Imperial Overlord

Interestingly, Lütjens was ordered to take his fleet to find trouble with others, but he prayed in his heart that he would be safe.

He doesn't seem to realize that this is a war, a brutal war that bleeds to the death of a country.

In this war, it can be great or cowardly, it can be **** or tragic, it can be death or destruction, the only thing that is impossible is peace...

The British cruiser HMS Norfolk has been in charge of patrolling near the Norwegian waters. This evening, it was still cruising on its own patrol route.

The difference is that this time around, there were really too many planes that the Germans came to interfere with.

Although these patrol aircraft are not a big threat to warships because they are not professional sea attack aircraft, there are too many German patrol aircraft on this day.

"The Germans must have some conspiracy. They sent too many planes." On the bridge of the cruiser, the captain of the Norfolk said worriedly.

According to his estimation, the German aircraft will not increase the number of patrols for no reason, and it will be easier not to fly such a long distance.

What worries him more is whether the German Navy has made a more obvious move. You must know that the frequent dispatch of German aircraft is likely to be in front of their own naval battleships...

Because of the loss of a large number of spies, the British surveillance of the military port of Kiel was not perfect. At this time, there is no news about the German battleship, which is definitely not good news for the British Navy.

"Send a telegram to the cruiser HMS Suffolk to remind them and let them pay attention to the movements in the Norwegian waters." The British captain is very experienced and told his men.

After assigning the task, the cruiser captain remembered something again, and suddenly turned his head and asked, "Is there any news from the submarine force? Are there any submarines patrolling nearby?"

"The submarine patrolling nearby returned due to a malfunction yesterday... Only us and the Suffolk are left." His first mate looked at the record, raised his head and replied to his captain.

The icy Atlantic waters slapped the sides of the battleship, and the British Navy cruiser continued to patrol its course in an environment that had begun to darken.

In the eyes of the British Navy, it is absolutely impossible to put large German surface ships in the Atlantic Ocean. The German submarine force was already ravaged there, and with two more battleships, the British transports would be dead.

Therefore, the British Home Fleet has already strengthened patrols in the waters near Norway, and has made very detailed alert arrangements for the German Navy's sea routes.

At the same time, in the naval command far away in the British mainland, everyone began to get busy. A series of actions by Germany in the Norwegian waters have aroused the vigilance of Dudley Pound and his officers.

"Two days ago, the Germans planned mine clearance off the Norwegian coast. This information was confirmed by the patrol boat!" An officer pointed to some areas off the Norwegian coast and reported to Dudley Pound.

Another officer marked on the map and used circles to plan semicircles one after another: "The other side's air force is covering minesweepers to clear mines... They are planning to clear the waterway!"

Dudley Pound frowned. The last thing he didn't want to happen was that Germany was clearing the route for the surface ships, thinking that it was going to be dispatched.

Although there have been similar mine clearance operations in Germany before, this time it seems to be larger and more serious.

This is a precursor to the enemy's departure for battle. Dudley Pound knew that the time to test himself was coming soon.

He turned his head to the side and asked the Air Force Command Advisor beside him, "Can we take off planes to patrol these waters early tomorrow morning? I want to confirm the possible location of the enemy fleet, no matter where he is!"

When he said this, his voice was loud and clear, so that everyone present could hear it clearly: "Wherever the German battleships are, I will find them! Whether they are still in the port or have left Now, off the coast of Norway, you all have to find them! Immediately! Immediately!"

Everyone heard this order and began to get busy again. Some officers are calling the commander of the submarine force, hoping to confirm the location of all submarines in the nearby waters.

Some officers were asking when the Air Force patrol planes last cruised, and they all flew to those places.

In fact, it is not an easy task to find a fleet on the open sea, at least for the current British Navy, it is not an easy task.

The sky is already dark, and it is obviously impossible to send a reconnaissance plane now. You can only rely on the cruisers there to find the enemy's battleships.

What makes Dudley Pound most depressing is that up to now, the Royal Navy has not been able to figure out how many warships the Germans have dispatched and which ones they are.

Because the warships of the German Navy have been training in the Baltic Sea recently, the British Navy has no way to keep an eye on these disturbing sea monsters.

A few days ago, the German aircraft carrier Zeppelin disappeared for a long time, and its location was not confirmed until it returned home.

In those days, the entire British naval fleet raised the alert level, fearing that the German aircraft carrier would really break into the Atlantic Ocean.

As a result, now that the wolf is really here, everyone is of course in a very nervous state.

An officer checked on the chart, then turned back to Dudley Pound Hui and reported: "Sir! We have two cruisers patrolling nearby, always those two."

"Norfolk and the Suffolk..." Dudley Pound certainly knew the names of the cruisers nearby. As a naval commander-in-chief, he knew the sea areas that almost all ships were responsible for.

What he couldn't confirm was that these ships were now on their way back, or on their way there...

"Contact the USS Norfolk and the USS Suffolk! Let them pay attention to the enemy's movements! If you find an enemy warship, don't act rashly, report the enemy's course and position, and follow from a distance!" Dudley? Pound clenched his fists and commanded.

Immediately after, he turned his head again and commanded: "Let the battleship King George V stand by! We must find a way to intercept the German battleships and prevent them from entering the Atlantic Ocean!"

Different from the real history, the battle cruiser Hood at this time was still serving as the flagship in the H fleet, so of course it was impossible to rush to the Denmark Strait to find the bad luck of the German fleet.

The British Home Fleet now has many battleships, but none of them can compete with the new German battleships.

Although the Nelson-class battleships are very powerful, their speed is too slow to chase down German battleships.

The design of this shallow water gunship made this battleship only used as a naval fort, so Pound could not count on these two battleships to find trouble with the German Navy.

The battleship Ramirez and the battleship Vengeance are both old antiques that were commissioned in 1917. Although they have been modernized and refitted, it is also a bit inappropriate to go to the trouble of looking for the German battleship.

Although the newly commissioned battleship HMS King George V can go to battle, can't let a battleship go to a German battleship to go head-to-head?

I still don't know how many German warships there are. If the Germans dispatched two or even three warships, wouldn't the King George V go up to deliver food?

After thinking about it, Dudley Pound thinks that the best way is to wait for the news from the Norfolk and Suffolk, and then delay it until tomorrow morning to confirm the enemy's route and the number of ships. Take action again.

But beyond getting the Home Fleet to act, Dudley Pound also had the H-Fleet in mind. Once the German warships rushed into the Atlantic Ocean, the chasing home fleet alone could not annihilate the enemy.

So he still needs to let Somerville's H fleet, and even the Mediterranean fleet also in Gibraltar, go to the Atlantic Ocean and surround each other!

However, the exact location of the German fleet has not yet been confirmed, so he was unable to send a telegram to Somerville, ordering the H fleet to dispatch faster warships, enter the Atlantic Ocean, and go north to contain the possible German fleet.

He can only wait patiently, waiting for the front line to return the exact news. As time passed, no one knew whether the German fleet was still in the port.

On the cruiser HMS Norfolk, the British captain received a telegram order from the mainland. He put down the telegram in his hand~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and ordered his battleship to speed up: "Adjust 10 degrees in the direction of Norway, and the course is positive. East! Increase the speed to 23 knots!"

The cruiser accelerated suddenly, the sharp bow cut through the sea. The billowing waves were split into two by the bow, and spread to both sides to the distance.

Now, the task of discovering the German fleet fell on the cruiser USS Norfolk. In fact, it is indeed the closest British warship to the German fleet so far.

On the other side, Lütjens commanded his fleet and continued to sail according to the previous course. Because the lights were controlled and the radio was silent, the speed of the fleet was not high.

The cruiser Nuremberg at the forefront is moving slowly, but as a cruiser that has not undergone large-scale improvements, it is tragically not equipped with new equipment radar!

This also made the German fleet lose the opportunity to detect the British cruiser with radar in advance. A British cruiser and a German fleet, just like this, on the vast sea, the distance between each other is narrowed little by little, and both sides are unaware...——

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