Chapter 1114

With the firing order issued, the 6 Bavarian-class battleships of the second and third battleship detachments fired first! What's more ingenious is that at this time the German fleet is on the west side of the British fleet. In the afternoon, it happened to be back against the sun. This was a big trouble for the British in ranging!

At this time, the Bernie Squadron did not dare to continue to rush, nor did they dare to sail in the same direction as the German High Seas Fleet, because if they sailed in the same direction, then the two sides would be in the best situation of firefighting, and the British warships behind were still Did not keep up. At this time, the exchange of fire is almost equivalent to 5 Vengeance-class battleships and the entire high seas fleet. I will ask you how you plan to die!

The five Vengeance-class battleships pulled out a cloud of gray-black smoke, and the destroyers that followed opened their smoke cans one after another. Under the blowing of the sea breeze, a fog wall gradually formed and blocked the side of the Bernie Squadron. ! However, although the action is fast enough, it takes time for the smoke to disperse. Coupled with the help of the aircraft, many German warships still find a window of shooting.

The three Bavarian-class battleships of the Third Battleship Squadron fired first. With the help of the 12-meter rangefinder located on the top of the mast, 12 huge turrets were aimed at the Vengeance-class battleships that were turning, one by one, ten meters long. The fire dragon spurted out and fired a projectile weighing more than 800 kilograms at the British fleet 15 kilometers away!

Although the two sides are heading in opposite directions, although there is a smoke screen, this time, the performance of the three new Bavarian-class battleships is not bad. In the fourth round of correction, the Brunswick first The target was caught, and in the sixth half of the salvo, a 15-inch shell hit the mount of the No. 2 turret of the Royal Oak battleship! But how can the 10-inch gun mount be able to withstand the strongest armor-piercing projectile of World War I? This shell unsurprisingly penetrated the 10-inch armor, leaving an oval bullet hole in the heavy armor plate, and then hit the dressing room under the turret!

boom! There was a loud noise and a dazzling fire burst out from the lower part of the No. 2 turret. The turret weighing several hundred tons seemed to be pushed away from the gun position by a strong explosion! Thick smoke and flames pushed open the cabin of the gun stern, and tore the entire armor plate apart. The entire battleship was trembling in the violent explosion, which made people suspect that perhaps the next moment, the battleship might explode and sink!

But in the end, this battleship benefited from a perfect and reliable water injection system. When the sea valve at the bottom of the No. 2 ammunition depot was opened, thousands of tons of seawater poured into the ammunition compartment, which finally avoided the explosion of the ammunition depot, but it was turbulent. The flames still spread to the surroundings along the pipes and cabin aisles. This shot is very good, but it seems to be a little bit worse...

Weimar and De Shao also scored a hit. Weimar threw two shells on the Vengeance in the eighth round of a half salvo. One shell entered the gun gallery, and two 6-inch rounds were dropped. The cannon was completely destroyed, and another shell hit the flue at the bottom of a chimney. After killing one-third of the flue, it also cut off two steam pipes. The De Shao shot a shell on the forehead of the No. 1 turret of the Resolution. The shell did not penetrate because of the angle, but it cut off the barrel of a 15-inch cannon.

"Don't worry about revenge for the avant-garde troops, immediately turn 2 compass points east, and block them before Jericho comes up!" The prince looked at the Vengeance-class battleship gradually lost in the smoke, and immediately ordered his opponent. After the Vengeance-class battleship chose to run, the situation changed to benefit the German fleet. With more effort, you can live in Jericho's subsequent fleet. At this time, the battle line of the large fleet that is more than ten kilometers long has not completely turned around, and the firepower in the second half can't be used at all! This time is a pretty good opportunity!

"Order the sixth light cruiser squadron to lead its destroyer squadron to immediately launch a lightning strike, and send a telegram to the second and fourth light cruiser squadrons, so that they will immediately strike the German High Seas Fleet at any cost and buy time for the large fleet." Looking at the battle line drawn by the high seas fleet in the distance, Jericho felt a chill from his feet directly onto his forehead! The distance between the two sides is only 20 kilometers. At this time, the large fleet can never directly hit it. The only option is to increase the distance immediately while waiting for the arrival of the subsequent warships. And it takes time! The opponent's speed is much faster than his own!

Under the leadership of the flagship Cardiff, the Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron bravely rushed towards the distant German fleet with a total of 12 destroyers. And this time, they were shot by two German battleship detachments! Six battleships had 48 15-inch guns and nearly 50 150mm guns, as well as a larger number of 105mm guns, creating a dense fire net on the sea like a volcanic eruption. Water columns with a thickness of several tens of meters rise one after another on the sea. Even if the British released the smoke screen, relying on nearly covering attacks, the Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron paid a heavy price in less than 5 minutes after receiving the enemy!

A 15-inch semi-armor-piercing shell landed on the left string of the Calypso light cruiser at the second position~lightnovelpub.net~ This shell did not explode after entering the water. After the hood was smashed, the whole shell was like a torpedo. He rushed to the target and hit the poor cruiser 6 meters underwater, like a hot knife cutting butter, easily tore open the fragile hull of the warship, then the boiler chamber, and finally tilted Stabbed into the power cabin next to it! With a loud noise, a large amount of water vapor leaped into the air with flames and smoke. Hundreds of tons of fragments were spread into the air by a violent explosion. Even Jericho, several kilometers away, could feel the explosion. !

Kreis was the second victim. He finally rushed to a place less than 8 kilometers away from the German warship. After releasing 4 torpedoes in a hurry, he planned to turn in. However, all the secondary artillery firepower of the Saxony and Baden was at the same time. Focused on this hapless light cruiser, the 6-inch cannonball slammed into it like a wall! Accompanied by a series of explosions, the entire battleship's bow and tail side strings were beaten like a sieve, and even because of the excessive steering, with the violent collision between the hull and the sea, more seawater poured into it, and the entire battleship quickly tilted to the left. , And when the rudder cabin at the stern was smashed by dense 6-inch shells, the ship finally floated unwillingly on the sea, and was finally sent to the seabed by a destroyer that came over.

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