"General Jericho and Sir John Salmond are here." When Churchill finished his work and was about to light a cigar and relax, the attendant's words made the Royal Navy boss feel very unhappy. After hesitating for a moment, Churchill set off the cigar again, dressed up, and waited for the arrival of the commander of the British Fleet and the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy Air Force.

"Since the two have come together, then the tasks assigned by the Royal Navy to the two should have had a rough framework before, right?" Churchill said. Although the Royal Navy suffered the most severe failure since the British-Dutch War in the last year. However, as the most powerful naval force and colonial empire on the planet, the Royal Navy's family and resilience gradually recovered from the heavy blow. And now, it is time for the Royal Navy to regain the initiative to regain the battlefield.

Although history has been changed beyond recognition due to Ruprecht, there is one thing that has not changed in the North Sea, that is, the core of the war between the two sides lies in the power to use the North Sea route! Whether it is the British setting up a blockade line in the North Sea or the Germans repeatedly launching offensive operations, the most important of them is the blockade and anti-blockade operations.

Why did the prince keep attacking the British fast fleet? In addition to the sharpest long sword of the Royal Navy, another very important reason is that if the British fast fleet is severely damaged, the Royal Navy will deploy its main force in the Shetland Islands, and the rapid fleet in Forth Bay to support the north and south strategy will eventually go bankrupt. This is like the most critical pillar of a building that collapses. In terms of local coastal security and the blockade of the North Line, the British must choose one of them.

Although the naval aviation on this plane is already very fierce, the concentrated land-based bombers carrying bombs and torpedoes can make the large fleet feel huge pressure, but the premise is that the weather is clear... Please, this is the North Sea, and the roar of wind and waves should not be too frequent. Who stipulates that the German fleet can only attack on sunny days and not fight on cloudy days? The weather is not good, the reconnaissance effect will be greatly reduced. If the reconnaissance is not in place, the air force will not be concentrated. Therefore, it is impossible for the British long coastline to rely entirely on the Air Force. After the Thomas fleet was severely damaged, the British Royal Navy almost gave up the North Sea blockade line, and the entire army was nestled in Fors Bay, staring at its doorstep like a watchdog.

Then what? The gap in the North Sea blockade line has opened wide! The Seventh Cruiser Detachment, which was once a North Sea police officer, disappeared. There is no way. This police will only be useful when it is backed by a large fleet. Without a large fleet, even the auxiliary police are not as good as.... It doesn't even need the High Seas Fleet to attack, and simply use submarines to set up ambush and replace the British, the Seventh Cruiser Detachment will not be able to stand it!

You know, although it is called a cruiser team, all ships are either honest protective cruisers that have been in service for about 20 years, or are directly modified by merchant ships. It is hard to say that the cruise speed of these ships can run 10 knots. (After all, in addition to the old and their own hull quality, they must be equipped with excessive personnel and supplies. They float at sea for dozens of days at a time. Can the things be brought with them?) The speed of sailing on the water is even worse than that of submarines...

There is no basic trust between the two sides. If the British camouflaged anti-submarine ships and attacked snorkeling boats as civilian ships, then the German submarine force can naturally carry forward the tactics of "fishing law enforcement". For example, when the British auxiliary cruiser saw a merchant ship sailing, he would definitely not be able to sink it. He had to get close and then send personnel to board the ship for inspection. However, if a submarine is hidden on the other side of the merchant ship or in the nearby sea at this time, then the auxiliary cruiser is the best target when slowing down and dispatching personnel!

Of course, there are some tough German camouflage attack ships that do not require submarine cooperation at all. When the British auxiliary cruiser approaches, they go up recklessly. When the opponent is caught off guard, they use torpedoes to deal with the opponent at close range. Such battles have happened several times. How can I say it? Both sides have their own winners and losses.

However, after fighting like this, the first thing that could not stand was the Royal Navy, not the Germans... The reason is very simple. Take "fishing law enforcement" as an example. How many people are there on a submarine? 40 people are definitely enough. So how many people are there on an auxiliary cruiser? More than 300 people? What a joke? It is not good enough? This is not an ordinary auxiliary cruiser. They have to arrange crew members. A boarding group plus a transmitter, officer and armed personnel, and more than 7 people are required. It is normal to bring more than a dozen or even dozens of boarding groups on a ship. (These boarding groups are directly to the port with merchant ships. Otherwise, if you check it out, you say you are going to the Netherlands. After the inspection, what should you do if you go to Germany? Don't write the documents. The documents in this era can also be faked, or send someone to insurance.)

If the two sides fight, the submarine can quickly dive and run away if one strikes, and even when attacking, it is in a submarine state. If you can't fight, you can go. The risk is very low. But what about the auxiliary cruiser? If you are hit by a torpedo, then basically more than 500 people on the ship will probably not survive. This is Beihai, let's not talk about whether there are anyone to save it. Even if someone is willing to help, the sea water temperature is extremely low and you can't get up for a few minutes, you will basically die. Even if you are rescued, you will have to wait for a while. If you get cold or other injuries, you will basically say goodbye to the army. The exchange ratio of this personnel is not on the same level at all.

If it were to be a ship, the British auxiliary cruiser would be even worse. In history, the Seventh Cruiser Detachment had only more than 20 auxiliary cruisers of various types, right? After this plane was massacred several times, it was on the verge of being almost revoked. Even civilian ships could not die like this. In this plane, the Americans were half an enemy. Even if they had the largest transport fleet in the world, the British were still tragic under the pressure of submarines. Even worse than in history.

As for whether there is a way to deal with this kind of "fishing law enforcement"? Of course, there is, that is, you have a large fleet as a supporter, equipped with a large number of destroyers and aircraft, so that the submarines dare not act rashly. But unfortunately, the large fleet has already gone to Fors Bay, and the entire Seventh Cruiser Detachment is like a rootless tree. It is definitely not possible to fight against German submarines and camouflage attack ships alone. Therefore, later, the British Royal Navy decisively stopped the loss and stopped blocking the North Sea gate.
Chapter completed!