As a fleet commander, Betty knew that at this moment, a decision had to be made, but time passed minute by minute, he still did not make a decision, he knew very well that every second, Scheer's fleet would be closer to the mouth of the Baltic Sea, Betty believed that staying in the main force of the Baltic Fleet would definitely be able to block 9 warships, but out of the pride of an officer, his own affairs were left to others to do.

In addition to pride, Betty faintly felt that Schell's actions seemed to have some kind of connection with Germany, and they used a method that he didn't know to connect with each other, maybe it was an airship, maybe it was something else, as long as it was a little slower and broken through by the other party, the German high seas fleet would also follow suit, and when the time came, it might not be them who were guarding the Baltic Sea, not necessarily because they had the upper hand, after all, 25 against 27 ships, including 9 cutting-edge warships, had already shown their capabilities, and 2 had the advantage, Maybe it will make the main fleet suffer a big loss.

The reason why she didn't continue to make a decision was because in Betty's heart, there was another possibility, if the other party didn't choose to move forward directly, but reflexively passed by them, then after this staggering, maybe they would run farther, and they would really be tricked at that time. As a commander, all possibilities must be taken into account, although he feels that the other party does not dare to be so bold, so that if he makes a mistake, 9 warships will be surrounded by 20 warships.

The airship flying in the sky still made him dare not make a casual decision, if Germany really had a timely contact method, after the airship reported their location. It is quite possible to make this choice. But in the end, Betty made a choice. Pursuit, no way. The fleet of Scheer cannot be allowed to run away like this, in this sense, there are not many choices that Betty can make, the most important thing is that radio has appeared, but in Britain, reliable radio is still not available, military orders. The need for reliability is not so high that among the study of radio amateurs, they can guarantee reliability at close range, once at long distance, is acceptable, but the packet drop rate is too high when a command is encrypted and sent ten times. Ten orders are not the same, which is simply unbearable for the military, which strictly follows the order.

Because of this, Betty didn't think much about it. According to his estimate of the distance, it took almost two hours from the time the destroyers on the British side encountered the Scheer fleet to the time he received the report. Estimate the approximate speed of the opponent's travel, and you can still find the distance of the opponent. Betty finally decided to go quickly to the sea where the accident occurred. It is expected that in 3 hours, he will be able to meet with Scheer's fleet, and he should be able to intercept him at that time, and now the position of Scheer's fleet is less than 180 nautical miles from the Baltic Sea, and in 5 hours, it should be able to intercept it before.

However, Betty had an extra mind when turning, and sent five fleets in different directions, each fleet only had two destroyers, in case of possibility, in the arrangement, Betty made an extremely complicated setup, to ensure a certain time, the fleet and the main fleet are staggered, the lesson of West Africa, he is not willing to do it again, the left and right are also destroyers, the big deal is to let them run faster. As the commander of the fast fleet, he is more concerned about the capital ship and intercepting the opponent, and the destroyer, which itself is a consumable, so it is no problem for them to block the eye, let alone run a little more.

The British Navy was extremely disciplined, after Betty gave the order, 10 destroyers, according to the requirements, left at different speeds, there were only 2 airships in his sky, they saw the separate fleet, thought about it, or caught up with the main fleet, in this North Sea, there are too many warships scattered everywhere, these ten ships are also regarded as similar.

When Betty's fleet finished turning, the airships in the sky transmitted their direction and changes to Scheer, although Scheer's fleet has been moving forward, but waiting at any time, he also knows that this is very risky, roughly estimated the position, after calculating, chose to go north, all of them think that their fleet will go south, because the road to the south is the closest, in the other party has begun to intercept, he just went the opposite way, continue to the north, if the main fleet of the Entente, After getting the news of their arrival, he will definitely not hesitate, he will definitely rush to them as soon as possible, and on the contrary, he will not only get a larger gap, but also have the opportunity to have the Baltic Sea estuary, where all the warships are blocked, in that case, he can fight guerrilla attacks nearby, not to mention anything else, just bombard the British ports, and then they will have to divide their forces anyway.

In fact, Scheer's choice was correct, there was just a time difference, if there was an automatic instrument to show the movement of the enemy and us at this time, it could be clearly seen that Scheer's fleet, while heading north, the main British fleet moved, 20 warships, at a speed of 21 knots, exactly in the direction of X, and because of time and place, they were 70 nautical miles apart, staggered. This is a common thing in this era, dozens of nautical miles apart, you can't see it at all, especially in the historical Battle of Jutland, when the fog rises, the two sides almost pass by without seeing and communicating. So so accurate, the reason is very simple, there is an airship monitoring Betty's fleet in real time, although Betty is careful enough, but the other party is open, real-time transmission of any news on his side, Betty's choice, under the real-time response of Scheer, has become useless, Betty did not find it at all, he thought that he could intercept Scheer's fleet, at most there was a little deviation.

When the two sides staggered, Scheer's fleet sailed north for about half an hour, and when the relative distance with Betty's fleet was stretched to more than 30 nautical miles, it began to turn, however, such an action bought a little time for Scheer's fleet, and the British set up at least a few thousand ships of various sizes around, constantly doing carpet searches around, not giving a little chance at all, especially Betty's arrangement, one of the destroyer fleets, still ran into him, Although Scheer reacted quickly and sank a destroyer, it was exposed.

In Scheer's headquarters, everyone looked solemn, originally thought that with the help of such an opportunity, they could get rid of each other, but they didn't expect that they would be discovered again, and now the staff officers and senior officers are calculating, they can't be unguarded, in chance, there is often some kind of inevitability, if these fleets are specially arranged, how long will they have.

"An hour and a half!" A young staff officer immediately reported a statistic, and the rest of the calculations were not much different, the longest was 1 hour 55 minutes, and the shortest was 1 hour 20 minutes.

Looking at the expectant eyes, Scheer looked at all the calculations, and did not say a word, as if he asked irrelevantly: "Who do you think will come after us with a fleet?" ”

Seemingly irrelevant sentence, but let everyone's faces change, can enter the Scheer fleet, although not the top, the most mainstream captain and senior officers, but also quite above, between Britain and Germany, contradictions, the navies of both sides are also the object of each other's key investigations, maybe the officers at the bottom, no one knows who they are, but the high-level opponents are clear, the commander of the British fleet is John Jericho, the commander of the high-speed fleet is Betty, and there are several other commanders above the level, But none of them can bear such a big responsibility.

The commander-in-chief generally does not move easily, so who is the commander who led the fleet to encircle and suppress them, it is about to be revealed, and the young staff officer who was the first to calculate immediately said loudly: "I'm sorry, I was wrong!" Then, there was another round of calculations, and finally when everyone summed up the results of the calculations, sure enough, the data was greatly reduced, and the time to be found was 45 minutes.

This number is close to the final result, although Betty is determined to block, but out of understanding of Scheer, he still keeps a hand, among the 10 destroyers separated, the exquisite arrangement, any one of the problems, need to follow the planned march, the distance between the main fleet and the detachment, no more than 50 minutes, in this way, not only to ensure the timely interception of the Scheer fleet, but also to ensure that they jump out.

"Go ahead, contact the airship, and see what the Betty fleet does, and we'll improvise!" Scheer swept everyone and calmly made a decision.

Betty's name, as everyone knows, is a naval officer younger and more distinct than Scheer, one of the greatest enemies of the German High Seas Fleet, he is resourceful and adaptable, these seemingly ordinary layouts, maybe they are designed, although they are a bit wasted, but they are also bad things at this time, and the time that Scheer's fleet has won has actually been destroyed when it encounters destroyers.

Moving on, 9 huge warships, in the huge waves of the North Sea, rode the wind and waves, pierced the calm of the sea, about 50 minutes later, the telegraph rang together, and the message came again with the flight of Betty's fleet, Betty completely changed the course and chased them over, but slightly deviated to the course, and then continued forward.

Scheer redrew the data obtained by the airship troops on the chart, his brows were furrowed tightly, from the other party's choice, Scheer knew that this time it might be a big trouble, the other party made it clear that no matter how they responded, they chose the direction of going to the mouth of the Baltic Sea, obviously, in order to make peace with the original fleet, once the meeting is completed, Scheer's fleet will not have any chance. (To be continued.) )