Hipper's fleet completed its turn and began to accelerate, intending to block the retreat of Thomas's fleet.

In desperation, the captain of the "Malaya" ordered all the secondary guns on the starboard side to turn to the sea to shoot, expecting a water curtain to cover his retreat. But soon this order lost its effect, and shells constantly exploded on the starboard side of the "Malaya". In just a few minutes, the starboard secondary guns of the "Mayaya" were completely destroyed.

A large hole of about 10 feet was torn in the starboard waterline of the "Mayaya", from which the sea water poured in rapidly, and the entire warship tilted 6 degrees to the right.

Now it's finally done turning.

Despite being hit by a dozen shells, this super battleship really reached the pinnacle of its era in terms of firepower, speed, and protection. The "Malaya" continued to run at a high speed of 24 knots, but it could not escape the pursuers behind it. Rear Admiral Barnke commanded four King-class battleships in hot pursuit, constantly bombarding it with their front guns.

The "Malaya" was covered in flames, dragged a thick wall of smoke behind it, and continued to run wildly on the sea at high speed, which left the Germans helpless, and it seemed that luck was not very good, the German battleship could not deal a fatal blow to the well-defended British battleship.

Now there was a great chase on the sea, Betty's fleet fled in front, Hipper's five war cruisers in the rear and stubbornly attacked Hipper's fleet, while "Barham" and "Warrior" stubbornly shelled Hipper's fleet, and "Malaya" and "War Wey" fought stubbornly at the rear against the main German fleet that was closely pursuing them.

Betty's fleet finally got rid of the pursuit of Hipper's fleet after an hour and a half of wild running, and now Hipper's fleet and Thomas's fleet were engaged in a scuffle: "Luzzo" and "De Fllinger" against "Balham", two Austro-Hungarian war cruisers against "Warrior", "Seydlitz" and "Moltke" dragged behind against "War Weyer" and "Malaya", four "Kings" were in hot pursuit, and Scheer's main fleet was already nearly 3 nautical miles behind.

The Barham and the Warrior were undaunted in the face of the four Rangers, and although the two warships suffered multiple wounds, neither of them was fatal, but every 880-kilogram shell they fired on them dealt heavy damage. Now Hipper's fleet was indeed battered, almost every battleship was covered with scars, the bow of the "Luzzo" was torn open, the sea water continued to pour in, and the entire foredeck of the hull was almost parallel to the sea. "De Fllinger" was also hit by three shells, and there was a slight decrease in speed. The "Radetzky" now also has three main turrets left to shoot, and the "Grand Duke Franz" is in the best condition, having only been hit once, mainly because now the enemy really can't take care of it. And the "Seydlitz" was the worst, the entire superstructure was almost completely destroyed, the whole body was on fire, only the "Anton" turret could still return fire, and the amidships were continuously penetrated, and the hull was also tilted strictly.

The sky slowly darkens, but Betty's heart is full of hope, Jellico's fleet will soon appear, and the enemy will soon fall into the trap.

At most, half an hour will be his time for revenge.

However, the ensuing news from the "Invincible" completely stunned him.

The Second Reconnaissance Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Potick carefully explored the way in front of Betty's fleet, and Hipper, who was also afraid of being dragged into a trap by Betty, gave Hipper hope that the battlefleet led by Admiral Spey would soon intercept Betty's retreat. In fact, Hipper ordered Potick to search Spee's fleet and guide him in the direction.

Near 6 o'clock, Potick spotted a British cruiser 5 nautical miles northeast and led the cruiser to pounce on it. After a short exchange of fire, the British cruiser "Chester" was hit by more than a dozen shells in a short time, and suddenly the deck was in shambles.

The "Chester" fled all the way to the northeast, and Potic led the fleet in hot pursuit, when suddenly, three huge shadows of ships emerged from the foggy sea. Three battleships of the "Invincible" class under the command of Rear Admiral Hood arrived.

As Betty kept changing course as she fled north, Hood's fleet had in fact run through, and they were now about 10 nautical miles due east of Hipper's fleet. Potik hurriedly ordered the fleet to turn and prepare for retreat. But the British battle cruisers opened fire first, at a distance of less than 7000 meters, and the British hit the "Wiesbaden" with the first shot, its boiler compartment was punctured, and the entire warship lost power and could only float on the water.

The German cruisers were fleeing with smoke, and just as the British were complacent, a row of battleships suddenly appeared behind them.

The battleship led by Spee finally arrived on the battlefield.

In the dusk of the sunset, the sea was dyed a brilliant fiery red, and Admiral Spee, who was standing on the bridge of the "Bavaria", could already hear the sound of cannons in the distance, the battle flag was already raised on the warship, and the entire fleet pointed its guns in the direction from which the cannon sound came.

However, when the lookout on the "Bavaria" spotted the enemy, the distance between the two sides was only 11,000 meters, and in less than a minute, Spee decisively gave the order to open fire. The 380-mm guns of the "Bavaria" thundered like a thunderous roar, and the enemy could only see the fire shining in the distance, and the shells came into the air with a sharp whistling sound after about a dozen seconds.

"Hidden!"

When the strange screams from the air rang out, some officers and veteran sailors immediately beckoned others to pay attention to concealment, but the approach of the shells to the fall was a matter of fingers after all, before more people had time to react. One shell after another fell like meteorites from the sky, and suddenly stirred up columns of water hundreds of meters high on the originally calm sea.

There was no shortage of calm officers on board the Invincible, and Rear Admiral Hood quickly figured out the enemy's situation, and he encountered the enemy's main fleet, which consisted of battleships with 14-inch or 15-inch guns. The latest information was sent out by radio at the first time, and now the only thing Hood could do was to escape,

Craddock recklessness is not Nelsonian bravery, and the Royal Navy is not short of courage, but they are not stupid either. In the face of this sudden blow, the officers moved from the outer bridge to the cabins of varying thickness, but at least had considerable protection against shrapnel, in the shortest possible time. The only thing that remains to be done is how to escape the clutches of the enemy.

The 45-caliber 380-mm guns of the Bavaria-class battleships may have torn apart a large piece of the weakly defended "Dreadnought" hull with just one shell, and could even be fatal with a single blow.

Betty almost fainted, his current course was almost to crash headlong into the enemy's fortress, fortunately, he ordered to change the course in time, and it didn't matter what lured the enemy or not, now the most important thing is to escape, the whole fleet turned due north, and escaped with all his might!

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