Chapter 242: A Good Opportunity for Combat (Asking for a Monthly Pass)

Reinhart? Admiral Scheer ordered the three 'D-Flinger-class' battleships to quickly move south, preparing to launch an attack on the four 'Iron Duke-class' battleships of the British Navy. The nine battlecruisers of the British Navy's battlecruiser formation www.biquge.info were dealt with by six battlecruisers of the Broken Fleet.

In this way, it is undoubtedly dividing this naval battle into two battlefields. However, in these two theaters, the German navy did not have an advantage in the number of warships. Reinhart? It was 3 to 4 on Admiral Scheer's side, and 6 to 9 on Lieutenant General Spee and Lieutenant General Hipper's side. In this respect alone, the German Navy was undoubtedly at a disadvantage.

However, many times it is not possible to look only at the number of warships. The performance of the battleship is also very important.

The 'De Verblinger-class' battlecruiser is the most powerful battle cruiser in the German Navy, not only has a powerful three-seat triple 50 times caliber 380 mm main gun, but also is very amazing in defense. The main armor belts on the side sides, the armor of the turret and the conning tower, were up to 350 mm thick. The speed reached an astonishing 27.5 knots. The 'Iron Duke-class' battleships, although they are also the most powerful battleships in service in the British Navy, are far from being comparable with the 'D-Fringel-class' battlecruisers in various key performance. Its displacement is only 30,000 tons, the main gun is five twin 45 times caliber 343 mm main guns, and the maximum speed is only 21.25 knots. Defensively, the thickness of the main armor belt was only 305 mm, the thickness of the deck armor was 64 mm, the turret armor was 280 mm, the turret armor was 254 mm, and the conning tower armor was 280 mm.

The battleship was originally defensively and should have been stronger than the battlecruiser. However, under the German Navy's design philosophy of emphasizing defense and survivability, the German Navy's battlecruisers were also very strong in defense, even surpassing the battleships of the British Navy. In such a situation, even if the two sides fired at each other, the German Navy would not be at a disadvantage.

It is because of this, Reinhardt? Admiral Schell dared to use three 'D-Fringel-class' battlecruisers against the British Navy's four 'Iron Duke-class' battlecruisers. He believes that the winner will be his.

There was also a numerical gap between the battlecruisers of the two sides, but the British 'Invincible-class' battleships were too weak. In addition, the German Navy also had great confidence in the performance of its battle cruisers. So, Reinhardt? Admiral Scheer believed that his six battlecruisers were perfectly capable of dealing with the nine battlecruisers of the British. Even if you can't win for a while, you won't have much of a problem holding them back. After your own 'De Fringer' battlecruiser has eliminated the British's 'Iron Duke-class' battleship, they can attack the British battlecruiser formation. When the time comes, the German Navy will have the upper hand.

Reinhart? When Admiral Scheer's order reached the hands of Lieutenant General Spee and Lieutenant General Hipper, both of them could not help laughing.

"Haha, I knew that General Scheer would not let go of this good opportunity." Lieutenant General Hipperr said with a smile on his face.

"Well, this is an opportunity to further widen the gap between us and the British Navy, and if we seize this opportunity, we will win." Lieutenant General Spee nodded.

"In that case, let's create an opportunity for General Scheer!" Lieutenant General Hipperl said.

"Well, order the fleet, speed up. Widen the distance between the British battlecruisers and battleships, and then turn around and engage the British. I believe that our six battlecruisers can also deal with the nine battleships of the British. "Lieutenant General Spee gave the order.

The six battle cruisers of the German Navy broke the fleet, which continued to sail at an accelerated pace. And the battle cruiser formations of the British Navy were in hot pursuit. However, the four 'Iron Duke-class' battleships of the British Navy were far inferior to the battle cruisers, and in this way, they were left far behind.

"Damn, do those Germans only know how to escape? When I bullied the 2nd battleship detachment before, why didn't I see them running away. "On the battleship 'Iron Duke', a young rear admiral said hatefully. His name was Robertson, and he was the commander of the 1st Battleship Detachment. Rear Admiral Carol, the commander of the 2nd Battleship Detachment, which had been almost wiped out by the German Navy's broken fleet, was his good friend.

"Continue to ventilate the boiler under strong pressure and speed it up!" Major General Robertson ordered.

"General, our speed has been increased to the fastest, if we accelerate again, the service life of the boiler will be further reduced, and even an explosion will occur." Chief Engineer persuaded.

Major General Robertson was stunned for a moment, and then he gave up stupidly.

He didn't want the four Royal Navy's most powerful battleships to become iron coffins lying on the surface of the sea because of the boiler explosion. In that case, Admiral Jericho would have taken him to court-martial.

"Let's hope General Betty and they can catch those German battlecruisers and tear them all to shreds. Those guys, like rats, really want to trample them all to death. Major General Robertson scolded.

The German Navy's high seas fleet had already inflicted huge losses on the British, and the sunken merchant ships alone had already made the British feel bloody. If we don't deal with the German broken fleet and those damn submarines, the British merchant ships will probably be lost. When the time comes, the British Isles will become the Isles of Death.

It was at this time that three huge warships appeared to the north of them.

The terrible siren sounded immediately, and everyone was very nervous.

"What's going on?" Maj. Gen. Robertson asked.

"General, to the north, the battleships of the Germans have been discovered."

"What?"

Major General Robertson grabbed his binoculars and looked at the sea to the north. He couldn't help but gasp when he saw the three battleships floating on the surface of the sea like small hills, which seemed to be larger than his own battleships and had unusually thick barrels.

"Oh God! It was a battleship of the Germans. The Germans not only gathered those six battlecruisers here, but they also had three more powerful battleships. This is a conspiracy of the Germans! Major General Robertson yelled.

"Quick, send a telegram to General Betty, we have fallen for the Germans. They have been prepared for a long time. We were met with the powerful battleships of the Germans. Major General Robertson ordered.