"We seemed to be being targeted, and 2 British battleships appeared in our rear. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoJudging by the type of ship, it seems to be an armored cruiser. In the somewhat shaky captain's room, Rear Admiral Su Xiong looked at the information sent by Raeder and fell into deep thought.

After two days of sailing, the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau have successfully broken out of the North Sea and into the Norwegian Sea, and at this point they are turning northwest to cross between Shetland and Faroe Islands into the Atlantic. At this time, the British Grand Fleet was assembling on its own soil and was not heading north. And the battle cruiser formation did have the possibility of threatening itself, and the 4 battle cruisers directly under Betty were not in the North Sea, but in Liverpool, which made Rear Admiral Su Xiong slightly uneasy.

"Feng. Captain Legacy suggests we take out the two guys in the back. An officer said.

"Why?" Su Xiong did not speak, but looked at the officer.

"If we kept the current speed, we would not be able to shake off the two battleships behind us, and he suspected that the British might be planning to intercept us with a formation of battlecruisers. This is illustrated by the fact that the two battleships behind him are always in contact. The officer said.

"The British did not declare war. What's more, if they wanted to do it, they could have done it in the North Sea a long time ago. Raeder said, shaking his head. We cannot reveal our identity and the performance of our warships until we enter the Indian Ocean. "Raeder has a hard bite on performance.

Everyone present immediately understood what Raeder meant, so far, the German fleet's secrecy of the speed of the battleships was successful, except that some officers on these battleships knew the exact speed of the battleships, the average sailors did not know, and if the Suchon fleet was exposed, then once the British were on guard, both their own and the high seas fleet's actions would encounter additional difficulties.

"That's right, if they wanted to do it, they would have done it a long time ago, but since they didn't do it in the North Sea, it's even more difficult to do it in the Atlantic. We don't have to deal with them, but we need to get them in trouble too. After thinking for a while, Su Xiong decided to increase the speed of the fleet to 20 knots, which is almost the speed of a regular battleship, and it will not expose the extreme speed.

In high sea conditions, the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, with a heavy displacement of nearly 30,000 tons, could ensure stable sailing, and the battleships with reinforced bow structure and thin armor could walk safely, but for the British cruisers behind them, this speed was somewhat difficult.

Eight nautical miles behind the German fleet were two armored cruisers, the Black Prince and the Crecy, which had been in service for almost 8 years. The steam engine and boiler lines have aged a little, and the speed of 23 knots has become a theoretical number, and it would be good to be able to run 21 knots in normal sea conditions, but now, in high sea conditions, two battleships can run 18 knots.

With the acceleration of the German battleships, the two British battleships also began to accelerate, but unfortunately, the increasing wind and waves made the efforts of the British come to naught! The sound of a hammer hitting the hull of a ship kept coming, and the huge battleship swayed like a pendulum on the sea.

"Your Excellency, the front main gun of the Cressy has been flooded, and we cannot continue to accelerate." An officer walked up to the commander of the fleet, Goodnow, and said with some anxiety.

"We do not need naval artillery for our mission. Keep an eye on them and then keep reporting where they are. Goodnow replied without hesitation, but before he could finish speaking, the hull of the ship suddenly shook, and the violent vibration caused many personnel in the command tower to fall to the ground, accompanied by the sound of heavy objects falling, and those who are familiar with the navy know that there is something wrong with the battleship somewhere.

"It's the bow of the ship. Our bow was broken. A few minutes later, Goodnow received a dismal message. Send a report that our warship has been damaged and can no longer carry out the tracking mission, and inform the Admiralty of the last position of the opponent. Looking at the smaller and smaller shadow of the ship in the distance, Goodnow couldn't help but sigh.

To Su Xiong's surprise, the British Admiralty was discussing the question of what to do with these two battleships, yes, the British were indeed fighting the doctrine of these two battleships, but not because they saw through the conspiracy of the Germans, but thought that it would be great if they could "buy" these two battleships! Add two capital ships, and then get the German technical intelligence on the battleships. And it was Churchill, the current Secretary of the Admiralty, who came up with this plan!

"These two ships are worth as much as one of our battleship detachments, and even if we can't join the Grand Fleet for a short time, we can still get information about the speed, firepower, and defense of the German ships. And to make up for the lack of our capital ships. And all we have to pay is £4.2 million! Churchill said this at the meeting.

And the British did, and the British ambassador to Argentina sent a diplomatic note wishing to buy the two ships, but the Argentines refused. And in this way, some people have crooked ideas, if it really doesn't work, hold it first and then buy it?

However, this idea was a bit too much after all, and the British government did not reply directly, and the navy's approach was very simple, first send ships to follow, and then wait until the government agreed, and then send the main fleet to follow, and then detain the ships.

But how to say it? The British were still a little short of fire in the end, and the two battleships set sail ahead of schedule to bankrupt the whole plan, and if it was two days late, I am afraid that Su Xiong would be followed by Betty's 4 battle cruisers. Tiger, Lion, Queen Mary. In this case, it will be very difficult to get rid of it. If the British really want to be stronger, then they can only play 2 against 3 .......

But now, with the early departure of the Suxiong fleet, the wishful thinking of the British was completely broken, Betty's battle cruiser formation was not in place at all, and now it was still on the west coast of England, and it was not able to keep up with the opponent at the first time, only Goodnow's two armored cruisers barely followed behind the opponent.

Although theoretically, the British can still go north to intercept the opponent's possibility, but all this is also based on Goodnow's stable tracking, but now, even this possibility has disappeared, Goodman's fleet can't catch up with the opponent at all in high sea conditions, and the artillery can be tolerated by the water, anyway, you don't need to play the output, but if the bow is seriously damaged and the water is in, there is no way....... Running any further, the people did not catch up with the ship and sank .......

So, Su Xiong didn't realize that they had escaped a catastrophe!

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