"Commander, since the boiler leak of Elizabeth and War Wars has been dealt with, why not let the Queen return to the Battlecruising Fleet organization but stay in Cape Lewis, Scotland? Betty, when will our North Sea combat cruise begin?"

In February, the North Sea combat cruise, the actual speed of the Queen-class battleship that was trained in training with the Battlecruiser fleet for the first time was not satisfactory. After emergency treatment by technical engineers from Portsmouth and Davenport Shipyards, the design of Queen-class boiler water pipes was improved, and the 26 knots of idled speed was run in the bay sea trial near the shipyard. However, the idled speed does not prove anything. It is unknown whether the British Empire's first-class fast battleship can reach 25 knots in a practical environment.

From commander David Betty, he learned that the Queen-class modification had been completed and he secretly arrived at Cape Lewis on the west coast of Scotland. Major General Lampard, deputy commander of the First Battle Cruise Fleet, hurriedly picked up the North Sea combat cruise plan that had been shelved for a long time, hoping to enable the two Queen-class battleships to form combat effectiveness and serve as soon as possible through high-intensity combat cruise training.

"Lampard, be patient, you must know that there are more than two battleships left on the west coast of Scotland, and the two Elizabeths..." Betty said calmly with his hands wearing white gloves, three tireless class battle patrol models near the Atlantic equator on the miniature sand table of the Lion Battle Patrol chart room.

"Oh, God! Didn't the Admiralty decide to only draw a Fury-class Battle Tour to assist the local area? Didn't the Fury-class Battle Tour just repaired and sailed out of the Port of Montevideo in Uruguay? Didn't the Australian and New Zealand Battle Tours carry out blockade missions in the Gulf of Guinea in Germany, West Africa? What should I do with the armored cruiser of the East Asian Fleet?"

After the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the British Navy insisted on promoting this unsuccessful strangulation war into an unsuccessful battle of glory. The Bristol light patrol and the armed merchant ships of the Orama were gorgeously ignored. The Schánhorst, which was defined as an armored cruiser before the war, was also reinterpreted in fanatical propaganda and transformed into a new battle cruiser comparable to the first-class one.

The British have not yet escaped from the beauty of sinking a "war patrol" without bloodshed. The Navy's ambitions have arrived: the slightly injured UFO and the Australian UFO will continue the encirclement and suppression mission of the South Atlantic Ocean, and the New Zealand UFO will return to the local area in the near future.

All this caught Lampard off guard, so that the top Wuwen Nong Mohist, the Royal Navy, asked several questions in anger.

"Although the East Asian fleet escaped the Battle of the Falkland Islands, their main artillery ammunition was almost exhausted. The task of blocking the Gulf of Guinea was enough to hand over the old old battleships and armored cruisers of the South American squadron." The handsome and romantic David Betty picked up the military cap on the table and put it on her head. Her blue pupils were full of impatient hope: "Tactical deception is not just the patent of his old friend Heidi Sileme. Both the Germans and our allies are sure that we will leave one or two tireless class battle patrols to siege a Gneesenau armored cruiser. Oh, secretly transferring the three tireless class battle patrols back may be the most adventurous and exciting decision in my life!"

Lampard was still digesting the huge information contained in Betty's words, but David Betty had already sorted out his military posture and walked towards the outdoors of the chart. The staff members who were burying their heads in the drawing work stood up and saluted. Betty nodded slightly with a gentleman's smile and raised his hand under the brim of a hat.

When Betty's figure almost disappeared completely at the door of the chart room, the navy's broad back paused, and an inexplicable joking voice came from far and near: "Order, the ships of the First Battlecruising Fleet will be fired, the route will be southwest, the target... Cape Lass, Portland Bay, Scotland!"

"Betty, North Sea combat cruise is not our entire purpose?" After a long time, Major General Lampard finally figured out something interesting, and placed several battle patrol models at the depths of Helgolan Bay in the North Sea on the other side of the British Isle. He took a step and hurriedly chased him, rushing towards the most outstanding commander of the young generation of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, Lieutenant General David Betty, deputy commander of the Great Fleet.

"If you think so, my Helgoland Bay mobilization plan will be halfway through!" David Betty turned his head and looked at the last ray of sunlight in the direction of Scotland's sea level, and said without comment: "Silem, I took the lead in the North Sea chessboard in 1915, and the good show... has just begun!"

At 18:45 on March 1, 1915, night was approaching Scapa Bay. David Betty's first battle patrol fleet, two lion-class battle patrols (Lion, Royal Princess), one Tiger battle patrol, and two invincible class battle patrols (indomitable, unyielding) slipped out of Scapa Bay one after another and headed towards Portland Bay in the north of the Scottish Highlands. On Cape Lewis on the west coast, two Queen Elizabeth-class battleships (Elizabeth, war-weary) and three tireless class battle patrols (indomitable, unyielding, unyielding) completed their ties, waiting for Betty's main fleet, so the bloody 1915 maritime competition slowly kicked off!

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When the conservative Navy Chief of Staff General Hugo von Boer took office, he disregarded the plan to voluntarily attack most of the main fleet to sweep the northern waters of the North Sea. Although German light ships can still firmly grasp the vast seas of the southern North Sea to the English Channel minefield, the strategic situation of oppressing the living space of the large fleet to the north had to be temporarily terminated.

The Ocean Fleet, which was controlled by General Boer, had to retreat and take the next step and practice internal skills: three battleship fleets and a battle patrol fleet alternately entered the Baltic Sea for naval combat training, and cooperated with the Fourth Battle Fleet to participate in the blockade of the Gulf of Finland and deter Russia. The naval aviation force continued to expand, and the size of the airship and aircraft troops rapidly expanded; two seaplane motherships converted from 6,000-ton fast cargo ships also enriched the Ocean Fleet.

The good times did not last long. In February, a large fleet that continued to add ships and tiles began to move and wandered south repeatedly. When the Ocean Fleet was thinking about countermeasures, the naval political storm suddenly came.

The political storm has lasted for nearly a month and has not subsided. At the end of February, the naval officers and soldiers who served under Wang Heidi saw a heartbreaking scene: the naval god of war who fought bloody battles for this country was criticized by a group of young people who had never been on the battlefield and had no command experience at the hearing held at the Berlin Naval Headquarters. The position of commander of the Baltic Sea Blockade Fleet was also revoked.

Foreign diplomats and spies outside the site analyzed the personnel struggles of the German Navy like moonlight in the mirror, and predicted that the political storm of the Berlin Navy would continue. Lieutenant General Silame, who was not directly responsible for the Brunswick's thunderstorm, was removed from office. The sudden resignation of General George von Mueller, the Minister of the Navy's Cabinet, is the best example.

In March, Wilhelmshaven's sailors were in a turmoil. Although the rigid and heavy training continued, the voices of private sympathy for Wang Heidi were heard and they remained unyielding in the accusations of Navy Secretary Capelle. The floating preparations for the Ocean Fleet cannot be concealed by those who are interested. The British gloat and the neutral people who are looking forward to the decisive battle of the Knights sighed. All those with knowledge within the Navy sighed day and night.

The fleet commander-in-chief Reinhard von Schell and the deputy commander Franz von Hippel seemed to know nothing, or had seen through the turbulent clouds and the melting ice behind the political storm. It should be known that the talented young man had long been impatient with the narrow Gulf of Finland and the mud-like Tsarist Russian Navy. He was idle and even planned a mobile war similar to land, raiding the anchorage of the British and French joint fleet through submarines and surface ships. It should be noted that the resignation of the Navy Cabinet Minister George Von Muller means that the emperor's eyes and ears and ears were pulled out in the navy, and the direct contact with the Ocean Fleet was blocked and blocked. The Navy Minister Capelle was originally in an overhead state. The reason why he could stay in the navy was only because he was no longer important.

"Five battle patrol ships of the First Battle Cruise secretly sneaked out of Scapa Bay and headed southwest?"

In the early morning of March 2, 1915, at the station of the Ocean Fleet, Jade Bay, the fleet intelligence officer handed over the information sent by the fleet intelligence officers who were in a hurry, not the foreword about the raid in Mudros Bay, but the "accident" of David Betty leading the battle patrol fleet to sea.

"Are you sure the direction of Betty's fleet is southwest?"

General Schell's repeated inquiries revealed his predictions of the British's movements. The intelligence officer had no intention of pondering and nodded firmly: "Yes, Commander, the British headed towards Portland Bay."

The warlike General Schell rubbed his hands hard, came to the chart in a tangled manner, and measured the distance between Portland Bay and the North Sea with his hesitant eyes, and said a little regretfully: "Let General Hippel come here, and also inform Lieutenant General Silame, the commander of the First Reconnaissance Fleet."

At noon on March 2, 1915, the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea.

The Luzov battle patrol and several other main battleships were crowded with sailors seeing off. Major General Bihanik kept trying to stay, while Wang Heidi stubbornly shook his head.

"Major General Bihanick, there is nothing to be sad, and there is no need to keep me for a drink. We will meet again soon!"

Wang Heidi, who lost his position as commander of the Baltic Sea Blockade Fleet, did not become a rootless duckweed. After all, his first reconnaissance fleet was still in the Katgat Strait, which is not far from the Gulf of Finland. After successfully completing the handover, Wang Heidi, who had been wandering on the sea, patted Major General Bihanik's shoulder and jumped onto the bumpy traffic boat along the spiral ladder.

The helmsman of the traffic boat waved to the flat deck of the Luzov, signaling the sailors of the Luzov to untie the cable. Sergeant Haberd was responsible for the cable. The sergeant Haberd was the first-class veteran of helping. When the British "friendly" visiting fleet participated in the Keel Sail Week and the William Canal Navigation Ceremony in June 1914, Haberd Haberd's show-off won applause. At that time, Haberd Haberd's face was full of glory, but now, the young and proud Sailor Haberd's eyes are filled with tears.

"General Sileme, your top secret telegram!" The moment Haber untied the cable, the intelligence staff guarding the telegraph room of the Luzov rushed over, squeezed away the sailors who were seeing him, and shouted with the telegraph paper.

"It's true!" Major General Bihanick grinned and smiled.
Chapter completed!