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The three newly-entrusted Bavarian-class teams of the newly established Third Rapid Battleship Detachment also hurriedly finished their training and drove towards Kiel Port with their affiliated auxiliary battleships. The Hurglan-class battleships, which were bluntly browsing the Baltic Seas, were also busy handing over to the fifth battleship detachment, mainly Nassau-class battleships. At this point, at most two days, the German Empire's high seas fleet will gather in Wilhelmshaven again. They are ready to launch a new wave of offensives against the enemies that are separated.
"General Scher, what do you think of this matter? I mean I am talking about the current situation." General Feng Boer was also somewhat dissatisfied with the prince's "airborne power seizure" behavior, but there was no way. So when discussing with Scher, he also emphasized that he was not right to the people.
"Lieutenant General Hippel's squadron is obviously in some trouble. This time we may lose the main ship. Now the fleet is concentrated in the North Sea. I think that according to His Royal Highness the Prince's thoughts and personality, as well as our more time, we may have a larger naval battle with the British in the next month or two."
"Although it's a bit disrespectful to say this, from the current situation, there is almost no possibility of a big fight in the entire Eastern Front in winter. The Bavarian Legion needs to rest, and the Balkans do not need His Royal Highness to take charge in person, so His Royal Highness has several months to deal with the matter in the North Sea. With the recovery of the British naval strength, the North Sea blockade line will be closed again. This is a very bad thing for the empire. In this matter, the high seas fleet is the first to be hit!" Schell thought for a while and said.
"It makes sense, but I need to add that if we still have the chance to win a big victory like Thunder-Sherbruce this time, the high seas fleet will probably be busy in the future." Admiral Boll looked at Schell, who was somewhat puzzled, and continued: "The British are trying to transfusion blood to the Russians on the Arctic Ocean route. Judging from the current war report, the Russians were beaten miserably. The British will perform this task even if they pay a heavy price. If we can't rush out of the North Sea, then this task will naturally not be carried out. But if we can rush out of the North Sea, I'm afraid the collision between the two fleets in the future will be greater and less!"
Admiral Boer is still very sensible. Why is the Battle of Thunder-Thurbruce classic? That is because after World War I, the British Navy's advantage in the British offshore and North Sea blockade line was broken, making it impossible for the British to have two teams at the same time. Although the British were still stronger overall, they had to give up one point. This time, if His Highness the Prince takes over the navy again, the battle was launched again to break the balance gradually restored by the British. However, with the tightening of Russia in land warfare, in addition to maintaining the North Sea transportation line, another function of the high seas fleet is to take the opportunity to attack the British transport fleet.
"If this is the case, we must severely damage the British queens this time. There are certain risks in doing so, but if it succeeds, the effect of this battle may be better than Thunder-Surbruce." Schell said, touching his chin.
In fact, although it is not easy to say, the prince took advantage of the last time and fought the weakest battle cruiser team of the British, so he cut melons and vegetables in a few hours. This time, the British's fast fleet was mainly the queen, and it was easy to defeat, but it would be more difficult to fight if he was severe. Of course, if the queen was really killed this time, the British would be really seriously injured. After all, there is still a construction cycle for shipbuilding.
Just as Schell took his fleet into the Kiel Canal and was rushing to the North Sea, the prince finally boarded the train to the north. First, the prince had to cross most of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then headed north and crossed the entire Germany before he could reach the Port of Emperor William. In the carriage, the prince was watching the contact personnel of the Admiralty marked the recent British Navy on the chart, and contacted the personnel of the Admiralty to grasp the situation as soon as possible.
Where should we start in this chaos? Of course, it is the large fleet! More than 20 battleships in the large fleet, dozens of armored cruisers and light cruisers, and hundreds of various warships are the only forces that the German high seas fleet is afraid of. Therefore, he must first determine the situation of the large fleet, not only what he is doing now, but also the situation in the past two weeks.
"That is, last week, the British fleet did not conduct a suppressive cruise? And last week it was only conducted once?" asked the prince.
"That's right, we began to think that there was something wrong with the British fuel supply, because the tonnage of British ships that our submarines sank every month was over 500,000 tons. Especially last month, we killed at least four tankers with less than 50,000 tons. The UK does not produce oil locally. Their fuel is mainly provided by the United States and the Dutch East India. It is no secret that the warships lack oil." said the liaison officer of the Admiralty.
"Yes, in fact, the large fleets are not full now. The purpose of their doing this may be to save fuel and provide fuel for this operation. The Queen-class battleships are all oil-fired boilers, and they need high-speed hunting in the Norwegian Sea. In addition, light cruisers and destroyers are needed, so they need a lot of fuel." The prince said. From this point, it can be seen that the British have been planning to do this for a long time. I am afraid that the situation of the two battleships will not be good this time.
As for whether the British could find these two warships? The prince believed that as long as the time was a little longer, it would be fine. After all, according to historical records, the British had already had relatively complete radio lateral technology in World War 1, and the Norwegian Sea was not very big. As long as the German fleet sent a report, it would be easy to expose the location. Moreover, the British aviation technology was absolutely top-notch. Maybe, there were monsters like V1500 now. If radio lateral equipment was installed, it would be a good ocean patrol aircraft. Well, at least it should be enough in the Norwegian Sea. In addition to these technical things, the British auxiliary cruisers and light cruisers could also perform reconnaissance missions.
Chapter completed!