Chapter 1123: Blücher's final match three
Chapter 1123 Blücher's last battle 3
Two 12-inch shells hit this poor light cruiser almost simultaneously. One shell blasted the chimney and half of the bridge behind Lin Xian to pieces, while the other shell hit directly at the stern of Lin Xian. A cross-penetrating shell weighing more than 400 kilograms directly exploded the rear steering engine compartment into fragments, and left a large hole measuring more than ten square meters at the waterline!
Then this guy is like a hyena with its backbone removed. He can only spin around on the sea. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the light cruiser Wiesbaden rushed up and faced him at a distance of 3000 meters. With the uncontrollable Linxian fired 3 torpedoes in one go! A few minutes later, with a loud noise, this British light cruiser seemed to be lifted from the sea by a pair of big hands, and then broke in two in the middle under a violent explosion! Then the broken ship fell heavily into the water. After half a minute, except for some remaining debris, there was no trace of Lin Xian on the sea.
The other British light cruiser responded quickly enough. When the Blücher attacked the Linxian, it pulled out smoke decisively and quickly moved away under the cover of the two destroyers, although it was caught by the Wiesbaden before leaving. A 6-inch gun was abandoned, but overall it was safely evacuated.
"Grass the grass!" Now Thomas' mood can be described as a Japanese dog. The battle that was supposed to be crushed has been fought for so long, but in the end the Germans bite back, even though a light cruiser is nothing. But Thomas can't afford to lose this man! Now, Thomas even has the idea of making the Blücher into slices! Thomas thought this was an insult to his own tactics by the Germans-just paying attention to capital ships and throwing **** warships aside...
The two Queen-class battleships came back again with many followers! And this time, Thomas didn't give the other party a chance! In fact, after a series of battles, the smoke cans on the two German battleships were exhausted and it was impossible to provide cover, and the other two Queen-class fast battleships had also arrived on the scene.
"We are about to usher in the last moment. Our destiny is doomed, but the sacrifice is not worthless. One day, the High Seas Fleet will break out of the shackles set by the British!" At the last moment of the Blücher, Hull Captain House said.
The two sides re-entered the battle line battle stage. The artillery of the two Queen-class battleships was ruthless and accurate. Although relying on heavy armor, this German battlecruiser blocked the opponent’s attacks again and again, but after all, it could not change the final result.
The armor belts of the warship's bow and tail have been pierced many times. The Blücher, which has been flooded with up to a thousand tons of water, has flooded with no less than 2,000 tons of seawater. Nearly 4,000 tons of seawater have made half of the warship’s gunwale close to the sea surface and dry. The minimum is less than 1 meter!
But even so, before the last turret was destroyed, the Blücher still stubbornly fired one round after another at the British battleship in the distance. Although these 12-inch rounds were not powerful enough, they still used Malaya. No. 3 turret was destroyed. And several bullet holes were left in the bow of the ship.
Of course, the most effective hit was the shell that hit the Queen Elizabeth control tower. Although this shell failed to penetrate the heavy armor, the violent impact caused the backplane of the armor to be broken and countless fragments. There was a burst of fire at the British naval officers and soldiers in the cabin. Two British officers were killed as a result. There were more than a dozen wounded. Thomas was not spared. A fragment almost stuck to Thomas’ lungs and pierced into his body. Because of this shrapnel, the command of the Thomas fleet temporarily Fall into chaos.
"Kill the Blücher! Report to Major General Moore and tell him everything here. After we solve the trouble here, hand over the command to Moore!" Thomas said before going into a coma.
When war exhaustion and the Barlem arrived, the battle had come to an end. When the last artillery was destroyed, Blücher raised the abandonment flag. One side of the hull almost turned over, and the hull covered with barnacles and other attachments was exposed to the sun, and the earliest battlecruiser of the German Navy began to capsize, full of scars, flames and billowing smoke. Gradually sink into the sea.
After Colonel Hullhouse made sure that everyone had been transferred, he sat quietly in his place. After refusing the help of the British, he looked at the southeast direction without saying a word. There was Mao. The approximate location of the odd number. "The war has come, and no German battleship captain has been sent to the altar of the God of War, so let me be the first." A few minutes later, the bow of the Blücher sank sharply. , And then the entire hull quickly moved into the deep seabed. The waves splashed during the sinking were tens of meters high, and the huge vortex formed when sinking into the sea almost even sucked the two lifeboats next to them into the seabed! And half an hour before the sinking of the Blücher, the light cruiser Wiesbaden was also sent to the seabed by a torpedo.
"They are true warriors. Even in the most difficult and destined to fail, they persisted to the end, and they fought to the last moment. Even as the enemy, we must show respect and admiration for such generals. "After the war, a British naval officer wrote in his diary. The sinking of the two warships led to the death of more than 900 people ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ There were about 480 captured persons, who were the survivors after the ship abandoned at the last moment. Many people think that the war is over, but in fact, another war is unfolding at least 200 kilometers away from here!
At this time, Major General Gunter, commanding the two Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, the Warrior and the Prestige, began to search for the battlecruiser Mochi according to Thomas' orders. Fortunately, a V1500 long-range patrol aircraft spotted the German battlecruiser. But unfortunately, the two Queen-class battleships are located in the northwest direction of the Mochi, and they are in a state of pursuit, and the opponent's speed seems to be faster than their own...
"If we expected it well, then their heading should be the Skagerrak Strait." Major General Gunter said.
"If this is the case, we should be quicker, otherwise, let Moore and the others clean up." An officer next to him said lightly. The Moore fleet is guarding the Skagerrak Strait. This is no secret within the British fleet. Now everyone, including General Gunter, wants to know that once the Germans find a powerful British fleet guarding here, they How frustrated it will be!
The second is more~~~! Please subscribe for a reward~~~!
(End of this chapter)
