The Imperial Royal Navy Grand Fleet, which never sets, directly dispatched 21 battleships and 3 battlecruisers.
Among them, the number of super dreadnoughts equipped with a 343 mm main gun caliber reached 15.
It seems that in terms of numbers, the Royal Navy dispatched more fleets than the Germanic Imperial Navy.
But if you talk about strength, I’m afraid it’s different.
The Royal Navy dispatched only one more capital ship than the Germanic Imperial Navy. In the face of such a large fleet, one more battleship will not play much role at all.
Moreover, the Germanic Navy’s super dreadnoughts were only 12. However, they are all super dreadnoughts equipped with 380 mm main guns! These super dreadnoughts of the Imperial Royal Navy, one-on-one, are not at all the opponents of these super dreadnoughts of the GermanIc Imperial Navy.
The Imperial Royal Navy’s super dreadnoughts armed with 381 mm guns, five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and two Prestige-class battlecruisers, were now encircling the Task Force of the Germanic Navy in the Atlantic.
The commander of the Grand Fleet, Admiral John Jellicoe, was even more gloomy and frightening when he learned of the comparison of strengths between the two sides.
If he could, he wanted the main force of the Grand Fleet to stay in Scapa Bay and not enter the North Sea. Otherwise, if the Germanic Imperial Navy seized the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with them.
Perhaps, the Imperial Royal Navy Grand Fleet will suffer a crushing defeat and will lose a large number of warships.
This is a fatal blow to the Imperial Royal Navy that never sets.
However, as the cornerstone of the Empire where the sun never sets, the Royal Navy naturally could not watch the Germanic Imperial Navy go straight to the mouth of the Thames River.
If the Germanic Imperial Navy had entered the mouth of the Thames and shelled the fog, it would have caused a huge shock to the entire Empire. And the Royal Navy will become a disgrace.
“Send a telegram to the Naval Command and the Admiralty that we need reinforcements and need more capital ships. Otherwise, we will not be able to suppress the Germans! If the Germans had seized the opportunity, we might have suffered a crushing defeat! Admiral John Jellicoe ordered.
“Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!” The communications officer immediately went to the telegram.
When Marshal William May and Admiral Hedworthmux received the telegram, they also knew that the situation was urgent and immediately gave orders to the fleet operating in the Atlantic.
They directly demanded that five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, two Prestige-class battleships, Tiger battlecruisers, three Lion-class battlecruisers and three Indefatigable class battlecruisers return immediately to reinforce the Grand Fleet.
Once these five battleships and nine battlecruisers returned, the Imperial Navy would have a greater advantage in the number of capital ships. Even if it is not as good as the Germanic Imperial Navy in terms of the caliber of the main gun. However, with the numerical superiority of the capital ships, they were able to erase the disadvantage in terms of the caliber of the main guns.
Suddenly, the fleets of the Royal Navy, which were on a mission in the Atlantic Ocean, began to turn around and return.
Although, they were anxious to wipe out the Germanic Naval Task Force. However, they must not risk attacks on their own soil. Otherwise, once the homeland is attacked, the Sun Never Set Empire will pay a greater price.
“Your Excellency, General, have we retreated like this?” This must have been a Germanic conspiracy. If we withdraw, the Germanic fleet will take the opportunity to sneak into the North Sea and return to the Germanic Empire itself! “An officer was furious.
His brother, who served on the battlecruiser Invincible, was already determined to have been killed.
“Even if we knew it was a Germanic conspiracy, we would have no choice. We have used too many fleets to encircle the Germans. So much so that the Great Fleet was too weak to deter the Germans. Even if the Germans had taken the opportunity to fight us, the Grand Fleet would have no chance of winning at all. We cannot afford to risk a crushing defeat and continue to chase the two Germanic battlecruisers. Rear Admiral Roger, commander of the Royal Navy’s 2nd Battlecruiser Detachment, sighed.
“Besides, the other battleship detachments and battlecruiser detachments have all retreated, and we are the only ones left. If we encounter the Germans, we are afraid that we will not be their opponents at all, and we will follow in the footsteps of the 1st Battlecruiser Detachment. Major General Roger continued.
The rest of the officers nodded their heads.
If only they were left, they would not be rivals to the Germanic Imperial Naval Task Force at all.
Once the two sides go to war, their end will definitely not be much better than the Royal Navy’s 1st Battlecruiser Detachment. It is estimated that they will also be completely eliminated within an hour.
They did want to destroy the task force of the Germanic Navy and avenge the 1st Battlecruiser detachment. However, they definitely don’t want to put themselves in it.
After the main fleet of the Imperial Navy returned to the rescue and was fully attracted by the Germanic Imperial Navy’s High Seas Fleet, the Germanic Imperial Navy Task Force successfully rushed into the North Sea.
Although, the movement of the Germanic Imperial Naval Task Force was discovered by the Imperial Navy.
However, with all the capital ships returning, the rest of the small and medium-sized warships had no ability to block the task force of the Germanic Imperial Navy!
If it is hard, it is a self-defeating way.
Under such circumstances, they could only watch as the Germanic naval task force entered the North Sea and then entered the Baltic Sea through the Skagrak Strait, which was simply unstoppable.
Soon, the Germanic Navy’s High Seas Fleet received news that the task force had returned.
The commander of the High Seas Fleet, Prince Heinrich, gave the order for the fleet to turn around and return.
The purpose of the Germanic Imperial Navy had been achieved, and naturally there was no need for the Imperial Royal Navy to die at this time.
The Germanic Imperial Navy’s ‘Mackensen-class’ battlecruisers and Brunswick-class battleships, as well as the Germanic-class battleships, are under construction. There is no need to fight a decisive battle with the Imperial Royal Navy at this time.
After the subsequent capital ships continued to serve, the Germanic Imperial Navy’s chances of winning would be greater. Perhaps only then will it be possible to win this vital naval battle at a smaller cost.

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