"God, look at the sea surface, what is that? Why are there white traces appearing?" In the telescope of Second Ensign Toti, he could vaguely see several long white lines appearing on the sea surface. This kind of thing is definitely not a natural phenomenon. After all, who has ever seen a very neat white line line? This is abnormal!

"Captain Hellman, can you see?" Lieutenant Totty woke up the German Navy observer who was resting next to him. This is the ace lookout for the German High Seas Fleet. He once served on the flagship of the High Seas Fleet and later retired due to war injuries. Now, between the Americans offered high salary of at least $500 a month, this guy has come to the distant Pacific Ocean.

"White trail?" Captain Hellman suddenly woke up, and then he immediately ran to the telescope and skillfully adjusted the optical lens.

"It's a battleship! The battleships sailing at high speed! Their speed is at least 18 knots! Immediately send an early warning signal to the headquarters!" In less than a minute, Captain Hellman determined the ship type and speed of the unknown fleet in the distance!

Do you feel like chatting with Chinese Studio? Do you feel like it’s weird? In fact, it’s normal. At night, many warships are found not because of the warship itself, but because of the tails when the ship is sailing! Especially when large warships are sailing at high speed, the tails are even longer than the length of the warship itself. Imagine that under the black night, you stand at a high place and look into the distance, suddenly a white trace of more than 200 meters long appeared on the sea surface, and not one, but a few. How can this be inconspicuous? And this time the Japanese fleet chose to walk close to the coast, so, sorry, the whereabouts of others in the mountain house were discovered by the US military at the first time!

(This is not fabricated by the author. In fact, in the night battle of 2 battles, the fleet controls the speed and reduces the tail. In the Battle of Savo Island in the Battle of Savo Island in the Battle of Mikawa Junyi, Sanchuan ordered the fleet to slow down before taking over the enemy to reduce the tail!)

As for why you can judge the speed and ship type of the fleet, you are really knowledgeable. After all, Captain Helmann has seen it in the war no less than a few hundred times! The trail widths of different battleships are different, and the trail lengths of the trails are also different at different speeds of the same battleship. These are all experiences, and they can only be understood but not expressed in words! Sometimes it is based on feelings!

"Are all ten targets battleships?" asked Ensign Toti.

"At least they are warships of more than 10,000 tons! Just write this way." Heerman said anxiously.

"You should know how much trouble this telegram would cause if it was sent out." Second Lieutenant Totty was still a little suspicious of Helman's statement. He really couldn't have imagined that such a thing would come out tonight!

"I'm responsible." Hellman said anxiously. "As a soldier, you must bear responsibility at critical moments. This is our obligation and glory." Under Hellman's insistence, Lieutenant Totty sent a warning telegram five minutes later. However, this telegram was not for Benson, but for the nearby Sixth Battleship Detachment first and then forwarded to Benson by the commander of the team!

Do you think it's surprising? In fact, it's normal. The US Navy has at least 30 destroyers and patrol boats responsible for maritime alerts every night, and there are no less than 40 observation posts to perform sea and land warnings. There are hundreds of light false alarms every night. If all of them are given to Benson, then just processing this information, Benson needs a company staff officer. Do you think it's difficult to understand? In fact, there's nothing difficult to understand. After all, whales or reefs that are active at sea may be mistaken for submarines. In addition, the mental state is very tense, and various visions are normal. Therefore, the general principle of solving this problem is to first hand it to your direct superior instead of directly giving it to the highest level!

So, a few minutes later, the warning telegram was sent to Colonel Lacey, the interim commander of the Sixth Battleship Squadron. Just less than 10 minutes apart, a patrol boat also sent out an early warning telegram. When two telegrams of the same content were sent at the same time, Colonel Lacey could no longer take it lightly!

"Order! All warships immediately enter the first-level alert state! Accompanied by the destroyer team, we were ready to contact General Benson, and said that we found the suspected main force of the Japanese fleet! The entire fleet was ready to take the station immediately!" Colonel Laixi's handling was also very fast and effective. All warships quickly left their original position and moved eastward to open the distance. According to the intelligence, the other party had at least 5 main battleships. In this way, Colonel Laixi could conclude that this was definitely not something he could deal with! Therefore, his first reaction was to protect himself and delay time!

"In addition, sending a telegram to the Army, the Japanese fleet chose to take a route close to the seaside. I hope the army's artillery can release flares to the target." The colonel then added an order. Unfortunately, at this time, the Japanese fleet's butcher knife was about to be pressed to his neck!

Although the Americans had the advantage of intelligence to take the lead, with the help of the British, when an American destroyer hidden in the night sent a report to Colonel Lacey on the side, the Japanese fleet also realized that its position had been exposed!

"We're exposed," said a British radioman lowering his headset. "It's just less than 3 kilometers away from us. It uses a quick sending method. The sending time is short, but it's enough to issue an alarm, and I can't determine its exact location."

"Do you want to send a destroyer to kill that voyeur?" a Japanese officer said nervously.

"No need! Kill the American fleet in front of you first!" Lieutenant General of the Yamaya breathed a sigh of relief. Now, artillery fire is needed to solve the problem! "Order the fleet to accelerate, abandon radio silence and light control, the destroyer troops advance quickly, find the precise position of the American fleet, and then mark the main fleet!" With the assault of the destroyer troops, the seaplanes on various main ships of the Japanese Navy also flew out one after another. At this time, it was less than 8 minutes before the two sides fought!

"The Japanese fleet accelerated! Immediately send a signal to the coastal artillery and let them use flares to expose the position of the Japanese fleet!" At this time, Captain Heilman and his observation post were still faithfully performing their duties, constantly tracking the position of the Japanese naval fleet, and accurately marking it on the grid map. Then, the information was passed on to the army's artillery positions!

So, before the Japanese fleet's rangefinder locked the US Navy, the flares fired by the US shore artillery had already landed near the Japanese fleet at the forefront!
Chapter completed!