The sea breeze roared, the rain was pouring, and the heavy black clouds surging on the sea surface, causing deafening thunder from time to time... The German High Seas Fleet, which has 22 fully heavy artillery warships, quickly changed its formation in a flash of signal lights, and each ship followed the warships ahead; even in this dark night that is difficult to see, there was no chaos in their actions. The High Seas Fleet, which is determined to compete with the British Navy to overthrow the ocean, has already developed first-class naval combat skills in the long pre-war time; compared with the British Navy, which has been lying on the glorious book of ancestors for too long, the German fleet built by Tirpitz even has surpassed combat skills!

On the Frederick the Great, Ingnore's face was full of solemn expression. In his initial plan, the High Seas Fleet would not engage in night battles with the other side: in fact, any fleet with superior forces would not choose to venture to fight with the other side at night when the situation was unpredictable. Three months ago, the High Seas Fleet, which had both the number of warships and the projection firepower, had achieved a shocking complete victory in the decisive battle; now the German fleet has an absolute advantage in numbers and is able to flatten the other side in normal battles during the day.

However, the complex battlefield situation with many influencing factors cannot be performed according to the commander's wishful thinking script. The two fleets actually met early in the night, and the choice left to Ingnoll was to seize the opportunity to fight hard. Because if he chose to voluntarily withdraw from the battlefield, it would be equivalent to giving up the British fleet to leave from his nose. After dawn, even if his reconnaissance aircraft could find the other party's existence, the British were at least dozens of nautical miles away: by then, what could the high seas fleet with no advantage in speed leave the main force of the British fleet with strict escort force? The core task of his trip was to weaken the remaining power of the British Navy as much as possible. Once this opportunity was missed, God knows when the next time the British were dispatched!

Therefore, even if there is a risk of being a small profit by the British fleet, Ingnoll quickly issued a battle order after the peripheral torpedo boats discovered the enemy ship. It is true that our fleet will take risks. But the British fleet cannot be as stable as Mount Tai. Field battles are equal for both sides. The number of its auxiliary warships is no less than that of the British, and the ability to strike lightning is even more than that of the enemy: even if our main battleship is attacked by the British with torpedo, he has the confidence to withstand one or two shots!

However, Ingnor obviously could not use his precious main warships to take risks. Under the protection of a team of torpedo boats, the main warship group of the high seas fleet was hidden in relatively safe rear waters and would never fire until critical moments to expose his existence. With a large number of auxiliary ships, they will become the protagonists on the battlefield in the night battle. Ingnor could not help but feel uncomfortable: the British fleet has no choice but to face the head-on battle with him. Due to speed, this daunting attack force has only a lot of strength but has nowhere to display.

"If God can make a fair ruling this time, the power of these slow warships will be fully demonstrated in future battles. Because there will be no British fleets on the Atlantic that can pose a threat to the Imperial Navy." Ingnoll murmured.

The German main fleet was moving towards the periphery of the battlefield, while the British large fleet evacuated straight away from the war zone without looking back. Jelico, who returned to the commander tower, had already realized that his fleet was in a serious unfavorable situation in the night battle: whether it was releasing torpedoes or resisting torpedoes, the British fleet was very different from the other side. Since the main attack scorer was no longer the main battleships equipped with heavy artillery, it would be a burden to stay, so naturally the big guys who would run as far as they could. As for the night battle, they would hand them over to several cannon fodder light cruisers and a ticket to destroyers; they would resist the attacks of the German torpedo boats and wait for an opportunity to launch an attack on the enemy's main battleship.

The injured Ajax was painfully removed from the large fleet by Jelico and fled south alone by two destroyers. Before that, Jelico had fantasies about the whereabouts of the German High Seas Fleet, which had not been revealed for a long time, so that Ajax would accompany the large forces to prevent the sneak attacks of the German submarines that were rampant; however, now it is difficult for him to take into account all aspects.

The artillery fire was sequentially, and the waves were rushing colorfully. Located at the battlefield where the roar sounded, the light warships of both sides launched a fierce attack like the sail era at a very close distance. Ships were constantly hit and caught fire, and the flames were dazzling, becoming the most ideal target in the night. The other warship, which had long been suffering from the lack of a target, was overjoyed and began to attack the water dogs towards the target. Even the fierce night rain that was currently shrouded in the battlefield did not weaken the flames of these warships that were targeting the public!

These black gunmen hiding in the dark are actually not safe at all. The light of the muzzle lit up when the fire was opened before revealed their location; the opponent's warships immediately regained their colors, and the locations of those ships were no longer a secret... The scope of the warships involved was like wildfire in just over a dozen minutes. At the beginning, both sides still had the idea of ​​lightning strikes the opponent's main ships, and did not rashly launch torpedoes at the beginning of the battle; but as the number of warships injured by the bomb continued to increase, I saw that

The captain, who had lost his battleship speed and was probably out of lightning strike, used these slow-loading killers without hesitation. The terrifying torpedo tracks began to appear on the sea, which further aggravated the chaos in the center of the battlefield. The roar of cannons, explosions, thunder, along with the roar of machinery and the roar of sailors, formed a battle music that was difficult to replicate: the light warships on both sides who did not fight each other three months ago had finally found their peak stage.

"Our torpedo boats are shooting at a British destroyer on fire about 500 meters away, and everyone's nerves are tense like the strings of bows and arrows. No one has any spare energy of fear. All we can do is stare at the surroundings, watch the dense flash of artillery illuminate the ship shadows in an instant, and see if there are any enemy warships and torpedoes appearing on the nearby sea. One of our torpedo boats has collided violently with a British destroyer.

The huge flames ignited on the deck made no one dare to approach the nearby sea area illuminated by the fire. Suddenly, strong light appeared on the sea in the distance, and a British destroyer hidden in the dark suddenly exploded like fireworks, and debris were blown up everywhere: this poor guy must have been neglected to be vigilant, affected by torpedoes running around on the sea surface, and I don’t know if anyone could survive?…” A German sailor recalled the night battle that day afterwards.

While the light ships on both sides were fighting fiercely, another group of teams did not participate in the chaotic fire, but bypassed the area where the gun was shining like stars and quickly advanced towards the deeper darkness. These were all lightning strike teams that were looking for the opponent's main fleet to prepare for the attack. The ship boiler had already burned enough steam. Although the main ships of both Britain and Germany both chose to stay away from the battlefield, the maneuvering time was too short after all, which undoubtedly greatly increased the chances of these light ships discovering the enemy's main force.

After nearly an hour of running at sea, a British destroyer found a black figure as thick as a prehistoric dinosaur appeared not far away in front of him. The German torpedo boat that was escorting him quickly came to fight, and the blood sickle of the battle extended to the sea more than ten kilometers away. After less than twenty minutes, the sound of cannons near the British main fleet also suddenly started; other torpedo boats that were still searching for the target immediately drove at full speed toward the combat area after discovering this change. The divine weapons that had been hiding for a long time finally had a chance to drive.

The German ship's flagship Frederick the Great suddenly turned on the searchlight, and the golden light broke out like the rising sun, illuminating the surrounding sea. At the same time, the remaining 21 German dreadnoughts also illuminated the sea. The entire fleet instantly cruised the sea like a dazzling golden dragon, which made people sway and dazzling. With nearly two hundred high-power searchlights, the originally dark sea surface was illuminated white, and even the target thousands of meters away was clearly visible: When Britain

When the destroyer was included in the light column, the earth-shaking heavy artillery cluster on the German battleship emitted an angry tiger roar and dragon roar. In the face of the bullet rain jungle composed of large-caliber main gun, 150mm secondary gun and 88mm rapid-fire gun, the target would be torn into pieces within a few minutes. The German officers and soldiers responded to the night attack of enemy destroyers: Everything they showed at present was the top qualities that could only be possessed after repeated training and tempering!

Inside the commander tower with heavy armor protection, Ingnoll looked grim and did not show any joy on his face. The main fleet's approach of turning on searchlights at night was actually a helpless move after being approached by enemy lightning strike ships: after all, searchlights cannot cover all directions like sunlight, and some British destroyers are still hidden in the deep darkness, while their positions have been exposed by the turned on searchlights. Next is the time to avoid torpedoes. Ingnoll is still quite confident about the underwater protection of their own warships and the ability of crew damage; but what situation can the British on the opposite side make under the attack of their torpedo boats? (To be continued. (.))

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