Chapter 1163: The action begins!
Chapter 1163 Action begins!
"This is the first time I have seen all the members of the High Seas Fleet attack. It is strong, fierce, and fearless. Although it is not as large as the British Fleet, it is more agile! Fast! Deadly!" Giant ship. Hipper's heart surged. This is a real army attack! In addition to the 17 fast battleships, there are an additional 3 slow battleships, and the light cruisers and destroyers originally attached to the Baltic Sea have also been transferred.
This brings the total number of battleships dispatched by the High Seas Fleet to 20 for the first time. The number of light cruisers is 24, and the number of destroyers and torpedo boats exceeds 50! If you count 6 seaplane carriers, the number of warships attacked by the High Seas Fleet has broken the 100 mark for the first time! In this world, apart from the Royal Navy, no country can come up with this level of configuration!
The entire fleet was reorganized. A total of 17 fast battleships formed four battleship squadrons. Lieutenant General Scheer commanded the first and second battleship squadrons. The first battleship squadron was five Bavarian-class battleships and the second battleship squadron was Three Helgoland-class battleships and the newly improved battleship Rheinland.
Hipper commanded the 4 Bavarian-class battleships of the third battleship squadron, and the fourth battleship squadron was the original battlecruiser squadron, with a total of 3 super-dreadnought battlecruisers and 1 Vonde Tahn. As for the remaining three slow-speed battleships were organized into the fifth battleship squadron, and the lieutenant admiral has been wondering why these weak combat ships came out? If it's mobile combat, then don't take them, and if it's desperate, then take out a few more Quasi-Fearless ships. Anyway, the speed has been dragged down, and there will be more output....
The battlecruiser squadron is still forwarding for reconnaissance tasks, and the remaining three battleship squadrons formed a three-row square to follow. And the three slow-speed battleships are far behind, and they are thrown farther and farther, except for the four light cruisers attached to the battlecruiser squadron. The other 4 light cruiser units move with the main fleet. The vanguard is about 20 nautical miles from the main fleet. When the fleet entered the depths of the North Sea, the accompanying 6 seaplane carriers also began to release seaplanes for reconnaissance operations. And all this can't hide the British!
"The Germans have come out again?! They are really difficult!" Jericho received a telegram from a British submarine crouching near the coast of Germany two hours ago. In addition to routinely telling Jericho the direction of the German fleet and In addition to discovering the time, I also specially emphasized that this time the other party is a bit large... Let Jericho be careful. The larger scale means that it may have brought a non-fast battleship.
"Unfortunately, our two queens and one Vengeance-class battleship are in the dock." Lieutenant General Charles Madden said somewhat depressed.
"If the Germans just wandered around at sea, we don't have to trouble them." Lieutenant General Jeram said, he is also a pessimist now. He thinks it would be better not to confront his opponent before his strength is restored. Because the previous battles were all at a loss for the Royal Navy.
"No, the Thomas fleet must be brought together with us. If the German fleet is really dispatched, then the large fleet will not be able to beat them! And if we choose to give up, then this is the case for the auxiliary cruiser fleet near the North Sea blockade. It will be a catastrophe!" Admiral Jericho categorically rejected it.
The entire high seas fleet! 20 warships of fearless and above. There may be six more Quasi-Fearless. What about the British fleet? Now there are 8 super fearless equipped with 13.5-inch naval guns. (Two are under maintenance), 4 Vengeance-class battleships, 10 dreadnoughts, and 3 battlecruisers. Jericho was certain that if he did not consider auxiliary battleships, his 25 battleships would definitely not be able to defeat the 20 German Dreadnoughts and several quasi-fearless ships... No way, the quantity is not bad, but the quality is too bad... If the Thomas fleet does not come, the large fleet may really have to hide when it meets the German fleet....
Although Jericho estimated that there were two possibilities for the German fleet to be dispatched this time, one was to attack the North Sea blockade. After all, the large fleet could not use precious light cruisers to patrol all day long. The endurance and the number were not enough. If this blockade can be hit again, Germany can obtain supplies from overseas. Another possibility is to plan to do a battle with the Great Fleet... The possibility of this idea is really not small, otherwise the German fleet does not need to bring slow warships.
In any case, Jericho thinks that Thomas is the only choice! At least the British fleet after the group is absolutely not afraid of head-on with the German fleet! After bringing a large number of slow battleships, the German fleet is indeed stronger, but unfortunately, the Germans have also lost their proud mobility unless the German fleet commander regards them as consumables.
So this time Jericho decided to concentrate the main Royal Navy as last time. The Thomas fleet was ready to set off almost as soon as it received the information, and the large fleet was also ready to set off 40 minutes after receiving the information. So, within a month, the two largest fleets on the planet were once again Encountered at sea!
The German fleet attacked very early in the morning when the first wave of high tide ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the huge high seas fleet rushed out of Wilhelmshaven. But the two sides met relatively late. When the huge German fleet almost crossed half of the North Sea against the eastern border of the North Sea, the British fleet found the German fleet under the guidance of the airship and the V1500 seaplane. By this time, it was already It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was only 3 hours before sunset!
"Well, it's so stable!" Jericho looked at the sunset. The time when the two sides met was a bit late, which means that if there is no night battle, then the confrontation between the two sides may be over. Jericho believes that the German fleet will not choose night combat, and the uncertainty of night combat is too great. And the lethality of destroyers and light cruisers will increase sharply at night! This is the weakness of the German fleet, and they naturally should not do this.
"The British were afraid of being beaten this time. They were very cautious and kept a close distance from us. The Thomas Fleet did not play to their speed advantage, but stayed with the big fleet all the time. They are more like It was a tortoise with its head, tail and limbs retracted into its carapace. It stared at us carefully from a distance, just to restrict us from going north. We don’t know how the British understood the purpose of this attack, but it is clear that this is the case. It is very beneficial to us!" Lieutenant General Scheer, who had already understood the plan, wrote in his diary.
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