Sixty-six-four ended with

"This is an hour of darkness as I know it, an hour of grief for the Royal Navy!"

"With the British advantage, we held on for 67 minutes and brought home the victory, and next time Germany will hold on for a long time!"

"Dog-eat-dog for an hour, and only a little pulled

The above three passages are from The Times, Tirpitz and Long Guozhang respectively. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Of course, Bōer didn't know what people would say about this naval battle at the moment, and now his attention was attracted by the Schott 184 in front of him, and after pressing the British Schott 184 into it through the Doji sight, he pulled the trigger with his fingers.

The projectiles rained out of the bow-lowered barrel and, with the help of synchronisers, pierced through the spinning propellers, swept across the opponent's wooden wings, and cut them there with a series of bullet holes.

Having lost half of its wings, the SCHOTT 184 plunged headlong into the smoke below.

When Bōer leveled the fuselage, two more British Camel F2 fighters appeared in the distance, which took off from the British mothership Grayding in the distance, and like the Chinese, Britain began to equip fighters that could take off from the deck.

This is not the first time Bōer has seen camels, in fact, he has met these guys when he helped the army before, to be honest, they are very difficult to entangle, mobile and flexible, if he is flying an army falcon or a Fokker D, he dares to guarantee to kill each other, but now he is just a seaplane, although the engine uses the falcon technology provided by China, not weaker than the camel, but the two big pontoons under the fuselage limit the play.

After some effort, Bōer avoided one and circled behind it, and just as the dexterous camel was about to turn, he once again seized the fleeting opportunity to smash the cockpit of the other man.

The other camel was probably handed, and he was already frightened, and when he saw his companion and the plane fall like a kite, he immediately flew back to the mothership in the distance, regardless of the struggle.

Bōer also did not dare to chase after him, because there were not only motherships, but also as many as 40 British destroyers and torpedo boats, and they did not escort the motherships, but the capital ships were unable to fight for the time being, and they were not willing to go to the hands, and nearly 50 main ships were bombarded, and there were countless more naval guns from 280 mm to 380 mm than secondary guns, and the stray bullets that swept across the entire battlefield alone could tear anything apart.

After a few moments, the sky above the battlefield gradually calmed down, and the fighters who were strangling each other began to retreat after each losing a few planes, and unlike the frantic fierce battle on the sea, even later including the Bōer were not recorded, the roar of the steel behemoth became the only protagonist of the afternoon.

Piloting the plane, Bōer began to search for his mothership, but the smoke from the muzzles of thousands of cannons and the smoke from thousands of superheated boilers had reduced visibility to the limit, and when looking down from the sky, there seemed to be a curtain of ash in front of him, only countless fire points lit up and extinguished in an instant, and the entire sea was full of battleships scrambling to shell each other.

It's hard to describe in words the scene that Bōer saw at this moment, the scene of millions of tons of steel and fried together, which is indescribable by anything, and everyone is scalp tingling and trembling in their hearts.

Although he was a pilot, Bōer still hoped to help his mothership, and even providing the coordinates once at this moment was precious, so after thinking about it, he cautiously descended and searched and observed, hoping to find his comrades.

Suddenly, a ball of fire exploded in the smoke of gunpowder, and when he turned his head to look, Bōer saw a British armored cruiser like a cracked crater, the hull of the ship broke open from the middle, and the rift continued to spray flames out, and the edges of the steel hull were even burned red, hundreds of British sailors were blown away by the explosion, and the auxiliary guns weighing more than ten tons were thrown into the air together with the base.

"Great!"

Bōer, who was sitting in the cockpit, shook his fist fiercely, even if it was an armored cruiser, as long as it could be killed, it would be a victory, so he hurriedly searched for the battleship that had made a meritorious service, but when several shells hit the water column around the exploding armored cruiser again, he was suddenly stunned.

Britain, battlecruisers ?!

As a pilot undertaking long-range reconnaissance missions, the first thing you need to be able to identify is the opponent, and the good guys can even be specific to the warship through the details, Bōer is not so powerful, not to mention that the sky is foggy now, but through the outline, he can still roughly distinguish that a few shells were fired from a Tiger-class battlecruiser that was entanglement with the Helgolan-class battleship.

What is this? This accidental injury is too outrageous, it's a 9,700-ton armored cruiser! Your eyes aren't so bad, are they?

In Bōer's sluggishness, the D turret of the British Tiger-class battlecruiser Reckless was already in a mess, and after a gust of west wind blew away the gunsmoke, the gunner found that he had actually hit the defense and sunk the opponent, and his face turned white with fright. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Because the naval gun needs to hang down the muzzle first every time it is loaded, and then lift it back to its original position after loading, it is impossible to manually locate it every time, so the designers invented the locking machine, as long as the positioning is completed, the muzzle will automatically return to this position when it is raised, and can no longer continue to tilt up.

In wartime, the locking machine would adjust every few minutes to the angle provided by the rangefinder, but the Reckless D turret was clearly out of order, and the elevation angle was higher than the figure given by the rangefinder, allowing the shells to fly past the target and to the Defense.

The gunners nervously repositioned the lockers, and many were even so frightened by the depravity of the defense that they forgot to continue firing until the deck gun commander rushed in and shouted that he had taken heavy aim at his opponent.

But by this time it was too late, the German battle cruiser De Fringer that had come obliquely had completed the lock, and the sophisticated German machinery had once again taken advantage of it, and a 305 mm shell was rushing towards the D turret, and in the loud explosion, the entire turret seemed to have been smashed by a giant with a hammer, and the turret was instantly crooked, and the smoke and dust were raised.

As Bōer cheered for the De Fringle, his eyes were once again drawn to another set of jā battles, and his heart suddenly rose when the figures of the four ships suddenly burst into a cloud of gunsmoke.

4 British George V-class battleships completed the crossing, originally their opponent should have been 5 German Caesar-class battleships, which seems to be one less number, but because the Caesar-class had been injured when intercepting Betty before, it was equivalent to narrowing the technical gap, so the strength of this group of Jā battles was comparable.

At that time, the German battle line was basically broken, and Scheer gave an order to fight and retreat to the southeast, and then let each team complete the tactical adjustment on its own, not that he did not want to command, but that he was entangled by Jericho's first team, and the smoke on the sea was too great to judge according to the telegrams sent by the teams.

So at that time, the 5 Caesar-class and the pursuing 4 George V had begun to turn to the southeast after bombarding for more than ten minutes, but when they turned the rudder, they found that they were trapped by the British 2nd war-team, and the 4 King-class battleships were lying in front of them.

The 4 George V were supposed to follow suit, but Rear Admiral Hood suddenly found that the 4 German King-class battleships were close at hand, so he simply let go of Caesar and cut cross-cutting in front of the 4 German King-class.

If it weren't for the mast lookout of the German battleship King's Battleship that spotted George V in the smoke in time, all four Kings might have been lost here, and Rear Admiral Wembeck was taken aback, and in order to avoid being surrounded by 10 battleships, he immediately ordered to turn east.

4 George V, 3 Orions and 3 St. Vincent-class battleships aimed at the 4 Kings for a while, and only 5 minutes later, the Crown Prince William was the first to catch fire in the King's class, and the entire deck seemed to be on fire, and the 5 turrets were also completely ineffective, and they had to hang up the white flag and take the lead in leaving the battle line.

Immediately after that, there was an explosion in the secondary gun position in the middle of the Electoral Houll, and the excellent German protection design saved their lives again, and the flames were finally suppressed after 15 minutes, and it is surprising that the speed did not decrease.

Its opponents were also not comfortable, and the St. Vincent Class Avant-garde was hit by four 305-mm armor-piercing shells, which caused a large number of flooding on the starboard side and the deck began to tilt, and finally sank in 6 hours.

Unfortunately, the St. Vincent, 4 powerful ships of George V were hit by multiple shells before they arrived, and they could not save it when they arrived, and after being hit by an armor-piercing shell in the torpedo compartment of the bow, it caused a violent explosion, and the entire bow began to sink as if it had been cut off.

But this was also a brilliant result for the German King, and under the heavy shelling of the remaining 8 British battleships, especially the 4 comparable George V, the Doge and the King also began to catch fire, and had to release smoke and begin to retreat.

The unexpected addition of Rear Admiral Hood, although it paid the price of sinking and seriously wounding (and later sinking), also severely damaged the four King-class battleships in the main force of the German Navy, second only to the Bavaria-class, and left the opponent to rest for more than a year until they were repaired and recommissioned at the end of the war.

If you just look at a group, Rear Admiral Hood's horizontal is successful, but the problem is that he let go of the original opponent, so that 5 Caesar-class ships were free, and directly crashed into the Helgoland-class battleship formation that was fighting with 2 British giant-class battleships and 4 Tiger-class battleship cruisers, with Hipper's leading the De Fringer and the Odd to help, 4 Helgolan-class battles Although the caliber of the ship's guns is small, and the strength is poor when it is launched, it is not weak, but I didn't expect 5 Caesar-class ships to rush over when they are in equal strength!

Betty relied on the advantage of speed to lead these 4 Tiger-class battlecruisers to successfully escape the trouble of being blocked, but the giant-class battleships belonged to the older model, and the speed was too slow to get out of it, and in less than 20 minutes, it was overwhelmed by 9 German battleships with overwhelming artillery fire, and finally sank.

According to the surviving staff officer of the Giant, Colonel Carter, "We were doing our best, and we were about to knock down our opponent to score, but we were targeted by a group of madmen." ”

Major General Hood pushed to the first domino, and then it happened that he went to deal with the king, and let the original opponent Caesar deal with the giants, and Betty, who escaped, took 4 Tiger-class battle cruisers under the pursuit of Hipper, and crashed into the middle of the 4 Naā-class, which belonged to the ancient, just a copy of the Rhine, and the design idea was still stuck in the pre-dreadnought era Naā-class faced two iron dukes It was bitter enough, but unexpectedly there were 4 more Tiger-class battle cruisers, and the same 2 Hipper-class battle cruisers were hit by the enemy who suddenly appeared 10,000 yards away before they arrived.

The slow and poor seaworthiness of the old Naā-class was not an opponent at all, and the Jā hand was like using a dreadnought to deal with the former dreadnought, so it only lasted a few minutes, and the Naā was sunk on the spot, and the Westphalia was seriously injured and was also discovered and sunk by a British destroyer at night, if it wasn't for the arrival of Hipper with 2 battle cruisers, maybe the remaining 2 would have been finished.

From the moment the Defense was hit by his own people, the bōer in the sky seemed to be watching a series of crashes, one huge ball of fire after another, sinking one after another, without a neat battle line, without unified artillery fire, dozens of capital ships were like destroyers, entangled and fighting.

The whole battlefield was a mess!

Bōer was tempted to shout to warn his companion, but the roar of the ship's guns below had obscured everything, so he had to look at the fairly neat center for help, hoping that Vice Admiral Scheer would be able to find a solution to the problem in time.

Scheer didn't know that he had already set it, but he couldn't leave at the moment, because in front of him were 4 Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and two improved Avenger-class battleships.

His 4 Bavarian-class ships are stronger than the other party in terms of protection and firepower, but the opposite Jericho has the advantage of speed and numbers, and it is another battle that must be fought.

"Boom

Four Bavarians fired the 27th round, and the gunners lowered their muzzles and prayed, and almost simultaneously, the opponents from 15,000 yards away began to return fire, dozens of shells piercing through the sky, smashing at each other with hope, anger and hatred.

Explosions rang out from both teams at the same time, billowing smoke rose from the battleships hit, Jericho's wounded warweary, a 380-mm armor-piercing projectile hit the boiler room, and milky white high-pressure steam erupted from the amidships of the hull, forming a jet dozens of meters high.

Scheer's third ship, the Baden, was hit by the B turret, and although it did not penetrate, the blast produced the impact bō that prevented the turret from firing another shell until it left.

At 5:15 a.m., the Bavaria fired a key shell, a 380-mm armor-piercing shell that hit the Jericho's flagship Ramieil, burrowed under the rear chimney deck, entered the power room, and the explosion swept through the 2 boiler rooms, killing everyone nearby with steam and toxic fumes.

Scheer clenched his fist excitedly, as long as the flagship was sunk, the British home fleet would probably collapse without a fight, but before he could wait too long, the Queen Elizabeth accelerated and blocked the front of the Ramey, blocking the angle of the shelling.

This move made everyone in the command tower sigh, the capital of Britain is the number, 6 ships to 4 ships, in the case of a small gap, it is impossible to solve it quickly.

"General, the Nasha has been hit and has begun to sink!"

"The Westphalia is starting to flood, and its speed has dropped to 16 knots!"

"General, the deck of the Louitt Bōrd Regent is beginning to tilt, please abandon the ship!"

One report after another, Scheer, who had just hoped to defeat Jellico, began to fidget, he never expected that the decisive battle of the Grand Fleet in his dream would develop like this, and the dignified battleship bombardment turned into a destroyer strangulation.

The important thing is that Jericho dared to pay the loss, because he still had enough reserves in his nest, but the Germans could not afford to spend it, although because of the adequate design of the defense, the enemy's losses so far were more than twice as much as their own, but the British shelling hit rate was not much lower than their own, if it were not for the problem with their shells, the cost would have been great!

What's more, almost every warship is injured now, and just repairing them will exhaust Germany's resources, so if it continues to fight, even if the home fleet is completely annihilated, Germany will face the end of having no warships available in the next few years!

Breakthrough!

At 5:10, Scheer finally made up his mind to break through, but now the situation was serious, and the big turn alone was not enough to buy time, and after some trade-offs, he made a decision and gave the order: "All destroyers and light cruisers rush to the enemy ships, do whatever it takes!"

Dozens of small warships rushed into the battle circle, instantly shattering the entire battlefield.

"Sir, the Samurai reports that the enemy has dispatched a destroyer."

"Command

"Boom

Before Jericho's order was finished, a sudden magnified light in the dense fog in the distance made it impossible to say anything that came to his lips, and the already wounded Tiger-class battlecruiser Reckless was hit and exploded, and it was the De Fringer who made the merit, and one of his armor-piercing shells found the British dead again

Looking blankly at the bright fire in the fog, Jericho's heart trembled violently, as if someone had poured cold water on him, so far he had lost 9 capital ships, and 2 were also seriously injured and left to fate, if he continued to fight, God knows how much he would lose.

What's more, now that the other side has dispatched small warships, and in the battle situation where the visibility on the sea surface is less than 8,000 yards, he has to order the destroyers to attack and intercept, and at the same time collect the capital ships.

More than a hundred small warships rushed into the battle circle almost at the same time, which further complicated the sea situation, countless torpedoes and shells shuttled through each other, and the explosions and fires were several times more than before.

Bōer couldn't look anymore, and the thick fog and gunsmoke together made him feel as if he had fallen into the night early, and had to pull up the fuselage and burrow into the bright world above the clouds.

On the sea, the daughters of the god Odin rode pegasus and sang war songs over the clouds, carrying the souls of the war dead from the sea and bringing them back to Valhalla. The living are still fighting on the stage of iron and blood, and with Jericho's command: "Take advantage of the time you can see, and fire on everything you can see." ”

"Ben Bao, a suspicious ship was found, and the fire was fired at 5:40, and the results could not be confirmed."

"Warriors, firing at De Fringer at 5:41 a.m., 6,000 yards away, can't be sure of the outcome."

"Baham, at 5:45, fired at the Caesar-class battle column at a distance of 12,000 yards, and the opponent quickly disappeared."

"The Avengers, at 5:44, 5 battleships of 95 degrees on the starboard side, 2 Bavarian, 2 Naā, fired at the leading Bavaria, the first fell far away from the stern, the second straddled near the aft deck and was counterattacked, one shot was shot in the amidships, and the opponent disappeared."

Listening to the reports, Jericho knew that it was too late to intercept, and glanced at the scarred battleships that began to approach the flagship, the corners of his mouth bitter.

He started with a wonderful ten minutes, but was buried by an hour!

In a letter to his wife later, he wrote: "We rushed over and started the game with a sacrifice of ten minutes, and though we paid the price, if it had not been evening, if the vision had been good and not blurred, the second Trafalgar would have been within reach." ”

An hour later, Bōr returned to the D-Fringer in a plane that was running out of gas, and when he boarded the armor he couldn't believe what he saw, as if he were in hell.

The chimney has become a colander, the turret is all crooked, the deck is full of broken and blood, the medical room is overcrowded, many wounded are receiving first aid on the deck, the seriously wounded are simply injected with a dose of morphine, the medical officer's job is to quickly stop the bleeding and bandage the splints, the gas poisoned sailors are also lifted up from the bilge one by one, shortness of breath, pale skin and vomiting, some have to do artificial respiration, some have to inject cardiotonics, and the few oxygen cylinders are very used up.

In the distance, the Odd dragged its wreckage along the flagship, its two chimneys broken, and the bridge broke open, and a large electric arc was clearly visible, and the fatal wounds came from a large amount of water near the waterline, which caused the speed to drop to a dangerous level.

The whole sea is full of German capital ships on the way home, and the destroyers and light cruisers behind them are still doing their best to stop the enemy, and the sacrifices they have paid will be great, great!

At 2 o'clock in the morning on May 16, the German Ocean Fleet on the high seas finally survived the strangulation of British destroyers and returned to the starting point.

The decisive battle, which had been longed for for several years and exhausted the national strength, began to slowly end in the sound of thick smoke and explosions.

RA！ ~！