The Rise of the Empire
Chapter 2607: Suiro Yui First
Facing this kind of battle with considerable strength, Lieutenant General Stetti is very unoptimistic! Don't be afraid of ten thousand things, just in case! The US-German fleet doesn't care about sinking an armored cruiser in battle. As for the iron can of Bavaria? It is really not easy to sink it. If the Japanese fleet loses a King Kong, it will take a long time! Therefore, support is necessary, but not all of them can be pulled over, and we must continue to hunt!
Mobilizing a Fuso-class battleship to support is just stuck on a golden ratio! Transferred a Fuso-class battleship, then the 4 Fusang will never lose against three bad Bavarian-class battleships. After all, the German fleet was at a disadvantage in previous battles, and the losses and consumption of Bavaria are higher than Fuso. . In the battle distribution of 1V1, 1V1 and 2V1, the Bavaria that gets 2 to 1 will definitely be suppressed. In turn, the battle is likely to have a chain reaction.
Taking a step back, even if you start with 3 Fuso against 3 Bavaria, and then let one Fuso and two King Kong-class battleships to deal with the American armored cruiser, then the latter can quickly achieve results in a short time, thus making the battle. Towards a direction that is beneficial to the Japanese fleet.
And even now, when a Fuso-class battleship enters the battlefield, a Bavarian ship must be awakened to stare at Fuso, otherwise the German fleet will definitely be uncomfortable if the latter is allowed to output arbitrarily. Therefore, from this perspective , The Japanese fleet is at least in a situation where it has a greater advantage.
Then, the remaining four Japanese fast battleships can continue to hunt down the American transport fleet without any pressure. Anyway, before the Benson fleet arrives, the two fleets have all their cards, and no other forces will be involved in this event. After the battle, except for some submarines that do not know where they are hiding, the remaining Japanese warships can still be hunted happily! As for 4 Fuso and 3 Bavaria? Slowly consume it.
Moreover, the careful Stetti also guarded against the most unlikely situation, that is, if Su Xiong evacuated again at this time and wanted to repeat the same trick, even the weakest Japanese fleet would have 2 Fuso, 1 King Kong and 1 fast battleship. In this case, the German fleet that has fought two consecutive battles will definitely not be able to find anything cheap. Not to mention, after two battles, the Su Xiong fleet’s How many armor-piercing bullets are left?
You know, the amount of ammunition prepared for one main gun of a Bavarian-class battleship is 120 shots. Even if this time it is dedicated to naval battles, all the artillery shells are armor-piercing and semi-armor-piercing (the latter is better for light-protection warships). , And in actual combat, the Bavarian-class maximum rate of fire is 2.5 to 3 rounds per minute! In the first round of the battle between the two sides, although the time was not long, Stetti estimated that every artillery of the Su Xiong fleet conservatively destroyed at least 40 rounds of armor-piercing shells! In fact, even the King Kong-class battlecruiser, under the protection of the dome armor, the 15-inch semi-armor piercing projectile can hardly kill the opponent in seconds.
"Just follow the words of Lieutenant General Stetti." Seeing that Betty had no objections, Shigeru Yoshimatsu finally adopted Stetti’s suggestion, so he immediately commanded the fleet to prepare for the two battlecruisers. Close, and Kantaro Suzuki also ordered the intact fast battleship Takaha to immediately support the team, and he continued to lead the fleet to hunt down American transport ships!
However, what Stidi didn't expect was that although his plan seemed perfect, it was too late. Before the Japanese fleet was adjusted, the Su Xiong fleet had already achieved results! Under the attack of two Bavarian-class battleships, the name Haruna, who was hit by the attack, died quite simply! this moment! Haruna is not a ship! He inherited the legacy and tradition of all British thoroughbred battlecruisers! Invincible, Invincible, Queen Mary, Lion, and all British battlecruisers that have been fired in previous naval battles are possessed by their souls at this moment! So, no surprise, the Haruna was shot into the soul by a 15-inch naval gun that was shot into the ammunition depot!
This 15-inch shell fired from the Oldenburg successfully penetrated the ammunition depot under Hazel’s No. 3 turret. The 8-inch side-string main armor had no effect at all, while the rear 3-inch armor The dome armor with steel plus 1 inch backplane also failed to block this fatal blow! The 15-inch shell directly penetrated the upper shell compartment of the Haruna, followed by a loud noise! The remaining more than 100 rounds of 14-inch shells and dozens of tons of propellant below Haruna No. 3 turret were detonated!
Looking from the sea, there was a large amount of black smoke gushing from the middle and rear of the Haruna hull, and then a dazzling flash. A huge fireball soared into the air, accompanied by a loud noise like thunder, a plume of smoke wrapped in fragments rushed into the air for hundreds of meters, and then, after the plume cooled, a huge mushroom cloud was formed, and the battleship below As if being directly pressed into the water by a huge hand, the second half of the hull sank directly to the bottom of the sea in less than 30 seconds, and under the cover of heavy smoke, the slender front hull also sank backward into the sea! In less than 1 minute, this Japanese battlecruiser completed its life!
"This is definitely the most brilliant firework I have seen tonight!" Su Xiong smiled cheerfully.
"Hiss~lightnovelpub.net~ Seeing the huge fireball suddenly appearing on the sea in the distance, Shigeru Yoshimatsu felt his scalp numb. There is no doubt that the explosion just now was caused by the sinking of a capital ship. At the same time, He can confirm that the sunk battleship must be a Japanese battleship, because Bavaria will never be so fragile!
"It's just been a few minutes since the war?" Shigeru Yoshimatsu glanced at the wall clock on the wall. It was only less than 10 minutes from the time Su Xiong's fleet went into battle again to the sinking of Haruna! This is just too scary! The evaluation of the King Kong class in my mind has dropped by a notch. I think that even if King Kong still survives after the war, he must retire! This thing is a firecracker!
"Damn the Germans! It's obviously nothing to do with them, why are they biting?" At this moment, Shigeru Taro Yoshimatsu was really not in the mood to continue entangled with the old Fletcher's armored cruiser squad, no There is also a King Kong-class battlecruiser in the distance. Shigeru Taro Yoshimatsu is not willing to lose another fast battleship!
"Don't worry about the broken ships of the Yankees! Go to help the King Kong immediately, we can't lose another battleship! Let the Takaha be faster!" Shigetaro Yoshimatsu anxiously ordered.
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