"More than ten minutes ago, the German flagship Bavaria suddenly made their second battleship fleet move south and pay attention to its whereabouts. Maybe the Germans will not sneak up on our coastline and arouse British anger. They will fight again. Their ultimate goal is a fast fleet from head to tail! This ….. is an out-and-out y and n scheme! " to be continued
The second gun chapter 9 decisive battle orkney (5)
(Brothers, don’t worry, we still have the last spare tire. If this is gone, then write it full-time … and the sea battle! )
"The feeling of the same trench in West Lyme is really good. The Brits on the other side are in a state of chaos …"
Port William personally sent off the "first reconnaissance group" and ordered the second battleship team to turn to the Lei Deer Jed transport ship. For many years, it has never been high-spirited to express its desolation in the North Sea and finally wantonly Wang Yang.
"London should have made the fast fleet return? I don’t mind adding another fire to you! "
The British naval headquarters in London is brightly lit and graceful, and the naval officers have been up all night.
"This … is an out-and-out Y and N scheme!"
Captain Jackson first received information from Port William that the first reconnaissance group in Germany went to sea secretly.
Jackson’s face suddenly sank, and he felt dizzy as never before when the navy captain took his eyes back from the console table and deciphered the love newspaper through Room 4.
The navy captain’s figure was shaken, and it’s hard to remember that the sediment came like water and easily destroyed Jackson’s rational dam.
Jackson clearly remembers that it was on the eve of the naval battle in Scarborough-Gerakl Strait in 1915, that is, Y and N were dark and H was wet. Captain Jackson first received the news that the ocean fleet was at sea, and then received the report of the disastrous defeat of the allied countries in the Mediterranean Sea.
At that time, the news of the fiasco in Murderos Bay was like a heavy stone weighing on the admiralty, forcing General Jellicoe and General Betty to temporarily change their objectives in order to save the honor of the Royal Navy and upgrade a tactical action aimed at attacking Helgolan Bay into a decisive battle full of deception, anti-deception and fear of ships.
Dinggan Kun temporarily changed his intention in World War I, and the Royal Navy was defeated because of insufficient preparation. This time, the Royal Navy seems to change its goal again, but will the result be different?
A strong panic occupied Jackson’s mind until the captain accidentally knocked over the cup and the quiet office was crisp and broken for a long time. Jackson remembered that he should report it to the company.
"The Port William intelligence team confirmed that the Germans left the port at about 3: 40 in the morning, and the flagship Bavarian of the ocean fleet also ordered the surprise fleet to maneuver south to avoid exposing its whereabouts."
The office of the secretary of the navy Arthur Belfo called an emergency meeting to avoid the panic of the admiralty, and kept the results of the "Room 4" secret. The top management of the navy was extremely limited. There were only four secretaries of the navy, Jellicoe, the chief of staff of the navy, and William R Hall, the intelligence minister.
Hall, the intelligence minister, took the lead in speaking, and bloody history will prove his view that he has never experienced a naval battle, which makes him angry.
"Mr. Belfo, General Karl Thorpe, General Jellicoe, according to the information of Room 4 and Port William intelligence group, we have reason to believe that the ultimate goal of the Germans is to destroy General Betty’s fast fleet. The intelligence department suggested that the fast fleet immediately abandon the encirclement and suppression plan and choose to return."
Arthur Belfo, the secretary of the navy who presided over the meeting, was noncommittal about Hall’s suggestion. The secretary of the navy’s sharp eyes wandered past the face of a number of senior naval officials in the office, and finally fell on the face of Goff Karthorpe, the first sea minister, who was more like a civilian than a general, and urged him to speak.
"The generals have never been in contact with naval civil servants for half a generation. I have done everything I can. Now I am a professional soldier. I need your professional advice when you show your ability."
Gough Karthorpe, the first minister of the sea, moved his Adam’s apple, but he didn’t speak for a moment. He took two pieces of information from Hall, locked his head and pretended to scrutinize every word. His three ministers of the sea were also silent.
Seeing this scene in front of us, Jellicoe, chief of the navy’s general staff, can’t help sighing that David Betty’s radical ideas are unreasonable. The Royal Navy really needs a little bit of strength and stubbornness.
Indeed, the weapons level of the large fleet has been rebuilt much better than before, but this fleet is no longer on the level of J and NG God. In one hundred, it was tempered into Nelson J and NG God, and the German navy, to be exact, the shadow of Y and N in West Lyme became more and more conservative.
On the other hand, Jellicoe, who was once the commander-in-chief of the big fleet and was accused of several things, can understand the caution of the ministers.
It was a very difficult thing to make the British people spend billions of pounds to build a fleet and put it into a decisive battle. What’s worse, the British are the most critical race in the world for naval victory. Now, after the reconstruction of the big fleet, the whole country is full of the mentality of not being able to afford to lose. The pressure of decision-making in 1917 is far greater than that in 1915. Once the battlefield in the Scarborough Gerakl Strait is repeated, it can never be ended by fighting across the sea to the French front.
Anger is indisputable. Before King Arthur of the Navy gets angry, Jellicoe will talk like mud, and everyone will be surprised if he doesn’t appear at all.
"Helgolan Bay is 300 nautical miles from scarborough, which translates into the voyage of the first German reconnaissance group, that is, about 15 hours, and it is 200 nautical miles from the south of Dogel sandbar, which translates into ten hours."
Jellicoe will dig out a map from the pile of old papers on his desk, iron it, spread the desk, and take out a ruler, compass and pencil from the pen container for simple drawing and calculation in the office of the Secretary of the Navy.
"The fast fleet separated from Firth Bay at 21: 11 and roughly sailed to the northern waters of Newkars. There are still four or five hours from scarborough, where the Germans may raid. If we continue the encirclement and suppression plan, we must give up the follow-up plan to attract the ocean fleet to fight a decisive battle. Because the battle site is closer to Germany, we can’t get the support of the big fleet; In addition, the fast fleet needs to go south for two or three hours, two hours to find the German surprise fleet and pay attention to avoiding the aggressive rush to Germany’s first reconnaissance group. On the other hand, if we give up the encirclement and suppression plan, it will be peaceful … "Chapter 9 of the great sea soul will fight orkney (5)" … "
Jellicoe made a move to embrace the world, and the British navy executives laughed at Jellicoe’s witty remarks.
Jellicoe is Jellicoe, but it can be said that he opposed every naval battle of the Royal Navy.
In order to promote the return of the fast fleet, Jellicoe deliberately ignored the third situation. If Selim found the return of the fast fleet, he would not hesitate to let the south mobile surprise fleet fake it. It is precisely because of this that the ministers of the sea are unwilling to take some responsibility for revealing their personal views easily.
West Lyme is West Lyme. One shot can’t solve the game.
The fast fleet can really get out and leave the first reconnaissance group. Even if the combat power is strong, the French people generally cross the North Sea in an instant, but once the fast fleet is away from the German surprise fleet lurking in the south of the North Sea, it can attack the eastern coastline of Britain without delay.
South is a dangerous road. If we fail to find and kill the dagger hidden by the Germans in the North Sea, the fast fleet is likely to be surging. Once the fast fleet is hit hard, the army will be wiped out, and no one will be the scapegoat for this battle. How should the Royal Navy stand on its own feet in this sea of stars? !
It’s not a good choice to stay near scarborough to shock the night. The displacement of the fast fleet lookout and Queen Elizabeth patrol both exceeds 30,000 tons, while the coastline of Britain Island is relatively flat. There are few excellent Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the whole scarborough area, and even if there is, there is no perfect naval port protection firepower.
Although the senior naval officers were aware of the bias in Jellicoe’s words, they all kept silent.
However, Jellicoe is an out-and-out conservative, but we must not underestimate him because of this. Perhaps the only wise man in Jellicoe’s long-lasting war, the naval ministers’ position is as great as their responsibility. In addition to admiring Jellicoe, they will not hesitate to take the blame and stifle the aggressive and unsuccessful factors. They are determined to carry this tacit understanding through to the end.
"Sea Soul of a Great Power" Let the hairy kids and David Betty, the fearful guy, dream of war. Britain doesn’t need war for the time being!
The professional officers quickly reached an agreement and owed a little military accomplishment. Belfo vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he still chose to trust the judgment of professional soldiers.
"Let the fast fleet return! And let the big fleet meet the American sub-fleet and meet the fast fleet together in the south! "
"London should have made the fast fleet return? I don’t mind adding another fire to you! "
The night battle continued. Jellicoe did everything possible to say that the Admiralty gave up the operation. On this side, Lei Deer, the chief of staff of the German Navy, had already launched a new tactic to deceive him. He called in Haig, the captain of the transport ship Jed, who was unhappy, to let the old captain continue to broadcast false news without conscience.
"The flagship Bavarian name sent a message to wake up the South Mobile Assault Fleet not to be too far away from the British coastline!"
Not surprisingly, the newspaper appeared in the hands of Captain Jackson. Only then did the intelligence minister Hall know that the value of the German surprise fleet’s maneuver to the south was not just a tactical maneuver. It was a sharp dagger that temporarily concealed the bloodthirsty breath. If Britain wanted to relax, it would dare to show off the mans!
The debate broke out again. The intelligence minister Hall insisted on keeping the fast fleet in the national defense commission near scarborough. The naval representative was his most favorable supporter. If the Germans wanted to shell Britain and directly deal with the energy navy, the British people would definitely choose to step down the complex but not powerful national defense commission.
The representative of the National Defense Commission announced that he would stab the matter to the parliament, the Secretary of State for the Sea, and the Chief of Staff of the Navy formed a conservative alliance to shake the shackles. At this time, David Betty of Scarpa Bay made a compromise and let the fast fleet temporarily enter the mouth of the Tis River.
This is obviously a clever move. Although the mouth of the Tis River can’t hold ten fast fleets and battle cruiser doesn’t have perfect fortifications, its geographical position is too superior.
"The mouth of the Tish River is two hours’ flight from scarborough. If the German surprise fleet dares to attack the wind, the fast fleet will be able to get there and teach those faltering German master ships. If the first investigation group insists on dealing with the fast fleet and has the intelligence advantage, the fast fleet will also be able to rush to Newcastle. There is no doubt that the protection of private industries by the capitalists on the Tyne River is still trustworthy.
The admiralty adopted Betty’s opinion. At 4: 03 a.m., the commander of the fast fleet, Lampard, received the final report from the admiralty. Although those optimism had cooled down a lot, he still turned the fleet to the mouth of the Tis River according to the order of the naval headquarters.
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