Imperial Overlord

"Is there any of our battleships there?" Churchill hadn't reacted yet, he looked at Dudley Pound beside him.

"Yes! We have seven destroyers and one cruiser." When Dudley Pound replied, tears were about to come.

"There are so many warships?" Churchill asked subconsciously, and then he realized the crux of the problem.

The ships Dudley Pound mentioned seem to be the escorts of the CK-1 convoy from Canada.

Churchill, who finally remembered how big the matter was, turned around suddenly, looked at Dudley Pound and shouted, "Damn it! The CK-1 convoy is there! The fleet is there!"

He was almost insane. After all, the German Atlantic partisans still found the most delicious meal.

And so many warships in the British fleet ultimately failed to prevent the Germans from rushing to the Atlantic Ocean, now the largest transport fleet.

"What about the patrol ships nearby? Whether it's a destroyer or a cruiser, get to the vicinity of the CK-1 fleet as soon as possible! Immediately! Immediately!"

In fact, whether the Germans are around the CK-1 transport fleet, the British side is still uncertain.

The gaffe at this time is actually just a manifestation of Churchill's confusion.

When he realized how close the opponent was to his weakness, he couldn't imagine what it would look like after the CK-1 transport fleet was attacked.

Only one TC transport fleet was attacked, and the phenomenon of grain short punches has already appeared in Liverpool, England.

If something happened to the CK-1 transport fleet now, then the UK would not only lose a large number of transport ships, but also lose precious time.

Transport supplies cannot be reached anytime, anywhere. If they do not arrive at this time, they can only wait for the next turnaround.

But now who can guarantee when the next convoy will arrive? So the loss is not as much as it looks on the surface.

At the very least, the ships will no longer float for British navy transports, nor will they be able to return to Canada from the UK for their next transport.

"Things may not be as bad as we think... Maybe the German fleet is just trying to escape." Dudley Pound comforted Churchill.

But Churchill felt that his eyelids were jumping, and he was thinking about the problem of his CK-1 transport fleet.

Despite Dudley Pound's persuasion, Churchill still believed that the German fleet was already rushing towards the CK-1 convoy.

The German "shadow" intelligence force must have once again taken British shipping into its own hands.

Thinking of this, Churchill couldn't sit still any longer. He looked at Dudley Pound and said, "There are spies in the navy! Our transportation plan has been known to the enemy again!"

He couldn't help but think otherwise. Recently, the "Shadow" troops have been blocking Churchill. This time, it is a matter of course.

If this kind of thing is really suspicious, it is absolutely endless self-suggestion. Under this psychological effect, people will subjectively rely on their own hypothetical explanations for everything.

Churchill, who was caught in such a tragedy, is now unable to correctly judge what is in front of him. He immediately put the blame on the information leak, and then subjectively believed that the Germans acted with purpose this time.

"I can't draw a conclusion yet. Next, what we have to do is to ensure the absolute safety of the CK-1 transport fleet as much as possible." Dudley Pound persuaded.

Churchill also thought the same thing, giving priority to ensuring the safety of the transport fleet has now become a more important task to block the German fleet.

If the German fleet is allowed to run away, it will be more complicated when the next containment is at most. But if the Germans were to kill the CK-1 transport fleet, the losses suffered by Britain would be incalculable.

"Let's go back and investigate the intelligence matter! Immediately order the fleet to turn around and rush to support the CK-1 transport fleet!" Churchill nodded depressedly, admitting that what Dudley Pound said was correct.

Dudley Pound hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Telegram to Charles! Tell him about the CK-1 convoy! Quick!"

The telegram was flown from the British home command to the home fleet on the sea, and the officer guarding the telegraph pulled over the declassified document and ran to the bridge of the battleship HMS King George V.

"Sir!" The officer handed the telegram in his hand to Charles, and the commander of the local fleet took the telegram and almost fell to the ground with just one glance.

The CK-1 convoy was delayed at such a critical moment, and appeared exactly where the German fleet might have been.

This joke is definitely a big one, because hundreds of thousands of tons of goods are absolutely related to the life and death of the British Empire at this time.

"Churchill! I've only told me about the secrecy of shit, what's the use?" Charles, who was in a hurry, didn't even plan to use the title of Prime Minister.

The other party keeps secrets, keeps secrets, and in the end, those who keep secrets are all their own! Charles, who had long been overwhelmed by the intelligence agencies and the censorship and inquiries, cursed in his heart.

He held the telegram paper in his hand, and 110,000 unwilling voices commanded: "Let the fleet move forward at full speed! Turn to the north! Quick!"

Hearing his order, the subordinates looked confused, didn't they just drive from north to south? Why do you turn around and turn back in an instant?

Could it be that because the country has nothing to do, they found a **** general to entertain them?

I can't understand, these sailor officers simply stopped wasting their brains, and everyone carried out the order and began to slowly turn the entire fleet.

Similarly, on the British battleship HMS Sovereign, General Somerville received the same telegram, and was speechless in anger.

If Churchill and Dudley Pound had told him about the CK-1 fleet earlier, he would have at least had a better basis for analyzing the Germans' escape routes.

It was at this time that Somerville figured out that the flash of inspiration that had been obliterated before, turned out to be the German fleet heading north this way.

If Churchill had notified the CK-1 transport fleet in advance, Somerville would probably have guessed that the German fleet would have moved northward.

Unfortunately, now, it is too late to say anything. The German fleet was not found, and the self-contained transport fleet was in danger.

"Turn around immediately and go north at full speed!" Somerville also knew that this time was not a good time to complain. He had to rush to the war zone as much as possible to prevent any sabotage by the German fleet.

Regrettably, in his fleet, the top speed of the battleship Barham was only 22 knots, and the top speed of the aircraft carrier Eagle was only 23 knots.

At this speed, the maximum speed of the fleet can only be maintained at about 20 knots, which is even slower than that of the local fleet.

"Send a telegram to General Charles! Tell him that in order to expand the search area, our fleet will not join him for the time being. Let's go north in parallel with the current distance!" Somerville, who gave the order to turn, looked at the old-fashioned Barham The battleship turned around in the light not far away and commanded.

It was already completely dark, and the fleet could only temporarily use a formation speed of about 17 knots to slowly head north in the dark.

Also aware of his own fleet, the speed is insufficient, as well as General Dudley Pound in the local command.

He knew that neither his home fleet nor Somerville's intercepting fleet could reach the target waters in time. Only the faster ships can arrive on time.

So the commander opened his mouth and suggested Churchill, who was at the headquarters for a day, to say: "The fastest one is General Tovey's search fleet! In this case, it seems that it is too late for the search fleet to go north overnight."

Churchill also knew that at this time, the only thing he could count on was a faster search fleet, so he nodded and agreed with the plan: "Let Tovey go north at the fastest speed! Immediately!"

The search fleet commanded by Tovey, whose actual distance was similar to the home fleet and the interceptor fleet, received an order from the homeland a few minutes later.

Only at this time did Tovey know that in the waters near Greenland, there was also the existence of a huge transport supply fleet.

Depressed, he scolded Churchill two hundred times in his heart~www.wuxiaspot.com~, but he couldn't ignore this seemingly difficult telegram, and in the end he could only choose to compromise.

Standing on the bridge, he ordered his fleet to rush to the theater: "Turn the rudder to the north of the fleet! Sail 12 degrees east-north, and go at full speed!"

Compared with the local fleet and the interceptor fleet, only the speed of the search fleet can be called full speed.

The battlecruiser HMS Hood led the way, followed by the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, and then the battlecruiser HMS Prestige.

The three battleships lined up in a column and rushed towards the location of the CK-1 transport fleet.

After receiving the order, the search fleet rushed to the sea south of Greenland, which was still calm at this moment, at a formation speed of 28 knots.

And behind them, followed by seven menacing battleships, and four aircraft carriers, two huge fleets.

At 0:11, earlier than Lütjens expected, the British fleet began to turn northward, murderously moving towards the position of the German fleet, killing it.