On the V-187 torpedo boat, Sim was standing in front of the foredeck, one level above the main deck, looking out to the northwest. Through the unremitting efforts of the entire crew, the flames on the torpedo boat have been extinguished, leaving only a few unsightly scorched holes, which are still proof of the danger they have faced. Since it did not suffer major damage, the torpedo boat did not return to the harbor after cruising in a circle, but hung far away from the periphery of the battlefield, observing the movements in the field.

Flames of light gushed out, and artillery fire was like a rainbow. In the rough sea, columns of water twenty or thirty meters high swell from time to time; They stayed in the air for a moment and then rushed down, rolling up layers of splash foam. Surrounded by a large number of light warships, 2 German decisive battle cruisers and 4 British armored cruisers were engaged in fierce exchanges in the gladiatorial arena like lions and tigers in a hyena pack. The thunder was rolling in my ears, and the roar of the cannon and the explosion of the cannonballs in the water were intertwined, as if someone was playing a cowhide drum to the fullest.

"Captain, do you think we're going to win this battle?" A voice suddenly rang out next to Sim, with a hint of anticipation and nervousness. Sim turned his head and was greeted by a childish young face, the gunner of the 88mm gun in the bow of the ship. He smiled slightly and said: "The Prince Heinrich class is equipped with 11-inch cannons, as long as it does not encounter British battleships and battlecruisers, then no British ship is its opponent." See that British, that guy who is supposed to be an armored cruiser? It had already been beaten by us and set on fire, and it would not be long before the British fled in disgrace from our beatings. ”

The young gunner looked in the direction Sim's arm pointed. Sure enough, there was a thick flame in the British fleet that was raging at sea. The light shines. The nearby sea is lit up red. Seeing this, the nervousness on the young gunner's face gradually receded, replaced by a happy smile. Although he operated an 88mm rapid-fire gun and had never personally felt the power of an 11-inch cannon, he still felt excitement and pleasure from the heart of seeing the flames rising from the British battleship. Under Tirpitz's fifteen years of "earnest teachings," all the officers and men of the German High Seas Fleet had long since seen that the old colonial empire on the other side of the strait, which was on the throne and refused to give way to the virtuous, was very unpleasant. just waiting to use the sword in his hand to give him some strength; How could it not be unpleasant to see the British warships being beaten to the brink now?

Soot billowed and artillery rumbled. Not long after, the first and last main guns of the German decisive battle rushed out two clusters of more than ten meters long Chili light waves, like a fire dragon in the sky, and a rainbow in the sky. Seeing this magnificent shelling scene, Sim's eyes were full of envy that could not be concealed; Such a majestic and magnificent prestige is not at all comparable to the poor 88mm rapid-fire guns on his own battleship, and when will he be able to command such a major ship?

Thinking about it. Ten thousand red lights suddenly bloomed on the battlefield in the distance, red and purple colors. Like a blood-colored lotus chrysanthemum, it bloomed in the sky on the blue sea. Sim's heart sank, and he quickly grabbed the telescope on his neck and looked at it, only to see an unprecedented huge cloud of fire rising from the British ship, and in an instant, it jumped to a height of hundreds of meters; The sea of fire was rolling, the smoke of gunpowder covered the sky, and countless fragments of steel armor shot into the sky in all directions, and then crashed into the sea like a torrential rain. After a while, a loud roar like a tsunami and landslide swept over; Sim's body shook, and his face suddenly welled up with irrepressible ecstasy!

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The waves roared and the soot billowed out; On the boundless surface of the ocean, five behemoths like giant beasts of the wilderness lined up in a row, cleaving the waves at a high speed of 25 knots, and sailing away at a rapid speed. In the bitter sea breeze, the red and white St. George Navy Cross flags, which show their status, dance in the wind on the triangular mast more than 50 meters above the sea.

On one of the most majestic capital warships, a middle-aged man was standing tall in the command tower, looking at the calm sea in the distance with a slightly anxious gaze. He was about 1.7 metres tall, which was undoubtedly a little short among the tall Anglo-Saxons, but no one in the Royal Navy or even in Britain could take him lightly. Under that face, which was just over forty years old, he was impressively dressed in the lieutenant general's uniform that countless people in the Royal Navy could only dream of; Even Nelson, the god of war, who had been praised by British subjects for more than a hundred years, had never received such an honor at his age!

He's David? Betty, the best fleet commander of the younger generation of the British Royal Navy. Born into a naval family, Betty joined the Navy at the age of 13 as an officer candidate, and at the age of 29, she was promoted to a colonel because of her heroic sharpness and extraordinary ability, which is a legend. In 1910, at the age of 39, Betty was promoted to rear admiral, breaking the record held by Nelson for the youngest non-royal naval officer to receive the rank; His energetic and aggressive image was so popular in the Navy and even among the general public that the commander of the Grand Fleet, Jericho, was far less popular than the young general under his command. In early 1913, Betty was promoted to Vice Admiral and was given command of all the Royal Navy's battle cruisers; Aside from Jericho, he was the most powerful admiral in the British Navy.

Forty minutes earlier, the battlecruiser "Lion" had received a distress telegram from the "Dionysian Priestess" saying that Fleet C was exchanging fire with two German Heinrich-class cruisers off the coast of Helgoland Bay. The telegram also asked the war rangers why they had not yet come to annihilate the German battleships. Receiving this telegram, Betty couldn't help but be extremely surprised: why did the light fleet that broke into the Gulf of Helgoland not send any news back, why did the C fleet suddenly kill and fight with the Germans?

Betty, who suddenly received this news, hurriedly sent a telegram to Commodore Territ, who was in charge of the light cruiser "No Fear"; After a back and forth, Betty, who had been kept in the dark for more than an hour, finally figured out what was going on. As soon as she thought that such a serious consequence had been caused by the dereliction of duty of her own staff officers, Betty couldn't help but be furious in her heart, and she couldn't help but use the 343mm heavy guns on her battle cruiser to stab all these idiotic chrysanthemums!

Until then, Betty had concerns about breaking into the Helgoland Bay. After all, it was the nest of the Germans, with a lot of shore artillery, mines, and submarines, and if their battle cruisers rushed up like this, they would probably be overshadowed by these tiny but deadly enough things. In addition to this, Helgoland Bay is only 35 nautical miles from Wilhelmshaven; Even the battleships in the German High Seas Fleet took less than two hours to kill. Although the strength of these 5 battle cruisers in his hands alone can rank in the top six of the world, if he has to face the dignified array of the high seas fleet, he will not know how Lu Dao died!

However, in the face of this situation, Betty has no choice. The news of the presence of a German decisive battle in the harbor and the lack of strength with his own patrol made it impossible for him to sit idly by in front of his prey and the robes he was struggling to support. After only a few seconds of thought, Betty ordered the fleet to march at full speed into the Helgoland Bay to smash the two evil German decisive battle cruisers. Under his command, five battlecruisers sailed to the current 25 knots maximum speed of the Invincible and New Zealand and rushed at full speed towards the combat position reported by Commodore Tierret.

As a highly regarded commander in the Royal Navy, Betty is fierce and aggressive by nature, and undoubtedly has the decisive quality of resourcefulness and decisiveness; Although he was apprehensive about breaking into the Gulf of Helgoland before the battle began, once he made a decision, he would use his extraordinary energy and command tactics to go all out, without the slightest foresight. Six new light cruisers under the command of Commodore Goodnow were sent in front of the battle cruisers to conduct a search and reconnaissance in a fan array to ensure that the path of their capital ships was free of mines and evil German periscopes.

However, to Betty's deep distress, the "Dionysian Priestess" had lost contact with him since half an hour earlier, and she had sent five or six telegrams to her without any reply. There were also problems with communication with the "No Fear", and it was impossible to get in touch with it. Vaguely, Betty had already guessed what this meant: but he still had a hint of luck in his heart, maybe it was just that Campbell's communications equipment had been hit by a stray bullet from the Germans, and the battleship itself was still unharmed.

The pocket watch ticked, then buzzed, and Betty looked down to see that the hands on it were already pointing to 11 o'clock. At this time, most of the sea fog had dissipated, and from the towering mast of the "Lion", you could already see the target nearly 20 kilometers away. The faint sound of artillery fire gradually came from afar, which startled Betty's heart, anticipation, excitement, and fear...... Many emotions overlapped and surged in his heart, complex and difficult to understand. After a while, gray ship shadows began to appear at the junction of sea and sky in the southeast, and Betty hurriedly grabbed the binoculars and swept them away one by one. Suddenly, a large ship with four chimneys appeared in his field of vision, followed by a smoke-filled ship that looked exactly the same as it was withdrawing. Betty was overjoyed and began to search for the remaining two ships; However, when he searched all the battlefields, he didn't find the Dionysian Priestess and Cressie!

"General, the Booukir has signaled that the Dionysian Priestess and the Cressy had sunk 30 minutes ago, and the Hogg had been badly wounded, and they desperately needed our support!" An officer hurried into the conning tower and reported loudly to Betty.

Betty's body shook, and then an uncontrollable shock and hatred suddenly erupted. (To be continued......)

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