"The target has passed through the Kiel Canal, and the Hipper's fleet is about to attack!" An Englishman spy immediately sent the telegram, and to his surprise, after this telegram was sent, he could not send a second telegram! And at the same time, the Hipper fleet did depart, but not from the Bay of Mandeb but from the port of Kiel! Covered by a large number of destroyers, the Hipper's fleet sailed north to the Skagerrak Strait, entered the North Sea from Scandinavia and Denmark, and then waited for an opportunity to kill the North Sea blockade line between Shetland and Norway!

"The British expected us to strike in 18 hours, so we moved a little earlier, 16 hours, and then chose a good battlefield and waited quietly for Betty to come out by the British's sea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info," said the prince.

More than a dozen minesweepers have cleared a new passage in the area of the minefield that has been laid. In order to prevent the British submarines or destroyers approaching reconnaissance from prematurely discovering the prince's fleet. Ruprecht made a point of requesting a new passage, and the entire fleet left Mandeb Bay at 5 a.m. with a guide ship.

And three hours after the prince left with the main force, on the battleship Helgrand, von . General Boll sent a telegram in the name of the flagship Bavaria! And this telegram, if nothing else, will be received by the British, although they cannot determine the content of the telegram, but, according to the previous German "hints", it will mean that the German fleet has officially left the port!

August 15, 1912 will surely be a day to be remembered by the world! The Germans thought so, and so did the British! When the British spies sent the news of the imminent attack of the German fleet to the British Admiralty on August 14, Churchill, who was already preparing to go home from work, immediately returned to his desk and ordered the information to be forwarded to Jericho and Betty immediately, and at the same time had Fisher called over on leave!

"We are about to witness a great battle!" Churchill said excitedly, not forgetting to light a cigar for himself. "What about our submarines and cruisers? I want to keep an eye on the Germans as soon as they leave the port! Churchill asked.

Although the Harwich fleet, which consisted only of light cruisers and destroyers, was forced to retrench due to the increasing activity of the Hipper fleet, a small number of ships were still arranged to monitor the main routes, and submarines were also arranged, who were the first line of warning for the Grand Fleet. In the past, the German fleet had made five sorties, and the reconnaissance units of the Harwich fleet seemed to have spotted their opponents three times. The success rate is quite high.

Half an hour later, Betty received a telegram from Churchill on her flagship, the Lion.

"Order, the fleet will be ready to attack at 2 o'clock tomorrow morning, although we don't know where the German fleet will attack this time, but we can only go to their east and block the way back to Hipper! Inform Vice Admiral Jeram immediately that I hope his fleet will be able to attack in advance, as they are all slow! Betty ordered.

"Isn't this too early?" An officer thought for a moment and said. "General Jeram's fleet has just completed the suppressive patrol mission against the German fleet with Commander Jericho's large fleet two days ago, and has just rushed back and is carrying out coaling operations, even if it takes two o'clock in the morning as the departure time, then I am afraid that Vice Admiral Jelam's fleet will depart as soon as it completes coaling, and the personnel are too hard."

The officer looked at Betty's round eyes with a little weakness, and the latter's facial muscles twitched unnaturally, which was a clear sign that Betty was about to be angry. But the conscientious officer decided to finish: "The refueling of a battleship is a very physically demanding job, and the personnel who are about to participate in the battle will naturally have a great impact if they cannot rest sufficiently, after all, the commander gives the order, and it is those officers and soldiers who really carry it out." ”

I have to say that the timing chosen by the prince is very good, the British Grand Fleet has just completed its patrol, and then after returning to port, eighty percent of it is going to carry out coaling operations, because the interval between the last cruise and this cruise is very short, only three days! During this time, it is unlikely that the Grand Fleet will be coaled, and it is likely that they will be refueled together after two cruises. And this time it's just the right time for the prince to bet right!

Add coal! The battleship George V was fully loaded with 3150 tons of coal! Calculate the amount of coal supplemented by two-thirds, there are also 2,000 tons! What a sour thing it was to get the coal to the side of the ship and then put it in the bunker, and the crew of the George V was only 752! The Iron Duke and his ilk are about 900 people, which means that almost all the battleships with few people will be mobilized! And after desperately loading thousands of tons of coal, they will immediately go to sea to fight, what a painful thing.......

A hundred miles and the profit-seeking general, fifty miles and the profit-seeking army is half a to! What does this mean? After walking a hundred miles and then fighting, it is estimated that the main general will be hanged. Walking fifty miles to fight, it is estimated that half of the people can be reached. This ancient saying from "The Biography of Sun Tzu Wu Qilie" may not be known to the British, but the truth is understood! So the British officer hoped to be able to delay the departure, after all, if you want to add coal, not only the stoker, but also the gunner or something!

"If this battle is won, then I will give everyone a long week off and they will go and rest as they please. But now, no! And you, if I can appoint and dismiss you, then from now on you will cease to be an officer. Betty said viciously. I'm not going to ask for any reason, anyway, the departure time of the fleet can't be changed! Now you roll off the bridge, I don't want to see you coward again! ”

At the same time, Lieutenant General Jeram also received an order to attack, and in the face of such an order that was almost impersonal, but there was a reason why it had to be carried out, Lieutenant General Jeram had no choice. "Then add a little less coal, and we'll give the soldiers at least 2 hours of rest!" The lieutenant general thought for a moment and said. He can now imagine what kind of combat effectiveness the tired officers and men will have tomorrow. Especially those sad stokers, it often happens that they are exhausted and even exhausted in battle. (It seems that this happened in history during the Battle of Helgrande, the Lion.) The stoker is sad to urge~~~. ）

And just when the Betty fleet was about to set sail, Jericho also received an order, but at this moment, Jericho's Grand Fleet was also carrying out coaling operations, if the Betty fleet now at least has enough coal and fuel to refuel, then the current Jericho does not even have enough fuel reserves, no way, because the established plan of the British Navy is to let Betty take the lead, and under the submarine blockade, the British gave priority to the supply of battle cruiser formations, and the Grand Fleet? There is no problem in going to sea, but it is difficult to say whether you can get to the battlefield in time.

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