The quality of the British battleships themselves was enough to resist the siege of twice the number of German warships of the same class, not to mention, the battlefield chosen by Cunningham for the decisive battle was even more difficult to get out of the central waters of the North Sea.

In the sea area where the two sides are about to come into contact, each side invests a vanguard fleet, which is like putting a grain of rice on each plate! Naval warfare is different from land warfare in that there are not so many terrain advantages to rely on. Especially in the North Sea, it is a purely tactical duel without any fancy skills.

Apart from defeating their opponents head-on, there is no way out for either side. Of course, if you are willing to accept artillery from low sources on the long escape route, you can turn around and run away regardless of your life. It's just that in that case, the losses incurred are even less worth it.

The North Sea was an important defensive chain for Britain to blockade Germany's sea transportation lines. As for how to use the geographical environment of this sea area, how to arrange scheduling, how to reinforce the defense, the British Admiralty's simulation and deduction almost never stopped, so that in this actual battle, they were able to act perfectly according to the combat target table with their eyes closed. And this kind of interlocking combat action table has also been formed so maturely that it could not be more mature in countless deductions.

With a new fleet that had been rebuilt less than 20 years ago, and relying on aircraft carriers with almost zero melee capabilities, the Germans wanted to escape the skillful and persecutive pursuit of the British Navy, which was a joke no matter how you look at it.

Even Cunningham and the officers aboard the flagship Ark Royal, knowing that the Germans had already won a victory with carrier tactics at Narvik Hill in Norway, could not believe that the High Seas Fleet could once again win in such a situation as it was today.

"According to intelligence, the German High Seas Fleet not only does not have enough surface warships, but even the existing warships are generally weak in firepower, and with only 4 aircraft carriers, I really can't figure out what chance they have to win?" Standing on the HMS Ark Royal, the most advanced aircraft carrier in the UK, Cunningham smiled confidently.

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"What chance do we have to support the High Seas Fleet to boldly take on this showdown? I believe that the commander of the British fleet must be puzzled by now. At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the German High Seas Fleet, Raeder, could not help but sigh with emotion: "This group of conceited British people has been proud for too long, they have only been standing on the shore, but they will never understand what is happening under the water, let alone know how far the real strength of the German navy has reached!" ”

German destroyers and cruisers generally have smaller guns and are inferior to British battleships of the same class, and this kind of news is actually deliberately released by Reinhardt to the British to spy on.

Raeder knew very well that the inducing intelligence that the British had at the moment had reached a point where it could seriously affect their judgment, allowing the invincible Royal Navy to quietly step into a huge grave in the North Sea in a state of confusion!

The British thought that Germany had only 2 aircraft carriers. But they didn't know that Germany's Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers were nearly twice as many aircraft carriers as their most advanced aircraft carrier, the Ark Royal, and even if they only needed two, they would be more than the total number of four large aircraft carriers in the British Home Fleet combined.

Moreover, the number of aircraft carriers in the high seas fleet is 6!

So when the British still thought that the Royal Navy had more aircraft carriers than the High Seas Fleet, Raeder knew that the aircraft carriers in his hands were not only 2 more aircraft carriers than the British in terms of quantity, but also in terms of quality, they were all much higher than the aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy.

In other words, although the first mixed fleet of Lütjans was only incorporated into 2 Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers. But they already have naval aviation as much as all the carriers in Cunningham's hands combined.

And Cunningham will not be stupid enough to give up the Royal Navy's gunfire advantage, and put all the aircraft carriers in the vanguard fleet, so that the aircraft carriers can risk being close to the vanguard and follow the vanguard fleet to play the vanguard.

Even if he is as cautious as Raeder, at this time he would have bet that the British naval commander would not put even one aircraft carrier in the Vanguard fleet. Instead, he made full use of the artillery superiority of the British battleships, regardless of the strength of the Pioneer Fleet, to rush into the main position of the German Pioneer Fleet, and strangle the weak warships and aircraft carriers of the First Detachment of the High Seas Fleet.

In this way, Lütjans actually does not need to worry about the opponent's aircraft carrier strength being stronger than him.

Moreover...... Looking at the water in front of him from the bridge, the two cutting-edge large battleships that had been renamed the battleship "Bismarck" and the battleship "Scharnhorst", Raeder's heart was even more steady.

There were three new German battleships. One was in the first mixed fleet of Lütjans, and the other two had only recently entered Raeder's second mixed fleet.

A long time ago, Reinhardt promised Raeder to add three new super battleships to his navy to meet Raeder's demand for cannon giants, and also to further ensure the close combat capability of the High Seas Fleet, so that the High Seas Fleet could only sit and wait for the enemy to get close.

However, only one of the three battleships promised was delivered to Raeder. The other two have not been seen for a long time.

Not to mention seeing its traces, even the plan to make it, Raeder didn't hear about it.

With Raeder's status not insignificant, and the fact that there were very few dockyards in Germany that could build battleships, it was easy for him to find out where battleships were being built or were about to be built.

However, Raeder never asked. Because, there are no plans for the creation of these two battleships at all!

However, the absence of plans to create battleships for Germany does not mean that Germany did not produce battleships.

In Germany, there were 3 battleships, which were produced for the USSR. Moreover, as the Soviet side deliberately leaked information to divert the attention of Britain and France, it was no secret that Germany built battleships for the Soviet Union.

In addition, Germany had already delivered to the Soviets a defective battleship "Peter the Great", which was made in an experimental nature and made for the purpose of accumulating experience. Then no one doubted that Germany would embezzle the Soviet battleships.

However, among the 3 traded battleships, the 2 mature battleships with excellent quality, how could Reinhardt be willing to give them to the Soviets.

Yes, the two new battleships under Raeder had two Soviet-style names not so long ago: the battleship "Mentor Lenin" and the battleship "Leader Stalin". But now, they had secretly joined the Second Mixed Fleet of the German High Seas Fleet, and had become the secret force of the German Navy unknown to the British, and even to the Soviets.

With these two super-battleships in hand, and the captured Polish ships, Danish ships, and Norwegian friendly ships, Raeder had the courage to meet them even if they were close to the British fleet. (The Belgian battleships were small frigates that were assigned to the end of the Second Mixed Fleet as part of the cannon fodder flotilla.)

Raeder smiled, took a telegram he had just received from Lütjens in his hand, turned to the combat staff officers beside him, and announced loudly: "The war has begun...... But soon, it will be over! ”

Waving the telegram in his hand, Raeder raised his arms and shouted: "The First Fleet has taken the lead in entering the war, and now, according to the plan, we will go around to their flank, cut off the retreat of the British vanguard fleet, and break the support of the British rear fleet!" ”

"Long live the Third Reich! Long live Reinhardt! Raeder was the first to shout the slogan.

"Long live the Third Reich! Long live Reinhardt! ....... The Third Reich, long live! Long live Reinhardt! Countless slogans sounded one after another, becoming louder and louder, setting off another violent wave on this uncalm sea......