Britain and Germany have adopted similar tactics, that is, to send a lure enemy fleet as the avant-garde, wanting to rely on this to attract the main force of the other side, both sides actually made a serious mistake, that is, ignoring the impact of air power on naval warfare, the British side has an advantage in aircraft carriers, and the German Navy also has ten zeppelins, if the two armies use the nascent air power as the main force of reconnaissance, they will definitely be able to make this war change greater, but both sides obviously did not expect this, all the German airships are sleeping in the harbor.

Although Jericho brought the Campania into the war, the fleet commander still used the traditional cruiser as the main reconnaissance force, and did not let the planes on the Campania take off at all, which made the captain Oliver and Chen Shaokuan angry, and whoever could find the opponent first in the vast sea could take the lead.

The elm-headed Jericho didn't know how to let the plane take to the air to search for the enemy ship, and he also refused Oliver's request for war, maybe he thought that the role of the aircraft carrier was to play soy sauce, it was really stupid to the extreme, "Mr. Captain, the fate of the British Empire is in your hands, we must find the German fleet as soon as possible!" ”

Oliver finally made up his mind, and took off four planes, watching the wooden planes flutter into the sky, and Oliver's heart rose into the air with them.

"Chen, it's a wonderful moment that the fate of the British Empire depends on these little planes!"

Chen Shaokuan also seemed to understand what Qiao Yu meant at this time, air power has too much advantage over the sea, but these planes are still too primitive to undertake greater combat missions, but as long as there is enough time for the aircraft to mature, the seemingly majestic battleship will definitely be replaced by an aircraft carrier, in the era of battleships, China has completely lost the opportunity, but the era of aircraft carriers has just begun, China must definitely catch up, this is also China's only chance.

Although the Campania was cut first, which made Jericho very angry, he did not look down on this useless aircraft carrier, and still ordered the cruiser to pursue it diligently.

At 2:28 p.m., the British and German avant-garde fleets finally discovered each other and informed their main fleets.

The main force of the German High Seas Fleet was less than thirty nautical miles away from him, and it was not until this moment that Jericho knew that the Germans were fighting the same calculation as himself, and the German fleet that Betty found was just a decoy, and his real opponent was the equally large German High Seas Fleet, and it was at this moment that Jericho really realized the value of the Campania, and the search range of dozens of cruisers was not as good as such an aircraft carrier.

Jericho immediately ordered the British [***] ships to change formation, and under the guidance of the air force, they were killed by the German High Seas Fleet, and at the same time, the British Royal Navy also put on the usual "T" tactic, and the commander of the German High Seas Fleet, Scheer, also received a report from Hipper, who was tasked with luring the enemy, and knew that they were leading a big fish to the direction of the main force of the High Seas Fleet, but he did not know that a larger fleet in the northeast had abandoned the German avant-garde fleet and paid attention to the main force of the High Seas Fleet.

At 3:50 p.m., the British home fleet finally discovered Scheer's high seas fleet, the battleships symbolizing the majesty of the British Empire suddenly fired ten thousand cannons, twenty-four battleships lined up in pairs, and the hideous muzzles were aimed at Scheer's high seas fleet, at this time Scheer suddenly woke up to the fact that he was the target of the British, and he didn't know very well why the British could find them, but there was no time for him to think, the British had already launched an attack, and he had to give it a go.

Scheer clearly remembered the teachings of His Majesty the Emperor before the battle, as long as you can inflict heavy losses on the British home fleet, you can win the war, don't be afraid of sacrifice, don't be afraid of losses!

The Emperor's hadith has been very clear, the high seas fleet is to be a consumable, the purpose is to consume the Royal Navy, so that the British are afraid, so that they have to withdraw from the war, so Schell also bravely chose to fight, but the current war situation is extremely unfavorable for the German high seas fleet, in the forefront of the formation Frederick the Great, Caesar has been the British battleship focus on greeting.

One by one, the shells fell in the sea, splashing up columns of water that soared into the sky, and Scheer knew very well that if he continued, he could only be beaten passively, so he hurriedly made a 180-degree turn, and the German high seas fleet left the battlefield with scars, but Scheer did not retreat, and immediately turned around again after quickly leaving the battlefield, and the two huge fleets collided together again at sea.

The war in the era of cannons and giant ships can indeed make people's blood boil, tens of thousands of tons of steel monsters like ancient knights spewing tongues of fire, soaring water columns, thick black smoke and firelight, violent explosions will shake the ocean and roll, from time to time injured warships sink to the icy North Sea seabed, and the casualties of soldiers are even more serious.

Chen Shaokuan's Campania did not participate in the war, but now no one dares to underestimate this warship, it is the help of the aircraft that allowed the British Navy to find the German fleet first, so that Britain can seize the opportunity, but the ambitious Captain Oliver is not satisfied with the current results, he is ready to bomb the battleship.

He wanted to prove to the world that an aircraft carrier was not an auxiliary ship that would only search for the enemy, but a capital ship that could truly dominate the seas, and that there were twelve planes on the Campania, and in the course of the reconnaissance, two planes were damaged, and now there were only ten left, and Oliver let six planes take off, and flew to the head of the German fleet with two hundred pounds of bombs.

They selected the German battleship Crown Wilhelm and began to drop bombs, but unfortunately the pilots were not trained at all, and it was now close to dusk, and they could only see a rough outline, and as a result, all the bombs were dropped, and only one bomb landed on the foredeck of the Crown Prince Wilhelm, but the more dramatic thing is that the bomb did not explode.

The air raid found nothing, and two planes were injured when landing, it can be said that it was a bombing operation of the most unsuccessful, the battle of the Campania called Delan has ended, but the shock of Chen Shaokuan, these young naval officers, is forever in life, they saw the power of the aircraft carrier in the naval battle, but also saw the limitations of the aircraft carrier, this war that broke out at dusk seems to be heralding the twilight of the battleship era, although it is gorgeous but it is not long.

However, the British and German navies are still in a fierce battle is not clear, they can only fight desperately, and try to shoot out one shell after another, the naval battle has lasted more than two hours, although the British side occupies the advantage of troops, but the design of the warship has a fatal flaw, the British attach importance to speed, pay attention to artillery, but ignore protection, which makes them suffer, the German [***] ship hit by the same number of shells can continue to float on the water, although it has been scarred, But the artillery fire was still fierce.

The British warships were often about to sink to the bottom of the sea, the Courage, the Conqueror, the George V, the Giant, and the Culgent were sunk one after another, leaving only a vortex that quickly disappeared above the sea, while the Germans only lost the Natsu and Caesar, but several warships, including Frederick the Great, had already been heavily damaged.

In addition to the battles between battleships, the cruiser formations are also fiercely exchanging fire, and the same is true for destroyers, warships sink into the sea like dumplings, and only the sea has such a broad mind to accommodate the most brutal war in human history, patiently harvesting lives one by one, one warship after another.

It was completely dark, and although the British suffered more heavy losses, they suppressed the German high seas fleet by virtue of their numerical superiority, and Scheer had already replaced the flagship on the Empress, and the deck of the Frederick the Great was almost level with the sea at this time, and the warship was too badly wounded.

Although most of the warships of the German Navy were still floating on the sea, but they were seriously injured, Scheer gradually retreated, he ordered the destroyers to desperately attack the British main fleet, and then the German high seas fleet began to retreat frantically, Jericho also tried to catch up, but when approaching the German port, because of the fear of mines, Jericho chose to retreat.

Such a thrilling naval battle ended like this, Britain had 500,000 tons of steel sunk underwater, the German side was nearly 300,000 tons, and a large number of warships were seriously injured, Germany no longer had enough steel to repair them, Britain still blockaded the German Navy after the victory, but this naval battle has made Britain frightened, they urgently need all the forces to join their side, the United States first became the object that must be wooed.

And Qiao Yu, who has sent volunteers to Europe, also came into the eyes of the British, at this time the busiest person is Li Zongwu, he was sent by Qiao Yu to Europe to investigate the problem of participating in the war, just half a month ago by Lu Jianzhang, Long Jiguang, and Zhang Xiaohuai led by the two divisions of troops finally came to Europe through thousands of miles of oceans, as soon as they appeared, they were received by France unprecedentedly, Lu Jianzhang and others were not used to it at first.

"Mr. Li, when these foreign adults were in China, they looked at us at the top at all, and they didn't look at us at all, how can they be more polite than anyone now, so respectful that I don't know how to be good!"

Li Zongwu laughed loudly: "Commander Lu, if you have seen the cruelty of the battlefield, you will understand everything, the French have more than a million soldiers killed alone, if you add ordinary people, as well as the injured and disabled, France has disappeared one-tenth of the population, and now the most precious thing in France is men, Brother Lu is the best time if you want to appreciate the French style, don't you see that those people who welcome the French girls are all on fire now!" ”