On the bridge of the German destroyer "Toure", a middle-aged officer with a pipe in his mouth enjoyed the sea breeze, and on the sea not far to his right, two huge ships were advancing rapidly, one after the other.

As one of the few survivors of the attack on Härkoland Bay, the Toure was supposed to hold on to the ruined Härkoland Bay until the end of the war, but everything changed when the German main fleet defeated the British main fleet.

The destroyer "Toure" was not originally part of the German High Seas Fleet, and had only received an impromptu order to escort British prisoners of war a day earlier. The sailors on board were speechless with astonishment when they first saw the two aircraft carriers, their appearance was unlike anything one had ever seen, especially the wide deck and the small bridge on one side of the deck, and the sailors did not come back to their senses for a long time when the rumbling planes took off and landed on the deck.

"Captain, the flagship has sent a telegram requesting all ships to continue on their current course, and from now on no ship shall use radio unless there are special circumstances!"

The middle-aged officer took the telegram and stuffed it into his pocket without looking at it, "Got it, you go and notify the whole ship to execute it!" ”

"Yes!" The junior officer who had just spoken gave a military salute and left.

The match was struck with a thud, but then it was blown out by the sea breeze, and the middle-aged officer muttered softly and walked back to the cabin.

At the door of the captain's room, a young German sailor stood straight, his massive body almost halfway blocking the aisle.

"Captain!" The young sentry saluted the middle-aged officer very seriously.

"Hmm!" The middle-aged officer opened the door and walked in, and before the door was about to close, he glanced at the sentry out of the corner of his eye, and the sentry was still looking ahead.

"Sentinel, I'm going to rest for a while, and no one is allowed to come in without my consent, understand?"

"Yes, Captain!" The sentry straightened his chest, and the middle-aged officer closed the door with confidence.

Despite being the captain's room, the space in this room is still very small, and apart from the bed, the small table is the most special place.

The middle-aged officer pulled out a box from under the bed, hesitated for a moment, and then gently opened the lid of the box, which was full of neatly folded clothes. He placed his clothes on the bed, then lifted the inner bottom of the box, and a small instrument appeared in front of him.

The middle-aged officer very skillfully fiddled with the instrument, then opened the porthole a little, extended an antenna-like object to the window, put on a headset himself, and kept his fingers busy.

About a quarter of an hour later, the door to the captain's room creaked open, and the middle-aged officer walked out with a tired face.

"Captain!" The young sentry still looked serious.

"Hmm!"

When the middle-aged officer walked to the bridge again, a torpedo plane slowly landed on the large ship closest to him, and he stared at the two strange-looking ships, his teeth chattering.

As the smoke cleared, the St. George's Cross flag fluttered in the wind. A young admiral stands on the bridge and admires the beautiful scenery against the backdrop of the sunset, and at his feet, the 23,000-ton hull of the George V-class battleship "Ajax" resembles a huge steel castle; If the angle of view is pulled higher, you can see that the sharp bow of the "Ajax" has drawn a deep water mark on the sea, and the white waves have dispersed to both sides; Zooming out further, dozens of warships of different sizes sailed in the opposite direction of the sunset; The perspective gradually rises into the sky, the wide and calm sea, four groups of toy-like boats are distributed in the blue sea, two groups are heading east, one behind the other seems to be chasing the one in front, the other group is north, it seems to be fleeing aimlessly, and one group is south, as if intending to cut off someone's back road.

After the departure of the large group of German torpedo planes, the scattered British fleet was regrouped. These huge sea beasts seemed to have become accustomed to twisting their clumsy bodies again and again to dodge tiny torpedoes, and as usual, several battleships were lying on the surface of the sea. The difference is that for these wounded and lost their speed, the port of return and the enemy in front of them are already far, far away, and their glorious mission in the seas of the British Empire will soon be over, and they will do their last fight when the enemy comes, like warriors.

David. Betty, the admiral standing on the bridge of the "Ajax", had a sense of vicissitudes on his face that was extremely inappropriate for his age, and scenes from the past appeared in front of him.

Forty-three years ago, in a small village in Cheshire, Ireland, he first let out a cry for life. His father was a good captain, so he aspired to be as great as his father. At the age of 13, he joined the Royal Navy as a naval officer cadet aboard the HMS Great Britain and thus served in the Royal Navy.

Betty, who has always excelled in the army, continues to improve. From 1896 to 1898 he served as deputy commander of the Nile Fleet, suppressed national liberation movements in Egypt and Sudan, and was gradually promoted to the rank of captain of a warship. In the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in China, which began in June 1900, he distinguished himself in the battle against Tianjin, wounded his arm twice, and was promoted to the rank of naval colonel.

Betty gradually established his energetic and aggressive image, and in 1910 at the age of 39 he became the youngest officer (rear admiral) to attain a flagship-qualified rank in a hundred years, breaking the record held by Viscount Nelson for the fastest promotion to a general by a non-royal family. He then served as an adviser to Secretary of the Navy McKenna, but his job did not go well due to disagreements. In 1911, Betty became Vice-Admiral to Churchill, Secretary of the Admiralty. After being appointed commander of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet in 1913, Betty was promoted to lieutenant general, a position he held until the outbreak of war in August 1914. After Jerryd's capture, he was promoted to admiral and was tasked with taking over the home fleet.

The Germans would not forget this man, and Betty was also involved in the raid on the Helgoland Bay on August 28, and his fleet sank three German cruisers and one destroyer.

"General, the intelligence department has sent you an update on the situation of that German fleet!"

Hearing the adjutant's report, Betty jumped out of his memory, he took the telegram and glanced at it, on which Huo Ran wrote the number, location, and speed of the German fleet, but his face was still heavy.

"I don't understand why the fools of the Intelligence Department were able to obtain such detailed information when the Imperial Navy had only their last breath left, and why they and their so-called super spies had no news at all before the Germans attacked Pascafro!" Betty clutched the piece of paper tightly in her hand, and even with this information, he couldn't tell the huge gap in naval strength between the two countries.

His lieutenant leaned next to him and whispered, "General, it is said that it is the intelligence from the spy codenamed 008 again, and our successful sneak attack on Helgoland Bay is largely due to his intelligence. This guy managed to break into the German Navy before the war, and as for Pascaflo's sneak attack and the bombing of Newcastle before, I think it was because he was not in the German High Seas Fleet before! ”

"Shiya! Fate! Betty reluctantly walked back to the command room, and he quickly began to hesitate. How to attack the German fleet - to concentrate all efforts on the German battlefleet first, while the battleships are fired, the cruisers and destroyers are used under the cover of night, regardless of the losses, to approach the German battlefleet and carry out torpedo attacks, and then pursue the German aircraft carrier formation; Or drag the German battlefleet with their own battleships, and let the cruisers and destroyers pursue the German aircraft carriers with all their might. In the present situation, any German ship has become a great enemy to threaten the British mainland, Betty fell into deep thought.

On the "Frederick the Great", Heydrich also stood in front of the chart and thought hard. In his opinion, the timing of the British attack was very accurate, the British fleet was divided into three groups of similar strength, one went to shell Calais in the middle of the afternoon, one came to provoke his fleet and lure the battlefleet away, and the third set sail from the mainland only a few hours before dark, catching up with the aircraft carrier formation that had lost the protection of its main battleships when it was dark. If Betty's fleet had appeared a few hours earlier, with the 9 old and new battleships and more than 100 aircraft in his hands, he would have been able to deal with Betty's fleet more than he could. However, once it is dark, naval battles are no longer about the class of battleships - the torpedo track will be completely hidden in the darkness, a small destroyer can sink a battleship of tens of thousands of tons, and the probability of accidental collision and misfire of battleships in the dark is not small. Therefore, Heydrich decided to drag on, in this vast sea, his fleet could completely avoid the pursuit of Betty's fleet by night, as long as the day dawned, and the Scheer fleet cut off the back route, Betty's fleet had no chance to return to the British mainland.

The sea was getting dark, and the real battle had just begun.

It was a dark night without moonlight, and darkness enveloped the entire North Sea, and it was as if nothing had happened on the sea. For the generals, this silence in the darkness was the most terrible thing, because no one knew at what time the enemy would suddenly appear in front of them.

The last "Prussia" of the Heydrich Battlefleet suddenly reported the sighting of a group of battleships on the right rear side of its side. Heydrich gave a battle alert, and his battleship quietly turned its guns on the enemy.

The battleships were none other than the seven cruisers and 12 destroyers that had burst ahead of Betty's fleet, and before the Germans had spotted them, they had spotted the huge German battleships and sent back reports to the flagship. However, their range was insufficient, so they had to get close again and again, trying to attack with torpedoes. Suddenly, there was a flash of fire on the German battleship in front, and the German fleet opened fire first!

With the flash of artillery fire, the British also saw clearly the German fleet, all battleships! When the German shells fell, the British vanguard began to turn around and retreat. The German ships were unable to accurately range in the dark, so after two volleys of fire they stopped shelling, and both sides disappeared into the darkness together.