The first naval battle between the two sides in the Iran War came to an end. As a battle, in this war, the Allies and China exchanged the damage of a heavy cruiser for an old battleship of the other side, but this was just a battle.

Beginning.☆→, when Count Luckner heard that the fleet he sent was actually sunk by the opponent's battleship, he was furious. This was the first time he independently commanded a large fleet in battle. This battle

The defeat will have a huge impact on his future. Whether it is to maintain the security of the empire's transportation lines or to save his own face, Count Lucknar must make a break with this Iranian fleet. But at this moment, he is obviously unable to catch this cunning guy.

, the opponent is far away from him, and will soon be far away from the sea. And he has to re-formulate a battle plan. In the plan, he will use the system advantages of the German Navy to completely crush the opponent!

"What did you say? The teacher asked me to go back?" When Count Luckner led the fleet to retreat to Spain, and was preparing to resupply before heading to the ocean again, the count's old friend, Count Spee's old subordinate, the Imperial Navy Commander

General Max Ruf came to Count Luckner's flagship with an order from the German Admiralty. The order was very simple, asking him to temporarily hand over the fleet to him, and then let Luckner take Langsdorff by plane.

Debriefing at the German High Seas Fleet base in Crete.

"What is going on? Is it just because of the defeat just now?" Earl Luckner was a little emotionally unstable, especially when he and Lieutenant General Ruf were alone, the dissatisfaction and depression accumulated in his heart finally broke out! "

Okay, I bear the responsibility for the failure of the entire battle, but I beg your Excellency, Commander, give me a month. No, just two weeks. I can find them out!" the count said through gritted teeth.

"Two weeks?" Ruf said noncommittally. "This is just a debriefing. Your Excellency, Commander, will arrange everything. Don't think of this as punishment. Admiral Redl is commanding the battle in the Middle East. There is no peace here.

You argue. This operation has exposed many problems. Your Excellency, Commander, just wants to discuss some issues with you. Now the situation is different from before. The Earl understands Admiral Scheer a little bit. Now some people in the Navy have felt the opponent's influence.

Pressure." Rufu said earnestly.

At this time, when Count Luckner was uneasily boarding the return plane, Count Spee also fell into deep thought while looking at the battle report in his hand. If he was high-spirited and ambitious when he first ascended to the high position of naval commander, then

.So now he can be said to be cautious, one can even say

Walking on thin ice. After studying a large number of Navy documents and combining it with his own experience, Count Spee had to admit that Marshal Tirpitz was superior to him in strategy, and Marshal Scheer and Hipper were also superior in naval tactics.

A little stronger than himself. The count felt that his own situation was still too small.

The current earl greatly admires the Pearl Battle Plan formulated by Tirpitz after the war. This front spanning the Mediterranean, Red Sea and Indian Ocean is the core combat area of ​​the German Navy and is also the basis for maintaining the lifeline of the empire. In order to ensure this

Due to the continuity of the front, Germany did not hesitate to attack its former allies in the end, and did not give in even half a step when facing China.

But unfortunately, this front is not perfect. According to the original plan formulated by the Admiralty, the connection between the German mainland and the Mediterranean Naval Headquarters can completely rely on land transportation, and the major battleship shipyards (except submarines)

It will also gradually relocate to the Mediterranean coast. The German Navy's infrastructure investment is also tilted towards the Mediterranean region. But in fact

In fact, land transportation is not enough, and the Atlantic sea transportation line is still indispensable. The result of this is that Germany needs to continue to extend this front toward the Atlantic. In the end, this front not only covers the arrival from the mainland

The Mediterranean route will also be like a noose around the throat of the British Empire. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

It’s not that the Germans have never thought about occupying Britain. But in fact, the feasibility of this plan is not high. First of all, from a geographical point of view, if France cannot be conquered, then attacking Britain can only be a delusion. Fighters taking off from Germany are equipped with auxiliary fuel tanks.

They could only barely fly to the UK. Without air force support, how could the Germans complete the crossing? Even if they captured France according to the original plan.

How to deal with the minefields in the English Channel and suppress the Royal Air Force is also an almost unsolvable problem. The British Air Force is waiting for work and is not much smaller than the Luftwaffe. In addition, Germany needs to face other enemies. In fact, the air force in the English Channel

There is no advantage at all. Therefore, the German Navy's final plan is to restrict and weaken Britain's combat effectiveness. On the one hand, it must try to ensure the smooth flow of routes from the mainland to the Mediterranean, and on the other hand, it must restrict foreign materials from entering the UK.

In order to fight against the powerful American and British fleets, it is definitely not possible to rely solely on the fleet. The German Navy has made concentration of its forces the first priority in naval warfare since World War 1. Count Spee knew that the German fleet could only maintain its advantage in one direction.

In one strategic direction, only defensive and diplomatic operations can be adopted. After capturing France, the German High Seas Fleet's operational direction can only be the Indian Ocean.

, so in order to ensure control of the North Atlantic, the German Navy must rely on islands in Europe and the Eastern Atlantic, such as the Canary Islands and the Azores at the western entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar. It is composed of aircraft, submarines and a small number of aviation cruisers.

An anti-sea boom prevents the activities of the US and British navies in the European offshore areas. It can also provide a shield for its own sea lines of communication.

Of course, this plan is far-fetched. Count Spey’s fundamental goal of recalling Luckner is to remedy the impact of the night battle that just ended. To be honest, the material damage caused by simply sinking a battleship is not large.

, Germany’s high seas with great business

The fleet actually doesn't care much about the sinking of an old battleship. The key is to save face. The German Navy must deal with this fleet as soon as possible to restore its reputation. As for how the König was sunk, Count Spey did not take the first step.

I didn't think too much about the time.

The reason is very simple. According to the information provided by witnesses, three big explosions occurred before the König sank, which means that it may have been hit by three torpedoes. This is for a ship that is more than 20 years old and has gone through several bloody battles.

It must have been a fatal blow for the old ship.

As for the fact that no torpedo tracks were found and the opponent's destroyer launched torpedoes, Count Spee is understandable. After all, it is a night battle, and the tracks are conspicuous during the day. It is normal that they cannot be seen at night. In the same way, the opponent's destroyers were not found.

Launching torpedoes can also be credited

Due to poor visibility, this can ultimately be attributed to Rear Admiral Parro's mismanagement and failure to arrange destroyer escorts around the battleship. Of course, if we look at it from the root, it was also a mistake for Count Luckner not to dispatch enough destroyers.

, of course, this

This question was automatically ignored by the defensive Count Spee. In order to prevent the former from stirring up trouble at the naval hearing, Count Spee also planned to turn this matter into a minor matter. However, in order to completely solve this problem, the most important thing is

It's better to catch this fleet quickly!

There is an old saying in Europe that the king always has the most secrets. Although Count Spey is not a king, as the head of the navy, he also has a lot of secrets. There are still some things in his pocket that people don't know. These things were originally

As a trump card for future battles. But this time in order to rescue the students, he had to take out some. This time Count Spee directly took out three trump cards to help his disciples, namely an aviation fleet and a fleet.

And a cryptic machine!

This air force is a long-range seaplane squadron codenamed Flying Fish that was just formed by the German Navy. This long-range reconnaissance aircraft squadron uses the DO26 water reconnaissance aircraft. This new reconnaissance aircraft is equipped with four Jumo205 700-horsepower liquid-cooled aircraft.

Engine. Its layout is somewhat special. Every two engines

The engine was placed in one engine nacelle, and the two engine nacelles were placed on the upper part of the wing. This kind of aircraft could definitely be called a giant at the time. It was 24.6 meters long, with a wingspan of 30 meters and a height of 6.85 meters.

It weighs 10 tons. It can carry 6.75 tons of fuel and oil. The maximum landing weight is up to 20 tons!

From the perspective of flight performance, this aircraft is not outstanding. The maximum speed is only 335 kilometers per hour. During long-distance patrol, the cruising speed is only 265 kilometers. The maximum flight altitude does not exceed 4800 meters. But its range is extremely long.

Up to 9,000 kilometers. And can take off on the water. The requirements for the base are not high. Therefore, these reconnaissance aircraft can be deployed in the Canary Islands. The infrastructure is not perfect and cannot accommodate

Areas containing 4-engine heavy bombers. As for the low flight speed, it doesn't matter. After all, as long as the opponent's general direction can be determined in a short time, these aircraft are the most complete electronic reconnaissance aircraft in Germany so far. In addition to sea and air search

In addition to radar, maritime equipment is equipped with advanced radio direction finding equipment. It is also equipped with the most elite radio technicians, who can find clues about the opponent from dense codes.

That fleet was a camouflaged fleet known as the "Spectator" within the German Navy. These fleets were usually under the name of a neutral country and had the appearance of civilian ships and warships. These ships also perform some transportation tasks in peacetime, but when necessary

At times, they could even carry seaplanes or install gun emplacements. The Allies could detect German ships by camouflaging their ships

In the position of the fleet, the Germans can also use the same method to deal with the Allies. This fleet is mainly responsible for intelligence collection and transportation of sensitive materials in peacetime. In wartime, it can be converted into camouflaged assault ships. These warships can also be used in

Searching for the Iranian fleet at sea, but because of the neutral flag on the ship, Sumo and others really had nothing to do with them.

As for the charade machine? It was the Count who activated some German spies hidden in the Allied Powers. Especially in the United States, because the United States is an immigrant country with a large number of German descendants. So compared to the United Kingdom and France

, Germany's intelligence network in the United States has become more complete. Sumer's fleet needs high-speed supply ships to provide supplies at sea, and these activated intelligence personnel can provide relevant intelligence to Admiral Luckner to use later.

Their actions are more purposeful.

"I'll give you everything I can, it's up to you." After Count Spey finished his explanation, he signaled that the other party could leave. It only needs information about the victory of the German navy and nothing else!

Just when the German navy vowed to uncover the Iranian fleet that dared to break ground on Germany's maritime transportation lines, Iran's ground war also entered a new stage, because the performance of the US armored forces in the last confrontation was not good, resulting in

China is very worried about its flank security!

"Is the U.S. military reliable?" Zhou Xuan, commander of China's 3rd Armored Division, said anxiously to himself as he looked at the jagged battle lines on the map. The disastrous defeat of the Americans in Abad, West Islamabad, affected not only the Americans, but also the Americans.

It also had a very negative impact on China's military deployment. At this time, the main forces of the Chinese and Iranian armies were concentrated on the Sanandaj front line, which was far away from the American defenses.

The defensive position is not far away. This will be the most important logistics supply center of the Chinese Army. The American troops are the outermost and most important layer of defense of this center. Unless China gives up its attack on Kirkuk and turns south, otherwise

The only thing the Chinese Army can rely on is the U.S. Army. And now China is hesitating. Should it execute the original attack plan or give up?

The attack plan itself was delayed. After the first battle with the Germans, the Air Force found that the other side had not concentrated its efforts on launching strategic air strikes across northern Iran, so the plan to consume the German Air Force was ruined. The subsequent air defense situation

It will be even worse. In desperation, the Air Force is replacing some Tiger Cat aircraft with Foxbat fighters (Chinese version p38) that are more suitable for air combat. Many of them were originally deployed in

The fighter jets at the rear also began to move to the front and flanks. In order to obtain air force support, the army's attack plan was postponed for nearly a week. When the air force had just completed its deployment, Peng Yi and others found that their flanks were no longer safe.

Therefore, the commander of the 3rd Armored Division Zhou Xuan and the commander of the 5th Armored Division Song Huaide came to Galway in the rear to discuss the future situation with General Bradley, the representative of the US Army.

China is preparing for its future westward offensive. Before departure, China hopes that its flanks will be strong enough and to ensure the safety of its flanks. The generals on the Chinese front believe that they can strengthen the US military or cooperate with the US military when necessary.

Clear out the threats on the flanks first!
Chapter completed!