"Gentlemen, take heart, the fate of the Empire is here! It's in my hands! Beneath Cunningham's calm face was a sad heart.

Before he arrived, the Northern Route Fleet was already a failure. The damage to the capital battleship, which was killed and wounded, made anyone feel sad.

"No matter how big the price is, you have to leave a super battleship!" , Churchill personally sent a message, and the stubborn old man saw an even greater crisis. If the war ends there, the whole of Britain will be finished. The glory that once roamed the seas is gone, and what is left of the British? The defeat of the Navy, of which the British were most proud, would be the greatest blow to the confidence of the British.

"The ship sinks, we can rebuild, faith is dead, who can come and save England?" , Churchill meant it very clearly, they were going to fight hard.

This coincides with Cunningham's meaning.

When Cunningham's southern fleet reached the battlefield where the two sides were engaged at 0:41 on the 25th, the first order was to attack.

"Is it appropriate to exchange the casualties of the entire fleet for a super-class warship at a price?

Let's not forget that the Germans also had four super-class battleships! ", John Kronintovey asked.

"The spirit of the Navy is to attack, not to retreat! It's bravery, not the old way back! Cunningham, who took over the command of the entire fleet, said decisively. He had already learned the whole process of the battlefield along the way, and he knew that even if it really dragged on until daylight, such a super-class battleship would not be easily defeated by relying on its fast speed and thick artillery armor.

Moreover, he had heard the unfortunate news that German reinforcements were coming.

In the face of this situation, it is no longer a question of sinking these two super-class warships, but a matter of honor and confidence.

"No matter how good their radar performance is at night, they can't stop more attacks!" , Cunningham waved his hand and said, "Leave the final judgment of the prey to God, we just need to rush forward as bravely as a warrior!" ”，

These words are used to encourage the army, and the actual operation is not to rush up and fight indiscriminately.

"Suppressing the destroyer fire of the Scharnhorst and those Germans, our destroyer group rushed up and fired torpedoes." Cunningham interjected.

"The defensive fire on those two super battleships is very fierce, and it is difficult to get close." , Tovey frowned.

"When you get within attack range, you can cast it. It doesn't matter if you have the longest attack distance, the most important thing is that the time should be as uniform as possible. In the dark night, as long as there are too many torpedoes, it is difficult to defend, but you can win in chaos. Cunningham said helplessly. Compared with those main battleships, he chose to sacrifice those destroyers that were simple and easy to build.

No, this alternative wolf pack tactic has also brought a lot of confusion to Zhenyuan.

The Scharnhorst and the German destroyers were suppressed by the guns of the battleships, and they did not dare to resist, so they could only force them away.

At this time, under the light of the flares cast by the Germans, a large number of British destroyers poured up like schools of fish in the sea. Braving the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, the sword-millimeter-high-level dual-purpose naval guns were expelled, and when the Zhenyuan was approached, they began to fire torpedoes.

All of a sudden, dozens of white flowers were staggered on the sea surface, appearing and disappearing on the sea surface at night. In order not to let Dingyuan and Zhenyuan have enough time to react, the four battleships including King George V and Queen Elizabeth bombarded from a long distance together, not seeking to hurt the enemy, but only to disturb the enemy.

As a result, the Germans were only familiar with it for less than a month, and there were many attacks from all sides. The advantage of playing more and fighting less was reflected at once, and the saturation attack of the original version made Dingyuan, who was a little unprepared at the beginning, a little scrambling. In particular, the torpedo attack from the destroyer staggered near and far to block some of the Zhenyuan's escape routes.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "This chaotic beating of the British finally reaped a few loud noises.

There was an explosion of a torpedo impact, an explosion of a torpedo during a naval bombardment, and a German destroyer was torpedoed and sank directly. What caught the British most attention was that the bow of the Zhenyuan was also torpedoed, and the fire of the explosion was particularly conspicuous in the dark night.

The British were overjoyed when they saw this, and after paying the price of one sinking and two wounds, they finally added another scar to this super-class battleship. The scar was visible even at night in the light of the shelling, but after sealing the nearby compartment in time, the Zhenyuan's wound was not fatal.

However, the second round of torpedo attacks has already attracted great attention from Zhenyuan and Dingyuan. Not only 127 guns, but even 406 mm guns intervened to bombard the destroyers that rushed to death.

The huge column of water actually overturned a British B-class destroyer at high speed.

Under the dense garrison, the second round of the British onslaught was temporarily avoided. In this round, the destroyers who dared to die were sunk two but did not gain anything. But it was the intensive artillery fire of the British, which hit a shell of the Zhenyuan again. The King George V's 356mm shell hit the bridge of the Zhenyuan, and although the thick armor covered the further damage, the radar antenna of the outer Lu was partially damaged, which made the Zhenyuan's already weak firepower attack sharply reduced again.

Taking advantage of the slight slowness of the British attack, Ogst and Sailer gave the order to evacuate.

Exactly, the order was given by Lao Xi.

Because of this slap, the British have lost face, and Lao Xi is already very satisfied. It will take more than a day for the rescue fleet to arrive, and during this time, it is not known what will be produced. Two wounded super-class battleships were easily overturned by the British if they were not careful. So Lao Xi pondered for a while, and still ordered them to withdraw quickly.

At this time, the Zhenyuan was already scarred, and although it was not fatal, it also affected the normal operation. Only the Dingyuan is left alone, although with the support of the Scharnhorst, but the auxiliary attack of the Shane Guerrilla is okay, but it can't resist the attack of a battleship, let alone so many battleships. A quick evacuation is also a smart move.

The Zhenyuan dragged the large hole in the bow and side armor and quickly retreated. The wounds inflicted on these two places affected his speed, and he could not do it with all his might, which had allowed some of the British ships to catch up.

"Why don't we go and rescue them?" , Zhang Leshui sullenly looked at the Dingyuan that blocked many ships behind him.

"The aircraft carrier is already Italian. How can we strike if the Italians don't strike? Xue Ping also had some doubts, this time the battle could have been carried by the hellcat on the aircraft carrier to bomb the sāo to disturb it, but there has been no such order.

"The British have two aircraft carriers, and we have to preserve our strength against aircraft carriers." , this is the mystery of Chen Guan. But there is still a mystery in Meng Xiang's place.

"The protagonist of this big battle has already been determined to be battleships, and aircraft carriers can only play the next drama well if they play a good supporting role." Although Meng Xiang, who was thousands of miles away, was a little worried, he still adhered to the original plan, "In the case of not encountering an aircraft carrier, until the moment of life and death, the hellcat formation on the aircraft carrier must not attack at will." We do not need to win by all means, but we need to continue to shape the glorious image of a super-battleship. "I finally encountered such an opportunity to perform, and Meng Xiang didn't want to throw it away easily. Continuing to guide the trend of the world's super-battleships will keep the world obsessed with the frenzy of steel and cannons.

"At the very least, the Americans should be dragged into the race for super-battleships!" Meng Xiang thought.

"In the battle of the super-class battleships, the British lost the first round!" ，

"Without super-class warships, the old British Empire is no longer majestic!"

"Reappear in Jutland, the Germans have won the first naval battle! Can Great Britain turn the tide? ”

"The British Empire is exhausted, and half of its navy cannot leave two super-class warships." The 25th is Christmas Day, but when people around the world open their doors, they see not Santa's gifts, but newspaper headlines about the naval battle. The news was delivered faster than expected, and at that time the news of the naval battle attracted too much attention. Although the people who rushed there did not see the sinking of the Nagato-class, the torches of the Dreadnought and the Retaliation were the most noticeable.

The most timely report on the sale of the company made the news appear in some newspapers on the 25th, which is comparable to the speed of the later world. Some of these messages were received almost simultaneously with the head of a country. But the general public has received only a little bit of information. More truthful information is always lagging or even secret to them.

However, these news are enough to ignite the public's sentiment and focus on this sea battle. From France and Spain, there have been people coming from the dead, from Cape Roca to the Bay of Biscay, and a wonderful pursuit battle was seen up close.

The Aquila was still in the war, and the planes on the carriers Ark Royal and the Radiance began to sort, and the planes on the Aquila began to sort.

But by this time the dawn had come, and Hellcat had not intervened in the daytime battle. The Germans, at the price of losing old aircraft, temporarily covered most of the British air attacks. The other half was covered by two super-class warships.

Cunningham finally felt the pain of the slow speed of the Swordfish torpedo machine. The Swordfish that went to attack Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were beaten down 8 more in one day, but it didn't have much effect, and all they got in exchange for was the sinking of an eye-catching destroyer. And the bombs thrown by those thieves just tickled the two super-warships.

Although they have the advantage in the air during the day, they still don't have a very good body to deal with Zhenyuan and Dingyuan.

On the contrary, it was in the pursuit, and the Dingyuan after the break was frequently shelled. The skin is also full of flesh, and even a torpedo was fired at the stern of the ship, and Zhenyuan and Zhenyuan have really become a pair of difficult brothers. Scharnhorst was also completely ill, and although there were no fatal injuries, half of the bridge was blown up by the warweariness with a single shot, which was enough to frighten people.

However, the British battleships pursuing behind did not eat good fruit either.

The Warrior, which was not running fast in the first place, dragged its water-filled body and ran even slower after a near-miss shot on the port side. Somerville's flagship Prestige was in the middle of a gallop, and the Dingyuan bombarded the ship's rear engine room and caught fire, and it also withdrew from the pursuit. The King George V was hit hard by the Zhenyuan, destroying one of the main turrets. The resulting explosion nearly tore his ship's hold apart.

Seeing that the dusk of the 25th is about to pass, it seems that the end of the war is about to be staged.

The Hood, which was in front of the assault, was hit again by the Zhenyuan. The near-miss bombardment instantly tore through his starboard side armor, causing the boiler explosion to stop it completely, followed by another round of fire and plundering salvo from Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, and an A-class destroyer that had already begun to tilt forward and was sunk by the Scharnhorst Before sinking, a thunder that was unwilling to send out each thunder actually sailed for seven kilometers before hitting the Dingyuan. This time the torpedo caused an internal explosion, which not only caused heavy damage to the Dingyuan, but also damaged part of the transmission system, and the Dingyuan slowed down suddenly, although it did not stop, but it was already staggering.

Cunningham saw at once that the hand of the goddess of victory, White Nèn, was already beckoning to him. But an adjutant adviser next to him exclaimed, and a black-haired hand stretched out into the distance blocked his view of victory.

He followed the direction of the adjutant's salty pig hand, and in the distance, under the sea level, a red sun was setting, but another huge figure was slowly rising.

The Yamato-class battleship named "Ludendorff" was slowly approaching.

No one suspected that it was a mirage, and the column of water that was slowly approaching Ludendorff was like a few soaring sea bars imprisoning a cage of hope. This led Cunningham to immediately give the order to halt the pursuit, as if he were facing a great enemy to prepare for the newly arrived steel monster.

"A victory was so close to me, but God didn't give me any more time to pluck the fruits of it. If I had given me a little more time, I would have been in control of one or even those two superships. But what's going on with this Fantasy-class battleship? Cunningham looked at the hideous figure of the Yamato-class with infinite distress.

He didn't know that this Ludendorff was originally cooperating with Zhenyuan and Dingyuan to plot the attack from the south of the island of Great Britain, and was originally on standby near Brest. And the British navy there could not stop the warship from rampage, and among the reinforcements, it was the first to arrive.

With the protection of this super-class warship, the scales of war are once again balanced.

"The battle is over!" Cunningham looked at the almost wounded battleships that followed him, and muttered to himself with some sadness.@