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Part One Twenty Years Chapter 10 The King of the North Atlantic!  (six)

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    "(The third quarter of "King of the North Atlantic", life-changing play)

    At 12:03 on June 21, 1917, the last large-scale maritime battle in the European War broke out in Cromarty Firth, south of the Orkney Islands.

    The German Ocean Fleet, which was in a favorable position, spoke first. The flagship Bavaria fired the Anton turret located on the bow of the ship. The first 380mm hardened capped armor-piercing ejection chamber used for calibration roared across the talk and splashed on the  The gap between the first detachment and the second detachment of the British Second Battle Fleet was accidentally pulled out, forming a near-miss with huge destructive power.

    The water column rose into the sky, and then with thunderous momentum, it unscrupulously baptized all the superstructures of the battleship Monarch of the First Division and the battleship St. Vincent of the Second Division, completely cleaning the wireless antennas, hinges, fireproof sandbags, and cranes of the two battleships.  aircraft, lifeboats, secondary main guns, and trestles.

    As the last widow of the Orion-class battleship, the Sovereign battleship still seems to be unable to escape the curse of God.  Before the super-dreadnought had even fired a shot, its wireless antenna and the mast's slant signal cable that hung the semaphore suffered varying degrees of damage. Until the backup antenna was re-erected and the signal cable was repaired, the battleship Sovereign would be unable to communicate with its neighbors.  Get in touch with the ship.

    In addition, the battleship suffered an unthinkable disaster and also paid the price of three sailors killed and 11 injured. Three sailors who were near a 4-inch secondary gun on the secondary deck of the Monarch were caught off guard and were involved in the water column that washed over the deck.  Eleven officers and soldiers were slightly injured in the unfathomable ocean.

    The luck of the battleship St. Vincent of the second detachment is obviously better than that of the former.  The battleship St. Vincent was located in the opposite direction of the impact energy of the German armor-piercing bomb, so the battleship only suffered minor damage to the crane. Another sailor who was reinforcing the boat on the deck of the boat was scratched by the collapsed crane cable.

    Of course, the loss figures of the Second Battle Fleet were still within an acceptable range, but considering that this round of bombardment was just a prelude to a large-scale bombardment by the German Navy, the Royal Navy, which was still unable to fire back during the process of turning and changing formations, was unable to fire back.  Can't be happy.

    ¡®An engagement distance of 18 kilometers.  The first shell fired from the high-speed hull fell accurately into the formation of the large fleet. Xilem's luck was a little too good, right?  ¡¯

    Betty let go of her sweaty fists, bent down, put her arms on the edge of the square sand table in the center of the command tower, and said angrily while staring at the sand table.

    The loss figure of the St. Vincent was quickly fed back to the command tower of the flagship Revenge. Betty grabbed the telegram and her frown slightly eased. However, the telegram sent by the New Zealand of the Fourth Battle Cruiser Fleet destroyed Betty's heart just now.  Calm down the heart.

    ¡®Bavaria-class, King-class, Caesar-class¡­¡¯

    Betty's eyes wandered back and forth on the telegram sent by the New Zealand battle patrol, but he never found the ship that he took for granted. This gave Betty a bad feeling.  Betty's blue eyes shrank unconsciously.  The hands on the sand table were also clenched into fists.

    ¡®The leader of the German battle line is actually not the First Reconnaissance Group. Sillem, do you want to decide the outcome in one battle?  !  ¡¯

    By this time, Betty was almost able to piece together Heidi Sealem's overall plan: the beginning of the battle was still Sealem's usual tactical deception, forcing the large fleet to divide its forces.  Lure the fast fleet out of the safe "Forth Bay", and then all the capital ships deal with the main fleet.

    The core of the Sealem plan is the cooperation between the raiding fleet in the southern North Sea and the Ocean Fleet staying in Jade Bay, as well as the potential attributes of the German battlecruisers.

    ??Different from the British battlecruisers.  The designers of the financially strapped Ocean Fleet focused on the protection and survivability of each battlecruiser when designing it.  This enables the German battlecruisers to perform battlefield reconnaissance, battlecruiser decisive battles and destroy armored cruisers, while also having the characteristics of challenging traditional battleships and joining the battle line.

    Therefore, Betty had no doubt that Sealem would incorporate the eight battleships of the First Reconnaissance Group, which were defined as fast battleships rather than battlecruisers, into the German battle line.

    However, in terms of the specific use of the first reconnaissance cluster, Betty still underestimated her old rival Heidi Silem.  It should be noted that the three Mackensen-class battle cruisers of the German First Reconnaissance Group are all equipped with four twin-mounted 45-caliber 380 mm main guns, and the three Derfflinger-class battle cruisers are also equipped with four twin-mounted guns.  With a 45x caliber 350mm main gun, Betty took it for granted that Sealem would put these six sea monsters forward with powerful firepower and no less protection than traditional battleships.  The 15-inch main gun group used to fight against the large fleet has become a habit.

    But the fact is that Sealem neither placed all the first reconnaissance group at the head of the German battle line, nor did it dismantle the first reconnaissance group and put three Mackensen-class battle cruisers, threeThe Derfflinger-class battlecruiser was mixed with two Bavaria-class battleships and four K?nig battleships, but the entire first reconnaissance group was crammed into the end of the battle line.

    The strength distribution of the German battle line appears to be strong at both ends.  The middle was weak, so Sealem's tactical intention was to destroy the rear of the British battle line as soon as possible.

    It may be that Sealem was aware of the Americans' attempt to start an undeclared war, or it may be that Sealem was afraid of the fast fleet that was rushing towards the northern end of Forth Bay. In short, the Ocean Fleet did not fight David Beatty at all.  The idea of ??a protracted naval battle on the Skagerrak was not the idea of ??another melee on Ustika Island, but the intention was to take advantage of the numerical superiority of the German Third Battle Fleet and the Royal Navy¡¯s terrifying 15-inch main gun group.  A stalemate was formed, using the First Battle Fleet to hold back the relatively mediocre British Grand Fleet's Second Battle Fleet, and finally using the eight powerful battlecruisers of the First Reconnaissance Group to destroy one's own First Battle Fleet and Fourth Battle Cruiser Fleet in one fell swoop.  .

    This goal is not difficult to achieve, but you must know that those left at the end of the Royal Navy's battle line are all inferior goods: the three battle cruisers of the Fourth Battle Patrol Division can neither outperform ordinary battle cruisers nor ordinary battleships.  The old guy; although the First Battle Fleet has a relatively powerful Revenge-class battleship, it is difficult to defeat the four-handed battleship with two fists, whether it is the Canada-class ship equipped with 14-inch guns for export to domestic sales or the Canada-class ship imported from South America.  The two typical export ships that were deceived, or the Bellerophon and the Magnificent with mediocre qualifications, could hardly become solid and reliable comrades of the Royal Oak.

    What¡¯s more, before the grand fleet completed its formation changes and turns, it was the First Battle Fleet and the Fourth Battle Cruiser Fleet that faced the German Ocean Fleet occupying the crosshead of the T.  Perhaps before the Grand Fleet battle line took shape, the Royal Navy had already suffered a major defeat.

    The Ocean Fleet had just fired its first shot, and Betty could vaguely see the shadow of failure.

    Once the German First Reconnaissance Group destroys the seven battleships and three battlecruisers at the end of its own battle line, unless the Grand Fleet battle line achieves brilliant results at the head and middle of the "Great Power Sea Spirit", the Royal Navy will  morale will still be in a state of complete collapse.  Faced with a large fleet that has no fighting will or determination, the Germans can summon the first reconnaissance group to form a situation of using more to attack fewer, and encircle and suppress the remnants of the large fleet that can only choose to retreat.

    By then, even if ten battlecruisers of the Royal Navy's fast fleet and four American battleships arrive on the battlefield, it may not be of any use.  Facing the aggressive pursuit of the Ocean Fleet, Lampard may still have little courage to fight to the death. As for the Americans, the Royal Navy really can't expect too much.

    The Germans soon launched a second round of bombardment. This time, the Germans reduced their speed, and the 350mm cannons installed on the four K?nigs-class battleships also joined the most spectacular maritime ensemble of the 20th century.

    At 12:08, a rain of bullets streaked across the sky like meteors, and then slammed into the side of the Grand Fleet.

    This time, there was no need for a report from the flagship watchtower, and Betty was able to observe the impact point of the German armor-piercing bombs.  Through the low and narrow porthole directly in front of the command tower of the battleship Revenge, Betty discovered that large water jets mixed with black smoke were continuously splashing out more than a thousand meters away from the left front of the bow of the Revenge, causing the already unquiet North Sea to  It instantly evolved into a boiling ocean!

    ¡®Let the large fleet continue to change formations and turn, and the neighboring ships should keep distance to avoid collisions.  After the grand fleet completed its turn, the First Battle Fleet and the Fourth Battle Patrol Division paid attention to keeping a distance from the Germans. The Second Battle Fleet concentrated firepower on me and destroyed the four S-class battleships of the German First Division as soon as possible!  ¡¯

    The sound of the explosion woke up Betty. The sea cavalry, who never gave up, took a deep breath, tried hard to eliminate the fear in his heart, and accumulated determination to fight bravely, hoping to have a good fight with his old opponent:

    ""Silem, since you want to deal with the rear of my battle line, then I will bite your first detachment to death. This battle has just begun!  ¡¯

    In an instant, David Beatty, the best sea commander of the Royal Navy during the European War, made a decision that was almost heroic. He chose to kill 3,000 enemies and lose 10,000 lives in exchange for giving up the First Battle Fleet and the Fourth Battle Cruiser Fleet.  Concentrate all your efforts to deal with the four S-class battleships of the German First Division first.

    Although cruel and bloody, this may be the only effective counterattack measure of the Royal Navy at the time.  No matter how hard Betty tried, she could not change the fact that the First Battle Fleet and the Fourth Battle Cruiser Fleet were defeated by the German First Reconnaissance Group. However, among the battle lines, Betty was confident that the Second Battle Fleet of the Grand Fleet would face the first German battleship.  The standard displacement of the four ships of the first detachment is only 18,000 tons, and they are only equipped with four twin-mounted 50 times caliber 280 mm main guns, but they have an absolute advantage.

    General Lampard¡¯s fast fleet of ten battle cruisers and the Americans¡¯ four battle cruisersThe warships are only more than two hours away from the battle waters. As long as the strength of the main fleet does not suffer too much loss, there is still a chance to save everything.

    Betty issued a murderous order with great side effects.  Everything was as David Beatty expected. In less than fifteen minutes, bad news belonging to the Royal Navy came one after another.

    The battle cruiser HMS Indomitable of the British Fourth Battlecruiser Fleet was hit, and the middle deck was in flames; the ammunition depot of the battleship HMS Singapore of the Sixth Division of the First Battle Fleet exploded and disappeared on the North Sea in less than a minute.  "(To be continued.).
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