When the National Defense Forces launched a full-scale attack on the remnants of the Japanese army and most of the Southeast Asian Imperial Army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, British reconnaissance planes had also found traces of the German fleet.

"Captain, our reconnaissance planes have tracked down the German fleet. However, the Germans also took off dozens of fighter jets from the aircraft carrier to try to intercept our reconnaissance planes. Therefore, our reconnaissance planes were forced to evacuate..."

On the British Navy's Royal Ark, Captain Colonel Holland was listening to the report.

"But we have identified the general movement of the German fleet. We have determined that the other side has two aircraft carriers and more than five battleships. The rest are light cruisers."

As he said that, the adjutant who was reporting the voice fell down.

"But we have not contacted the Glory and its escort fleet so far, and the Devon, who went to support at the same time, lost contact..."

Holland looked ugly. He knew what would happen if the warship lost contact at this time.

"We have notified other fleets, the Glory and the Eagle, to speed up. They promised to arrive at the battlefield within three hours." After a pause, the deputy said: "The order given to us by the Admiralty is to wait until the other fleets arrive before launching an attack. Do not give the Germans any chance."

Holland nodded. In fact, the Admiralty Department didn't say that, he didn't plan to attack on his own. The opponent had two aircraft carriers, several battleships, and a large number of cruisers.

But he only had one aircraft carrier and several heavy cruisers on his side. Holland didn't think he could be so arrogant that he defeated the opponent. He just waited honestly for the arrival of other fleets and then launched an attack on the German fleet.

"Let the reconnaissance plane take off, be sure to keep an eye on the Germans and not let them run away!" After hearing the report, Holland tapped the table with his fingers and said, "Notify everyone. Enter the combat state immediately! Be prepared to launch an attack on the German fleet at any time!"

"Yes! Captain!!"

Lütjens is now very relaxed. The British fleet that he caught up with does not dare to pounce directly. Instead, he sent a reconnaissance plane to continuously track the whereabouts of his fleet.

This place is not far from the scheduled battlefield in Dunkirk, and you only need to sail forward for a while to reach the scheduled battlefield.

Several BF-109s have taken off the aircraft carrier, and their mission is to drive away the reconnaissance aircraft that are trying to keep an eye on the fleet. At the same time, the entire fleet is also rushing to the scheduled battlefield as fast as possible.

"I notify the German warhawks that I don't want to see these British planes flying again before arriving at the scheduled battlefield." Lütjens put down his telescope and said, "If they still follow us, it will likely cause our plan to leak. So, clean them all!"

"Yes! General!" The adjutant responded loudly, and then passed the order to the ears of the pilot commanders by phone. Then there was naturally a busy schedule. More than a dozen fighter planes took off one after another and rushed towards the British reconnaissance planes.

The British reconnaissance planes that were hanging German fleets like hanged ghosts in the rear, fled back without saying a word after seeing a large group of German fighter jets taking off from the aircraft carrier.

The combat effectiveness of German fighter jets is well known to the pilots who have fought with them over the UK. If they were flying a spitfire style, they might have fought with the Germans.

But now they are flying reconnaissance planes, which are not much better than toys in front of German fighters. If they don’t withdraw at this time, they will be waiting to die.

Seeing the British reconnaissance planes running away like this, the German pilots who took off couldn't help but curse the damn British guys as cowards.

"General, the Germans dispatched a large number of fighter planes to try to shoot down our reconnaissance planes. With no choice, our reconnaissance plane retreated..." On the Ark of Royal, Colonel Horan received the news that the reconnaissance plane was forced back.

Holland now has no other way than to lament, and it is obviously impossible to let his air force fight the German fleet. They have two aircraft carriers, plus those battleships and cruisers.

He rushed forward and might be able to cut off some of the opponent's flesh. But the more likely result was that the entire army was wiped out. Holland did not think about fighting hard. So he could only tell this deputy.

"Let the reconnaissance planes come back... Tell the Foremast Lookout Platform to strengthen detection of the Germans. Don't let them out of our detection range."

"Yes!" the adjutant responded. He knew that this was the only way to do it now. It was impossible for the Royal Ark to rush up with a few cruisers without knowing how to deliver vegetables to the Germans, right?!

At this time, the other patrolling British fleets rushed towards the coordinates provided by the Royal Ark as if crazy. Earlier, the British Admiralty contacted merchant ships not far from the Glory route and asked them to go to the battlefield to see the situation.

The merchant ships arrived at the battlefield just one hour after the German Navy left. The smoke of gunpowder had dissipated on the battlefield on the sea. Only the dozens of lifeboats were rising and falling with the waves.

Less than 600 people survived on the three warships, and they were all rescued by merchant ships. Then they rushed to the last place where the Devon County sent the telegram. Less than 100 living people were found.

Under the pain and tears of these people, the British Admiralty received a heartbreaking news: the Glory, the Enthusiasm, the Acasta and the Devon had been sunk by the Germans.

An aircraft carrier, two light cruisers and a heavy cruiser. This is definitely a loss for Britain. Especially when the British are asking the United States to rent warships, if such a thing happens, the Americans will definitely be extremely suspicious of their combat effectiveness.

Whether the warship can come or not has become an ambiguous thing.

"Kill them! You must kill these damn German guys! Tell everyone, hurry up immediately! Send all these damn thieves and shameless sneak attackers to the bottom of the sea!!" The First Navy Minister Sir Dad Lipond roared wildly in the cabinet, while the British Prime Minister Churchill, who was sitting in the head, looked ugly.

No one expected that the Germans would launch a sudden attack and simply cut off a British aircraft carrier, a heavy cruiser and two light cruisers.

"Sir Dud, please don't worry. The traces of these German guys have been found by us. Once our fleet surrounds them, I don't believe they can escape the siege!"

Churchill was also very angry. In fact, what he wanted to do most now was to point at Dud Liponder's nose and scold him. Are your navy all waste?! You can't even hold on for a while, and you will be sunk so quickly.

Also, the Royal Ark is the most advanced aircraft carrier of the British Empire. But now, if you dare to hang behind others, you dare not send reconnaissance planes. So what else can you do?!

Of course, Churchill is really hard to say this now. The situation is already messy enough, and it will be useless to make any accusations. The most urgent task is to wipe out all these exposed German fleets.

Two aircraft carriers, several battleships, and more than a dozen light cruisers have seriously threatened Britain. These must be eradicated.

"Yes! Your Excellency Prime Minister, but these despicable German guys actually sank our aircraft carrier! This is so angry that it is an absolute shame for the British Empire!"

The Minister of Navy Sir Dud said to Churchill with resentment: "But please rest assured! Prime Minister, as long as we know their location, the final fate of these mice is to go to the seabed and Poseidon as companion!"

Churchill nodded with a smile, but in fact he was thinking: I hope so.

"Where is that guy Dunitz going to?!" Lütjens was very relaxed now, and his destination was close to him. What he cared about now was the guy Dunitz.

While Navy Marshal Redel was constantly building large ships, Karl Denitz, commander-in-chief of the Navy's submarine force, strongly demanded that the Navy's construction of submarines must be strengthened.

Especially the development of new torpedoes. The frequent silence of German torpedoes caused Carl Denitz, the commander-in-chief of the German Navy submarine force, to be very injured. Especially in the "Wather Exercise Operation" invading Norway, this caused the submarine force to lose many opportunities to severely damage the British navy and its morale was greatly affected.

Seven torpedoes were fired, but five were silent. How to fire this?! The torpedoes either sink on their own or fail if there is a problem with the magnetic detonator system.

This made the submarine force's achievements very little, and the morale of the submarine force was greatly affected. Under the strong demand of Denitz, Hitler, who gradually attached great importance to the navy, promised to test the combat effectiveness of the submarine.

Therefore, this battle took place under the planning of the German General Staff. Here, the entire naval force of the commander-in-chief of the Navy Submarine Force, Karl Denitz, was ambushed, and the surface fleet would lead the British ships here.

They will coordinate through radio contact and carry out a devastating blow to the coming British fleet with the support of Gorene's Air Force!

"Report! General Dunitz sent a telegram, they have been waiting for a long time." Dunitz's current rank is Major General. If this combat mission goes well, he will undoubtedly be promoted to Lieutenant General.

"What about the Air Force?!" Lütjens continued to ask, and the adjutant handed over a telegram: "General Goring has fully called on all the Air Force's forces, and now the Air Force has been transferred and assembled. Just need us to send a signal to them and they can take off immediately!"

Goering established a large number of secret air force bases outside Dunkirk, and a simple airport was built. A large number of Luftwaffe bombers and fighter jets were transferred here.

The German General Staff knew that it was impossible to deal with the large number of British carrier-based aircraft only by relying on carrier-based aircraft on naval aircraft carriers. Therefore, it became inevitable to set up the battlefield and support it by the air force.
Chapter completed!