Lancelot? Holland's fleet headed north, toward the Danish Channel.

As the latitude increases, the sky that had gradually darkened began to gradually brighten again, and the sun now sets in the middle of the night, and the sun is still shining in the sky at seven or eight o'clock in the evening.

Along the way, the two battleships Nelson and Rodney, as well as the old battleship Warweary, joined the formation, which reduced the speed of the formation to about twenty knots, but the information of the German fleet sent back by the patrol planes from Iceland convinced that he could still intercept the German fleet in time.

"We need to stumble on the German fleet, and once they break through our blockade, only the Prestige will be able to pursue them." "So we need to engage in close combat, on the one hand, with accurate fire from the main guns of the battleships, and on the other hand, with destroyers and cruisers to penetrate to a distance where they can fire torpedoes," Holland said to his chief of staff. The destroyers of the Germans had too short a range, and it was difficult to escort them all the way to the Danish Strait. ”

"Are you going to turn around in front of the enemy?" The captain of the Prestige asked.

"That's right, we approached the enemy ship with the bow facing the enemy, reduced the projection surface of the projection, and turned after approaching a sufficient distance. The Germans only had a higher level of protection than Bismarck, and the rest of the protection was shrinkage, so we had an advantage when shooting at close range. ”

"Well, I support your idea, Mr. Lieutenant General."

The basic tactics of traditional artillery warfare are like what many people imagine, that is, to grab the T-head, but many people don't know that the T-head also means that the cross-section of the battleship will become larger, but at this time, the enemy's firepower is also reduced, so the increased cross-section of the shots is offset by the reduction of the enemy's firepower density.

In the same way, the bow of the fleet aimed at the enemy ship, although it cannot exert all its firepower, but the cross-section of the hit is small, and it is not easy to be hit in the critical compartment, especially at the distance where the shells cannot hit the deck vertically, the bow of the ship towards the enemy ship is equivalent to adding a protection to its own ammunition depot, and the enemy's shells must pass through the unprotected zone of the bow part of the ship to hit the ammunition depot, and only after several reductions in penetration will they touch the main armor - and maybe when penetrating the non-protected zone, the timing of the delay fuse will arrive, and the shell will explode.

In fact, in the Battle of Jutland, the Germans were taken twice, but the battleship group suffered fewer losses than the British, and most of the losses occurred in the unprecedented super-U-turn of Admiral Scheer, when the British reached the maximum projection of the German fleet.

Therefore, there was no problem with Holland's bow to meet the enemy, and he also used the same tactics in another time and space, and the Hood was not fatally injured until it turned around, and as soon as it turned to the fat side of the ship, it was instantly hit by the ammunition depot and became the largest salute in the history of the Royal Navy.

This plane Holland decided to use the same strategy, and it has to be said that this reflects the usual bad taste of the Eggpain Star.

"We should intercept them around one o'clock in the evening." Horland pointed to the charts and said, "At this time, the sun is setting, and the German army is in the bright light with their backs to the sun, and our army is just in the darkness of the night, and once the enemy's forward turn is complete, we will have the advantage in light in the counter-fire." ”

"Can you be so smooth, Lieutenant General." The captain of the Prestige frowned and asked worriedly.

"I don't know, Mr. Captain." Holland shrugged, "That's what I just planned. As for whether it can be realized, I don't know. In short, our principle is to intercept the enemy in the Danish Strait, and for this we must bravely rush forward and stick to it. Let the ships have all the torpedoes ready, check them out, and it is better not to drop the chain. ”

It's not the same as many people think, many battleships are actually equipped with torpedoes, most of the battleships without torpedoes are cutting-edge ships before and after World War II, like Nelson Rodney, which is equipped with torpedoes, Bismarck also has torpedo tubes, and the battleships of the IJN Navy in another time and space, such as the Nagato-class, are also equipped with torpedo launchers, and they are four in the water and four in the water.

But then everyone gradually felt that surface combat torpedoes were useless, so the Americans took the lead in dismantling the torpedoes -- not only did the battleships not use the torpedoes, but also the heavy cruisers.

But in this time and space, there is no such thing as torpedoes being useless, so most of the warships in Holland's fleet have the ability to strike lightning.

And the interesting thing is that due to the influence of Lin Youde, the German warships in this time and space dismantled all the torpedoes, and even the heavy cruisers like Prince Eugen did not have torpedoes, and the vacated cabin was used to set fire to control the computer or something.

Holland's fleet was moving at full speed—well, partly at full speed, after all, both Nelson and the old ship were slow to fight.

More than a dozen cruisers and destroyers spread out around the big ship, and the battle also looked quite imposing.

As the minutes ticked by, at half-past eleven in the evening, the radar receiver of the Prestige received radar waves.

Apparently, the German radar had already shone on the Prestige.

Vice Admiral Holland again issued the order that "England requires everyone to do their duty", and at the same time ordered the cruisers and destroyers to speed up their reconnaissance.

At 12:50 p.m., the cruiser visually spotted the smoke expelled by the Germans.

Holland ordered the Prestige to pull the whistle and hoisted the banner "All ships follow the flagship", and the British naval fleet lined up in a trapezoidal formation - so that the front guns of each ship could fire when the bow was facing the enemy, and the column could not do this, and would be interfered with by the friendly ships in front of it.

At 1:15 a.m., the German single-platoon column could already see a clear outline.

At 1:17, 20,000 meters apart, the Nelson's 16-inch guns opened fire first.

Probably the last naval battle in the history of mankind, the curtain began on the icy waters of the Danish Strait.