"The straight line distance is 28 kilometers! The direction is east!" When an officer sent the direction finding data to the command tower, the originally silent command tower quickly boiled! No one, including Prince Ruprecht, thought that the German Navy would be so lucky this time! It directly blocked the British fleet!&1t;/p>

"Order the three seaplane carriers to take off all seaplanes immediately and open the cordon."&1t;/p>

"The seaplanes assigned to each main battleship are ready to take off and perform the aligned shooting mission!"&1t;/p>

"The light cruiser is ready to go forward and perform reconnaissance missions."&1t;/p>

"The Second Fast Battleship Detachment immediately followed. After contacting the British fleet, immediately notify the Hippel fleet that the hunting officially began!" The orders were quickly passed to various battle positions through the telephone inside the ship. The German fleet began to stretch its limbs and polish its weapons, and aimed its sharp spearhead at the enemy in the distance.&1t;/p>

"If our flight is not a problem, then we should be only 16 kilometers away from the other side!" However, the God of Destiny made a joke with the German fleet at this time. After determining the position of the British fleet half an hour ago, the German fleet walked in the predicted direction for half an hour but did not appear in the British fleet. The planes in the air also did not see the target due to the smoke problem.&1t;/p>

"Send a signal to the second battleship team behind to pull our formation a little larger, and at the same time, order the 5th and 6th destroyer teams to move south. Report immediately after the target is available and don't attack automatically." The prince was also a little worried now. Looking at the white sea fog outside the window, he directly ordered the fleet's alert range to expand again!&1t;/p>

However, just as the prince was looking for Thomas' fleet in the morning mist, a rumbling sound of cannons suddenly came out from a distance! Unexpectedly, the Sher fleet responsible for intercepting did not show their opponents at the first time, and the Hippel fleet, who was following, collided with the opponent first!&1t;/p>

As the forefront of the Hippel fleet, the 4 light cruisers of the Third Light Cruiser Detachment commanded by Major General Bodick took the lead with two destroyer detachments. One destroyer detachment fanned the target in the front, while the other four light cruisers lined up to guard against possible dangers at any time. According to the results of the chart operation, they should be only 12 kilometers away from the British fleet. Due to the morning fog, they still did not show their targets until a gust of sea breeze blows, making the fog lighter......&1t;/p>

Then a huge but somewhat vague figure appeared in front of Major General Bodick. At this time, the German light cruiser team was less than 9 ooo meters away from the other side!&1t;/p>

"Tell Lieutenant General Hippel immediately, we have found the target!" Major General Bodick said loudly, and then, the four light cruisers immediately aimed the muzzle at the behemoth in the morning mist, and a destroyer team was ready for lightning strikes. At 7:50 am, the battle outside the coast of Forth Bay started the first shot!&1t;/p>

How to say it, the current situation is a bit like four hyenas challenging a strong lion! The British did not expect that they would be ambushed when they were about to arrive at their doorstep. So, no surprise, the Tiger battlecruiser, which was discovered, was covered with a face of up to 24 175mm cannons!&1t;/p>

Even with the fog of sea, a series of mid-caliber artillery guns flashed and deafening cannon sounds were enough to point the direction for the British and Germans at the same time! A half-armor-piercing bomb weighing up to 68kg flew past the distance between them in less than 20 seconds, and then landed on the unprepared Tiger battlecruiser! From the telescope, a little bit of fire rose from time to time on the behemoth. The flames produced by the explosion of pico acid explosives quickly spread on the Tiger's deck like flowing magma. A few minutes later, the six destroyers also engaged in lightning strikes, rushing towards the target like a piranha smell of blood!&1t;/p>

"Damn, we were attacked, immediately give General Thomas a signal, and then release smoke to avoid it." At this time, the captain of the Tiger was also an old acquaintance of the prince and Hippel - Lieutenant General Betty. Well, he is now a major general. As for the original captain of the Tiger, Colonel Perry, because in the last naval battle, the Tiger scored only 3 hits! So, the exposed Sir Fisher thought it was a shame for the Royal Navy, so he beat him to an old armored cruiser without saying a word, and the vacant position was left to Major General Betty who was demoted.&1t;/p>

In terms of professional qualities, Betty is much better than Colonel Perry. In just a few minutes, he judged that the other party should be a group of light cruisers. It is logical that the battle cruiser kills light cruisers is definitely a one-sided massacre, but in the case of low visibility on the sea surface, who can be sure that the other party does not strike lightning? Moreover, German light cruisers usually attack with torpedo boats!&1t;/p>

Therefore, Betty, whose IQ is still above the level, decisively chose to distance himself and notified Lieutenant General Thomas in front! The British's reaction was still very fast, and the Tiger and New Zealand behind began to distance themselves. At this time, the four light cruisers of the British Fourth Reconnaissance Cruiser Detachment at the rear of the fleet also came from the side with a destroyer squadron!&1t;/p>

If anyone can clear the clouds and mist, then now, the Hippel fleet and Thomas fleet are already intertwined! Major General Bodick's light cruiser squad was inserted into the middle and rear of the British fleet, in front of them were five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships directly under Thomas, behind them were two battle cruisers and a light cruiser squad. And less than 10 kilometers behind Major General Bodick is Hippel's fleet. If there is no sea fog, Hippel can already attack!&1t;/p>

The German light cruiser Elbin, located at the back, first appeared the British light cruiser that was about to rush out of the sea fog. After giving the flagship an early warning signal, six 175mm cannons immediately targeted the British flagship Birkenhead!&1t;/p>

Adhering to the principle that caliber is justice! Quantity is truth. The six 175mm cannons on the German light cruiser are naturally one level higher than the same number of 6-inch cannons on the British light cruiser. The British, who had just found an opponent from the sea fog, was hit by two 68kg shells. One shell was shot from the Birkenhead bridge and the command tower. Countless fragments and flames rushed across the bridge, leaving behind a piece of blood and a broken cabin. Then one after another, one after another of the shells fell on the fore deck of the light cruiser. The dense firepower suppressed the poor light cruiser at the first time.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!