Chapter 2191 The British Grand Fleet Is Ready to Go 1

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While the Germans were preparing for the final battle, the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet was also making final preparations before the decisive battle. When the last Queen Elizabeth-class battleship completed preparations and slid into the sea from the dry dock, the British Grand Fleet The war preparations are finally completed!

On the afternoon of that day, Vice Admiral Duff sent the organization list of the entire Grand Fleet to the Commander of the Grand Fleet, Admiral Jericho. From this list, it can be seen that despite repeated heavy losses, the Grand Fleet The overall combat effectiveness is still terrifying!

The first is the fast fleet commanded by General Thomas. This fleet has a total of 7 capital ships, including 6 Queen Elizabeth class battleships, namely Queen Elizabeth, Malaya, Warspite, Warrior, Duke of York and Prince of Wales. HMS Tiger, and HMS Tiger, the only remaining British super-dreadnought battlecruiser!

This fast fleet is equipped with 2 light cruiser detachments. However, at this time, the number of British light cruisers is no longer enough, so there are only 6 ships. In terms of organization, it is actually a semi-light cruiser detachment, which is similar to the previous Betty in Dogger. The situation with three standard light cruiser detachments assigned to the Battle of the Sand Bank is completely different! And the subordinate destroyer force does not have a light cruiser as a leader!

In addition to this fast fleet, Jericho's large fleet also has a fast fleet. This fleet has 4 capital ships, three of which are obsolete first-generation battlecruisers, namely Invincible, Indomitable, and Indomitable. Tired number. To be honest, the fundamental reason why these three battlecruisers have been able to survive from many battles until now is not how good they are at fighting, but better luck, or that the Germans have focused all their attention on the Super Dreadnought? Even though it has been equipped with new armor-piercing bullets and the fire protection and protection have been optimized to a certain extent, the design has lagged behind after all. No matter how hard it is strengthened, once it is on the battle line, it will always feel like giving away someone's life!

And according to the British assessment, even if these old battlecruisers are equipped with new armor-piercing bombs, they still pose little threat to German battleships. This is the British battle report after analyzing the battle between Thomas Fleet and German pre-dreadnoughts in the strait. the conclusion drawn later. Considering that the Grand Fleet itself needed an independent reconnaissance detachment anyway, this fleet was not integrated into the Thomas Fleet, but directly under General Jericho. (Historically, in the Battle of Jutland, Rear Admiral Hood’s battlecruisers were also subordinate to the Grand Fleet.)

As for the last battleship of the Grand Fleet Reconnaissance Team, it is a bit strange, because this battleship is none other than the latest and most elite battleship in the British Navy-the Furious fast battleship. This battleship can be regarded as the Queen Elizabeth class An improved version of the battleship. Just completed service 1 week ago! Originally, this battleship was going to be assigned to the Thomas Fleet, but Thomas refused for some reason. The reason was very simple. First of all, this battleship had just been commissioned and had not cooperated with other battleships of the Thomas Fleet, so it might cause problems in the command. In other words, Thomas did not trust these newcomers. At the same time, Thomas also believed that one more fast battleship was of limited significance.

According to Thomas, if his fast fleet faces Hipper's battlecruisers, then 7 versus 4 will definitely be enough. But if the opponent is enhanced, such as pulling in a battleship squadron, then Thomas would be best The best measure is to delay time and wait for the large fleet to come on stage instead of fighting to the death.

Of course, this reason is a bit far-fetched. If we look at its origin, it is nothing more than two points. The first is the lack of trust in the combat effectiveness of the new ship, and the other is to leave a reasonably usable warship for Rear Admiral Hood. There is no way, although no one says it directly, everyone knows,

Even if Rear Admiral Hood's fleet joins the large fleet on the battle line to deal with the Germans, the estimated survival time can only be calculated in minutes! too weak! It’s too easy to be killed instantly!

In addition to fast battleships and battlecruisers, the British Grand Fleet still has 4 Revenge-class battleships and 10 first-generation super-dreadnought battleships equipped with 13.5-inch guns. and 7 dreadnoughts. This adds up to only 21 battleships, and the British Navy organized these battleship squadrons into 2 battleship squadrons, with 5 battleship squadrons under their jurisdiction.

The First Battleship Squadron is composed of four Revenge-class battleships, namely the flagship Revenge, Resolution, Sovereign and Royal Oak. The commander is Vice Admiral Burney.

The Second Battleship Squadron is composed of five super-dreadnought battleships, including Jericho's flagship Iron Duke, and its battleships are the fleet's flagship Iron Duke, Benbow, Marlborough and Emperor of India, as well as George The direct commander of the V-class battleship Audacity is Vice Admiral Duff.

The Third Battleship Squadron is under the command of Vice Admiral Sturdy and has four Orion-class super-dreadnoughts, namely Orion, Monarch, Thor and Conqueror.

These three battleship squadrons formed the core force of the main fleet of the Grand Fleet, collectively known as the First Battleship Squadron, and were directly commanded by Jericho. In addition to these super-dreadnoughts, the British fleet still has one super-dreadnought and seven dreadnoughts. These battleships form the Second Battleship Squadron, commanded by Lieutenant General Jerram, which has two fourth and fifth battleships. Battleship squadron.

The commander of the 4th Battleship Squadron is Vice Admiral Gaunt, and the flagship is the King George V super-dreadnought. The remaining three battleships were Boronophon, Magnificent and Reckless. Originally, Rear Admiral Gaunt was not qualified to command a battleship squadron, but because of his outstanding performance in the Strait of Dover, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and could command a battleship squadron.

The commander of the Fifth Battleship Squadron is Lieutenant General Jerram. The flagship is St. Vincent. The remaining three battleships are Collingwood, Vanguard and Britain's earliest dreadnought - Dreadnought. This battleship was originally already in use before the war. It was converted into a training ship, but now, under such a bad situation, it can only be re-equipped into battle.

In addition to the five battleship squadrons, the Grand Fleet also has a large number of light cruisers. Originally, Jericho was considering whether to bring armored cruisers, but looking at the long list of armored cruisers lost during the Battle of the Channel and the Battle of the Eastern Mediterranean, Jericho had no choice but to give up. The remaining warships were not of poor performance. It is just in disrepair and is not suitable for long-term operations in the Norwegian Sea.

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