"A detachment of the High Seas Fleet was found 60 nautical miles southeast of the Grand Fleet. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info confirmed that it was the Hipper fleet, and that there might be a mixture of Bavarian-class battleships among them. ”

"The main forces of the German High Seas Fleet were found 20 nautical miles behind the Hipper's fleet, and they should all be here."

"Rear Admiral Moore's fast fleet is expected to meet the Hipper's fleet in half an hour, and Rear Admiral Moore is ready to fight."

"The Hipper fleet began to withdraw to the southeast, and they tried to converge with the main fleet."

"We can't catch up with them! General Moore asked the fast fleet to retreat as soon as possible. ”

In less than 1 hour after the Grand Fleet and the Fast Fleet converged, Jericho received at least a dozen telegrams, and looking at the telegrams piled up on the table, Jericho could feel a rather uncomfortable feeling, which was definitely not to say that the Grand Fleet could not defeat the High Seas Fleet, but that the current situation made him feel powerless. Today's weather conditions are good, and relying on the reconnaissance of a large number of seaplanes and airships, the warring sides can better understand the situation on both sides. And one of the consequences of this is that Jericho has never been able to think of a way to catch his opponent!

If Jericho wasn't in a hurry before, anyway, as long as the Grand Fleet could guarantee that the High Seas Fleet could be confined to the cage of the North Sea, even if the High Seas Fleet was complete? As long as the North Sea blockade line is not broken, it is good to be tossed by the opponent, but now the situation is different. The British suddenly found that under the strangulation of submarine warfare, Britain's supply of materials was not much better than that of Germany, especially the Royal Navy, not to mention anything else, it was not easy to get fuel alone, Germany could also get fuel from Romania and the two river valleys, what about Britain? The oil fields of the Dutch East Indies have not yet been restored, and the United States is stuck on the British. And Persian oil could not be shipped. So much so that Jericho found that it was impossible for the British Grand Fleet to accompany the Germans and go out for a ....... Jericho didn't even dare to tell his officers that the fuel of the Grand Fleet would last only 8 days at the most critical moment!

Therefore, now that the offensive and defensive situation has changed slightly, Jericho wants to hit the opponent hard, at least to teach the opponent a lesson, so that they don't dare to come out and turn if they are fine! As the prince said at the beginning, even if everyone comes out for a turn, it will be the British who will lose, who will let them have more ships. Yes, there are many ships that can burn coal, but the British have limited coal. While the British have a large amount of high-quality Welsh white coal. But the British still had to provide coal to the French. No way. Who let the French lose Alsace and Lorraine....... So this time, Jericho came out with the Royal Navy family to see if there was a chance!

"The Hipper fleet has made contact with the forward fleet of the British, and they have 7 Queen-class battleships all there, as well as 3 battle cruisers, and General Hipper has chosen to evade them for the time being."

"Airship No. 98 discovered the Grand Fleet, with six battleship detachments all there, located 70 nautical miles northwest of us."

"The British fleet has spotted us and is coming back to us, and the opposing fleet is about 16 knots."

"Alright, the guest has come to the door, everyone get ready!" The prince looked at the situation on the sand table and said lightly. At this time, the prince had a total of 15 capital ships of the High Seas Fleet, including 8 Bavaria-class battleships, 3 Hipper's battlecruisers, 1 Dreadnought-class fast battleship, and 3 Helgrand-class fast battleships. The number of ships, after adding Moore's fast fleet, the number of capital ships of the Royal Navy directly broke through the 30 mark! There were more than twice as many as the German fleet, and in the face of such a large fleet, it was impossible to say that it was not afraid. But for the next move, the prince must try to meet the British Grand Fleet and the Fast Fleet!

The German fleet of 15 battleships, 8 light cruisers, and 24 destroyers resembled a small but ferocious panther. This time they are going to challenge the main force of the Royal Navy, which is the most powerful in the world, like a lion, and this time, almost all the British dreadnoughts and above are present! "It's a meeting between two million tons of steel!" Later generations described it this way.

"We were like attending a banquet, in the vast North Sea, the German fleet appeared in our field of vision, they were well-formed and well-trained, but they felt that they lacked a murderous aura, which was completely different from the situation we had encountered before, before, they were like fierce wolves, they would rush up and bite their opponents fiercely whenever they had the opportunity! They were very proactive, always high enough before engaging and looking for opportunities, but this time, it didn't seem to be the same ....... ”

Jericho's intuition after seeing the German fleet in the distance told him that the other party didn't seem to be desperate, but it didn't look like a gesture of turning around and leaving, how to say, it was more like approaching each other, and then facing himself with a chess-playing mentality.

"We were 30 kilometers away from each other, and the German fleet was slow to form a formation. What do they want to do? Vice Admiral Jeram, commander of the 1st Battleship Squadron on the same ship as Jericho, frowned slightly.

"They seem to be keeping their distance." Chief of Staff of the Grand Fleet, Charles. Lieutenant General Madden put down the telescope in his hand and sighed. At this time, the fleets of both sides always maintained a distance of 27 to 30 kilometers, which was a very delicate distance, and the opponent could choose to attack or retreat.

The current situation is that the German fleet has a speed advantage, and the British will not dare to deploy it if the other side does not deploy, and it will take more than ten minutes for the fleet to change from a box to a single battle line, but it is easy to expand and difficult to close, and the lessons of the last battle make Jericho not dare to easily open the battle line.

"Let Major General Moore go up and contain it?" Lieutenant General Madden asked after pondering for a moment. Why did you bring a fast fleet this time, didn't you just want them to give full play to the advantage of high speed and limit the opponent's maneuver?

"This ....... The 6th Light Cruiser Detachment was assigned to Rear Admiral Moore. Jericho hesitated for a long time but agreed with Vice Admiral Madden, it turned out that the fast fleet was assigned 3 light cruiser detachments in its heyday, but after a series of major battles, the British fast fleet could only be divided into 2 light cruiser detachments, and this time, in order to ensure the safety of those precious fast battleships, Jericho gave an additional light cruiser detachment! Although there are still far more auxiliary warships than the Germans, they are already in a situation where they cannot make ends meet!

"The fast fleet of the British moved, they outflanked our left flank!" Scheer said as he looked at the purple trail that the staff officers had drawn on the left panel, representing the movement of the British Rapid Fleet.

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