Of course, this is just an estimate. In fact, the warships may be faster or slower. And the British missed the calculations because these two warships were fighting in the Indian Ocean, with the Port of Faa as the home port, in later Iraq, water was more expensive than fuel! It is not easy to get coal, but it is too convenient to get heavy oil! Therefore, the fuel load of the two warships in Suxiong is like this: 2,400 tons of coal and 3,000 tons of fuel reserves! At the same weight, the fuel endurance of fuel is naturally much higher than that of coal, so when calculating the range, the British had a large error.

Of course, tactical mistakes are very serious, but the British are rightly wrong, that is, the German fleet must constantly replenish fuel. While maintaining the most basic fuel reserves, the two warships must converge with the camouflage supply ship every 18 days.

It is not easy to find two fast battleships, because these two battleships run too fast! When necessary, it is the same as playing. Moreover, the code used by the Germans is still unable to decipher the codes. Even Room 40, which was specifically responsible for intelligence interpretation, was admitted in the Navy that it is almost impossible to decipher the code communication between German warships! After all, the Eniger cipher was an invincible existence at the beginning of the 2nd Battle, and even this was even more so in War 1. In other words, it is impossible to determine the location of the German warship by intercepting the code communication between the German Suxiong fleet and the attack ship!

But unfortunately, there are also brothers in the British Navy! After analyzing a large amount of intelligence, they gradually discovered a problem, that is, the operation of the German fleet in the Indian Ocean actually relies on two sets of passwords! Although the German battleship and the camouflage attack ship used undecipherable passwords, the camouflage supply ships that provide supplies to the German naval warships use ordinary simple replacement passwords! In other words, this set of passwords can be deciphered!

Why did this problem occur? The British were puzzled at first! But as more and more information was collected, the British finally understood the reason! Because the Americans provided the supply to the German fleet! Yes, it was the Americans! Germany's transport ships on the ocean were either "sold" to a neutral country or were wiped out by the Royal Navy, and there were ships that provided so frequently to the two warships? Even if you had a ship, where would you find supplies? Recharge thousands of tons of coal, fuel, food, water, etc. at a time.

Judging from the current relationship between the United States and Germany and the United States and the Allied Powers, the United States has too many reasons to help Germany! The United States and Britain and Japan made enemies as early as 1898, and now, Japan has occupied the islands that Germany originally transferred to the United States. As long as the United States wants these islands, it can only be expected that Germany will agree. The British are now considering when the United States will go back to search the guys in person. So they also specially made a plan for combat against the United States... So it is so normal for the Americans to help the Germans privately replenish supplies!

Some people may ask why German warships do not obtain supplies through seizure? In fact, Suxiong's fleet sometimes seized, but if the coal quality used by the captured ships is too low, the Germans are still unwilling to use it. After all, these inferior coal burning doesn't work much, but there are too many coal ash. These coal ash directly affect the efficiency of the boiler, and shoveling ash is a troublesome. Moreover, compared to coal, Suxiong's fleet prefers heavy oil, but in the first battle, most of the ships burn coal......

What's more, coal replenishment is a time-consuming and laborious thing. If there is a camouflage supply ship, Su Xiong is unwilling to do this. After all, most of the supply ships are replenished with fuel, so it's enough to just connect a pipe to this thing, which is easy and quick! Well, Su Xiong has also been spoiled by the treatment now!

The Eniger cipher machine is one of the most important technical equipment of the German military. For this kind of thing, Germany naturally cannot easily hand it over to Americans who can only be considered half an ally. Therefore, the contact between the American disguised supply ship and the German warship is contacted through another set of simple passwords. However, for the British Empire, as long as it is a simple password, not mechanical encryption, it is too easy! After all, this set of things has been played for hundreds of years, and although it is constantly improved, it is essentially a change of soup and no medicine!

Then, the British discovered the breakthrough point of the whole thing, that is, starting with the disguised transport ship to lure the German fleet into the predetermined sea area! Of course, intercepting telegrams, deciphering the password, and confirming that the communication frequency bands between the two sides are just early steps to design this trap. If this plan is really implemented, the British still need to capture an American's disguised supply ship and use it as bait to catch the opponent!

Then now the problem is that how to catch a camouflage supply ship, and it is much less difficult to achieve this goal. First of all, the radio communication of the camouflage supply ship can be deciphered, their approximate range of activities can be determined, and the most important thing is that they are not fast in speed and have almost no weapons. As long as they can be discovered, there is basically no problem in sinking.

Moreover, it is impossible for these supply ships to have only one. In fact, according to the British intelligence, when the German Navy attacked, they found at least 6 camouflaged supply ships suspected of Americans in the Indian Ocean west of India, because there may be missed things when supplying. Moreover, from the United States to the Indian Ocean is very long after all, in order to ensure the smooth flow of the entire supply chain, the Americans sent double-digit ships! And with too many targets, the possibility of capture is naturally very high.

However, the British's prudence and cleverness are reflected here! They do not choose one randomly and take action, because the destruction or capture of a single camouflage supply ship has limited impact on the German fleet. After all, the Germans and Americans also know how to arrange backup options. Moreover, if you catch a ship that has been supplied, it will be useless. Because no supply ship will only provide one supply to the fleet! In other words, even if you attract the Germans to take the bait, you can only find a ship that has not provided supplies to the German fleet! Therefore, the British have not taken action and are waiting for the opportunity to prepare to solve the Suxiong fleet in one fell swoop!

"Does our plan be clear?" Thomas asked curiously.

"Overall, the plan has reached the last step. We have even chosen the battlefield. Now the last step is that your fleet can go to the preset battlefield after resting." Major General Cook said with a smile.
Chapter completed!