"Damn it, we seem to be lost." Major General Senes, who commanded three Dandong-class battleships, threw the telegram he had just received aside. An hour ago, Lieutenant General Lebres, commander-in-chief of the French Mediterranean Fleet, sent a telegram to Senes asking the latter to "track the German fleet while ensuring their own safety." The reason is very good. The British have already stated that they cannot guarantee air supremacy over the battlefield, so the Allied Fleet naturally needs to kill their opponents as soon as possible. Lieutenant General Senes found that only Major General Senes of his fleet is closer to the Germans, so he came up with the idea of ​​letting the latter follow the Germans. Of course, "be careful."

After receiving this order, Senes naturally had to execute it. In order to ensure his safety and not be killed by the German fleet, which was found to be killed by his German fleet, Major General Senes was very careful and deliberately sailed south for a while, setting up a distance, and deploying destroyers in front of the fleet for reconnaissance. However, who knew that after the German fleet evacuated, they immediately implemented strict light control and radio control, and they were lost soon, which made Major General Senes feel quite depressed...

"Leave some destroyers to continue searching for targets. You lead three Dandong-class battleships to head north and join the main fleet." Then, Lieutenant General Lebris gave Major General Senes a new order. After leaving six destroyers to continue searching for opponents in this sea area, the three Dandong-class battleships began to drive northward at full speed. At this time, the Allied Mediterranean Fleet was heading northeast and rushed to Mitile Airport.

"It's already 3 a.m. now." Looking at the wall clock on the wall, Earl Spee picked up his telescope and looked at the brightly lit Mitilini Airport in the distance. It was about 3 hours left, and the sky was about to be bright. Britain and France would release the first batch of reconnaissance planes to search for the Spee fleet before dawn, provided that the other party did not know his location. At this time, the entire airport was in a busy scene, with a large number of planes dragging out of the hangar, and teams of ground crews were driving tank trucks, and ammunition trucks replenishing fuel and ammunition for these aircraft. The pilots were in the combat department for pre-war preparations.

This airport is not big, with only three runways and two aprons. The French air force is weak, and there will be even fewer aircraft to be sent to the Balkans. In addition, the Turkish Air Force is too weak. Therefore, the French Air Force will only carry out reconnaissance missions at most. If the Bavarian Air Force had not damaged the British later and aroused the French's vigilance, the airport would have been smaller, and it would have been stationed at most 2 squadrons of aircraft. Now, in order to ensure the safety of the landing field, the British and French deployed a total of 75 various aircraft here.

"Most of the British planes should be on the apron. I have seen at least 30, including several twin-engine aircraft, which are deployed on the runway to prepare for takeoff. The standard locations of the oil depot, hangar and other facilities are very accurate, and the actual location is exactly the same as what we marked on the map." The seaplane entering from a low altitude reported the situation of the entire airport to the Earl Spey fleet, which was 12 kilometers away.

"Get closer, use more 150mm cannons to attack. They are all soft targets, nothing particularly hard." The Count ordered.

Now, the state and situation of the Spee fleet, you naturally cannot blow up the entire runway to deal with the airport target. The only way to do this is to bombard the planes, towers, warehouses, and hangars on the apron, and just hit them. Although it cannot completely destroy the entire airport, it is still okay to greatly reduce the operation efficiency of the airport.

"Order, send a destroyer team north along the strait to search for mines!" Just after issuing the order to attack the airport, the Count sent another reconnaissance fleet. (There is a very narrow bay between Lesvos and Asia Minor, called Edremit Bay.)

"Mr. Commander, are you going to evacuate along the strait? But if the French fleet was just exiting the northern end, our situation would be bad." An officer looked at the chart and said. "They blocked our way and set up a trap, and we didn't even have any room for detour."

"But we must not sail south. In this way, we will stay away from the range of air support. If I were a Frenchman, I would definitely force the Allied fleet to travel south. Although walking south can temporarily reduce the risk, if we escape from the cover of the air force, we will really not be able to leave unless we are willing to give up the three front dreadnoughts behind."

After looking at his subordinates who were still hesitant, Earl Spee sighed and said, "Send a message to Lieutenant General Harrell and ask them to provide cover for us at the northern exit of the Edremit Bay. If they say they can do it, we will break out from the northern end."

Since killing a British squadron, Earl Spee has been considering his way home. As long as the French guard near the Dardanelles, they can definitely block themselves. Because the strait has only one entrance, and under the daytime, with the cooperation of seaplanes, they will never be able to escape. Since that is the case, the Earl can only choose a battlefield that is as favorable as possible. The French fleet is large. If they fight in open waters, once the British and French fleets are unfolding, they will face attacks from all directions. Sometimes, if they understand this situation, the German fleet also needs a suitable defense point so that they can drag Lieutenant General Harrell's plane to arrive.

This strait is a very good place. The front of the attack is very narrow, and there is no need to worry about the opponent raiding around the back. If the opponent enters the strait, it would be even better. Nearly 20 various battleship cruisers of the British and French coalition forces are difficult to deploy. This also weakens the firepower advantage of the British and French fleets.

A few minutes later, the artillery of the Spee fleet roared again, but compared with the previous two times, the momentum of this attack was much worse. Only the secondary guns of the four super fearless battleships were firing. The ammunition was not enough, and nothing at the airport was another aspect.

"The things on the island are not worth attacking with more than 12-inch guns." Earl Lukner commented on this simple airport later.

The attack is short and efficient. The aircraft is no different from a weak chicken when it cannot fly. The fuselage made of wood and canvas is affected by shrapnel, and even the explosion waves may cause extremely serious damage. When the dense firepower falls into the airport, the British don’t even know where the attack comes from!
Chapter completed!