Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

In the temporary combat headquarters in Washington, the United States, the atmosphere in the room was extremely depressing, as if it would explode if not careful. Everyone's faces were gloomy and terrifying, with deep worry and shock in their brows and eyes.

Because just now, they received the last message from the Atlantic Fleet.

"The fleet is sinking!"

Seeing this telegram, everyone in the headquarters was immediately shocked. What is this? !

One or two battleships, or even many battleships were sunk, which was understandable and acceptable. Everyone had been mentally prepared for this. After all, the German battleships were all cutting-edge battleships, and except for the USS Washington, the rest of our main battleships were large. Some of them are old antiques, and their performance is definitely not as good as that of German warships. It is normal to suffer losses.

But what does the sinking of the fleet mean? !

Could it be that the entire fleet suffered a devastating blow? !

Is this an exaggeration? !

No matter how hard they tried to contact us after that, there was still no response from the Atlantic Fleet. Everyone's hearts were filled with a haze. Could it be that the entire fleet was sunk as the message said? !

"How could this happen?!" The Atlantic Fleet came into contact with the German fleet twenty minutes ago. In just twenty minutes, our Atlantic Fleet was completely wiped out? !

"How is this possible?!" As the saying goes, "a century-old navy", to build a truly powerful naval fleet requires a long period of training and experience; how could the German navy develop so powerfully in just a dozen years? ? !

"Lieutenant General Ingersoll previously sent news that the German navy was equipped with advanced radar, and many near-misses were fired in the first round of shelling."

"But even if we are advanced, it is impossible to sink a fleet in such a short time, right?" I'm afraid no one would believe it! What's more, the ones who opened fire on our own fleet were four German battleships. With four battleships sinking a fleet, even if our own fleet stood still and let them attack, it would be impossible for them all to be sunk in 20 minutes.

"Is there any ship nearby that can rush over to rescue??" Let's not talk about how the Germans sank all their own fleets. Since the fleet sank, there must be many people who fell into the water; if the ships are gone, they can be rebuilt, and a qualified ship can be cultivated. It's not an easy job for a sailor. It's one thing that can be saved.

Looking at the dazzling flames erupting from the American fleet in the distance, bursts of cheers broke out in the German fleet.

Rear Admiral Bachmann's eyes became moist when he thought of his father, who had participated in the Battle of Jutland in the last war.

In that famous naval battle, the German High Seas Fleet invested 99 large and small warships, while the British invested 155 large and small warships (the British and Australian joint navies). In the naval battle, Britain had far more pre-dreadnoughts, super-dreadnoughts, battlecruisers, battleships and other backbone fleet forces than Germany. No matter how Germany developed, it still could not catch up with Britain, but Germany became the only country on the ocean. A fleet that could rival the Royal Navy.

The artillery fire rate of British warships is faster and the speed is generally higher than that of German warships. However, German warships have perfect armor protection and the armor penetration rate of their shells is higher than that of British warships.

In the Battle of Jutland, the Germans sank 14 British ships at the cost of losing 6 ships, which can be said to be a tactical victory. However, looking at the entire Battle of Jutland, with the quantity and quality of warships on both sides being comparable, the Germans actually had no chance to cause fatal damage to the British army. The only chance was probably to lure Betty's fleet. She took the bait, but unfortunately Betty rubbed her soles with oil and did not take the bait, causing the Germans to lose their only good opportunity. After the Battle of Jutland, the German Navy almost did not conduct sea activities, and finally gradually lost its maritime initiative.

Failure to completely defeat the British fleet became a lifelong regret for our fathers. But now the former maritime hegemon, the British Empire, has long surrendered to Germany; they can even annihilate dozens of enemy warships with zero casualties, which is simply a miracle!

At this time, the adjutant came over and reported. "General, there are many American soldiers drowning on the sea. Look..." The unexpected torpedo attack caused many American sailors to follow the warship and sink into the deep sea before they could abandon the ship; but there were also many who escaped. At this time, the sea was floating With tens of thousands of US sailors.

Major General Bachmann calmed down his excitement and said slowly. "What did His Highness say in his 'Special Instructions for War Against the United States'? These bastards in the New World don't deserve to be treated as knights at all. Just let them fend for themselves here. Don't worry about them and move on."

"yes!"

In this way, the German fleet ignored the American sailors thrashing in the sea and continued to move forward, arriving at waters more than 100 kilometers away from the U.S. coastline at dawn the next day. "Report, forty kilometers away is the American cargo channel, and there are many ships."

"The Scharnhorst is ordered to lead the first cruiser formation to go hunting, and the remaining battleships are prepared for air defense." To deal with these ordinary cargo ships, sending a battleship is simply overkill, and sending a destroyer is more than enough. However, he heard that due to his own submarine hunting on the east coast, there were destroyer escorts near these channels. In order to deal with these destroyers cleanly, Rear Admiral Bachmann dispatched Scharnhorst and several cruisers.

The cargo ships going back and forth on the channel did not recognize the warships rushing over from a distance for a while. The first ones to spot them were the destroyers escorting near the channel.

"Oh God! That's a German warship!!" The sailors on the destroyer were frightened by several German warships coming straight towards them in the distance. How could a German warship appear here? ! As the distance got closer, they also saw clearly that the other party was a battlecruiser and several cruisers, which were simply not something that their small destroyers could deal with. "Quick! Call for support! Prepare to launch torpedoes!"

Although we know that our own old-fashioned destroyers are no match for the opponent's battle cruisers and cruisers, we can't abandon the freighters on the waterway and run away. The US destroyer could only bite the bullet and fire, and hastily prepared to launch torpedoes. But the German warships obviously had no intention of giving them a chance to resist. The US destroyers did fight back hard, but they really couldn't get close to the fatal distance for launching torpedoes. From the 280 mm caliber main gun to the 88 mm caliber secondary gun, they opened fire fiercely, and several destroyers rushed over. Submerged in an explosion of fire.

The cargo ships on the waterway almost wet their pants when they saw this, and they accelerated to get away from these evil spirits. However, the speed of these cargo ships was only a dozen knots. How could they outrun a warship with a speed of more than 30 knots? !

Soon the German hunting formation rushed into the waterway and began to slaughter these merchant ships without armor protection without restraint.