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At this time, on the rippling blue sea, an astonishingly large fleet was heading south with murderous intent.
Lieutenant Fafnir's face was pale as he counted the warships on the sea in fear: "God, there are thirty-three-five battleships and eight armored cruisers."
The voice of the observer in the back seat came from behind, and he gasped and stammered: "There are 12 light cruisers, 52 destroyers, and 1 minelayer.
This is what Japan is not doing."
Do you want to lose the strength of the empire?"
The two looked at each other and found that each other was frightened and looked very ugly.
"Hurry up and report to the flagship that the British main fleet has been discovered."
Lieutenant Fafnir screamed, and he finally remembered that he was flying a reconnaissance plane.
When Admiral Scheer, commander of the German Ocean Fleet, received this latest intelligence on the flagship "Bavaria", his face, which was elated about the reconnaissance fleet's victory, suddenly turned green, and his whole person was messy in the wind. .
This damn thing is just like catching a great white shark while fishing, and it’s not fun to play with.
Sheldon felt like he had shot himself in the foot.
Well, in fact, the German army has never thought of a decisive battle with the British army this time.
At present, the number of German battleships is less than two-thirds of the British.
Scheer is not a madman, and of course he will not be stupid enough to fight head-on.
They came here to "fish" this time.
The fishing plan formulated by Scheer was to induce part of the British fleet to move forward, and then if the situation was favorable to him, he would concentrate the main force of the Ocean Fleet to annihilate it.
In this way, after continuously weakening the British fleet several times, he could reverse the disadvantage, and then in Defeated the British main fleet in the decisive battle.
His bait this time was a reconnaissance force composed of battlecruisers and light cruisers commanded by Admiral Hipper.
According to his thinking, the British would not send the entire native fleet to intercept a limited invasion.
The most likely ones to attack are the faster battlecruisers.
The main force of the High Seas Fleet commanded by Scheer followed the reconnaissance team fifty nautical miles behind.
If the British were fooled, Hipper's fleet would put up a token resistance and then turn around and bring the pursuers within range of Scheer's main fleet.
When the Royal Navy falls into the trap, it's time for a beef dinner.
However, everyone knows that plans never change quickly, and the development of things is not at all according to Scheer's ideas.
It should be said that Scheer's plan to lure the enemy was very successful, even too successful.
The British were indeed fooled and lured over, and the initial development was better than Scheer thought.
The reconnaissance fleet, which was originally just responsible for luring the enemy, actually performed extremely well.
Before the main force arrived, the British The battlecruiser detachment was defeated.
But the British came not only with the battlecruiser squadron, but with the whole group.
In addition to the pre-dreadnoughts, all 10 British dreadnoughts and 25 super-dreadnoughts are here.
This is crazy!
I cooked a table of dishes, but three tables of guests came.
Scheer can't understand why the British reacted so violently.
This is not in line with Niu Niu's style.
He didn't know the reason until after the naval battle.
This is because the German Navy's code was leaked and all his plans were figured out by the British.
The British Navy also hoped to settle the matter in one battle and deal with the German High Seas Fleet once and for all, so it deliberately fell into a trap.
Jericho thought to himself: Scheer, do you want to defeat them all?
Just dream and see how I can hold you to death.
In a Chinese cartoon showing the battle afterwards, there was a scene like this: Admiral Jericho jumped out with two "big daddies" and shouted at Scheer: "The British are fearless.
Everyone is here."
Well, let’s not mention this for now.
Scheer now carries almost all the assets of the High Seas Fleet, with a total of seven dreadnoughts under his command, namely 4 Nassau-class battleships with 12 310mm main guns, and 3 Helgoland-class battleships with 12 310mm main guns.
Fourteen super-dreadnoughts, namely 5 Kaiser-class battleships also known as Kaiser-class, with 12 360 mm main guns, 4 Königs-class battleships with 12 360 mm main guns, and 5 Bayern-class battleships with 12 390 mm main guns.
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In addition, ten pre-dreadnought ships were brought, namely five Braunschweig-class ships and five Deutschland-class ships.
These ten pre-dreadnought ships all had four 280 mm main guns.
If you look at paper data, the German army also has 31 battleships, which seems to be not much worse than the British 35 battleships.
But the ten Dreadnoughts inside are basically just for make-up, and their functions are extremely limited.
Even though they have been replaced with better 280mm guns and updated sighting and fire control systems, they still cannot compete with dreadnoughts or even super-dreadnoughts.
As for the 35 British battleships, they are all dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts, and there is not a single pre-dreadnought.
Although Britain has the largest number of pre-dreadnoughts in the world, it did not bring any of them this time.
There is a big difference in quantity alone, not to mention quality.
Germany now only has 5 battleships with 390mm main guns, for a total of 60 390mm main guns.
The British have 14 battleships equipped with 381mm main guns, for a total of 140 381mm main guns.
If the two sides fight, you can know the outcome even by thinking on your knees.
Well, the German army currently has a numerical advantage in battlecruisers, 7 to 2, but thin-skinned things like battlecruisers are used to deal with cruisers and opponents of the same level.
If we play battle line with genuine battleships, Todoroki, that's just seeking death.
When the battle line is bombarded, the battle cruiser is probably not as effective as the pre-dreadnought.
At least it is more durable and can help block the knife.
So, what should we do now?
According to the reconnaissance results, the distance between the main fleets of both sides is now less than 80 nautical miles.
If we retreat now, because there are ten Dreadnoughts dragging us behind, the speed is only less than 18 knots, and we will definitely not be able to outrun the British Home Fleet.
If we ignore the slow ones and escape at full speed, it is estimated that only a few of the latest battleships can escape.
The ten former Dreadnoughts are absolutely dead, and even the Nassau and Helgoland classes may not be able to escape.
You know, the five British Queen Elizabeth-class ships have a terrifying speed of 25 knots.
Such a loss is unacceptable at any cost, not to mention the fact that it was caused by being chased while escaping.
Such a shameful thing must not be dealt with.
If Scheer really dared to give such an order, he would probably have to spend the rest of his life counting lice in prison.
"Asshole, why didn't the submarine report this information?"
Scheer said angrily.
He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have sent a fleet of submarines to Scapa Flow to keep an eye on him.
How could he miss such a large fleet?
Are you blind?
Scheer was not a newbie in the navy.
On the contrary, he was very cautious.
Even if he thought it was impossible for Britain to send all the fleets, he also sent submarines to monitor it, just in case.
But now there is a problem here.
The submarine did not report the news that the entire domestic fleet has left the port.
Isn’t this a cheat?
The chief of staff said with a stinking face: "Your Excellency, our submarine just sent a telegram, claiming that due to the sudden increase in anti-submarine search efforts by the British, three of our submarines were discovered and were chased by British destroyers.
Although the remaining five submarines We are not exposed, but we don’t dare to get too close to Scapa Flow.
We can only monitor from a distance on the periphery.
It is probably because of the lack of those three submarines that there is a loophole in our cordon.”
Well, as expected, there was a leak on the submarine, but now is no longer the time to hold people accountable.
How to solve this imminent crisis is the key.
So what should we do now?
Scheer only felt that one head and three were as big as one, and his staff officers were also arguing, not knowing what to do at all.
Whether it is fight or flight, you must come up with an idea immediately.
The British will not wait stupidly.
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Just when the group was at a loss, Major Erich Redl, the chief staff officer, stood up.
He said to Scheer: "Your Excellency, it is not that we have no chance of winning this time.
In fact, although this incident seems to be a crisis, it is also a good opportunity for us to annihilate the British fleet in one fell swoop."
Redel's words were firm and powerful, showing that Strong confidence.
"How do you say this?"
Sher looked at him in surprise and asked quickly.
"Your Excellency, although our battleships are not as good as those of the British, we do not only have battleships.
We have extremely powerful oxygen torpedoes.
In the battle of the reconnaissance team just now, they have shown strong combat capabilities.
We are the lightest ships in our fleet.
Cruisers, destroyers and large torpedo boats all carry this weapon, which can make up for the shortcomings of our capital ships."
"In addition, we have 35 submarines nearby.
Please look here and here."
Redel walked to the map and said: "If we retreat a little, these submarines can catch up and join the battle."
"There's also this place."
He pointed to a location on the map.
Scheer took a look and saw that it was Oberlo in the southern part of Jutland.
This place was originally a disputed area between Prussia and Denmark.
After Denmark was defeated in the Second Schleswig War in the Prussian-Danish War in 1864, this territory was completely assigned to Prussia.
"Obenluo, the scenery here is nice, but what does this have to do with this naval battle?"
Scheer asked in confusion.
"Your Excellency, have you forgotten that the Imperial Air Force has a large base here?"
Redel said excitedly: "This is less than 300 kilometers away from our position.
We can ask the Air Force to participate in the war."
"Requesting the Air Force to participate in the war" Scheer suddenly realized after being stunned.
He and other senior officers were traditional naval generals, and they really didn't think of asking the Air Force to help.
There was no way, my thinking was inertia, and my brain couldn't turn around for a while.
Redl nodded: "Yes, Your Excellency.
The recent Black Sea Battle between Russia and Turkey has demonstrated the power of aircraft.
In this battle, Turkish aircraft sank a Russian battleship, three cruisers and six destroyers."
Your Excellency, please report to His Majesty.
The rise and fall of the empire will depend on this battle."
Scheer now regained his confidence and said: "Okay, I will immediately send a report to His Majesty and Moltke, asking them to mobilize the air force to assist us in the battle."
Although he is the commander of the Ocean Fleet, he cannot mobilize the air force.
This must be done Coordinated through Wilhelm II and Chief of General Staff Moltke.
The German staff who reacted immediately showed great efficiency, and quickly formulated a plan for joint sea and air operations.
Scheer also issued orders one after another "Now, immediately order Hipper to retreat from the battlefield, rendezvous with the main fleet and send a message to nearby submarines at the same time, ordering them to immediately rush to the vicinity of xxx east longitude and xxx north latitude":