Chapter 1171: Hunting one
Chapter 1171
The light cruiser first began to pull out the smoke, and the gray-black smoke mixed with the sea fog instantly formed a gray fog wall. And at this time. Thomas suddenly found that the Malaya, which was behind him, had signaled "I wish you all a safe home" and followed the destroyer to rush out, and this action made everyone including Thomas feel a little confused. .
"This guy, why did he go up to meet the German fleet?!" Thomas didn't understand, but thought that he had already given orders to disband the fleet and to act separately, so theoretically the captain of each warship has independent command. Then it is understandable that Colonel Sinclair, the captain of the Malaya, led the warship to launch a charge against the opponent.
"Col. Sinclair and his Malayan are true warriors. They used their flesh and blood and loyalty to resist the German shells, and used their own sacrifices to redeem the decline of the entire fleet. Maybe his behavior will not be a battle. A big change, but his courage and responsibility are worth learning from every Royal Navy officer." A British officer wrote a compliment to the Royal Navy officers and soldiers aboard the Malaya amidst agitated mood!
"How is the situation on Hipper's side?" Prince Ruprecht glanced at the British light cruiser hidden with the help of a smoke screen, and then returned to the chart. At this time, the British fleet released the first smoke screen. Has dispersed, although the sea fog still exists. But the observation from Hipper's side is no problem. At this time, obviously it's time to close the net!
"Repeat the situation of the British fleet again." The prince ordered.
"The three Queen Elizabeth-class battleships have been traumatized to a moderate degree, and their speed will not be very fast. The flagship and the other battleship have kept their speeds almost intact, and two battlecruisers ran away, but at this time, the opponent was hidden in the depths of sea fog. , We don’t know if they have left or are still here.” An officer said.
"Ignore these scum, let Hipper do it immediately, his battlecruiser squad is the fastest, let them chase the two queens in better condition, and then according to the original plan, each squad will bite one. Quickly resolve the battle!" The prince issued the command of the general attack.
Thomas put all the last auxiliary warships into the battle against the Scheer fleet. Then he was almost undefended on Hipper's side. In the head-to-head battle between the battleships of the two sides, it is only a matter of time before the Queens of Thomas are killed. The only thing to worry about is how to catch each other to death after the breakout!
"The situation of the Cedric is not very good. It was hit by a torpedo, and the speed may not reach more than 24 knots. I am afraid that we will need to change one." A moment later, Scheer took the telegram that Hipper had just sent. Said.
"Let Hipper solve this problem by himself! Let's kill the British auxiliary battleship first." The prince said, and then the two light cruiser squadrons of the Scheer fleet rushed towards the British light cruiser with 20 destroyers. After a while, the nine German fast battleships also adjusted their course and slashed towards the British fleet in the distance. Now the prince did not intend to give the British a respite. The prince used his auxiliary warship to kill the other's auxiliary warship. Take the main fleet and Hipper together to attack the British fleet! A total of 16 capital ships rushed to the distant British fleet.
"Stop them! Our goal is the enemy's capital ship, don't get entangled with the little Germans!" Under the command of Major General Napier, four British light cruisers braved the firepower of the 6 German light cruisers to force the sea on the sea. Turning, the dense shells formed a moving barrage to follow the footsteps of the British, and the boundless rain of fire fell from the air, and the entire sea seemed to boil!
The most taboo thing in combat is to turn in front of the opponent's artillery formation. If it is only a complete reverse evacuation, then there is still a chance. After all, the distance between the two sides can be opened quickly, but the British choice is almost parallel to the course of the German light cruiser squadron, and they are eager to bypass the German light cruiser. The defense line attacked the capital ship behind, and when Major General Napier made this decision, he and his fleet had already stepped into the gate of **** with one foot! When the fleet turned, the German light cruiser fully seized this time and poured tons of shells on the British light cruiser!
The light cruiser Kalliope at the rear of the queue was the first victim. He happened to be bitten by two German light cruisers. Twelve 175MM guns aimed at this ship with a displacement of just 5000 meters at a distance of less than 4000 meters. Tons of little guys! The leveled 175MM artillery spit out shells frantically at a rate of fire of more than 4 rounds per minute. There is no need to concentrate fire control at this distance. Each turret only uses its own rangefinder and then fires frantically.
Countless dark red fireballs flew out of the flame-spitting gun barrel, and in less than 5 seconds, they hit the side of the Caliopi hull, and a series of explosions came from the side of the hull. Clouds of dark red flames burst through the deck and burst out. Under the continuous firing of two German light cruisers, the battleship quickly turned into a burning torch. Five minutes later, after a series of violent explosions, half a The chimney and other parts were blown into the air by a huge impact, and then the entire hull was blown into pieces like a large firework~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The shock wave generated by the explosion engulfed the fragments and even hit another British ship nearby. On the light cruiser.
And when the German light cruiser completely suppressed the opponent's firepower, the destroyers were not to be outdone. They dared to rush to the scorched objects and then shot a torpedo out at a distance of less than 1,200 meters! As a result, after the torpedoes of at least 4 destroyers were fired, the light cruiser Constance was directly blown up by 2 torpedoes and sank into the sea in three stages.
And just as the German light cruiser happily beat the British with the dual advantages of quantity and quality, a huge figure suddenly emerged from the edge of the smoke screen! Sailing fast westward!
"Grass! What's that? We seem to have found a big guy!" The German light cruiser Studding looked at the behemoth that appeared less than 6000 meters away, a little dumbfounded! However, before the light cruiser was ready to tell the news to his comrades in arms, the 6-inch artillery on the side of the behemoth spewed out flames frantically. And one of the shells fell on the top of the mast of the Steiding by accident. The communication antenna above and the box with the signal flag next to it blew into the sky!
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