As the Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy's four Radetzky-class Battleships were sunk, its disadvantage in the naval battle grew ever greater. The German Navy Combined Fleet still had twenty-two Capital Ships, while the Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy had only twelve. The German Navy Combined Fleet's advantage had expanded to ten ships.
"Reassign the targets!" Admiral Hipper ordered.
"Yes, General!"
The German Navy had now gained an absolute advantage. All they had to do next was widen that advantage further, then crush the Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy in one stroke and wipe them all out.
After the targets were reassigned, only the German Navy's Kaiser and Frederick the Great Battleships faced the Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy's Monarch of Austria-Hungary and Franz Joseph I Battleships one-on-one. All the others became two German Navy Capital Ships ganging up on a single Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy Capital Ship.
The German Navy's Capital Ships had originally far outperformed those of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy. Now, the Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy was also facing an Encirclement Offensive. No matter how hard they fought, it was difficult for them to escape the fate of defeat. Unless a miracle occurred, they were doomed to lose this time.
"General, our situation has become even more dangerous," an Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy officer said.
Admiral Anton Haus nodded. "The Germans' advantage is too great! As expected of the German Navy that defeated the world's strongest nation in the previous World War. Compared with them, we are like toddlers learning to walk. The gap is simply too vast. Perhaps we should never have provoked the Germans in the first place, never given them an excuse to start the war. If we had not, none of this would have happened. But it is too late to say such things now. Our country has already fallen, so we can only fight