The Rise of the Empire

Chapter 869: Double kill!

The battleship Bavaria successfully hit the opponent's two turrets with two shells in one and a half salvo! One of the shells bounced again after breaking a barrel, leaving a bullet mark several meters long on the top of the turret. It was as if he was severely caught by the giant claws of a prehistoric behemoth.

And another shell easily tore the armor belt on the front of Queen Mary 2 turret. Looking from the outside, a spot of light flashed on the turret and then quickly expanded. In less than 1 second, this shot The shells instantly killed more than 50 British naval officers and men in the turret. The hot flames instantly filled the turret, and then detonated the shells and propellant in the turret!

boom! A huge shock wave vented out of the cracks and gaps in the turret, the entire piece of armor fell off, thick smoke rose up, and a large amount of flames followed the open ammunition delivery channel all the way down. Along the way, shells and propellant packs were detonated continuously, and it was not until the British flooded the ammunition depot that the warship escaped temporarily.

After being flooded with thousands of tons of seawater, the Queen Mary had a bow of about 10 degrees. Even though the speed was not high, the sea wolves that surged when the warship was sailing still surged onto the deck from time to time and even rushed towards the muzzle. ......

"Actually, the Queen Mary is quite accurate." Looking at the target that was constantly covered by water and flames in the distance, Scheer didn't know why she said this.

"Well, it's useless." The prince glanced at the bullet mark on the top of the Bavaria No. 1 turret from the observation window of the command tower and said indifferently. This shell hit the top armor of the turret in Bavaria. Although the turret rangefinder was easily destroyed, it was harmless. If the prince’s perception is correct, the British battle cruiser should have hit itself three times, except for the turret one, and the other one hit the tail. I lit a small fire, and then another shot hit the side armor belt. Apart from breaking the thin steel sheet outside, there is no use for eggs.

In fact, in the history of Jutland's avant-garde battle, the Queen Mary performed the best, and a turret of Cedric was abolished shortly after the war began. However, after replacing it with thick-skinned Bavaria, Queen Mary's shelling was not a threat.

The Queen Mary, who had been hit continuously, was also a little panicked. He was going to fine-tune the course to avoid the opponent's attack, but the 24-second round of shelling by the Bavaria did not give the opponent a chance. In the next round of salvo, Queen Mary Number was hit again! The half-drawn top armor plates of the No. 4 turret were all lifted off in a huge explosion, and then smashed heavily on the deck. A large amount of air poured in from the breach greatly helped ignite the fire inside the turret. As many as 70 officers and soldiers in the turret were all killed in less than a minute, and the entire turret recalled the continuous explosion.

What made the Queen Mary even worse was that the next hit directly penetrated the dressing room at the bottom of the No. 4 turret! The British only had one fire door on the turret, and there was no fire door in the ammunition room... The damage to the Queen Mary by this gun even exceeded the former sum! More than 20 shells and more than 40 propellant packs were detonated in an instant, and a dozen tons of ammunition suddenly burst out of their light and heat! In an instant, a pillar of fire more than 40 meters long rose into the sky, and the violent explosion cut the entire battleship from the position of the No. 4 turret like a sharp sword!

A wide crack stretched from the upper part of the deck. The constant explosions are like a huge chainsaw, tearing the hull that is already crumbling. The flames from the explosion poured into the ammunition compartment at a very high speed. This time, the British were not so lucky. The officers and soldiers in the ammunition depot were swallowed by the flames without even having the opportunity to inject water.

Most of the shells that hit the Queen Mary were concentrated in the rear of the hull. The second half of the regular hull was almost enveloped in flames and thick smoke. When the last explosion from the ammunition depot sounded, thick black smoke and explosions The resulting flash engulfed the entire battleship, and various parts and fragments were blown into the sky, including a transport boat more than ten meters long! The battleship continued to advance under the huge inertia, and then the tail of the hull fell off, and under the influence of the huge force, the Queen Mary suddenly tilted to the left, the angle instantly exceeded 35 degrees, and finally plunged into the sea!

The tall bridge and the 200-meter-long hull were flat shot on the water like this, and the huge impact caused the tall three-legged mast of the battleship to be instantly broken into several pieces. The battleship sank very quickly, and it sank into the bottom of the sea in just a few minutes. At this time, the fragments were falling one after another. They were not scattered within a radius of several kilometers. Most of them fell into the sea, and a few fell. On the British destroyer next to it.

"The Queen Mary is over." Looking at the sudden flash of light in the distance. There was a deafening cheer from the control tower on the Bavaria!

"Long live the Imperial Navy!" "Bavarian Kingdom Yongchang!" cheers came from the cabins of the battleship ~lightnovelpub.net~ as a Bavarian-designed battleship named the HMS Bavaria, which recruited a large number of Bavarians It is also very normal. And one of the very important reasons why the prince chose this warship was that it was all his own. It is easier to get recognition.

"Well, our task today is not just this ship." The prince smiled and stood up and made a gesture to calm everyone's excitement.

With a bang, a column of water rose close to the hull of the Bavaria, and the entire warship shook slightly. "We seem to be thundered?!" After standing still, the prince had a terrifying thought. What do you say? No matter how high the skill is, I am afraid of torpedoes! Something should have exploded on the bottom of the Bavarian hull just now!

"What's the situation? Check it out immediately!" Soon, the command tower in the sea of ​​joy quickly resumed the busyness of the battle. From the instrument point of view, the blow from Bavaria did not seem to be serious. It only caused a slight tilt of 2 degrees. Under this angle, even the water injection balance was saved.

Soon the result came out. No submarine was found on the sea. Even if there were submarines, it would be difficult to catch up to a fleet with a speed of at least 20 knots. At the same time, it’s even more unlikely that there will be mines. Who is okay to mine on the wide sea? Watching the shadow of the ship appearing in the northeast, the warrior, New Zealand and Australia are sprayed with flames. The prince knows that British reinforcements are coming. Up. And the British attack just now was hit by a water bomb from a warship.

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