"Fire!" At a distance of 18 kilometers from the target, with the rangefinder locked on the distant reference object, after calculating the distance and orientation, with the firing order issued, the three German former dreadnoughts began the first round The salvo, six 12-inch guns and 16 10-inch guns pointed at the distant shore where the British were evacuating. Groups of orange flames burst out from the muzzle. Accompanied by thunder-like loud noises, the body of the gun slammed backwards, and shells with a total weight of more than 5 tons roared toward the distant target. After dozens of seconds, huge plumes of smoke rose up on the beach! The fire and explosion sounded across the night sky.

A few minutes later, the British long-range artillery set near the port began to attack the German fleet. However, these artillerymen were not professional naval personnel after all, and lacked a reliable fire control system. They were facing naval warships moving at high speed at night. At that time, there was no good way. One round of 6-inch, 8-inch and 9.2-inch guns roared at the German fleet. However, most of these shells landed on the sea 700 meters away from the German warships, and even once decent. No straddle shot was formed.

"The German fleet has already begun to attack our temporary dock. Their location should be in area B24." At this time, just 15 kilometers east of the German fleet, a British fleet was slowly moving forward in the dark, passing the top of the mast. The rangefinder, the British fleet can already capture the fire from the German fleet shooting, but for these old warships, they want to rely on the old rangefinder with a baseline length of less than 3 meters to lock the fire at night ten kilometers away. , And it is obviously impossible to complete the solution.

　　At this time, under the command of Major General Gunter of the Royal Navy, four British former dreadnought battleships were slowly approaching the German fleet under the cover of destroyers. This is already the few remaining usable pre-dreadnought ships after the British Strait Fleet has been hit many times. This time, in order to severely damage the German fleet, the British Strait Fleet has lost its blood!

　　 These four former dreadnoughts are the same class ships as the British penultimate pre-dreadnought Edward VII-class battleships, namely the Indian, Sovereign, Irish and New Zealand (the same name as the New Zealand battlecruiser). These warships are equipped with four 12-inch guns and four 9.2-inch turrets are deployed at the four corners. The thickness of the armor reached 9 inches, and there was a vault, and the front of the turret reached 12 inches. Facing the German 12-inch L40 artillery, it can be said to be solid. Of course, the firepower output is much worse.

　　 "Your Excellency Commander, the Air Force planes are already in place, and they will provide us with lighting and reconnaissance." A staff officer sent a telegram to Major General Gangte.

　　 "It's great, I hope the naval air team will not let me down this time." Major General Gunte said. "We are going forward about 3 nautical miles, and we can't get any closer. If we get too close, we are likely to encounter the security forces of the German fleet."

The Germans pioneered the tactics of using large bombers as maritime patrol aircraft, and the British can naturally learn from it. The simple night-time coordination tactics of this era are actually very rough, so it is not difficult for the British to replicate. What's more, at this time the German fleet has revealed its general position, and it is not difficult for the British bombers to find it. At this time, the FB27 bomber, which had been hovering in the air for a period of time, began to fly towards the position of the German fleet. Below the wing of the plane is the British fleet that is also approaching.

"Wait a minute, I seem to see something!" On a K8C bomber hovering over his own fleet, the machine gunner in the back seat suddenly saw a gray figure flying by from not far away. It should be a bomber.

　　 "Damn, this guy is crazy, he didn't turn on the anti-collision lights!" A few seconds later, the pilot at the front of the plane also saw the shadows moving fast in the distant night. Because most of the bombers of the K group need to fly at low altitudes, and sometimes several planes are used to illuminate an area with flares or searchlights. Therefore, in order to prevent collisions, the German bombers are in the nose, wing sections and tail. A special red light is installed for identification and avoidance. But obviously the dark figure next to him did not do so.

　　 "Wait, this is not normal!" The captain of this K8 bomber suddenly thought of something. Under normal circumstances, the German bombers would turn on the anti-collision lights. Realizing that something was wrong, the captain immediately ordered the searchlights on the front and upper part of the bomber to shine in the direction where the mysterious aircraft had just been discovered!

Thanks to the speed of airplanes in this era, the target in front did not fly far in less than 2 minutes, and the searchlight on the nose quickly found the target. When the huge beam of searchlight swept the opponent, a series of bullets Roaring to the German plane!

　　 "Damn it! It's the British twin-engine bomber! They are coming in!" The captain ordered the telegrapher to report quickly ~lightnovelpub.net~ and ordered all the machine guns to prepare for counterattack! As a result, in the airspace near the Earl of Spey’s fleet, the sound of machine guns like popping beans came from the air, and the dense tracer bombs flew in the air like fireflies in the field. The exposed British bombers were no longer hidden, and at the same time they opened their bodies. Searchlights are used to actively search for opponents. Two bombers fly up and down like giant dragons, and the large-caliber machine guns on the fuselage are like the deadly breath of dragons. The bullet whizzed and flew towards the target, leaving a large or small wound on the opponent from time to time!

"What's the situation?" The sudden aerial battle not only caught the pilots of both sides by surprise, but also made the German fleet on the sea a little bit unaware. Seeing the bombers on both sides fighting in the air, the destroyers on the sea did not dare to fire their guns easily. One thing is certain, that is, the British are absolutely prepared tonight. This is what the so-called poor comers mean!

"Immediately stop the attack on British targets on the coast and let the air force expand the search range. We need to hide ourselves!" Earl Spey responded very quickly. After realizing that the British aircraft was close to him, he immediately issued an order to stop shooting. The German fleet It has been exposed, I am afraid that the British fleet's shells will be fired in a few minutes, right?

The quality of the German fleet is still very good. With the order, all warships began to implement light control and immediately turned to evacuate east, while the destroyer forces began to shrink their defenses and followed the fleet tacitly, ready to respond to possible emergencies. Special case.

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