"All three of our battleship detachments have been deployed, the Shetland Islands have land-based aviation for reconnaissance, our first detachment is trailing the adversary into the North Sea, the second detachment is searching near the North Sea blockade, and the third detachment is moving from the east, and we have confined the opponent's position to an area of 150 kilometres from east to west and 80 kilometres from north to south. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIf they were in the area, we would have found them, and if they weren't in the area, but chose to flee north in the night, they would never have returned to the port. Because there is not enough fuel. When the morning star rises again, Thomas said to his subordinates.

His estimate was very accurate, if the German fleet wanted to go back, it would have to go all the way south, and the route was almost always fixed, even considering that the Moltke might supply the Blucher with fuel, it still could not keep the ship out longer. The German fleet seemed to know that there was a British fleet in the direction of Norway, so the Blucher sailed southwest as it crossed the blockade.

And in fact, this is the direction that Thomas wanted the Germans to go, because it was close to the Shetland Islands, there were planes that could provide reconnaissance, and at the same time, the second detachment was waiting there! The three fleets would push the German fleet to the west, eventually running out of fuel for their opponents, at which point they would have to turn back and fight a decisive battle. Anyway, as long as the decisive battle is held, the British will win!

But it's a pity that Thomas's thinking was taken advantage of by the Germans, who didn't expect the Germans to divide their forces, or rather, Thomas didn't care about the German fleet after the division of troops, three detachments, 6 queens were attracted to the west, and the Moltke sailed south, according to the plan, he would arrive at the Skagerrak Strait as soon as possible, but even if Thomas knew, he wouldn't mind, because there, there were 4 capital ships under the command of Rear Admiral Moore waiting for Moltke! What if you go? Can't go back!

Let's look again outside Wilhelmshaven, about 40 nautical miles from the base of the German High Seas Fleet, where the huge Grand Fleet formed a huge box formation on the periphery of the German minefield, and a full 4 groups of light cruisers formed a wide reconnaissance line in front of the main fleet. And the destroyers of the British were in a much higher position. There was almost a fire contact with a German destroyer hidden in a minefield. This time, in the rear of the huge fleet, three seaplane carriers released three waves of a total of 23 seaplanes in the direction of German ports, and V1500 bombers flew from the British mainland to join in the fun.

However, unlike at sea, although the scale of the current German naval aviation is far from being the size of thousands of aircraft and tens of thousands of people of the Royal Naval Aviation at the end of World War 1 in history, now, counting seaplanes, in Kaiser Wilhelmshaven, it is not difficult for the German Navy to make up a three-figure aircraft! And this time, the seaplane units of the British were hit head-on!

More than 50 J-1 fighters and Fokker fighters swarmed up, teaching British seaplanes to be new men in minutes under the huge number and performance advantage, and the air battle and entanglement between the two sides lasted for nearly an hour, and after paying the heavy price of more than a dozen seaplanes damaged in battle, the British Navy finally determined one thing, that is, the German high seas fleet was still in the Gulf of Yard, and in order to prevent a detachment from being dispatched, the British also counted the number of German capital ships anchored in the harbor. And checked the model number!

"To the easternmost were two detachments of the German 1st Battleship Squadron, a total of six Bavarian battleships, and to the northeast were two newly commissioned Bavarian-class battleships. To the west were 4 battlecruisers of Hipper. And to the north were the Helgrand-class battleships. All the fast battleships of the German fleet were in the harbor, and the detachments of light cruisers were basically there, there should be three detachments, and I think we could send a report to General Thomas. "Chief of Staff of the Grand Fleet, Charles. Vice Admiral Madden immediately said to Jay after marking the location of the German fleet on a huge sand table.

"Well, the capital ships of the Germans are here, and I think General Thomas's hunt is coming to an end, right?" Admiral Jericho let out a sigh of relief. At this moment, Jericho was really relieved.

"Your Excellency Commander, our aviation reconnaissance has found an opponent, it seems that it is 35 kilometers southwest of the fleet, our judgment is very accurate, it can be said that the distance between each other is close at hand!" Thomas, who had just finished breakfast, received a piece of good news. This made him excitedly walk to the chart, and then watch the staff officers mark each other's positions on the chart!

"Command the fleet to immediately accelerate to 25 knots! The final lore is about to begin! Tell the 2nd and 3rd detachments to quickly surround them! Thomas said.

"The second telegram says that this time there seem to be only 2 battleships, one of which is noticeably smaller." Later, when the staff officer wanted Thomas to report the second telegram, the vice admiral was stunned for a moment, and then his frustration and remorse overflowed.

"Who's the capital ship?" Thomas asked.

"This, it seems to be the Blucher, the big one has only three turrets on it." The staff officer said.

"Let the Second Fleet immediately sail eastward and search the eastern part of the North Sea, they are diverting the tiger from the mountain, maybe that Moltke has secretly gone south!" Thomas commanded. The Blucher went west as a decoy, which then caused the British fleet's interception net to drift westward, and then provided an opportunity for the Moltke to break through. Thomas had finally figured out the Germans' plan, but for now, he wasn't worried, because Thomas had left him behind.

After reaffirming that there was only one patrol on the Blucher, Thomas decided to let himself and the 3rd Detachment, which was closer, take out the two German ships, while the 2nd Squadron, Barem and the Warwey, searched for the lone Moltke, and telegraphed to Rear Admiral Moore to defend the Skagerrak Strait.

More than two hours later, at 10 a.m., guided by a reconnaissance plane, Thomas finally saw the battlecruiser Blucher and the cruiser Wiesbaden behind him, which were galloping across the sea. At the same time, the Warrior and Prestige of the 3rd Battle Detachment also appeared in the southeast direction of the German fleet, ready to volley the opponent at any moment.

"It's a shame that we've only attracted two battleship detachments this time, and hopefully the Moltke will be lucky enough to avoid the other two queens." Captain Herhouse, the captain of the Blucher, said with a little regret.

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