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Thirty nautical miles east of the sea where the German and British fleets were engaged in fierce fighting, a fleet was cruising at low speed in this area. The fleet consisted of eight battleships and four heavy cruisers, as well as more than two dozen light cruisers and destroyers. While the British and German navies were fighting fiercely, they waited quietly in this sea area for their opportunity.

This fleet is none other than the commander of the U.S. Navy's East Coast Fleet, William Brown. The American Expeditionary Fleet under Admiral Benson. The fleet consisted of four 'Pennsylvania-class' battleships, four 'Nevada-class' battleships, and four 'Philadelphia-class' heavy cruisers. They were to serve as a fleet to intercept the fleeing German navy in this naval battle. Of course, if the British Navy could not defeat the German Navy, but was defeated by the German Navy, then there would be nothing to do with them. They could leave the North Sea immediately and return to the United States to avoid losses. Fortunately, the development of the naval battle did not deviate from their expectations, and although the losses of the British Navy were also significant, on the whole, the British Navy won.

"General, the British fleet is calling, and the German fleet is fleeing in a northeasterly direction. John. Admiral Jericho wants us to intercept the German fleet, and he will lead the LinkedIn fleet in pursuit! A staff officer handed the telegram to William. Admiral Benson.

"Did the British win? It seems that we have won this naval battle! "William. Admiral Benson said with a smile. The British Navy defeated the German Navy, which was also very advantageous for the US Navy. At least, when the U.S. Navy faces the Chinese Navy in the future. With the assistance of the British Navy, the US Navy will be more confident.

"Hell! The German Navy also had 19 battleships! We only have eight, let's go and intercept 19 battleships, isn't that a death sentence? "When William. Admiral Benson cursed as he began to read the telegram. In order to prevent the movements of the US Navy from being known to other countries, William. Admiral Benson didn't take many battleships with him this time. Originally, he thought that the British Navy had eliminated the main force of the German Navy, but he didn't expect that the main force of the German Navy was still there! Let him lead 8 battleships to intercept the 19 battleships of the German Navy, if the timing is not right, it will be swallowed by the German Navy in one gulp.

"General. So what are we going to do, do we want to go north to intercept the German Navy? The staff officer asked. Obviously, this is a very high risk for the US Navy. In particular, the four 'Bavaria-class' battleships of the German Navy were still in combat force, if the British Navy could not arrive in time. This would be a disaster for the US Navy.

William. Admiral Benson was also a little hesitant, if they did not cooperate with the British Navy, then their cooperation would be broken, and it would be impossible for the United States to want the British Navy to fight against the Chinese Navy with them in the future. In addition, only after the elimination of the main forces of the German Navy. The British Navy was able to throw its hands into other places, such as Asia. In this way, the pressure on the United States will be much less.

"Send a telegram to the British, and we will go and intercept the German Navy at once. But. The British Navy had to catch up quickly. If they deliberately stall for time, then we will retreat immediately! "William. Admiral Benson said. He was afraid that the British would want to kill people with a knife, so he made this point clear. If the British Navy really had such an idea, then he would immediately lead the American fleet away. Presumably, the German Navy, which was in a hurry to return home, would not have entangled with them. At that time, it was the British who lost the same. Without destroying the main forces of the German Navy. The British Navy had no choice but to shrink the main force of the navy to the mainland, leaving the rest of the world empty. Give the enemy a chance.

"Yes, General!" The staff officer nodded, and immediately asked the signal corpsman to send the telegram to the British fleet.

Subsequently, the U.S. expeditionary fleet began to pick up speed and headed directly north. According to the information provided by the British, the German fleet was sailing northeast, and in this case, it was expected that within an hour of command, they would encounter the German navy.

When John. Admiral Jericho received a message from William. Admiral Benson sent the telegram at a time when the British Navy light cruisers and destroyers were engaged in a fierce battle with the German Navy destroyers. On the sea, artillery rumbles and torpedoes scurry. The lead ships of the British Navy were evading lightning strikes from the German Navy. And the main fleet of the German Navy has already begun to retreat. However, in order to grasp the whereabouts of the German Navy, the British Navy also sent a number of light cruisers and destroyers to follow them.

"Damn, it seems that the Americans can't be allowed to fight the Germans to the death. Send a telegram to the ships, and after avoiding the lightning strike command of the Germans, immediately regroup, pursue the Germans, and can't let them run away! "John. Admiral Jericho ordered. Originally, he also planned to slow down and let the German Navy fight with the American fleet first. However, William. Admiral Benson made it abundantly clear that if the British fleet could not arrive in time, they would retreat. At that time, although the British Navy won this naval battle, it did not destroy the main force of the German Navy. Once these 19 battleships escaped back to Germany, plus the battleships and battlecruisers that had been heavily damaged and withdrew from the battlefield first, the main force of the German navy would still be able to pose a serious threat to the British. In that case, this victory would be imperfect for Britain. As long as the main force of the German Navy is annihilated, and the German Navy is wiped out with the cooperation of the American fleet, then the British Navy can achieve a perfect victory!

Destroyers and light cruisers had a smaller tonnage and weaker armor. Although the caliber of the guns carried is also relatively small. But the fierceness of the battle between them was no less than that of the confrontation between the capital ships. Rapid-fire guns are faster and can deal a lot of damage to the weak hull of a destroyer or cruiser. The destroyer detachment of the German Navy launched a decisive attack on the British fleet, while the destroyers and light cruisers of the British Navy desperately tried to resist the destroyers of the German Navy, otherwise if these destroyers approached and fired torpedoes, it was very likely to cause great damage to the capital ships.

Because the sky had darkened, although the destroyer squadron and the light cruiser squadron of the British Navy took a close interception, in the melee, quite a few German destroyers successfully broke through their interception and fired torpedoes at the command of the capital ship close to the British Navy. Although the battleships of the British Navy launched an emergency evasion at the end, some battleships were hit. Fortunately, it was only hit hard and was not sunk.

By 8:20 p.m., the capital ships of the British Navy had evaded the lightning strikes of the German Navy, reformed the battle line, and pursued the German Navy in the direction of the departure at a speed of eighteen knots. In the lightning strike of the German Navy just now, only the battleship "Giant" of the British Navy was hit by a torpedo in the stern, suffered heavy damage, and had to withdraw from the battle.

In the night sky, the stars were dotted, and the bright moon hung in the sky, sprinkling a white moonlight on the sea. In normal times, there are probably still people who will admire the beauty of the moon and the brightness of the moonlight. But at this moment, the generals of the German Navy were so angry that they scolded. How they wish it was dark and windy! In this way, they were able to evade the pursuit of the British navy by taking advantage of the darkness of the night. The arrival of the German navy can be sure that the main force of the British navy is now chasing at high speed. Although the survivability of the battleships of the German Navy was generally higher than that of the battleships of the British Navy, in terms of speed, there was no advantage. This doesn't have much effect in the heat of battle, but it can have a big impact when you run away. If they were not able to get rid of the British Navy, they would sooner or later be caught up by the British Navy.

At a distance of about 10,000 meters from the German fleet, the British Navy's light cruisers and destroyers were following the main fleet of the German Navy from a distance. Although the German Navy sent a lot of light cruisers and destroyers to destroy, the British Navy also had an absolute advantage in the number of light cruisers and destroyers. It was simply impossible to drive away the large number of light cruisers and destroyers of the British Navy.

"Order the fleet, do the light control, turn left 50 degrees!" At half past eight in the evening, Reinhardt. Once again, Admiral Scheer gave the order to turn. The course of the fleet turned from northeast to due east. In the face of the enemy's pursuit, Reinhardt. Admiral Scheer could only hope that the fleet would return to Germany as soon as possible. Only by returning to command in the military port can we be truly safe.

It's just that the movements of the German Navy are completely under the control of the British fleet. John. Admiral Jericho had already ordered the fleet to increase the speed to 20 knots, which was almost the highest speed of the fleet now. At the same time, John. Admiral Jellicoe did not forget to inform the American fleet of the movements of the German fleet, so that they could accurately intercept the German fleet.

At 8:45 p.m., William. The battle line consisting of eight battleships of the U.S. Navy Expeditionary Fleet commanded by Admiral Benson and the German Navy were encountered. When these eight battleships stopped in front of the German fleet, the German Navy was once again shocked.

"Damn, what's going on? How could the British have so many battleships? "Reinhardt. Admiral Scheer was almost mad. The fleet in front, the eight battleships that looked like hills, were obviously the latest battleships, not those old battleships. This makes Reinhardt. Admiral Schell could not have imagined where the British Navy had gotten so many new battleships.