At this point in the war, Betty knew she had lost. After the sinking of the Lion, the German super-dreadnought will have the advantage, and in the case of the same number, the opponent can destroy a British battlecruiser in ten minutes, then in the case of four to three, the battle situation can only be one-sided! In this battle, Betty realized that Hipper's fleet was stronger than herself, both in terms of firepower and protection, and the best way now was to evacuate immediately, and turn in when the sinking losses were not large, and when you entered a trap, don't keep thinking about turning over, how to get out is the most important thing. Fortunately, Fisher emphasized the speed of the battle cruiser back then, so that Betty could theoretically use the high speed to evacuate.

What is theoretically feasible may not be easy to use in practice, especially now, the auxiliary warships of the British Navy are entangled by the destroyers and light cruisers of the other side, and have not been able to disrupt the formation of the Hipper's fleet, and in the fierce confrontation, the destroyer fleets of both sides have lost a lot of blood or sunk in a short period of time, or have been beaten and lost their combat effectiveness. The tragic fighting between the two sides did not change the situation on the battlefield, and the shelling of the Hipper's fleet was still accurate and ruthless!

"The time has come for the Queen Mary." Looking at the Queen Mary, which had changed from the third ship to the second ship, Jason couldn't help but sigh, in one minute, 16 350MM heavy guns could tilt a steel storm of more than ten tons! Churchill once said in history that dreadnoughts are eggs with sledgehammers, and it is impossible to say what level the German ships were, but British battlecruisers can indeed be described as thinner than paper! This time the Germans were not so lucky. There is no place where the problem can be solved at once by hitting the ammunition depot. But as many as a dozen hits were enough to seriously injure the battleship!

Flames and smoke screens continued to rise from the hull of the Queen Mary, and huge fireballs and violent explosions continued to torment the battleship. The slender hull became the best target, and the light shots of the shells pierced the main armor belt. The flames of destruction were brought into various critical departments such as the engine room, boiler room, and motor room, and the entire waterline was beaten into a sieve by a dense rain of bullets. Seawater poured in from at least nine breaches, causing the battleship to tilt Yanzhòng.

THE HUGE TURRET AND SUPERSTRUCTURE ALSO MADE A TOOTH-ACHING SOUND OF METAL CRACKING AND COLLAPSING UNDER REPEATED BLOWS, AND FIVE OF THE EIGHT 343MM GUNS HAD BEEN DESTROYED, AND THE OTHER THREE WERE FIGHTING BACK IN VAIN, ALTHOUGH FROM TIME TO TIME A SHELL COULD BE FIRED AT THE OPPOSING SHIP. But it didn't do much other than stirring up a flame. In an extremely short time, German battleships were also repeatedly hit. But aside from causing a localized fire or a hapless turret getting stuck, the biggest problem was probably the Von der Tannin and Blucher at the back of the line, surrounded by a dense barrage of 12-inch shells. The bow and stern light protection area was hit several times.

Betty's order was still a little late. It was not possible to save this precious super dreadnought, if the Lion was stabbed to death by a single shot, then the Queen Mary went through the most painful process, the British on the battleship tried their best to save the battleship, they injected water on the other side to balance the hull, they filled the ammunition depot under the destroyed turret to prevent the ammunition depot from exploding, and the damage crew ran through the narrow passage to plug the breach as much as possible, but in the heavy German artillery fire and the raging water. This qiē seems very futile!

The Queen Mary swerved its hull with difficulty, trying to retreat in the direction of home. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS LAST GLIMMER OF HOPE WAS ENDED BY TWO 350MM HEAVY ARTILLERY SHELLS, ONE SHELL HIT THE STERN STEERING GEAR, A HUGE FIREBALL BLEW THE ENTIRE WHEELHOUSE AWAY, MAKING THE WHOLE BATTLESHIP UNCONTROLLABLE, WHILE THE OTHER SHELL PIERCED THE HORIZONTAL ARMOR OF THE STERN, EXPLODING BETWEEN THE TWO ROTATING SHAFTS, DIRECTLY DISABLING THE LAST TWO USABLE PROPELLERS, AND THE QUEEN MARY WAS LIKE A LEOPARD WITH BROKEN LIMBS. It's not sinking, but the end is decided!

"Abandon the Queen Mary and let's go!" Betty glanced heartily at the Queen Mary, which had been beaten into a torch. This is the second super dreadnought he has lost, and the second super dreadnought destroyed by the British in the entire war, and he laughed at Thomas not long ago, but now, he really can't laugh! He was also the first British admiral to destroy the capital ship of the Central Powers, but what about himself? It's the loss of the first super dreadnought admiral, and it's two ships at once!

"The British are gone?" Looking at the British Royal Navy avant-garde fleet that turned en masse and released smoke to escape, Hipper's heart was indescribably happy, they had now ushered in victory, he and his officers and men had witnessed the glory and glory of the German High Seas Fleet's fast fleet, but it was not enough, he wanted to leave more British battleships behind! The Blucher and the Von der Tann, which were in the rear of the fleet, were suppressed by almost double the projection volume in the battle just now, and failed to make any contributions, and the hull was damaged, the Von de Tann had been hit by at least 12-inch guns more than ten times, the bow was flooded, and the maximum speed was only 21 knots, and the Blucher was not very good, two turrets were stuck in the battle just now, and now only three main guns were used.

"Let the light cruisers launch torpedoes to solve the Queen Mary, and then cover the evacuation of the two dreadnoughts, and we continue the pursuit!" Looking at Betty's fleet, which had fled, and then at the two fast battleships behind him, which were no longer fit for battle and could not keep up with him, Hipperr ordered.

The British began to evacuate at full speed, and the remaining six capital ships headed west, while the dispatcher continued to send messages to Jericho asking Jericho to answer him as best he could. And at this time, Jericho is still more than 2 hours away! Even taking into account that the two British fleets were walking opposite each other, for not an hour, Betty would never have seen Jericho's fleet!

"Damn Betty, he's gambling with the fortunes of the British Empire! He should be court-martialed! Looking at the telegram in his hand, Jericho cursed loudly. For Betty, a general who was generally favored by Churchill and others, Jericho had 12 points of patience for him. It was given the greatest tolerance for its usual words and ramming, and it was also given as much tilt as possible in the distribution of the fleet. Thomas took away 4 overseas collar class fast battleships, but at the same time Jericho may have given Betty the new Queen Elizabeth class fast battleship. Why can't this Betty wait and then act? Jericho couldn't figure it out.

But at this time. Jericho no longer had time to blame the other party for his rashness, he was now thinking about how to save this fleet, the speed of the main fleet had reached 21 knots, and it could not be higher. After some hesitation, Jericho ordered the light cruiser formation and the destroyer formation to quickly move forward to support Betty, even if they could not repel the Hipper's fleet, at least buy some time, right? Jericho said in his heart.

And at this time. The Betty fleet successfully completed the turn, and the two remaining super-dreadnoughts continued to retreat under the cover of smoke, while the remaining dreadnoughts remained within range of the German artillery due to their position and speed. "It's boring. That's it? Betty is no more than that. Looking at Betty's fleet fleeing from the desert, Hipper was filled with the thrill of revenge, and the British were nothing more than that, their confidence and will were based on a yearning for history and numerical superiority.

Although because of the angle and smoke interference. The accuracy of the shelling of the Germans decreased. But Hipper, a dreadnought that served before the Russo-Chinese War, was known as the fastest capital ship in those days, but now it has a maximum speed of 24 knots. In the previous encounter, he had been hit several times, one of which hit the bow of the ship with a shell that carried nearly 400 tons of seawater into it, and the Sedritz successfully caught the fleeing Indefatigable and then fired three and a half rounds. TWO 350MM ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS SUCCESSFULLY HIT THE TAIL TURRET OF THE TIRELESS. The propellant and ammunition protected by the rear of the turret ignited, and a column of smoke more than 40 meters high completely exposed the Indefatigable. Even under the cover of smoke, the battlecruiser, which had already been heavily damaged, could still be found and then attacked by dense fire!

The remaining frigates of the British rushed up again to save the avant-garde fleet, which was vital to the British Empire, and at this time, the problem of the lack of frigates in the Germans was once again revealed, and the German fleet began to divide its fire to attack the miscellaneous fish while dodging the torpedoes fired by the other side. Torpedoes staggered across the sea, and the German fleet had to walk in a zigzag.

The British desperate charge made the Germans see the pride and madness in the bones of the Royal Navy, and in the final impact, the two light cruisers were torn to pieces by the 350 main guns of the Moltke and Goeben, and one of the battleships was hit by a 350MM shell when it finally rushed to a distance of 5 kilometers, and the violent explosion resounded throughout the battlefield, and hundreds of tons of debris were thrown into the sky. Raindrops of debris covered the surrounding warships indiscriminately, and even a hundred-ton torpedo boat was carried to the bottom of the sea because of the whirlpool formed when it sank. The bravery of the British auxiliary warship opened up about 4KM for Betty. But this qiē is of little use to tirelessness.

The Indefatigable had already lost its combat effectiveness under heavy blows, and the 4 turrets turned into 4 burning iron boxes. The entire waterline on the warring side was in shambles, and the ammunition depot had long since been filled with seawater. So it can still float on the surface of the sea, and the final outcome has been determined, and it will be torpedoed like the Queen Mary. And as Hipper looked farther away, he suddenly noticed another fleet approaching at high speed next to Betty's fleet.

"This is not Jericho's main fleet." The captain of the Cedritz identified himself through the 12x binoculars and said that they were too fast to be battleships.

"Let's go, today we have exceeded the task, we have destroyed almost half of the enemy ships." Hipper said a little unwillingly. Greed will be the deadliest in any situation, although he has 4 super dreadnoughts, but there are less than 6 auxiliary warships around to provide cover, and the opponent has at least more than 20 light cruisers and destroyers of various kinds. In this situation, there is obviously a certain risk of continuing to fight. Jericho didn't know when it would appear, and Hipper wasn't sure if there were any powerful Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleships in there, and if he was targeted, he would be miserable!

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