The length of the strait is about 200 kilometers, and it will take about 6 to 7 hours if the ship is at its highest speed, considering that you are unlikely to walk in a straight line, so it takes a night to pass through this channel, and one of the very important reasons why you chose to enter this area in the evening is to allow Italian reconnaissance ships to discover this battleship!

Only by discovering it can the Italian fleet be attracted, and relying on the superior speed of this battleship, there is no problem in running away. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Of course, there are no weapons on this ship. But there is no need to worry about being attacked by the Italians, on the one hand, you can't catch up, and on the other hand, even if the boat can catch up, do you dare to hit the muzzle of a 10,000-ton mounted cruiser?

What if you are surrounded by each other? That's okay, the bait boat had already received orders before it set off, and if it really couldn't escape, it could reveal its identity and remove its disguise. Anyway, the ship doesn't have any weapons, it's just sailing on the high seas, you guys yourself are wrong, and you can blame the Germans? Add to that the German detachment, which is being deterred in the Atlantic, and the Italians will make the right choice!

If you want to ask if there are fatal flaws in this plan, there are, for example, what if the Italians do not see the bait boats, and what if the Italians lay mines in the Strait of Messina, theoretically speaking, as long as Italy does not have information about the entry of the German fleet into the Mediterranean, it should not be mine-laying in the Strait of Messina, because it is also a very important communication artery for Italy. If you sail at night, there are no markers, and even if there is a breto, what if you hit it?

And the Strait of Messina has a peculiarity, its current movement is very intense, not to mention throwing a bunch of drifting mines and not knowing where to run, even if you throw anchor mines, it is difficult to say what will happen? Laying mines in this channel is difficult for the Germans, but it is also difficult for Italy! Mines are laid before dark, and the minefields don't know where to go after dawn, which is terrible to think about!

But fortunately, so far the Italian Navy has not laid mines in this area, you ask the Germans how do they know? The reason is simple, in the last half a month, a German camouflaged reconnaissance ship flying the Norwegian flag has already walked 7 times in the Strait of Messina!

The camouflage ship belonged to the normal Mediterranean route, and even a month ago it was a serious business, the only change was that a German team of three people disguised themselves as crew members boarded the ship, with a new contact code, and used the ship's radio to communicate. The cargo was still in the hold. Even if Italy comes up to check, it only needs to hide a codebook weighing no more than 300 grams!

Generally speaking, even after the mine is laid, in order to ensure the normal navigation of the waterway, a pilot or guide ship will be arranged for civilian ships to guide neutral ships over minefields. Therefore, if the Italians really laid mines during the period when the German fleet was heading south, then let the German camouflage reconnaissance ship with the Norwegian construction period sail through the minefield with the help of the Scheer fleet with the help of the Italian guide ship, anyway, it was getting late, and the Italians could not see that the ship was a battleship.

"What do you think of this plan? I've always wondered why you're only halfway through the plan. They only got along with each other about how to send Scheer in, but they didn't make a plan for the next battle. Herbert, who had come to Vienna as a representative of the Kaiser, asked.

"Do you think a person sitting in the middle of the court will be more informed than someone at the front? Once the war starts, the battlefield is over in an instant, and it is impossible to rely on the rear to act. If a commander is not able to adapt to all kinds of emergencies, he is not a qualified officer. ”

And I wanted to see what Schell could do with this opportunity! It's a test, but it's also an opportunity, and I think that's what the Kaiser meant. We need a capable and sharp fleet commander. Hipper and Earl Spee have both led the team independently, so let's take a look at Scher's level this time. ”

"Major, we're in place." An officer said to Major Frederick.

"Very well, send the first telegram to the A-Fleet and prepare them to pass through the Strait of Messina at any time. It is expected that we will buy them a night to get through the Italian defense zone. Don't forget to add your signature at the end - bait! Major Frederick said after the cigarette butt in his hand was extinguished.

The decoy boat, numbered K, had crossed the Strait of Gibraltar two nights earlier and then headed for the intended sea at high speed, although it was impossible to avoid all the ships in the busy Mediterranean. But the ships that saw them mostly stayed away from this "warship". Second, the French fleet, which was originally stationed in the military ports of Algiers and Toulon, also transferred some of its warships to the Atlantic Ocean a week earlier in order to spy on the Germans, so the K decoy ship arrived at the designated position without danger. And at this point, their adventure has just begun!

"Italy's vigilance is still quite high." Soon after the bait boat entered the ****** Strait, there were sneaky figures around them, they kept a short distance, trying to track the whereabouts of the K bait boat, and half an hour after discovering the tracking of the Italians, the radio receiver of the K bait boat received a strange signal.

"It's an Italian sending a message, and although we can't decipher the contents of the information, if nothing else, they should have taken the bait!" It just so happened that the frequency of the Italians was within the range of the Germans' antennas. "Since it's a decoy, then we're going to do something, increase the speed to 20 knots and escape to the coastal areas of North Africa." Major Frederick ordered.

"The Exocet has discovered the armored cruiser Prince Albert, which the Germans sold to Turkey, and the Germans really want to use the cover of night to escape, and we are trying to track it as hard as we can."

"They began to turn and sail away from Sicily, which was fast and difficult to follow. It's getting dark, but hopefully we'll keep tracking! ”

"The bonito has reached the designated area, and we see a vague figure in the distance. If nothing else, it's them, we're in contact with the Exocet, hoping to stop it! ”

"Our contact was intermittent, but fortunately the other side didn't seem to be very familiar with the sea, they needed to turn on the lights and refer to the landmarkers to determine their bearing, they were already close to the coast, and even headed in the direction of the port."

The messages were quickly sent to the Duke of Abqilu's desk, and with this information, he could already sketch the general outline of the matter.

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