Chapter 1175: Chase

Chapter 1175

Just as the prince’s large force began to gather the fleet and prepare to evacuate, under the command of Major General Von Lefetzoff, three battlecruisers, the Mochi, Goben, and Vonde Tann, plus 3 light cruisers and 8 ships. A team of destroyers is chasing Thomas' flagship, Queen Elizabeth! Hipper had forwarded the prince’s telegram to Major General von Lefetzoff, and he had only one hour to deal with the matter. And this made him a little extra anxious!

At this time, at a distance of 12 kilometers away from our side, the fast battleship Queen Elizabeth was retreating to the northeast at a high speed of over 24 knots. At the same time, they continued to use the smoke screen and steering to try to shake off the pursuit fleet behind. Although the three battlecruisers have a maximum speed of 27 knots or more, after all, you have to consider the physical strength of the personnel. From last night to the present, the stokers in the boiler warehouse have almost changed their classes, and the battle has been up until now. , Let’s not talk about the situation of the warship, anyway, people are already close to the limit. And one of the biggest benefits of the Queen is that people burn oil, instead of shoveling coal, you can directly use an oil pump to provide fuel!

Looking at the British battleship escaping at high speed in the smoke screen and sea fog in the distance, von Lefetzoff realized that his simple pursuit would not be able to take the battleship in a short time. Faced with an enemy whose speed is at the same level, if you can't use artillery to slow him down, you must use other methods to force the enemy to slow down.

"Let Colonel Geller lead the light cruiser detachment into the battlefield from the right side, and cover the torpedo units to block!" Major General Von Lefetzoff ordered. "The Queen Elizabeth's smoking cans should be almost used up. Once the smoke is gone, we will shoot according to the original arrangement. Let the firemen pay attention to conserving energy, and our decisive battle will soon begin!"

Under the leadership of the light cruiser Stuttgart, the three German light cruisers quickly increased their speed to about 27 knots. This was the first German light cruiser to be fueled by heavy oil. So there is no need to be restricted by manpower. These warships had been following closely 8 kilometers behind the Queen Elizabeth side. When the command of the general offensive was issued, the best hounds of the high seas fleet rushed to the British fast battleship like a tiger in the distance!

"Damn it, the Germans are doing it!" Looking at the slender figure looming in the smokescreen, Thomas realized that the most critical moment had finally come! As Major General Lefetsov expected, there are not many smoking cans on the flagship now, and it lasts a quarter of an hour at most. After that, the Queen Elizabeth will be under the siege of the other three main battleships and numerous auxiliary warships. under. At that time, the sky cannonballs are flying, and the underwater torpedoes are vertical and horizontal. If you are not careful, it will be the next time you die, or everyone and the boat will die!

"Boom!" The three main guns on the rear of the hull that can be used on the Queen Elizabeth ejected thick and long fire snakes, and three 875KG semi-armor-piercing rounds roared to the wolves not far away. One of the shells fell into the water less than 150 meters from the Stuttgart. A high column of water was blown up, and half a minute later, the falling sea water even gave the Stuttgart a bath!

"The fleet separates! Suppress the Queen Elizabeth's main artillery group and superstructure! Use high-explosive shells to attack! Be careful of its main artillery, don't get bitten!" The distance is 6000 meters! The three German light cruisers unfolded in an inverted shape. More than a dozen 175MM artillery guns were aimed at the stern of the rear half of the Queen, and along with the firing order, fireballs flew towards this poor battleship!

The three German light cruisers dodge cautiously, avoiding the main battery group in front of the Queen Elizabeth. The queen with only three artillery can only suppress one German light cruiser at most, and when the queen points the thick and long artillery at one of the light cruisers, these little guys with a displacement of less than 6000 tons are like cunning grasslands. The wolves usually dodge dexterously with the help of smoke screens and mobility! And when the tiger turns his attention to other targets, these cunning little guys will take the opportunity to take a bite!

boom! A pillar of fire that soared into the sky once again appeared on the rear deck of the Queen, blasting a crane used to retract the seaplane to pieces! The violent explosion even smashed a big hole in the upper deck, and a large number of flaming shrapnel fell into the lower cabin. The yellow-green flame ignited by the picric acid charge swims in the cabin like a demon fire. It is the teak deck, sheet steel, and textiles that are being ignited by the flames. When the British damage control team tried to extinguish the flames with a water dragon, another shell pierced the upper deck and exploded above the damage control team's head! Accompanied by a loud noise, a fire flashed, and more than 20 Royal Navy officers and soldiers and the cabins within a radius of 10 meters were swallowed by the turbulent flames!

The 175MM artillery with more than two digits fired at a rate of at least 3 rounds per minute. This basically means that more than 2 tons of ammunition are poured on the target in one minute. If there are only three light cruisers, Elizabeth The Queen can fully mobilize its main gun firepower to turn one of them into large firecrackers, but it is a pity that facing the lion group behind the wolves, the Queen has no other way but to escape with her tail sandwiched.

A series of high-explosive bombs fell on the tail of the Queen Elizabeth's hull. From the upper deck to the waterline, there are densely packed bullet holes like honeycombs. www.wuxiaspot.com. Flames and thick smoke rose into the sky, blowing in the sea breeze, as if an oblique gray pillar was inserted upside down at the tail of the battleship. The flames even spread along the deck to the front of the hull, gradually covering the main rangefinder at the top. The rangefinder attached to the main gun was destroyed by the shells long ago, and the rangefinder on the No. 4 turret was knocked off directly by a 175MM shell. The No. 3 turret was shattered by shrapnel.

The Queen Elizabeth tried its best to counter the wolves, but the main guns in the rear were not aiming, and the main guns in the front had no firing range. Is there any lethality in the sidestring 6-inch gun? The courage of the three German light cruisers was getting bigger and bigger, and they narrowed the distance to about 5 kilometers. The destroyer group at the rear also approached the opponent carefully like an assassin, and then hit a fatal blow at close range!

"The main gun is ready to fire!" The high-explosive shells fired by the close close-up of the three German light cruisers set fire to the queen's tail, plus part of the bridge that had been ignited. The second half of the entire battleship has become a huge torch. The flames and gray-black plumes of smoke rising into the sky marked the position of the battleship like a lighthouse, and the three German battlecruisers can finally clearly identify each other’s Direction!

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