"The target has passed through the Kiel Canal, and the Hiper Fleet is about to attack!" An English intelligence officer immediately sent the telegram, and what was unexpected was that after the telegram was sent, he could never send a second telegram! At the same time, the Hiper Fleet did set out, but not from Mande Bay but from Kiel Port! The Hiper Fleet headed north to the Skagerak Strait under the cover of a large number of destroyers, entered the North Sea from Scandinavia and Denmark, and then waited for an opportunity to attack the North Sea blockade between the Shetland Islands and Norway!

"The British expected that we would attack in 18 hours, we would advance a little, 16 hours, and then choose a good battlefield and wait for Betty to come out quietly by the British beach." The prince said.

More than a dozen minesweepers swept out a new passage in the minefield area that had been laid out. In order to prevent British submarines or close-to-reconnaissance destroyers from discovering the prince's fleet prematurely, Ruprecht specifically asked to walk a new passage, and the entire fleet left Mander Bay at 5 a.m. under the guidance of the guide ship.

Three hours after the prince left with his main force, General Von Boer sent a telegram on the battleship Hurgland in the name of the flagship Bavaria! If this telegram is not unexpected, it will be received by the British. Although they cannot determine the content of the telegram, according to the previous "hints" of the Germans, this will mean that the German fleet has officially left the port!

On August 15, 1912, this will surely become a day for the world to remember! The Germans think so, and the British think so too! When the British spies sent the news that the German fleet was about to attack to the British Admiralty on August 14, Churchill, who was already preparing to go home from get off work, immediately returned to his desk and ordered people to forward the information to Jericho and Betty immediately, and at the same time, he also called Fisher, who was on vacation!

"We are about to witness a great battle!" Churchill said excitedly, and did not forget to light a cigar for himself. "Where are our submarines and cruisers? I hope to keep an eye on the Germans when they leave the port!" Churchill asked.

Although the Harrich fleet, which had only light cruisers and destroyers, was forced to converge, a small number of ships would still be arranged to monitor the main routes and also arranged submarines to go. They were the first cordon of the large fleet. In the past, the German fleet had been dispatched 5 times, and the reconnaissance units of the Harrich fleet seemed to have discovered the opponent three times. The success rate was quite high.

Half an hour later, Betty received a telegram forwarded by Churchill on her flagship Lion.

"Order, the fleet is ready to attack at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Although we don't know where the German fleet will attack this time, we just need to go to their east and block the road to Hippel's return! Immediately notify Lieutenant General Geram, I hope his fleet can attack in advance because their speed is relatively slow!" Betty ordered.

"Is this time too early?" an officer thought about it and said. "General Geram's fleet had just completed the suppressive cruise mission against the German fleet with Commander Jericho's large fleet two days ago. He had just rushed back and was carrying out coal replenishment operations. Even if two o'clock in the morning is the departure time, then Lieutenant General Geram's fleet had to set off just after completing coal replenishment, and the staff were working too hard."

The officer looked at Betty's wide eyes and felt a little weak. The latter's face muscles were twitching unnaturally, which was obviously a sign that Betty was about to get angry. But the conscientious officer decided to finish: "The coal-filled warships are very physically consuming work, and if the people about to participate in the battle cannot rest sufficiently, it will naturally have a great impact. After all, the commander issued an order, and the officers and soldiers were really executing."

I have to say that the time the prince chose was very good. The British Fleet had just completed patrol and then returned to the port, 80% of them had to do coal replenishment, because the interval between the last cruise and this one was very short, only three days! During this period, it was unlikely that the large fleet would add coal, and they would add coal together after two cruises. This time, the prince was bet right!

Add coal! The George V battleship is loaded with 3,150 tons of coal! Calculate the amount of coal to be supplemented by two-thirds of the coal, and there are 2,000 tons! What a sour thing this is to transport these coals to the side of the ship and then put them in the coal warehouse. The number of crew members of the George V is only 752! The Iron Duke, who is similar to him, is about 900 people, which means that almost all the warships with few people must be mobilized! After working hard to load thousands of tons of coal, they will go to sea to fight immediately. What a painful thing.

Those who seek profit for a hundred miles fall down, and those who seek profit for a hundred miles fall half of the army arrive! What does this mean? If you walk a hundred miles and then fight, you will probably die. If you walk a hundred miles and fight for a hundred miles, you will probably reach half of the people. This sentence comes from the ancient saying of "Biography of Sun Tzu Wu Qi", the British may not know it, but the truth is understandable! So the British official hopes to delay the departure. After all, if you want to add coal, not only the furnace, but also the gunner!

"If this battle is won, then I will give everyone a long holiday and they will rest casually. But now, no! And you, if I can dismiss you, then from now on, you will no longer be an officer." Betty said viciously. "I will not ask for any reason. In short, the departure time of the fleet cannot be changed! Now you roll down the bridge, I don't want to see you, a coward again!"

At the same time, Lieutenant General Geram also received an order to attack. Faced with such an order that was almost inhumane but had reasons to be executed, Lieutenant General Geram had no choice. "Then add less coal, we must let the soldiers rest for at least 2 hours!" Lieutenant General thought about it and said. He could now imagine what kind of combat effectiveness the officers and soldiers who were tired tonight would have tonight. Especially those tragic sharks, things that often happen when they were exhausted or even exhausted in battle. (It seems that such a thing happened to the Lion in the Battle of Hurgland in history. The sharks are so sad~.)

Just as the Betty fleet was about to make a fire, Jericho also received the order, but at this moment, Jericho's large fleet was also carrying out coal recharge operations. If the Betty fleet now has at least enough coal and fuel to increase, then Jericho is not even able to reserve fuel now. There is no way, because the British Navy's established plan is to let Betty take the lead. Under the blockade of submarines, the British gave priority to supplying battlecruisers formations. Is the large fleet? There is no problem going to sea, but it is hard to say whether they can arrive at the battlefield in time.
Chapter completed!