On the destroyer "Amberg", 196 German sailors silently glanced at the flag fluttering in the wind on the top of the mast before entering the battle position - with the black and white cross flag of the Teutonic Knights as the base, a black vulture symbolizing strength and courage occupies the center, and the black, white and red tricolor flag of the Second German Reich and the iron cross symbolizing the German nation occupy the upper left corner. This banner is the source of their battle!

Aboard the destroyer "Queen Incas", 213 British sailors silently prayed for victory with the white-edged red positive crusade flag, representing George, the patron saint of England.

The battle fleet of German cruisers and destroyers quickly pounced on the British in a neat battle formation, and the British battleships sailed out of the minefield in a single formation one after the other, while General Karl was nervously directing his fleet to rearrange the battle formation—with the cruiser at the front as the arrow, the destroyers behind quickly stretched out to the two wings, gradually forming a "man" queue to oppose the German fleet with slightly more "one" diagonal columns than his own.

Comparatively speaking, British destroyers have a slight advantage in tonnage, except for large destroyers, the tonnage of destroyers on both sides does not exceed 1000 tons, and the "Hound Hound" class destroyers equipped by the British have a displacement of 1000 tons, while German destroyers are generally 800 tons; In terms of speed, both sides used turbines, British destroyers mostly used oil as fuel, while German destroyers used more coal, but the top speed of both sides exceeded 26 knots or even approached 30 knots; In terms of firepower, both sides basically used 105 mm and 120 mm main guns, and on German destroyers, torpedoes were still used as the main weapon, and the latest ships even had four 500 mm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes, while British destroyers, due to their main objective of protecting their own battle fleet, generally had more guns and two 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes.

"Order the submarine forces to advance at full speed to the German battleships!" Karl pinned his last hopes for the completion of the mission on the submarines, and he himself took cruisers and destroyers to meet the German fleet from the east.

On the sea, the British 4 light cruisers and 25 destroyers sailed head-on to the German battle fleet of 5 light cruisers and 33 destroyers, while 23 British submarines sailed at a maximum speed of 15 knots to the German artillery fleet 6 nautical miles (about 10,000 yards) away; The eight destroyers escorting the German artillery fleet were originally heading towards the left flank of the British fleet, but in this case, they gave a warning signal to the artillery fleet and turned to try to intercept the British submarines; The German shelling fleet stopped, and the shelling of the port began to accelerate and turn.

At a distance of 8000 yards, artillery on cruisers and destroyers on both sides opened fire. The first row of shells all fell hundreds of meters in front of the opponent's hull, and before the water column had completely fallen, one after another battleships rushed out of the water curtain. Both sides could clearly see the orange-red fire from the muzzles of the opposing guns and the white smoke from the ******, but most of the artillery fire on both sides was ineffective until the distance was reduced to 5,000 yards, judging by the smoke from the shell explosions.

As the distance got closer, the flash of shell explosions on the battleships of both sides began to appear, and one or two German or British battleships dragged the smoke out of the battle queue. The sailors braved the falling sea water and swirling shrapnel to send shells to the gun positions, and the number of sailors on both sides who fell on the destroyer's rudimentary gun positions increased, but no one cared, and the rest continued to follow suit.

When the distance between the two sides reached 2,000 yards, the captains almost unanimously gave the order to launch torpedoes. On the Germans' side, nearly a hundred torpedoes scrambled out like a pack of wild dogs, and how spectacular it was to see so many white water streaks and waves on the surface of the sea at the same time, but the most beautiful things were often the deadliest.

After the torpedo was fired, the commanders of both sides gave the order to turn the fleet. Karl saw that the bow of the opposing ship began to turn westward, so he gave the order to turn south, but his signal man made a fatal mistake by turning the flag to turn south into turning north, and to make matters worse, the commanders of the other ships carried out the order without reservation.

No one knew why the signalman had misspelled the unfamiliar turn flag, because soon a shell landed on the cruiser Newcastle and blew the hapless signalman to pieces. The two fleets that were about to pass by entered the most primitive fighting time under the arrangement of the heavens, the German fleet was 20 degrees north-west of the direction, the British fleet was heading due north, and the two fleets rushed towards each other at an angle of 70 degrees.

Hundreds of torpedoes passed by without incident, while the British and German sailors looked in horror at the equally terrified faces on the other side. The 6,200-ton German cruiser "Munich" suddenly collided with the 1,700-ton British destroyer "Native Australian", and the huge mass difference made the "Munich" hardly change its course, while the "Native Australian" was hit and dizzy, deviating from the course by 120 degrees, not to mention, the hull was seriously tilted to the left, but the port side of the "Munich" was also knocked out of a big hole.

In this chaotic situation, any turn could crash into their own ships, and the captains had to pray that their ship's hull would be strong enough while moving on.

Just a few seconds after the "Munich" and the "Australian Aborigines" had greeted each other, the 800-ton German destroyer "Marburg" and the 1,000-ton British destroyer "Rainstorm" collided with a starry sky, and the bow of the "Rainstorm" actually plunged deeply into the port side of the "Marlborough". The steam from the broken boiler rushed out of the breach, and the British sailors found that the enemy's main gun began to whirl through this layer of fog, so they hurriedly filled the shell into the barrel, but the prescient Germans took the lead in firing the cannon, so that the distance was no longer aim, and the first 105 mm shell blew away the No. 1 main gun of the British battleship, and the British sailors on the secondary gun position behind the No. 1 main gun were also killed and wounded. Soon, the guns and machine guns of the German battleship opened fire together with the guns of the ship's side and stern, but the "Tempest" could not return fire with guns from other positions, and the superstructure soon burst into flames, and there were almost no moving objects on the deck. Although the "Tempest" was paralyzed, the "Marlborough" could not escape, and the German sailors simply picked up rifles and pistols and rushed into the opposing warships like pirates hundreds of years ago.

The collision became more and more frequent with the staggering of the fleets of the two sides, and the bow of the 1,100-ton German destroyer "Suer" hit the rear main gun ammunition depot of the 1,200-ton British destroyer "Prince." After a violent explosion, the "Prince" began to slowly sink with its stern facing downward, and the "Suer", whose bow was blown up, also gave a signal to abandon the ship.

The 900-ton German destroyer "Amberg" and the 950-ton British destroyer "Inca Queen" met, and after the ship's prime collided, they vibrated violently and then pressed against each other, and sailed forward to the northwest side in unison. The sailors on the side of the ship were killed one after another, and the muzzles of the main guns at the bow and tail of the two ships quickly turned towards each other, and when the 105 mm caliber cannons were pointed at each other at a distance of only a few meters, the sailors of both sides hesitated for a few seconds. However, this is the war, each side is its own master, life and death are up to the sky, the gunners gritted their teeth and pulled the cannon rope suddenly......

When the two fleets were completely separated, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. While scolding the British for their ignorance, the German commander was also glad that they had sunk one cruiser and three destroyers and damaged two destroyers, and only three small destroyers were sunk except for the damaged cruiser "Munich" and two other medium destroyers.

In the distance, more than 7,000 officers and men of the German artillery fleet, which was turning, watched in amazement as the fierce crash was unpleasant. The appearance of eight German destroyers forced all British submarines to dive into the water and move towards the German battleships at a slower pace.

After completing the turn, the German artillery fleet stopped shelling and sailed north at full speed from the battlefield, and the commander of the British submarines, after discovering the attempts of the German battleships to withdraw from here, could only helplessly curse the Germans for cowardice, and the slow speed of the submarines made them completely hopeless of catching up with a battlefleet.

On the sea, the German destroyer fleet reverted after sailing some distance to the east, preparing to storm the British fleet again. General Karl no longer had the courage to fight again, and their goal was leaving the battlefield. Because of the presence of that German destroyer, he had no way to pursue the German artillery fleet, and the struggle with the German destroyers was meaningless to him, the torpedo boats he brought with him had all sunk, and most of the submarines and destroyers had been lost, and if the remaining destroyers in his hands were also accounted for here, the responsibility of defending the homeland would fall entirely on the clumsy armored battleships, which were powerless against the German planes, submarines and dreadnoughts.

Thinking of this, Carl was sad for a while, he couldn't care about the few British battleships and hundreds of British sailors who were dying, and gave the order to retreat. After a big turn, the remaining 3 light cruisers and 20 destroyers sailed eastward, bypassing the minefields.

After Karl withdrew with the fleet, the German destroyer fleet did not continue the pursuit, they not only had to clean up the battlefield, but more importantly, there were more than 20 British submarines here. The sun has just risen, and the nightmare of these British submarines is far from over.

At this time, the battle inside the "Tempest" was still raging, and more than 50 German sailors armed with rifles and pistols were clearing the remaining British sailors. The cramped cabin made it impossible for either side to perform, and it was not until half an hour later that the British were completely subdued.

Soon, a group of German planes flew into the battlefield again, in addition to picking up a few British battleships left in the minefield, their more important task was to monitor the British submarines that might surface at any time to recharge, and inform the German destroyers of their location as soon as possible.

How many more British submarines could be destroyed became the only suspense in the remaining battles.