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The huge battleship moved slowly in the darkness of the night, and in the English Channel, this operation of the code volley, caused the British Navy to dispatch almost all the warships.

The two battleships Revenge and Barham led the way, followed by the battleship Rodney and the flagship of the Home Fleet, HMS George V.

The two battleships, the Sovereign and the war-weary, followed the battleship George V, and then looked behind the battlecruiser Counterattack.

At the end was the battleship Prince of Wales, which had just been commissioned, and the battleship Ramirez, which was pulled out to continue the battle after being overhauled.

Both battleships were forcibly pulled out to make up the numbers, in order to make the shelling larger and cover a wider area.

According to the plan of the British naval commander Charles, the two battleships were in the rear of the fleet and were only responsible for the task of shelling ground targets, and there would be no danger.

Even if the battleships such as the Hood were sunk by the German fleet, even if they were weakened a lot by the German Navy, the British Home Fleet could still dispatch 9 battleship-level behemoths in one go, and its strength really made the German Navy very entangled.

As if a giant that would never fall, the British fleet, after losing several of its main battleships, was still several times stronger than the German Navy......

With such a large main fleet, plus a dozen cruisers escorting the ship, and the British destroyer detachment sweeping around, this time the home fleet can really be regarded as pouring out.

Charles threw in all the forces he could find and was ready to inflict all the difficulties he could on the German troops in the Channel.

However, from the very beginning, the volley did not seem to be going well. German transport planes were constantly whistling in the sky, putting unprecedented pressure on the British fleet.

They don't know if the other side is taking off from a transport plane or a bomber that is coming to attack them. So the voyage became cautious, and the entire fleet, having entered the English Channel, began to maintain radio silence.

In a state of war, it is very dangerous for a battleship to sail into the English Channel. Germany's brave battle across the English Channel in World War II illustrates how risky it was.

First of all, both the British and the Germans laid mines on both sides of the English Channel, initially blockading the strait, and later turning it into a defensive measure to guard against each other.

After all, neither side will tell the other the specific location of the minefield, so the British do not know the location of the German mines, and the Germans do not know the minefields laid by the British.

To land in the English Channel, the Germans conducted a long minesweeping operation here. Because there was fighter cover during the day, the minesweeping work went fairly smoothly.

But the British did not have the habit of clearing mines, and all they could do was to lay mines in the strait at night and wait for the other side to dismantle them during the day.

There was no need for them to clear the Germans, and until yesterday the Germans landed, the British did not remove a single mine in the English Channel.

As a result, the temporary transfer of warships into the English Channel was a very dangerous thing for Britain.

At the very beginning of the operation, a British destroyer crashed into a mine laid by the British themselves and sank on the north side of the English Channel.

It's just that now the British have no choice to retreat, so their fleet can only advance head-on, trying to avoid the mine area they have laid.

Not only was there the danger posed by mines, but also the German torpedo boat unit that was lying in ambush near Dover in the dark, which was the killer weapon of the German Navy prepared in advance by Raeder.

Although Li Le, a traverser from later generations, put forward his own opinions on the development of German torpedo boats, after all, the time was still too short.

Before 1940, German torpedo boats were of a wide variety of types, and their combat performance was not excellent. In fact, the famous S-100 and other German torpedo boats are not in service yet.

The torpedo boats that the Germans have today are decent torpedo boats such as the S-6, S-14 and S-18.

The newest to enter service is the S-26 torpedo boat, and although many improvements have been made, there is still a long way to go before the more advanced S-38 torpedo boat.

The appearance of Li Le allowed the S series torpedo boats to develop faster, but the latest S torpedo boats still failed to catch up with the big battle between the English Channel.

Now, the German Navy had to use speedboats such as the S-18 to face the British battleships like a giant Mac.

They were not without advantages, the British, on the one hand, did not know about their existence, and on the other hand, did not have a very good way to deal with the attack of torpedo boats at night.

If the British Navy had turned on the lights and fired flares to look for torpedo boats in the dark, they would have been attacked by shore guns and German aircraft in the Strait of Dover.

So, in the dark, German torpedo boats, as well as secret units ambushed here, would definitely give the British fleet a "surprise".

As the commander-in-chief of the German Navy's submarines, Dönitz was now personally in France, commanding one of the most tense naval battles of all.

He wanted to use a dozen small submarines with a displacement of less than 500 tons to attack the British giant battleships with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons.

It was probably one of the world's most disparities in power, with a huge fleet of battleships on one side and a miniature battle group of torpedo boats and submarines on the other.

The combined displacement of all the naval battleships in which the German Navy participated in the war was probably not as large as the tonnage of a single British battleship.

However, even so, the soldiers of the German Navy still stood up bravely, ready to use their own efforts to stop the footsteps of the powerful once world maritime hegemon.

It is not an exaggeration to say that they are praying arms as a car, and it seems accurate to say that they are inadequate. But in fact, from a strategic point of view, it was Germany that attacked, and Britain who defended.

"The location of the British fleet hasn't been confirmed yet, has it?" In the bustling German Naval Operations Command, Dönitz and Raeder waited anxiously for news.

In preparation for this attack, Germany set up two sea-searching radar stations in the Strait of Dover, with a detection range of 30 kilometers, which could cover almost all the nearby sea areas.

This was only the first alert for the British fleet, and an additional search order was arranged for the transport of supplies to the German troops in Britain.

As soon as the flares were on, these transports crossing the Channel would look down for the British fleet and, if they could find a target, lead the night bomber group to attack.

A large number of aircraft carrying flares were ready, and as soon as the British fleet was spotted, they would take off and go to provide lighting instructions to the night bomber forces.

Although attacking the fleet at night would not be of much success, it would disrupt the British naval shelling and minimize the level of interference.

At the same time, the British fleet was met with 9 K-series train guns concentrated by Germany. These guns will also fire at the area where the British battleships are located, deterring them!

All these arrangements were not prepared to sink the opponent's warships, but to disrupt the opponent's actions as much as possible.

As long as the British fleet was forced to maneuver frequently to evade German firepower, then the firepower they were able to pour between units would be weakened,

Even a reduction of one percent would be a great support for the German army in Britain. That's all the German military was about dealing with the British fleet, and they would make as much trouble as possible so that the British fleet had to adjust and eventually weaken the attack on the beachhead.

"The radar hasn't found the target yet, and it's too early now, so I guess the British are still on the way." An officer replied.

Dönitz glanced at Raeder and nodded motioning for the other party to continue to pay attention to the news from the radar station. The time was getting closer to midnight, and the atmosphere was getting more and more tense.

The British, of course, knew what would happen to their fleet, and they had predicted long before they made the move that they would have to face numerous greetings.

The problem of mines alone gave the British fleet a headache, because along the way to the south, they had already two battleships hit mines, one destroyer sank, and the other cruiser was seriously damaged.

Such a heavy price was paid when the fleet did not enter the mine-intensive area. By the time they actually enter the Strait of Dover, it is estimated that they will lose more troops.

Standing on the deck of the flagship battleship HMS George V, looking at the dark sky and the stars dotted on it, Tom, the commander of the British Home Fleet? S? V. Phillips, sighed.

The stars in the sky mean that tomorrow will still be a good day, and a good weather means that German planes will rule the English Channel again.

The British fleet had to avoid its edge, and the opportunity for shelling was only for a short time. All this is bad news for Britain, how not to make Phillips sigh?

The night sea breeze blew on his face, and the cold sensation spread throughout his body. Overhead, you can already faintly hear the sound of German planes, all of which are transport planes flying to Britain to drop supplies.

They took on the responsibility of replenishing supplies and ammunition at night, while also providing important supplies to the German army.

On the night of February 14, 1941, the battle for the English Channel will break out immediately, and a fierce naval and air battle will soon begin with the passage of time.

"May God bless England...... Long live His Majesty the King, signal with the language of lights, and the battle begins! Retracting his gaze from the sky, Phillips gave the order for the start of the battle.

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