Chapter 2598 the fog dissipates
"Haha, it seems, this is a good idea." Old Fletcher said with a smile. "At least we can make our sacrifice more valuable."
"The solution is good, but it still needs good execution. I think we must concentrate all the elite destroyers now so that we can concentrate our efforts to launch a fatal blow during wartime." said the Chief of Staff.
"Okay, then start preparing. I don't know what General Pershing is doing now." Old Fletcher sent a report and mobilized the fleet while looking at the transport fleet in the distance. It seems that General Persher believed Old Fletcher's words. The warships that had originally broken down were ready to sail, and exhaust gas began to be discharged from the chimney. Obviously, this was a sign that the boiler had been reignited and ready to set off. In the distance, some transport fleets that had already set sail began to move to the second reserve point. For a moment, the originally silent night became noisy at this moment.
"After the telegram sent to Benson, I said, the whole world wants to know where you are now!" At this time, General Pershing, who was in his command post, used an unprecedentedly stern tone in the telegram sent to Benson.
"Damn it, if there is such a large-scale naval and army war in the future, our army will definitely have the dominance." Pershing secretly swore. In fact, from the command level, Benson and Pershing are the same. Everyone is an admiral, but now Pershing is a five-star admiral, so he has a higher status than Benson. However, because after all, we are not in the same army, before the war started, the status of both sides was not finalized. In principle, Pershing should be the biggest, but in fact, Benson can reject Pershing's orders on the pretext of the special nature of the navy. Just like before the army needs fire support to the navy.
Unless Pershing expressed his willingness to bear all the consequences caused by a certain order, he could not force Benson to surrender. After all, Pershing was not very good at the navy. Once a certain order caused serious consequences, his own gains and losses were small matters, and the US military had to pay a huge price. This is why Pershing has never used this right until now in the war!
But this time, after the persuasion of Old Fleec, Pershing finally decided to use this right.
"It seems that something is really wrong with us this time?" When Benson received a telegram from Pershing and Old Fletcher at the same time, he finally completely shook his previous inference. What he was pursuing was not the main force of the Japanese fleet, but a Japanese fleet of tempting enemies!
After a moment, what shocked and frightened him even more was that when the destroyer approached the reconnaissance again, the information sent clearly mentioned that this was not the Japanese fast battleship that Benson hoped, but a former dreadnought, Benson's spirit was almost collapsed at this moment! Not only was he worried about the terrible consequences of his actions, but he felt that his IQ was also completely exploded!
Of course, it is absolutely wrong to say that the US fleet has chased for a long time without any effect. At least, the Seafog, which has been exploring madly on the edge of death, was hit by a torpedo! For a warship in the previous fearless era, if it is hit by a torpedo in this case, it will basically be unable to go back. Whether it is the American naval gun or the torpedo of the destroyer, it can be sent to the bottom of the sea in minutes!
"Fleet turn! Get ready to return to defense immediately!" Benson, who was already sweating profusely, issued an order to return to the flight. Of course, before returning to the flight, he would definitely not let the Japanese warship in the thunder be spared before returning to the flight, under the cover of the firepower of the main fleet, a destroyer team sank the Seafog battleship, which was sacrificed to lure the enemy with neat lightning strike.
"Send a telegram to General Su Xiong, hoping that he can try his best to stop the Japanese fleet's attack for the alliance between the two countries. After the battle, the United States of America will definitely give the German Empire and the high seas fleet enough compensation, and all the injured and dead people will receive compensation beyond the conventional rules. That's it." At this time, Benson remembered again that Su Xiong, who had been scolded by himself for a night. However, this time, the telegram he sent to Su Xiong was extremely humble, hoping that the other party could block the Japanese fleet, provided that if the Su Xiong fleet still had combat effectiveness.
Now, the only thing Benson can rely on is the re-silence of the Suxiong fleet, because on the road leading to the berth of Japan's US transport fleet, only the old Fletcher's armored cruisers are left. It is obviously unrealistic to expect these warships to block the Japanese fleet.
Although Su Xiong's fleet disappeared, Benson trusted the Germans' combat effectiveness at this time (well, it was largely a way to seize the life-saving straw.) He believed that even if the German fleet was suddenly hit, it would definitely preserve its strength. If the Germans could get injured and fight again, then at least they could share some shells for the US transport fleet, right?
Well, what do you mean? Benson now hopes that the Germans are Blüchel in the Battle of Waterloo in history! They can bring their troops back at the most critical moment of the battle!
As for letting Benson go to save the scene by himself? What do you think? He probably can't catch up. Now, his fleet is conservatively distanced from the combat area, which is nearly 100 kilometers. According to the fleet's current maximum speed of about 18 knots per hour, it is estimated that it will take about 3 hours to run! Three hours! The daylily is cold. Maybe after that, it will be too late to collect the body of the US Navy transport fleet! In fact, the cruise speed of the entire US main fleet is no longer possible to continue to maintain a high speed of 18 knots. In other words, so far, the US transport fleet has to find a way to persist for at least 3 hours! 3 hours! This is really deadly!
To be honest, until now, the fog on the battlefield has been almost cleared. The American fleet knows the ultimate goal of the Japanese and can also guess the size of the Japanese fleet. What about the Japanese? When others in Yamaya saw that the Benson fleet turned around and evacuate, they also sent a telegram to the Japanese joint fleet as soon as possible. So, Shimamura Suo and others also knew that the Benson fleet had begun to turn around. Well, now only one force has not appeared in the eyes of the senior executives of the United States and Japan. That is, what was the Suxiong fleet that had encountered the Japanese fleet before and then escaped?!
"Haha, do you know now? It's a pity that it's a bit late." At this time, Su Xiong, who had already left the range of electronic interference in the Japanese army, finally received a telegram from Benson, but as he said, it's really a bit late now! Su Xiong naturally won't send a call back to Benson again, because there is no meaning except exposing himself. He knew that the battle tonight had just begun!
Chapter completed!