The fire-control radars aboard the German fleet's battlecruisers began operating. After the radar operators detected the leading Capital Ship of the Island Nation Navy, they obtained precise data and relayed it to the main gun turrets. The turrets kept turning, adjusting their firing bearings.
With its speed advantage, the German fleet had already seized a favorable firing position. Though it was not a true Crossing the T, all five battlecruisers could train their main guns on the foremost Capital Ship in the Island Nation fleet.
"Commander, the distance between us is now twenty-five kilometers. Before long, we'll be detected by the Island Nation Navy's search radar," reported the captain of the battlecruiser Blücher.
Lieutenant General Otto Schneewind nodded. He knew that closing the range further would indeed improve the main guns' hit rate. But at the same time, it would also expose the fleet to enormous danger. The Island Nation Navy's Long Spear torpedoes were extremely threatening.
"Order our destroyer flotilla to stand ready to intercept the Island Nation destroyers at any time! We absolutely cannot allow them to launch their torpedoes at leisure!" Lieutenant General Otto Schneewind ordered.
If Island Nation Navy destroyers were spotted closing in, they would have to turn early to evade torpedoes. Although the Island Nation Navy's Long Spear torpedoes were exceptionally capable, with their range, speed, and warhead payload all standing at the forefront of the world, hitting fast-moving enemy warships in naval combat was no easy task. After all, at fifty knots, their maximum range was twenty-two thousand meters, but covering those twenty-two thousand meters took a full thirteen minutes. That was more than enough time for warships to turn away and evade. Therefore, when launching torpedo attacks, the Island Nation Navy would likewise try its utmost to close the firing distance. That