Chapter 1169: 1 side down

Chapter 1169

In addition to the four large holes on the side of the battleship, the main gun on the left of the No. 2 turret was also cut off by half, and a shell that hit the bridge sent dozens of naval officers and soldiers to the west. The last shell directly hit the seaplane oil tank at the stern, and a pillar of fire tens of meters high rose into the sky. Even if the sea fog has not dissipated, the German warship attacked more accurately based on this eye-catching "lighthouse"!

"Get out! Order all the destroyer units to prepare for lightning strikes!" Less than a quarter of an hour into the battle, Thomas had clearly realized that his five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships could not beat the German fleet in front of him. Until now, Thomas believed that they were opposite. There are at least 8 or more warships, 4 of which are Bavarian class! Five queens can't do four Bavaria, not to mention there are four others behind to help in the battle! As for his own Tiger and New Zealand, Thomas has nothing to expect, these things can be optimistic about himself, otherwise they will almost die with their defense level!

At this time, the distance between the two sides was close to about 9,000 meters, and the Thomas fleet pulled out the smoke screen for the first time! At the same time, the 3 light cruisers and 14 destroyers that have been transferred bravely rushed up under the cover of the smoke screen and launched a wave of sharp lightning strikes against the Hipper fleet battle line!

"Block them!" Hipper looked at the destroyer hidden in the smoke in the distance and did not retreat at all. At this time, if he retreats a little bit, the opponent is likely to smash a **** path under the cover of the destroyer! With the Sher fleet not in place and the encirclement not being completed, Hipper will never allow the British fleet to rush past him! Even if you have to take a certain risk, you will never back down!

"This is their last madness! Stop them and we will win!" The 4 light cruisers of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron with 6 destroyers first weighted up, and then the other 8 destroyers followed. At this moment, it is hoped that Pell also played almost all his hole cards!

The light cavalry from both sides fought once again, approaching each other at a high speed of more than 50 knots. The first to collide was the light cruisers of both sides. At a distance of less than 4000 meters, 175MM artillery and 6 inches The artillery crazily thought that there was a rain of bullets on the opposite side, and countless fireballs rose from the sea and intertwined in the air into a fire web. The battleships were like insects struggling in the flames of spiders. The larger light cruisers can Think of it as a beetle. The destroyers are mosquitoes.

The British destroyer Musketeer took a weird course on the sea. A few minutes ago, his friend ship Cormorant was covered by a dense rain of bullets. This destroyer with a displacement of less than 600 tons was like a bird of surprise. The battlefield was shrouded in gunpowder and sea fog everywhere, and the British on the ship could not even distinguish whether the destroyer that was running at the same speed not far away was his own person or the enemy!

The Germans did the same. After a wave of lightning strikes from the two sides at a distance of 4000 meters, the battleships of both sides disbanded their formation in order to dodge the other's torpedoes. More than 20 destroyers flew around like headless flies, with a sound from time to time. The loud noise was frightening. It was the unlucky guy who was hit by a torpedo. The light cruiser Emden saw a British destroyer dragged out of the water by the huge impact generated by the torpedo explosion, and then it was twisted into pieces in the air!

As time went by, the auxiliary battleships of the two sides lost blood rapidly, and a British light cruiser was smashed into a sieve under the attack of two German light cruisers. The power cabin has been pierced at least 7 times, and the boiler and steam turbine inside have been broken into broken copper and iron. Billowing smoke and white water vapor spread from the middle of the hull, and the warship that lost its power could only drift under the action of the ocean current, waiting for its doomsday.

And another British light cruiser was hit by 3 torpedoes at close range at the same time! After a series of violent explosions, fireballs instantly enveloped the entire hull. In less than half a minute, the light cruiser was smashed. The thick smoke and flames threw some fragments into the sky hundreds of meters, and then one after another. It falls within a few square kilometers!

And a German cruiser was also conspired in this engagement. 3 British destroyers fired at least 8 torpedoes from the rear side! At a distance of less than 600 meters, this unlucky light cruiser could not dodge at all. After avoiding at least 5 torpedoes, the stern was hit by two torpedoes almost at the same time. The violent explosion even dragged the stern out of the water. The bow of the ship also sank forward violently under the influence of tremendous force. When the broken stern fell into the water again, the huge force directly shattered the entire stern into pieces! Then, the ship quickly sank to the bottom of the sea. In just 2 minutes, except for the top of the mast and the half-high bow of the ship, the entire hull had returned to the embrace of the sea.

As for the destroyers, the deaths are even more rare. The German destroyers are better, because they are more numerous, and the goddess of victory always favors the people with more people... After less than 20 minutes of fighting ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the British participated in the 14 destroyers, only 3 of them withdrew from the battle with a bullet hole, and all 6 warships of a destroyer squad were destroyed. A total of more than 400 people were struck by lightning and no more than double digits survived! It can be regarded as one of the most deadly battles in the auxiliary fleet since the war! Of course, the German destroyer also sank 7 ships. If you consider the difference in the strength of the two sides, the British played pretty well!

Of course, the most troublesome strike for the Germans was not the destroyer squadron, but one of the British destroyers successfully rushed to a distance of less than 3,000 meters from the Cedric under the cover of smoke, and then fired 2 torpedoes. ,And then……. Actually hit 1 round! This torpedo hit the position below the No. 1 turret of the bow of the Cedric, and the explosives of up to 230KG instantly penetrated the three-story cabin outside the mine wall of the Cedric! After the violent explosion, a 4-meter-long hole was left on the side of the hull, which brought about 1,000 tons of water to the German battlecruiser! But fortunately, the lightning protection wall blocked the final impact of the explosive fragments, and it was finally shocking. There was no water in the ammunition compartment, and the artillery could make do with it.

"General, the Cedric was hit by a torpedo." An officer said to Hipper with some concern.

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