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Chapter 253 Scapa Flow is in danger

The blue sea and blue sky and white clouds are indeed a good day to travel. The latest Folk F.37 passenger plane is flying three or four thousand meters above the North Sea. This Folk F.37 is the civil aviation model of Folk F.36, equipped with four B-touch motivations with good fuel-saving and reliable performance.

This is a "small double row" motivation. The horsepower is located between single-row air cooling and large double-row air cooling. The 14 small cylinders are in a double-row star layout, with a weight of only 52o kg, but they can provide a stable output power of up to 98o horsepower at a height of 42o meter. It is considered a civilian motivation with excellent performance.

The Fokker F.37, equipped with four B-touch motors, can fly continuously for 8 hours with a stable capacity of about 0 kilometers, with excellent performance. If it weren't for war, this aircraft would definitely be another overlord in the civil aviation market.

The cabin of this Folk F.37 is also very exquisite, with good sealing and sound insulation, comfortable sand-shaped seats, and very spacious, without the crowding of later civil aviation economy class.

The shell of the plane is marked with the Lufthansa logo. This is the largest airline in the world, with a fleet of hundreds of passenger and cargo planes. However, the one that Hessman is now riding is a fake Lufthansa aircraft. Its real owner is the Central Security Bureau of the German Empire, which is a spy plane!

"The biggest risk of the P-class breaking formation comes from Scapa Bay," Canaris sat opposite Hessman, with a table between the two, with a North Sea chart spread out on it. He pointed to the location of Scapa Bay above and said, "It is not possible to break into the Atlantic Ocean, walk the English Channel. You can only walk the North Sea and bypass the back of the British Isle. Scapa Bay is located in the northwest corner of the British Isle, only 46o kilometers away from Norway. The British only deploy the main force of the local fleet and naval reconnaissance aircraft there. The P-class breaking formation is very dangerous when it passes."

"How is the defense there?" Hessman stared at the map, his mind full of "Pearl Harbor Incident". If he could come to Scapa Bay, he would also ask how many main battleships could be sunk. As long as the battleships, battle cruisers and aircraft carriers of the British local fleet were injured, the German Navy would have the initiative for a period of time.

"There is a naval air station," said Canaris. "The British Air Force has no airport there. If you want to dispatch the aircraft, you have to leave the airport in northern Scotland. As for the air defense firepower, it is also weak, and only the old anti-aircraft guns left over from the last World War are no threat to our planes."

"Is there a radar?" Hessman asked again.

"No radar," Canaris shook his head, "but there are radars on British capital ships."

"You can fly at low altitude to reduce the distance you are exposed." Naval Aviation Commander Gram interrupted, "Even if you don't do this, the British radar can only see dozens of kilometers at most, and it will only take a few minutes for the aircraft. If the combat readiness level is not high, there will be no time to react."

"Even if the combat readiness level is high, it's useless," Canaris said with a smile. "The British naval air station did not have many fighters. They had never thought that Scapa Bay would be air strikes. The aircraft on the aircraft carrier could not take off without the anchorage of the aircraft carrier. What could threaten the aircraft was the anti-aircraft guns on the ships, but the fleet would not have an air defense formation when it was anchored in the harbor, and it was not easy to maneuver."

"Basically, I can only be blown up!" Lieutenant General Grame laughed, "I can't wait to start the war."

Why didn't he bomb it in time in history? Hessman suddenly realized that it was not that difficult for the Germans to win the world war. Sometimes it was enough to be more determined.

In fact, it was also bombed in history, but not at the beginning. It was bombed after the Luftwaffe showed its power in Poland. At that time, the British were already frightened by the Luftwaffe and evacuated the fleet...

"Have you selected the plane?" Hessman thought about it and asked again.

"There is already a plan," Grame replied with a smile, "Ju.88 can be dive bombed, and the he111 can be horizontally bombed at low altitudes. The range of these two aircraft is not small, and they can be modified in extended ranges. There is no problem with flying 2ooo kilometers. There is also a he115 that can be used, which is an existing aircraft."

"Seaplane?" Hessman was stunned.

"Just remove the float," Grame shrugged and smiled. "This will also reduce some weight. I have someone to experiment, and it is completely feasible."

The he115 is a seaplane with very good performance. When it is hung with two floats, it can fly to 355 kilometers, and the range is as high as 335o kilometers! The weapon is 2 machine guns, 125o kilogram bombs or torpedoes...

Moreover, this aircraft was designed in 1937 and finalized in early 1938. In other words, in history, in September 1939, Marshal Gorene could theoretically have an air force that could blow Scapa Bay into Pearl Harbor!

Even the golden finger doesn't have to be opened! No, changing the Air Force Commander from Gorene to Kesseling is probably the biggest golden finger.

"Where is the lightning protection net?" Hessman asked again, "The main ship will have lightning protection net protection net protection net protection, right?"

"No, usually not." Kanaris said, "that thing is expensive and troublesome to use. I guess the British would lay anti-submarine wire mesh at various entrances in Scapa Bay, and would not lay lightning protection nets for each battleship... because that was unnecessary."

Grame explained with a smile: "The aircraft cannot reach the theoretically, and the submarine cannot enter."

Take it lightly! This is a common problem for all the troops in the world in a peaceful state, and the transition from a peaceful state to a high degree of combat readiness is not something that can be completed in just a few hours.

"Give the shore-based improvement model of the 12o He-115," Hessmann stopped discussing it and started to "order" directly. "The extended-range model of the 12o Ju.88, the extended-range model of the 12o He-111, and the extended-range model of the 12o He-111, plus the 1oo Folk Zero, will definitely be in place before the end of May next year."

1ooo aircraft is difficult to get all. Nowadays, all air fleets lack new aircraft. Moreover, after the war started in September 1939, the mission of bombing Poland must be very heavy. However, 46o aircraft can always be made up!

"Be prepared to attack immediately after the war begins!" Hessman thought for a while and said, "Can you grasp the movements of the British fleet in terms of intelligence?"

To bomb, we must first find out whether they are there. Although the British local fleet will definitely concentrate in Scapa Bay when relations between Britain and Germany are tense, but who knows whether they will go to sea to exercise?

"We have agents who have lurked in Scapa Bay," Karnaris assured. "That person has been British and has lived near Scapa Bay for many years. In addition, we can also send submarines for surveillance. We can ensure that everything is foolproof!"

"Okay! That's the decision!" Hessman clapped his hands excitedly. This was a 46o plane! Two air raids of Pearl Harbor incident were dispatched, and the US Pacific Fleet was paralyzed for several months.

At this moment, the speakers in the cabin suddenly rang: "I am the captain, and we are almost approaching Scapa Bay. The plane will lower the altitude to 1 over the sea east of Scapa Bay, please pay attention to it."

...

Outside No. 77 William Street, several black Mercedes-Benz 77ok and Mercedes-Benz O7 luxury cars were parked, and a type of officer and soldier wearing armed SS uniforms were waiting there.

"Hi! Our leader!"

"Hi! Hitler!"

Some passing Berlin citizens saw Adolf Hitler walking out of the Prime Minister's Office surrounded by several officials, and saluted him one after another.

Hitler smiled and raised his hand to return the greeting, then got into his Mercedes-Benz 77ok, the car moved, and left with everyone's attention.

"Leader," Ribbentrop, who got into the car with Hitler, said in a somewhat sad tone, "The Poles' attitude was very tough and refused to give in any way. The British Chamberlain blamed us for annexing Bohemia and restoring the Hohenzollern dynasty. And the Italian leader, Mr. Mussolini, was also very dissatisfied with our approach to the Soviet Union... The current situation in Europe is not very beneficial to us."

"If..." Hitler thought for a while, "If we just go back to Danze and don't have the Polish corridor for the time being, will peace be achieved?"

If Hessman heard about Hitler's problems, he would be surprised. Adolf Hitler, the war maniac in history, the number one sinner of mankind, is now striving for world peace.

Just as people like Hessman and Schletcher were busy preparing for the world war!

Because the current situation is very different from history. The Soviet-German Treaty of Non-aggression in history was officially signed on August 1939. Before that, Germany appeared in the face of "anti-Soviet" and "anti-G".

This made Hitler feel that Britain and France would continue to appease Germany because of Hitler's anti-G and Soviet Union. If Britain and France really want Germany to fight against the Soviet Union, it seems that Germany should take Poland.

After all, only by taking Poland can Germany fight the Soviet Union.

However, in this time and space, under the auspices of two pro-Soviet German minds, Marshal Schletcher (his historically was a pro-Soviet faction) and General Hessmann, the Soviet-German relationship had always been very good. By the end of 1938, the two sides signed the 10-year "Soviet Axis Treaty".

Under such circumstances, Britain, France and Poland took a very tough stance, and Mussolini, who always regarded himself as an anti-G, was not as pro-German as in history. When the overall situation of the Spanish war was settled, he began to alienate Germany and get close to Britain and France.
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