Chapter 257 - 257: Pulling Westward

Vice Admiral David Beatty came into the fight with nine battlecruisers, and in his mind that alone should have been enough. Most important of all, he had two extremely fine ships—HMS Princess Royal and HMS Queen Mary—both armed with 343mm guns and capable of standing, at least in part, against the German front line. And at the head of it all, cutting forward through the sea with growing speed, was his flagship, HMS Tiger.

Already, at nearly eighteen kilometers, the guns had begun to speak.

The first salvos rose in thunder, British and German alike, great shells climbing into the sky before descending in long arcs toward distant targets. Around Tiger, columns of water rose and collapsed as the opening shots found the sea rather than steel, towering plumes that marked the beginning of yet another engagement.

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