"Does the German fleet do anything?" Jericho asked Lieutenant General Duff, who reported his work, in the conference room of the Iron Duke, the flagship of the Great Fleet in Forth Bay.

"The German fleet has returned to the base group in the Baltic Sea, and the artillery replacement work has been launched. Our intelligence personnel can see a large number of artillery transport ships coming in and out of major ports, and the cranes and personnel needed are in place. Now, there are scaffoldings at important ports such as Kiel Port, but Ze Port, etc. The Germans did a very good job in security. They even cleared the civilians within a radius of 5 kilometers in the port area, and the deployment of other commanding heights has been completed. Many of our personnel have been arrested. They also erected wooden covers on some key berths to block the peeping view." Lieutenant General Duff said.

"That means that the German fleet should not be able to leave the port now?" Jericho asked.

"No, the German fleet's main ships still go out to sea, but it seems that they should be training artillery skills. In addition, the Germans have also transferred large floating docks from other places to maintain warships. It seems that they are in a hurry." Lieutenant General Duff said.

"If I remember correctly, just yesterday, the fleet of Count Spey had already rushed across the Strait of Gibraltar under the cover of the Luftwaffe? Entering the Atlantic Ocean?" Jericho asked.

"It's like that. Our defenders in Gibraltar reported that during the battle, the German naval battleship seemed to have suspected of thunder-hitting, but then, according to other information, the German fleet sailed at a speed of more than 22 knots throughout the journey, and even if it touched, it was estimated that the problem was not big. Just simply repair it at the French port." Lieutenant General Duff said.

Although mines generally cause great damage to warships, there are always some special cases that can be used when necessary. For example, the historical battlecruiser of the Goben battleship only undergoes a simple floating box repair after touching the mine. It was only in the dock for more than a year after touching the mine. It was also repaired at the dock at the Russian Sevastopol Fortress...

"Okay, it seems that the last moment is coming soon. Even if we include simple maintenance warships, the German fleet will not be able to replenish supplies in France for more than a week. We will have to speed up the preparation these days. From now on, we must have one eye open when we sleep!" Jericho said.

"It will take three days for the fleet to complete all maintenance. Before the Spee fleet returns, we have enough time." Lieutenant General Duff said.

"Okay, after completing the necessary maintenance, the main force of the large fleet will return to Scapa Bay, Orkney Island. We are waiting for the Germans to come to our door!" Jericho said. "By the way, quickly deploy our new air fleet to the airport in Orkney Islands. We need the young men to familiarize themselves with the local situation in advance." Finally, Jericho added.

However, what Jericho could not have imagined was that at this time, in the distant Baltic Sea, the high seas fleet had sailed from Kiel Port, Danze Port, Konisburg and other places. The entire fleet would gather outside Kiel Port, and the North Sea outpost operation was about to begin! Just before going out to sea, Ruprecht finally planned Jericho! By letting the Spe fleet break out of the Mediterranean at this time, it was to make Jericho believe that the two Allied fleets were about to converge, and the German fleet needed to resume its state, and various main battleships conducted artillery training and the mobilization of large floating docks were also to make British spies accustomed to the situation of German warships entering and leaving the port.

Now, when the German fleet really wants to gather to launch an operation, Ruprecht added the last insurance! Before the fleet set off, the German military implemented large-scale communication interference in all port areas and cut off all non-military telephone lines! In this way, even if British spies get the news, they will be very slow to transmit the information. If they wait until 6 hours before sending it out, considering the turnover time of the intelligence, it will be of no value, because the large fleet has no time to rescue their airports in Orkney and Shetland!

"Contact General Halde for the last time and ask about the air force." In the command tower of the flagship of the flagship of the High Seas Fleet, the Crown Prince Ruprecht sent the last telegram before departure.

"General Halder said everything was foolproof. At the same time, the meteorological department said that at the scheduled time, visibility over the combat area was good." An officer said.

"The cover fleet we deployed in the Strait of Skaglak sent a signal that all passing ships were controlled, and each ship above had our boarding team personnel." Admiral Schell said. Four hours before the fleet set off, several German destroyers and auxiliary cruisers teams began to cruise in the Strait of Skaglak. Their mission was to control all merchant ships from various countries that they encountered, prevent them from having contact with the high seas fleet, or sending telegrams, and from the moment, the situation was quite OK.

"Very good, we have a very good start, I hope everything goes well!" Then, led by the pilot fleet of Hippel Fleet, a light cruiser squadron and three destroyer squadrons, the huge high seas fleet was dispatched for the first time. They set off from the sea outside the port of Kiel, bypassed the entire Denmark, and then entered the North Sea through the Skaglak Strait, then turned northwest, approaching the target area at a speed of up to 23 knots. At the midpoint of the connection line between the Shetland Islands and the Orkney Islands, the two fleets separated. Ruprecht led 12 Bavarian-class battleships and attached battleships to the Orkney Islands, while Hippel led the remaining fleet to the Shetland Islands. It took about 20 hours to sail towards the target area.

This time, the weather once again stood on the side of the Germans. The fleet sailed in the morning in fact. However, relying on the bad weather, it was possible to avoid air reconnaissance, and the civilian ships that might leak along the way were also controlled. As for the submarines? In bad weather, it is difficult to find a fleet with good light control. What's more, at this time, the British submarines were either used to block the English Channel or return to port for maintenance like the large fleet.

"The fleet has entered the North Sea. The radio monitoring stations and interference stations we set up in the strait have not received any abnormal radio signals." Admiral Schell said. The so-called fear of ten thousand is only afraid of one. What if there is really a British submarine in this strait and it happens to meet the main force of the German fleet? Therefore, the cautious and careful Ruprecht added another security guarantee, that is, multiple radio monitoring ships and interference ships were deployed in the strait to interfere with all non-German frequency bands! Judging from the current situation, this step seems a bit redundant, because there is no strange signal.
Chapter completed!