"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers, big news that shocked the world, the German high seas fleet attacked in full swing, and both sides suffered losses and suffered losses. A total of 17 battleships on both sides of the war were sunk, with countless casualties."

"Selling newspapers and newspapers, the Germans used their vows to carry out unlimited submarine warfare to the end."

"Selling newspapers and newspapers, the former Minister of the Admiralty, Mr. Churchill, expressed his tears in his eyes; he would never forgive the Germans, never!"

Lu Xiaotian looked back in shock; "..."

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News of the Battle of the North Sea in England and Germany quickly spread all over the world, causing global shocks, and became the most concerned event in the world at the end of April 2017.

This was a fierce naval battle that had never broken out in history. The main force of the German High Seas Fleet was once again dispatched, fighting hard with the Royal Navy, both sides suffered losses.

Why did the German High Seas Fleet once again challenge the British Royal Fleet, which is much stronger than itself?

The cause originated from the Dinghai aircraft carrier, which arrived in the Yasor Islands at the end of February and joined the Royal Yasor Fleet, immediately organized a special aircraft carrier fleet, specializing in escorting, searching, attacking submarine missions, and cruised on the Atlantic route.

Since Germany began unlimited submarine warfare, all ships traveling to and from the Atlantic Ocean are not limited to countries or use, and are all within the range of German submarines. Naturally, the Ocean Empire passenger and cargo ships are not spared.

More than a hundred German submarines used the Atlantic route and the North Sea as their hunting grounds, and began to strangle wildly, setting off waves of terrifying death after wave.

The German navy general shouted;

It will take six months to strangle Britain and force it to surrender. Its most powerful weapon is "unlimited submarine warfare".

After the Dinghai aircraft carrier joined the Atlantic route escort combat sequence, it played a huge role and broke the Germans' attempts.

The troop transport ships transported to Europe have transported more than 720,000 people so far, with no one or one casualties.

The submarine patrol aircraft taking off on the aircraft carrier controls a wide range of sea areas. Looking down from a height of five or six hundred meters in the air, the German submarine sailing under the periscope presents a huge black shadow under the sea and has nowhere to hide.

More than a month

The special mixed fleet of the aircraft carrier "Dinghai" successively sank seven German submarines, which severely hit the arrogance of German submarines in the Atlantic Ocean and forced them to stay away from the waters around the Atlantic route.

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The German Supreme Commander had no cards to play. He suffered two consecutive defeats in the Somme and Verdun battles on the Western Front. After the unlimited submarine warfare suffered a heavy blow, it seemed that the hope of winning the war was gradually slim.

The Germans who were forced into desperate situations were crazy. They thought of the German high seas fleet that had once beaten and guarded. After more than a year of recovery, the German warships that suffered heavy damage in the Battle of Jutland have been repaired and restored their combat effectiveness.

So, the hope of breaking the cage was placed on the German high seas fleet.

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For three and a half years, Britain imposed a maritime blockade on Germany with its naval advantage. The British main fleet squatted in the port of Scarpaflo like a watchdog, staring at the German high seas fleet, which made it trapped in Wilhelmshaven and Bremen, becoming a veritable "existence fleet".

The German High Seas Fleet has only 23 battleships, while the Royal Navy's local fleet has 42, which has a clear gap in strength. It is difficult for the German High Seas Fleet to engage in a large-scale fleet decisive battle with the Royal Navy's local fleet.

Admiral Schell, commander of the German High Seas Fleet, focused his target on the British main fleet that blocked the Port of Scarpaflo, based on his experience in the Jutland Naval Battle.

More than three years

The Germans have already figured out the important information such as the composition of the main fleet of Britain blocked the Gulf, patrol routes, rotation rules, etc., so they chose some of the main battleships in Britain to return to their local ports to recharge coal, oil and water, and replenish supplies, and dispatched all their troops to carry out sneak attacks on the British fleet.

In view of the leaked news in advance in the Jutland Battle, the Germans did a very strict job in keeping confidentiality during the operation. They changed the secret code before the operation and did sufficient disguise and confidentiality work to achieve the suddenness of the sneak attack.

April 27, around 5:30 am.

The main British fleet led by Admiral Hippel was swimming in the North Sea, without realizing that the Germans were searching for the British fleet more than 50 miles away.

More than 50 minutes later

It was dawn, and the British fleet's watchtower observed a Zeppelin in the sky and sounded the alarm, but was judged by the whistleman as a false alarm, which was a major mistake.

After the Battle of Jutland, the German high seas fleet conducted profound reflection; when they went to war, they ignored the role of air force and did not carry 12 Zeppelin airships as reconnaissance and early warnings. Searching for the British fleet was a decision-making mistake on their own side.

During this battle, the Germans dispatched all 17 (including newly built) Zeppelin airships, one of which was wandering in the sky. After discovering the British fleet, they immediately sent a secret telegram and quickly rose and hid in the clouds.

Admiral Schell, who received the news, immediately issued an order for all members to prepare for combat, adjusted the combat formation, and rushed towards the direction of the British Royal Navy fleet.

After clarifying the positions of both the enemy and us, Admiral Schell was very cunning and led the German high seas fleet directly to the front of the British fleet, intending to seize the advantageous "t" in advance.

More than two hours later

Around 8:40 am

The British Royal Navy Fleet discovered the neatly arranged German fleet in front, which appeared at the end of the skyline, about 26 kilometers away, and was sailing at a high speed at the "one-character long snake formation". The unfolding front was 17 kilometers wide. The German ships were boundlessly black and full of murderous aura.

This made the face of the British fleet commander General Jelico, who changed his mind. He didn't know that he had fallen into the trap of the Germans?

The large fleet he led had more than 130 ships, which concentrated the essence of the Royal Navy's local fleet. Under normal patrol, the vanguard fleet and the rear fleet pulled out a queue of more than 40 kilometers, which could not be collected in a hurry.

The day before yesterday, a squadron containing 4 battleships and seven cruisers returned to Scapa Bay for routine supply, which left only 33 main ships in General Jelico (including 8 Metropolitan-class battleships purchased from the Ocean Empire).

The German High Seas Fleet gathered 21 main battleships, and the ratio of the main battleships between the two sides was 3:2, and the gap narrowed unprecedentedly. Moreover, Germany has taken the lead in taking the advantage, which is extremely unfavorable to the Royal Navy.

For the present plan

Only by trying to entangle the opponents, order the rear fleet to catch up quickly, rely on stronger strength to defeat the Germans, and fight for a path of blood.

The plan was decided in my mind. After a series of orders were issued, the Royal Navy fleet began to slowly change its formation.

The huge fleet turned northwest and sailed 45 degrees. The fourth, ninth, eleventh, and twelve destroyers in the rear quickly advanced and galloped at high speed in the direction of the German warships.

A total of 57 destroyers, a total of 4 British destroyers, rushed bravely and fearlessly towards the German front, drawing 57 clear white trails on the sea, forming 8 to 9 arrow-shaped arrows in the high-speed gallop. The unfolded front is nearly 20 kilometers wide, which looks spectacular.

Their mission is to quickly approach the enemy fleet and launch torpedoes, disrupt the Germans' position and win time for subsequent operations.

Facing a strong enemy

The British Royal Navy showed a profound foundation, and changed its formation while turning around on a large scale. The alarm ringing rang throughout the fleet. The naval officers and soldiers rushed towards their battle positions as fast as possible, preparing to fight the German high seas fleet.

Faced with the suicide charge of the British destroyer fleet, the High Seas Fleet did not dare to neglect it. With a command, it slowed down and carried out a 90-degree turn in unison, exposing the sidewalk, aimed at the British destroyer fleet that was coming at high speed, and then opened fire violently.

The German fleet was like a patient hunter, taking the lead in organizing large-caliber main naval guns to conduct long-distance interception, and a exploding forest of water columns was launched on the sea surface of 10,000 yards away.

Because of the premeditation, several layers of German battleships, heavy cruisers and light cruisers were uniformly slowed down the speed to 5 knots per hour and carried out precision artillery bombardment.

From 10,000 yards to 7,000 yards, from 7,000 yards to 5,000 yards, the density of German ships' artillery fire continues to increase, and you can see the crisscrossing tracks on the blue sea, one explosion and burning warship after another, and the British destroyers that completed their advances in the peak and wave valleys.

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In the high-speed advance of the German army's fierce artillery fire, more than ten British destroyers were bombed one after another, either becoming burning torches on the sea, or slowly sinking, or suffering severe damage.

When the distance was close to 5,000 yards, the German ships 152mm, 122mm and 95mm secondary guns burst out with roars, and the firepower strike density and accuracy were taken to the next level. The dense terrifying shells in the air fell down like a storm.

Just 4 minutes

The British Lizard, the Fire and the Nomad were hit one after another. The Nomad was hit and caused a torpedo to explode, blowing up the entire bow of the ship. The remaining half of the hull suddenly plunged into the sea water, and advanced dozens of meters before floating up again, but it had become a pile of broken copper and iron.

The destroyer fleet that forcibly broke through the enemy's firepower network suffered heavy losses and had no choice but to release the torpedoes in advance at a distance of 4,500 yards from the enemy's ship's front line.

The British destroyer at high speed turned at a high angle on the sea surface and released a torpedo, which shot into a fan shape.

After only a muffled sound of "puff puff puff puff puff", a total of about 190 steam torpedoes fell into the sea, and then rushed towards the front line composed of German warships at high speed, marking countless crisscrossing death tracks on the sea surface.

Faced with the dense torpedo arrays, the German ships couldn't help but panic. The small and medium-caliber secondary guns had no time to continue to attack the British destroyers, but lowered their muzzles and began to bombard the sea surface, and manipulated the warships to make evasive actions.

Take this opportunity

The British destroyer quickly turned at a high angle, striving to escape from the coverage of German naval ships and artillery at the fastest speed and escape from this place of death.

The small body of the destroyer is not enough in front of the huge battleship. When it is close to a distance of less than 3,000 yards, the main gun that has flattened the gun barrel is like a turkey. Basically, one round of artillery fire reimburses a destroyer.

Due to the backward technology of this era, the range of steam torpedoes generally ranged between 1500 and 2800 meters. The torpedoes fired at 4500 meters only have a symbolic threat, which is completely dependent on the confusion.

Because the distance is too far, the steam gas power is exhausted, the torpedo speed is already very slow, and enemy ships can easily avoid it.

However, the sacrifices of these British destroyers were not worthless. They successfully won 25 to 30 minutes for their fleet.
Chapter completed!