In contrast to the character of Jericho, the cautious commander of the Home Fleet, Davy. Betty had the natural courage and recklessness of the British, and upon hearing the news of the sinking of the "Lion", he gave the fleet a blank face to continue fighting the Germans, regardless of the fact that his own strength had been damaged.

But he soon suffered again, and the freed "Hindenburg" and the "Luzo" followed by the "New Zealand" caught the "New Zealand", and the British war patrol, which was already weakly defended, was soon beaten to the point of thick smoke and had to turn to the left and break away from the array.

The breakaway of the "New Zealand" made the shape of Betty's fleet very tight all of a sudden, five "Queen Elizabeth" class battleships and five "Mackensen" class battlecruisers were bombarding each other, the German Navy's "Mackensen" class structure and protection were comparable to the battleships, but in order to increase the speed of the ship lengthened, and the number of boilers was increased, but its displacement was nearly 4,000 tons larger than that of the "Queen" class, and it also had a lot of reserve buoyancy. Although the Germans called it a battlecruiser, in fact the strong defense of the "Mackensen" class was not weaker than that of the "Bavaria" class battleships.

The main forces of both sides were basically equal, but the British battlecruisers that followed behind could not bear it.

The German battle cruisers themselves were known for their strong defense, and the problem was that the "De Fllinger" class was stronger than the British "New Zealand" and "Australia" of the "Indefatigable" class in terms of displacement and main guns. After the "New Zealand" was separated from the battlefield, the "Australia", which was at the end of the British fleet, became the main target, and the poor British battle cruiser was besieged by three battle cruisers, the "Hindenburg", the "Luzo" and the "Seydlitz", and the shape became precarious.

The sea water around the "Australia" immediately boiled, and with each salvo it fired, it was immediately hit three times as hard, tons of sea water were lifted, and countless broken shrapnel flew around.

Metal bullet body water mist shuttle. Fortunately, most of these high-explosive shells fell 500 yards away from the starboard side of the Lyutsov's battle patrol, and only one shell formed a long-range miss, which had little effect on the Lützov. The German high-explosive bombs fell heavily to the surface of the sea, smashing into a whirlpool and making a huge splash. With a dull loud noise, huge water columns tens of meters high were formed on the sea surface.

The "Count Spey" and the "Queen Elizabeth" continued to bombard each other, and the two flagships sailed in parallel at a distance of 15,000 meters, and the strongest warships of the two navies engaged in a battle to the death. The "Count Spee" has already received seven 15-inch shells, and the situation with the "Queen Elizabeth" is not much better.

The battle had lasted 20 minutes, and the damage to the German ships was quite severe, the bow of the "Mackensen" was blown open, and more than 600 tons of water were flooded, and the "Prince Frederick" lost one of its main turrets. The most severely damaged was the Marquis Bismarck, which suffered 15 rounds of large-caliber shells, the cable lines in the amidships were severed, the bridge's communication system was not working, and the gunner had to give orders to the turret through the original sounder. Only the "Ludendorff" received only three shells, and there was basically no serious damage.

The excellent armor protection and sturdy hull structure of the German battleships still played a key role, and the British watched this qiē with annoyance and some frustration, and these damned German warships were still fast and combative, although they were hit one after another.

Over time, the shape of the battlefield became more and more unfavorable to the British fleet.

The German battlecruisers were able to withstand the attacks of the battleships, but the armored defense of the battlecruisers, which the British themselves had great design flaws, could not withstand the heavy bombardment of large-caliber guns. The "Australia" was shrouded in smoke, but fortunately the battle cruiser was not penetrated into the vital parts, and the billowing smoke from the hull prevented the besieging German battleship from catching its target, but saved its life.

The German battlecruisers abandoned the shelling of the "Australia" and transferred their fire to the "Tiger". "Australia" took the opportunity to get out of the attack and broke away from the team.

Now that Betty was left with only six battleships, the shape immediately tightened.

"Sir, it seems that we can't stand it anymore, the 'Tiger' is being besieged by four German battle cruisers, and we can't get rid of the new battleships of the Germans." Chatfield had to make a remark to remind the fleet commander of the present situation that if the German battlecruisers pulled out, they would form a flanking attack on the British battleships together with their battleships.

"Looks like you have to give up?" Betty muttered that with the commissioning of the German Navy's Bavaria-class battleships and Mackensen-class battleships, the balance of British and German naval forces had changed substantially, and the German Navy now had enough strength to challenge the Royal Navy.

Not just courage, but also strength.

On the contrary, the Royal Navy added only five "Revenge" class battleships after the Battle of Jutland, and due to budget constraints, the "Revenge" class battleships were inferior to the "Queen" class, which was commissioned earlier, in terms of displacement and speed. This has led to the dilemma that the Royal Navy is now facing: there are a large number of old battleships that are very slow, but they are losing ground in the battle of new warships.

"Order the 'Tigers' to retreat, and the battleships abandon the attack on the enemy battleships and concentrate their fire on the enemy's battlecruisers!" After pondering for a while, Betty finally made up her mind to retreat.

The British fleet began to turn, and the "Tiger" accelerated its flight from the battlefield with fire and fire, while the German war cruisers pursued with all their might in the rear.

The "Malaya" and "War Wey", which were located behind the British fleet, turned their guns to the German battle cruisers, and the "De Fllinger", which rushed to the front, could not continue its previous good fortune, and the British battleship hit the "De Fllinger" directly in the first round of shelling, and a large-caliber shell directly hit its "Anton" turret, but the British poor shell fuse still saved its life, and the shell exploded before it could penetrate the armor.

The "De Fllinger" was soon hit by three 15-inch shells, and a fire broke out on the foredeck, so it had to turn to the right to evade.

The British became excited, but it didn't take long for a shocking news to arrive, and the "Portsmouth", which was on guard on the flank, sent back a telegram: "Urgent, the enemy fleet has been detected in the northeast, sail to the southwest!" ”

The shape of the battlefield changed abruptly again, the Austrians appeared on the battlefield again at the right time, the British fast fleet had already damaged Yan zhòng, if it was caught by the Austro-Hungarian fleet, then Betty's fleet could be swallowed by the enemy today!

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