If you ask the British if there is a better way, of course there is, that is, all auxiliary cruisers flee towards the Norwegian Sea, and the German fleet cannot be permanent, so as long as they can avoid it temporarily and increase the difficulty of searching the German fleet, it is enough. But unfortunately, most British people do not have such a choice! After all, it is not far from their doorstep now, so it is a victory to be able to go back! The temptation to go home is too great!

The radio lateral and positioning equipment on the Moltke battleship had locked in the two largest signal sources, and the fundamental reason for not taking action against them for a long time was that they wanted to determine the direction of the British fleet's next stage of action. The fastest update, and now, the British people finally moved. With the spread of radio signals over the North Sea, the British fleet scattered in the blockade area finally began to act. They communicated and transmitted information with each other through radio signals. However, all this was ultimately reflected on the drawing board in the German battleship command tower.

Every half an hour, the German fleet would communicate with each other through radio communication to obtain information. Now, based on the movement trajectory of the British auxiliary cruiser team that was discovered but had not yet been hunted, they had begun to retreat towards the Shetland Islands. However, their retreat was not to go their own way, but to choose to gather together, gather at a certain point, and then everyone went home together!

The British still had a deviation in their estimates of the size and performance of the German fleet. They regarded the targets as warships mainly large armored cruisers and light cruisers, and there might be one or two battlecruisers occasionally. Major General Abathnot thought very well, and everyone gathered together to cover the auxiliary cruisers, and at the same time, left-behind destroyers and other armored cruisers from the Shetland Islands came to pick them up. This was much better than evacuating each other. At least it would be better to gather together and cover each other.

But what he could not imagine was that the German fleet on the opposite side was too powerful! All five battlecruisers were here! This fleet was enough to deal with the Betty fleet during the Jutland Battle in history! (not counting Thomas Fleet-!) And the battle would be very pleasant, and there would be no trouble in the process!

The three battle cruisers, Goben, Blücher and von der Tinn, headed towards the intersection of the British routes, and after finding that all the prey that could be confirmed had begun to evacuate, Seedritz also decisively followed. The speed on one side was about 15 to 18 knots, and the other side was soaring to more than 27 knots. By the way, how could you possibly run past others?

When Major General Abhathnot's Black Prince armored cruiser and Major General Ace's Hampshire armored cruiser, six auxiliary cruisers were already gathered here, and then they suddenly found huge black shadows in the direction of the Shetland Islands!

German warships also came from all directions. When they appeared in the British vision, they did not meet. The location at this time was roughly like this. Goben and Seedritz were about 15 kilometers northwest of the British fleet, and the distance between Goben and Seedritz was about 3 kilometers. Von der Tinn blocked the west of the British fleet, with the best position. Blüchel was in the southeast of the British fleet. The other two light cruisers appeared in the east of the British fleet and followed two auxiliary cruisers. The entire British fleet seemed to have entered a circle of encirclement.

If you are fighting an opponent of the same level, the best choice for the German fleet is to immediately set off smoke and run away. There is no formation at all. It is just a rhythm of going wherever you go! How to fight? But the problem is that the combat power of the British fleet is too low now! No matter how you fight the Germans, there is no reason to lose. As long as the British can be included in the shooting world, the rest is to fire!

Without formation, it is not convenient to connect. The biggest problem is the firepower distribution. Fortunately, there are many targets, and the two British armored cruisers are too conspicuous. The Goben and von der Tinn aimed at the Black Prince and Hampshire armored cruisers respectively!

"The overall situation has been decided, only a person is left!" If the prince were here, he would definitely say such things, and the situation is indeed the case now. When four German battlecruisers fired tons of shells, the result of the war was actually decided!

The Shetland Islands have appeared in sight. As long as the fleet sails at full speed for 45 minutes, it will be completely safe. But now, the last ten kilometers have become an insurmountable distance! The two leading armored cruisers were first fired by fire, and Von Detten's gun caliber was smaller, so the Hampshire supports it a little longer. When the Black Prince was taken care of by the Goben, the remaining time can only be calculated in minutes.

"Let's rush up and cover the brothers behind us!" Major General Abathnot's courage at the last moment of his life was amazing, but it was useless. The Black Prince's 10-inch cannon could not reach the Goben at all. With a few accurate and fierce firepower, although the Black Prince was not killed by the High Seas Fleet in less than three minutes like in history, his support time did not exceed 20 minutes!

Major General Abathnot's charge was finally terminated by two 350mm heavy artillery shells that hit almost at the same time. One shell hit the main artillery ammunition depot in the front half of the battleship, and another shell detonated the torpedo in the bow torpedo compartment. A series of explosions spread from the bow to the hull, and the entire bow turned into pieces in a flame.

Another armored cruiser, the Hampshire armored cruiser, also did not escape the fate of defeat. Although Von DeTen's gun was smaller, it was enough to knock on the 7-inch side armor of the Hampshire armored cruiser. When Von DeTen sent one shell to the Hampshire hull at a distance, the German destroyer could no longer hold back. Under the cover of dense rain of bullets, the four destroyers quickly approached the already overwhelmed armored cruiser, and then fired eight torpedoes in a row from 3,500 to 2,000 meters. After two violent explosions, the Hampshire armored cruiser slowly sank into the rolling waves of the North Sea with nearly a thousand officers and soldiers.

When the last two armored cruisers that could barely jumped failed to sink into the sand, the remaining few auxiliary cruisers were completely desperate against the German warships with a total tonnage of about 100,000 tons! All that was left was one-sided massacre, and even time was not enough!
Chapter completed!