Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

In later generations, the main British naval bases were Portsmouth Base, Plymouth Base and Faslane Naval Base. Among them, Portsmouth Base, the most important, held 60% of Britain's surface ships.

But before World War II, the largest port of the British Navy was the Scapa Flow Naval Base in Orkney, which was also the anchorage of the Royal Navy's main fleet in the British Isles. There are more than 10 large warships moored in the port, including aircraft carriers, battleships and cruisers.

Judging from the map, if the German navy wants to go out of the Atlantic Ocean, it must either pass through the English Channel or the North Sea. During the war, it was impossible to pass through the English Channel, so the only way was to take the North Sea.

Therefore, the competition for the North Sea is the most important naval strategy of Germany and Britain in this era. The British Scapa Flow Naval Base is a five-fingered mountain above the German Navy.

Germany, whose maritime power was weak in time and space, decided to make a desperate move and launch a top-secret sneak attack on the British Navy, which had the world's most powerful maritime power.

However, frequent reconnaissance by the German army caused the British army to be highly vigilant. In order to prevent accidents, the British army immediately ordered the transfer of most warships in the harbor. When U-47 slipped into Scapa Flow, he was surprised to find that the huge harbor was almost empty, with only one battleship and a seaplane carrier moored.

This attack was carried out several months in advance, and the British army had not had time to move the warships in the port. Dozens of warships were parked quietly.

At 4:50, all members of the third wave of operations returned.

Prien excitedly gave the order to return. "Triumph! Brothers, when we go back we will be the heroes of the empire!"

"Triumph!" Everyone shouted at the top of their lungs, their faces full of excitement.

The submarine slowly turned around and headed in the direction it came from.

It was already past six in the morning when they sailed out of Cork Channel.

The early morning sun shines on Scapa Flow Naval Base. As the wake-up call sounded, the sailors on each warship got up step by step, did morning exercises, washed up, and had meals; the atmosphere was lively and fulfilling.

"It's been going on for a few days and it's killing me." In the mess hall of a battleship, a sailor complained while eating breakfast. Although the ship docked, the sailors were not allowed to go ashore and have been staying on the ship for the past few days. So there are not many people like him who are full of complaints.

"It's not because of those Germans. I heard that the German warships are about to move recently, and the superiors want to find an opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop." There are such well-informed people everywhere. "So we just have to stay on standby."

Another soldier scoffed. "Those idiots really have nothing to do. They are fighting their own battles, so why should we join in the fight?" The "idiots" in his mouth obviously did not refer to the Germans anymore, but to those high-ranking politicians in the British Empire. "They are talking so high and mighty that we, the little soldiers, are going to die in battle. It's nothing! I think the German Crown Prince is right. These guys are eager to start a war..."

Before he finished speaking, the soldier sitting next to him hurriedly nudged him with his elbow. "Shut up. If Lieutenant John hears what you said, you will be detained."

The soldier just now curled his lips in disdain. "Is he the only one who died in his family? My father also fell on the Somme River." In fact, he also knew that Lieutenant John was much worse than him. During the Battle of Jutland, Lieutenant John's grandfather, father, and uncle died very unfortunately. The same battleship was sunk by the Germans; so Lieutenant John had a pathological hatred of the Germans. "I'm surprised that he hates the Germans so much; why doesn't he blame Betty for ruining a good hand?"

In January 1916, Admiral Scheer, who became commander of the German Ocean Fleet, decided to take a preemptive strike and challenge Britain's maritime hegemony. He ordered Admiral Hipper to lead 5 battlecruisers, 5 light cruisers and 30 destroyers to form a battle feint fleet as bait to lure the British fleet out of port to pursue them.

The main force of the Ocean Fleet, led by Scheer himself, is hidden 50 nautical miles behind the feint fleet, ready to gather and annihilate the enemy who takes the bait at any time.

Little did the smug Scheer know that the British Navy had already deciphered the German telegram code and accurately grasped all the whereabouts of the German army. Admiral Jellicoe, the commander of the British main fleet, worked out a plan that was "exactly the same" as that of the German Navy overnight: Vice Admiral Beatty led 4 battleships, 6 battlecruisers, 14 light cruisers and 27 destroyers. The vanguard fleet first pursued and killed the incoming Hipper fleet, and when the German Ocean Fleet led by Scheer came to encircle and annihilate it, it feigned defeat to lure the enemy.

The main fleet, led by Jellicoe himself, subsequently followed up, forming an encirclement of the German Ocean Fleet and annihilating it.

At 14:00 on May 31, the British vanguard fleet, led by Betty, arrived at the scheduled sea area to rendezvous with the main fleet. However, at this time, the light cruiser "Gatilla" in Betty's fleet discovered the light cruiser "Elpin" in Hipper's fleet. Almost at the same time, the "Elpin" also discovered the other party. The two fleets sounded the battle alarm at the same time, the deck was in a hurry, and the muzzles of the guns glared at each other. When these two vanguard fleets met, the number of battleships was 10:5, and the British had an absolute advantage. Due to the huge disparity in strength, the German fleet did not dare to fight. Hipper turned southeast and ran towards the main force of the Ocean Fleet according to the planned plan.

Seeing that the fat on his lips was about to slip away, Betty had long forgotten the scheduled mission. He neither further investigated the enemy situation in the surrounding sea areas nor reported to Jellico in time, but hurriedly issued an order: "Adjust Heading, pursue at full speed!”

Because they were too far apart, Betty's four battleships were unable to recognize the flagship's flag. By the time they received the order, the powerful but slower battleships were ten miles astern of the battlecruisers.

Betty, who was eager to fight, no longer cared about many things and led 6 battlecruisers to chase the enemy.

This was called a "fatal mistake" by British historians after the war, causing the British fleet to suffer a huge loss.

Since the German ships adopted an advanced ship-wide unified azimuth firing command system, the hit rate of the artillery was much higher than that of the British ships. In addition, the power of the German armor-piercing projectiles was also superior to that of the British. Although the strength ratio was 6:5, the British had no There are advantages to speak of.

After just a few dozen minutes of running battle, 2 of the battlecruisers that the British army was proud of were sunk and 1 was damaged.

Among them, the 70,000-ton "Queen Mary" was broken in half and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea. Only 9 of the 1,275 crew members on board survived.

Unfortunately, Lieutenant John's relatives served on that "Queen Mary".

This was called a "fatal mistake" by British historians after the war, causing the British fleet to suffer a huge loss.

"How can I still be promoted to marshal after killing so many soldiers? If it were for me, I would have to fight Betty. I think he is a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong."

Suddenly there was a loud "boom", and before the British sailor could finish complaining, an explosion that almost tore his eardrums penetrated his head. He felt the floor beneath his feet shake violently, and before he could find something to hold on to, he fell unsteadily and fell to the ground.

"What's going on?!" There were more than one or two people as embarrassed as him. Everyone looked around in horror and saw the dishes on the dining table slowly sliding to the side.

Everyone was shocked and speechless. The ship was tilting? !

"Enemy attack!" I don't know who it was, let out a shrill scream.