"Order 1st Battleship Squadron and 2nd Battleship Squadron to form a battle line, 3rd Battleship Squadron and 4th Battleship Squadron to form a battle line!" General Reinhard? Scheer ordered.
There are 23 High Seas Fleet and Battleship. If they all form a battle line, the battle line will be too long. The flagship located in front of the battle line will not know what is happening behind it. Therefore, it is more appropriate to form two battle lines.
Among the two battle lines, 1st Battle Line is naturally the main force, with 12 Battleship, namely five 'Bavaria-class' Battleship, five 'Kaiser class' Battleship and two 'Kaiser-class' Battleship.
2nd Battle Line is composed of three 'Kaiser-class' Battleship, four 'Helgoland-class' Battleship and four 'Nassau-class' Battleship.
On Combined Fleet's flagship 'Vengeance' number Battleship, John? Admiral Jellicoe is also in the process of the Operations Department deployment.
"The Germany people are divided into two battle lines, so let's do what they want. Let Admiral Martin lead his 11 Battleship to deal with the Germany people's battle line with only 11 Battleship ships. The remaining 15 Capital Ships, another battle line to deal with the Germany people. We don't have much time. We must defeat the Battlecruiser people of the Germany people. Otherwise, we will be at an absolute disadvantage!" John? Admiral Jellicoe ordered.
David? Vice Admiral Beatty nodded and had no objections to John? Admiral Jellicoe's arrangement.
The intention of John? Admiral Jellicoe is undoubtedly to gather 15 Capital Shipss and defeat German Navy's battle line composed of 12 Battleships first. In the battle here, they have the advantage of three Battleship. If we can win, then the next battle will be much easier to fight.
But the prerequisite is that they must be able to win.
German Navy's 1st Battle Line, although there are only 12 Battleship, they are all German Navy's most advanced and powerful Battleship. 'Bavaria-class' Battleship and 'Kaiser class' Battleship are both powerful Battleship with thick armor and equipped with 380mm Main Gun. It is no exaggeration to say that Battleship is the most powerful in the world. Two 'Kaiser-class' Battleship, although equipped with 343mm Main Gun. But the 50 times caliber 343mm Main Gun still has very powerful armor-piercing capabilities.
Both sides wanted to have this showdown, so the battle naturally began.
German Navy's 1st Battle Line sailed to the southeast, and 2nd Battle Line sailed to the southwest. This naval battle was divided into two battlefields. Dozens of Capital Shipss from both sides can also be used.
Allied Powers Combined Fleet followed closely. From a time perspective, in order to defeat German Navy before German Navy's Battlecruiser arrived on the battlefield, Allied Powers Combined Fleet couldn't wait to fight.
Half an hour later, the battle started. British Navy's 1st Battle Line took the lead and started the bombardment. The 15 Battleships undoubtedly have a great advantage in quantity compared to the 12 Battleships of German Navy 1st Battle Line.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The four-seat twin-mounted 381mm Main Gun of the Battleship number 'Vengeance' was the first to open fire. Immediately afterwards, the 'Determination' Battleship, the 'Queen Elizabeth' Battleship, the 'Warspite' Battleship, the 'Valiant' Battleship, the 'Tiger' Battlecruiser, the 'Colossus' Battleship and the 'Fearless' Battleship also opened fire. French Navy's 'Normandy' number Battleship, 'Gascony' number Battleship, 'Flandre' number Battleship, 'Bretagne' number Battleship and 'Courbet' number Battleship, Italian Navy's number 'Andrei Duilio' number Battleship and 'Conte di Cavour' number Battleship also started shooting.
John? Admiral Jellicoe obviously knows how powerful German Navy's 'Bavaria-class' Battleship and 'Kaiser class' Battleship are. Therefore, he placed the breakthrough point on the two ships 'Kaiser-class' and Battleship located behind the battle line.
The five Battleships of French Navy were located at the end of the battle line. The order they received was to attack with all their strength and sink the two Battleships of German Navy. As for the other German military battleships, other battleships on the battle line will hold them back.
This task makes Admiral Lame very satisfied. In his opinion, there should be no problem if French Navy's five Battleships sank two Battleships of German Navy's.
Under the command of Admiral Lame, three 'Normandy-class' Battleship attacked the 'King Albert' number Battleship located at the bottom of the battle line by German Navy, the remaining 'Bretagne' number Battleship and the 'Courbet' number Battleship, and the Encirclement Offensive number 'Regent Leopold' number Battleship was at the last of the battle line.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The shells continued to fall into the sea, splashing water columns into the sky.
On German Navy's flagship 'Bavaria' number Battleship, General Reinhard? Scheer's face remained unchanged. Vice Admiral Hipper has gone to command 2nd Battle Line.
"Hmph! The Britain people have placed their hope of victory on us. Does he really think that he can defeat us with those garbage-like Battleships? Order all ships to start firing and let Britain people, French and Italy people, look at it, German Empire's battleship is the most powerful in the world!" Admiral Reinhard? Scheer snorted coldly.
Combined Fleet On this battle line, although there are three Battleships, they have a numerical advantage. However, their disadvantages are not small either. Like the 'Colossus' number Battleship and the 'Fearless' number Battleship, they are simply used to recharge. Its 45 times caliber 305mm Main Gun is nothing compared to the thick armor of German Navy's 'Kaiser class' Battleship. It is simply impossible to penetrate the armor of 'Kaiser class' Battleship. General Reinhard? Scheer fully believes that Combined Fleet has not yet sunk German Navy's 'King Albert' number Battleship and the 'Regent Leopold' number Battleship, they had already sunk the 'Colossus' number Battleship and the 'Fearless' number Battleship. 'Kaiser class' Battleship's 380mm Main Gun can easily tear their armor into pieces.
At this moment, the distance between the two battle lines was 15 kilometers. German Navy intentionally maintains this distance because the main guns of their Battleship are large-caliber main guns. At this distance, performance can be fully exerted. Among Combined Fleet and Battleship, many Battleship use 305mm Main Gun. At this distance, 305mm Main Gun suffers a bit. Because the distance is too far, the 305mm Main Gun shells are too light and float when fired, making it difficult to hit the target.