The sea breeze howled, the rain poured heavily, and heavy black clouds rushed and surged on the sea, and from time to time stirred up deafening rolling thunder...... The German High Seas Fleet, with 22 all-heavy artillery warships, was rapidly changing formation in a flash of signal lights, and each ship closely followed the battleship in front; Even in this dark night, there was no confusion in their movements. The High Seas Fleet, which was determined to compete with the British Navy for hegemony in the oceans, had already cultivated first-class naval combat skills in the long pre-war time; Compared with the British Navy, which has been lying in the glory book of its ancestors for too long, the German fleet built by Tirpitz is even superior in combat skills!

On the Frederick the Great, Ingnoor's face was full of solemnity. In his original plan, the High Seas Fleet would not engage in night battles at all: in fact, no fleet with superior forces would choose to venture into battle at night when the situation was unpredictable. Three months earlier, the High Seas Fleet, which had been inferior in both the number of warships and the projected firepower, had achieved a jaw-dropping victory in the decisive battle; Now the German fleet had an absolute numerical superiority and was quite capable of leveling the opposing side in a normal battle during the day.

However, the intricacies and many influencing factors of the battlefield cannot be staged according to the commander's wishful thinking. The two fleets met in advance in the middle of the night, leaving Ingnorr with the only choice to seize the opportunity to fight. Because if he chooses to withdraw from the battlefield on his own initiative, it will be tantamount to letting the British Fleet leave from under his nose. After dawn, even if their own reconnaissance planes could find the other side's survivage, the British would be dozens of nautical miles away, to say the least: at that time, what could the high seas fleet, which had no advantage in navigation, rely on to leave the main force of the British Grand Fleet, which had a tight escort force? The core task of my trip. It was to weaken the remnants of the British Navy as much as possible, and once this opportunity was missed, God knows when the next sortie of the British would be!

Therefore, even at the risk of being overwhelmed by the British fleet, Ingnoll quickly gave the battle order after the peripheral torpedo boats were on enemy ships. It is true that your own fleet will take risks. But the British fleet could not be as stable as Mount Tai either. Field warfare is an equal existence for both sides. The number of their own auxiliary warships is not less than that of the British, and the ability to sneak attack with lightning strikes is even more than that of the enemy: even if their own capital ships are attacked by the British with torpedoes, they have the confidence to carry one or two!

But. It is also clear that Ingnoll will not be able to risk with the precious capital warship. Guarded by a fleet of torpedo boats, the main ships of the High Seas Fleet hid in relatively safe rear waters and would never open fire to expose their presence until the critical moment. With a large number of auxiliary ships, they will be the protagonists on the battlefield in night battles. For in this operation, the limelight of the auxiliary warships on the contrary surpassed the situation of the capital ships. Ingnorr couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable and helpless: the British fleet was no longer willing to engage in a head-on duel with him, and this formidable striking force was empty but had nowhere to use it because of the degree.

"If God can make a just judgment this time, then the power of these slow ships will also be fully displayed in future battles. Because there would never again be a British fleet in the Atlantic that could pose a threat to the Imperial Navy. Ingnoll muttered.

The main German fleet was moving to the periphery of the battlefield, and the British Grand Fleet was withdrawing straight in the direction away from the theater of operations. Jericho, who had returned to the command tower, had already reacted that his own fleet was in a terrible situation in the night battle: whether it was releasing torpedoes or defending against torpedoes, the British fleet was very different from the other side. Since the scorers of the main attack are no longer the main battleships of these heavy guns. So staying is a cumbersome big guy, and naturally how far they run. As for the night battle, give it to a couple of cannon fodder light cruisers and a vote of destroyers; They were to defend themselves against German torpedo boats and wait for an opportunity to attack the enemy's capital ships.

The wounded Ajax was painfully thrown out of the Grand Fleet by Jericho and fled south alone with two destroyers. Prior to this, Jellicoe had illusions about the whereabouts of the German High Seas Fleet, which had not been seen for a long time. Thus allowing the Ajax to accompany the movement of a large force to prevent the sneak attack of the German submarines that were rampant; Now, however, it is difficult for him to take care of everything.

Artillery fire was stacked one after another, and the waves of water were shot in colorful waves, and the battlefield was located at the source of the roar, and the light warships of the two sides launched a fierce confrontation at a very close distance, like the age of sails. Ships are constantly hit and caught on fire, and the light and flames are dazzling, becoming the most ideal target in the night; The warship of the other side, which had long been suffering from the lack of a target, was overjoyed when it boarded, and began to beat the water dogs towards the target. Even the fierce night rain that currently shrouded the battlefield did not weaken the flames of these battleships in the slightest!

And these black guns hiding in the shadows are actually not safe at all. The muzzle flare that lit up when firing in front of the gun had already revealed their position; The opposing ships were still colored when they landed, and the location of those ships was no longer a secret...... The breadth of the warband's involvement was like a wildfire in just a dozen minutes. At the beginning, both sides still had the idea of lightning striking each other's capital ships, and did not rush to shoot torpedoes at the beginning of the battle; However, as the number of warships damaged by bullets continued to increase, the captain, who saw that his battleship was losing its degree and estimated that the lightning strike was no longer effective, did not hesitate to use these slow-loading weapons. Terrifying torpedo tracks began to appear on the surface of the sea, which also added to the chaos in the center of the battlefield. The roars of cannons, explosions, and thunder, along with the roar of machinery and the frantic roars of sailors, form a battle song that is difficult to replicate: the light warships of both sides, which had not fought each other well three months ago, have finally found their own pinnacle stage.

"Our torpedo boats were firing at a British destroyer on fire about 5oo meters away, and everyone's nerves were tense like the strings of a bow and arrow. No one has the slightest spare energy for fear, and all we can do is stare wide-eyed, watching the shadows of the ships illuminated by the dense flash of artillery for a moment, and see if there are any enemy warships and torpedoes in the nearby sea. One of our torpedo boats had collided violently with one of the British destroyers, and the flames on their respective decks were so great that no one dared to approach the nearby sea, which was illuminated by the firelight. A sudden bright light appeared on the distant sea, and a British destroyer hidden in the shadows suddenly exploded like fireworks, and debris was blown in all directions: this poor fellow must have been unvigilant, and was caught up in the torpedoes that were scurrying all over the sea, and I wonder if anyone would survive? ......," a German sailor later recalled the night battle.

While the light ships of both sides engaged in a fierce battle, another detachment did not participate in the chaotic fire, but bypassed the area where the muzzle flame was like a star, and fasted deeper into the darkness. These are all lightning strike detachments looking for the opponent's main fleet and preparing to attack. The ship's boiler has already burned enough steam,. Although the capital ships of both Britain and Germany coincidentally chose to stay away from the battlefield, the time to carry out the maneuver was too short after all, and this undoubtedly greatly increased the probability of these light ships being the enemy's main force.

A British destroyer had been speeding at sea for nearly an hour, and now a black figure as strong as a prehistoric dinosaur appeared not far in front of him. The German torpedo boats accompanying the escort hurriedly rushed to meet the attack, and the bloody sickle of the battle extended to the sea more than ten kilometers away. Less than twenty minutes later, the sound of artillery also erupted near the British main fleet; The other torpedo boats, which were still searching for their targets, immediately rushed to the battle area at full speed after this incident, and the divine soldiers, who had been hiding for a long time, finally had a chance to attack.

In the center of the German ship, the flagship Frederick the Great suddenly turned on its searchlight, and the golden light was like the morning sun, illuminating the surrounding sea. At the same time, the remaining 21 German dreadnoughts also burst into light, and the entire fleet instantly cruised the sea like a brilliant golden dragon, which was heart-warming and dazzling. As far as the beam of nearly 200 high-powered searchlights reached, the originally dark sea surface was illuminated brightly, and even the target thousands of meters away was clearly visible: when the British destroyer was included in the beam of light, the earth-shattering heavy artillery cluster on the German battleship roared in anger. In the face of a rain of bullets composed of a large-caliber main gun, a 15o mm secondary gun, and an 88mm gun, the target can be torn to pieces in tens of thousands of pieces almost in a matter of minutes. The German officers and men did not panic in the slightest in dealing with the night attack of the enemy destroyers: all the qiē they have expressed at present are the top qualities that can only be possessed after repeated training and tempering!

Inside the command tower under the protection of heavy armor, Ingnoor's face was grim, and his face did not show the slightest joy. The main fleet's practice of turning on its searchlights at night was actually a helpless move after being approached by enemy mine-striking ships: after all, searchlights could not cover all directions like sunlight, and some British destroyers were still hidden in the deep darkness, while their own positions were already exposed by the searchlights turned on. Then it's time to circumvent the torpedo yourself. For the underwater protection of his own warship and the ability to manage crew damage, Ingnoll is still quite confident; And what kind of situation can the British on the opposite side fight under the attack of their own torpedo boats? (To be continued.) (。 ))

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