The sinking of the "Agincoot" was a huge blow to the British shipbuilding industry, which became especially prominent after the war. As the ultimate foreign trade ship of the British Empire shipyard, the thin-skinned and stuffed "seven-turret relic" is so vulnerable on the battlefield. Moreover, because the Royal Navy for its own interests, British foreign trade ships have always been very weak in terms of protection, and finally made the navies of various countries choose to abandon the British Empire when purchasing warships after the war.

This was a big blow to the British shipbuilding industry, and the British could be regarded as reaping the consequences.

"This is the greatest mockery of the arrogant Royal Navy!" Admiral Scheer, the commander of the "Frederick the Great", casually commented that so far the German fleet had sunk three British capital ships, and its own side had not lost a single one. Although the German battleships were always at a disadvantage in the fight with the British, thanks to the excellent protection design of the German designers, the main German battleships with wounds were still on the surface.

The fierce exchange of fire continued, and the battle cruiser fleet led by Vice Admiral Hipper finally rushed out of the battlefield, and Vice Admiral Betty led the only four remaining battle cruisers behind him to pursue in a northwesterly direction. The Hipper fleet was again battered in an exchange of fire with Thomas's fleet, which was at the end of the British battle line. The "Radetzky" was hit by four 15-inch shells in succession, one shell pierced the "Caesar" turret, and caused a large fire, only 4 of the 76 officers and men in the turret survived, the Austro-Hungarian war patrol rear deck was on fire, and the billowing smoke from the hull covered the "Grand Duke Franz" behind it.

The "Grand Duke Franz" was lucky, its hull was hidden in the smoke from the "Radetzky", and only three shells were fired, one 15-inch shell pierced the 16th compartment in the front, but there were no casualties, but a 15-inch shell hit in the rear of the bridge pierced the communication room, causing casualties among 17 officers and men.

Located at the end of the fleet "von. Morality. The Tann had received five more shells, and its superstructure had been almost destroyed anyway, and it was not clear whether the injuries were good or bad, and the warship was still able to stay in the queue anyway.

The tenacious vitality of the German battleship is best reflected in this warship.

"Damn, why are those German ships still floating on the surface?" On the bridge of the "Lion", Vice Admiral Betty had long since lost sight of the so-called demeanor and kept exploding foul language. Asking herself, Betty knew very well that if he led such a British battle cruiser formation to launch a "death assault" like Hipper's on the German High Seas Fleet, it was estimated that no more than half of the battleships would survive. The near-best survivability of the German battleships made this impulsive navy almost crazy, but he felt very helpless.

Betty led the battle cruiser in pursuit of Hipper. Rear Admiral Thomas also commanded four "Queen Elizabeth"-class fast battleships to break away from the battle line and support Betty in the rear.

Hipperre was now in love with the war, and the German battlecruisers had been fighting fiercely from the beginning of the war to the present, and the ships were damaged. Morality. The "Tann" has almost become scrap metal, and now the sailors on each ship have a huge consumption of their bodies, and their bodies have reached their limits.

"Enemy ship spotted in front right!" Then the lookout hand reported.

Hipper was taken aback, if he encountered the main force of the British again, he would not be able to escape today. "Confirm the target!" The lieutenant general took two puffs of his cigar and calmed himself.

It was indeed the British fleet that appeared in their northeast direction, and the three "Invincible"-class battle cruisers of the 3rd Battlecruiser Detachment of the Royal Navy led by Rear Admiral Hood escaped Spee's pursuit and moved closer to the Jellicoe fleet. However, due to the turn of the home fleet, the navigators miscalculated, and by the time they reached the predetermined sea, Jericho's main force was now about 8 nautical miles to the south.

Spee's fleet pursued fiercely behind him, but Hood and Hipper almost met head-on, and soon the two fleets exchanged hands again, Hipper's flagship "Lützov" was hit again and hit three 12-inch shells in succession, the damaged "Anton" turret exploded violently again, the front turret was completely torn, a large amount of sea water poured into the forward compartment and the torpedo compartment on the side side, the bow sank under the surface of the sea, and could only barely move forward at a speed of 15 knots.

The Invincible sailed northeast of the German battlecruiser, followed by its sister ships, the Indomitable and Indomitable, with the two fleets about 16,000 meters apart. Rear Admiral Hood ordered the fleet to turn to the left to avoid the German fleet, which was much stronger than his own, and at the same time ordered an attack on the Hipper's fleet.

The guns of the three old British war cruisers were quite accurate, and only two salleys hit the "Lützov" that bore the brunt of the attack three times, but the German battleships behind quickly avenged the "Lützov". "Lützov", "De Fllinger", "Radetzky" and "Grand Duke Franz" opened fire together, followed by another shocking spectacle on the sea: a fire broke out on the "Invincible", after which the battleship wrapped in flames exploded in a series of rapid and violent explosions, a large ball of fire rose into the air, the mast collapsed, shiny debris flew everywhere on the surface of the sea, the middle of the hull was broken, black soot and white steam rose from all directions, and a huge column of smoke rose into the air.

The fire dissipated, and the "Invincible" was gone.

The observer excitedly shouted into the microphone: "Enemy ship explosion!" Thunderous cheers rang out on the decks of the German-Austrian battleship. The explosion occurred so suddenly, and only 6 of the 1,037 officers and men of the 1,037-ton battlecruiser "Invincible" with a displacement of 17,250 tons survived.

The British once again paid a terrible price for their weak design of battlecruiser protection.

By this time, Hipper's fleet had been a success, but he had no time to think about the accolades he would receive when he returned. Betty was still in hot pursuit, and the "Lüzov" was so flooded that it had lost its combat capability. The vice admiral boarded the "De Fllinger" on a transport boat, on which the lieutenant general's flag was raised. "Lützov" faltered, and the incapacitated "Seydlitz", "von Tseitz". Morality. The Tann sailed together, while Hipper led four other Battlecruisers to continue the artillery battle with Betty.

Admiral Scheer's High Seas Fleet broke away from the battle to the southwest, with only the Hipper's fleet and the Third Battlefleet under the command of Rear Admiral Barnke suffering some damage, while the other four "Nassau" and five "Helgoland" classes suffered minor damage and remained relatively intact.

The High Seas Fleet gradually approached Hipper, and Betty, seeing that Scheer had arrived, had no choice but to abandon the battle with Hipper, turn southeast, and join Jericho's home fleet.

The battlefield gradually calmed down, and the warships on both sides began to busily extinguish the fires, mend the losses, and prepare for another battle.

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