Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 423: Prelude to Naval Battle

You can search for the latest chapters in Baidu for "Super Emperors Search Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty (www.soxscc.com)"!When the time came to 3908, Admiral Scheer was appointed commander of the Will Army High Seas Fleet.He was disappointed to find out.Facing the powerful John's main fleet, there is only one realistic choice before him. Either stay in the port and do nothing, or fight off the Geely main fleet.

Although they had two more Bavarian-class battleships than in history due to the help of the Qing Dynasty, the firepower of all levels has also increased.

But the John Navy, who has been leading the world's navies for hundreds of years, still has so much powerlessness.

Although Scheer is brave and fierce and likes head-to-head battles, he avoids full-scale combat with the stronger John Navy.

He formulated a bold offensive plan: First, a series of hit-and-run assaults were launched along the coast of John with a few battleships and cruisers to induce part of the John's fleet to move forward.

Then, if the situation is favorable to him, the main force of the high seas fleet will be concentrated and annihilated, and then the main force of Geely will be defeated in a decisive battle.In order to achieve this plan, Scheer spent four months sending battlecruisers, submarines and Zeppelin airships to attack John's east coast several times.And implement mine-laying and reconnaissance operations.

At the end of May, John's battlecruiser squadron was lured out by a squadron composed of battlecruisers and cruisers, and his main fleet outflanked the battlecruiser squadron of the John Navy first.

Because he thought that the proud John Navy could not mobilize all the forces to deal with a limited offensive by the Will Army Navy.

I have to say that his plan is perfect. Maybe with his plan and excellent commanding ability, maybe he can really eat this important naval force of John Nation at a very small price, thus rewriting history, but...

At 3 pm on May 30th, John Naval Command.

"Report! Your Excellency Commander! We have intercepted a telegram from the Will Army Navy, and their high seas fleet will leave early tomorrow morning!"

A staff officer hurriedly entered the door and handed a telegram to the hand of Commander John of the Navy, Jack.

"Does the coward of the army of will dare to come out to fight that existing fleet?"

After receiving the telegram, Jerick was a little surprised, but when he passed the information revealed between the telegrams, he was shocked and fell into deep thought.

God is not on the side of the Will Army, just last year the light cruiser "Magdeburg" of the Will Military State Navy struck a mine and grounded in the Gulf of Finland.

Just as the military destroyer of the Willian Army rescued the abandoned officers and soldiers, the Maozi naval ship suddenly appeared and smashed the destroyer of the Willian Army. As a result, the wreckage of the "Magdeburg" could not be completely destroyed.Sands Chinese www.jszw.net

Afterwards, Mao Zi’s diver accidentally found a codebook and semaphore manual of the Will Army Navy in the wreckage of the warship, and provided them to the John Navy, which made it easy to decipher the Will Army Navy’s radio code.

"Give this intercepted telegram to Betty and give him an order that all battlecruisers and cruiser fleets in Port Roses are ready to set off tonight. They just have to check it."

"The main fleet is also ready. Isn't there an old saying that the mantis catches the cicada and the oriole? The Will Army's high seas fleet wants to eat our battlecruiser fleet, so let's be the last hunter!"

After thinking about it, Jerick made a similar plan, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to eat up the Will Force High Seas Fleet in one fell swoop, thereby eliminating the world's second most powerful navy main force.

21:30 Betty led the battlecruiser squadrons (first battlecruiser squadron, second battlecruiser squadron, fifth battlecruiser squadron and first, second, and third cruiser squadrons, first, Nine, tenth, and thirteenth destroyer squadrons) enter the North Sea

In Scarpa Bay, Jerick and the main force of the fleet, the battleship's own fleet, also set off at the same time.These two fleets include all Royal Navy battleships except for "Intrepid" (docked maintenance), "Indo Emperor" (under overhaul), "Queen Elizabeth" and "King Power" and all Royal Navy battleships except for Australia ("Australia"). "The USS has deployed all battlecruisers of the Australian Navy.It is worth noting that the Royal Navy's home fleet departed four and a half hours before the departure of the Will Kingdom High Seas Fleet.[7]

02:00 Hipper led the first reconnaissance squadron composed of battlecruisers and cruisers (the battlecruiser squadron personally commanded by Lieutenant General Hipper, including the flagships "Luzov", "Deflinger", " "Sedlitz", "Mauchi" and "Von-de-Tahn" battlecruisers)

Second Reconnaissance Squadron (commanded by Major General Burdick, including the flagships "Galukfur", "Wiesbaden", "Regensburg", "Glaudenz", "Straalsund" ”, “Strasbourg” light cruiser) and the second, sixth, and ninth destroyer (torpedo boat) squadrons left port.

02:30 Scheer led the main fleet from Wilhelmshaven.

On the battleship "Frederick the Great", Scheer was standing on the side string on the dark sea, thinking of the upcoming battle, his heart was extremely calm.

In his opinion, the Royal Navy has long lost its glory in the past. Except for the scale, the navy's quality is not higher than theirs. In fact, he really wants to unite the Qing Navy and the Royal Navy for a dignified battle.Instead of making this plan.

It’s just that the Qing Dynasty will not participate, and the Royal Navy will also face Gaul, Pasta and Mao’s navy, and dare to fight a decisive battle after maintaining an absolute numerical advantage. A naval battle of this scale is destined to be impossible.

Before the war, there were 101 warships (18 battleships, 5 battlecruisers, 6 pre-dreadnoughts, 11 light cruisers, and 61 torpedo boats) in the military fleet of Willing States, which were divided into two formations, traveling from south to north.

The John State Fleet consists of 157 battleships (30 battleships, 10 battlecruisers, 8 armored cruisers, 26 light cruisers, 78 destroyers, 1 mine-laying boat, etc.), also divided into two formations, sailing from north to south , The two sides move towards each other.

The sudden encounter made everything not as Scheer hoped.

Just as a flash of inspiration in his mind yesterday, the world's largest naval battle so far was opened in his life and death struggle...... ..