"General, the 'Saint Istvan' and the 'Tegetthoff' have been sunk. The 'Viribus Unitis' and the 'Prince Eugen' have now been attacked by ten Germany ships, Capital Ships ships, and Encirclement Offensive ships. I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for long either."
Admiral Anton House nodded, and then closed his eyes in pain. Although, the battle continues now. However, Admiral Anton House seems to have seen the result of this naval battle. That is, they still could not make a comeback, and ultimately lost the naval battle.
Although, Admiral Anton House believed that he had done all his efforts and responsibilities. However, if he failed like this, he still felt a little unwilling.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The fierce battle continues, and the Capital Ships on both sides are still fighting madly. From time to time an Capital Ships gets hit, but more often than not it's the Capital Ships of Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy that gets hit more often. In addition, even if Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy's Capital Ships hits an enemy warship, it is difficult to cause serious damage to it. At most, it will only be some minor injuries. However, once German Navy's Capital Ships hits Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy's Capital Ships, it will be a serious injury. The armor of Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy and Capital Ships cannot withstand 380mm or even 410mm Main Gun shells at all.
German Navy Combined Fleet has firmly taken the advantage in this naval battle. Now, they just need to convert these advantages into results to win this battle.
"General, we have eliminated two Austro-Hungarian Empire and Battleship." Lieutenant General Richter Fiers reported.
Admiral Hipper nodded, not too happy. Because this is how it should be. If the assembly of ten powerful Capital Ships Encirclement Offensive and four junk-like 'Radetzky-class' Battleship still fails to succeed, then there is no need to continue this battle. Now it seems that the situation is still very favorable for German Navy. Everything is going in their favor.
"Let them work harder and get rid of the remaining two 'Radetzky-class' Battleship, and then redistribute the target. This time, we have to kill all these Capital Ships of Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy before sunset!" Admiral Hipper ordered.
"Yes, General." Major General Richter Fiers immediately went to make arrangements.
The 'Viribus Unitis' Battleship and the 'Prince Eugen' Battleship were ultimately unable to escape the fate of being sunk. After the 'Saint Istvan' Battleship and the 'Tegetthoff' Battleship were sunk, they suffered more Capital Ships and Encirclement Offensive. Three 'Moltke-class' Battleship and two 'Nassau-class' Battleship Encirclement Offensive 'Viribus Unitis' Battleship. Two 'Nassau-class' Battleship and three 'Blücher-class' Battlecruiser, Encirclement Offensive 'Prinz Eugen' Battleship.
If any of these Battleships are pulled out, they can defeat the Battleship of the 'Viribus Unitis' and the Battleship of the 'Prince Eugen', let alone the Encirclement Offensive with a five-fold advantage. Any fool can guess what the final result will be.
At 10:07, the Battleship of the 'Viribus Unitis' was hit by a 380mm Shell, and a big hole was blown out of the bow deck.
Two minutes later, a 380-mm artillery shell hit the Battleship control tower of 'Viribus Unitis'. Even though the armor thickness of the command tower reached 356 mm. However, he still couldn't resist being blocked by Armor-piercing Shell.
After the armor was torn apart, the shell exploded in the command tower, killing everyone inside.
Subsequently, German Navy's five Capital Shipss continued to score hits, and soon the 'Viribus Unitis' Battleship was riddled with holes, and there were loopholes everywhere. The entire superstructure was ablaze with fire. If it were at night, I believe it would be even more dazzling.
At 10:18, the 'Viribus Unitis' number Battleship could no longer hold on because it was hit continuously by powerful shells. Even the keel of the battleship was broken in the violent explosion. This directly caused the 'Viribus Unitis' number Battleship to break into two parts and soon sank into the sea. Almost all of the more than a thousand naval officers and soldiers on the battleship sank into the sea together with the battleship.
Then, just two minutes later, the 'Prince Eugen' Battleship followed in the footsteps of the 'Viribus Unitis' Battleship and was sunk.
You know, it has only been a little more than half an hour since the war began, and Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy has already lost four Capital Shipss. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy.
After all, they were originally at an absolute disadvantage in terms of Capital Ships's numbers. Now, not only has the disadvantage not narrowed, but it has further expanded. This makes Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy's possibility of making a comeback infinitely close to zero.
"General, our 'Radetzky-class' Battleship have all been destroyed. Now, we only have 12 Capital Shipss, and the number of Germanys is still 22!" the adjutant reported.
Obviously, German Navy with more Capital Ships can mobilize more Capital Ships to Encirclement Offensive the remaining Capital Ships of Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy. When the time comes, these Capital Shipss of theirs will, without exception, follow in the footsteps of the two Capital Shipss that were sunk before and become the victory of the Germany people.
"It seems that the Germany people are more powerful than we expected! However, for the interests of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, and even more for our nation, I will never order surrender. Order all ships to fight to the death and never retreat!" Admiral Anton House ordered.
"Yes, General!" The staff officer immediately went to give the order.
Although, the war is becoming more and more unfavorable to Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy. However, Austro-Hungarian Empire Navy did not run away, or even panic. He still stuck to his post and exchanged fire with German Navy.
Of course they knew that if the fight continued, their remaining Capital Ships would be eaten. However, they seemed not to be afraid at all, as if they had truly resigned themselves to death.
These Austro-Hungarian Empire naval officers and soldiers regard the navy as their own glory and will not give up easily. What's more, now that Austro-Hungarian Empire is gone, they have become Austro-Hungarian Empire's hope for restoration. No matter what the reason is, they must persevere, even if they are really sunk and killed by the Germany people.
General Anton House is undoubtedly very proud to have such officers and soldiers. But at the same time, he also blamed himself very much. These outstanding soldiers deserve a better tomorrow and should not die here. However, all this is impossible.