During the Second Battle of Flanders, the 2nd Detective Fleet of the German Navy Reconnaissance Fleet, which had the core forces of the "Defringer" and "Blüchel", was led by Rear Admiral Kentup. The naval commander was of the same age and qualifications as Hippel, and his military capabilities were also very outstanding. The difference was that Hippel was brave and aggressive, and Kentup was brave and good at decisive, but his command style was more cautious. The flagship of the Jutland Naval Battle, Kentup served as deputy commander of the reconnaissance fleet. If Hippel on Seidlitz lost his command ability for some reason, the reconnaissance fleet would be fully controlled by Kentup.

Returning to the Flanders waters, Kentup naturally did not want to repeat the mistakes of the "Regent of Louis Porter". He fully utilized the navy's aviation power and continuously sent water reconnaissance aircraft to carry out combat reconnaissance. At his request, the "De Flinger" was equipped with an additional Juncker 3-C carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft. The "Stralsund" with catapult device also carried a Juncker 3-C at the stern. Only the "Bluchel" was unable to accommodate catapults and carrier-based aircraft because the superstructure was too compact.

With the information obtained from aerial reconnaissance, Kentup had grasped the strength and trends of the British light fleet in front of him early. He expected that the other party would attack his fleet, so he made combat deployment in advance, allowing the two battle cruisers and the light cruiser "Stralsund" to advance some of the ammunition of the small and medium-caliber artillery from the ammunition depot to the waiting position next to the artillery position, thus ensuring the firing speed of the battle patrol secondary artillery and the light patrol primary and secondary artillery during the battle, and refueling the water reconnaissance aircraft in advance, so that the entire battle process can be at any time.

At least one reconnaissance aircraft performed calibration and alert missions in the air. However, Kentup did not guess that the opponent would use smoke screen to cover in this novel way. The artificial smoke not only affected the observation and aiming of German warships, but also made the reconnaissance pilots unable to perform accurate calibration. Otherwise, with the good vision and calm sea conditions at this time, without being disturbed by large enemy ships, the fierce artillery fire of the two German war patrols could make this British light fleet defeated. How could they allow them to rush under their noses so smoothly?

At this point, Kentap did not dare to be careless and underestimate the enemy. He ordered the two former main guns of the battle patrol to turn to the enemy ships on the port side, and the main guns in the rear continued to shoot at the starboard targets. The six large torpedo boats accompanied were divided into two, three V-headed cover the right wing of the fleet, and three G-headed protect the left wing of the fleet.

Due to the foreseeable intensity of the battle, all German warships were equipped with ammunition according to their designed capacity, and the types of ammunition were clearly divided. The quota of ammunition for each main gun "De Fringer" and "Blucher" was 96 rounds, half of which were armor-piercing bombs, and there were 12 ordinary rounds and 36 rounds of shrapnel. Considering that the special structure of shrapnel would cause additional burning damage to the barrel, this proportion was extremely high, which also allowed Kentap to continue to use shrapnel to destroy his opponents without any scruples.

After a long period of danger, the British Navy's "Arab Antelope" destroyer was finally at its end. A 150mm caliber shell penetrated the ship's wall and drilled into the boiler room. It stopped quickly and was paralyzed on the sea. At this time, the 800-ton hull had almost become a hornet's nest, and the deck was full of incomplete corpses. The severely damaged boiler was impossible to repair. The fire caused by the fuel leakage was spreading inside the ship. It was difficult for friendly ships to tow it away under the brutal artillery fire of the German fleet. The surviving crew had to abandon the ship. They began to drop the motorboat and rubber rafts, and the wounded left the ship first. At this moment, a hail-like shotgun attacked, and the sailors concentrated on the side of the side were killed and injured in an instant.

Two minutes later, the Oak's doom came immediately. The double-equipped secondary gun on the starboard side of the DeFringer locked it at the same time. The water columns of 150mm and 88mm shells were tightly wrapped around the thin British destroyer, and then several shots hit it in succession. Suddenly, it experienced a coherent, violent explosion from behind, dense black smoke and explosion flashed completely submerged the warship, and all kinds of things were blown to high altitude. The remains of the hull quickly sank, and floating objects were scattered on the sea surface, but there was no survivor struggling to survive.

The successive deaths of the "Arabian antelope" and "Oak Tree" did not deter the British officers and soldiers from the battle. The remaining ships rushed out of the smoke screen like arrows. The Bobcat took the lead. It rushed to a distance of about 1,000 meters and fired two torpedoes first, and then immediately turned right.

With the maneuverability of German fast ships, projecting torpedoes from this distance cannot guarantee a hit, but the "Boncat" move is obviously not a hasty battle, but a strategic attack. A considerable part of the German fleet had to turn to the torpedo tracks that appeared on the sea, alerting the officers and soldiers in the observation position to quickly calculate the appropriate evasion route. Two huge battle cruisers began to turn the rudder first, and the accuracy of the naval gun relies heavily on a stable shooting platform. When the warship is in a fast steering state, the gunners have to re-aim and estimate the advance amount of shooting positioning based on the non-linear movement of the ship. The difficulty can be imagined.

After the "Boncat", the remaining six British ships of the "Linxian" team entered the final sprint fearlessly. They ignored the dense shotgun firepower of the German fleet, and dexterously avoided the multiple torpedoes launched by the large German torpedo boats first, and rushed straight to a position six or seven hundred meters away from the German fleet to shoot torpedoes at close range. 18 terrible 533mm torpedoes rushed towards the German ship...

The German pilot who happened to fly through this sea area described in the report that the sea surface seemed to be a group of skiers passing through the fields behind the snow, and could clearly see roughly parallel and varying distances. My observer and I were shocked and thought our fleet would be hit by a fatal blow, but we were surprised to see that all German warships, including "De Fringer" and "Blücher", were turning at full speed, and they were very fast and as quick as a group of pikes.

I believe that their flexibility is enough to avoid the torpedoes fired by the British. Most of the torpedoes ended up empty, but one hit the back of the port side of the DeFringer, and another hit a large 1911-grade torpedo boat. The torpedo that hit the DeFringer exploded on the spot, and the torpedo that hit the torpedo boat turned out to be a stinky bomb. After the explosion, we saw that DeFringer was safe and sound, and it was still shooting out densely.

The gunfire, but the alarm has not been lifted yet, and another group of British warships have rushed to the vicinity. At a distance of only 500 meters, they fired about 20 torpedoes. The German warship twisted their bodies like dancing and avoided one torpedo after another, and the process was much more exciting and thrilling than dancing. This time, "Deflinger" was not beaten again, and a torpedo boat stepped forward to block the torpedo for it. The violent explosion made the brave frigate sink in less than a minute.

Fortunately, many crew members dived and escaped, and were soon rescued by our own warships. Another torpedo boat made the same brave move to protect the Blüchel. It had better luck. The torpedo only exploded the bow of its ship, and it could also withdraw from the battle under the tow of its companions. The British ships that were stranded on the battlefield due to failure were not so good. Our warships solved them in just a few seconds like rats caught by rats.

As the German pilot observed, the Defringer, which was hit by the torpedo, was safe and sound. It was not that the British Navy's new torpedo was not powerful enough or had technical hidden dangers. The problem lies in the torpedo depth of the torpedo. Because it was necessary to deal with the enemy's large torpedo boats, when the Harrich fleet attacked, the torpedoes of the destroyer were set at a depth of 2 meters, while the Defringer's waterline was still a key protection area, and it was about 11 UK.

The huge power of the torpedo tore a crack on the armor belt, penetrated through the lightning protection compartment and fuel compartment, causing some fuel loss. The slight leakage of the hull was quickly controlled, and only some overly precise optical equipment was damaged due to the violent vibration of the explosion. Its speed did not decrease, and there was no fire on the ship, like a terrible rhino. The attacker tried his best, but it remained indifferent.

After this torpedo attack that had basically not been achieved, Brigadier General Tyrit made up his mind to escape from the battle. He led the remaining ships to hide in the smoke that had formed earlier and retreated at full speed in the direction of Harrich Port, but at this moment, the lookout on the mast reported that another German fleet of similar size was found on the southern sea.

Brigadier General Tyrit knew that the British Navy's guard fleet and armored cruiser had fired with a German fleet led by two Moltch-class battle patrols, but he was not sure if this was the German fleet, so he sent an order to the "Bold": "Prepare combat reconnaissance south...if possible."

In the battle to attack the German fleet, the ships led by the "Bold" were not in full swing. Only two destroyers withdrew from the battle due to injuries. The remaining ships still had the opportunity to reload the torpedoes and launch another attack. However, seeing that the "Lin Xian" team was powerless, Colonel Hawklis, who was in charge of the "Bold" commanding the battle, also knew that there was no hope of a strong attack and decisively led five destroyers to sail south.

At this time, the German fleet that appeared in the south was indeed the 1st Detachment of the German Navy Reconnaissance Fleet commanded by Lieutenant General Hippel himself. However, according to the arrangement before the war, he ordered the sailors to simply disguise the two Moltch-class battlecruisers, covering the muzzle of the middle barrel of the triple turret with gray canvas, and attacking the British light ships that came to reconnaissance only fired with the main guns on both sides. From a distance, it looked like a warship equipped with four double turrets, creating the illusion that the "Sedlitz" returned to the battle sequence.
Chapter completed!