(I had time to update May Day, but my home broadband was replaced by China Mobile, which was a tragedy. Today I passed by the school dormitory and logged in with the school's telecom broadband. Sure enough, I could log in. Oh... I went to Tongling to work today, and I had to stop the update again.)

The rapid fleet left the port, and the British battlecruisers hung high to represent honor and symbolize pride of the rice flag, dragging long coal smoke, galloping on the northern ocean with a slightly cold moonlight permeating the cold night air.

The attack of the fast fleet made the British Admiralty and the limited Scapa Bay Fleet's insiders tense.

The last large-scale maritime war has to be traced back to the maritime encirclement and counter-encirclement and suppression games launched by the Armstrong Shipyard. At that time, the Ocean Fleet was in the limelight. Even though the Royal Navy wisely avoided its edge, it still lost a ten-ton armored cruiser. This time, the Royal Navy, which was in seclusion, returned to the world, and vowed to use the indifferent interfere with the German judgment of the large fleet, to cover the fast fleet to intercept six old battleships, the second German battleship, forcing the Ocean Fleet to leave Wilhelmshaven, which had coastal artillery, mines and destroyers, to reinforce the old battleship that was used to decorate the facade.

"The Royal Navy is not afraid of any kind of decisive battle. As long as the Germans leave Wilhelmshaven, victory will be in our hands!"

This is the view of the Reputation Captain Rudy. Before the decisive battle, most of the captains of the Royal Navy held a similar view to Colonel Rudy, that is, the Royal Navy had already taken the absolute initiative.

Of course, the so-called "absolute initiative" is based on intelligence advantages. The commander and captain's desire for victory turned into endless pressure, all of which fell in the London Navy Intelligence Department and "room 40".

The Great Fleet needed accurate information to learn about the German dynamics and take a step forward in "Chapter", so the Great Fleet Command sent a report to the London Admiralty almost every ten minutes to ask about the location of the Ocean Fleet.

Scapa Bay got the same answer: "The call code for the German flagship is still in Jasper anchorage!"

The news was soon fed back to the Fast Fleet, so not only captains like Rudy had relaxed their guard, but even the commander-in-chief of the Fast Fleet, Lampard, who is known for his rationality, became optimistic.

"There are indeed many German ships in the waters between the Gulf of Helgoland to our coastline. We went there for a small walk and beat up the bold old-fashioned battleship fleet to let them know who the master of this sea area. If the reckless men who were guarding Wilhelmshaven dared to reinforce, everyone would surprise them and send them all into the seabed, and don't worry about the German submarines, they were all in the vast Atlantic Ocean. Well, there... was their hunting ground!"

The towering battle cruisers and supply ships of supply fleets of large and small, left the Fjord Bay one after another, and the noisy bay suddenly became quiet. The bright moonlight shone on the sea, sparkling with shimmering light, creating a beautiful night view. Then it was destroyed by an iron monster that drilled out of the sea.

A German U-type submarine slowly drilled out of the sea and sailed at a low speed on the ocean surface of the Forth Bay. The cap of the command cabin was opened. Otto Vedigan, the king of the famous German submarine, poked his head out. He first greedily breathed the fresh air outside the cabin, and then took out his pocket watch to check the time.

"Everything was indeed as expected by Commander Silem!" The navigator leaned against the fence on the top of the command cabin. Although his speed was slow, his clenched fists exposed his inner excitement.

"What's this? When the war began in 1914, Germany thought that the Ocean Fleet was not the opponent of the British. The Navy should stay in Wilhelmshaven quietly waiting for the army to save the world. At that time, Silai, who was still the commander of the defense of Helgolan Bay, sneered at this, and asked the submarine detachment of the Helgolan Command to ambush the British patrol fleet on the British patrol line, and then lured the Harric fleet to attack Helgolan Bay, winning the first victory of the German Navy..."

The Navigator's worship of Sileme evoked long-standing memories of the King of Submarines. Lord Weidigen leaned against the fence, squinted his eyes and recalled the past that seemed extremely colorful to others, and the stories that seemed to be bland and boring to the submarine soldiers who had heard countless times.

All the submarine soldiers in the Empire knew that their leader Otto Vedigan was a chatterbox. Before Lord Vedigan made a long speech, Navigation long interjected and tried to change the topic.

"Maybe we should report to the command first the intelligence of the rapid fleet going south..."

"Of course!" Once professional issues were involved, Otto Vedigan lost those unrestrained oceans. The submarine king, who had made the Allies, raised his head and said, "And I was wondering whether our submarine soldiers would do a big battle in the North Sea and ambush the fast fleet!"

Although there is no permission from the Navy Staff, German submarine soldiers are all a group of brave and ingenious men. The long navigation has no intention of dissuading Vedigen, and they have calculated how many submarines can be used on the northern ocean.

"The Ocean Fleet's target is not the British fast fleet, so our ambushing the fast fleet will not affect General Silame's overall plan. We have deployed seven submarines in the northern part of the North Sea. If time is enough, we can summon at least four or five submarines from other directions. As long as you make up your mind, we will dare to give it a try!"

"Then..." This did not seem to be a question worth thinking about. Ottowedigan stood up without hesitation, held the fence, adjusted his stinky leather jacket, raised the whip that he had fiddled from the Army Cavalry regiment, and lifted the knight's whip flower on the surface of the Northern Ocean, saying with great strife: "Then let's do it!"

"The Great Power Sea Soul Chapter 9: Decisive Battle of Orkney (Three)" (Gorgeous Dividing Line)

At night, the residents of Wilhelmshaven fell asleep, but there was never a shortage of people who were used to moving in the dark night under this quiet night.

In an inconspicuous house in the old town near the bay, British intelligence officers lurking here would lift the white curtain every few minutes, widen their eyes and try to detect the dark bay, sticking to the half-closed window to remove the sound of waves slapping the embankment, and listen carefully to any roar deep in the bay.

"It should be a warship!" The roar of engines came from the depths of Jed Bay. The sound was intermittent and unreal through the vast sea. However, the experienced intelligence team leader could still judge their roughly from the strong power of the ship.

The not-so-spacious room suffocated a little. Although the intelligence team did not obtain the authority of the senior secrets of the Navy Department, they were in charge of intelligence work after all. Judging from the confirmation telegrams of the Navy Department, the large fleet will inevitably make big moves tonight!

The British agent team leader pulled up the curtain, asked for an intelligence manual from his assistant, and read it carefully. After a while, the team leader raised his head and glanced at his subordinates who didn't even dare to let out his breath. After pondering for a moment, he laughed out loud and said the British humor: "Don't worry, gentlemen, that's the Fourth Reconnaissance Fleet that routinely patrols the sea."

The British intelligence team leader vowed that the fleet that was leaving the port would be the "Fourth Reconnaissance Fleet" that "routines on the sea". The Orkney Islands naval battle that shocked the world on June 21, 1917 will give the intelligence team leader a loud slap: the fleet now on the main channel of Wilhelmshaven is not the "Fourth Reconnaissance Fleet" at all, but the 19 battleships of the Ocean Fleet that emerged from the line!

"Commander, can these tricks really help us hide from the British?"

Major General Lewentezo, who was transferred to the position of Chief of Staff of the Ocean Fleet of "Sea Soul of the Great Power", looked at the shadow of the ship in the night and hesitated:

"Unlike any previous maritime battle, the early departure of the Second Battle Fleet exposed our strategic intentions. It was impossible for the British to strengthen their intelligence reconnaissance of Wilhelmshaven to prevent us from launching a decisive battle in advance."

In Lewentzow's view, General Sileme's plan is amazing. The second reconnaissance cluster that stayed in the northern waters of Helgoland Bay blocked the west coast of Schleswig was just a bait placed in the open. The second battleship attacking from Cooks Harbor is the real killer move of Sileme.

The secret outing of the Second Battleship Fleet, the unsteady of the Ocean Fleet and the secret codes deliberately leaked by the Navy Intelligence Service obviously interfered with the British's judgment, making them think that the Second Battleship Fleet that crossed the North Sea and attacked the British Empire was nothing more than a deep lonely army and could be ravaged at will. No one can resist the temptation of annihilation of a battle fleet without any risk, even if this fleet is just a mere former fearless fleet, and this twilight former fearless fleet may attract the Ocean Fleet from the tightly defended Wilhelmshaven and start a decisive battle that the British dream of in the North Sea.

It is indeed a wonderful note to use the Second Battleship Fleet as the real bait. But this move also exposed the Ocean Fleet's strategic intentions to seek war.

David Betty was not Jackson who made a lot of tricks in the Battle of Portsmouth. The "Sea Cavalry" was the "veteran" with the richest experience in naval battles in the British naval dreadnought. He could not be unaware of Silame's plan and would definitely strengthen intelligence reconnaissance of Wilhelmshaven. Once the plan of the Ocean Fleet sneaking out to sea was exposed, the German Navy is likely to lose the only window of decisive battle before the Americans joined the war.

General Silame has taken many measures to make this night departure. The Ocean Fleet's two over-engine battleships have a total of 19 battleships. As the first echelon, the fourth reconnaissance fleet slipped out of the port time. William hurried to implement light control and radio silence. In order to prevent the battleship's own steam engine noise from attracting the attention of British agents, Silame ordered the tugboat to drag the battleship out of the port. Although the whole process was extremely slow and complicated, it could minimize noise.

In terms of formation, Silem also made a design for the heart. The Ocean Fleet, which had been practiced many times, lined up two cruise formations, and the distance between the two battleships on the same line was even only 250 meters, so that the officers and soldiers of the Battleship King recalled, "When they were closest, they could even hear the heavy breathing of the officers and soldiers of the Battleship Bavaria at the stern."

But even so, Lewinterzo was still uneasy.

"Don't worry, Lewentezo, even if the British think something is wrong, they will subconsciously excuse our abnormal behavior when they get the password." Compared to Lewentezo's worries, Wang Heidi looked calm and clapped her hands and said lightly: "The only thing worth noting is the time when the first reconnaissance cluster 'attack'!"

On the night of June 20, 1917, the German Ocean Fleet and the First Reconnaissance Cluster sneaked out of Wilhelmshaven one after another, and the Allied agents lurking in Wilhelmshaven were unaware of this.

At 3:00 a.m., at 21ri, the radio signals in Wilhelmshaven suddenly increased. The intercepted information was fed back to the London headquarters. After translation by the telephone code expert in Room 40, the content of the telegram surprised the British:

"At 3:40 am, 21ri, the first reconnaissance cluster will go out to sea to intercept the British fast fleet!"

"Is it the fast fleet that secretly set sail? Or is it the second battleship just a bait? The Germans' target is the fast fleet?" Captain Jackson, an orthodox intelligence officer who defied the civilian experts in Room 40, grabbed the deciphered telegram and his cold sweat came down instantly. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!