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Chapter 248 Merry Christmas
Tang Wen's guess soon became a reality.

[Entering radar detection range, formation has been detected]

Enemy base discovered

Random Battle: Falkland Islands
Requirement: Victory is achieved if the fleet captures the target point for 30 minutes.

[During combat, fuel and ammunition reserves are not consumed.]

The nautical map draws a closed outline almost along the coastline, with the Falkland Islands at its center, and the edge is only about 10 kilometers from the coast.

The radar detection stations on the islands are marked in red and constantly emit radar waves.

The mission was very simple. Apart from a few dilapidated patrol boats, the Falkland Islands had no decent warships. All they had to do was stay within 10 kilometers of the coast for 30 minutes.

As for the risks from land?
Tang Wen didn't think there were any anti-ship missiles on the island, and even if there were, there should be very few, not enough to sink the fleet.

done.

He also used the 800% bonus card he had drawn earlier, so the total benefit after settlement was 1600%, a huge 16-fold increase!

"Fleet, disperse and increase distance to avoid missile strikes. Conserve CD for maneuver. Carl von Schoenberg, Scharnhorst, and Gleisenau, advance!"

The two battlecruisers can reach a combined speed of 39.3 knots, and together with the almost monstrous high-speed destroyers, they are enough to attract attention on the island.

Missiles are not omnipotent. Under the control of the system captain, the speed is not only increased, but the maneuverability is also at least four or five times higher than in reality.

The USS Carl, a destroyer traveling at speeds of over 60 knots, could theoretically still make a full-rudder turn, with a full-rudder response taking only a few seconds. In reality, this would either capsize the ship or cause it to deform and be scrapped.

Anti-ship missiles do not have high terminal maneuverability. With such exaggerated rudder effect, even two Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers can evade many missiles by maneuverability, making them even safer than the massive Bismarck-class battleships.

Tang Wen thought it over and over and found it more and more reliable, so he switched the captains of the Bismarck and the Karl, and moved himself and the ship girl to the Karl, using the destroyer as the temporary flagship.

At this point, the Carl was only using the 5% default flag bonus. After the legendary captain Bismarck took over, the speed immediately increased by another 10%, bringing the base speed to 41.6 knots.

When Fernando called the observer on the lighthouse, the latter had already seen the destroyer approaching him, billowing thick smoke. Its festive red exterior confused the black and red flag, leaving the observer completely bewildered.

By the time Major Tyrell, half-asleep and still hungover, arrived at the scene, the fastest destroyer, the USS Carl, had already entered within 15 kilometers of the coast.

"This is Falkland Base. Warning: Unauthorized fleet, identify yourselves immediately, or this will be considered an intrusion!"

Although shocked, Major Tyron remained calm. He knew from radar that they could not possibly be Argentinians, and that the entire South Mei could not possibly assemble such a high-speed fleet.

These guys just claimed to be the Second Fleet on the High Seas; maybe it's just the US warships playing a Christmas joke.

The original high seas fleet sank almost eighty years ago, and the later-rebuilt Laoshi fleet has also been completely destroyed.

"Major, I see it! It's a red ship, and its speed is no less than 35 knots!"

The lighthouse called.

"A red boat?"

"Yes, the whole ship was painted red, and to be honest, it looked... kind of like a Christmas celebration. I even saw some colored lights!"

The major felt more at ease; it seemed it really was a prank.

He took the intercom and, mimicking the other person's half-joking remark:
"This is Royal Navy's Z Fleet. I am Captain Tyrell of HMS Repulse." "Buzz... I am Bismarck Lütjens."

Upon hearing the stiff and serious Han-accented English, Tyron laughed heartily, and Fernando next to him was relieved, realizing that it was indeed an ally in disguise.

Tyron: "Your destroyers are really beautiful. Would you be interested in stopping on board for a dance tonight?"

"Wait, I see several large targets on the radar. Have you withdrawn all your aircraft carriers from the Pacific?"

On the destroyer's bridge, Tang Wen realized that they had been mistaken for the Pacific Fleet.

"Captain Tyronn, how about we play a game? If you guess a few correctly, we'll give you several hundred pounds of the finest coffee beans, how about that?"

Inside the radar station, Tyron began to speculate;
"Um, let me think, it should be..."

The destroyer USS Carl had already crossed the point boundary, and the battleships and cruisers following behind were about 10 kilometers behind, but were already very close to the radar.

The two Hipper-class heavy cruisers were thought by Tyrell to be either Arleigh Burke or Ticonderoga, but four... four large targets?
Two supply ships and two aircraft carriers?

What kind of operation is it to withdraw two aircraft carriers from the Pacific? Doesn't this create a power vacuum in the Western Pacific?
The Scharnhorst was the first to appear in the lighthouse's field of vision, still painted entirely in red, and looked like an elegant cruise ship from a distance.

But the lighthouse observer's smile vanished, and his brows furrowed.

The USS Carl is too small to see clearly, but the Scharnhorst's turrets are very conspicuous.

No, that's not right. This isn't a cruise ship, and it doesn't match any country's main warships in service. It looks more like a battleship.

It wasn't until the HMS Hipper and HMS Gleisenau continued to appear alongside the Scharnhorst that the observers finally became absolutely certain that this was definitely not Old US Second Fleet.

You can see the old main guns and the red and black flag on the USS Carl!
Hearing Tyrone still guessing ship types and playing games with this fleet that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, the observer roared into the intercom:
"Damn it, get your binoculars out and see what's out there!"

Teren and Fernando, who were racking their brains to get more coffee beans, were startled, and then they saw that several targets on the radar were getting close to the coast and were indeed almost visible to the naked eye.

They climbed to the top of the fourth floor of the radar station and peered at the telescope on the terrace.

It was indeed the red ship as reported by the lighthouse, but... it had two guns in the front and one in the back, most likely a triple-mounted main gun, billowing smoke and what appeared to be secondary guns, and a standard battleship superstructure and hull shape, which immediately reminded him of the Scharnhorst.

Looking further ahead, there is another battleship that looks exactly the same, and not far away there is another ship that cannot be identified, with four classic Hans' coffin-shaped twin turrets, possibly a Hipper-class heavy cruiser.

No aircraft carriers, no supply ships, this is a German fleet painted with Christmas celebration livery!
Tyron felt a chill run down his spine; a terrifying thought crept up his spine:

This is definitely not a power possessed by any human force.

Back in the control room, Bismarck's voice was still ringing out:

"Hello? Captain Tyron, aren't you here? Well, the entire Second Fleet should be within visual range now. Congratulations, you didn't answer any of them correctly."

I hereby issue you this notice: The Second Fleet of the High Seas will be transiting the Falkland Islands northward. Any attack will be immediately considered a provocation and will be met with immediate retaliation. Please convey this message to Downing Street: Frohe Weihnachten!

The last sentence was "Merry Christmas" in Hans, but Tyrone didn't hear any blessing in it; it sounded more like a curse from the devil.

"Quick, quick, get those damn gays here in ten minutes!"

(End of this chapter)