In the telegraph room of the Schanehorst, the radio receiver suddenly received a message transmitted in medium waves. Although it could not be recorded all of them, the other party also used a code method that had never been seen before and could not decipher the content. However, this situation already made Su Xiong, who was highly nervous, even more nervous!

"Is the medium band? It seems that the recipients of this telegram are far away." Su Xiong began to quickly calculate the situation in his mind. "Our telegram was only half an hour after we sent it, and a password telegram was sent. This is very wrong." Su Xiong hesitated. He could not give up the opportunity to supply because of a telegram. He knew that when the British fleet arrived, he would definitely attack the camouflage supply ship at sea. If he missed it this time, he would not know when the next time would be.

"We continue to go to the scheduled assembly area, and at the same time, we told the Gneesenau to ignite the remaining unused boilers, just in case, and send seaplanes around to prepare for reconnaissance. Well, the main direction is tentatively set to the south and west. Each warship releases two seaplanes." To be on the safe side, Su Xiong ordered the fleet to prepare for emergency response.

This telegram that determined the position of the German fleet was like a thunder. After receiving the information, the first thing that was to do was Thomas' squadron. In addition to the two battleships, Queen Elizabeth and Barrym, there were two light cruisers and one Japanese seaplane carrier Akizumi. After receiving the telegram from the Shiroshi, four seaplanes immediately took off from the Akizumi and flew towards the general direction of the German fleet. At the same time, two British battleships also began to accelerate toward the target.

"The German fleet entered a position that seemed to be a little more than we expected. We could not determine the other party's heading and speed. For the sake of safety, I suggest that the fleet increase its speed to 21 knots. Then adjust the course according to the intelligence of the reconnaissance aircraft." Next to Thomas, a group of staff members worked around the table on the chart. They first marked the starting positions of each squadron on the chart, and then marked the positions of each fleet according to the scheduled route according to the time.

The British were not stupid, and they were also worried that radio communication would expose this encirclement plan. Therefore, in addition to the necessary radio communication, each squadron implemented strict radio silence in accordance with the regulations. This is why the Su Xiong fleet did not receive any inexplicable signals for an hour after receiving this telegram. At this time, from the chart, Thomas could see that the British fleet's encirclement began to shrink step by step. In order to ensure that there was no leakage, two light cruisers had already been deployed on the side of the fleet. After all, aviation reconnaissance was not particularly reliable in Thomas's opinion.

Tick, besides the rhythmic sound of the wall clock on the bridge, there is only the rustling sound of the ruler slid against the table and the rustling of the pencils on the chart, and the whispering sound of the officers discussing quietly with the officers. There was silence in Cambridge. Thomas sat in his own position and looked at the sea quietly. Although it was calm on the surface, the lighter that kept opening and closing in his hands exposed Thomas was still a little nervous now. A silence unique to the war enveloped the entire bridge.

At the same time, the Suxiong fleet, who was very uneasy, also began to accelerate. The boilers, which had not been operating normally, began to ignite. The furnaces were sweating and sent a large amount of anthracite to the boiler. The red flames quickly engulfed the coal like a giant beast. The treated boiler was heated with water and then sent to the steam turbine through the pipes. Several technicians kept checking the pressure gauge and checking the pipes in various places to prevent accidents.

"Send two more seaplanes to take a look at the supply sea area." After asking Su Xiong for instructions, Raidel added another order. Now it is only about an hour before the supply time. If there is no trace of the supply ship found in the reserved sea area, it means that there must be a problem with the supply this time!

While the two German fast battleships continued to release seaplanes, according to the direction given by the British, four Japanese seaplanes were also approaching quickly. The Japanese pilots were quite experienced. They chose to quickly skip over at an altitude of about 100 meters above sea level because this altitude was enough for the aircraft to discover warships in the distance. However, from the perspective of the warship, it was very difficult to find a smaller aircraft at this altitude. The reconnaissance efficiency of seaplanes spread in a fan shape is still very high.

What's more, the two German rapid battleships used kerosene mixed boilers. The smoke column formed by a large amount of smoke dust was still very obvious at a long distance. In this regard, the British Queen Elizabeth-class battleship was much better, and they burned all the oil!

"I saw him! What a beautiful battleship!" On the No. 3 seaplane, the telegrapher sitting in the back row first discovered the Su Xiong fleet running wildly on the sea. At this time, the No. 3 seaplane was almost parallel to the direction of the German fleet! Under the guidance of the rear row telegrapher, the pilot also discovered the fleet on the right side of the plane!

"Their appearance is really similar to our King Kong-class battlecruiser, but it seems to be a little thicker. It is very similar to the British queens." The pilot said, looking at the German warship more than ten kilometers away.

"Well. That's right, except that the turret seems to be a little smaller, it is really similar to the Queen, but the air strike between the two turrets at the beginning and end of the warship is a little bit large. It feels a bit dispersed." The telegrapher said.

After discussing the two German battleships, the telegrapher in the back seat immediately began to send reports to the fleet, reporting on the information he had discovered the German warship. However, at this time, the Japanese obviously underestimated Germany's electronic monitoring capabilities and used the mid-wave radio station to send reports at a distance of only ten thousand meters away from the fleet. The radio direction finding equipment on the German warship could accurately measure the direction of the report!

"We have a problem on the side! The signal source is very close to us!" An officer opened the hatch of the command tower and said to Su Xiong. In radio communication, the distance of more than ten thousand meters is already very close. Although it is difficult to find a "wooden bookshelf" flying at a low speed almost close to the sea surface with a visual view, there is no problem with the radio side!

"Send a signal to the Gneisenau!" Su Xiong immediately informed the friendly forces outside the 5-chain distance. The current situation is becoming more and more elusive, which makes him feel tremendous pressure.

"The signal source is very strong, probably only ten thousand meters away from us, but we didn't find them." The officer's words revealed anxiety and a little fear. (In fact, even aircraft like fw200 have a very short visual warning time when approaching the target at a low altitude, usually only about 5 minutes. The observation of low altitude targets is completely different from that of fleets. The latter can rely on smoke columns. But it is difficult for the former to catch a target.)
Chapter completed!