Chapter 1288 Encounter
As for the rest? Apart from the goods from neutral countries, the British would definitely not find anything abnormal. Over time, the British would not have a good way to use this... Although the British would trick or other means to try to limit the effect of pearls, overall, this system is still reliable! Especially this time, when the Japanese did not intend to hide themselves deliberately.
"They are here." A German officer next to him suddenly put down the 16-fold Zeiss telescope in his hand and pulled Schultz over. As the officer pointed, he could see faint black smoke appeared at the place where the water and sky were connected. Needless to ask, it was known that this UK is a huge transport fleet, but whether the Germans were looking for it needs to be further determined.
"Take the chart over and reposition our location." Under the colonel's order, the assistant spread out a volume of the chart. This is a large-scale chart of the Bay of Bengal. On the west side of the Strait of Malacca, it is a series of routes marked with blue dotted lines. This is the patrol area of six German submarines, and the six submarines formed a cordon with a huge coverage area.
"They seem to be sailing to the area responsible for the two submarines, u210 and u195. I think these two submarines can determine the identity of each other. What about us? Should we continue to track, or stay in this sea area and standby on time?" The Chief of Staff carefully checked the routes of the fleet in the distance and the location of his own submarines.
"We will stay for the time being. According to the speed of the JP-15 fleet, the position of the submarines we intercepted, the two sides can meet within about 2 hours. We can determine the identity of the other party. According to our current position and speed, if we want to chase them, they can be kept within our field of vision within a maximum of 4 hours, and there is no need to worry about losing them." Colonel Schultz said.
"I saw it! It's so beautiful. It's definitely the most beautiful battleship besides the Bavarian-class battleship. Look at the three twin-mounted 15-inch turrets on its front deck and the towering bridge. This is really a work of art." An hour and a half later, the Yamashiro battleship appeared in the periscope view of the u229 submarine. Of course, just to see it, if you want to attack, it's better to forget it. Not to mention that the two sides are 8,000 meters apart and are just 4 knots of submarines with an underwater cruise speed. Unless it happens to be right, you can consider ambushing, it's not too complicated to launch an attack underwater! What's more, there are two Japanese destroyers next to it!
"The one behind is the Japanese pommel-horse-class fast battleship? It's shorter than the King Kong class built by the British, but thicker, and seems to be more resistant to fighting?"
"There is one destroyer on the side of the fleet and two at the back. From my position, you can see five destroyers, one on the opposite side, and there should be six destroyers in the entire fleet. The Japanese were a bit top-heavy. There are Japanese main battleships 10 kilometers ahead of the fleet, and there are a large number of transport ships behind them, about 20, which basically matches the information provided by intelligence."
At the end of the telegram, the U229 submarine also made another statement and discovered the location, heading, speed and other information of the JP-15 transport fleet. Then, a new transmission frequency band was used to send the telegram. It has to be said that the Japanese electronic equipment was indeed not very good. The new communication frequency band of the u229 was completely outside the Japanese radio reception range. Therefore, when the Japanese looked depressed, Su Xiong had already determined the location of the Japanese fleet!
"The Japanese are here, fortunately they are similar to what we expected. If nothing unexpected happens, we can stop them at the latest tomorrow afternoon!" Su Xiong lit a cigar for himself. "Have you decided to act?"
"Of course, otherwise what are we going to do?" Radell sipped with coffee. This kind of coffee with Turkish specialty is amazing. Even a small cup can make people feel energetic all night! Now, this coffee has become a must-have drink before Redell's battle.
"Now, isn't it a bit early to drink this? Our battle time is tomorrow during the day." Su Xiong said half-seriously and half-jokingly.
"If it's a simple interception, what else do I have to plan?" Redell said with a smile and shook his head. "Our first contact shouldn't be during the day, because during the day, the two sides compete for hard power, but we have no advantage."
"Do you want to learn from Earl Spey's night battle?" Su Xiong said with a frown.
"No, that's too hard. And we don't have a frigate. If it's a normal night battle, we will definitely suffer." Raidel vetoed.
"During the day, you can't fight, and at night, so when do you think you can fight?" Su Xiong said angrily.
"My opinion is in the evening! When the sun sets from the west, we chase them from the east! At this time, the afterglow of the sun can still illuminate the Japanese fleet, and we are already hiding in the night. And, look here." Raidel said as he pulled a piece of paper over, which was drawn on it exactly the schematic diagram of the Japanese fleet.
"We can launch an attack from behind the Japanese! The two Japanese battleships are about 10 kilometers ahead of the transport fleet. Even if they find that the fleet behind is attacked, they will have to sail for about 20 minutes to reach the battlefield even in the most smooth situation, because they first have to bypass the entire fleet and then search for the target of firing. During this period, if we are lucky, we can already sink several transport ships. If we are lucky, we may be able to destroy one or two destroyers." Raidel said while using a pencil to row the picture.
"We will at least not suffer any losses when doing this." Su Xiong nodded and agreed, but this method of breaking and knocking still made him a little unhappy.
"Will we be alert to the snake if we do this?" asked an officer next to him.
"That doesn't matter. It would be better if the Japanese disbanded the fleet. They had 23 merchant ships, but only 6 destroyers. These destroyers could not protect the dispersed fleet at all. The remaining submarines were enough to hand over to our submarines. We didn't even have to take action. Colonel Schultz's submarine could help us solve most of the problems!" Redell said as he changed his tone.
"Of course, the biggest possibility is that the Japanese continued to sail in formation without disbanding the fleet. This is actually the most troublesome. Even the lions gathered together feel tricky."
"So, we still cannot avoid night battles? Aren't we?" Su Xiong asked back.
Chapter completed!