[All writing skills are adopted together. The Battle of Helgolan Bay is a regular meal. Let's try it out first...]

"Since the murder of Grand Duke Ferdinand on June 28, everyone has realized that war is inevitable. The senior leaders of the German Admiralty Department have argued endlessly about the marine strategy of the Ocean Fleet: most people have been deceived by the ambiguous diplomatic words of the British. We think that the army can quickly resolve the French, and the Navy only needs to preserve its strength to deter Britain from continuing to insist on "glorious isolation". Even after Britain joined the war, we still firmly believe that the Army can solve everything, and a complete fleet will be an important bargaining chip for the proposed peace talks with Britain. However, Heidi Silem, known as the navy's genius, put forward a different view. He believes that the British will participate in the war without hesitation, and the Navy cannot give all hope.

In the rapid decisive battle of the army, the Ocean Fleet should take the initiative to attack to deal with the possible long-range blockade of the British Navy. Some powerful attack ships should be retained on the main channel of the Allies, but this does not include the East Asian fleet and the Mediterranean fleet, because he insisted that the attack ships should be a lone hero rather than a fleet size. Heidi Silem did not fight alone in the Navy. General Reinhard von Schell, commander of the Second Battleship Squadron, General Franz von Hippel, commander of the East Asian fleet, Count Maximilian von Spee, combat staff of the Navy General Staff, Colonel Erich Redell, and many middle and lower-level officers of the Navy held this view."

"This unscrupulous debate lasted until July 23, and the Admiralty, with the rough interference of the unbearable emperor and the indecisive General Ingnoll, we recalled almost all ships left overseas, except for the armored ships of Schánhorst and Gneisenau in the hands of Earl Spey, the cruisers Emden and Nuremberg; the battle cruisers Goben and the large cruisers Braures in the Mediterranean; Redston cruising in the Caribbean

, Cruiser Karlsruhe; Cruiser Leipzig and Konisburg, guerrilla cruisers on the west coast of Mexico and east Africa, are tasked with destroying the sea transportation lines of the Allied Powers. Once the war breaks out, the Ocean Fleet will rely on the favorable terrain of the Helgolan Bay to actively deploy mine submarines and lightning strike ships, and use these cheap weapons to severely damage the British fleet that advocates offensiveism until the strength of the two sides is close or even the German fleet can gain a slight advantage, and the Ocean Fleet will complete a fatal blow."

"Facts have proved that the view of the strategic genius Colonel Heidi Sileme is correct. Germany was caught in a terrible protracted war, and the British joined the war as scheduled and blocked Germany remotely. However, later generations should also consider our difficulties when criticizing the Admiralty's conservative and short-sighted attitude. Before World War I, the strength of the Ocean Fleet was only 2/3 of the Royal Navy, and the strength of the shipbuilding was only 1/2 of the British. Moreover, the young German Navy did not have enough combat experience, which led to the morale of our soldiers at the beginning of the war, and various factors interfered with our judgment. Moreover, the Admiralty's work during this period and

There is no shining point. In order to achieve the strategic purpose of consuming the strength of the fleet in the early stages of the war, under the suggestion of a serious antique who was extremely aggressive and warlike, we let Colonel Heidi Sileme, known as the naval genius, and General Franz von Hippel, the most outstanding tactical campaign commander of Germany. The former served as commander-in-chief of the Helgolan Bay Defence Circle, and the latter led his First Reconnaissance Fleet as support. This appointment was widely regarded as correct in a series of naval battles. It was not only the starting point for the German Navy to move towards glory, but also one of the most brilliant and glorious decisions in my life."

The above is excerpted from the "Memoirs of the Gulf of Helgolan" published by General George Von Muller, the Minister of the Navy of the German Empire in 1934. Later generations generally have low evaluations of this book, not because of the frequent mistakes of this book, but because of the author General George Von Muller's unobjective creative attitude. In the book, Muller only mentioned a few of the strategic decision-making mistakes made by the German Navy in the early stages of the war, trying to confuse the public with various objective factors. However, this book is not useless. At least General Muller said one thing very well. Under the shadow of strategic mistakes in the early stages of the German Navy's war, promoting Heidi Sileme to become the commander-in-chief of the Helgolan Bay Defence Circle was indeed the starting point for the glory and glory of the Ocean Fleet.

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August 20, 1914, the mouth of the Jade River in Germany.

"Silem, why are you free to come here?!" Heidi Silem, who was in the limelight recently, was overjoyed and greeted him from Commander Seedlitz.

Before the otaku's fist was saluted by Hippel, he fell on his shoulder. Hippel cried out and said, "Silem, beautifully done!"

On August 6, the new otaku King Heidi ignored the ban of Commander-in-Chief General Ingnor and ordered three U-type submarines belonging to the Defense Circle Command to attack. Just when General Ingnor took action first and then reported unorganized and undisciplined bold actions for King Heidi, the three submarines from the Western Expedition sunk three British ships, causing a remarkable record to return to Hong Kong.

News of victory spread from the Helgoland Island in the North Sea, from the Ocean Fleet at the mouth of Jed Bay, the Estuary of the Ember of the River Ebe to the Baltic Fleet Command in Kiel, from the defensive fortress of Wilhelmshaven to the Berlin Navy headquarters. In less than a day, the news of victory that the young German navy longed for but dared not to aspire to have spread throughout the streets and alleys of Germany, and the navy was even more jubilant, and the inexplicable fear of the pretentious Royal Navy of the British Empire collapsed instantly.

On August 12, news of victory came again. Under Wang Heidi's planning, the submarine detachment under the Defense Circle Command launched another attack to cover the light minecraft disguised as trawlers in the dangerous northern waters of the Dover Strait. The U-9 submarine, which was carrying out a warning mission 50 nautical miles from the British coastline, encountered three British Royal Navy warships sailing in a row. Within the next 75 minutes, Vedigan took these old armored cruisers, Abakir

The numbers (aboukir), hogue and cressy) were sunk in sequence. Emperor William was very happy, and the newspaper was full of long and long. Heidi Silem once again made it to the headlines of newspapers after his Congress speech in 1898. Otto Vedigan was even more red. He became a German national hero and received hundreds of passionate love letters in one day, so that his childhood sweetheart, Miss Wu Cailin, was jealous.

"Commander, don't rush to praise me, I'm here to help you with reinforcements..." Wang Heidi winked at Hippel. Hippel understood and pulled Wang Heidi, who was in a hurry, into his cabin.

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"According to the planning of the German Navy Staff, the Helgolan Bay defense circle is only 100 nautical miles, and after Heidi Silem served as the commander of the newly formed defense circle command, he expanded the patrol range to 200 nautical miles in one go. The German naval genius was not a false name. According to the young men's unremitting reconnaissance, the German defense circle consists of three patrol lines and airships, and another light cruiser fleet is on standby for support at any time. Silem is well-arranged. The German warning submarines leave the Dogers Sands and the Dover Strait. The patrol lines of the three-layer guard circle composed of destroyers and old lightning strike ships are not fixed. The three lines can watch over and help each other and attack at any point. The remaining two patrol lines can arrive within an hour."

Brigadier General Roger Keith roughly drew out the German maritime defense line on a chart of Helgolan Bay. The small-sized chart was already marked by him. Then Keith dropped the pen in his hand, put his hands on his hips and smacked his lips with confidence:

"Silem has already played the cards in his hand to the extreme, but unfortunately, his aggressive offensive defense circle has a fatal flaw..."

"Oh?" The commander of the Harric Fleet, Reginald Tyrit, who has become the laughing stock of the Royal Navy, loosened his gloomy face slightly, stared at the center of Helgolan Bay, Helgolan Island, and his bloodthirsty eyes became hotter.

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"The British have lost six warships and severely damaged one. Our destroyers and submarines unbridledly drove out the British merchant ships and fishing boats. Just yesterday, Vedigan ran around the waters of Holly Island in England like a slut, and almost let the British coastal artillery sink on the spot." Wang Heidi dropped the pencil in his hand and pointed to the sketch he hurriedly drew, saying seriously: "British First Minister of Maritime Affairs Fisher and Jelico, Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, have been for a long time

Veterans who have experienced training clearly know that just using long-range blockade can make the Ocean Fleet defeat without fighting. Unfortunately, the people of the British Empire, who advocated offensiveism, would not agree, and the British Navy Secretary Winston Churchill, who was a civil servant, would not agree to this conservative plan in order to firmly sit in his position. General Hippel, the British revenge is imminent, but my Helgolan Bay defense circle has a fatal flaw..."

"Oh?" Hippel frowned, stared at the sketch Wang Heidi hurriedly drawn for a moment, then took the pen from Wang Heidi's hand and made a heavy fork at the estuary of the Jed River.

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"Silem built the Helgolan Bay defense circle seamlessly. Unfortunately, he wrote some light ships in his hands, and he couldn't stand the thunder strike of the Royal Navy!" Brigadier General Jed Keith took a pen and drew a heavy fork at the corner of Jed on the chart, sneering: "Although Hipel's first reconnaissance fleet shoulders the heavy responsibility of support, this fleet is usually stationed in Jed River. You must know that Hipel's fleet has a deep draft. Due to the influence of the tide, Jed River allows emergency attacks for only about 6 hours..."

"It's just the two of us?" Brigadier General Kinard Tillet said strangely without comment.

"Glory belongs to the Eighth Submarine Detachment and the Harric Fleet!" Brigadier General Jed Keith, who was eager to make contributions, smiled like a flower: "At most, Brigadier General William Goodnow's first light cruiser squadron."

"Sneak attack on Helgolan Bay?" A row of Cuban Havana cigars were placed on the desk, and the scissors were placed on Winston Churchill's right hand. Although he was addicted to smoking, the plan submitted by Brigadier General Case really attracted Churchill. The study was very quiet, and only Fatty Qiu was stroking the plan as he flipped through it.

"It's really a simple and bold plan, but..." Churchill picked up the telephone and dialed the inside phone: "Notify First Sea Minister Fisher, Second Sea Minister Lieutenant General Frederick Hamilton, Chief of Staff of the Admiral during the war, and Brigadier General Jed Keith, Commander of the Eighth Submarine Detachment, Brigadier General Jed Keith!"

The British naval leadership was composed of the Minister of the Navy and four Ministers of the Maritime Affairs. The Minister of the Navy was in charge of the overall situation. The First Minister of the Maritime Affairs was responsible for training logistics and shipbuilding affairs in normal times, and served as the Chief of Staff of the Navy during wartime. However, in World War I, General Jelico, the main member of the Fisher Gang, became the commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet. The position of Chief of Staff, who should have been Marshal Fisher, was replaced by Churchill's confidant Lieutenant General Stuttie. The ghosts and monsters in it were indeed intriguing.

"What about General Jelico?" the adjutant asked carefully. After all, General John Jelico was the commander-in-chief of the Great Fleet.

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As soon as Tirpitz walked out of the Naval Secretary's office, he ran into Franz Hiper, whom he promoted. After listening to Hiper's prediction of the war situation, Tirpitz, who had been a veteran in the officialdom for decades, not only did not show the responsibility that the Naval Secretary should have, but instead lowered his face and warned meaningfully: "Hipel, you should be in Cape Jed instead of the Berlin Naval Headquarters!"

"Marson, you are the Minister of the Imperial Navy. You are responsible for the hundreds of thousands of naval soldiers in the Empire. You cannot blind your judgment because of personal prejudice." Hippel, who has always shown gentleness and grace, rarely launched a fire. He was anxious to Tirpitz, who had the grace of knowing him, and begged warmly: "I can't find supporters. General Ingnoll does not allow the First Reconnaissance Fleet to go out of Jade Bay. General Muller's attitude is even worse. Marshal, the Ocean Fleet's morale is gradually reaching its peak because these successful submarine wars have gradually reached their peak. Do you want to let a crushing defeat bring us back to its original form in an instant, right?"

As the Minister of the Navy, Tirpitz's strategic quality is not bad. The British, who have been spoiled by hundreds of years and countless victories, will never allow the Royal Navy's wiseness to be insulted. Their revenge will be as fierce and bloody as thunder.

Perhaps Tirpitz was unwilling to have conflicts with the emperor's new favorite General Ingnoll, perhaps because the name Heidi Sileme made Tirpitz hesitate, and the quiet corridor fell into a long and embarrassing silence.

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"The Ocean Fleet, ranked second in the world, was hiding deep in Jed Bay and panic all day long, but it left a thirty-six-year-old young man and several ragged cruisers at the front..." Colonel Lampard, deputy commander of the first battlecruiser squadron of the Great Fleet, who returned from the cruise, stood on the main deck of the battlecruiser Lion, facing the Orkney Islands and Scarpa Bay, who were already vaguely visible, and whined with his hair: "You can't use battleships and battle patrols to hunt those annoying submarines and light cruisers, the heroes of the Great Fleet are useless!"

"Not necessarily!" David Betty leaned against the formidable 343mm main gun armored turret on the bow of the ship, holding a famous 555 cigarette in his mouth.

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Chapter completed!