"Your Highness, because of the tight time, we have not prepared a ceremony for you to hand over the rights that comply with the rules and your identity. I hope you can forgive me." Admiral Von Boer said first. According to the order of the German Emperor, when Prince Ruprecht arrived in Wilhelmshaven, the command of the High Seas Fleet was directly handed over to the prince. At this time, the German fleet was quickly assembled, and Admiral Von Boer, who had been in charge of mobilization, naturally had no time to prepare a welcome ceremony for the prince.

"It's nothing. I don't want the British to know that I'm back." The prince said indifferently, and then ordered "Call the other three dauntless ships in the Baltic Sea."

"Are you going to have a decisive battle?" General Feng Boer said with some surprise.

"We should at least look like we want a decisive battle. Don't worry, the Russians' dreadnoughts are not in service yet, and the Gulf of Finland will soon be frozen, and they will not run out at this time. If I want a decisive battle, I will also pull up six quasi-fair ships equipped with 12-inch cannons!" said the prince.

This is definitely the truth. At present, the German High Seas Fleet still has two squadrons, with a total of 6 Caesar-class battleships in service. These warships have been replaced with a new fire control system, and the artillery has also been replaced with the original 12-inch l40 gun to the new 12-inch l45 gun. It is exactly the same as the artillery used by the first dreadnoughts such as Blücher, and the 6 cannons can also be considered to be able to fire from a long distance. So, except for the small main guns of these warships, there is no difference between these warships and fearlessness. If they really fight with the large fleet, then these warships still have to carry them. After all, 36 12-inch guns can also cause damage, and even if they cannot cause damage, it is okay to share the damage, right?

To put it bluntly, these fearless people are actually ready to throw them away. Once the situation is not good, a gecko will be cut off. But there is no way, the war is so cruel, and the prince believes that these fearless people will definitely play some role in the main force's decisive battle.

"It will take at least nearly 3 days," said Admiral Von Boer.

"Then go quickly. In addition, how are our camouflage battleships doing? If I remember correctly, then there should be at least three ships now, right?" asked the prince. The camouflage cruisers were cruisers dressed in the sash of civilian ships, while the so-called camouflage battleships were made with large civilian ships as battleships. The British had done this kind of thing in World War I and World War II. During World War I, it was because of the bold sunk, and it made a fake "bold". In World War II, the British also used the same method to make Germany misjudgment the size of the British fleet. So the prince also decided to get these few ships out, but it would not cost a lot of money anyway. It would be the best to cheat, but it would not be able to cheat.

"Yes, we do have three ships now," said General Von Boer.

"Okay, pull them over, I need to get the British consciousness fleet to regroup in the North Sea," the prince said.

"Okay, the meeting will start now. Haven't the Moltke sent a telegram yet?" asked the prince.

"Not yet, maybe we can't receive it, but I can guarantee that they did not use the emergency frequency band for communication," Hippel said.

"That's good, it means that it's not yet irreversible." The prince breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Where is the Great Fleet?"

"The large fleet should still be in Forth Bay. We have deployed submarine cordons on the periphery, and if they have any action, we will soon find out," said Admiral Boer.

"Okay, send a report to Emperor Germany and let's go out for a walk." The prince thought for a while and said.

"But, we don't even have a plan now, so we'll go out for a walk? What you said is too easy, right?" Admiral Boer was completely speechless.

"Because I need to determine the situation of the large fleet. In fact, if we walk around, we will earn fuel reserves for more than 3 months. We have heavy oil imported from Romania and fuel transported from the Middle East through the 3B railway. Our fuel is quite sufficient. The British cannot do it. Their fuel reserves are far lower than us, and their consumption is much larger than us. In this case, if we go out for a walk, we will take advantage of it!" the prince said with a smile.

Britain does not produce oil, and France does not produce oil. Their recent oil acquisition is the United States, but it is better not to mention the relationship between the United States and Britain and France. It was possible to obtain oil from the Dutch East India? It used to be, but now it is not possible, because it was just destroyed by the Dutch troops stationed in the Far East and obtained oil from the Persian Gulf. I really think that the Suxiong fleet is a joke, so the fuel supply of the British and French fleets in this plane is a problem.

The Allies are much better, so, according to the prince's idea, I have more oil than you and consume less than you. If you play with me, you will definitely be the one who will fall into bed first. And the current situation is that the overall speed of the German fleet is much faster than that of the British. In history, General Schell could run away from Jericho when the speed was slower and extremely unfavorable. The prince believed that he could at least slip away in this plane, right?

Of course, more importantly, the prince needs to look at the attitude and reaction speed of the British fleet. Judging from the current situation, it seems that it is the revived British rapid fleet's encirclement of the German fleet. Then the executor must be the group of queens and battle cruisers. The prince knows that it is not possible to deal with the large fleet, but if the British rapid fleet is facing, 9 Bavaria alone is enough to teach Thomas to be a new person.

If the British fleet does not come out, then I will lead the team to the North Sea exit to see if I can meet the British encirclement fleet. If the British fleet comes out, I will naturally evacuate quickly. There are two principles to catch the fast warship.

First, the speed of the chasing warships should not be too slow. For example, the Queen's pursuit patrol is OK, but if you use ordinary battleships to chase Bavaria, then wash and sleep. Second, you have to encircle! This requires you to have an overwhelming advantageous fleet power. For example, Thomas Fleet's 10 main battleships fight two German battleships, that's OK. But the large fleet wants to encircle the high seas fleet? This is a difficult point, don't say anything else, do you dare to divide the troops? If you divide the troops, it is the result of being eaten. If you don't divide the troops, it is the result of being thrown away. So from this perspective, the safety factor of the German high seas fleet is still high enough. When Thomas Fleet is not there, as long as the prince wants to leave, it is definitely no problem.
Chapter completed!