What about the south? Although it seems more dangerous, you will have to fight once you turn around! But judging from the size of the southern fleet, there are only 2 warships! There are only two warships! If it is a war patrol, Redel is sure to solve them, and if it is a queen, the situation will not be more affected. Going north will be blocked and then pinched, and going west may be pinched. Fuel is a big problem. Going south, the northern fleet doesn't have to worry about them for the time being. Today, the German fleet only needs to deal with two warships! Is it 2v2? It's fair and reasonable! If you don't dare to try it in this situation, you will still beat you up in the future!

Redel concluded that there were only these two main battleships in the south, otherwise they would definitely gather together. If the fleet in the same direction was divided into two groups, wouldn’t it be a brainless person? And if there were more than three main battleships in one direction, it would be almost unimaginable. How many main battleships did the British have in total? The North Sea doesn’t want them anymore? Soon, after Redel figured it out, he decided to go south immediately to tear open the encirclement!

After Gneisenau's signal was sent, Su Xiong did not respond for a long time, so Raidel added another flag saying, "There are only 2 ships in the south, and we may face 4 ships in other directions!"

The east side cannot be considered, and Su Xiong also understands this point. After all, fuel consumption follows objective laws. In naval battles, you can rely on luck to defeat the strong. The higher the speed of the ship, it is an objective reality, and it cannot be changed no matter how high the ship goes. So without Redell's emphasis, Su Xiong also understands it.

To the north, it is naturally to hit the opponent, and Su Xiong would not choose, and to the west? Although it would make the rendezvous with the southern fleet relatively late, it also allows the northern fleet to keep up with it faster. Moreover, the distance between the two sides in the south is only about 25 kilometers. The so-called delay is limited. What is the difference between fighting in 30 minutes and an hour at night? The two sides will decide the winner and lose the winner at most. After 2 hours, it is an unknown number of their shells left, and they cannot fight if they can’t tell the winner and lose! Look up and look at the sky, well, there are at least 6 hours in the day...

"Follow the flagship and kill them!" Su Xiong's decision was quite straightforward! When the flag was just raised, the battle flag of the Schonhorst had already risen high! Then, the warship turned 170 degrees on the sea surface, aiming the scissor bow like a sharp blade at the British fleet in the distance!

Four huge turrets began to rotate slowly, and a round of shells weighing 635kg was lifted from the layer-protected ammunition depot. Then it was placed on the temporary ammunition stand at the back of the turret. With the help of hydraulic pitching equipment, the huge artillery returned to the fixed angle of ammunition loading, while the ammunition grabbed from the ammunition stand was quickly placed into the barrel, and then the drug bag was fired. The thick and long push rod pushed it into the depths of the cannon. With the pulling of the push rod, the horizontal wedge bolt locked the tail of the cannon with a bang!

The rangefinder located at the top of the mast has firmly locked the opponent's position, and based on the approximate appearance, it is determined that the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship that should be the British. Then the experienced fire control personnel will determine the distance between the two sides based on the collected data such as the height and captain of the Queen-class battleship, and cooperate with the image in the rangefinder to determine the distance between the two sides.

The rangefinder continuously records the data between the two sides, and then, based on the speed of its own warship, with the help of mechanical computers, a curve appears on white paper. The most important thing in fire control is to continuously measure the distance and the changes in the direction between the two sides. Now, the German main battleship is completing this step!

The speed of the Schanehorst and Gneisenau further increased, from 18 knots to 22 knots! The fleets of both sides began to approach quickly. This was the last chance to adjust the formation, so the British naturally would not give up this opportunity!

"We are on their route! The two warships concentrate their firepower to attack each other's flagship!" Thomas ordered that at this time, the crossing angle between the two sides was an obtuse angle German fleet heading south, while the British fleet was heading northeastward, diagonally cutting the German fleet's route. The two Queen-class battleships formed a tilted T-shaped horizontal head against the Suxiong fleet.

When the two sides were 18 kilometers apart, Queen Elizabeth fired a round and a half-volley! Four huge turrets pointed obliquely towards the German fleet that was approaching rapidly in the distance. With a shocking loud noise, the huge 15-inch l42 artillery suddenly shrank back. Four huge fireballs gushed out of the gun mouth, flew towards the target in the distance with the breath of destruction, and then smashed around the Schonhorst!

The direction angle change rate of both sides was too fast, and the design distance was still too far, so all this round of attacks naturally lost ground. The fire control personnel began to readjust the angle and distance measurement data. The only round of artillery was set at 18,500 meters. This time, the British set the direction at 18,000 meters!

The British used clip-on shooting, first set a distance and look at the landing point of the shell. If the landing point is a little far, the distance will be narrowed. Then the second wave of landing points is relatively close, which is corrected based on the first two shootings. This kind of shelling is best used on almost parallel battle lines, but now, the speed change rate seems to be a bit large, so the accuracy is relatively poor!

At 17,000 meters, the Schánhorst also launched the first round of attack! Four 350mm heavy artillery shells flew toward the distance, and then the Gneesenau, who aimed at Balem. With the shooting of the artillery, the huge shock wave brought a wave on the sea. The first battle between England and Germany for super-dreadnoughts began!

"Concentrate on attacking the enemy flagships, don't worry about the ones behind! Its shooting angle is not good!" The huge speed change rate made the German shells very inaccurate. The shells of the Gneesenau landed behind Barem one after another, and huge water columns were blown up. But as the distance between them approached, the shells of both sides began to gradually approach the opponent's warships.

"Prepare to release the smoke screen." Su Xiong has not yet had the idea of ​​fighting the other party to the death. His idea is very simple. He directly depends on speed to break through. Due to the large change rate of distance and speed, it is difficult for both sides to hit each other. If they get close, the German fleet is ready to rely on the smoke screen bomb to avoid the other party's shelling. At this time, the German fleet is at the upper vent, and the smoke screen will float to the British warship located at the lower vent. Then the two German warships ran out in the chaos... The idea is very good, but the reality is very skinny!

"We hit it!" A 15-inch shell flew over 13 kilometers and hit the side of the Schanehorst. Due to angle problems, the shell weighing more than 800 kg did not penetrate the main armor of the Schanehorst. However, the huge impact not only crushed the outer plate and the first layer of steel plate of the side main armor, but also pushed the entire armor plate backwards for several inches! Accompanied by the sound of the cracking of the support structure behind the armor plate and the explosion of the shells, a slender crack appeared on the side of the Schanehorst!
Chapter completed!