At 14:30 on the afternoon of March 3, 1907, the entire naval battle had transformed from the first confrontation to a mobile cruise at sea. When the British Fifth Battleship Squadron rose up to pursue the German Hipper Squadron, the German High Seas Fleet
and the British Home Fleet are massing towards the Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group in the Far East.
But after such news was delivered to the aircraft carrier Liaoning, the flagship of the Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group, the Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Navy Liu Qinghui was a little confused, because he could not tell clearly what the British and German main fleets wanted to do.
Originally, according to Li Ningyu's battle plan, the Far East Navy began a full-scale attack after the Battle of Jutland. This situation was not expected by Li Ningyu and Liu Qinghui. It was already a bit late to ask for instructions at this time, so Liu Qinghui immediately ordered that the entire Far East
The Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group of the Navy immediately changed its course and sailed directly towards the flank of the German High Seas Fleet.
After all, the German High Seas Fleet will not take the initiative to launch an attack on the Far East Navy, but the British Fleet is not sure.
Therefore, under the leadership of the two light cruisers Yilan and Mulan, the Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group directly began a large-scale high-speed maneuver, and the speed of the entire fleet reached an average high speed of 22 knots.
However, the Galatea, the leading cruiser of the British Home Fleet, had also discovered the Far East Navy at this time. However, after the lookout clearly saw the flag of the Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group, he immediately informed the British fleet that the other party was the Far East Navy.
Commander.
At this moment, the battleship HMS Iron Duke of the fifth battleship division of the British Navy had caught up with the fleeing German Hipper squadron. The British battleship HMS Iron Duke took the lead in firing. After several rapid fires, the German cruiser Einstein fired.
The Erping was hit on the bridge by a 150mm shell, but fortunately the shell did not explode. After the German Hipper squadron arrived in the original planned sea area, it did not find other ships of the German High Seas Fleet.
So German Admiral Hipper immediately ordered the squadron to start fighting back against the Fifth Squadron of the British Home Fleet.
From then on, the Battle of Jutland officially began, and Betty, who led the British Home Fleet, after receiving the lookout's report and the news from the Fifth Squadron, ordered all battlecruisers to turn around immediately and speed up the battleships to
Top speed of 24 knots.
Just after the British Home Fleet Commander Betty reported the news of the discovery of the Far East Navy Fleet in the Jutland Sea back to the British Admiralty, the large forces of the German High Seas Fleet had also discovered each other, so the British Home Fleet's battlecruiser fleet was
Sea Lion led five Lion-class battlecruisers, Princess Royal, Queen Mary, Tiger, New Zealand, and Ireland, for a total of six battleships to attack the German High Seas Fleet.
The British Lion-class battlecruiser is based on the Orion-class battleship and is designed with some of the protective armor reduced. The Lion-class has a full load displacement of 29,680 tons, a length of 700 meters, and a width of 88 (feet). Its main power is: 8 steam turbines
, using 4 axes, the maximum speed can reach 27 knots, but the crew is less than 1,000 people, the armament system: 4 double-mounted 45 times the caliber 13.5-inch main gun, 16 single-mounted 50 times the caliber 4-inch auxiliary
gun, and 2 underwater torpedo tubes.
This class of battleships of the British Navy can be said to focus on firepower and high speed, so it is also the first battleship squadron of the British Home Fleet. It is also the main battleship of the British Navy, because other classes of battleships in the same period have a maximum maneuvering speed of only 22
Festival or so.
After arranging for the First Battleship Squadron to move forward, the 234th Squadron led by Beatty followed up. However, due to the loss of the Fifth Battleship Squadron, the original strategy of using battleships to surround the German High Seas Fleet could only be used with the 7th British Home Fleet.
The light cruiser formation is completed, but how can a light cruiser with a firepower system that cannot compare with that of a battleship complete such an arduous task?
At the same time, the entire Battle of Jutland has begun to be divided into two battlefields. On one side is the fierce battle between the British Fifth Battleship Squadron and the German Hipper Squadron in the southwest waters, and on the other side is the remaining main fleet of the British Home Fleet and the German fleet.
Battle of the High Seas Fleet.
However, after discovering that its firepower and maneuverability were significantly weaker than those of the British Fifth Battleship Squadron, the German Hipper Squadron launched a counterattack and moved in the direction of the main force of the German High Seas Fleet, while the British Fifth Battleship Squadron was also happy to stay behind.
Reluctant to chase.
Therefore, the German Hipper Squadron, led by the battlecruiser Lützow, followed by Derfflinger, Seydlitz, and Moltke in turn. After the battle between the two sides, Liu Qinghui, Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Navy, immediately ordered the Far East
The navy retreated 35 kilometers in order to give the British and German navies an open sea area for fighting.
This creates a strange scene. A large maritime formation is anchored in the northeast corner, while two small fleets in the southwest sea are chasing. However, the main battlefield is still in the eastern sea, because the main fleets of Britain and Germany are here.
Rush.
After the naval duel between the German Hipper Squadron and the British Fifth Battleship Squadron began, the initial battlefield situation could be said to be very favorable to the German Hipper Squadron, because the German fleet not only had its back to the sun, but was also surrounded by a
A layer of mist was shrouded, which caused the soot and muzzle smoke blowing in the wind to mix together, greatly reducing the shooting visibility of the British Fifth Battleship Squadron.
At the same time, the Fifth Battleship Squadron of the British Navy's Home Fleet also made a mistake in the distribution of firepower. As a result, the British Lion and the Royal Princess battleships fired at the same target, causing the weakest heavy cruiser to be destroyed.
A large battleship sent by Pell Squadron started a duel.
The most terrible thing is that the Fifth Battleship Squadron of the British Navy's Home Fleet, despite having a 6 to 5 numerical advantage against the German Hipper Squadron, took the initiative to attack the powerful German Hipper Squadron.
The Derfflinger turned a blind eye, which ultimately allowed the ship to calmly mobilize its 12-inch heavy-caliber guns to shoot at the weaker British warships.
At 14:50 on the afternoon of March 3, 1907, the German High Seas Fleet battleships Kaiser Wilhelm and Lützow concentrated their firepower and hit the battlecruiser Lion of the British Home Fleet. At the same time, the German High Seas Fleet Moltke also successfully hit the British Tiger.
The battleship HMS Princess Royal hit the German Lützow once.
As the Tiger of the Fifth Battleship Squadron of the British Home Fleet began to counterattack, however, after three ship-wide salvos, all the shells missed 2,000 meters away, and finally landed on the flank of the German Hipper Squadron, where Regan was on guard.
In the waters near the light cruiser USS Fort, this not only puzzled the captain.
Because a mere light cruiser responsible for security missions received such kindness from the British Navy, Liu Qinghui, the commander-in-chief of the Far East Navy who received the report, also opened his mouth. Finally, he sighed silently: "It seems that this naval battle will last for a while.
Britain and Germany! The two major European maritime powers turned out to be two idiots who only knew how to build large warships!"
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