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"How's the battleship doing? Will they be able to continue fighting? "David. Lieutenant General Betty asked, covering her forehead, blood seeping out of his hands. When the 'Royal Princess' was hit just now, the huge shock caused all the officers in the bridge to fall. Lieutenant General Betty was unlucky, and her forehead touched the edge of the table, knocking out a bloody cut.

"Medic, come and bandage the general! General, the ship's amidships were shot, the No. 3 turret was destroyed, another No. 2 chimney collapsed, and the ship's speed will drop below 20 knots! "The captain of the ship to Davy. Lieutenant General Betty reported.

"Damn it!" David. Vice Admiral Betty cursed secretly, the battlecruiser did not have the strength to fight the battleship at all, and if the speed was also affected, it would almost be a dead end. Fortunately, however, during this time, the Royal Princess had completed its turn and was heading west. And the First Battlefleet of the German Navy did not seem to have set its sights on the 'Royal Princess' anymore.

The battlecruiser 'Tiger' followed closely behind the 'Royal Princess'. After the 'Royal Princess' completed the steering command, the battlecruiser 'Tiger' became a key target of the German Navy. The eight battleships of the First Battlefleet of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet all had their sights set on the Tiger. The 'Tiger' had not been good in the previous battles, and now although it had found its senses, it was facing the battleships of the German Navy. No matter how powerful a battlecruiser is, it can't compete with a battleship. A battleship's main guns can inflict heavy damage on a battlecruiser, but a battlecruiser's main gun may not be able to tear through the battleship's thick armor. Therefore, the battlecruiser always suffers a lot in the confrontation with the battleship, and once it encounters the enemy's battleship, it basically has to use the high-speed escape.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Dense shells exploded in the sea on the right side of the battlecruiser 'Tiger'. Columns of water rose from the sea, making the British sailors on the battleship tremble, fearing that the battleship would be hit. Some even prayed to God that they would be spared.

At 6:10 p.m., a shell fired from the battleship 'King' hit the battlecruiser 'Tiger', although the 'Tiger' was an improved version of the 'Lion-class' battlecruiser with slightly reinforced armor. However, even then it was not possible to protect against 343-mm armor-piercing shells. This armor-piercing shell hit the No. 1 main turret of the battlecruiser 'Tiger'. The shell tore through the armor of the turret. Explodes inside the turret. The violent explosion directly overturned the main turret. If it weren't for the shells inside that had already been fired, and the British sailors had closed the passage between the ammunition depot and the turret below, the battlecruiser Tiger would have been severely damaged by this.

At 6:12, a 381-mm armor-piercing shell was fired from the battleship 'Bavaria'. Once again, it hit the battlecruiser "Tiger", which immediately dealt a fatal blow to the "Tiger" battlecruiser. The shell hit the starboard side of the battlecruiser Tiger, whose waterline armor was no different from a papier-mâché shell under the blow of a 381-mm armor-piercing shell. A large amount of seawater poured into the battlecruiser 'Tiger'. Though. After hard work, the damage control personnel on the battlecruiser "Tiger" blocked the opening, but hundreds of tons of seawater had already poured into the battleship, and the hull had already tilted. In order to balance the hull. The captain of the battlecruiser 'Tiger' ordered to fill the port side with water. However, this reduced the speed of the battlecruiser 'Tiger' to 16 knots. In the heat of naval battles, such a speed simply could not catch up with the main fleet. Therefore, Davy. Vice Admiral Betty ordered the battlecruiser Tiger to return to the British mainland for recuperation. Merely. The battlecruiser was ultimately doomed, less than a hundred kilometers from Edinburgh. It was hit by two torpedoes fired by the German submarine U62 and eventually sank into the North Sea.

The Tiger was followed by the Indomitable Battlecruiser, the second of the Invincible class and one of the first British battlecruisers to serve. With a displacement of only 20,000 tons, the Indomitable was armed with four twin 305mm guns, but its armor was very weak, with waterline armor of only 102 mm to 152 mm, deck armor of only 65 mm, and turret armor of 178 mm to 102 mm. Such weak armor, under the bombardment of the battleship's large-caliber main guns, was obviously difficult to survive.

At 6:15 p.m., when the 1st Battlefleet of the German High Seas Fleet shifted the main target of the shelling to the battlecruiser Indomitable, its tragic fate was decided. At 6:18 a.m., in this round of salvo, the battleship 'Saxony' and the battleship 'Frontier Governor' hit the battlecruiser 'Indomitable' at the same time, especially the battleship 'Frontier Governor', and two shells hit the 'Indomitable'. One 381-mm armor-piercing bullet and two 343-mm armor-piercing shells were enough to kill the Indomitable.

A 381-mm armor-piercing projectile fired from the battleship "Saxony" hit the bridge of the "Indomitable". Although the armor of the bridge was up to 254 mm thick. However, under the bombardment of 381-mm armor-piercing shells, it simply could not withstand it. In addition, the German Navy's armor-piercing shells used delayed fuses, and the shells exploded only after the armor-piercing shells penetrated the armor command of the bridge, rather than the armor-piercing shells of the British Navy, which exploded immediately after impact. The 381mm armor-piercing projectile exploded in the bridge of the Indomitable, killing all officers, including the captain. Subsequently, two 343mm armor-piercing shells also hit the Indomitable, one hit the foredeck of the Indomitable, and the shell lightly pierced the armor of the foredeck, blowing a large hole, and the other armor-piercing shell hit the stern of the Indomitable, destroying the main turret located at the stern. It also caused the detonation of two 305-mm shells and hundreds of kilograms of propellant in the turret. With a loud bang, an orange-red fireball erupted from the rear deck of the battlecruiser Indomitable, and the entire back half of the battleship was almost destroyed in the explosion. It was later estimated that the ammunition depot of the rear main gun of the Indomitable was also destroyed in the explosion, causing the shells inside to explode, which caused fatal damage to the Indomitable. The entire stern half of the ship was destroyed and commanded, and the 'Indomitable' only lasted less than two minutes on the surface of the sea before sinking to the bottom of the sea, and less than 100 of the 784 British naval officers and men on the battleship survived, and all the others died at the bottom of the sea with the battleship.

The last battlecruiser, Indomitable, managed to escape from the guns of the German battleships. Seeing that the "Tiger" battlecruiser was heavily damaged, and the "Indomitable" battlecruiser was directly sunk, such a big loss made Davy. Lieutenant General Betty almost spat blood from his mouth. The powerful British Navy battle cruiser detachment is now left with only the 'Royal Princess' still having a certain combat power, and the only one that is intact is the 'Indomitable'. Such a huge loss was enough for the Admiralty to send him directly to a court-martial. Of course, Davy. Vice Admiral Betty was also very resentful of the false information provided by the Admiralty, if it were not for the information given by the Admiralty that the main force of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet was still in the military port, he would not have led the fleet to pursue the German Navy's reconnaissance detachment without any scruples, so that he ended up with such a fate.

The duel between the battlecruisers almost ended with a complete victory for the German Navy before the duel between the main battleships of the two sides. The German High Seas Fleet reconnaissance detachment paid the price of only two sunken ships and one heavy damage, which inflicted heavy losses on the British Navy's battle cruiser detachment. This was undoubtedly excellent news for the German Navy's High Seas Fleet, and it greatly boosted the morale of all the German Navy officers and men.

When David. Vice Admiral Betty led the LinkedIn Navy battle cruiser squadron to the west to retreat under command. Admiral Schell ordered the main force of the German High Seas Fleet to approach westward and prepare for a decisive battle with the main force of the British Navy's Home Fleet, which was also the final decisive battle between the two navies.

At this time, the German Navy's high seas fleet had 29 battleships, and 5 more battlecruisers could take part in the battle. And the British Navy had only 35 battleships and two battlecruisers. On the whole, the British Navy has little advantage. With four invincible 'Bavaria-class' battleships, Reinhardt. Admiral Scheer was so confident that he thought he could defeat the British Navy's Home Fleet in one fell swoop, pull the British Navy out of its position as the supremacy of the seas, and replace it. It's just that he didn't think at all that although the German Navy had achieved a small victory, it was too early to defeat the British Navy.

Commander of the British Navy's Home Fleet, John Brown. Admiral Jericho learned that David was learning that David was learning about it. The battle cruiser detachment led by Vice Admiral Betty was also depressed and almost vomited blood after encountering the main force of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet. On the one hand, John. Admiral Jericho, while cursing the Admiralty, ordered the main forces of the home fleet to be ready for battle. On the other hand, John. Admiral Jericho ordered a detachment of five 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships to speed up to the battlefield, knowing that without the addition of the 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships, it would be difficult for the British Navy to win. At the same time, John. Admiral Jericho did not forget to contact the American fleet to confirm when they would be able to reach the battlefield!