At 15:20, the first US ** ship opened the record, and it was the two armored cruisers Charlotte and Missoula at the end of the line. They simultaneously hit the former dreadnought Zalingen. The Zaringen, an old ship completed in 1902, should have been relegated, but the Germans continued to use them as if they were ducks on the shelves in order to maintain their naval strength.

Most warships of the First World War still retained the gun-type secondary guns, which were mounted on the side of the gunboard in a single-barreled form on the lower deck. At this time, a design with a strong feature of the era of sail warships.

Compared with the turret secondary gun that appeared later, it has the advantage of saving weight and space for the same quantity, and it is also cheaper. But its disadvantages are also obvious, first of all, the firing range is too small, the installation position is too low, and once the sea conditions are a little worse, it cannot be used. And the elevation angle is too small to take into account air defense.

On top of that, the secondary guns of the gun silhouette were extremely detrimental to the hull defense. Once these gun profiles are penetrated by the opponent's main gun, there is ammunition to be loaded behind them, and the original ammunition of this caliber explodes outside, and the problem is not very strict, but when it explodes inside the hull, the nature is completely different. What's more, in order to save weight, some designs only have a thin bulkhead between the gun shafts of the secondary guns, or even completely penetrate, so that once it is detonated, half of the side sides will be finished together.

The Zaringen was also of such a structure, and it turned out to be unlucky. Both armor-piercing shells penetrated through the port side side of the secondary gun ∝ junction with the hull, and the high temperature generated by the internal explosion caused the secondary gun ammunition to detonate. As a result of this bombing, half of the entire port side of the ship was blown off, half of the hull was surrounded by fireworks, and at the same time, a large amount of water entered the port side.

The Americans were not happy for long, and the Germans returned to color. The Colorado was wounded in an air raid at the front, and the rear firing commander was blown away, which greatly reduced the hit rate of the two main guns in the rear. Moreover, the front chimney was blown out of a large hole, and although it was urgently repaired, there was still a lot of smoke emitted, which affected the observation and correction, and then it was hit by the Bavaria on the opposite side.

At 15:22, the Bavaria fired three rounds in a row, hitting the Colorado with four rounds of 390 mm guns, and a shell fell vertically, directly penetrating the top armor of the No. 1 turret, exploding inside, completely reimbursing this turret. Another shell hit the wounded front chimney, more than doubling the hole in the chimney, and the smoke suddenly enveloped half of the warship. The Colorado became "half-blind".

At 15:32 the battle progressed, and the first sunken ship appeared, the American armored cruiser USS Seattle. The reason why it was sunk was also because of the gun's secondary gun, which was pierced by the Mecklenburg on the opposite side, causing the ammunition to detonate, tearing a large hole more than ten meters long in the underwater part of the starboard side, and the sea water rushed into it frantically. The fire then burned to the ammunition depot of the front main gun, causing another explosion. The Seattle was blown in two and sunk into the sea.

At 15:38, the two sides approached 18 kilometers. The United States finally achieved a result, the South Carolina character exploded, hitting eight dreadnought 310-mm shells in front of the Silesia in succession, four of which were water-in-water, and four large openings were made on the port side of the warship, and by the way, it also hit an underwater torpedo tube, detonating the torpedo. Directly let this former dreadnought capsize.

By 16:20, the distance between the two sides had been reduced to 16 kilometers. As the distance closes, the hit rates of both sides begin to rise, and many warships on both sides have sunk and some have withdrawn from the battle.

Germany sank the three dreadnoughts Helgoland, the Rhineland, and the Posen, as well as five ex-dreadnoughts, the Deutsche Deutsche dreadnought, the Hanover, the Silesia, the Mecklenburg, and the Zaringen. In addition, four battleships, the Baden, Saxony, King Albert and Regent Louitpold, were seriously injured and withdrew from the battle.

The United States sank six dreadnoughts, the USS Idaho, USS Tennessee, USS Wyoming, USS Arkansas, USS Utah, and USS Delaware, as well as three armored cruisers USS Memphis, USS Seattle, and USS Charlotte. The USS Colorado, USS Maryland, USS Nevada and USS Pennsylvania withdrew from the battle with serious injuries.

At this time, Lieutenant General Sims couldn't stand it anymore, and he looked at the battlefield anxiously. At this time, both sides were still on the battle line, and there were only twelve capital ships. He immediately ordered: "Order the light ships to make a sortie and launch a lightning strike on the opposing side." At the same time, the carrier-based aircraft were ordered to attack and assist the light ships in attacking ......"

Marshal Scheer was also irritated by the fierce battle, and he issued a similar order, trying to break the stalemate with air power and light ships.

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At 16:30, 22 light cruisers and 82 destroyers of the United States were killed with 25 light cruisers, 90 destroyers and large torpedo boats of the Germans. The battle of the light ships was even more fierce, but the Germans had more advanced oxygen torpedoes, and they gave their opponents a volley of torpedoes before they began. The US officers and men had no experience in fighting oxygen torpedoes, and they could only evade this kind of torpedoes, which were difficult to see the tracks, by feeling, and as a result, they were hit squarely, directly sinking and injuring more than a dozen ships.

At 16:50, the US carrier-based aircraft group and the German Faroe Islands aircraft group both went out this time, and they rushed to the battlefield almost at the same time and randomly started a large-scale aerial fight. and launched an attack on the opposing ships.

And the capital ships were not idle at this time, they fired at each other with their main guns, and on the other hand, they desperately shot at the opponent's light ships with their secondary guns, and fired at the opponent's aircraft with anti-aircraft guns.

At this time, the German light ships gradually suppressed the American light ships, and more than a dozen destroyers and large torpedo boats broke through the American obstacles and rushed towards the capital ships. And the Americans also went crazy, and a dozen of their destroyers also broke through the German blockade and rushed towards the German battle line. The Germans relied on the long range of the torpedo, and for the sake of safety, they fired the torpedo at a position of about seven kilometers, while the American cowboys were stunned, and they rushed to a distance of three kilometers before firing the torpedo.

The capital ships of both sides hurriedly evaded, and the battle line was scattered. And at this time, attack aircraft groups on both sides also launched attacks on these large ships, which did not lack the protection of light ships.

The whole naval battle entered a white heat. I saw that ships on the sea continued to catch fire, explode, and capsize. And the air is also a ball, all kinds of planes are constantly turning into fireballs in the air, or dragging black smoke into the sea, and umbrella flowers in the air are scattered like dandelions.

Lieutenant General Sims is also fighting at this time, what does it matter if the loss is bigger, with the endorsement of President Wilson, he is afraid of hair. Taking advantage of the melee between the two sides, he ordered all the capital ships that could still fight to attack the other side, ready to use the battleships to play hand-to-hand combat. The Yankees' battle plan this time is very simple, that is, the "exchange tactic", and the Erdezi fight for consumption, anyway, the United States, which has deep pockets, is not afraid of this tactic.

But the Yankee can afford it, so I'm not afraid, but Erdezi is afraid.

So, seeing the American battleships rushing like crazy herds, Scheer was intimidated. He ordered the battleships to release smoke and withdraw from the battlefield, and ordered light ships and aircraft to cover the retreat of the capital ships.

"Retreat, you damn Yankees! they're all crazy!" said Scheer, whose eyes twitched, and he gritted his teeth. He scolded in his heart: Nima, Yankees, do you know naval warfare, and you still play with the bayonet on the battleship.

"Your Excellency, order the wolves to attack!" Raeder reminded him. He had now been promoted to colonel because of Jutland's merits.

Scheer nodded, and said abruptly: "Okay, let them attack immediately, and our main fleet will retreat first......"

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"Chase, chase me! Don't be afraid of losses!" Lieutenant General Sims's face flushed with excitement, such a bloody battle accelerated the secretion of his adrenal hormones, and his whole body wanted to burn. And the retreat of the German battleships made him even more excited.

However, just when he was in high spirits, the intelligence staff officer brought bad news.

The intelligence staff officer said with a pale face: "Mr. General, it's not good! Our transport ship regiment and aircraft carrier have been attacked by a large group of German submarines. The opponent has a huge number of submarines, at least 40 to 50 submarines, and our losses are extremely great, Rear Admiral Rodman asks you to hurry up and reinforce them!"

"What? The United States is not afraid of equipment losses, but if there are too many dead people, it will be troublesome. The transport ship regiment behind it was loaded with six army divisions and more than 200,000 support troops.

"These despicable bastards!" Sims clenched his fists, to chase or not to chase, if he continued to pursue, he might deal a greater blow to the German fleet, but the transport ship regiment and aircraft carriers behind him were probably about to be doomed. The planes of the aircraft carriers behind were released, and they were almost powerless to resist in the face of submarines. And there are only three light cruisers and 8 destroyers escorting light ships over there, and they are powerless in the face of 40 to 50 submarines.

After thinking about it for a minute, Vice Admiral Sims decided to go back to the rescue of the transport group first, and he indignantly ordered: "Stop the pursuit!

At 17:35, as the U.S. capital ships turned, the light ships of the two sides gradually disengaged, and the planes in the sky basically lost all their bombs and torpedoes at this time, and they also went home. The battle of the Faroe Islands gradually came to an end.

By the time Vice Admiral Sims rushed to the rear, the German submarines had already retreated. He was greeted by a mess of transports, the wreckage of countless ships floating on the sea, several ships were still on fire, and several ships were stuck in the sea in strange postures and were sinking. There are countless people who have fallen overboard on the surface of the sea.

"Damn the Germans, organize a rescue quickly! Light ships and planes are on guard nearby!" Sims immediately gave the order.