Chapter 1166: The beginning one in the morning mist
Slide 1166
"The straight-line distance is 28 kilometers! The direction is due east!" When an officer sent the direction finding data to the control tower, the originally silent control tower quickly boiled! No one, including Prince Ruprecht, thought that the luck of the German Navy would be so good this time! Blocked the British fleet directly!
"Order the three seaplane carriers to immediately take off all seaplanes and deploy the cordon."
"The seaplanes attached to the battleships are ready to take off, ready to perform the orthopedic mission!"
"The light cruiser is ready to go forward and perform a reconnaissance mission."
"The Second Fast Battleship Squadron immediately followed. After contacting the British fleet, they immediately notified the Hipper fleet that the hunting officially began!" Orders were quickly transmitted to each battle position via the phone on the ship. The German fleet began to stretch its limbs and polish its weapons like a Titan who was about to step onto the battlefield. The sharp spear was aimed at the distant enemy.
"If there is no problem with our speed, then we should be only 16 kilometers away from each other!" However, the God of Destiny made a joke with the German fleet at this time. After determining the position of the British fleet half an hour ago, the German fleet walked in the pre-judged direction for half an hour, but it had not discovered the British fleet. The plane in the air also failed to find the target because of the smoke problem.
"Send a signal to the second battleship squadron behind, pull our formation slightly larger, and at the same time order the 5th and 6th destroyer squadrons to move south. Report immediately after finding the target, and don't launch an attack without authorization." Now I am a little worried. Looking at the white sea fog outside the window, I directly ordered the fleet's alert range to be expanded again!
However, when the prince was looking for Thomas' fleet in the morning mist, there was a sudden rumbling of cannons in the distance! Unexpectedly, the Scher fleet that was in charge of intercepting did not find its opponent the first time, while the Hipper fleet, which was tracking, collided with the opponent first!
As the forward of the Hipper fleet, the 4 light cruisers of the third light cruiser squadron under the command of Major General Bodick led the two destroyer squads. A destroyer detachment fanned out in the front to search for the target, while the other 4 light cruisers lined up on the battle line to guard against possible dangers at any time. According to the results of the chart operation, they should be no more than 12 kilometers away from the British fleet. And because of the morning fog, they still haven't found the target until a sea breeze blows over, making the sea fog lighter....
Then a huge but somewhat vague figure appeared in front of Major General Bodick. At this time, the German light cruiser detachment was even less than 9,000 meters away from the opponent!
"Tell Lieutenant Hipper immediately that we found the target!" Major General Bodick said loudly. After that, the four light cruisers immediately aimed their muzzles at the behemoth in the morning fog, and a destroyer squadron also made a lightning strike. At 7:50 in the morning, the battle that took place off the Gulf of Forth was the first shot!
How to put it, the current situation is a bit like 4 hyenas challenging a strong lion! The British never thought that they would be ambushed when they were approaching their homes, so it was no accident that the discovered Tiger battlecruiser was baffled by as many as 24 175MM artillery!
Even with the cover of sea fog, the muzzle flashing and deafening sound of a series of medium-caliber artillery is enough to point the direction to the British and Germans at the same time! A semi-armor-piercing projectile weighing 68KG flew over the distance between each other in less than 20 seconds, and then landed on the defenseless battlecruiser Tiger! Looking through the binoculars, a little light of fire rose from time to time on this behemoth. The flames produced by the explosion of the picric acid explosive spread rapidly on the Tiger’s deck like flowing magma. And a few minutes later, the 6 destroyers were also engaged in lightning operations, rushing towards the target like piranhas smelling blood!
"Damn, we were attacked, immediately signal General Thomas, and then release the smoke to evade." At this time, the captain of the Tiger is also an old acquaintance of the prince and Hipper-Lieutenant General Betty, well, he is now It's a major general. As for the original Tiger Captain, Colonel Perry, because in the last naval battle, Tiger even made no more than 3 hits! As a result, the exposed Sir Fisher thought it was a shame to the Royal Navy, so he could not help but sent him to an old armored cruiser for retirement, and the vacated position was reserved for the demoted Major General Betty.
In terms of professionalism, Betty is much better than Colonel Perry. In just a few minutes, he judged that the opponent should be a group of light cruisers. It stands to reason that the battlecruisers are definitely one-sided. Massacre, but in the case of low visibility on the sea, who can be sure that the opponent will not launch a lightning strike? Moreover, German light cruisers usually carry torpedo boats!
Therefore, Betty, whose IQ was still above the level, decisively chose to distance himself and informed the former Lieutenant General Thomas! The British's reaction speed was still very fast. The Tiger and the New Zealand at the back began to diverge. At this time, the four light cruisers of the British Fourth Scout Cruiser Squadron at the tail of the fleet also brought a destroyer squadron to kill from the side. Up!
If anyone can clear the clouds, then ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the Hipper fleet and Thomas fleet are now intertwined! Major General Bodick’s light cruiser squadron inserted into the rear of the British fleet, with five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships directly under Thomas in the front, and two battlecruisers and a light cruiser squadron at the back. And at a distance of less than 10 kilometers behind Major General Bodic, Hipper’s fleet, if there is no sea fog, Hipper could already launch an attack!
The German light cruiser Elbing at the rear first spotted the British light cruiser rushing out of the sea fog. After issuing a warning signal to the flagship, six 175MM guns immediately aimed at the British flagship Birkenhead. number!
Adhering to the caliber is justice! Quantity is the principle of truth. The six 175MM guns on the German light cruisers are naturally a grade higher than the same number of 6-inch guns on the British light cruisers. The Englishman, who had just discovered his opponent in the sea fog, was hit head-on by two shells weighing 68kg-one shell each from the bridge and the control tower of the Birkenhead, countless fragments and flames. The rampage on the bridge left a **** and dilapidated cabin. Then a series of shells landed on the front deck of the light cruiser, and the intensive firepower immediately suppressed the poor light cruiser.
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