If Earl Spee feels that something is wrong and moves closer to the main force of the High Seas Fleet at the highest speed, then things will be big! With the current distance between them, the British fleet is likely to be directly stabbed by Spee's fleet when they are inseparable from the High Seas Fleet!

Therefore, before dawn, even before Spee's reconnaissance aircraft discovered something, Earl Spee must be convinced that Thomas's fleet is still staring at him! Only in this way can Earl Spee not dare to take shortcuts at the highest speed to meet with the High Seas fleet! At this time, we have to rely on Target No. 1! Target No. 1 will replace the evacuated Thomas fleet with some auxiliary warships to play an "empty city" in its original position. In the early morning, they will continue to launch radio signals in the name of Thomas fleet and Betty's fleet, pretending that they are still there!

As for whether it will be discovered by Count Spee? It must be. It is only a matter of time to expose it. When the Count's reconnaissance plane flew overhead, everything will be exposed, but what does it matter? Because on Jericho's schedule, the Grand Fleet and the High Seas Fleet will meet when the sun first came out and then start a decisive battle! And Count Spee did not move closer to the main force of the High Seas Fleet in one night, so what if he received a telegram from Ruprecht? It will take at least 4 hours to arrive at the battlefield! (This is the result of the relative movement of both sides and the time obtained after the delay of the auxiliary warships on the Spee fleet) By then, if the Grand Fleet cannot overwhelm the opponent within 4 hours, then the battle will not be necessary! So, Jericho fought a very good time difference!

If Target 1 is to deceive the Spe fleet, then Target 2 is to deceive the Spe fleet and the High Seas fleet at the same time! Target 2's function is to simulate the signal of the large fleet. Both the Spe fleet and the main force of the High Seas fleet will receive this signal and locate it. Target 2 will be on the west side of the large fleet. In this way, if the High Seas fleet simply judges from the radio, it will obtain information that the large fleet and the high seas fleet are relatively far apart, so that it dares to communicate normally as before. It will sail westward.

In fact, the main force of the large fleet is approaching the high seas fleet. At dawn, the high seas fleet that is traveling west is likely to collide with the main force of the large fleet! Therefore, due to position issues, the high seas fleet, which was first exposed to the sun, had to fight with the large fleet. After all, the large-scale fleet steering and evacuation are a waste of time, and it is very likely to be severely damaged when changing the formation! So in this case, as a qualified commander, if the fleet is not very different, he will definitely choose to fight directly instead of making a dangerous turn in front of the opponent's artillery array! At this time, all the aviation forces of the British Royal Navy will also do their best to block the evacuation of the German fleet!

(For this issue, you can refer to Scher's turn in front of the formation when the main forces of the two fleets met in the Jutland Naval Battle. You should know that the British armor-piercing bombs at that time were problematic, so the threat to German battleships was limited. Even so, Scher was ready to abandon the Hippel fleet, which undoubtedly had to bear huge risks. When the Hippel fleet launched a decisive charge, the flagship Lucoff was severely damaged and could not go back. This time, the armor-piercing bombs of the British fleet were all green bullet-level in history, and it would be absolutely unpleasant to hit them!)

So, by this point, Jericho's plan has been fully launched. From the perspective of the plan, Jericho can really be regarded as a complete plan. In the Norwegian Sea, the British fleet cannot rely on too much extra force. They can only rely on the fleet themselves. Therefore, the main force of the entire British fleet can implement radio silence, and even the reservation meeting place can be agreed upon during the day. As for whether you can get the reservation place in the dark? Of course, you can send out the longitude and latitude of the reservation place. At night, let alone complex navigation equipment, you can find the approximate location even if you use a sextant to navigate the Beidou Star! This is absolutely fine!

The Spee fleet can also be radio silent because they are dominated, but the main force of the high seas fleet cannot be radio silent because they are silent. How to mobilize land-based aircraft and sea reconnaissance ships? This is what is called a shorter ruler and a shorter margin, right? Sometimes too large systems are difficult to operate.

Jericho perfectly calculated the high seas fleet through his targeted deployment, used the target fleet to carry out strategic deception, and intimidated the Spe fleet, so that they did not dare to get too close to themselves. At the same time, they gave the high seas fleet a wrong position so that they could approach the opponent invisibly and launch an attack! After some operation, Jericho fought with the opponent at the most suitable time point. At this time, the weather was just dawn. Even if the German aviation force deployed in Norway carried out a one-time suicide air strike, it would take time for them to come over the battlefield! At this time, there were only fleets of both sides on the battlefield! Perhaps the large fleet could still be defeated, but it is certain that there would be no better chance for the British today!

"What will happen to us if this plan succeeds?" Duff asked at his old boss with some complex eyes.

"If the plan is successful, we have about 3 to 4 hours to play a battle with the other side that is even greater than the Battle of Trafalgar. Our odds of winning are slightly greater. If it fails, I will let Thomas and Betty take all the high-speed battleships to evacuate," Jericho said.

"What if we win?" asked Lieutenant General Duff.

"I will take the remaining main force of the large fleet to evacuate. As for the Spee fleet? If they don't stop us from going home, then forget it. And if they stop, it will be the second battle!" Jericho said with a smile.

If possible, Jericho really didn't plan to get along with the Spee fleet after fighting with the High Seas Fleet, because what does it mean to have 3 to 4 hours of battle? During this period, each main gun of the British battleship was only about 100 rounds. During the battle, the battleship's firing rate was slow, and it would be fine to shoot one shell in a minute. So, if nothing unexpected happens, after the High Seas Fleet, there were few shells left in the large fleet, and they encountered the Spee fleet in full state... The scene was a bit terrible!
Chapter completed!