The British Navy and the German Navy are two of the most powerful navies in the world. The collision of the navies of the two countries represents a collision between the most powerful navies in the world. Even before the decisive battle, Britain and Germany had drawn up several sets of plans, preparing to defeat each other's navies in one fell swoop.

The plan of the German navy was to kill and injure the British fleet by attacking the British naval forces tasked with monitoring and blockading the German coast at any possible time, as well as by attacking the British coast with mines and submarines. When the results of such operations have accumulated to the point where the naval strength of both sides is equal, all our forces must be ready and assembled to try to find unfavorable fighters for a decisive battle in the fleet.

It's just that although the German Navy's plan is impeccable, in fact, the heavenly machine has already been leaked.

On August 25, 4612 (14) of the Yellow Emperor Era, the German Navy "Magdeburg" light cruiser ran aground in the Gulf of Finland, just as the German Navy destroyer rescued the abandoned officers and soldiers, the Russian Navy ship suddenly appeared and shot away the German destroyer, so that the German army failed to completely blow up the wreckage of the "Magdeburg". Later, Russian divers accidentally found a German Navy codebook and flag book in the wreck of a German warship and provided it to Britain, so that the British Admiralty could easily decipher the German Navy's radio code. The plans of the German Navy were also known to the British Navy as a result.

On May 30, 4614 (16), Admiral John Jericho, commander of the British Navy's main fleet, received a top-secret message from London: "The German Ocean Fleet will sail tomorrow." After receiving the information, Admiral John Jellicoe and Vice Admiral David Betty both sensed an unexpected action, and Jellicoe worked out a battle plan identical to Schell's overnight: Vice Admiral David Beatty led the avant-garde fleet from Port Rousseth, Scotland, and arrived in the waters off Jutland East Norway on the afternoon of the 31st, with a view to meeting the German fleet. Jericho personally led the main fleet from the port of Scapafolo and also reached the sea area 60 nautical miles northwest of Betty's fleet on the afternoon of the 31st. If Betty and the German fleet were to exchange fire at this moment, after taking the initiative to show weakness, he should direct the other party in the direction of the main force of the fleet, so that Jellico's huge group of ships would appear behind the German ships. With the sheer firepower and speed of the British fleet, Jerichale believed that he was completely certain of annihilating the German fleet that appeared in the intended waters.

At half past nine in the evening, Betty led a detachment of battle cruisers to the sea. Including the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron, the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron, the 5th Battleship Squadron and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Cruiser Squadron, the 1st, 9th, 10th, 13th Destroyer Squadron. And in Scarpa Bay. Jericho and the main battleship of the fleet also set off at the same time. These two fleets included all Royal Navy battleships except HMS Dreadnought (docked for repairs), HMS Emperor of India (under overhaul), HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Monarchy and all battlecruisers except HMS Australia (HMS Australia has been deployed to the Australian Navy).

At two o'clock in the morning on 31 May, Vice Admiral Hipper, of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet, left Wilhelmshaven with the 1st and 2nd Reconnaissance Detachments, consisting of battle cruisers and cruisers, respectively. Half an hour later, the main forces of the High Seas Fleet, led by Admiral Schell, left Wilhelmshaven. The naval duel between Britain and Germany was about to break out.

At 3:49 p.m., the battle patrol formation led by Lieutenant General Hipper and the battle patrol formation led by Lieutenant General David Betty encountered. The two sides engaged in a fierce duel. Although, the battle patrol formations of the British Navy had six battle cruisers. The battle cruiser formation of the German Navy consisted of only five battle cruisers, and the British Navy had the advantage. However, the result of the battle was the suppression of the battle patrol formations of the British Navy. After only a few minutes of fighting, the British Navy suffered heavy losses. A number of battle cruisers were heavily damaged, while the German Navy's battle cruisers suffered very minor damage. It's only twenty minutes. The German Navy had an overwhelming advantage.

However, the superiority of the German Navy did not last long, and the 5th Battleship Detachment of the British Navy arrived in time. These four battleships belong to the latest 'Queen Elizabeth class' battleships of the British Navy, and are equipped with the latest 381 mm main guns. The strength is very strong.

As soon as these four formidable battleships began to attack the German Navy's battle patrol formation, they immediately changed their occupation and saved Vice Admiral David Beatty's battle patrol formation. Vice Admiral Hipper had no choice but to lead the battle patrol formations of the German Navy to retreat.

Subsequently, the main fleet led by the commander of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet, Admiral Schell, joined the battlefield, and Betty had to order a retreat in the direction of the main fleet. Due to a malfunction in the communication system, this command was not received by the 5th Battleship Detachment. The 5th Battleship Detachment was directly plunged into a situation of death-and-death battle with the main forces of the High Seas Fleet: within 10 minutes, the superstructure of the "Balham" was shot, the secondary guns of the "Malaya" were destroyed, and the "War-weary" steering gear was out of order and seriously damaged.

At 5:40 p.m., Hipper's encounter with Betty's fleet took place again, and "Lützov", "Sideritz" and "De Fringel" were hit several times. Hipper hurriedly retreated, trying to rendezvous with Scheer as soon as possible. At 5:45, Jericho received a notification to determine the position of the German fleet.

At 6:15 p.m., Jericho's fleet spotted the German Schell fleet and ordered the fleet to turn northeast. Betty's previous counterattack disrupted Hipper's reconnaissance, and the latter failed to detect Jericho's location in time, so Scheer never had a clear judgment on Jericho's location. Soon after, Scheer realized that he had to face Jericho's T-shaped cross, and ordered to turn in place - the largest "total 180-degree turn backwards" in human history was amazingly completed, and Scheer's fleet was transformed into a front team, desperately breaking away from Jericho's fire.

At 6:40 p.m., Schell's fleet turned back, and Rear Admiral Hood's ship "Invincible" was hit by "De Fringer", and an ammunition depot exploded, killing Hood and 1,011 officers and men on board, and only 6 survived.

At 7 p.m., the Anglo-German fleet encountered again, when the British Home Fleet was east of the German High Seas Fleet, and Scheer had to cross the British fleet. At 7:20 p.m., Scheer retreated again under the cover of the destroyer's smoke, and the two sides disengaged. At 8 p.m., Hipper was forced to abandon the battered battlecruiser "Lützov" in favor of the lightly wounded "Moltke", and Jericho ordered the fleet to turn back to 170 degrees. At 8:20 p.m., Jericho ordered the minelayer "Servant of God" to go to the Horn Waterway to lay mines, and Betty's battle cruiser detachment made contact with the German ship, and there were several brief exchanges of fire, but due to poor sight, contact was quickly lost. At half past eleven o'clock in the evening, the German High Seas Fleet rearguard had an encounter with the 12th detachment of the British Fourth Destroyer, 4 Royal Navy destroyers were sunk, and the old German ironclad ship "Pomerania" was sunk.

Eventually, the Anglo-German fleets each returned to their bases, and the naval battle ended.

In this duel between the British and German navies, the German navy had 1 battle cruiser, 1 dreadnought, 4 light cruisers, and 5 torpedo boats, with more than 2,500 officers and men killed and wounded. The British Navy suffered more than 8,700 casualties on 3 battlecruisers, 2 battleships, 3 armored cruisers, and 8 destroyers. (Bigger than the loss of another plane)

Judging by the results, the losses of the German Navy were much smaller than those of the British, and they undoubtedly won this naval battle. However, in terms of strategy, the German Navy failed to break the British naval blockade, the global seas were still under the control of the British Navy, and the Ocean Fleet was stuck in the harbor and was useless, still a "fleet of existence". The British lost ships, thanks to the great industrial economy, were quickly replenished, as the American New York Times commented: "The German fleet attacked its prison guards, but remained in prison."

Although the German High Seas Fleet won the naval battle, they were not able to break the blockade of the British Navy. As a result, they still do not receive support from overseas military supplies. And, through this naval duel, the German Navy also realized the strength of the British Navy. In order to avoid the loss of the main fleet, Wilhelm II ordered the High Seas Fleet not to go to sea again to fight a decisive battle with the British Navy.

However, in order to defeat Britain and win the war, Germany still tried everything he could.

After the beginning of the world war, Germany carried out submarine warfare against the Allied countries, dealing a major blow to British merchant ships and warships, and later adopted "limited submarine warfare" for fear of the intensification of the anti-German wave in Europe. However, the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of Jutland in 4614 (16) dealt a great blow to the confidence of the German army. For Germany, submarine warfare became the "last card". Some of Germany's top admirals have always advocated unrestricted submarine warfare. Based on exaggerated submarine records, they claimed that if they carried out unrestricted submarine warfare, they could defeat Britain in six months. German Chancellor Theobarden von Batemann Holwig, who had always opposed unrestricted submarine warfare, was moved by these arguments and abandoned his original opinion. On January 9, 4615 (17) of the Yellow Emperor Era, Kaiser Wilhelm II finally endorsed the above opinion at the Imperial Council, and on the same day issued an order to his chief of the General Staff of the Navy, Holzendorf: "I order that from February 1, unrestricted submarine warfare begin in an all-round way. ”

Germany began to carry out unrestricted submarine warfare, which of course caused Britain heavy losses and was almost trapped to death. At the same time, however, this indiscriminate attack also harmed the interests of China and the United States, which had made their fortunes by selling war materials to the Entente countries. (To be continued.) )

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