Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

The Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Empire did not set, and 21 battleships and 3 battle cruisers were directly dispatched.

Among them, the number of superdreadnoughts armed with 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 we talk about strength, I’m afraid it’s different.

The Royal Navy dispatched only one more capital ship than the Germanic Imperial Navy. In front of a huge fleet of this size, one more warship will not play much role at all.

Moreover, the super dreadnoughts of the Germanic Imperial Navy were only 12. However, they are all super dreadnoughts armed with 380mm guns! These super dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets, one-on-one, are not the opponents of these super dreadnoughts of the Germanic Imperial Navy at all.

The Royal Navy’s 381mm gun-equipped super dreadnoughts, five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and two Prestige-class battlecruisers, are now encircling the task force of the Germanic Imperial Navy in the Atlantic.

Admiral John Jellicoe, commander of the Grand Fleet, after learning the comparison of the strength of the two sides, his face was even more gloomy and scary.

If he could, he hoped that the main force of the Grand Fleet would stay in Scapa Bay and not enter the North Sea. Otherwise, once the Germanic Imperial Navy seized the opportunity, it would take the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with them.

Perhaps, the Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Empire will suffer a crushing defeat and will lose a large number of warships.

This is a fatal blow to the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets.

However, as the cornerstone of the empire that never sets, the Royal Navy naturally cannot watch the Germanic Imperial Navy go straight to the mouth of the Thames.

If the Germanic Imperial Navy enters the mouth of the Thames River and shells the fog, it will cause a huge shock to the entire Empire that never sets. And the Royal Navy, it will become a shame.

“Telegram to the command of the Navy and the Department of the Admiralty, we need reinforcements, more capital ships. Otherwise, we would not be able to suppress the Germans! If the Germans seize the opportunity, we may even suffer a crushing defeat! Admiral John Jellicho ordered.

“Yes, Your Excellency Commander!” The communications officer immediately went to telegraph.

After receiving the telegram, Marshal William May and Admiral Hedworth Moox, also aware of the urgency of the situation, 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 immediately return to reinforce the Grand Fleet.

Once these five battleships and nine battle cruisers return, the Royal Navy of the Empire will have a greater advantage in the number of capital ships. Even inferior to the Germanic Imperial Navy in the caliber of the main guns. However, with the numerical superiority of the capital ships, they were enough to smooth out the disadvantage in the caliber of the main guns.

For a time, the fleets of the Royal Navy, which were carrying out tasks in the Atlantic, began to turn around and return.

Although, they were eager to wipe out the task force of the Germanic Imperial Navy. But they must not risk an attack on their home country to do so. Otherwise, once the homeland is attacked, the Sun Never Sets Empire will pay a greater price.

“Your Excellency General, are we retreating like this? This is certainly 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 confirmed to be killed.

“Even if we know that this is a conspiracy of the Germans, there is nothing we can do. We used too many fleets to encircle the Germans. So that the strength of the Grand Fleet was empty and could not deter the Germans. Moreover, if the Germans took the opportunity to fight us decisively, the Grand Fleet would have no chance of victory. We could not risk a crushing defeat and continue to chase the two battle cruisers of the Germans. Rear Admiral Roger, commander of the Royal Navy’s 2nd Battle Cruiser Detachment, sighed.

“Besides, the other battleship detachments and battle cruiser detachments have already retreated, and only we remain. If we run into the Germans, I am afraid that we will not be their opponents at all, and we will follow in the footsteps of the 1st battle cruiser detachment. Major General Roger continued.

The rest of the officers nodded repeatedly.

If only they remained, they would not be opponents of the task force of the German Imperial Navy at all.

Once the two sides went to war, they would definitely not end much better than the Royal Navy’s 1st Battle Cruiser Detachment. It is estimated that it will also be wiped out within an hour.

They did want to eliminate the task force of the Germanic Imperial Navy and avenge the 1st Battle Cruiser Detachment. However, they definitely don’t want to put themselves in it.

After the main fleet of the Imperial Navy returned to the aid and was attracted by the high seas fleet of the Germanic Imperial Navy, the task force of the Germanic Imperial Navy smoothly rushed into the North Sea.

Although, the movements of the task force of the Germanic Imperial Navy were discovered by the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets.

However, with all the capital ships already returning, the rest of the small and medium-sized warships simply did not have the ability to block the task force of the German Imperial Navy!

If it is hard, it is a way to die.

Under such circumstances, they could only watch the Germanic Imperial Navy task force enter the North Sea and then enter the Baltic Sea through the Skagerrak Strait, which could not be stopped at all.

Soon, the High Seas Fleet of the German Imperial Navy received the 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 has been achieved, and naturally there is no need to die in the Imperial Royal Navy at this time.

The Markensen-class battlecruisers and Brunswick-class battleships of the Germanic Imperial Navy, as well as the Germanic battleships, are under construction. There is no need to fight a decisive battle with the Imperial Royal Navy at this time.

When the subsequent capital ships continue to serve, the Germanic Imperial Navy will have a better chance of winning. Perhaps this crucial naval battle can be won at a smaller cost.