontrollable roar.
"The first newspaper told me that we suffered heavy losses in the naval battle of the fortress group on the north bank of the Thames. The second newspaper told me that when our pilots risked their lives to approach the German fleet, they found that four battle cruiser ships of the first reconnaissance fleet were missing! The third newspaper told me that David Betty appeared in a place where he shouldn’t have appeared and sent a sensational report to the navy and the general staff. Worse still, the fourth newspaper! Our First Sea Minister Goff Karthorpe and the temporary Navy Chief of Staff Major General Duo Duo almost denied David Betty’s point of view for the first time! " …,
Arthur Belfo was furious. "Can Hardy, the great Britannia, rely on such a group of selfish people with their own small plans to win? ！”
"Report!"
No matter how angry Belfo was, the war continued. The chief of the newspaper office of Belfo’s private secret naval department urged him to bite the bullet and report more cruel news to the secretary of the navy.
"collingwood sent a message that a German plane was found about ten nautical miles off Portsmouth!"
"It seems that David Betty is targeting the Germans, not the Thames, but the big fleet!" Belfo accidentally knocked over the console table glass cup and strode to the front of the huge chart in the office. "I should have known that Scarpa Bay is not equal to the big fleet! The Erlan and collingwood are in trouble! "
Reminiscent that Arthur Belfo was full of blood and paranormal, in the past, the anger of the secretary of the navy was enough to make the bone marrow of the chief of the secret and newspaper office cool. Belfo’s anger and gaffe did not last long. Dambert Fu came to his senses, and the first thing he did was roar.
"Still wondering what to do to let the staff inform the Mediterranean Huiyuan fleet to turn to avoid the Germans! Let the collingwood immediately return to Portsmouth Port and enter the state of readiness! "
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The urgent report of admiralty was transformed into the report room ticking report of battleship Erlan.
"Who the hell is calling? Is there a shipwreck nearby?" The newspaper reporter casually copied the code note, and when the tick disappeared, the simple international code translator also finished it conveniently.
"A German plane was found ten nautical miles off Portsmouth?" Newspaper reporter Brown Davis couldn’t help rubbing his blurred eyes and wondering, "German plane?"
After all, the newspaper was carefully copied and sent to the commander tower by confidential personnel. The news is even more bizarre than April Fool’s Day. It may be a wise choice for Brown Davis to give it to Captain Henry and Lieutenant Campbell.
Brown Davis stretched himself lazily after the confidential officer left, but less than half a minute later, the hateful telegraph sounded annoying ticking again.
Brown Davis smiled wryly and put on an earphone to record the code. It was a short code with only a dozen words from the beginning to the end, but it was enough to make the self-proclaimed "honor and disgrace" reporter jump up from his seat.
"Confirm that there is a German fleet near Portsmouth port. The Mediterranean aid fleet should avoid the German fleet and go to Davenport port to rest."
German ship? ! German ships will appear at the southernmost tip of the English Channel!
Brown Davis covered his mouth and couldn’t believe that his eyes were more bizarre than April Fool’s Day. He couldn’t delay the news. Brown Davis grabbed the draft newspaper and rushed to the Commander Tower.
While the telegraph operator was still trying to climb the bridge gangway, the watchtower in front of the battleship Erlan moved again
"Robinson, look what’s that? ！”
Harrison grabbed the telescope with a vibrato in his tone.
Robinson consciously looked up at Mei Tian and was embarrassed to find that there were only a few greedy seabirds hovering around the warship.
"It’s just a warship bird." The old sergeant turned to the young man and said, "Your resume code indicates that you have three months of sailing experience. I now seriously doubt the authenticity of this resume."
"Robinson is not a warship bird but a warship!" Harrison never took off his telescope, but grabbed Robinson’s sleeve and corrected Robinson’s pronunciation mistakes word by word.
Robinson finally realized that something was wrong. Following Harrison’s sight, Robinson raised his telescope, so he found a few dense smoke columns rising in the northeast.
"It is lighter than the inferior coal-fired smoke column burned by ordinary merchant ships, and the smoke column moves faster. It should be a fast warship with a light patrol level …" The smoke column with a small wind speed can reveal a lot of information. The sophisticated Robinson is self-sufficient but is reluctant to tell the truth.
"So Robinson, what is that?"
"It’s a war patrol!" Robinson’s face was dark and desperate, telling the truth: "In April 1915, the great fleet was absolutely the first reconnaissance fleet in Germany!"
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When the First Reconnaissance Fleet rushed out from the northeast, Henry School and his Mediterranean Huiyuan Fleet were cornered if there was any way forward for the British Huiyuan Fleet.
"The battleship Erlan was exported by Armstrong Shipyard and ordered by Turks. After the European War, it was refitted by British Kang and then Newcastle. It is not clear what improvements the British made to the battleship Erlan, but there is reason to believe that the armor thickness of the battleship Erlan will be more fragile than that of the battleship Ajax sunk in the naval battle of Deland!"
Wang Haidi, once a naval instructor in Turkey, was familiar with the battleship Resatieh, which almost became a Turkish navy. Although Armstrong Shipyard vowed to sell the battleship Resatieh to the Turks, it was far more powerful than the British King George V battleship except for the main gun, but the British Empire’s world naval arms market was "well-known". Considering that the Boldness was declared to be sunk as soon as it was thundered, and the Ajax was tragically sunk by a gun, it was conceivable that it was armored into a Se.
"The Majestic, the Solemn, the King of Wales, the Ocean, the Hatred, and the Fearless have fallen behind the times after all." It is obvious that the Huiyuan Fleet is far from the opponent of the first reconnaissance fleet at the thought of the old hull and the old pace of those old ships and the greasy export ships of the British Empire. "
"The British are not our opponents, and they will definitely choose to back down …" Wang Haidi took the red pen from Singler and drew a beautiful blockade line that just blocked the British from fleeing from the main channel on the east side of the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth. There was a flash in her eyes.
"Turn left and drive northwest. If we can make it to the Isle of Wight outside Portsmouth, maybe we can find a chance of survival from the Solent Strait!" Henry firmly believes that the main channel on the east side of the Isle of Wight has been completely cut off by the Germans. He reaches for the chart and draws a curve to save the country. He bypasses the Isle of Wight, which is 36 kilometers wide, and returns from the Solent Strait on the other side.
"I changed my mind and let them break through to the Isle of Wight. If possible, I want to take the dreaded ship on the south side of the Isle of Wight!" Wang Haidi’s eyes moved several centimeters, and a cold smile was to be continued.
The second gun Chapter 9 Gorgeous ending collapse new chapter (3)
"Order the four light ships on the left to leave the formation and turn to Davenport!"
Henry, the temporary commander of the Commander Tower Fleet of the battleship Ireland, stood in front of the sand table and left the back of the dark hole to him.
"The right wing and the squadron turned left to form a battle line!"
Henry’s school line is a little hoarse. It is obviously the best choice or the most cruel death knell to rely on only one dreaded ship and six old battleships to take care of those four slow-moving warships and assist them to leave the formation and walk alone.
Henry couldn’t guess the captain’s mood at the moment, just as they didn’t know if they could still see the morning sun. Campbell looked at the port side and whispered
"Good luck to …!"
The cruise formation of the Mediterranean Huiyuan Fleet quickly disintegrated. After receiving the command from the flagship, four auxiliary warships began to turn their bows. The auxiliary warships, which were refitted from the old ships, dragged the sky and covered the smoke, and embarked on a new journey of uncertain life and death, rushing to Davenport in the northwest.
Half a minute later, the right wing and squadron of the Mediterranean Huiyuan fleet also began to turn in a mess. "
The captains and core commanders of these old battleships are all well-trained veterans, but the core crew system in the form of reserve is destined to drive these old battleships, and the sailors’ abilities are uneven. Moreover, the battleship Ireland has been in service for less than a year, and the highest speed of the cutting-edge ship is 21 knots, while the remaining six old battleships have the shortest service life, such as the aging hull and outdated power system. At present, the London-class battleship can maintain the highest speed of 17 knots, but it was barely able to reach it after being in service in 1995.
Chaos is inevitable. Since the old battleships on the right wing, such as the Irish Super Fear, the Solemn and the King of Wales, suddenly turned to the left, the formation was out of line.
From 12 knots of economic speed to 17 knots of speed, the cutting-edge ship hardly blew its flying power in less than a year, but it was almost desperate for the old battleship Solemn, which was commissioned in 1992 and 1994 respectively, so the flagship Irish Solemn and King Wales gradually pulled away from each other.
The right wing stumbled and continued to turn to avoid the collision of the right wing. The old battleships located in the squadron, Majestic, Ocean, Hatred and Fearless, began to slow down. When the battleship King of Wales at the end of the right wing overtook the battleship Majestic at the head of the squadron, the whole squadron accelerated to join the loose battle line again.
Huiyuan fleet has been surfing for more than 20 minutes to adjust its formation, and the first reconnaissance fleet has not been idle. Four ships quickly entered the war patrol and shortened the fighting distance by 15 kilometers.
15km is an embarrassing distance for Henry School. It is argued that Sir William White made great efforts to build the majestic class of J Ο ng, the best battleship in the 1990s, or the world’s first improved formidable class battleship and London-class battleship with water-tube boilers or old-age stars. They were generally assembled and finalized in 1995. The MarkVIII main gun was 12 inches /35 times the diameter. Although its limit Sh range exceeded 22,7 yards (2,9), its effective Sh range was 14,6 yards.
The battle distance of the old ships is never more than 15 kilometers, but the long-distance artillery battle is the first reconnaissance fleet’s famous stunt. German gunners have cruel long-distance artillery training and a lot of practical experience, plus the accumulation of German optical industry, they can easily overturn their opponents 15 kilometers away.