"Your Excellency Commander, the Battlecruiser of the Germany people are catching up. With our speed, it is impossible to get rid of them." David? Vice Admiral Beatty looked serious.
After all, Battlecruiser is inherently much faster than Battleship in terms of speed. In this regard, the two battleships are almost incomparable.
"In this case, let's fight them again! Inform every battleship of the results achieved by our lightning strike force, so that everyone can muster up their courage." John? Admiral Jellicoe ordered.
They already have the news that the lightning strike formation sank one German Navy and one Capital Ships and severely damaged four Capital Shipss. John? Admiral Jellicoe naturally hopes to use this news to boost the morale of the troops. In this case, they may be able to exert stronger combat effectiveness in the next battle.
Of course, John? Admiral Jellicoe was also very distressed about the loss of the lightning strike formation, which had already caused them to lose nearly half of their light warships.
If calculated, British Royal Navy undoubtedly did not gain any advantage in the lightning strike just now. However, in order to ensure the morale and combat effectiveness of the troops, John? Admiral Jellicoe and others will never tell the truth to the ordinary soldiers. They also hope that these soldiers can continue to fight hard in the next battle!
"Your Excellency Commander, there is only one hour left before dark. If we can persist, we will be able to successfully retreat." David? Vice Admiral Beatty said.
An hour is not a short time. However, for the Royal Navy with eight Capital Ships, it is nothing. Most of the Royal Navy officers thought they could persist for such a long time.
"We not only have to hold on for an hour, but we also have to sink more Germany people's Capital Ships within this hour. The Germany people's Battleship haven't caught up yet, and this is our last chance." John? Admiral Jellicoe said. Even at this time, he has not forgotten to sink as many German Navy and Capital Ships as possible. However, even so, how many German Navy and Capital Ships can they really sink? It is undoubtedly impossible to achieve the goal of severely damaging German Navy.
"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, we still have a chance!" David? Vice Admiral Beatty nodded.
Aboard the 'Mackensen' number Battlecruiser, Vice Admiral Hipper also issued the order to fight. Although, 'Hindenburg' number Battlecruiser was hit by Torpedo and had to withdraw from the battle. However, they still have an overwhelming advantage in terms of numbers. Now there are 11 Battlecruisers against the eight Battleships of the Britain people. At the same time, there are 20 Battleship in the rear that are catching up quickly. In this battle, German Navy still has the absolute advantage.
There are only four ships left of British Navy's 'Revenge-class' Battleship. Therefore, when Vice Admiral Hipper assigned the target to attack, let the three ships 'Mackensen-class' Battlecruiser and 'Derfflinger' Battlecruiser deal with this Four ships 'Revenge-class' Battleship, 'SMS Lützow' number Battlecruiser dealt with 'King George V' number Battleship. Three 'Moltke-class' Battlecruiser and three 'Blücher-class' Battlecruiser, then Encirclement Offensive British Navy's three 'Orion-class' Battleship. After taking care of these three 'Orion-class' Battleship, the Britain Battleship in front of Encirclement Offensive will ensure that German Navy can quickly win this naval battle.
After all, Vice Admiral Hipper also realized that it was almost dark now. If too much time is wasted, there may be no way to achieve a perfect victory in this battle.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
British Navy's 'Vengeance' number Battleship opened fire first, and the target was German Navy's Battlecruiser Squadron flagship 'Mackensen' number Battlecruiser.
However, when British Navy was firing, the speed of the battle line was still maintained at 18 knots, which greatly affected their artillery accuracy.
After British Navy opened fire, German Navy immediately launched a counterattack. No matter how you look at the 11 Capital Shipss against the 8 Capital Shipss of the Britain people, German Navy has an absolute advantage.
After two hours, Capital Ships from both sides once again started a fierce exchange of fire. The heavy cannonballs, under the action of huge kinetic energy, slammed into the opponent's warship, trying to sink the opponent's warship.
British Navy hopes to inflict heavy losses on German Navy again before evacuating the battlefield. And German Navy also hopes to sink all the Capital Ships of the Britain people to prevent them from escaping.
Everyone knows that time is very tight. If they haven't achieved their respective goals after dark, it may be difficult to achieve their respective goals. This naval battle had to end with that result. No matter it is British Navy or German Navy, it is obvious that they are not willing to accept such a result. Therefore, they all hope to work hard in this last hour. Maybe a miracle will happen because of this.
The fighting distance between the two sides was controlled within 12,000 meters. Although, extending the combat distance seems to be more beneficial to German Navy. However, in order to improve the hit rate, Vice Admiral Hipper defaulted to Britain to shorten the combat distance.
"The self-righteous Britain people will soon know how wrong they are. After the combat distance is shortened, they will not be able to take advantage at all!" Vice Admiral Hipper sneered on his face.
In less than ten minutes, German Navy and several Battlecruiser completed straddle fire and switched to focused fire. This couldn't help but make John? Admiral Jellicoe and David? Vice Admiral Beatty feel great pressure. German Navy's performance is still so strong. Royal Navy It is undoubtedly very difficult to achieve his goal in this naval battle.
At 6:12 pm, German Navy's 'Blücher' number Battleship successfully hit British Navy's 'Monarch' number Battleship. Although the 'Orion-class' Battleship is a huge Battleship with a full load displacement of more than 25,000 tons, equipped with a five-seat twin-mounted 343mm Main Gun. However, its defense is also not strong. The main armor belt is 305 mm thick, and the defense of other turrets and command towers is only 280 mm.
Although the 'Blücher' No. Battlecruiser is equipped with 305mm Main Gun, the shells fired by the 50 times caliber main gun have strong armor-piercing capabilities.