Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Bayan dawowa zuwa ga rundunar, Bayern an sanya shi zuwa ayyukan tsaro a Arewacin teku. Admiral Scheer ya yi amfani da dakarun da ke cikin ruwa don kai farmaki ga 'yan Birtaniya zuwa Norway da suka fara a karshen 1917. A sakamakon haka, Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Royal ta haɗe da rundunar jiragen ruwa don kare jiragen ruwa, wanda ya gabatar da Scheer tare da yiwuwar hallaka wani rukuni na Grand Fleet. Scheer ya lura cewa "Samun nasarar kai hari kan irin wannan jirgi ba kawai zai haifar da nutsewar tarin yawa ba, amma zai zama babban nasarar soja, kuma zai... tilasta wa Ingilishi ya aika da karin jiragen ruwa zuwa ruwan arewa". Scheer ya kafa shiru mara waya mai tsauri a shirye-shiryen harin da aka shirya. Wannan ya hana 'yan Burtaniya damar yin kutse da kuma warware sakonnin Jamusawa, wanda a baya ya kasance babbar fa'ida. Wannan aikin ya bukaci Hipper ya kai hari ga jirgin ruwa da kuma masu bin sa a ranar 23 ga Afrilu yayin da jiragen ruwa na Rundunar Sojan Ruwa na High Seas suka tsaya a cikin goyon baya. A ranar 22 ga Afrilu, Bayern da sauran rundunar jiragen ruwa na Jamus sun taru a Schillig Roads a waje da Wilhelmshaven kuma suka tashi da safe a karfe 06:00. Girman hazo ya tilasta wa 'yan Jamus su kasance a cikin filin da aka yi wa mine don rabin sa'a. Rundunar Hipper ta kasance 60 nmi (110 km; 69 mi) yammacin Egerö, Norway, da 05:20 a ranar 24 ga Afrilu. Duk da nasarar da aka samu na kaiwa hanyar tawagar ba tare da an gano su ba, aikin ya gaza saboda kuskuren leken asiri. Rahotanni daga U-jirgin ruwa sun nuna wa Scheer cewa jiragen ruwa sun tashi a farkon da tsakiyar kowane mako, amma wani jirgin ruwa na yamma ya bar Bergen a ranar Talata 22 ga watan kuma wani rukuni na gabas ya bar Methil, Scotland, a ranar 24, ranar Alhamis. A sakamakon haka, babu wani jirgi don Hipper ya kai farmaki. A wannan rana, daya daga cikin Moltke ta sukurori slipped kashe, wanda ya haifar da mummunar lalacewar da wutar lantarki da kuma yarda 2,000 ton (2,000 dogon ton; 2,200 short ton) na ruwa a cikin jirgin. An tilasta Moltke ya karya shiru na rediyo don sanar da Scheer game da yanayin jirgin, wanda ya faɗakar da Royal Navy zuwa Tekun Tekun...  Tambaya: Me ya faru da Jamusawa, duk da cewa sun kai sansanonin da ke kare kansu?
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