The speed of the 'Von De Tann' Battlecruiser and the 'Lothringen' Battlecruiser increased to 25 knots. This is close to the theoretical maximum speed. At this speed, British fleet simply couldn't catch up.
Of course, those Light Cruiser and destroyers can catch up. But what if we catch up? The main guns of the two Battlecruisers can easily tear these Light Cruisers and destroyers into pieces.
As for lightning strikes, that's even more impossible. Surrounding the two Battlecruiser, there are also Light Cruiser and destroyers protecting German Navy. It is impossible to get close enough to release Torpedo, let alone the two Battlecruisers that sank German Navy with Torpedo.
After Vice Admiral Martin led British fleet in pursuit, they found that they could not catch up and had to give up.
"Damn Germany people, they actually escaped!" Vice Admiral Martin gritted his teeth almost in hatred as he watched the cooked duck fly away. But he had no choice but to do this. In the duel between Battleship and Battlecruiser, it was not so easy to win completely. Once the situation goes bad, Battlecruiser can use its speed advantage to escape from the battle. Battleship could only watch Battlecruiser go away and curse, but there was no other way.
However, Battlecruiser, a German Navy, was still sunk, which was considered a victory for British fleet. After all, in the previous decisive battle, they lost so many Capital Ships, and they only sunk one German Navy and one Battleship.
"Send Telegram to Commander and tell them that we sank one Battlecruiser with Germany, but the other two Battlecruiser escaped and we can't catch up. Now, we will continue Kitakami according to the scheduled plan!" Vice Admiral Martin ordered.
According to the scheduled plan, after destroying German Navy's three 'Blücher-class' Battlecruiser, the fleet of Vice Admiral Martin will continue Kitakami to fight against the other nine Battlecruiser of German Navy's Commerce Raiding Fleet heading south. Now, although only one German Navy and one Battlecruiser have been sunk, the other two Battlecruisers have been driven away. If they want to join the main force of German Navy and Commerce Raiding Fleet, they have to go around in a big circle, which will take a lot of time. If we are lucky, the fleet led by Vice Admiral Martin may be able to surround and annihilate the main force of German Navy raiding fleet together with the main force of Combined Fleet.
John? Admiral Jellicoe and David? Vice Admiral Beatty were silent for a long time after receiving Telegram from Vice Admiral Martin. Although, sinking German Navy and one Battlecruiser is undoubtedly something to be happy about. However, the other two ships Battlecruiser that escaped made their victory less perfect. At the same time, it also added a lot of variables to this decisive battle.
"Your Excellency Commander, now we seem to have no other choice but to proceed as planned. If Germany's Commerce Raiding Fleet continue to go south, we may be able to seize the opportunity to deal with them. If Germany If the Commerce Raiding Fleet of the people no longer go south, then we have to prepare for a decisive battle with the Capital Ships team of the Germany people!" David? Vice Admiral Beatty said.
John? Admiral Jellicoe nodded. "The Germany people have now lost one Battlecruiser, and two more Battlecruiser are temporarily unable to participate in the battle. Their Commerce Raiding Fleet only has 9 Battlecruiser left. And they already know that we already have 12 new Battleship. With our original warships, they will definitely not act rashly."
"If we wait until the Capital Ships team of Germany people arrives, then we will have to face the huge German fleet with 23 Battleships and 11 Battlecruisers." David? Vice Admiral Beatty said.
"In that case, it will be very difficult for us to win!" John? Admiral Jellicoe's face turned gloomy.
Although, in that case, Combined Fleet still has the advantage of two ships in terms of the number of Capital Ships. However, the overall performance of the German Navy battleship is even better. Overall, Combined Fleet is still at a disadvantage. Not to mention, German aircraft may also participate in the war. In that case, their chances of winning are even slimmer.
"No matter what, this is a rare opportunity for us. If we give up this opportunity, the Germany people will be on guard. If we want to defeat the Germany people again, it will be impossible. What's more, we don't have much time to delay. We must win as soon as possible." John? Admiral Jellicoe said.
David? Vice Admiral Beatty nodded. "In that case, let's act according to the original plan! If we can get rid of Germany's Commerce Raiding Fleet first, that would be great. That's it. Even if it can't be solved, we still have enough strength to have another decisive battle with the Germany people. Perhaps, our luck will not be as unlucky as last time, and we may not be able to defeat the Germany people."
John? Admiral Jellicoe nodded in agreement.
The main force of Combined Fleet has now entered Atlantic Ocean. However, they will not join the fleet led by Vice Admiral Martin before encountering Commerce Raiding Fleet from German Navy.
The escaped 'Von De Tann' Battlecruiser and 'Lothringen' Battlecruiser have already reported to the flagship the news of encountering twelve United States Battleship. The sinking of 'Blücher' number Battlecruiser is even more heartbreaking.
General Reinhard? Scheer and Vice Admiral Hipper looked very ugly after hearing the news.
"Damn Americans, they actually handed over all the warships in active service to the Britain people. Aren't they worried about us launching an attack on them?" Vice Admiral Hipper said angrily.
"Americans Of course there is no need to be afraid. Atlantic Ocean has given them good protection. In addition, Americans has begun to expand the size of the army. We cannot rashly United States launched the attack, so they can support the Britain people unscrupulously," General Reinhard? Scheer said.
"So, Mr. Commander, what should we do now?"
Admiral Reinhard Scheer thought for a while, "Now, the strength of the British Navy has been restored to more than half. The 12 American battleships, plus their remaining battleships, have a total of 19 battleships and 1 battlecruiser. If the break-up fleet continues south If we go down, we may be ambushed by them. Send a message to Lieutenant General Shi Pei and ask him to stop going south and wait for the arrival of the main fleet. This will be our last decisive battle with the British. We must completely defeat them and win the final victory!"