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    "General, Lieutenant General Betty called!" On the battleship 'Iron Duke,' the communications officer handed the telegram to John.  Admiral Jellicoe.

    After reading the telegram, John.  Admiral Jellicoe frowned immediately.  As the commander of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet, after he issued the order, David.  Lieutenant General Betty actually dared to disobey his orders, which made him very disgusted.  However, if you put yourself in David.  If you think about it from Lieutenant General Betty's perspective, he can still understand it.  After all, if it were him, he probably wouldn't let go of this opportunity.  David.  Vice Admiral Betty's battlecruiser squadron has lost four battleships, but it has only severely damaged one battlecruiser of the German Navy. This result will definitely make those guys in the country very dissatisfied.  Until then, David.  Lieutenant General Betty will definitely be dealt with, and if not, he will be sent to a military court.

    "Perhaps, there is no problem in following Lieutenant General David Beatty's plan. If the German battlecruiser squadron can be killed, it can also severely blow the German's arrogance." John.  Admiral Jellicoe said.  Now, the British Navy's losses are greater than those of the German Navy, and he, the fleet commander, is also involved.  If he could reverse the situation in one fell swoop, this would be an extremely rare opportunity for him.

    After making up his mind, John.  Admiral Jellicoe ordered to adjust the course and speed towards the battle waters.  At the same time, an order was given to the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship squadron as a secret weapon, asking them to speed up and catch up.  Although, judging from the intelligence obtained by the British Admiralty, the main force of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet did not leave the port.  But John.  Admiral Jellicoe always felt that this would not be the case.  The Germans would not give up this opportunity for a decisive battle with the British Navy.  Especially when the German navy thought it had a great advantage.

    At this moment, David.  The British naval battlecruiser squadron led by Vice Admiral Beatty was struggling to support itself under the attack of the German High Seas Fleet reconnaissance squadron led by Vice Admiral Hipper.  The sea was filled with smoke and the sound of cannons was loud.  A series of towering water pillars rose from the sea, and then fell to the sea, as if it was raining heavily.

    The current war situation has become very unfavorable to the British fleet, and the German navy has clearly gained the upper hand.  After gaining the numerical advantage, the German Navy has adjusted its firepower distribution.  The already severely damaged 'Lion' was attacked by 'Derflinger' and 'L¨¹tzow'.

    ¡®Hindenburg, Princess Royal, Goben, Tiger, Moltke, Invincible, Feng.  Germany.  Tann, the 'Indomitable', Scharnhorst, the 'Indomitable,'.

    'Lion' battlecruiser is the first ship of the British Navy's 'Lion' class battlecruiser and the flagship of the British Navy's battlecruiser squadron. However, after the naval battle began, this battlecruiser was taken over by the German Navy.  The flagship of the reconnaissance squadron, Derflinger, was hit frequently. Not only was one of the main turrets destroyed, but the superstructure seemed to have been plowed.  It's a miracle that I can continue to fire until now.  However, the Lion's good luck is destined to end here.  When Derflinger and L¨¹tzow turned their firepower on it, it was destined to be unable to hold on any longer.

    At 4:38 pm, the battlecruiser L¨¹tzov hit the stern of the Lion, and the smaller half of the stern was cut off, and the propeller and tail rudder behind the stern were missing.  At the same time, seawater surged into the battleship from the gap in the stern.

    "General, the 'Lion,' the ship is finished. The stern of the ship has been cut off, and now seawater is pouring into the ship. The captain of the 'Lion,' requests to abandon the ship!" the communications officer asked David.  Lieutenant General Beatty reported.

    "Agree to abandon the ship!" David.  Lieutenant General Betty said with red eyes.  'The Lion' is his flagship, and he is full of emotions for this battlecruiser, the best-performing battlecruiser in the British Navy.  It's just that he didn't expect that the "Lion" would end like this in this naval battle.  Naval warfare is cruel, especially for the current British Navy.

    David.  Lieutenant General Betty agreed that after the Lion abandoned the ship, the thousands of sailors on it were immediately transferred.  At this time, as a large amount of seawater poured into the Lion, the bow of the ship had been lifted from the water.  Not long after, the battlecruiser 'Lion' sank into the icy North Sea with its bow facing upwards.  Only half of the sailors on the battleship escaped successfully, and the rest were buried on the bottom of the sea with the battleship, including the captain of the Lion.

    ¡®After the Lion was sunk, Lieutenant General Hipper immediately ordered ¡®Derfflinger,

    ¡®L¨¹tzow,¡¯ and ¡®Hindenburg,¡¯ the current flagship of the British naval battlecruiser squadron, ¡®Royal Princess,¡¯ hit fire.??.  These three battleships are the most powerful battlecruisers of the German Navy. Although the Royal Princess! is the most powerful battlecruiser of the British Navy, it still seems to be unable to stand alone under the attack of three powerful opponents.

    "Boom!" A ball of fire rose from the bow of the battlecruiser Goben.  The violent explosion blew the entire bow of the battlecruiser Goben into pieces.  All the officers and soldiers of the German Navy were stunned.  The 'Goeben' has made considerable achievements since the beginning of the naval battle. It severely damaged the British Navy's 'Australia' battlecruiser.

    Surprisingly, the one that hit the Goben battlecruiser was the Tiger battlecruiser, which had been performing poorly since the beginning of the war. As an improved version of the Lion-class battlecruiser, the Tiger  , the overall performance of the battlecruiser is more powerful.  However, since the war began, the battlecruiser's performance has been very poor, and it has been repeatedly hit by German naval battleships.  If the battlecruiser "Tiger" hadn't been thicker and thicker, it might have been severely damaged or sunk long ago.  Now, with the British Navy at an absolute disadvantage, the battlecruiser Tiger seems to be functioning normally.

    During this salvo, a 343 mm armor-piercing projectile hit the front main turret of the battlecruiser "Tiger".  The Goben battlecruiser is the second ship of the Moltke-class battlecruiser.  The displacement is as high as 25,000 tons. Although the main gun has a caliber of 280 mm, it has five twin main guns and its firepower is very powerful.  At the same time, the German Navy has always focused on the survivability of battleships. The horizontal armor of the Goben is 270 mm thick, and the turret armor is also 270 mm thick.  However, even though the performance of the British Navy's naval guns lags behind that of the German Navy, the 343 mm armor-piercing projectiles can still easily penetrate the turret of the Goben.

    ¡®The Goben¡¯s turret layout adopts a piggy-back design with two main turrets on the front deck.

    The No. 1 main turret was hit, and the turret armor was penetrated, the shell exploded in the turret, and the entire turret was destroyed.  This is not even more serious. When they were hit, the barrels of the No. 1 turret and the No. 2 turret behind it had already been loaded with shells and propellant and were preparing to fire.  As a result, this had a catastrophic blow to the Goben.  The shells in the gun barrel were detonated. Four 280mm shells plus hundreds of kilograms of propellant immediately killed the battlecruiser.  The entire bow of the ship was blown to pieces, and seawater quickly poured into the hull from the bow.

    In less than half a minute, the battlecruiser Goben sank into the North Sea with its bow facing down. None of the 1,186 sailors on board the battleship survived. This was also the first time the German navy was involved in this naval battle.  A sunk battleship.

    ¡®After the sinking of the Goeben, the morale of the British fleet recovered.  Although they are still at a numerical disadvantage, they have seen hope.  If God is on their side, they may not have a chance to regain their disadvantage.

    "The sinking of the Goben made Lieutenant General Hipper very distressed. The German Navy has fewer battleships than the British Navy. The sinking of any battleship is very serious for the German Navy.  Lieutenant General Hipper ordered the Hindenburg to deal with the Tiger.

    Derflinger, L¨¹tzow and L¨¹tzow continued to deal with Princess Royal.

    In the next hour, although the naval battle was still very fierce, the results were far less than the previous hour.  The British Navy took the German Navy's 'Von.  Germany.  Tann, the battlecruiser was sent to the bottom of the sea.  However, within fifteen minutes, the German Navy retaliated and sank the British Navy's battlecruiser HMS Invincible.  British Rear Admiral Hood was killed on the spot.

    At 5:30 pm, a large piece of smoke appeared on the sea to the west, like a moving dark cloud.  The light cruiser Strasbourg of the German fleet reported that the main force of the British Home Fleet was twelve nautical miles to the west.

    After receiving the report, Lieutenant General Hipper immediately ordered the fleet to accelerate to 23 knots, break away from contact with the British fleet, and turn to retreat eastward.  At the same time, I also asked Reinhardt.  Admiral Scheer reported the appearance of the main force of the British Navy and prepared the main force of the High Seas Fleet for battle.

    David.  Lieutenant General Betty also received news of the arrival of the main fleet. The German Navy's reconnaissance squadron wanted to escape, and of course he would not agree.  In this fierce naval battle, he lost 6 battlecruisers, four of which were sunk.  David.  Vice Admiral Beatty immediately ordered the remaining four battleships of the British Navy's battlecruiser squadron to pursue them at full speed.
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