Although the German naval headquarters had already understood the intentions of the Russians, although Schell and others had done their best to mobilize their own fleet to support. But there is a saying that far water can't quench the thirst of the near. It would take some time for the fleet to set sail or to pass the Guò Kiel Canal, while the Russian fleet, which had already departed, could reach Danzig at a speed of more than 22 knots at its fastest. What the? You say two dreadnoughts can't run that fast? Sorry, then you can follow slowly. As a result, shortly after Essen's departure, the two slower dreadnoughts were left behind, while the main fleet sped towards the target. At 22 knots, nearly 40 kilometers in one hour, 400 kilometers in ten hours, and finally the German Navy reached the sea off Denzer on September 22, 1915.

"It seems that the Germans are already on guard." Looking at the German fleet in the distance, Essen smiled bitterly that his worst fears had finally come true, and the Germans had indeed obtained information and had taken precautions in advance. But this proves from the side that there are indeed some very important things here that are worth the Germans' bloody protection, 5 former dreadnought battleships and a large number of mine-striking ships, but the Germans are like meat to be sent under their own guns. "Hopefully, before the arrival of the main German fleet, we will be able to achieve a decent result." Essen glanced at the portrait of Makanov hanging on the wall.

"Today, I will lead the fleet to regain the glory of the St. Andrew's flag, and I hope that the general's spirit in heaven will bless Russia and my fleet!" Essen whispered. "The fleet is ready to attack! Our mission is to completely destroy everything that stands in our way, whether it's a battleship or a turret or whatever! No one can organize us to turn the port of Danzig into a sea of fire! That's it, boys, let's do it! The glory of St. Andrew's flag returns today! Essen commanded loudly!

"Behind us. It's Danzer. We have no way back. Just before the Russian fleet opened fire, Paul also raised the battle flag. At this time, he really has no way out, they are Danze. The lives of hundreds of thousands of German civilians in the city of Denzer depend on them to protect them, and more importantly, the new flagship of the German High Seas Fleet, the Bismarck Super Battleship, is being built in the Shuoxiao shipyard in the port of Denzawa. Of course, he could not say this to ordinary officers and soldiers. It's confidential!

When the Russian fleet appeared on the sea, Paul knew that he could not resist at all. Isn't it funny that 5 quasi-dreadnoughts fight 4 super dreadnoughts? The only thing Paul could do was to stall for time with Guò's own sacrifice and wait for the arrival of Hipper's fleet. So in the beginning, Paul used almost all the power at his disposal to create a smokescreen. All working ships were filled with smoke canisters and walls of smoke were drawn out of the sea to prevent the enemy from watching. At the same time, even airships were used, and their task was not to bomb, but to show Paul the location of the Russian fleet. From a distance, the German auxiliary warships pulled out the wall of smoke and approached the Russians step by step. In a vain attempt to drive away the Russians from the hidden torpedo boats.

"Huh. There are two hits. Looking at the thick smoke on the sea, a smile appeared at the corner of Essen's mouth, this idea is really good, but it's a pity that it was Essen, but Essen has also walked under Yang Yonglin and others a few times, if this method can't be cracked, then what else is he messing with? The Russians really didn't have much to do with the German fleet hidden in the smoke of the sea, but the problem was that the Russians didn't have to do anything with these ships. Their target is the outfitting ship in the Denzer shipyard and the city, so why can't they get along with these little guys?

Originally, Essen did not intend to target the city of Danze. After all, there were too many civilians in it, but I don't know if the Russians were stimulated by the crushing defeat on land, or for some other reason, Essen received an order to clearly list the city of Denzer as the second target, the first target was the shipyard and the warship, and the second target was the entire city. And in order to improve the efficiency of the strike, each gun in Essen's battleship actually carried half of the picric acid high-explosive shells!

After the arrival of the fleet in Essen, the Russian airships also flew over, although they did not fly to England with bombs like the Germans, but it was no problem to bring a transmitter or something, and the Russian Admiralty had already marked the location of the Dan Ze Shuo Xiao shipyard on the map according to the intelligence of the spies, and listed the locations of several suspected outfitting warships. Essen didn't need to attack too accurately at all, as long as the shells hit a certain area, so Essen didn't pay attention to the actions of the German Navy at first, but concentrated on adjusting the guns to a large elevation angle, and then bombarded the shipyard according to the number provided by the airship!

The 36 14-inch 45L guns took turns pouring a deadly rain of bullets towards the target area, and these shells flew over a distance of nearly 20 kilometers and walked on the noticeably larger side, and many of the shells did not land in the shipyard at all, but on the adjacent residential areas and commercial streets. After the shell exploded, the green flames from the burning of the picric acid charge swam through the city, burning everything it could touch, and no buildings, vehicles, or people could escape its clutches. Countless shrapnel flew in the target area and recklessly harvested lives, often after a shell fell, there were no living people within a radius of hundreds of meters. In a matter of minutes, the city of Danzig had already paid a heavy price!

"These madmen! Demon! You deserve hell! "The Germans did attack the British port, and many civilians died under the guns, but they did not do such a wanton rain of death on residential areas, this time, the Germans were really enraged, and Paul obviously could not hide like this, even if he fought the whole fleet, he had to organize the actions of the Russians! The telegram quickly conveyed Paul's order, and all the German fleets received orders to attack their opponents at any cost. From now on, whether it is a quasi-dreadnought with a displacement of close to 15,000 tons, or an old cruiser of several thousand tons, or a destroyer of several hundred tons and a torpedo boat of several tens of tons. They will all be led by the lead ship to storm the Russian fleet.

Led by the flagship Braunschweig, 5 German quasi-dreadnoughts rushed out of the smoke under the guidance of the airship and rushed towards the Russian giant ship in the distance, because of the smoke, the Germans were able to approach the Russian fleet, and when they got out of the thick smoke, Rear Admiral Paul found himself only 4KM away from the nearest Russian destroyer! THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE DESTROYER SEEMED TO BE STUNNED BY THE SUDDEN BURST OF THE BEAST, AND BARELY HAD TIME TO MAKE ANY RESISTANCE BEFORE THEY WERE TORN TO PIECES BY THE FLYING 150MM SHELLS. A victorious start! However, Paul did not relax, for he found that although it was closer, it seemed to be far away from the Russian capital ship, and at the same time as the Russian destroyer sank, the Gangut came in a round and a half of salvos.

"Withdraw into the smoke, let the destroyer move on, and push the smoke forward!" Paul commanded. Then several destroyers ventured to charge, pushing the smoke screen forward little by little, and the 5 quasi-dreadnoughts retreated back into the smoke screen, because it was outside the harbor, so the wind was not strong, if it was at sea, the sea breeze had already blown away the smoke, and now with the tireless efforts of the Germans, the smoke was advancing forward, and the German battleships were also approaching under the cover of smoke.

At first, Essen didn't care, what he cared about was whether the task could be completed, but as the other party continued to advance, the destroyers of both sides had been entangled together, and the torpedoes that came from time to time had made it impossible for Essen to attack the ground quietly, just when Essen was thinking about whether to kill these miscellaneous fish first, 5 Braunschweig suddenly rushed out of the smoke from the right side, and as many as 30 11-inch 45L main guns aimed at themselves, although at a distance of 8KM, they still could not penetrate the inclined armor of the Gangut class, But the sheer amount of projection is already too big for Essen to ignore these old guys!

"Maximum rate of fire!" The distance of 8KM can already allow the artillery to fire directly with the sighting equipment on the turret, in this case, the high rate of fire of the 11-inch main gun on the Braunschweig can be fully exerted, and the Germans attacked first, and the first salvo hit a projection of nearly 9 tons! No warship can ignore such a powerful attack at close range, and even if they can't penetrate the armor, these high-explosive shells can completely cause fatal damage to the battleship's flight core!

At the same time that the Gangut and Sevastopol were surrounded by water jets and flames, the Russian counterattack also arrived, and the flat fire of 36 14-inch guns completely overwhelmed the German firepower. The huge barrel was almost parallel to the sea, and orange fireballs erupted from the slender barrel, creating ripples on the surface of the sea. The Germans dealt a hard blow to their opponents, and in a round of shelling just now, at least 4 shells hit the enemy ships, and even caused a small fire in the middle and rear of the Gangut.

But the Russians were even more violent, and in the first round of design, three shells hit the German fleet not far away, and the Alsace shook violently, and a huge fireball with a large number of armor fragments poured out of the breach, and the thick smoke even covered half of the hull. The Lorraine was also unlucky, as a shell slammed into its No. 2 turret, shattering the entire turret like a hammer. Just 9 inches of frontal armor is not enough to see! After only one round of fighting, Major General Paul clearly realized that he was definitely not the opponent of these steel behemoths, and he was not even worthy of stuffing his teeth! If you die, it won't take half an hour for the other party to destroy all your fleet!

Thanks to the book friend zhouyu1976 for the reward, as well as the monthly pass and evaluation ticket of the book friend Angel Tomahawk and the monthly pass support of the book friend Orphein ~~~~. (To be continued......)