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"Damn it, this is not the Thomas fleet at all." When the first group of reconnaissance planes dropped flares in the night sky, they only saw a few small destroyers, and the guy who was obviously a merchant ship in the distance. In addition, neither the Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleship of the Thomas fleet nor the Betty's aircraft carrier were found! There was no roar of anti-aircraft guns on the sea. This made the Germans quickly understand that they seemed to have been fooled!

"What we are in front of us is not the Thomas fleet at all. The so-called radio signal is just a bait! The British fleet no longer knows where to go!" When Earl Spey received this telegram, he felt like falling into an ice cave! He was not worried about his comfort. In fact, there were very few British submarines and auxiliary ships in this sea area, and he had always adopted strict radio silence and light control, so the probability of being discovered was very low. He was not worried that the British were plotting against him this time. So now, the British threw a bait on his side. No, it was two baits, and they were proved to be feints. So where would the target of the British main fleet be? It could only be the main force of the high seas fleet commanded by Crown Prince Ruprecht! The British would never evacuate at night, because evacuation was equal to failure!

"The main forces of the British fleet have definitely reunited. Their target is the high seas fleet!" Earl Spee walked to the sea chart and began to calculate each other's possible routes and times. "By the way, the main forces of the high seas fleet will send telegrams to dispatch the aviation forces stationed in Norway before dawn. This will expose the position of the high seas fleet. Therefore, taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, the British have the chance to bite the high seas fleet before dawn! The bait they set is actually to deter us! This must be the case!"

Earl Spey grasped the key to the whole problem! This time the British decided to take the lead, and the target was the High Seas Fleet!

"Break the radio silence immediately and report to the high seas fleet, so that they can be careful of the large fleet that rushed out of the night! I now suspect that the British have sailed east as a whole and are ready to intercept the high seas fleet before dawn!" Earl Spey decisively broke the radio silence.

"So what should we do now? What should we do with that British bait fleet?" asked an officer.

"No matter he! We don't have time to waste time with these small characters! Order, immediately mark the planned route of the High Seas Fleet on the chart, and then the fleet will move closer to the High Seas Fleet with the highest voyage!" Earl Spey was decisive and threw the bait in front of him directly and moved closer to the High Seas Fleet. At this time, many aspects of information had been sent to the command tower of the flagship of the High Seas Fleet's flagship Bavaria. Here, Ruprecht is making the final strategic adjustment!

Jericho's plan is very good in theory, but it is impossible to deal with the unstable factor of submarines and misjudgment of Earl Spee's actions. If Earl Spee chose conservative tactics, it might not have been possible that Thomas' fleet had advanced eastward so early. Jericho's mistake was that he did not expect Earl Spee to be so iron-headed and was ready to take action against Thomas' fleet at night! The result of this series of inevitable or accidental events was that Jericho's plan had serious omissions. The Germans learned about the British's conspiracy less than 2 hours ahead of the British's reservation. In the last two hours, Ruprecht had the opportunity to make the final adjustments to his plan!

"I didn't expect that Jericho would have played this trick in the end." Ruprecht said with emotion as he looked at the telegram that was summed up on the desktop.

"If we want to be safe, we can change our course, for example, go east, so that we can ensure that we do not contact the British fleet for the time being. Earl Spey is leading the fleet fire to us, and we can meet at 10 a.m. at the latest." General Schell said.

"Now there is more than an hour before dawn. We don't know the location of the British fleet, so we still have to find ways to lure the British into an appearance. According to the previous plan, we will immediately arrange today's mission to the Norwegian Air Force, and then the fleet retreats 10 nautical miles from the existing position. We are waiting for the arrival of the British fleet!" Ruprecht thought for a while and said.

"If we only retreated 10 nautical miles, we would still fight the British fleet before the Spee fleet arrived." Schell said.

"Yes, we just delayed the war and had a better battle situation. Today, I decided to make a break with the British. We cannot have all the advantages. We must let the British think that they have some advantages before they can really compete with us!" Ruprecht said.

Now Ruprecht does not know the exact location of the British fleet. Maybe the two sides gathered for 20 nautical miles, or 30 nautical miles or even 40 nautical miles. Although the crown prince can still treat him by his own way, the British are not stupid. They will definitely send aviation forces to conduct reconnaissance when they attack in the final attack. If the actual position and reported position of the German fleet are too far apart, Jericho will definitely know that he has been trapped, so in this case, Jericho is likely to choose to escape.

Although the main force of the High Seas Fleet has about 5 knots of sailing against the large fleet, if the two sides gather together for 40 nautical miles, then if the two sides want to meet and engage in artillery battles, they will have to sail for at least 3 hours. This has not yet calculated the time to recreate the British fleet. If the battle becomes a chase battle, it will be very troublesome.

The battle between large fleets and small-scale battles are different. The fleet is more likely to sail in rectangular formations during its marching. For example, several battleships will walk together. The so-called battle lines will only be unfolded when both sides meet together or want to fight! If both sides have sailed in rectangular formations, most of the firepower will naturally not be swept. In this way, even if you catch up, you will not have a good effect after fighting for a long time. Therefore, if you want to solve the opponent with higher efficiency, you must make the opponent think that there is an opportunity and then willingly launch a battle line with you!

After Ruprecht deployed today's mission via radio, the fleet controlled the voyage and evacuated 10 nautical miles eastward. Considering that the previous British setting should be the German fleet sailing eastward, there is a distance of about 20 nautical miles between advance and retreat. If you want to smooth this distance, the British fleet will need to sail at least one hour.

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