"The fleet sent a large amount of smoke and dust in the direction of two o'clock, and it was the main fleet of the other side at a speed of more than 23 knots!" Finally, Betty waited for the news he had dreamed of, and the information was indeed accurate! The German fleet really came, and it was really only the German fast fleet, if it was the main fleet, it would be impossible for the German fleet to move at a speed of more than 23 knots, he had already captured the other side, and the rest was annihilation!

When the British light cruisers discovered the German fleet, Hipper also discovered the British light cruisers, and at the same time realized that the British fleet should be nearby, because the other party's light cruisers did not leave, but kept track and sent a telegram, if there was no large fleet nearby, the British light cruisers would have run away long ago, how could they continue to stay here? The only question is how many British fleets there are in the vicinity! Will you have indigestion if you encounter it?

The two fleets continued to sail fast according to their own set sails, and the two sides approached at a relative speed of up to nearly 50 knots, and soon they spotted each other, the huge and slender capital ships and the auxiliary warships gathered around them under the thick smoke. "For the Empire, for the Victory, Hooray!" When the main British fleet was finally revealed, the German officers and men roared at the sea full of warlike intent! Today, they can't go to the coast of England, but they can wash away their shame!

"Damn, the other side is 6 battleships! We've never seen the two in front of us! A staff officer on the Tiger cursed angrily as he looked at the German fleet that was becoming clearer. The two ships in front were noticeably shorter than those in the back, albeit at a great distance. But today, the weather was good, and the sea breeze had dispersed the smoke, so they could easily range and observe the battleship.

There is a certain proportional relationship between tonnage and combat effectiveness. But size and combat effectiveness are not necessarily proportional! Those surprisingly large ships often can't beat the lower ones in a deadly battle. Because those big warships are fast battleships, the appearance of these oversized cruisers such as Rurik and Qiangsheng in history is absolutely mighty, but they definitely can't beat the battleships of the same period, of course, it is still possible to run. Now this inference is also suitable for 1 battle, and the Tiger will definitely not be able to defeat the Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleship that is more than ten meters shorter than it.

"Damn, when did Hipper have 2 more ships?" Betty gritted her teeth as she watched the fleet appear in the distance. The mutation is steep, and the opponent has increased its combat power by more than half out of thin air, you know. The last time we met, the Hipper fleet was 2 Super Dreadnoughts and 2 Dreadnoughts. But this time, Betty believes that these two battleships are definitely super dreadnought, not dreadnought! The German Navy has also been fearless for many years!

"This could be the Sedlitz and the Lütsov. At that time, I remember that they were included in the formation of German battleships. At that time, we suspected that these two battleships might be high-speed warships, because they were relatively slender, but the Admiralty analyzed that they were still far from the battlecruisers, so they insisted on putting them under the battleship list. Just then, the captain of the Lion, Charron, sent a telegram.

"4 ships have become 6 ships? If Charlen's guess is true, then we will be 4 super dreadnoughts against the opponent's 4 super dreadnoughts, and 4 dreadnoughts against the opponent's 2 dreadnoughts. Betty mused. At this time, he somewhat understood Thomas, and the difference in strength between the two sides on paper was not large. And if protection is taken into account, the gap may be narrowed even further. As for speed? When the two sides draw each other, there is a hair use for one or two sections! For the performance of British battleships. Betty actually has some worries in her heart, but at this moment, he must not order a retreat, if he doesn't even dare to fight, then he will definitely become the saddest general in the history of the British Navy! Betty was not a reckless man, on the contrary, he had some knowledge of his own fleet.

"Prepare for battle! We have two more warships, all the super dreadnoughts and the opponent's super dreadnoughts catch each other, and the dreadnoughts behind attack each other's one for every two, ready to engage! In the end, Betty decided to fight! According to the experience of the Huaxia Navy, even if there is only a very small gap between the two sides, then after the local advantage is formed, it can be quickly expanded and transformed into a global advantage. The British, after all, have 2 more dreadnoughts. Betty thought that as long as the main force of the German High Seas Fleet did not appear, then her chances of victory would be higher than that of the other side!

The main fleets of both sides continued to approach, while the light cruisers and destroyers began to disperse to the sides, this was an engagement between giants, not something that they, small fish and shrimp, could interfere with. The distance between the two sides has been close to about 20KM, and it only takes a few minutes for both sides to enter the range of the other party, and the rangefinder at the top of the mast locks the distant battleship in the center of the field of vision, and transmits the speed, course, angular velocity, etc. to the fire control room for settlement, the ammunition delivery channel of the turret is opened, and the main gun shells and propellant packs are sent to the turret along the lifting shaft, and then the state is completed with the help of the servo.

All the turrets rotated according to the number provided by the fire control system, and one cannon after another aimed the dark muzzles at each other. The commanders finalized the sequence of engagements between each other for the last time. Tiger vs. Seydlitz, Lion vs. Lütsov, Queen Mary vs. Moltke, Princess Celestia vs. Goburn, and the rest were 4 Dreadnoughts for the British and 2 Dreadnoughts for the Germans.

"Is the rear team okay?" In the final minutes before the engagement, Hipper was also uneasy about whether his backteam could withstand the blow. In his opinion, this is the only variable, if he can push back the opponent's super dreadnought before the team collapses, then it will be himself who wins, and if the British take the lead, then Germany may lose. General Scheer has done his best to give him all the capital ships that can be called high-speed, and he must not fail! The German Navy could not afford to lose!

This was the fairest duel after the start of the war, both sides discovered their opponents almost at the same time, almost all expected that the other side would appear in this sea area at some time, for various reasons there were almost no other forces involved in this duel, and the auxiliary warships of both sides seemed so insignificant in such a large-scale engagement, both sides gave up the use of smoke to reduce the opponent's hits, because this would also lead to the decline of their own hits. Just like the berserkers in Norse mythology and legend, the warhammers in the hands of both sides are strong enough, but the defense is relatively weak!

"Fire!" When the order to open fire was transmitted to all the warships, almost at the same time, the four super dreadnoughts of the German Navy front team spewed out a series of scorching fire dragons and flew towards the British fleet 16KM away. The last two dreadnoughts did not fire the first half of a salvo after 2 minutes because of the lack of range.

"Keep getting closer, we need to get closer." When the German Navy's super dreadnought spewed out a hot tongue of fire, the entire British fleet was wrapped in a column of water nearly 100 meters high, under the cover of the water curtain, the range of the British battleships began to be affected, and the order to open fire was transmitted to Bettina over and over again, but the fleet was still ordered to continue to approach, and the two fleets approached at a small angle, and the two sides headed northeast.

"Thomas said we had a problem with our shells, and while I don't want to admit it, it was really hard for us to effectively kill our opponents from a long distance after a lot of encounters." Betty also compared the battle reports of the two sides, and he also found that the British's 14-inch shells seemed to have very limited lethality against the opponent!

When the distance was close to 14,000 meters, Betty finally ordered to fire back, and the shells fired by 8 British battlecruisers flew towards the German fleet more than ten kilometers away with a scream in the air. BUT JUST WHEN THE BRITISH WERE ENCOURAGED BY THEIR OWN POWERFUL ATTACK, A HUGE FIREBALL ROSE UP ON THE LION, AND A 350MM HEAVY GUN OF THE LYTSOV HIT THE OPPONENT FIRST, THIS SHELL HIT THE UPPER ARMOR BELT OF THE LION, AND ONLY 6 INCHES OF ARMOR WAS TORN APART LIGHTLY, AND THE SHELL FINALLY EXPLODED NEAR THE FLUE, AND THE VIOLENT EXPLOSION WAS MIXED WITH COUNTLESS SHRAPNEL AND FLAMES THAT DAMAGED NEARLY 40% OF THE FLUE. Clouds of black smoke poured out of the hull along the breach, completely engulfing the Lion's amidships turret.

"We fired blindly in the ensuing battles, and we could only operate the artillery according to the number of jù that came out of the fire control system. The optics on the turret all lost their effectiveness. Said the gun commander of the Lion's amidship turret. Many people think that this is not a cause for concern, just a small trauma. But then the British were told that this was nothing more than an appetizer for the adversary of the mighty German avant-garde fleet, and then with the closing of the distance, the British realized what it means to be accurate!

Just when the British were frustrated by the fact that their opponents had the first shot, the Moltke successfully formed a crushing shot on the Queen Mary, and then in the next round of attacks, two shells hit the British Navy's first class super dreadnought battlecruiser, but the hit was not in a good position, one hit the bow and the other blew several compartments in the hull amidship.

"Shoot at full speed!" When the distance between the two sides was close to 13KM, the guns on all the battleships were almost at the best range, and in this case, as long as it was not against God, under the skillful operation of the British and German naval officers and men, they could quickly form a broken shot, and then they could enter full speed of fire. In a short time, the warships of both sides formed a collapse shot, this is the most critical moment in a naval battle, the conditions for hitting have been achieved, all they can do is to shoot more shells in the shortest possible time, as for whether to hit or where to hit, it is completely up to God's arrangement!

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