In the eyes of the British, a light spot hit the opponent's battleship, and then turned into a ball of fire, and after a while, thick smoke appeared from it.

At the beginning, Su Xiong didn’t notice anything. Looking from the direction of the control tower, there seemed to be a flash of light on the side. The battleship seemed to sway, and then nothing happened. At least the people in the control tower think so, but this optimism is only After persisting for 1 minute, a frustrating news came.

"A fresh water tank for the boiler on the starboard side was broken. Before switching to another water tank, we have at least 4 boilers and there will be some problems." A military official reported.

"This is really a tragic thing, isn't it?" Su Xiong said with a gloomy face looking at the smoke screen that was gradually pulled out. At this time, the smoke screen had covered the two warships. According to the original plan, it was the most dangerous as long as running past this. Some distance from the British fleet-tried 11 kilometers in front of the British fleet, then the British wanted to chase themselves, it would be a tail chase. At this time, the speed of the fleet has increased to 24 knots, theoretically counting the time and the time for the British to turn. Determine the distance of the target, the distance behind the two sides will increase to about 18 kilometers. Then your own fleet will work harder and pull it to a sprint speed of 25 knots, it will be easy to get rid of it completely, but now, a shell has disrupted all plans!

I have to say that this hit is very terrible, even if this shell hits the turret or other places, there will be no big problem. The boiler uses fresh water. Once it cracks and mixes with sea water, the fresh water tank will be completely gone. If the method is used, the boiler without water supply will naturally not be able to provide sufficient steam. But now, it takes time to switch other fresh water pipes, and it takes time to restore the pressure of the boiler, and during this time, the German warship is absolutely running at high speed.

"The steam pressure in the pipeline has begun to drop, and our speed has dropped to 22 knots! The speed is expected to drop." Another officer reported.

Scharnhorst has a total of 18 boilers, of which 4 boilers can only guarantee low efficiency due to the problem of fresh water, and it is not possible to spray oil (the fuel injection of kerosene mixed boilers requires certain conditions). The speed can be maintained to 21 knots More is not bad, and this speed is absolutely impossible to get rid of the opponent!

"If we are destined to return to the sea today, I hope we can take away at least one British warship! The fleet turns 130 degrees, and we fight them!" It was only at this moment that Su Xiong decided to fight his opponent! Under the cover of smoke, Scharnhorst took the lead to turn. At this time, after the first tactical turn, the routes of the two sides were almost parallel, but in opposite directions. The smoke screen could cover the German warship passing the nearest section of the two sides. , And then the British will inevitably turn, in this case, the fleets of both sides will sail in parallel to the southwest!

"The German fleet started to turn, and their speed seemed to be slower. They are about to miss us!" In the distance, on the bridge of the Queen Elizabeth, Thomas' staff held the two German warships looming in the smoke in the distance. . Although the line of sight was not very good, the British still noticed the other's actions!

"The fleet turned, let us parallel with them, now we have succeeded in half, their speed has been reduced, and the rest is to kill them! We will be the first to sink the opposing capital ship after the outbreak of the war!" Thomas said excitedly. The battle seems to have moved towards the British.

"The German warship is not as strong as they thought." An officer's teasing made the atmosphere in the entire command a bit more lively! The tense atmosphere of the battle also disappeared.

The British fleet also began to turn. In order to minimize the turning radius, the British deliberately lowered their speed. And at this moment, the German fleet that had completed its turn made the first hit in this battle!

boom! A loud noise came from the middle of the Elizabeth-class battleship. This 350mm shell from Scharnhorst easily tore open the gun gallery on the battle side of the Queen. Two 6-inch guns were directly broken into pieces. The splashing flames and shrapnel ignited the propellant and shells in the gallery. A series of explosions came from the middle of the hull. Even in the front bridge, Thomas could feel The battleship is shaking slightly!

"We seem to be in trouble?" Thomas lit a cigar and took a deep breath to relieve the pressure. Looking from the bridge, a team of damage management personnel are extinguishing the diffuse fire with water dragons. Although this blow is very fierce, it is just a small trouble for the queen.

But at this moment, Barrem who was behind was very upset. Barrem, who had been focusing on shooting Scharnhorst with the flagship, was facing the Gneisenau, which had not received the slightest interference. After paralleling the course, the range of ~lightnovelpub.net~ Gneisenau’s hit rate rose linearly when the distance was less than 15 kilometers, the third salvo formed a straddle shot, and the fifth half shot Shoot and hit the target!

The effect of the first attack was limited. An armor-piercing projectile hit the bow of Barlem, destroying only a few cabins and causing a small fire, but soon, two salvos were fired in the sixth round. The hit made Ballem feel a real crisis. A shell pierced the main armor belt outside the motor compartment. At the transition from the 13-inch main armor to the 6-inch, it turned out to be the queen’s weakness. The cap and the outer hardened layer were at the same time. After crushing, the exposed round and blunt bullet successfully ripped the armor about 10 inches thick.

The nearly complete warhead was sent to the interior of the cabin, and then the motor on the combat side was completely blown to pieces! With a loud noise, a huge pillar of fire rose from the middle and back of Zhanjiang! Barlem lost nearly a third of its power in an instant. Many of the black lights in the cabins, the motor originally used to drive the turret also malfunctioned, and the third turret instantly stuck.

While the flames were continuously ejecting from the motor compartment, another hit hit the top armor of the Barlem No. 1 turret. Although it could not penetrate completely due to the angle, the violent impact was still This caused the top of the turret to hit the back plate to shatter! At the position of the artillery on the left side of the No. 1 turret, it was like a rain of steel. Numerous fragments were overwhelmed and shot at the unprepared crowd. The Royal Navy soldiers who were loading ammunition were swept down almost instantly. More than forty people fell in a pool of blood, and the red blood donated flowing in the turret.

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