Chapter 1655 The overall situation has been decided
"Send telegrams to the hunting formations, telling them that we have been besieged by the Germans. Now all the main battleships are in danger, so they can find ways to escape the blockade of the German navy and return to their country!" Admiral Ernest King ordered.
Although the hunting formation only had three battleships and four battlecruisers. In such a large-scale naval battle, it was no longer effective. With all aircraft carriers and most of the main battleships of the US and British Navy, the remaining seven main battleships caused some minor troubles to the German Navy at most.
But even so, Admiral Ernest King still hopes that the hunting formation can successfully escape back to the United States. After all, this will be the last remaining part of the US Navy and the British Navy. Although these battleships cannot help the United States and Britain defeat the German Navy. However, when the German Navy attempts to land in North America, it may cause them some trouble.
Of course, overall, the US Navy and the British Navy still lost a lot in this naval battle. The German Navy has completely controlled the Atlantic Ocean through this victory.
The main ships of the US and British fleets were sunk, and the German Navy Mediterranean Fleet stopped attacking them. Although there were still some cruisers and destroyers, the Mediterranean Fleet did not have many carrier-based aircraft, so they were unwilling to waste them on these small and medium-sized ships.
"What's going on? Why are there only nine battleships? Don't the US and British Navy have 16 battleships? Where did the remaining seven battleships go?" Admiral Hermann Bohm asked with a frown.
Although sinking four light aircraft carriers and nine main battleships was undoubtedly a very good result for the Mediterranean Fleet. However, General Hermann Bohm was still not satisfied.
"Yes, General, there should be 7 main battleships. However, since the beginning of the battle, we have not found those 7 main battleships. Perhaps, those main battleships had left last night." Lieutenant General Cramer said.
"General, the Americans and the British suffered heavy losses yesterday, so they sent some of the fastest battleships to leave. The purpose may be to deal with the local fleet." Lieutenant General Gremel speculated.
Admiral Hermann Bohm nodded: "Maybe there is really a possibility. Send more seaplanes to search for nearby waters. Once you discover this fleet of the US and British Navy, you must find them out and then solve them. In this way, we can solve all the aircraft carriers and battleships of the Americans and the British through this naval battle."
"Yes, General." Lieutenant General Cramer immediately went to arrange it.
Not only is the Mediterranean Fleet sending seaplanes to search for the hunting formations sent by the US and British fleets, but the German Navy's local fleet is also doing this.
Especially after learning that the Mediterranean Fleet had sunk four light aircraft carriers and nine main battleships of the US and British Fleet, the local fleet also focused on the remaining fleet of the US and British Fleets.
However, the search for the two major German Navy fleets has never been effective. The seven main battleships of the US and British fleets seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
The person in charge of commanding the hunting formation was General Hasborne Kimmel. He was originally full of confidence in hunting the aircraft carriers of the German Navy's local fleet. However, when it was almost dawn, they still could not find the aircraft carrier formation of the German Navy's local fleet, which made General Hasborne Kimmel a little worried.
After all, once dawn is dawn, the German Navy's aircraft carrier can take off the carrier-based aircraft. Even though the seven main battleships he led are very powerful, there is only a dead end under the siege of the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft group.
It is precisely because of this that General Hasborne Kimmel ordered the formation to give up his mission and turn to escape.
Admiral Hasborne Kimmel did not lead the fleet to sail west, because he knew that the German Navy would definitely attack the US and British fleets after dawn. If they sailed west, they would only fall into the hands of the German Navy.
Admiral Hasborne Kimmel ordered the fleet to sail southeast. After dark, they turned to sail south, then turned west, and finally returned to the Caribbean. The United States built military bases on those archipelagos in the Caribbean. As long as they returned to that area of sea, they would be safe.
Especially after receiving a telegram from Admiral Ernest King and learning that another fleet of the German Navy was also involved in the war and sunk the remaining four light aircraft carriers and nine main battleships of the US and British fleets, Admiral Hasborne Kimmel became more careful.
It is precisely because of this that the hunting formations of the US and British fleets were able to escape the pursuit of the German navy and return to the United States successfully. However, even if they escaped, they would not have any impact on the overall situation of this naval battle. Even the hegemony of the German navy on the Atlantic Ocean will not have any impact on the maritime hegemony on the Atlantic Ocean. The German navy is already in an absolute advantage in the Atlantic Ocean.
"His Excellency Commander, the American fleet seemed to have disappeared. Will they sail further west and flee back to North America last night?" asked Lieutenant General Carl Witzel.
Marshal Lütjens shook his head: "It's unlikely. They must be still on the Atlantic Ocean. However, the Atlantic Ocean is too vast. We want to find such a fleet in a haystack. Especially now it's dark again. The fleet of Americans and British people can escape further with the cover of the night. If we want to find them, it will be even more difficult."
Marshal Lütjens had some regrets. If all the aircraft carriers and main ships of the US and British fleets could be sunk in one fell swoop, the German Navy would undoubtedly have won the most brilliant victory. But unfortunately, several main ships still escaped.
"Your Excellency Commander, you really can't find the main battleships of the Americans and the Germans, and we have no other way. Fortunately, we have won this battle. The Americans and the British can never turn the tables." Lieutenant General Carl Witzel said.
Chapter completed!