The two most powerful fleets on this planet have finally met, and for the future of the two countries and the victory of the war, the powerful existence forged by millions of tons of steel has finally revealed their hideousness and horror in front of the world! Like the ancient gods of war, these steel giants wearing heavy armor and holding the most powerful weapons in human history are making the final preparations before the battle, and the collision is inevitable, and all the warships turn into their battle positions in the order of hundreds of drills before the battle! The formations of the two sides were very similar, they were like the phalanx of the ancient Roman Empire, with billowing smoke above their heads and the waves of the North Sea under their feet, and the navies of the two sides finally waited for a peak duel, a battle that all naval officers and sailors dreamed of! Both the British and the Germans, shouting loudly on their ships, venting their emotions, then went to their positions without hesitation under the orders of their officers.

"Jericho? Old friends, we meet again! We are finally on the opposite side of the battlefield! I don't know how to face such a lineup...... How do you feel in your heart? I saw your courage and decisiveness and masterful command skills in the Caribbean, and I hope you will not let me down today! Looking at the British naval battle line stretching in the distance, Scheer shouted loudly into the sea outside the window! …。

At this time, Jericho, who was staring at the German High Seas Fleet at the same time, finally discovered the strangeness! The opponent began to line up in 4 columns, although its scale was obscured by the battleships in front and could not be seen clearly, but its number was definitely not much less than his own, at first Jericho thought that the other side had also incorporated some of the dreadnoughts into the battle sequence, but when the German fleet was deployed. It's true that there are 4 Caesar-class battleships in front, but what are the 4 battleships in the back? 4 ships larger than the Caesar appeared in Jericho's field of vision! There are four of them! The 10-gun behemoth turned the turret above it. Chilling fangs bared at the British fleet!

"Damn it! Scheer's purpose is the Grand Fleet! "Come to think of it. Jericho felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to his head. There are 4 more super dreadnoughts! Its combat effectiveness level has increased the combat power of the German High Seas Fleet by at least about 5 percent! When did the Germans have 4 more super-dreadnoughts? How come the intelligence services have no news at all! Didn't you say that you already had the other party's password?

"Betty's telegram was problematic, it was simply impossible to sink 4 German capital ships." Just when Jericho was a little crazy, Lieutenant General Goodnow, the chief of staff next to him, put down the telescope in his hand and said with a gloomy face..........

"What do you mean?" Jericho asked, looking at Goodnow in some surprise.

Behind these four capital ships that suddenly appeared. It was supposed to be the Lytsov and the Seydlitz, the length of these two ships was comparable to that of the 4 unknown ones. But there are only 4 turrets. In terms of length and appearance, these two battleships fit well with the Lyutsov and the Seydlitz! And I don't think that General Betty could easily destroy 4 German capital ships, which is unrealistic. Goodno paused and continued.

"And I don't think the German Navy can have 6 more battleships at once! It is impossible to start construction of 6 ships at the same time in the fastest year of German shipbuilding, so the Hipper fleet may only have 4 capital ships! And the Scheer fleet concentrated almost all the belongings that the German High Seas Fleet could get their hands on! They have only one goal! That's our Grand Fleet, and the situation is very bad for us! ”

"Damn, Betty is already more than 30 nautical miles away from us! I'm afraid I won't be able to get there for a while. This guy can't even count how many warships the other party has! Looking at the situation in front of him, Jericho was unusually irritable in his heart, after many battles, Jericho was still relatively clear about the performance of the two fleets, and he didn't think that he could stop the German fleet with the extra 2 dreadnoughts! Now all he can do is stall for time and wait for Betty's fleet to arrive! …………。

It was a no-showy collision, and although the Briton didn't spot their opponents at first, there was still plenty of time to set up for it. Two straight lines of battle were drawn and still getting closer, with both sides firing the first volley from a distance of 15km. A total of more than 300 large-caliber guns spewed tongues of fire and smoke that instantly covered the entire fleet! The pinnacle of naval warfare in the history of the world begins here, and every minute, hundreds of tons of cannonballs will be thrown out, flying towards the opposing fleet with the fire of destruction.

"Keep getting closer, we need to lock the engagement distance at about 12km! What we want is not to crush, but to completely defeat the British fleet. Scheer ordered as he looked at the flaming British fleet in the distance. Only by entering this distance could the German 14-inch guns have a greater certainty of penetrating the armor of the British!

"Order Betty to quickly lead the fleet closer to the Grand Fleet and tell them that we have discovered the main forces of the German High Seas Fleet! The opposing side has 16 capital ships of various types. Scheer has more combat power than we can imagine! Jericho thought for a moment and ordered. Betty's 8 ships couldn't beat Hipper's 6...... Jericho also did not think that his 18 warships could beat Scher's 16, as for quality and courage? Didn't Jericho think that the world's first-class German Navy would be undertrained, courageous? Scheer's courage to bring the main fleet to challenge the British Empire's Grand Fleet is in itself a show of great courage! …。

Although the situation was unfavorable, Jericho did not think that the British would lose the battle, and as long as Betty returned in time, he might be able to flank Scheer. Even a Trafalgar victory is not out of the question! The premise of everything is whether Betty can return in time! But what is not beautiful is that just before Jericho sent the report, a cannonball fired from the Moltke scraped the antenna of the fast battleship Queen Elizabeth! Blown the entire radio transceiver to pieces. As a result, Betty did not receive this life-and-death telegram in the first place! By the time the other ships received it and forwarded it to Betty, it had already been 45 minutes!

What does 45 minutes mean? This means that as many as more than 300 large-caliber naval guns on both sides have fired thousands of tons of ammunition. It means that during this time, the Jericho fleet will bear the onslaught of the Scheer fleet alone! The German fleet kept moving forward to close the distance, braving the rain of bullets from the other side, and soon approached about 13km, and at this distance, it was not difficult for the British to calm down with their improved and strengthened super-dreadnoughts!

At this distance, the German Navy's high-speed shells, as well as the ultra-fast rate of fire, were brought to the extreme! The British 14-inch guns took about 35 to 40 seconds to shoot a round, while the German Navy only took about 25 seconds to complete, and when the collapse was formed, the German fleet at full speed could project even more than the British, who had more guns! …。

I don't know if it's a fateful arrangement, Scheer's flagship King is exactly opposite Jericho's flagship Iron Duke! These two officers, whom they had known during the First Sino-Japanese War, had fought side by side as comrades-in-arms. They were once very good friends, but today, they must use blood and fire to make a break with the past! The King's 14-inch naval guns continued to roar, firing a shell weighing 635kg at the Iron Duke in the distance, and the Iron Duke did not show weakness, and the 10 guns spewed out deadly tongues of fire!

With the advancement of fire control technology, once the battleship is caught on the target, the probability of hitting is quite high when the relative course and speed do not change much, and there is even an extreme situation where 4 guns hit 3 guns. As soon as the two sides fought, it was filled with the smell of blood. The King's class was the pinnacle of the German Navy before the war, with 10 350 guns having a near-perfect walk, and in the second round after the formation of the collapse shot, two heavy artillery shells fell on the Iron Duke!

Jericho felt a shake in the hull, accompanied by a loud bang, a huge fireball rose from behind the conning tower, and the No. 3 turret located in the amidships of the hull was pierced by a 635kg armor-piercing shell, the fragments and armor fragments from the explosion of the shell swept everything it touched, completely destroying the two guns, while the other shell hit the upper armor belt of the Iron Duke, and after the shell easily penetrated the armor, the flue behind it was blown to pieces! Puffs of smoke and flames began to spread across the ship's amidships. …………。

At the same time, the Iron Duke also made a hit, but with the exception of the one that hit the front of the hull and caused a small fire, the other shell was bounced off by the sloping armor of the king's thickness, leaving no trace except for a shallow crater that was burned by the flames.

Listening to others is one aspect, but when I meet it, it is another feeling, and at the beginning Jericho's gap in firepower and protection between the two sides is only in data and reports...... But when he experienced it himself, the feeling of fear and helplessness brought by the huge gap still shook his heart slightly! You can't fight like this! Jericho knew it very well.

And just as he was about to take the next step of action, a sudden loud noise from the end of the team made his heart sink suddenly, and a column of smoke hundreds of meters high rose from a distance, even in the flames of the artillery and the smoke from the chimney, this column of smoke full of flames was so dazzling! No need to ask. Jericho also knows that an unlucky bastard has been destroyed!

In principle, every warship should fight with the enemy ship opposite to itself, but in fact, it is full of too many variables, and in history, due to the interference of various factors, Betty's 6 battleships will have the problem of firepower distribution errors when they fight the opponent's 5 warships, not to mention a big battle like 18 to 16! Sometimes it's too late to distinguish between what you need to do. Just aim and hit it directly, what so much nonsense!. …。

I don't know if the German fleet is more closely arranged, or the British fleet is a little scattered, or on the contrary, the King-class No. 4 ship, Prince William, is right on the opposite side of the British dreadnought Neptune! Super dreadnought fights dreadnoughts! And it is also Germany's cutting-edge super-dreadnought attacking the British dreadnought 7 years ago! Add to that the close distance, and the results can be imagined!

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