Chapter 468
The sea breeze roared and the clouds surging. The sea waves that were more than one meter high kept beating on the steel side of the gray-black painted warships, causing waves of water and white mist spraying.
Ingnoll stood on the high and broad bridge of Frederick the Great, staring at the deep ocean in front of the starboard side with a serious face. A faint roar like thunder came from the distance, and the orange-red light flashed like stars. It was the light ships of our fleet fighting fiercely with the British patrol team. The position of the main force of the high seas fleet has been exposed, but the traces of the British fleet are still hidden in the fog of the battlefield, which is very different from the battlefield situation he expected. Under the current circumstances, he could not let the third light cruiser team go forward to reconnaissance, but asked him to cooperate with the torpedo boat troops to drive away the spies who were spying on the outside.
Behind Frederick the Great, 18 Fearless Class warships, 8 Decisive Cruise and 8 Fearless In front were lined up in nine rows and on standby to attack, which was an unimaginable bet. All the cool and beautiful magical weapons created by the German Empire spent twenty years on their power were now concentrated in the hands of Ingnor; they carried the hopes of nearly 60,000 officers and soldiers and the thirst of 66 million Germans for the ocean, and the crucial news has not yet come. Ingnor deeply understood the responsibility on his shoulders, even if he had no
France took the British's T-shaped move first, and the high seas fleet must also launch a battle line without falling behind. To achieve this goal, its main fleet must detect the enemy's fleet in advance and start to unfold its queues outside of vision. Once you see the enemy turn, it will obviously be too late; some warships' firing angles are blocked, and some warships are turning in front of the enemy. The British can not only concentrate artillery fire to bombard in advance, but also send destroyers to carry out devastating torpedo fast attacks!
More than ten minutes ago, he had issued an order to Hippel fleet, ordering him to send fast warships to quickly reconnaise the western sea area on the starboard side of the main fleet; however, due to his location, the reconnaissance fleet could hardly send back valid information in time. Now Ingnoll has some understanding of the reason why his opponent Jelico has been shrinking from the military port before. A fleet related to the national destiny is indeed as heavy as a mountain. Not anyone can bear this responsibility and pressure!
"I cannot let the fleet built by Germany spend twenty years in my hands be destroyed. After the British patrol fleet withdrew, the fleet immediately turned left two sutra points." After careful weighing, Ingnor issued a conservative order. The high seas fleet is currently heading southwest, and the left maneuver to the south can undoubtedly significantly reduce the chance of the British fleet appearing in front of him with a T-shaped head. After he regrouped, he will naturally turn back and compete with the British fleet.
The flag was flipped and the wake was storming. After the Frederick the Great, who led the fleet, turned, the entire German fleet drew a wonderful arc on the sea surface and sailed to the south. In the bitter sea breeze, the sound of fighting artillery in the distance was gradually unable to hear; Frederick the Great's bridge came and went, and from time to time, there were staff members who reported to Ingnol either unclear or completely different information, and all this was determined by the commander Qian Gang. What Ingnol didn't know was that Jelico's large fleet was at this moment about 40 nautical miles away from him and was undergoing a transformation of combat arrays. If he was confusing to sail in the original direction, he would be very likely to be hit by the British fleet that had unfolded its formation in advance.
War is certainly a competition between strength, but sometimes luck can dominate the overall situation of the battle. When Ingnoll learned the exact position of the British fleet after the war, he couldn't help but be glad that he made his cautious choice at that time: "The protection of the Holy Angel Michael has allowed me to have no mistakes in the most critical decisive battle; this smooth, ordinary but complete and strict answer made me not ruin the Chinese warship in my hands."
Due to the on-site deviation of the German high seas fleet, the trajectory of the original "V" shape between the main fleets of Britain and Germany became closer to parallel, and an unprecedentedly fierce battle was delayed. After 40 minutes, when the large fleet, which was ready to fight, still did not find any trace of the German fleet, the experienced Jelico immediately realized that the cunning German commander must have smelled some unusual breath and chose to move towards the enemy with caution.
Jelico had no effective response strategy for this situation. His patrol team was forced to retreat under the threat of a large number of torpedo boats on the other side and could not detect the current position of the German fleet; and even if he guessed the current location of the German fleet half by experience and half by luck. The poor ship conditions of his fleet did not allow him to make normal and large-scale rapid transfers as usual. For Jelico, who is in charge of the current large fleet with wounded soldiers, he is in charge of the current large fleet with wounded soldiers.
What he pursues is to fully unfold his battle line in a manner that is not inferior to the wind. More than a week ago, the German high seas fleet had gathered at the mouth of the Thames River, including a large number of decisive battle patrols and former dreadnoughts, but its own Strait fleet has not yet met with its own fleet. With the current speed of the large fleet being severely dragged down, these old ships with an average speed of only 17 or 8 knots can share a large amount of artillery damage from the opponent for the main fleet.
At this point, while conducting normal dispatch and command, Jelico also commanded the slag ships from a radio, making them close to the main fleet and become a member of the glorious cannon fodder like those dozens of destroyers. After nearly an hour of walking towards each other, the distance between the two fleets connecting north and south was quite close. After a short while, the main lookout hand of the Trafalga saw a group of triangular masts appearing on the sea ahead. At the same time, the scarred fast fleet also sailed from the southwest, and the charred and rolled holes hit by shells could be seen everywhere on its hull. In the previous battle, more than 4,000 royal naval officers and soldiers were buried at the bottom of the sea; such a terrifying death number was close to the Russian fleet that was wiped out in the Battle of Tyrant Ma!
On the rear deck of the destroyer "Hope", the first-class sailor Mondock cried bitterly at the once glamorous fast fleet. His father, who was about to retire, served as a signal officer on the Ultimately. On the main mast of the "George V" battleship, the observation soldier Henry was anxiously scanning the sea with a telescope over and over again, because he never found the figure of Queen Mary, where his brother was. The caliber of the ship gun was on the "Ireland", the top "Ireland" in the current Royal Navy. Second Lieutenant Dick, who had just graduated from the officers' school, was extremely grateful for his willingness to give up the Invincible and choose to be assigned to this battleship; the helmsman of the "Default" battleship drew a cross on his chest and recited a prayer for the officers and soldiers who died on the battleship of the full-heavy artillery.
The flag of the Trafalga was lifted and lowered, and the signal light flashed back and forth. 18 fort-defying ships that once made the Royal Navy lean as pillars accelerated to the end of the ship, and let the broad and strong juniors support the sky for them. The 6 remaining battle patrols drove to the front of the ship. The attributes of their high-speed heavy artillery still allowed them to turn at high speed during the battleships' decisive battle, forming a local T-shaped character, and banging the other side's one-line head. 49 thick and majestic battleships pulled up a daunting magnificent column, with a distance of 22,500 meters. From a high altitude, the sea seemed to appear on the surface of the prehistoric era, running towards the sea east of the south; its momentum was amazing and spectacular!
At 11:07, three Magdeburg-class fast light patrols were ordered to arrive at the scheduled reconnaissance location. When they saw the Royal Navy that was almost invincible, Major General Burdick, who was still immersed in the victory of killing several light patrols on the opponent, was completely awakened. The emergency telegram was quickly issued under the fingers of the correspondent's rapid tapping. Ingnore on the Great instantly realized the current situation: the British fleet had indeed been dispatched from Scarpa Bay, and the decisive battle was approaching!
Under the command of Ingnoll, the main force of the huge German high seas fleet also began to change the formation rapidly; although their current lineup is unprecedentedly strong, thanks to the hard and repeated training on weekdays, this complex maneuver was also perfectly demonstrated by the German officers and soldiers. At the same time, the German reconnaissance fleet, which was supported by a few nautical miles behind the light cruiser, also turned eastwards under the call of the general flagship, and then turned right with the main ship with a beautiful 90-degree right
The teams merged into one and sailed in front of the fleet. Among the two battle lines that were heading side by side, the tactic of using the battle patrol to grab T was not the British's patent; for this reason, Ingnoll also made a battle arrangement that was exactly the same as Jelico. The 41 main battleships were like the legendary Titan giant cluster, slowly heading towards the final decisive battlefield with solid and thick steps; the surging spirit that came to face was as irresistible as the wheel of fate.
"Report! A large number of German warships appeared in the eastern waters and headed south; ahead of our team is a German southbound main battleship, and they have already launched a battle queue!" Just when Jelico was uneasy because of the exposure of his position, the report sent by the Fourth Light Cruiser Fleet sent to reconnaissance made him feel a little nervous. It seems that he did not make much mistakes in his judgment of the position of the German fleet. The light cruise fleet that had previously searched for the southeast really caught the figure of the enemy again.
"So," Jelico and Ingnoll's voices rang on the flagship at the same time, "just start."
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