Admiral Reinhard was a headache for Admiral Reinhard, and after thinking about it for a long time, Admiral Reinhard finally chose the first option, which was to take out the main force of the Royal Navy's home fleet as much as possible.

If it is a head-to-head match, the high seas fleet does not have much chance of winning. Therefore, Reinhard devised a plan to use a small part of the high seas fleet to induce part of the Royal Navy to dispatch and destroy the Royal Navy's home fleet one by one by saving his grandfather through the gourd baby.

As soon as the time is ripe, the High Seas Fleet will be dispatched to fight the Royal Navy to the death. By that time, part of the main force of the Royal Navy had been sunk, and the High Seas Fleet had a better chance of victory.

I have to admit that while the wheel of history is moving slowly, it has also affected all the characters of this era.

Even if the current development of the First World War is completely different from history, most of the Central Powers have long since withdrawn from the war, and only Germany and Austria-Hungary are still holding on.

However, Admiral Reinhard chose the same method as in history, using stratagem to defeat the Royal Navy one by one as much as possible.

The battle cruiser detachment under the command of General Herrhaus was responsible for serving as the decoy, consisting of four battle cruisers, eight cruisers and four submarines.

But on the surface, this fleet consisted of only four battlecruisers and eight cruisers, and four submarines were hidden under the sea, ready to support the fleet at any time, or to deal a fatal blow to the enemy's main warships.

The ratio of warships of a battle cruiser has also been carefully considered, and if there is more, it will attract the enemy's main force, and if it is less, it will not achieve the effect.

On the afternoon of May 17, 1916, this detachment of battle cruisers set off from the harbor with great fanfare, completely different from the low-key of the German navy in the past.

In contrast to this high-profile fleet, the main force of the High Seas Fleet set sail more than three hours later, but maintained a very strict radio silence throughout the whole process, and the warships only exchanged flags.

In Wilhelmshaven, the soldiers still use the call sign of Frederick the Great, the flagship of the High Seas Fleet, to create the illusion that the main fleet, including the flagship, is still in the harbor.

Although it was a good day today, Admiral Reinhard's face has not been very good, and the worry on his face is always visible.

"Your Excellency, will those cunning Brits really be fooled?" Admiral Reinhard's main assistant, the chief of the General Staff of the High Seas Fleet, asked with a worried expression.

"Maybe only God knows. You know, if we run into a British reconnaissance plane, maybe we're the prey of the British. Admiral Reinhard sighed and said to his chief of staff helplessly.

At present, German planes cannot fly as far as British aircraft, and the performance of German aircraft is far behind that of British aircraft, resulting in Germany not having the initiative in the sky.

Once the British reconnaissance planes discovered the main forces of the High Seas Fleet, then what awaited Admiral Reinhard was the encirclement and siege of the main forces of the Royal Fleet.

If it really waits for that time, I am afraid that Admiral Reinhard will only have the determination to die and exchange as many main forces of the British fleet as possible.

Hearing Admiral Reinhard's answer, the chief of staff of the High Seas Fleet not only did not calm down, but even became more and more intense.

"Well, maybe it's just fate. May God bless us and bless Germany. The chief of staff of the fleet sighed and prayed to the sky.

Although technology has advanced so far, many people have become atheists, or are not so crazy about worshipping God.

But thousands of years of worship of God have led Europeans to have a habit of involuntarily praying for God's blessing when all else is powerless.

Although God has never worked for it, at least Europeans can find a little comfort in prayer, or at least they can deceive themselves.

Admiral Reinhard's strategy was a gamble on the entire High Seas Fleet, and if the gamble was won, Germany would have a slight turnaround. If the bet fails, if it will fall into a situation of no return, it is even more impossible to turn the tide in the war.

At the prayers of Reinhard and the chief of staff, the reconnaissance planes of the British, not surprisingly, spotted the German battle cruisers, which were at the forefront.

It was difficult to see the German fleet in the Atlantic, because the German fleet had previously resorted to the tactics of shrinking.

The discovery of the German fleet was of great concern to the British scouts, and after counting the number of the German fleet, the scouts decided to return immediately and report the findings to headquarters.

The main forces of the German fleet, which were tens of nautical miles away, were not detected by British aircraft, which was good news for the Germans.

The bad news was that the commander of the British Atlantic Fleet, Admiral Jericho, took this information very seriously, and he decided to set up a net to lure the German battlecruiser fleet deep and completely destroy it.

At half past eight in the evening, Admiral Jericho personally led a huge group of 24 battleships, 2 super dreadnoughts, 3 battle cruisers, 17 cruisers, 44 destroyers, and a number of small warships, and slowly left Scapa Bay.

And on the other side, a decoy fleet of two battleships, two battlecruisers and seven cruisers, also departed from another port to the spot reported by the Air Force on the discovery of enemy troops.

A German submarine, hidden outside British ports, reported to headquarters about the sorties of the British fleet, and the British Air Force was in possession of the detachment of German battlecruisers.

This led to a strange phenomenon in which both sides thought their lure tactics had been successful, but the opposing fleet had already been dispatched.

It was not a skirmish war by decoy, as the commanders of both sides had anticipated, but a large-scale naval battle involving almost the main forces of the navies of both sides.

The first encounter was the bait of both sides, two small fleets.

In order to lure this German fleet into taking the bait, the British deliberately dispatched only two battleships and two battle cruisers as the main warships.

The German fleet had four battlecruisers as the main warships, and there was one more cruiser.

The British officer boldly concluded that the Germans should not miss such an opportunity to be evenly matched.

After the decoy fleets of the two sides met, the most comical scene of this naval battle was born.

Under the orders of their respective commanders, the two fleets hastily engaged in a skirmish, and one after the other, they pretended to be defeated and retreated.

The commanders of both sides saw that this was okay, and in order to prevent the prey from escaping, they had to catch up and provoke.

The two decoy fleets were stalemate for more than half an hour, but did not cause many casualties to the enemy.

After all, everyone is a decoy fleet, and their main role is to lure the enemy to pursue them in order to realize the plan to encircle the enemy.

If the firepower is too strong and the damage is too great to the enemy, then the lure plan will naturally not succeed.

The two decoy fleets have been in a stalemate for a long time, and even in the end, they have already sold each other's flaws.

But the enemy was stunned and did not take the bait, although he had no intention of retreating, but he was also stunned and refused to take a step forward.

At first, the commanders of both sides did not care, but thought that it was the caution of the other side. But when the flaws on their own side have been frequent, and they even almost stood still for the other party to destroy, the enemy did not have any pursuit moves, which made people a little surprised.

The commanders of both sides couldn't help but have a terrible thought in their minds, wouldn't the other party also be a decoy?

With such a thought, the commanders of the two fleets looked at the enemy more and more unpleasantly, and even some strange actions of the enemy were well explained.

Of course, having such an idea, the first reaction of the commanders of both sides was to immediately report to the main forces of the navy.

If the other party is really a decoy, it also means that the opponent's main warship must be nearby.

In the face of a large-scale naval battle that could break out at any time, even the British Empire, which had sufficient advantages in its hands, had to be cautious.

Although the commanders of both sides immediately reported their doubts to the main fleet, the bad news was that the two decoy fleets were at a stalemate for too long, long enough for the main fleet to outflank the enemy.

By the time the main forces of the High Seas Fleet and the Royal Navy received this news, the High Seas Fleet and the Royal Navy were about to meet.

If this is a car on land, it may be quick to make a U-turn. But alas, this is a warship on the sea, and it is a fleet group of many super-large warships.

It is simply impossible for such a full-fledged warship to complete the U-turn without enough time.

About 20 minutes later, the Royal Fleet and the High Seas Fleet could already see each other's warship outlines, which also made Jericho, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Fleet, and the commander-in-chief of the High Seas Fleet, Reinhard, couldn't help but feel shocked.

The last thing Admiral Reinhard wanted to see happened, the main forces of the High Seas Fleet and the Royal Navy met, and this head-to-head showdown that Admiral Reinhard did not want to see was about to take place.

"Set up and attack now!"

This was the first order given by the commanders of both sides.

In a matter of minutes, the enemy will be within range of your fleet. But it also means that you will also be within the enemy's range.

For naval engagements, whoever can react the fastest, who can seize the opportunity, may gain a certain advantage in naval warfare.

Admiral Reinhard also understood that he had no way back. However, there is also good news, the high seas fleet has dispatched more than a dozen submarines this time, and these submarines do not seem to have been detected by the British fleet.

If these submarines can launch a sneak attack at the height of the naval battle, it may be of a crucial role.

Therefore, Admiral Reinhard did not call for the submarines to act, but let them lurk underwater, waiting for the best opportunity to attack.

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