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13:55。 It is quite fair to say that the results of the battle were already known after the Thunderstrike Fleet sent out that wave of torpedoes fifteen minutes ago. The only thing that the Germans had to think about was how much more they were prepared to pay to deal with these remaining British battleships.

Now, the British Royal Navy's home fleet is making its final struggle, and the most powerful and feared fleet on earth, which is the envy and hatred of the world, so large that many people can't sleep, and the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets, are coming to an end.

The main battle line of the British Home Fleet was originally composed of 32 powerful capital ships, but now only half of them are still floating intact, and the remaining sixteen capital ships have either sunk into the North Sea with their former glory or are about to sink.

Seven battleships, including the USS Ireland, USS Agincourt, USS Sovereign, USS Canada, USS Neptune, USS Avantgarde, and USS Collingwood, have completely disappeared from the sea, and only the masts of USS Thor and USS India remain on the surface of the sea. The three battleships, the Ramillis, the Ajax, and the Magnificent, were lying on their sides in the sea, and the decks were almost 90 degrees from the sea. The Hercules and the Dreadnought were split in two, with only the bow and stern still exposed. The Revenge and the Mallborough were sinking, and the decks were almost flooded.

Even the sixteen surviving warships were all covered in bruises, and most of them had lost their combat effectiveness, but they could barely float on the sea.

The German fleet was not without a price, they had now lost six dreadnoughts, the Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein, Braunschweig, Alsace, Hesse, and the first record of Prussia, as well as the two dreadnoughts Ostfrisland and Nassau. In addition, four battleships, the Catherine (Empress), the Regent Louitpold, the West****, the Hanover, and the Lorraine, were seriously injured and withdrew from the battle. The remaining eighteen battleships were also scarred and miserable.

And on the other side, the life-and-death struggle between fast warships and light ships has also come out at this time. The battle finally came to an end when the last of the Barham's main turret was blown up by the Mackensen's 390mm guns.

By this time, the eight armored cruisers of the British Rapid Fleet had been completely annihilated, the Minotaur was lying on the surface of the sea with its belly facing to the sky, and a third of the Shannon's hull was raised high above the water, with its butt facing the sky and its head down into the sea, and the remaining six were no longer visible.

Originally, the fast fleet was equipped with 10 light cruisers and 40 destroyers. Now only 1 light cruiser and 4 destroyers are still firing stubbornly, and the others are either a new sight under the sea, or they are paralyzed on the surface of the sea.

This battle patrol detachment of the German army also paid a considerable price. The Hindenburg and Moltke were sunk, and the Hindenburg and Goeben were beaten so that they could not take care of themselves and were paralyzed at sea and could not move. The newest battlecruiser, the Count Spee, currently has only one main turret left to fire. In addition, 3 light cruisers and 11 fleet torpedo boats (including destroyers) were lost, and 2 light cruisers and 5 fleet torpedo boats were incapacitated.

After seeing that the Barham was solved, Hipper immediately ordered all the battleships to gather fire on the British ships that were still resisting, but the largest of the 2 and five British ships was only more than 3,000 tons, where could they afford this kind of heavy artillery, plus there were large groups of German light ships around them shooting wildly, and in less than three minutes, they were blown into five piles of garbage.

Hipper immediately ordered reinforcements to his squadron, and the three battle cruisers, the Mackensen, the Lützov, and the Dufflinger, as well as a group of light ships in better condition, sailed at full speed in the direction of the squadron.

At this time, there was also a thunderous roar in the sky, and a large group of black-pressed German fighters flew from the southeast.

This is the second wave of attack aircraft from Obenro Air Force Base, consisting of 88 fighters, 145 light or medium bombers, and 119 Torpedo-carrying Gotha-2 heavy bombers. The planes were all diverted to Obernro from various places, because the long journey required time and did not catch the first wave of attack aircraft.

Wilhelm II and Moltke Jr. were also out of the way, and even the planes rationed to the Western and Eastern Fronts were drawn a lot, and if it weren't for the fact that some places were too far away, and the capacity of the Obenro base was limited, they would even be eager to draw all the bombers.

However, it was not too late for them to arrive, and Scheer did not want to lose more battleships by dealing with the remnants of the enemy. The heavy artillery of the British army was still very fatal, and if it was pecked by these boiled ducks, it would be too bad. It would be best if the other side could be dealt with by planes, light ships and submarines.

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The battleship Bavaria, the flagship of the German army.

When he saw the arrival of the Hipper fleet and the air force group, Scheer was completely relaxed, and he was still in the mood to let the adjutant make a pot of black tea. He looked relaxed and asked the telegraph officer, "Hasn't Jericho replied yet?"

Just now he had someone draft a message of persuasion to surrender and send it to Jericho of the home fleet in clear code. It would have been better if Jerry Cocken had surrendered. Not to mention that a large number of battleships could greatly supplement the strength of the German Navy, it was extremely refreshing to accept the surrender of an old opponent as a victor.

"Your Excellency, Admiral, he just replied, he refuses to surrender......" The telegraph officer took out a telegram and handed it to Scheer with a very bad face.

Scheer took the telegram and looked at it, and there was only one sentence on it: "The Royal Navy will fight to the last ship!"

"Oh, is that so? What a pity!" Scheer shook his head regretfully, sighed, and said, "Since Lord Jericho wants to maintain the last glory, then let us fulfill him." Are the lightning strike detachments ready?"

Raeder hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, the lightning strike team has finished reloading the torpedo and is ready to ......attack at any time."

Scheer waved his hand: "Let them continue to move......"

They were talking about the German version of the Kitakami and Shimakaze-class just now, and these ships immediately left the battlefield after the lightning strike and ran to the distance to load torpedoes.

Then came the Battle of the Palace, in which the German capital ships retreated a little to preserve their strength and cede the battlefield to the swarming fleet of aircraft and light ships. The German aircraft group divided into two routes, one to attack the remaining six destroyers, and the other to launch an air attack on the remaining British capital ships on the sea. German light ships also began to flank from both sides......

Six destroyers were "decked" by German planes with 20-mm guns, and were attacked by oncoming German light torpedo boats, and in less than 10 minutes, four destroyers were beaten into blazing flares, and the other two destroyers ate multiple bombs and 100-mm and 150-mm shells, and finally each received another torpedo and sank directly into the sea.

And those capital ships were even more miserable, they were already seriously injured in the decisive battle of the battle line and torpedo attacks in front, the hull was flooded in large quantities, the mobility was greatly reduced, and even completely unable to move. In particular, those secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns were basically destroyed, and now there is almost no chance to fight back in the face of the swarming aircraft and light ships.

German fighter planes swept back and forth on the bows of the British ships, each time firing at the remaining guns and sailors on the deck with machine guns and machine guns, and the bombers unscrupulously penetrated at ultra-low altitudes, dropping 250 kg bombs one after another on these difficult warships as if they were practicing target shooting.

Then there were the torpedo-carrying "Gotha-2" heavy bombers, which descended to a low altitude of 200 meters, flew close to the sea to aim at the British ship, and released torpedoes at a distance of about 3,000 meters.

In the end, it was the submarines and light ships that fired a large torpedo salvo at the last British ship......

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14:40。 Berlin.

After receiving the telegram from Scher, Wilhelm II trembled with excitement and read it several times before he laughed hysterically: "Hahahaha...... We won! We won! Our High Seas Fleet defeated the British Home Fleet and won the final victory in the Battle of Jutland!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, we have won a great victory! The British Home Fleet is gone!" Tirpitz also blushed with excitement, but he finally retained some sanity. "Your Majesty, we should announce this news to the world right away!"

"Yes, yes! You are so right! My marshal, we will announce this good news to the whole world at once!"

At the same time in London, the British were the polar opposite of the Germans who were rolling on the ground with joy, and when the bad news of the total destruction of the home fleet came, everyone from the British king to the high-ranking officials of the Admiralty were stupid, and the first reaction was that the telegram was decoded and translated incorrectly, and after several checks, they finally confirmed the truth of the news.

First Sea Lord Fisher vomited blood on the spot, and George V was so angry that he fell into a coma on the spot. The senior Admiralty officials, including Churchill, were all in a state of despair.

When the Germans triumphantly announced the news on the radio, the whole world was scorched and the glasses of the experts on various matters fell to the ground.

The neutral powers of the United States, Italy, and other countries said one after another: Oh, the sun never sets on the empire! The strongest fleet on the earth will be gone if you just say it! Did Erdezi take expired aphrodisiacs? So violent?

France, Russia and other Entente partners were stunned. Isn't it, Brother Niu's home fleet is kneeling? No! This is not scientific!

In China, they watched the live broadcast all night and knew the result for a long time, earlier than Wilhelm II, who was waiting in Berlin. Of course, this was only limited to a small number of people in the central government, and the broad masses of the people did not know until the news was announced in Germany the next day.

"Mr. Wen, the results of the Battle of Jutland have been counted. The British Home Fleet was completely annihilated, and only one light cruiser and four destroyers escaped, and all the other large ships were sunk or captured. In this battle, the British lost 35 battleships, 9 battle cruisers, 8 armored cruisers, 28 light cruisers, 74 destroyers, 1 minelayer and 1 seaplane carrier, and also lost 66 seaplanes. Germany lost 9 battleships, including 6 ex-dreadnoughts, 3 battle cruisers, 6 light cruisers, 11 destroyers, 25 large torpedo boats and 8 submarines, and another 45 aircraft. Military Secretary Gu Xiaoyuan reported to Wen Desi.

"Oh, it's all over, these two Dezi are really ruthless!" Wen Desi sighed twice, and said: "I remember, didn't there be a battle patrol retreating?" Because the "live broadcast" at that time was focused on the main battlefield, the retreating New Zealand did not pay attention.

Gu Xiaoyuan replied: "Oh, you mean the New Zealand, it can only maintain a speed of 9 knots, and then it was quickly caught up by the German fleet, and the officers and men of the ship surrendered to the Germans after learning that the main force was completely destroyed, and the morale was cleared." ”

"This is really ruthless, even the pot is served......" Wen Deji shook his head, "Oh, so how many prisoners did the Germans take this time?"

Gu Xiaoyuan flipped through the computer in her palm and said, "...... A total of 5 battleships and 2 battlecruisers were captured, as well as 1 armored cruiser, 2 light cruisers and 4 destroyers. However, these ships are all badly damaged, and according to our experts' assessment, at least half of them are no longer worth repairing. After the Germans dragged them back, they were of little value except to show off their results. ”

"And what about the losses of both sides?" "Wen Desi was more concerned about the casualties than the losses of the battleships.

Because for such a top world power as Great Britain, the loss of battleships was not the most terrible. Even if the home fleet is completely wiped out now, as long as they are given six or seven years, they can build a more powerful home fleet. There is no way, the shipbuilding capacity of the people is too strong, and they can start construction of nine super dreadnoughts at the same time. According to the wartime system, if the shipyard works in three shifts, a super-dreadnought can be completed in more than a year.

As for funding, there is no need to worry.

Before the war, the British Empire owned two-thirds of the world's gold, or about 20,000 tons, and although they had spent or robbed more than 4,000 tons of gold by now, this was far from the limit. Because most of the gold spent is in the treasury, and the majority of British gold is in the hands of the royal family and the big nobles, according to legend, the British royal family has 10,000 tons of gold, the Duke of Marlborough has 600 tons of gold, and there are 3,000 tons of gold in the hands of the middle and lower classes, and the gold in the treasury is not much.

These old-fashioned magnates will definitely not take it out lightly, for example, in the First World War of the original time and space, the British magnates did not bleed much, and it was not until World War II that they couldn't hold it anymore and spit out some of it. But now this situation is different, if they still want to ensure their high status, they will have to have a lot of blood and old roots. It's impossible to take it out, but if they grit their teeth and smash out five thousand tons of gold, it's equivalent to 6. A huge sum of £3.3 billion. Even with the staggering £6.1 million cost of their latest Hood class, it's enough to build 103 ships.

There is no way, this is the terrible background of the empire on which the sun never sets, and the number one power in the world is so arrogant and cool!