Chapter 1112: Meet
Chapter 1112
"Really? Then let's withdraw first and report our position to the main fleet at this time." The officer's report dispelled Major General Hood's last hesitation. That is definitely going to happen, OK? It has been verified how many naval battles, the same level and the same number of British-German warships are all the British kneel down! What's more, the opponent has 2 super fearless, and his 3 are the original fearless. This is not a war or a death! The British navy has allowed its own fleet to retreat voluntarily in the event of loss.
"Is it finally here? I hope the German fleet will not be scared away!" Jericho ordered the fleet to maintain a speed of 17 knots to prepare for the enemy. With the help of aerial reconnaissance and surface warships, Jericho has roughly determined the position of the German fleet. According to intelligence reality, the British fleet is northwest of the German fleet. At this time, the large fleet is still 30 kilometers away from Major General Hood’s battlecruiser detachment. After Major General Hood chooses to turn to evacuate, the two sides can meet in more than 20 minutes.
The smoke from the huge fleet shrouded the sky like a dark cloud. They moved with the fleet, and the German Navy's reconnaissance aircraft also spotted the large fleet entering the battlefield.
"I never thought that human industry could be so magnificent and amazing!" A German pilot described the scene like this. "At least two dozen or more battleship detachments formed a nearly square formation. It was like a sea city. Hundreds of various cruisers and destroyers circled the fleet. They occupied at least dozens of square kilometers. With an overwhelming force. It’s crushed by the stance of a squad like this. Even if I look at it, I feel terrible."
"The Great Fleet has appeared, about 25 kilometers northwest of the Hipper fleet!" A few minutes later, Scheer and Hipper received this extremely important telegram at the same time!
"Let Hipper join the main fleet immediately!" the prince ordered.
"Are we going to move on?" Scheer said worriedly. Knowing that he can't beat his opponent now, it's better to just leave.
"No, let's lean forward and take a look." The prince said. "Don't worry, they can't catch us! Just treat it as a preview of some future war!"
Aware of the existence of the two sides, the British and German fleets used the last period of time before the encounter to adjust their formation. Hipper’s fleet began to recover, while the high seas fleet, with nine Bavarian-class battleships at its core, continued to approach. At the same time, the 3 Bavarian-class battleships of the Second Battleship Squadron moved forward slightly, and he will be the spearhead of the entire High Seas Fleet. The third battleship squadron followed, followed by the first battleship squadron directly led by Scheer, and the other battleships behind.
At this time, when the fleet had not yet contacted, the seaplanes of the two sides had already started the first round of fighting. The 3 seaplane carriers carried by the large fleet released 12 seaplanes at once, plus those released from the battleship, the British There are at least 2 dozen or more seaplanes in the air. The Germans were unequivocal, and released 20 seaplanes in one go. Thus, the first large-scale battle between naval aviation forces in history began! However, neither Jericho nor Prince Ruprecht cared about it at this time. These immature guys could not threaten the warships on the sea. They all focused their attention on each other!
"Are the Germans stupid?! Really want to fight me?!" Jericho was sure. At this time, the German fleet must have known the approximate location of the large fleet, so now that you know, why don't you run? At this point, the straight-line distance between the two parties is about 25 kilometers, and it takes no more than a quarter of an hour to see the opponent at visual distance!
Jericho sent out the distracting thoughts in his head. He firmly believed that as long as the German fleet unfolded and he was just head-on, he would win the idea and began to consider how to win the battle! He now has two options. The first option is to expand eastward. In this case, the expansion speed is the fastest and it just blocks the route of the German fleet. Of course, there are also disadvantages. If the German fleet turns at this time, the large fleet It is definitely not catching up, joke, now the speed difference between the two sides can be more than 6 knots, why do you chase people?
The other option is to pull out the battle line to the southeast. In this case, although the route of the German fleet to the north cannot be cut off, if the Germans dare to continue north, then the entire fleet will turn to the east, and it will be able to cut off the return of the German fleet. road.
At that moment, Jericho really wanted to try the latter, although it would take a huge risk, such as the German fleet turning ahead, pulling the battleship westward at a faster speed and then crossing in front of the British fleet. But this idea of blocking the opponent's return and forcing the opponent to fight to the death is too tempting. But in the last few minutes, security and reason once again occupied the top, Jericho decided to choose the simplest and safest method, and the fleet sailed east to draw the battle line!
The quality of the British Royal Navy is indeed the best in the world, with more than 2 dozen battleships and a total of 6 battleship detachments. It only took about 16 minutes to pull out a battleship that is more than ten kilometers long from the box formation in the voyage. time! The expansion of this great wall of steel is enough to make any other navy desperate! In the twilight ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ one by one British fleet painted with Victorian gray and nearly a hundred turrets on it, more than 200 artillery can pour hundreds of tons of ammunition in one minute!
"The squadrons turn!" Scheer estimated the distance between each other. Before the high seas fleet entered the effective range of the other side, each squadron began to turn separately. The high seas fleet in Jutland also turned to this place. Repeat it for a moment! The German fleet moved faster, and it only took less than 6 minutes to convert the entire fleet from a northerly heading to a southerly westward direction! Easily avoided the many T-shaped horizontal heads!
At a distance of 20 kilometers from the Great Fleet, the High Seas Fleet and the Great Fleet travel almost parallel to each other. Naturally, the prince will not just leave in person this time. He is looking for the problem of the big fleet. Without the help of fast battleships, how will the big fleet behave! The prince didn’t think that Jericho would only find a chance to start a formation. In fact, the larger the fleet, the slower the response. Regarding the existence of the large fleet, the prince really wants to know that they will change their formation in actual combat. how much time is required!
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