Aboard the Combined Fleet's flagship, the battleship Kaiser, Commander Admiral Hipper had already gone to rest. This class of German Navy New Kaiser-class battleships had been completed and refitted from Lion-class battleships whose hulls the British had already built halfway.
British Navy warship designs had always emphasized comfort. The captain's quarters not only contained a fairly spacious lounge, but also came with an office. On a battleship, that was undoubtedly quite an impressive arrangement.
Admiral Hipper was very satisfied with this as well. However, after completing the Kaiser-class battleships, the German Navy had ceased construction on any further battleships. This left commanders like Admiral Hipper, who had spent most of their lives aboard capital ships, deeply reluctant. Yet they also knew that the German Navy would build more aircraft carriers in the future, because aircraft carriers were the mainstream of the future and would help the German Navy win the next, even fiercer naval war. Thus, not only had they not obstructed aircraft carriers from replacing capital ships as the navy's main force, they had instead pushed for it as much as possible. Still, Admiral Hipper and the others hoped that the German Navy's vast capital ship fleet could contribute its strength in future naval battles.
Bang, bang, bang! The cabin door was knocked on.
Admiral Hipper sprang from the bed at once. He quickly pulled on his trousers, threw on a coat, and opened the cabin door.
"What happened, Brigadier?" Admiral Hipper asked.
"General, the Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy has left the Adriatic Sea and entered the Mediterranean Sea. But instead of sailing west, they have headed east," reported Brigadier Barod, captain of the battleship Kaiser.
"Hm?" Admiral Hipper froze. He too sensed that this was likely to become rather troublesome.
Admiral Hipper and Brigadier Barod hurried to the conning