The contradiction between Britain and Germany stems from the fact that Germany is getting stronger and stronger, and from the very beginning, Britain is ready to blockade Germany so that he cannot obtain foreign supplies, so that no matter how strong the other side is, it will not last. But in fact, this approach was not completely successful, because of the addition of China's variable, the 3B railway, which has been transfusing blood for Germany, not only transporting a large number of materials, but also trading a large number of products. Britain also knew this, but the original intention would not change, and continuing to blockade Germany, and by the way, killing the 3B railway, would still make things go the way they expected.

The appearance of the Scheer fleet has caused a crisis in the blockade at sea, the British Empire is an island country, and the defeat on land will affect the people's hearts at most, and the face is not good-looking, and the defeat at sea is fatal, so the Baltic Sea must be blocked.

Germany's sea passage is not only the Baltic Sea, but it can really be used, that is, the Baltic Sea, another passage Kiel Canal, the main artery of Germany in peacetime, provides Germany with a considerable wealth of canals, in the time of the war, because there are too few maneuvers, it is unlikely to become the main channel, occasionally as a surprise soldier can, once used for a long time, it is easy to be used by the other side with the help of mine submarines, Britain can send submarines, or even torpedo boats to blockade, after all, the English Channel is only more than 30 kilometers, As long as it was a torpedo boat with a slightly larger displacement, it could pass through the English Channel, threaten and block the Kiel Canal, and he would be more likely to get stuck than the Baltic.

The navy, which is always the most important thing for the British, has discovered the strength of the Scheer fleet, and the best way to blockade it is without the ability to deal with such a powerful fleet. However, it is necessary to lay out hundreds, even thousands of square kilometers of mine belts. It takes time, and there must be enough secrecy.

The next day. A large number of warships took action, regardless of the large number of losses that had not yet recovered, and when the German side did not react, large-scale minelaying was carried out on the Baltic Sea and the Kiel Canal, for the simple reason that it was a rare cloudy and foggy day in winter, and the visibility was extremely low, which provided the necessary protection for the mine-laying.

On the choice of mines. All of them are large-yield magnetic floating mines, which can pose a threat to battleships of more than 10,000 tons, and they are at the level of 5 million as soon as they are shot. According to the first batch of 3,000 square kilometers, 1,800 mines will be placed per square kilometer, so the density is quite amazing, and the huge mine belt will become a forbidden area for any surface ships.

In the past, most of the mines were more than ten nautical miles, or a small area. The Baltic Sea, how to say, is the entrance to a sea, and it is not yet as strange as Gibraltar. The narrowest part is almost 60 nautical miles, where the wind and waves are elevated and there are many diving belts. Mines can be arranged sporadically, but they are not very suitable for large-scale minelaying. It is necessary to lay out several contiguous mine belts, with a total area of which may exceed three thousand square kilometers.

Such a large scale. The impact is far-reaching, there are still currents in the oceans, God knows where these mines will drift, and after the blockade of the shipping lanes, even the British will be affected, and they will almost never be able to operate here. Mines can not be used continuously at one time, sinking to the bottom of the sea, floating to the shore, hitting the reef, and even exploding themselves, all kinds of factors will make the mines wear out, and the mine belts pushed by the ocean currents will continue to change, this is a problem, once the loss is huge, we must work hard to make up for the damaged mines, only in this way can we trap the Scheer fleet in the Baltic Sea for a long time.

All kinds of problems, it is difficult to hide the huge role of mines, as long as the first time, the mine is brought to the layout, and then the reinforcement is completed, at most, it will cost a little minelayer to maintain the thickness of the defense line, and the German fleet will be able to block the German fleet, and at that time, the Scheer fleet and the high seas fleet will become toothless tigers, and they will not be able to play their skills.

The British, taking advantage of the mist in the North Sea, began to move, and almost all the battleships that could be used were used, and under the cover of the fog, a large number of fleets left the port. At this moment, the port of Hamburg in England is decorating with lights to celebrate the return of the Scheer fleet, and the return of Scheer was greeted as a hero in the port of Hamburg, and the Admiralty personnel, the relatives of the Scheer fleet, senior naval officers and cadets of the military academy gathered together to celebrate Scheer, and even Kaiser Wilhelm II came to the port to greet him.

Scheer's fleet was not far away, broke through all kinds of obstacles, and finally succeeded, returned without losses, and achieved the result of 5 sinkings and 3 wounded, such a result is absolutely great, especially now, the British are aggressive, have been pressing the Germans in the Baltic, in such a situation, a breakthrough was made, so that Tirpitz and Wilhelm II saw hope, defeated the British hope.

On the army, Germany has suppressed Britain and France, and the entire northern part of France has become Germany's trophies, and the army has an absolute advantage over them, but at sea, it has turned over, and Germany's warships can't even go out of the port or even the Baltic Sea, let alone compete with Britain, and even when the Entente tilts their forces towards the Baltic Sea, they can only resist passively.

All this was completely resolved after the return of the Scheer fleet, the Scheer fleet not only saved the high seas fleet, but also achieved excellent results, Wilhelm II was a little optimistic that as long as the Scheer fleet rested a little, it could become a fast mobile fleet, as long as it did not exceed the number of the Scheer fleet too many fleets, the Scheer fleet could swallow a part, even if it was a piecemeal fight, it would slowly be able to gain an advantage, maybe, it could be reversed at sea, when the time came, Under the premise that they have absolute superiority at sea and on land, how can the Entente continue to fight.

In recognition of the Scheer fleet, Wilhelm II also prepared a special medal for the meritorious officers and men of the Scheer and the entire Scheer fleet. The large-scale sortie of the British fleet, because of the cover of the fog in the North Sea, coupled with the previous losses, made the German intelligence forces not notice the large-scale movement of the British fleet, and the fog and some British arrangements played a considerable role, and it was not discovered by the Germans until long after the beginning of the mine-laying.

It was also a coincidence that a submarine that happened to return was passing by, and I thought it was a merchant fleet, and the submarine that had nothing to gain from hunting around wanted to come over and take advantage, but as soon as I came up and opened the periscope, I found the main force of the huge British Navy. Such a huge main fleet, which almost occupies a huge water surface, almost did not scare the submarine to death, but fortunately, the position where he opened the scope, far away from the core area, even so, he did not dare to continue, collected the periscope, and after sneaking for 5 nautical miles, he opened the scope to observe from a distance, for fear of being discovered.

In the hearts of submarine commanders, it is not strange that all submarines are equipped with radios, and the battle at the mouth of the Baltic Sea, from the beginning to the end, is too fast, besides, near the main fleet, all kinds of destroyers are intensive, and Britain has suffered a big loss from submarines, so it has been doing a very good job of anti-submarine, although in the depths of the sea, for the isolation of sea wolves, the search effort is not large, and it does not play much role, but the concentration of the main fleet is really not easy to enter, and the submarine forces are mainly looking for opportunities outside.

Although no battleships were caught, almost all the submarines listened to the battle report and were greatly encouraged, and they also knew that yesterday the British Navy suffered great losses, losing 5 capital ships, as if they had stepped on their tails, and withdrew all the capital ships near the Baltic Sea.

Didn't catch it yesterday, and went around the British waters in the evening, and there was nothing to gain, and when I met such a huge British fleet, I always had to figure out what it was doing, maybe it was an opportunity, the submarine commander had an extra eye, he monitored the surroundings, and called the rest of the sea wolves, and in a short time, on this side of the Baltic Sea Strait, more than 20 sea wolves gathered, they were all on the periphery yesterday, and now they are also on the periphery.

Britain dispatched hundreds of warships, including more than 400 minelayers, they will lay mines in the vast sea area of 3,000 square kilometers, British warships can not completely protect these places, plus to prevent the sneak attack of the Scheer fleet, they also did not have the main fleet scattered, one or two sea wolves may not dare to approach, but in the case of dozens of ships, they still ventured into the core, it was their reconnaissance regardless of the danger, only to find that the British were laying mines, and it was a large-scale minelaying.

In naval warfare, minelaying is common, and even at some point, minelayers will be specially dispatched to block part of the sea, but this time, the British acted very abnormally, dispatching more than 40 capital ships, and hundreds of other large and small ships, guarding more than 400 small ships, sparing no effort in minelaying.

Minelaying is common in the navy, minelayers, torpedo boats, destroyers, and even light cruisers can be mine-layed, and even ordinary merchant ships, slightly modified, can also be used as mine-laying boats, hundreds of mine-laying together, it is really rare, mine things, safety performance is not as high as torpedoes, is a passive defense method, in high-speed movement of naval warfare, play a small role, but very disgusting, whether it is Britain, France and Germany, there are cases of mines, most of them, are accidental injuries, Their own mines hurt their own battleship.

The periscope clearly shows that the minelayers began to be arranged frantically, and more than one submarine saw it, so that the German officers could see that the British were not trying to design a favorable theater of operations, but to blockade the entire Baltic Sea Strait, and prepare to completely seal the German warships in the Baltic Sea.

Thanks to now, the vast majority of German ships have popularized radio, and the first thing that any warship needs to do before sinking is to destroy the radio and codebook, both of which have been emphasized by the Northwest, and the Germans also attach great importance to it, and they understand very well that if the codebook is lost, what is the significance for a fleet, and it will not appear, and later Germany leaked the codebook and was mastered by the British.

The radio waves traveled a distance of several hundred kilometers and were transmitted directly to the military port, and the telegraph operators on duty, after translating the message, immediately changed their faces, and they did not care about reporting it, and directly sounded the alarm of the entire port. (To be continued.) )