Chapter 453 The Most Worried Thing (Seeking Monthly Pass)

"Your Excellency, the 'Ireland' was sunk by the Germans!" Lieutenant General David Betty said with a livid face.

Admiral John Jellicoe seemed to have gone numb. After losing the third battleship again, there were only 11 battleships on their battle line. For the German Navy, there are 14 more. Although the battleships of the British Royal Navy also hit the battleships of the German Navy many times during the battle, except for the battleship 'Saxon' which was severely damaged, the rest of the battleships suffered at most a little damage. Even the battleship "Saxon", although there is only one main turret left, isn't it still fighting?

"The current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to us. We already have many warships and have been besieged by the Germans. I am afraid it will be very difficult to continue. What's more, from beginning to end, we What we are facing is still just one battle line of the Germans. I am afraid that another battle line will soon join the battle. At that time, our disadvantage may be further expanded." Lieutenant General David Betty said somewhat Said anxiously.

They are now completely watching the German Navy's continuous expansion of its advantages. In the end, the Royal Navy will definitely be completely crushed by the German Navy. Such a result is undoubtedly difficult for them to accept.

Admiral John Jellicoe nodded. It can be said that now, he has given up any hope of winning. Even, there is no longer any hope for the heavy damage to the German Navy. Judging from the current battle situation, it is almost impossible to realize their strategic goals. However, the battle has reached the current point, do they still have a way? Even if they want to withdraw from the battle, the German Navy will not let them go.

Although, the Royal Navy still has a large number of small and medium-sized warships. However, several battlecruisers of the German Navy have already begun attacks on these small and medium-sized warships. In the face of powerful battlecruisers, the losses of the small and medium-sized warships of the British Navy were also very large. These cruisers and destroyers can't even withstand a single shot from those battlecruisers. Although the torpedoes they carry may pose a huge threat to these battlecruisers. However, the German Navy also has a vote of small and medium-sized warships to closely protect these battlecruisers. Even if the number is not comparable to that of the British Navy, there is no problem at all as a bodyguard within the range of its own capital ship.

The small and medium-sized warships of the British Navy also tried to launch lightning strikes several times in order to realize the tactics of using small and large. But unfortunately, none of them were successful. Instead, under the attack of the capital ships of the German Navy, they suffered heavy losses. It was only when he had to be honest.

"Your Excellency, Commander, why don't we break through immediately! In this case, we may be able to rush out some warships and return to Scapa Flow." Lieutenant General David Betty suggested.

Of course, Lieutenant General David Beatty also knew that these battleships probably would not be able to escape back to Scapa Flow because of their slow speed. However, those small and medium warships can still escape a lot. Now, it is no longer a question of how much can be escaped. As long as there are warships that can escape, it is a victory.

However, if these capital ships are abandoned, the British Navy will have no chance at all. After deducting their remaining 11 battleships, among the capital ships of the British Navy, there are only three "Queen Elizabeth-class" battleships, one "Orion-class" battleship, and one "Giant-class" battleship that were hit hard in the morning. With the battlecruiser 'Tiger', plus the battleship 'Dreadnought' that did not participate in this battle, there are only 7 capital ships in total. Although such strength is not weak, they have no chance to compete with the German navy.

If Admiral John Jellicoe was allowed to choose, he naturally hoped that the existing battleships could escape some more. At that time, even if the Royal Navy has lost a complete defeat in this naval battle, at least there is still a relatively large room for maneuver.

"General Betty, do you think it is possible for us to persist until night?" Admiral John Jellicoe asked.

Lieutenant General David Beatty immediately understood what Admiral John Jellicoe meant. If you can persist until night, with the help of the cover of night. Well, they might really be able to escape. Of course, by that time, they will not have many battleships left. But in that case, it's better than being sunk all!

"Your Excellency, Commander, we don't have many battleships left. However, it is only a few hours before dark. If we are lucky, we may be able to last until night. Let all the battleships Increase the speed to the highest. In this case, it will not be so easy for the Germans to hit our warship." Lieutenant General David Beatty suggested.

When a battleship sails at high speed on the sea, the ship will be very bumpy. In this case, the accuracy of shooting will be greatly reduced. Of course, the same will be true for the battleships of the British Navy.

It's just that at this time the British no longer expect to defeat the German navy, and they are lucky to be able to guarantee that they will not be hit.

Admiral John Jellicoe nodded: "Command the fleet, start speeding up. After holding on until night, look for an opportunity to evacuate immediately."

"Yes, General." Lieutenant General David Betty immediately issued the order.

The warships of the British Royal Navy began to speed up one after another. Although the speed of the battleship is not fast, it is no problem to increase it to 20 knots.

In order to continue to attack the British Navy, the German Navy also had to speed up. However, the consequence of the speed increase is that the hit rate of the shelling began to drop further.

"Damn the British, are they planning to escape?" Admiral Reinhard Scheer couldn't help but frowned.

What Admiral Reinhard Scheer has been worrying about is finally about to happen. In this naval battle, he was not afraid that the British navy would fight them to the end. What he feared most was that the British would run away if they saw something bad going on. If the British wanted to escape and the German navy wanted to keep them all, it would be very difficult. Once these British warships fled back, it would undoubtedly be quite difficult to encircle and suppress them in the future. So Admiral Reinhard Scheer has been trying to avoid it.

But I didn't expect that in the case of heavy losses, the British would inevitably have such a choice.