The North Sea has always been a rich sea, coveted by countless nations with iron and ambition. Hundreds of years ago, the long journey of exploring the new continent began here; for hundreds of years, wealth from the world gathered here; for hundreds of years, cod was still there, the wreck of gold and silver treasures were still there, and the competition for the North Sea was still there, but the sea coachman fell and the Gaul rooster fell, and no one knew who was in the North Sea, who was fighting for the first to fall.

At 15:44 on the 3rd, on the south side of Dogers, the essence of the ocean fleet that the Germans worked hard to build was concentrated in this rarely visited waters. The competition for the North Sea and even the North Atlantic throne is about to sound! []

"There are many British ships circling in the waters between the northwest of Dogel Sands and the outskirts of Helgoland Bay. General Silame predicted that the British would take a shortcut from our front and go home. At most, half an hour later, the British would encounter our battle patrol fleet. If the British dared to be stubborn, everyone would give them a big surprise. If the large fleet also wanted to join in, we would go there and take a look and scratch their crunching nests."

The bitter sea breeze slapped on the steel ship of the flagship Frederick the Great. The whispers of the sailors floated over in the cold wind and spread in the ears of Admiral Reinhardt-Sher. The general looked at the vast North Sea and smiled unconsciously. It must be known that behind him not only were sixteen dreadnoughts arranged neatly, but also three Prussian-class old battleships (Hannover, West) of the Fourth Detachment of the Second Battleship Fleet.

Lissia, Schleswig-Helstein), the first fleet of five fleet patrols (Luen, York, Bismarck, Prince Heinrich, Prince Albert), the fourth reconnaissance fleet of four light cruisers (Hamburg, Fraunlob, Stuttgart, Szczechin), the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh destroyers led the Gazelle light cruiser, thirty-two destroyers, three auxiliary cruisers, one seaplane mothership, and five Zeppelin airships.

Although the hull and boiler of the Prussian-class front dreadnought can only run at a speed of 18 knots at most, the actual defense of the 240 mm waterline with main armor is not satisfactory, but 283cm-l

The 40 main gun still has room for use as fire support; the First Cruise Fleet is all old armored cruisers, but it is more than enough as an ocean fleet; the Peter-Strasse seaplane mothership modified from a rapid tanker can carry only 4 seaplanes because of its size, but five Zeppelin airships are enough to provide powerful air stagnation time.

In short, this is a fleet that is sufficient to be on par with or even surpass the sea overlord, the Royal Navy, at some levels.

First of all, German warships have always attached great importance to survival performance. Whether it is the Nassau class that is late, the Helgolan Bay class with a strong defense, the Caesar class with the largest number of performances, the King class, the thickness of their waterline belt armor exceeds the caliber of the British 13.5-inch main gun, which means that within a range of 9 kilometers, the German 305 main gun and 350 main gun can penetrate any of the British dreadnoughts, even the waterline belt main armor reaches the unprecedented 13-inch Queen Elizabeth class, while the British 13.5-inch main gun cannot penetrate the German main ship at the same distance.

In addition, the quality of the young Ocean Fleet sailors was not worse than that of the Royal Navy. The excellent artillery and pipe damage ability of the officers and soldiers of the Silame Fleet in the night battle surprised the arrogant Royal Navy. However, the British did not seem to have a deep understanding of this.

Of course, the disadvantages of the Ocean Fleet are also very obvious. The Ocean Fleet's main guns and caliber are far inferior to those of the British. They have 100 12-inch main guns, 60 13.5-inch main guns, and 40 15-inch main guns, while the German Ocean Fleet has only 32 280 guns, 82 305 main guns and 32 350 mm main guns, and the main gun ratio is 200:146. On the 15-inch main gun, this ratio is even 40:0!

In addition, the Ocean Fleet had a serious shortage of light ships. Since the German Emperor William was determined to build a powerful main fleet that could help him save face in front of British relatives, the German Admiralty had to put all his energy and resources on the main ships. When the war broke out, except for the two Schánhorst-class, which were defined as the breaking ship, and a quasi-war patrol Blücher, the Ocean Fleet had almost no modern armored cruiser to drive, and the number of light cruisers was also short of.

"Commander, are you not afraid of Sileme's mistake in judgment?" General Schell was still standing on the bridge with his chest, waiting for news from the First Reconnaissance Fleet. At this time, the commander of the Third Battleship Fleet, Schell's old friend, General Franz von Hippel, walked up the bridge with a few steps, and asked insincerely with the sea breeze.

At 22:00 on the 2nd, the Ocean Fleet finally received the coveted Naval Staff order. After more than fifteen hours of bumpy ride, it finally came to the rarely visited southern Dogel Shazhou and ambushed.

Before the British fast fleet slipped out of Scapa, Heidi Silem, the strategist of the German Navy, had predicted Betty's arrogance. The British fast fleet was still pretending to be in Portland Bay. The first reconnaissance fleet of Scapaeme had already sprinted towards Helgolan Bay at lightning speed. The camouflage intelligence ship deployed in the southeastern Norway discovered the British fast fleet that was slipping over from the Jutland coastline. The first reconnaissance fleet was rushing towards Betty's retreat route, and the Ocean Fleet was also rushing to the pre-determined waters at 18 knots to attack the British fast fleet on both sides before dark, strangling them, completely poking the eyes of the large fleet, and opening the key to the 100-nautical mile gap to the Scapaeme Bay and the Shetland Islands!

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"General Boer, where have you brought my fleet?" General Edward von Capelle, the Minister of Navy, pushed open the door of the Navy Chief of Staff's office with great might and said angrily.

Hugo Feng Boer, who had a nap in the afternoon, lifted up the blanket on his body, slowly sat up from the couch, nodded slightly and apologized: "General Capelle, you..."

"General, I don't understand..." Capeler stepped forward, and his leather boots crackled on the shabby wooden floor of the office. He interrupted Boer's greetings in an extremely rude manner, waving his arms and burning in anger: "As the Imperial Navy Minister, the Sileme fleet disappeared from the Baltic Sea and the Skagerac Strait, I had no idea. The Ocean Fleet slipped out of Jade Bay last night, and I had no idea that the main force of the large fleet in Skapa Bay went out to sea late at night!"

"General Capelle, although I am the chief of staff of the Navy, I am just an old man with neurasthenia and can't stand up at night, so I have no idea what happened last night." The old general on the night side seemed to be unable to hear Capelle's gun and stick, and moved his muscles slightly back to his desk. He bent over the pile of documents on the table wearing reading glasses and copied it for a long time before he found a document. He said hoarsely: "However, General, I think this backup file of the Navy transfer order can help you."

General Capelle took the backup file without hesitation without hesitation, glanced slightly, then took a few steps unconsciously, and said: "Stop the fast fleet of Betty?! Without the approval of the emperor and the approval of the Navy Minister, how dare they... how dare they take action without authorization!"

"General, I have to remind you that although the actions of young people are flawed, they do not violate the procedures and rules of the Admiralty." Admiral Boer brought himself a glass of water, raised his head and swallowed several tablets of calming medicine, and spoke again until the dizziness was relieved a little: "General Capelle, this is an era when veterans wither. Perhaps, young people's enthusiasm for personal future and enthusiasm for rights are not as paranoid as you."

Boer's heartless words seemed to hit Capelle's heart. The Navy Minister's face was full of stiff smiles, trying to defend himself. But Boer sat back on the sofa with his gray head leaning gently on the cushion, facing the March sunshine that penetrated through the cracks in the office shutters, and lazily closed his eyes and rested.

"The steps of the Betty fleet, the steps of General Jelico, the ambush of Scher and Hippel, and the interception of Sileme. Ha! The age of the dreadnought, the ultimate battle between steel and will, the warship and wisdom, the peak decisive battle in the central North Sea in March 1915 was indeed worth looking forward to. Unfortunately, Germany was tied to the roulette of fate, but I was just a cold spectator, but I was old!"

Capelle did not stay in the Navy office after all. He urgently needed to inform Emperor William of this horrific news and regain what he wanted and never got. The Navy Chief of Staff's office quieted again. The veteran opened his eyes suddenly, and his turbid gaze swept the backup files that Capelle threw on his desk. His eyes went from sharp to hesitation, and eventually evaporated and sublimated into a kind of shame!

"Chief of Staff, the Third Reconnaissance Fleet is urgently powered, and the Betty Fleet was discovered in the cruise area of ​​Helgolan Bay W!" The combat staff of the staff, Redell, rushed in, three points of anxiety and seven points of excitement.

"Young man, your war has begun!" The veteran's wrath seemed to disappear with Radell's shout. Some irrational and contrary to personal creeds erupted, occupying General Boer's blood like a plague. The veteran general seemed to have returned decades ago and returned to those years that inspired youth. "My war has also begun!"
Chapter completed!