Chapter 242: The strongest battle cruiser (seeking monthly ticket)

   "General, the Germans are gone."

   On the battleship 'Tiger', the British Navy immediately reported the situation to Lieutenant General David Beatty after discovering that the German Navy's High Seas Fleet was accelerating its retreat to the northwest.

   "Damn it, the Germans have discovered our 'Iron Duke'-class battleship." Lieutenant General David Beatty immediately noticed the problem, and couldn't help cursing. Originally, he wanted to rely on his own nine battlecruisers to entangle the six battlecruisers of the German Navy, and four "Iron Duke" battleships to attack from the other side, trying to severely damage the German Navy's breaking fleet in one fell swoop. It is better to seize this opportunity and kill all the German Navy's breaking fleet. In this case, even if they lost three "King George V-class" battleships in this naval battle, they still won a big victory.

  However, now it seems that his strategy has no way to succeed. The German navy has seen through his plot. However, Lieutenant General David Betty couldn't figure out how the German navy saw through his plot so quickly.

   "General, there are German seaplanes above our heads. The intelligence sent from the 'King George V' also confirms this." A staff officer said with an ugly face.

   Lieutenant General David Betty, his face suddenly turned black, as if the bottom of the pot was the same. It turned out that their actions were completely under the surveillance of the Germans. In this case, it would be impossible to engage in any conspiracy and tricks, and they could only confront the Germans in an upright manner.

   "Order the fleet to speed up and not let the Germans run away!" Lieutenant General David Beatty ordered.

   "Yes, General."

  The nine battlecruisers of the British Navy accelerated their pursuit of the German Navy's breaching fleet.

   On the other side, four "Iron Duke" battleships are also preparing to intercept the German Navy's breaking fleet. However, because of the speed of the ship, the possibility of their success will be very low.

"Continue to speed up, get rid of the British battleships, and pull their battlecruisers in circles. Report the situation here to General Scheer. Our 'Derfflinger-class' battlecruisers should also go to battle." Lieutenant General Spei's face was full of smiles.

"Yeah! The British thought they had ambushed nine battlecruisers and four battlecruisers and wanted to eat us. I'll see, after our 'Derfflinger class' battlecruisers show up, What kind of expressions will they have?" Lieutenant General Hipper also said with a smile. Everyone is full of confidence in the "Derfflinger-class" battlecruiser.

   Indeed, the "Derfflinger-class" battlecruiser is definitely the most powerful battlecruiser in the world today. The only one that can surpass him is probably the "Mackenson-class" battlecruiser that has not yet entered service in the German Navy. With a 380mm main gun, thick armor, and a speed of up to 27.5 knots, it deserves to be the strongest battlecruiser. Compared with the thin-skinned and stuffed battlecruisers of the British Navy, it has an overwhelming advantage. Even, it is enough to compete with the most powerful battleship of the British Navy, the "Queen Elizabeth-class" battleship that has not yet entered service. This is why the German navy knew that this time it was a trap set by the British navy, but it still had the courage to step in and count the British.

At this moment, outside the battlefield, the 3rd battlecruiser detachment composed of three 'Derfflinger-class' battlecruisers led by Admiral Reinhardt Scheer, commander of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet, is heading south quickly . Because it has just been in service not long ago, the performance of the battleship can be fully utilized. The speed of these huge warships has been increased to 25 knots, but there is still room to spare.

  Admiral Reinhard Scheer stood in the command tower with a smile on his face, appearing to be in a good mood.

  He really has no choice but to be in a bad mood! In this operation, the German Navy has gained a considerable advantage. At a small cost, the breaking fleet sank three "King George V-class" battleships of the British Navy, and severely damaged the remaining one. This is already a rare victory for the German Navy. Before the official decisive battle between the two sides, the German navy had sunk four capital ships of the British Navy and severely damaged one, making the German Navy probably not inferior to the British Navy in terms of the number of capital ships.

   And, the battle is not over. He believes that in the next battle, they will definitely be able to obtain results again. At that time, the gap between the two sides will be further widened.

"As long as we can severely damage the British navy in this naval battle, then we will have a complete advantage. At that time, it will be impossible for the British to keep their position as the supremacy of the sea." Reinhardt? Admiral Scheer thought excitedly.

  As the commander of the High Seas Fleet that led the German Navy to achieve this achievement, his name will surely be immortalized forever. Thinking of this, Admiral Reinhard Scheer was very excited.

   "General, Admiral Spee and Admiral Hipper are calling. They are leading the fleet to retreat to the northwest. The British dispatched nine battlecruisers and four battleships to pursue them." A communications officer reported.

   "Nine battlecruisers and four battleships. The British sent out all their battlecruisers. Which class of battleships are their battleships?" Admiral Reinhardt Scheer asked.

   "According to its appearance, it should be a British 'Iron Duke-class' battleship." The officer replied.

   "'Iron Duke' class battleship? Plus the previous 'King George V' class" battleship. The British can be regarded as dispatching the main force of the navy this time! If all of their main forces are lost here, then the British will have no hope in the future decisive battle. "Admiral Reinhard Scheer couldn't help but shine his eyes.

  Although, judging from the current strength comparison, the British warships still have an advantage in number. However, the performance of the warships of the German Navy far exceeds that of the British Navy.

   According to Admiral Reinhardt Scheer, this is definitely a great opportunity to further change the balance of strength between the two sides, and it must not be missed just like this.

"Send a telegram to General Spee and General Hipper and ask them to hold back the British battlecruiser formation. As for the British battleship formation, leave it to us to deal with it!" Admiral Reinhard Scheer ordered road.

   "Yes, General."