When the sneak attack of the German submarine was reported back to Britain, George V scolded Asquith, and it was a shame that he was successfully attacked by someone at his doorstep, and even the Admiral Churchill was not happy.

It would not be a big deal to lose these twelve bombers in normal times, but now that the war situation is uncertain, Britain has to rebuild the bombed city, and the government has begun to struggle financially, not to mention that Britain still needs these bombers to defend the homeland.

"The performance of the submarines developed by the Reich was inferior to that of Germany, as can be seen in the battle of Tongguò. The Reich has not yet figured out the number of German submarines, which is a very fatal disadvantage for the Reich Navy, but fortunately the intelligence services have succeeded in obtaining the technology of Fuso's submerged mines, according to which we have developed better performing submerged mines, and even have some eyebrows against submarine underwater bombs. ”

Churchill has always been worried about the problem of German submarines, and now their submarines are far inferior to each other in terms of performance, and they do not have good measures to prevent submarines and their weapons, and they are afraid that they will suffer losses in naval battles.

Asquith was also angry about the sinking of twelve bombers, and wanted to annihilate all the German navy.

"Does the Navy have a plan for a sortie now?"

"Well, but preparations are still underway, and our aim is to defeat the main German forces in the North Sea, force them back to the Baltic, and completely block them. However, since the Battle of Khurgoland, the German army has strengthened its strength in the North Sea, there are reconnaissance planes patrolling day and night, and the fleet is not lightly attacked, and we have never been able to find a chance to attack! ”

"The empire needs more victories, it is very difficult for the army to win, only from the navy side, you are under pressure, do it well, the king and I are very optimistic about you!"

The coalition forces have not won much since the beginning of the war, and the naval battle of Hergoland can be exciting, and the army side has suffered a terrible defeat, in which case the British people are very dissatisfied with the Asquith government, and it is estimated that George V will not be able to save him if he continues to lose.

Churchill was not thrilled to hear that Asquith and the King were optimistic about him, but of course he knew that it was a polite remark, and when he left the Prime Minister's temporary office, he shook his head and left.

As soon as Churchill returned to his office, he received the good news that the Navy had secretly salvaged the codes, ciphers and signal books of the German "Cologne" sunk in the previous battle near Hergoland, and successfully deciphered the German Navy's radio.

The British Navy has been secretly observing the German Navy through the deciphered radio, and found that the German Navy has not changed the contact code and code, and they have deliberately paid a huge "price" in order to further test the authenticity.

"Continue to secretly monitor each other's movements, gradually attack them, and never expose them!" Churchill was so excited that he couldn't sleep when he found out, this would be his chance, as long as the deciphered radio was used well, he would not have a chance to kill the main German army in the North Sea, but at the same time he was worried that the other side would realize that the radio had been deciphered prematurely.

"No, we have to do everything we can to take action before the Germans realize that their radio code has been exposed, strike!"

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The sinking of more than a dozen bombers transported by Britain did not satisfy Wilhelm II, who not only possessed a batch of bombers, but also was able to "steal" the bomber drawings of China, which brought him great pressure.

As the world's largest country, Britain's industrial strength is only behind Germany, and obtaining the blueprint of the bomber will inevitably quickly produce bombers, and even give birth to other types of aircraft, so Wilhelm II wanted to try his best to weaken Britain while Britain was stronger, and he did not hesitate to approve the plan when he received a secret protection plan from the navy.

At this time, the secret strength of the German Navy does not have to be much worse than that of Britain, especially the battleship drawings that Qin Yu sold to them a few years ago, so that the strength of the German Navy will soon catch up with Britain in a few years. The strength of the German High Seas Fleet and the main fleet of the British mainland reached almost 1:1 distance, but Germany was always afraid that the British and French fleets would unite and did not expose too much, nor did they rush to break the deadlock, but waited for the opportunity.

In late May, the British Navy finally determined that the German Navy had not found out that its radio had been deciphered, and was actively planning how to clean up the German Navy.

In the early morning of May 25, when the fog was thick on the North Sea, a fleet led by German Vice Admiral Hipper quietly left Wilhelmshaven and sailed straight for the Dogle Sandbank. The fleet, consisting of 3 battlecruisers, 1 armored cruiser, 4 light cruisers, and 19 destroyers, disappeared in the fog and disappeared in a short time in the gloomy sky of the North Sea.

At this time, Hipper, who was sitting on the flagship "Seydlitz", was calculating how to teach the British trawlers and knock out the light fishing warships.

The British Navy, which had already intercepted the news, sent a fleet to meet the attack, and Betty was still in charge, and received orders to lead the battle cruisers "Lion", "Tiger", "Royal Princess", "New Zealand", and "Indomitable", accompanied by Godinave's light cruisers, into the North Sea.

At 7:30 a.m. on the 25th, Betty rendezvoused with Tierlet, which was operating in the northeast waters of the Dogle Sandbank, and the assembled Betty fleet already had 5 battle cruisers, 7 light cruisers, and 33 destroyers.

Half an hour later, a cruiser reported to the "Lion": "The enemy fleet is 4 ships at a speed of 24 knots." ”

At the same time, Hipper discovered a British fleet far more powerful than his own. Seeing that the situation was not good, the German fleet saw that there was no hope of a sneak attack, and quickly turned around and sailed back towards the Helgoland Bay, in an attempt to get rid of the British fleet.

Where would the British fleet be willing to let go of the German fleet and pursue it at full speed, leaving the German fleet here in its entirety.

At almost 9 o'clock, Betty's flagship "Lion", which led the British fleet, unhurriedly began to shoot range-finding fire, and in a short time hit the "Blucher". The high-speed British battlecruisers were getting closer and closer, and Betty gave the signal: "Attack their respective designated targets." ”

"Blucher", because it was slow and exposed at the end of the German column, it was hit by more shells than it "needed", and soon caught fire and fell behind, but did not sink.

The German fleet did not care about the rapid retreat of the "Blucher", and there was no intention of saving it at all, but the German sailors on the ship made a crazy move, shouted Long live Germany, and then turned around and turned towards the British fleet and the British fleet that was approaching quickly.

"Let the 'New Zealand' go and kill this madman, and the other ships continue to pursue, don't panic!" Betty was stunned for a moment after the "Blucher" turned, then quickly calmed down, and knew its purpose, and hurriedly sent people to deal with the "Blucher".

"New Zealand" received an order to immediately besiege the "Blücher" with several light cruisers, and the "Blücher" only sadly hit the "New Zealand" once but did not sink it, and then sank a light cruiser after being bombarded by a storm of shells and sank.

At 9:43, the "Lion", which was the first to rush into the enemy line, fired 343-mm shells at the German battle cruiser "Seydelitz". The rear turret of the "Sedelitz" was hit, and the powerful shells ignited the gunpowder in the heavy gun loader, and the violent explosion killed more than 100 people, and the two rear turret bases failed, and burst out of smoke and fire up to several hundred meters high.

A sergeant major aboard the "Sedelitz" unscrewed the valve and released seawater into the ammunition depot, avoiding a fatal explosion on the ship. The badly damaged "Seydlitz" did not continue to run away, but dragged the "Lion" with ammunition. At 10:15, the "Lion" was hit by 3 shells from the German battlecruiser "De Vorlinger", one of which hit its former ammunition depot, but was saved by being released into the sea. Another shell blew through the hull, the sea rushed in, the port side engine was forced to stop, and the speed of the "Lion" immediately slowed down.

At 10:52, the entire ship of the "Lion" lost power and could not use radio and light signals to direct the battle, and soon fell to the back of the team.

Just as Betty was about to hand over command to Rear Admiral Archibald Moore of the New Zealand, the Lion suddenly swayed and sank amid several explosions.

"Hey, there are enemy submarines, we are in ambush, hurry up and retreat......"

Before Betty could finish speaking, she was killed by a shot from the "Sedelitz" in the command room, and she didn't even have time to hand over the command.

The sinking of the "Lion" instantly caused confusion in the British fleet, and the German fleet, which was being shelled by them, was about to turn around while they were stunned, when the British fleet realized that they had been ambushed and hurriedly asked for help from the main fleet that was rushing here.

The soldier who was not killed in the bombing, the soldier "Lion", conveyed to the "New Zealand" the order of Betty to let Rear Admiral Moore temporarily take charge of the command before his death, and the timid Moore ordered the retreat as soon as he received it, and the British fleet, which was still aggressive, suddenly retreated, which was in the hands of the German fleet.

More than thirty submarines in the sea were chasing the British fleet, which was preparing to retreat, and they had been waiting here for a long time.

Not far from the German fleet, to the southeast, the figure of the German High Seas Fleet appeared.

"What do you say, Betty they were ambushed, the "Lion" sank, how is this possible? The commander of the British Main Fleet, Sir John Jericho, who received the distress message, exclaimed in disbelief.

"Quick, speed up!" Despite his disbelief, Sir Jericho urged the fleet to rush to the scene of the accident.

Moore ordered the fleet not to retreat quickly, but was dragged by the German submarine force as he turned back, and the German fleet behind quickly approached the British fleet at a speed far greater than the previous escape. Through cooperation with Huaxia, the German Navy has successfully overcome the embarrassment that the speed of the warship is not as fast as the British ship, and it was only to lure the British fleet before, and they did not care at all about the old "Blucher" that was already on the list of retired warships of the German Navy.

The British fleet was held back tightly by Pell, and in a short time the German High Seas Fleet caught up at full speed, and the British fleet was surrounded.

Ten minutes later, the "Tiger" was hit and sunk, and the timid Moore saw the German High Seas Fleet surrounding him while his own main fleet did not see even a shadow, and he finally ordered the remaining battleships to surrender, and the "New Zealand" was the first to raise the white flag.

The "Royal Princess" and "Indomitable" did not surrender, but stubbornly resisted, and were finally surrounded and sunk. The other light cruisers and destroyers surrendered when they saw that the tide was turning.