Berlin, Imperial Palace.

"No, this plan is too dangerous!" The Kaiser shook his head as he paced back and forth in front of the Admiralty. Ever since the attack on the Helgoland Bay naval base, he had been wary of the British Navy and ordered the German Navy not to take any more risks lest it cause further losses to its warships.

"Your Majesty, this plan was planned by the minister and the Prince of East Prussia half a year ago, and when necessary, it will not only greatly boost the morale of the people and the army, but also weaken the enemy's strength to a certain extent!" Tirpitz struggled to persuade the Emperor, with whom Chentian's "Operation Destiny" had been discussed a long time ago, and although the plan was very bold, it could indeed be a surprise victory. Tirpitz told the Emperor that the plan required a feint on the part of the German Main Fleet to attract the attention of the British, hoping that he would approve the High Seas Fleet to go to sea.

"Even if the plan fails, the high seas fleet will not have anything to lose! Even if the Baltic Fleet is completely destroyed, the weak Baltic Fleet of the Russians will not threaten us! Once this plan succeeds, the gap in strength between us and the British Navy will be narrowed! Tirpitz knew that the Baltic Detachment had set sail, and if his High Seas Fleet did not act, the plan would be completely aborted.

"This ......" the Kaiser was finally a little moved, why did he not want to take revenge on the British Navy fiercely.

"I heard that Ling Gongzi was captured by the British in Helgolan Bay, so let's vent our anger for him this time!" Wilhelm II nodded in agreement, but repeatedly told Tirpitz's high seas fleet not to engage the British fleet.

Tirpitz finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the emperor approved him to lead the high seas fleet on sail, it was not the emperor's decision to exchange fire.

"The Baltic fleet, it's up to you now!"

The Baltic fleet, led by Prince Heydrich, crossed most of the Baltic Sea and arrived at the German military port of Kiel, more than 300 nautical miles west of Königsberg, at dusk on 31 August.

The planes on the aircraft carrier have all been stored in the hangar below deck, and the deck is made of canvas piled up in small stamps, so one can see a strange fleet of transports escorted by numerous destroyers.

An hour later, 22 submarines also swam in, quietly docking on the other side of the dock of the Kiel military port.

At 8 p.m., Prince Heydrich summoned all the captains and staff of the fleet to a conference room in the port of Kiel.

"Guys, I think you're all wondering where we're going, what we're going to do! You'll know the answer tomorrow morning, and I'll now lay out the formation of tomorrow's fleet! ”

"Colonel Morle, your 'Super Duck Mother' is on its heels of my flagship, not leaving an inch!"

"Colonel Marshall, your destroyer formation is deployed in a circle for 5 nautical miles around the flagship after my flagship gives the order to disperse!"

"Lieutenant Commander Muller, your submarine formation is spread out 20 nautical miles in front of the flagship, with boats separated by 4 nautical miles, forming several rectangular submarine battle positions, if an enemy ship comes into your range, be sure to sink them!"

"Major Madony, Major Maur, after the fleet sets sail from here, your pilots will be given a detailed map of the target area and a map of the route, so that they can memorize it for me!"

"Major Metzeld, your convoy will refuel the submarine force one last time after the fleet arrives at the target position, and then evacuate first!"

"The fleet sets sail from here at 12 o'clock this evening, and from 12 o'clock all ships maintain radio silence and light control, and we will cross the penta strait in the dark, do you understand?"

Everyone stood up awkwardly, "Understood! ”

"Fate is here to fight, good luck to everyone!" Prince Heydrich, who had already passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, solemnly saluted everyone, and then took the lead to leave the conference room.

A year ago.

Heydrich and Chentian sat at a small table under the big tree, and Lisa and Mrs. Heydrich frolicked with little Sasha on the grass not far away.

"Father, you have been in the Navy for 30 years, why did you retire like this? You're still young! ”

In the past, Heydrich was always at sea and was rarely able to take care of his family. Since retiring from the Navy a few years ago, he has gradually spent more time communicating with his family, and although Chen Tian is always busy, he will talk to him about some topics related to the Navy whenever he has the opportunity.

"I'm old, my body is not good! Hehe! Heydrich shook his head, in fact, the long life of a seafarer made him look sturdy and strong, and his eyes were full of another kind of helplessness.

"Remember, when I was a kid, you would bring me a lot of strange things every time you came home, and those were your trophies!" The conversation between these two heavyweight princes is always full of strong affection.

"Oh! Is it? Hahaha, I'm old, I don't have a good memory! Prince Heydrich laughed self-deprecatingly.

"Father, don't keep saying that you are old, I think you are tired of the strife within the navy, and the depression of being oppressed by the British for a long time!" Chen Tian suddenly changed to a very serious tone, with a slightly sad feeling.

Heydrich turned his head to look at him, and after a long time spoke in a deep voice:

"Indeed, I don't like that kind of life of fighting for power and profit, it is precisely because of this 'unmotivated' character that I have always been honest as my prince, a powerless prince, a prince who is content with an ordinary life, I don't want this character to be passed on to you too!" Heydrich looked up at the sky with a face of vicissitudes.

"Do you believe in fate?"

"Fate? How to say, some things are predestined, and some can be changed through their own efforts! Tatsuten also looked up, and he saw the trunks, the leaves, the sky, and the birds.

"The man I admire the most is the god of the British Navy, Admiral Nelson. He led the LinkedIn Navy to victory at Cape Trafalgar in 1805, when Nelson was shot in the chest just as the battle was about to be won. Before he died, he breathed a sigh of relief and left behind a quote that inspired generations of admirals: Thank God I did my duty. Heydrich withdrew his gaze from looking at the sky and looked back at Chentian.

"He's very admirable, but does it have anything to do with your retirement?" Chen Tian asked suspiciously.

"In the 100 years since the end of the Battle of Cape Trafalgar, no navy has been able or daring to challenge the Royal Navy, and the world's oceans have become bathtubs for the British. Our esteemed Emperor His Majesty is determined to challenge the British for maritime supremacy out of his yearning for sea power, or rather his own will, but every point of our naval strength increases, the British will pay tribute to us with exponential speed, and if one day we really go to war with the British, I think Nelson's spirit in heaven will also bless the British to win! Heydrich's voice grew lower, and the last sentence sounded like he had said to himself, and his gaze darkened.

"I believe that if Nelson had a spirit in heaven, he would also bless the bravest and the most prepared!"

Heydrich looked at his son in amazement, and his eyes began to jump.

"Father, I have a bold plan, I want you to join in, we just need an experienced fleet commander!" Chen Tian has never been able to find a suitable commander, because no admiral is both "bold" and calm, he is ready to go into battle himself as a last resort, but in fact he is not very skilled in the actual command of the fleet, and he lacks practical combat experience.

Heydrich couldn't close his mouth for a long time after seeing Chentian's "Operation Fate", a new weapon and new tactic that he had never heard of, and after days of hard thinking, he decided to join, and he decided to challenge fate.

Admiral Tirpitz was also pulled in by them, and the three of them got together and studied it for a long time, and finally revised a perfect "Operation Destiny" half a year ago.

At midnight on September 1, 1914, Prince Heydrich set sail with his fleet from the port of Kiel and crossed the Danish Penta Strait at night. All the ships passed along the center line of the strait as far as possible, all around was pitch black, the stars and the moon in the sky were obscured by a large number of clouds, these new warships used oil-fired boilers, which were less noisy than coal-fired boilers, and the only sound in the fleet was the low sound of engines and propellers crashing against the hulls of the sea.

At dawn, Heydrich's fleet appeared in the middle of the wide Skagerrak Strait between Denmark and Norway.

At this time, Wilhelmshaven in the North Sea, 3 dreadnoughts and 3 battle cruisers of the 1st reconnaissance fleet of the German High Seas Fleet, swaggered out of the harbor under the command of Vice Admiral Hipper.

The eyes of the British Navy were quickly focused on the German reconnaissance fleet, whose movements were unknown.

In the harbor of Scapaflo, where the British main fleet was anchored, through the morning fog from the North Sea, hundreds of huge ships like small hills were faintly visible, some of the capital ships had begun to make fires, and thick smoke began to rise from the chimneys.

When the first rays of the sun shone on the German naval flag flying high on the Lisa, Prince Heydrich ordered a signal to all ships that made everyone's blood boil: the fleet is moving at full speed, target the port of Scapafllo!

All the officers and men of the aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines, and transports began to cheer as if they had returned victorious. The pilots on the aircraft carrier had also been given their flight route maps and maps of Port Scapaflo, and they suppressed the excitement in their hearts, carefully studying and memorizing the pictures in their hands, and the battle would be fought by them.

Located in the north of Scotland, Scalpaflo occupies the northwest corner of the North Sea, and was chosen as a wartime base for the British Main Fleet at the outbreak of war. From this position, the British Grand Fleet could defend its own seaborne trade routes to the North Sea and block German trade routes through the North Sea, and could rely on its position to trap opposing ships in harbors, and could intervene between the opposing fleet and bases when enemy ships left port to go to sea, forcing the opposing side to fight. Admiral Jerichaw, commander of the British Grand Fleet, considered that the German High Seas Fleet's submarines and mines were so powerful that the traditional approach blockade tactics could not be implemented, so he adopted a long-range blockade tactic against the German High Seas Fleet. This long-range blockade tactic is based on the cruiser detachment, forming a fixed blockade patrol system to comprehensively search the waters of the North Sea, and the battleship detachment is on standby in the harbor to provide support. By the end of August 1914, the British Navy had effectively gained control of the Atlantic and had successfully achieved a naval blockade of Germany. The German navy did not fight, it was locked in by the Kaiser's theory of the "presence fleet" and the belief that the army would soon be victorious, and did not allow it to risk its naval duty of keeping its own sea trade routes open.

Hipper's reconnaissance fleet did not penetrate deep into the North Sea, but cruised around the island of Helgrain, 50 nautical miles north of Wilhelmshaven, but they succeeded in attracting several British Navy cruisers patrolling the North Sea, and the entire northern part of the North Sea was almost in a vacuum.

After sailing out of the Skagerrak Strait, Heydrich's fleet headed rapidly to the northwest, about 500 nautical miles from the port of Scapaflo, a few dozen nautical miles northeast of the Norwegian coast, and the North Sea on the other three sides.

At 8 a.m. on 1 September, six reconnaissance planes took off from the deck of the "Super Duck Mother", four searched forward, and two were responsible for flanking and rear, and no ships were found on their course throughout the morning.

At 12 noon, reconnaissance aircraft No. 3 reported that two merchant ships were approaching the fleet 50 nautical miles ahead, and Heydrich ordered the fleet to begin to turn due north to avoid the merchant fleet.

At 14 p.m., reconnaissance aircraft No. 2 reported that two fishing boats had been spotted near Norwegian waters on the route, and Heydrich sent three destroyers to intercept them and temporarily detain the Norwegian fishermen above.

At 17 p.m., Hipper's reconnaissance fleet began to return home.

At 19 o'clock in the evening, all the reconnaissance planes returned home, and the Heydrich fleet began to sail with the lights out.

At 23 o'clock in the evening, the submarine forces spotted the appearance of a British patrol boat in front of the route.

At 23:45 p.m., the British patrol boat entered a submarine ambush circle, and the U-033 fired two torpedoes to sink it.

At 1:25 a.m. on 2 September, U-018 spotted another British patrol boat and sank it.

At 3 a.m., the Heydrich fleet was only 150 nautical miles from its destination, the fleet slowed down, and the submarines returned to the fleet in turn to refuel.

At 4:03 a.m., the submarine was all refueled, and the transport ship began to return home.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Tirpitz led the main force of the High Seas Fleet quietly sailed out of Wilhelmshaven, and the huge fleet of 16 dreadnoughts, 12 old battleships, 3 battle cruisers, 10 cruisers, and 30 destroyers quickly disappeared into the vast North Sea.

At a quarter past 5 a.m., all the ships of the Heydrich raiding fleet entered their intended combat positions.

At 5:30 a.m., Major Madonie and Maur began to lead their flying squadron to take off from the deck of the aircraft carrier.

At 5:55 a.m., the first wave of 68 aircraft, including 20 Sea Hawk II fighter-bombers, 24 Ostrich I bombers and 24 Swordfish torpedo planes, took off in formation to their destinations.

At 7:12 a.m., the first Sea Hawk II flew over the harbor of Scappafllo, the harbor was filled with secret British battleships, some of the battleships' boilers were on fire, and there was only a thin layer of fog over the entire harbor.

At 7:15 a.m., Major Madonny dropped the first bomb......