Chapter 828 Difficulties Abound

"Don't be too busy thanking us for now. We can also provide more help. We can arrange a seaplane carrier for your fleet to detect the location of the opponent's fleet." Major General Kuhl said.

"You are so thoughtful." Thomas said with some surprise. Seaplanes are actually not new. All major naval powers have them, and there are also first-class seaplane carriers in the navy, but it is not easy to have such a ship in the Indian Ocean far away from the core theater. At least in Thomas' memory, the British Navy's named seaplane carriers should all be on the mainland and the Mediterranean. "This is not what we thought. This seaplane carrier belongs to the Imperial Japanese Navy. You know, they also suffered heavy losses in the last attack. Not only did they lose tens of thousands of army officers and soldiers, but they were also attacked. Two Dreadnoughts were sunk. You don’t know how ugly their faces were when I told the Japanese about this. They looked like green potatoes.""Although they refused The empire requested the Japanese Navy to send capital ships to besiege the Su Xiong fleet, but they expressed their willingness to send auxiliary forces to help the imperial fleet kill the Germans. Therefore, the seaplane carrier named Akitsusu was dispatched to India. Command The Japanese captain of this seaplane seems to be named Suzuki Kantaro. He is a captain."After summarizing the previous attacks of the Su Xiong fleet, the British found that when the sea conditions were good and the weather was good, the battleships carrying Seaplanes greatly improved the fleet's reconnaissance capabilities, especially in the original Battle of the Gulf of Aden. If the German seaplanes had not accurately determined the position of the British transport fleet, the German attack would not have been so Accurate, the British were caught off guard when they were unprepared. Therefore, when the Japanese stated that they could not send battleships to help with the encirclement and suppression, the British asked the Japanese Navy to provide at least one seaplane carrier. In order to at least equal the advantage of Su Xiong's fleet in aerial reconnaissance! Up to now, Major General Kuhl has done everything he can. He has provided you with supplies and eyes. In the terminology of later generations of lol games, when you go down the road and fight with others, you have been assigned a wet nurse. Once the eyes are inserted, it depends on whether you can retain your opponent! Four of you are beating up two of them. If you can't catch them anymore, you can't blame the support! But in fact, even if the support is okay, it is still not easy for Thomas to catch Su Xiong! No way, naval battles don’t have controls, jumps, and teleports like in the game. If Thomas directly led the fleet to ambush at the ambush site, and immediately ran over to start filming after seeing Su Xiong's fleet, then... Basically, the British should be unable to catch it... Nonsense, if it was so easy to catch the opponent, then the sea attack industry would have been dead long ago. Otherwise, why would there be sea attack ships in World War 2? Especially the situation Thomas encountered this time was even worse. The opponent's theoretical speed seemed to be faster than his own. Well, tell me, if the opponent discovers the British, then the British artillery can't reach the opponent. Under such circumstances, how do you leave people behind? Some people may say that the German fleet may not be able to run at this speed due to fuel and ship conditions. Yes, this does make sense. As a warship with superiority at sea, its ship condition is generally better and its supplies will be more sufficient. However, the problem is that the Su Xiong fleet does not come out of the port for a long time. It seems to be about 28 days now, and the ship condition is not bad. Yes, and under normal circumstances, not all the boilers of the Scharnhorst-class fast battleship will be used, and some will always be kept as backup. And those boilers that are not in use will naturally be in good condition if they are ignited and used. Take the historical situation of the Graf Spee fleet as an example. If we start counting from August 1, 1914,

(Germany declared war on Russia) By December 8, 1914, the Graf Spee fleet had been sailing at sea for four months, which was nearly more than 130 days! During the Battle of the Falklands, Count Spey's fleet was in really bad shape. The two battleships were said to have a speed of only 15 knots. Naturally, they couldn't fight or run away from the two British battlecruisers that had just arrived from the mainland. but.

But the Su Xiong fleet is different. They came out after resting for less than a month. The ship is in very good condition, and it is worth noting that the battleships of the Su Xiong fleet are mixed with kerosene, and Most of them use fuel (there is no way, it is much easier to get fuel than coal in the Mesopotamia Basin...), so the burden of cleaning the flue will be very small, and the pressure of cleaning the coal ash will not be high, so the ship condition is naturally better than Count Spee's fleet, which had been sailing at sea for more than 4 months, was too strong. So, even if the British estimate with the most optimistic attitude, under the current circumstances, the speed of the German fleet may still exceed those of the fundamentalist dreadnoughts! If everyone runs at top speed. The Thomas fleet only has a speed advantage of about 1 knot at most. Don’t forget that there is a subtext to the need to replenish fuel when sailing at sea, which is that there is not much fuel and the load is also reduced. The speed will be faster in a short period of time! So what if Thomas’s queens are about to play a quarter? Let’s do the simplest elementary school math pursuit problem. If the German fleet discovers the British fleet 25 kilometers away (actually this distance is already closer). The Queen's attack range is 15 kilometers. (This distance is neither too far nor too close. It was the normal combat distance in World War I. Of course, the author does not deny that there were many hits from 15 kilometers away in World War I.) Well, now comes the question. How long does it take for the British fleet to catch up to bring the German fleet within range? One nautical mile is equal to 1825 meters. If you calculate it roughly, it may take 6 hours... And what does 6 hours mean? What if it gets dark? Then this calculation is in vain! Where did you ask the British to find the Germans the next day? One night, you can chase two warships that have blackout lights and can run at a speed of more than 20 knots. You can still find your opponent within visual range the next day. What you need is not only skill and experience, but also luck. ! The kind of luck that can win 5 million in a lottery ticket! So, even if Thomas knows the time, place and characters that happened, if Thomas wants to write a perfect and thrilling article, he still needs to think carefully about how to start! Su Xiong is not a mediocre player, and Thomas is bound to have to spend a lot of time trying to catch his opponent. "Okay, now that everyone is here, let's allocate tasks first." Thomas said. The second update~~~! Please subscribe and reward~~~!