Today's weather is really good, so much so that the lookout can clearly see the enemy fleet more than 20 kilometers away from the height of the mast, and there is nothing for either side to hide, and when it appears at sea level, there will be no secrets between the enemy and us. The two fleets began to approach slowly, they were not in a hurry, just like two opposing cavalry in the Middle Ages, the two sides were doing the most difficult challenge from the battle distance, slowly increasing their speed, changing formations, and launching an earth-shattering blow after entering the attack distance!

The avant-garde fleet had returned to its own formation, and Thomas handed over two of its most powerful ships, the Revenge and the Royal Oak, to Betty. 5 battleships constitute the most formidable leader of the Entente's steel dragon, and their opponents are 5 almost identical warships in the distance, 4 Chinese foreign trade super dreadnoughts and 1 Caesar the Great! "I have handed over the most elite fleet in my hands to you, there is no way back in this battle, success or death!" After handing over the two Vengeance-class battleships to Betty, the last sentence of Thomas's telegram asks Betty to suppress the opponent's five fast battleships.

"The Allied fleet was scattered, the front 5 were fast battleships, then the 4 were supposed to be the Italian's Caraccino-class battleships, then the 3 Count Cavour dreadnoughts, and the last 3 should be the Austro-Hungarian super-dreadnoughts. The Germans were in the front, the Italians in the middle, and the Austrians in the back. A staff officer made his own guess after repeatedly comparing the shape of the battleship in the distance. And this time, the British saw it accurately! After all, there is a big difference in the appearance of the third-class battleships in the back. And judging by experience, it is unlikely that the Italians will divide their ships into two disconnected groups. So even after watching and guessing, the British still figured out the opponent's formation matching.

In the same way, the British concentrated their own battleships. Behind Betty's fleet are 6 British Super Dreadnoughts! Then there were the three provincial battleships of the French and the last of the Lone class battleships, in addition to the Dreadnought in Thomas's fleet, that is, the dreadnoughts purchased by Greece from China that year, but at this time in honor of Athens, which had been occupied by the Central Powers, this Greek dreadnought was named Athens. They were placed at the back of the line. In other words, in the end, the Entente fleet that participated in the war this time was a total of 17 warships! In addition to being knocked out, the Entente still had one more warship. This is something that the Allies did not expect!

The core of Thomas's plan is to concentrate superior forces to sink three Earl Cavour-class battleships and then liberate their own combat power, form a local advantage, and then turn it into a victory. In order to achieve this goal as soon as possible. Thomas boldly demanded that the fleet quickly approach the opponent. Although the British super dreadnought is not very solid, but the other party's dreadnought is even less solid! The 343MM GUN HAS A GREAT CHANCE OF PENETRATING THE OPPONENT'S MAIN ARMOR AT MEDIUM RANGE.

Thomas never lacked courage, in order to achieve this goal as soon as possible, when the two sides approached 20KM, the entire British fleet suddenly deviated to the right half of the Roman classic, and one of the two parallel parallel lines to the northwest quickly approached the other side! The British fleet began to charge diagonally, and the actions of the British directly sounded the battle horn! One of them has already launched a charge, and the other will definitely not back down! Just when the British began to approach. The fast fleet commanded by Lin Yongsheng and Count Spee also suddenly accelerated to try to overtake each other, and then turned to seize the T-shaped crosshead!

"It's tricky!" Look at the Allied fast fleet like it is flying. Thomas felt a sense of crisis, the opponent's fleet speed has an advantage of about 4 knots, if Betty's fleet continues to approach, then Spee's fleet will soon be able to use the speed to grab T, which is disadvantageous for the entire fleet, Thomas doesn't know the deep-seated reason why the other party is doing this, and Betty also decisively stopped turning right in the face of the risk of being robbed by the other party, but walked in the inner circle in reverse to prevent being robbed by the other party! As a result, the British fleet, which was preparing to meet the enemy, had such a situation, the main fleet commanded by Thomas continued to turn right and approach, while Betty's fleet turned left and approached, ready to engage the Spee fleet!

Betty's actions distorted the formation of the entire fleet, but Thomas thought it was nothing, if the 5 warships on both sides were divided from the main fleet, then he still had an advantage, as long as Betty could bite each other to the death, then he could still fight 11 and 10. So Thomas didn't order Betty, but only asked him to bite his opponent. After a brief hesitation, the main fleet under the command of Thomas continued to approach the opponent, and the two sides soon approached to about 16KM! This is already the effective range of the 14-inch naval guns, and almost at the same time, the guns of the two fleets spewed out tongues of fire!

More than 20 capital ships and nearly 200 main guns on both sides instantly rained down dense bullets. Clusters of orange firelight flickered incessantly, and under the action of the propellant, shells weighing more than half a ton flew out of the muzzle of the guns with more than twice the muzzle velocity and flew to distant targets, and after dozens of seconds, the opposing battleship was wrapped in a column of water, and occasionally a shell hit the battleship, bursting a huge fireball on the hull. Like giants, steel monsters weighing more than 25,000 tons are fighting hard. With their artillery and armor, they interpret the highest level of human warfare skills!

"Keep getting close until we can destroy our opponents!" 16KM was still not close enough, such a distance could not guarantee to penetrate the heavy armor of the Allied warship, so Thomas decided to keep closer! The penetration is mutual, and if you get closer, then the battle between the two sides will become, with two naked samurai attacking each other with heavy swords!

"Right now, the whole fleet turns 150 degrees to the left! Cut through the opponent's gap! Lin Yongsheng directly skipped the Count Spee order, at this time, he finally waited for this opportunity, Betty's fleet turned left to cut the inner line, maneuvering at high speed, Thomas's fleet turned right and approached the main force of the Allied fleet, and a huge gap appeared between the two sides, and at this time, Lin Yongsheng could command the fleet to cut through this gap, and then concentrate firepower and attack the Thomas fleet with the main fleet of the Allied Countries! And even if Betty reacts at the first time, then it will take time for the entire fleet to maneuver, and it will take time to rush up to solve the siege, Lin Yongsheng is to get this time difference, in a short period of time, to form an advantage of fighting more and fighting less!

At this time, the 5 fast battleships of the Spey fleet exerted their speed to the extreme, the output of the power system exceeded the rated value, and the speed of the battleship reached an astonishing speed of more than 25 knots! The entire fleet stabbed at Thomas's fleet like a sharp sword! At the same time, the accompanying auxiliary warships also began to move to the right side, preparing to delay the offensive of Betty's fleet. The movement of the fast fleet surprises Thomas and Betty at the same time! They really didn't expect the other party to make such a shocking maneuver, although it seems that there is a kind of Trafalgar naval battle in the meaning of forcibly cutting in, but the danger is self-evident! The Allied fleet tried to flank some of the opposing ships, and at the same time, the Entente could also form a flanking attack on the opponent, but it depended on Betty's speed!

Betty finally had a flash of inspiration, and after many baptisms of war, Betty's level is also increasing! Some people say that war is the best school, as long as you can survive, then you are all high-achieving students! This sentence is absolutely true, although Betty didn't expect the Allies to use such a method, but he immediately thought of a solution, that is, to quickly turn right, and then sail opposite the opponent, move to the tail of the Allied fast fleet and then cut crosswise! If the other side does not divide its forces to attack itself, then Betty's fleet can attack the other side without hindrance, which no fleet can stand. As for the smoke screen? Now the wind speed is a bit strong, and the hastily pulled out smoke screen is naturally of limited effect, and the other side also has to consider the impact of the smoke screen on its own shelling.

Betty was right, but it's all about time! Before Betty completed the maneuver, the Spee fleet and the main fleet had already begun to flank Thomas's fleet, and the defense of the British 13.5-inch super dreadnoughts in Thomas's fleet was really a tragedy! Lin Yongsheng's action is a double-edged sword, when he stabs at the other party, this sword will also put himself in danger.

At this time, the British fleet had already tasted the heavy blow of the Allied fleet, and the 5 capital ships of the fast fleet fired at the Orion and the Emperor, which were the first in Thomas's fleet, with extremely ferocious firepower! Coupled with the two Italian Super Dreadnoughts that were originally against them, the two earliest British Super Dreadnoughts were fiercely attacked by as many as 6 warships in a short period of time! The columns of water are almost connected, covering the entire battleship, which is of course not conducive to sighting, but because there are too many shells fired, and the fast fleet is very close to the other side, almost to the extent of direct aiming, so these two battleships are still hit continuously!

The Orion, which rushed to the front, was like a volcano that was constantly erupting, it seemed to walk in a hell of flames and meteorites, and the sudden blow quickly destroyed the battleship, and the explosions quickly made it lose its strength to fight back, and the entire side chord was beaten like a sieve. The hull was riddled with holes from various shells, and the efforts of the damage crew could no longer keep up with the speed of the flooding. At this time, the Scharnhorst, the closest fast battleship to the Orion, was less than 10KM! THIS DISTANCE IS ENOUGH FOR A 350MM GUN TO EASILY PENETRATE ITS FRAGILE 300MM ARMOR!

"The main guns have been destroyed, the ammunition depot has been flooded, and our ship will hold out until the last moment!" Soon Thomas received a telegram from the Orion, a telegram of a unique nature that embodied the indomitable and persistent nature of the British Royal Navy! Everyone knew that even in the face of such an artillery bombardment, the main British fleet could not retreat, on the one hand, it could not retreat, and on the other hand, it was for Betty to buy time! At this time, the fleets of the two sides are like two steel dragons entangled and biting each other, and the Allies have the first hand, and if the Entente fleet retreats at this time, then the entire Entente fleet will be divided into two parts, and then broken by each one!

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