“(The King of the North Atlantic, Section 7, The Doomsday of the Rice Flag[4])

‘The big fleet only needs to hold on for another quarter of an hour, and it will be fine for a quarter of an hour!’

The overturn and sinking of the German battleship Albert did not save the British from the slightest. At 13:49, the main fleet of the large fleet had already lost nearly half of the main ships.

The British battle line rear team, which had seven battleships and three old battleships, was completely destroyed. The fifth team of the first battleship, the hardest hit area, was destroyed. The Revenge-class Royal Oak, the Canadian-class Canadian, the Belle Lofon-class Belle Lofon and the Magnificent four main battleships were buried one after another. The sixth team's flagship Canadian-class South Africa, the Singapore battleship purchased from Argentina, was sunk, and only the Hong Kong battleship purchased from Brazil remained; the Fourth Battlecruiser also lost the Belle Lofon-class Battleship New Zealand and the Invincible-class Battleship Inconvenient, and only the Belle Lofon-class Battleship Warship Warship Warship Warship Warship Warship Warship Warship Warship Warships were survived.

Although the British Battleline Squadron achieved considerable results and sunk two German Nassau-class battleships, they also paid a considerable price - the second team lost the Joe fifth-class battleship Crusoe, the St. Vincent-class battleship Collingwood, the Neptune-class battleship Neptune, and another St. Vincent-class battleship was also seriously injured.

The forefront fourth battleship became the last fig leaf for the British. At least so far, they sank the German King Albert battleship at the cost of heavy damage to the Revenge-class battleship Determination and the Iron Duke-class battleship Marborough, and gained a slight advantage in the exchange of fire.

At this point, the Germans have lost three main battleships, and the tonnage and combat power they lost are enough to build a third-rate naval power similar to the ABC's top three in South America. The British are even more terrifying. The tonnage and combat power of the eleven main battleships have surpassed that of the Mediterranean second-rate naval powers such as Italy, Austro-Hungary, and France, which is enough to build another American Great White fleet ranked third in the world.

Such heavy losses almost crushed the British backbone. The John Bulls had never been as humble and humble as they are today, and placed their hopes of survival on General Lampard's fast fleet or the illusory God. It should be noted that even in the most difficult 1915, the Royal Navy suffered an unprecedented defeat on the Jutland Peninsula and the Scargerac Strait. The German Navy almost pushed their patrol lines to the mouth of the Thames River and the English Channel. The bulls of the Empire of the Sun could still grit their teeth and pretend to be singing their teeth and claws, singing "rule, britannia!" and shouting.

Now, near the Orkney Islands, the Royal Navy, which was suppressed by the Germans in the north of the Fers Bay, was finally deflated. They no longer had the heroic momentum of the Nelson era, nor did they have the arrogant momentum at the beginning of the outbreak of World War I, nor did they have the revenge after the reconstruction of the Royal Navy in 1917. The first team of the Germans gathered fire was like the last resurrection before the end of the century-old marine overlord's end, and then the bleak and decay of the rivers. In the ammunition loading room, the British sailors who were pushing the launching medicine wrapped in silk were dry, and in the turret, the gunners who operated the automatic loading of shells were disheartened, in the boiler cabin. The boiler soldiers, who were full of energy in the past, suddenly found that they could no longer raise their arms holding shovels and were in the observation tower. Cold sweat slipped into their eyes uncontrollably, making the world in the observation mirror blur.

Although the maritime war that shocked the world was not over yet, General Lampard's fast fleet of ten battlecruisers were also infinitely close to the battlefield, the British sailors who had been fighting for nearly two hours had the illusion that the decline of the Empire of the Sun was inevitable, and that after this battle, the British Empire would have no more navals!

Will the British Empire be the British Empire without a navy? Many people are thinking about this question, but no one knows the answer.

David Betty may have expected the failure, but as the supreme commander of the Great Fleet, his professional qualities and chivalrous spirit did not allow him to express even a second frustration in front of his subordinates who were standing on duty. Betty stood in his flagship commander tower, carrying his back on his back to see the direction of the fast fleet, but instead lying on the pocket watch in his hand, until a few strands of blood seeped out of his mouth, he said: 'It's good for a quarter of an hour!'

Betty's wish is very simple, it is hateful that the North Sea has no intention of pitying the British. Not to mention that the chilly sea breeze blows away the smoke produced by the cannon shooting, which has completely exposed the weakness of the British.

Silame would not miss the opportunity to chase the British. Under his delicate command, the German Navy adjusted the formation of the rear team with ease and calmness, sorted out the spare firepower channels, and concentrated more main ships and main guns to deal with the British semi-destroyed Second Battleship Fleet and the Third Team of the Fourth Battleship Fleet.

The British, who were already tired of dealing with it, were completely confused by the brutal attacks of the Germans. The Battleship Qiao 5 insisted that they saw the periscope rising from the German submarine. It was later proved that it was just a misjudgment of the lookouts. However, on the battlefield where naval battles were in full swing, rumors triggered panic that the large fleet was struggling to suppress; the battleship of the Bao was hit by a 305mm armor-piercing bomb, and the flybridge and the deck of the boat caught fire, and thick smoke covered the sky and the sun, so the British battle line was crazy. The Iron Duke-class battleship had sunk.

At 13:52, the most comical farce happened. The battleship St. Vincent, which was severely damaged, without knowing that the flagship of the squadron, blew the banner of "Our ship was seriously injured and ordered to retreat to the coastline". Then, he dragged the smoke regardless of the situation and retreated to the coastline.

Afterwards, the British joked that it was St. Vincent who robbed the sister ship Collingwood. The entire British Isle believed that if the Collingwood battleship was drifting in the Northern Ocean at that time, the battleship that had been chased by German cruisers in the Battle of Portsmouth would have embarked on the desertion road before the sister ship St. Vincent had left.

The great escape of St. Vincent was not very successful. The battleship that wanted to retreat into Furth Bay was first grounded offshore, and after a few hours of tossing, it escaped by the rising tide of the sea. Then it was ambushed by the German underwater wolf pack of General Lampard's battle patrol team on the main channel of Furth Bay. It was only after being hit by a dud bomb to retreat into the military port. Even in the military port, the battleship did not stop. The military police at the military port immediately detained all senior officers of St. Vincent. The officers tried their best to defend themselves in front of David Betty. As a result, the shameful and angry sailors turned against the water on the spot and exposed the lie that the officers' "our ship was seriously injured and ordered to retreat."

In Portsmouth Naval Court, Captain St. Vincent, who was charged with eleven charges, made a statement, claiming that his violation of military discipline and knight codes had saved the lives of more than 500 officers and soldiers of the St. Vincent to some extent. However, when the ** prosecutor took out the photos of the sinking of the battleship of the Hong Kong battleship, the captain was silent.

On the battlefield, St. Vincent left the battlefield without authorization, causing huge gaps in the British battle line. In this round of firefighting, the Collingwood of the British Second Team, the Magnificent of the Fifth Team and the South Africa battleship of the Sixth Team sank one after another. The squadron and rear teams directly opened a four-kilometer gap. The damaged power system of the Hong Kong battleship and the Indomitable Battle Cruise made the gap continue to expand. When the Battle Line squadron dragged the St. Vincent battleship behind the Battle Line squadron left the battle line, the gap had already broken through the sky, so Silem had no psychological burden to send the order to the third team of the First Reconnaissance Cluster, a Seedlitz class and a Moltch class cut the British battle line inward, completely splitting and strangling the British rear team.

It was more than enough to use two meritorious battleships to deal with seriously injured British main ships. At 14:01, the Seedlitz battleship, which cut into the British battleship line at high speed, sank the Hong Kong battleship. More than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the ship remained alive.

Before the explosion and sinking of the battleship Hong Kong, the Orion-class battleship Monarch of the British squadron and the Revenge-class battleship Determination of the front team failed to withstand the Germans' final madness and both sank.

The last widow of the Orion-class battleship was firecrackered. The first and only super-dreadnought of the British Empire equipped with a 13.5-inch main gun disappeared into the dust of the North Sea. Perhaps someone would still remember and sigh, but the story of it will no longer be continued.

The Determination battleship, which was shot in the water, gradually lost its speed in the dangerous North Sea. Even though it had thick skin and thick flesh above the water level line, it could not withstand the cross-fire of the 350mm armor-piercing projectile of the Border Governor. The hull, riddled with holes, broke in the violent explosion, and finally sank to the North Sea.

At this time, the watchtower of the USS Bavaria battleship could already see a few wisps of smoke rising from the sea level on the west side of the south. There was no doubt that it was the last hope of the British Empire - Lieutenant General Lampard's fast fleet!

General Sileme was extremely calm about the reinforcements of the British. Lewentezo, who was then the General Staff Officer of the Ocean Fleet, had such a funny conversation in his battle notes:

‘The fast fleet came so fast!’ General Silem was surprised, but there was no corresponding expression on his face. Instead, he asked the fleet staff to estimate the contact time and relative angles of the two sides with excitement.

‘Including the 15,000-meter battle distance and heading direction, the British could open fire on the Bavaria within five to ten minutes. Of course, if the British fast fleet wanted to do something more, they would have to wait at least twenty minutes later.’ The combat staff found a chart, drew two battle lines with pencils, circled the front-most Bavaria and the last-most Moltke, and replied.

‘Then, Lewinterzo, how many British ships have we sunk before?’ General Sileme asked subconsciously, turning his wedding ring between his fingers and turning his head.

‘Including the monarch and the determination that had just sunk, there should be fourteen ships!’

'This is not enough!' General Silame turned around and asked the deputy commander: 'General, do we still have the strength to continue fighting?'

‘As long as you give orders!’

‘Then turn, the T-shaped head is not enough at one time!’ General Silame raised his arms and shook his two fingers.
Chapter completed!