(There is something to do in the school tomorrow, so the departure procedures are super troublesome. I will code a chapter today and let’s talk about it later...)

“(The King of North Atlantic” Section 8, American Tragedy

‘The Revenge seemed to be in a bad situation. It completely lost its power and was besieged by more than a dozen German dreadnoughts. The turret on the bow was pierced by an armor-piercing bullet. The fire, thick smoke and toxic gas were spread all over the upper deck. The ship was stored in the hull, which made the warship with excellent protection lean to the left. (No., pop-up window... We can do nothing about the plight of the Revenge, and we can only wish the Revenge... good luck.'

‘The destruction of the revenge is inevitable, long live the revenge, God bless my king!’

On the afternoon of June 21, the British Navy Headquarters, which was known for its seriousness and conservatism, was once again paralyzed because of the surging war information. In 1915, news of the defeat in the Battle of Scarglake, was so dead and depressed. In 1917, news of the defeat in the Battle of Orkney Islands came sporadically. Although it had not been thoroughly confirmed, the dizzy British were able to sort out a little bit. So several brick-red old buildings in the London Navy Headquarters were filled with unspeakable defeatism and self-deprecation than the defeat after the Battle of Scarglake in 1915.

On the eve of the naval battle, the Germans used tactics to deceive the whole of Britain as always. The fast fleet was like a clown, running back and forth in the North Sea in vain; they gave up joining the large fleet of the American battleship detachment, which was the main fleet of the large fleet, heading south to respond in advance. As a result, they bumped into the Germans' T-shaped head in a place infinitely close to the nest of the Royal Navy.

Nothing is more disheartening than being played with by Silem again and again. After the naval battle broke out, except for the brilliant color of the German First Team, the Royal Navy was disintegrated and the army was defeated: the first battleship seven main battleships were completely destroyed, the fourth battleship fleet lost two old battleships, and only the Indomitable Battleship Battleship stranded and escaped by luck; the second battleship only had the St. Vincent, which escaped without authorization, survived. The other seven main battleships were all sunk, as for the most elite fourth battleship. The four main battleships, including the flagship Revenge, sank; the fast fleet first encountered a German underwater wolf attack in the south of the Fers Bay. One of the King Kong battleships was lost, and in the subsequent cover operations, the Reputation and Resistance battleships were lost.

The twenty-three main battleships are not the final loss figure for the Royal Navy. Although the London Navy headquarters did not subjectively want this figure to continue to expand, objectively, how much difference is there to lose the twenty-three main battleships in one go and the destruction of the entire army?! The Sun-Don't Set Empire is a typical maritime power country, and the positioning of the Royal Navy is not a Tirpitz-like existence fleet. If you lose the sea power and maritime transportation lines that you rely on for your living, what can you do if the British Islands have several main battleships that cannot be escorted from the port?!

In the past few hours, the London Navy headquarters was panicked and unruly. To be precise, the entire British Isle did not know where they should go. It is now 1917. Even the most rampant John Bull dared not say that they still have the energy and time to rebuild a large fleet. Without the large fleet, how can the empire continue to not set?

From 14:45 to 15:25, the emergency call from the American battleship detachment was naturally submerged in tons of telegrams at the London Navy Headquarters. It was not until the panicked Americans on the other side of the ocean that they contacted the London Navy Headquarters through military officers in London.

It was not until this time that the British remembered that there was an American battleship squad on the battlefield.

Since even the Royal Navy, which has more than 30 main battleships, has not been able to get a bargain at Silem, the British naturally would not expect that only four American battleships could turn the tide. The gentry with dark mentality is even thinking about whether to betray the American battleship squad to detonate the anger of the United States and completely pull the United States into the water' or to save the American battleship squad, avoid the Americans being resentful of the Allies, and maintain the Jincheng cooperation between allies.

Of course, before British Navy Secretary Belford showed his heroic character, the British had to figure out the status of the American battleship detachment and the situation on the battlefield of the Fers Bay, and decide whether to allow Lieutenant General Lampard's rapid fleet to respond.

‘Damn, what was the last order we issued to the Americans?’ This is the question that the staff officers at the London Navy Headquarters wanted to ask the most at around 15:30 on the 21st. Because of the unfavorable situation for the Royal Navy, the British, who were unable to clone, did not pay enough attention to the American battleship squadron, so when the Navy seniors sorted out their minds and reconstructed the order of the Navy Headquarters and realized that there were Americans on the battlefield, they found that the Navy Headquarters knew nothing about the American squadron.

‘How about… let the Americans retreat to Scapa Bay first?’

In Belford's office, General Jelico, who was conservative by nature, was the first to make a fairly pertinent opinion, and was then interrupted by the staff officer.

‘General, the Americans reported four seriously injured German battleships found in the 42km southeast of Hatton…’

‘Hatton is eastward, what the hell is that?!’ First Minister of Maritime Affairs Goff Carthorp swearing onto the chart, and then was stunned.

On the chart filled with data, the red line representing the American battleship team collided with four major ships separated from the German battle line and were seriously injured. On the north side of the Americans was the Indomitable, which ran ashore on the beach, on the southwest side were the Fourth Battleship Fleet that barely escaped and the German battleline that had returned. On the northwest side were the fast fleet that was retreating northward against Peterhead. The eight battle patrols of the German First Reconnaissance Cluster were roughly located between the Americans and the fast fleet, and their specific whereabouts were unknown.

‘You said Americans are lucky or unfortunate?’ asked Belfort.

No one could answer Belford's question. Major General Rodman, the commander of the US Battleship Detachment, just relying on his intuition, ordered the fleet to maintain a set course, attack the opponent at high speed, and refuse to entangle his hands.

Compared with the British Navy headquarters, which can piece together the sea situation from the fragmented reports of the battlefield commanders, the Americans were completely disgusted with the Battle of the Orkney Islands, especially the complex sea conditions of intermittent excursions that allowed the Americans to never have the opportunity to release seaplanes to reconnaise the battlefield.

After encountering four German injured ships, the Americans' first reaction was that the Germans' main fleet was nearby. The reason was obvious that since the Germans were so rich that they kicked the four injured main ships out of the battle line and formed a team alone, the end of the Orkney Islands naval battle would have been settled. In this way, even if the German main fleet was not near the disabled team, it would not be too far away from the disabled team.

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In the northeastern waters of the crisis, American navigators' orders to "set and move forward at full speed" came one after another. After a while, the New York-class and Nevada-class battleships in the North Sea, which they had never visited, rushed towards the German disabled team.

The Americans planned to use high-speed shocks to force their opponents to turn south and avoid the edge, so that the Stars and Stripes flagship fleet could travel and leave the battlefield calmly. Unfortunately, the Germans who were more than 20,000 yards were unfamiliar with the style. The disabled team not only did not turn, but instead maintained their course with great skills and sent encrypted telegrams to the Americans one after another.

At 15:45, the captain's screams came from the commander's tower of the Bavaria again because the watchtower reported that "the four large warships on the northeastern side had a strong American style."
Chapter completed!