The scenario keeps its uncertainty by making a German escape attempt both likely and dangerous. Battlecruisers positioned to observe the enemy may become the first British force the Germans must fight through, and armour becomes less decisive at very close range. Scheer would likely abandon pre-dreadnoughts and perhaps the First Scouting Group as covering forces while the survivors ran for the defensive minefields. Light cruisers and destroyers add torpedo threats on both sides, while individual ships may still be lost through chance and damage. The projected British victory would be costly, though its command system makes much heavier German losses plausible.
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The dangerous breakthrough battle
Repeated German turns away could end in a desperate attempt to break through the British screen, turning the battle into a close-range torpedo and gunfire brawl rather than a bloodless encirclement.