Chapter 1178: Take advantage of the fire

Chapter 1178

One of the torpedoes hit the area in front of the first turret of the bow. The powerful torpedo directly tore a scar of more than 7 meters on the side of the hull. The violent explosion directly blasted the entire steel plate into fragments. At the same time, the hull directly deformed after absorbing a large amount of energy from the explosion. From the perspective of Von De Tann behind him, it can be seen that the sidestring of this slender and handsome German battlecruiser is sunken in a big piece! And because of the problem of high-speed navigation, a large amount of seawater pours into it. In just a few minutes, this breach brought more than 1,200 tons of water to the Goben!

The second torpedo hit the power compartment in the middle of the hull. Although the underwater defense system with a depth of 3.5 is still good, because of the long time sailing before, the fuel consumption is a little bit, and unfortunately, the part that is hit happens to be not so full..... .. The upper part of the heavy oil layer, which was nearly 1 meter thick, was almost empty, so the defense power was discounted.

After the violent explosion, the last line of defense of the hull was torn apart, and a large amount of seawater poured into the three-story boiler compartment of the Goben, but fortunately only the rightmost compartment was filled with water, and Yongxiong's seawater was wrapped in a lot of metal fragments It directly extinguished the flame in the boiler, cut off the steam pipe, and instantly submerged the personnel inside. In less than 3 minutes, the Goben lost a third of its power. Some seawater even poured into other places through the broken cabin. The water release doors were closed, but even so, this torpedo brought more than 800 tons of water into the Goben!

After the battleship instantly increased its displacement by nearly 2,000 tons, the tilt angle of the entire battleship quickly increased to about 15 degrees. At this time, the Goben has lost its combat effectiveness. The speed will also be further reduced. If there is a British submarine around, then this ship is really dangerous. Fortunately, as far as the speed of submarine torpedo reloading is now, 40 minutes later, it would be good to be able to reload it. Therefore, for the Germans, this wave of torpedo attacks is the beginning and the end.

"Recall the light cruisers and destroyers immediately. Our hunting failed." Major General Von Lefetzoff looked at the battleship Queen Elizabeth, which was gradually moving away in the distance, and decided to stop the pursuit and let the destroyers return to do anti-submarine work first. At the same time, the Geben was repaired. See how to take it back.

The German's disposal was fairly adequate, and the water discharge doors of the surrounding compartments had been lowered. Driven by electricity, the pump starts draining operations. The damage management team also began to plug the damaged gap. Of course, because the torpedo’s gap is really big, it is impossible to plug it directly. The only thing to do is to minimize the water inlet. At the same time, the bottom of the ship can be used. The pipeline starts, and the part of the inlet water on the right is introduced to the left. After a series of efforts, the water intake of the hull gradually balanced. The inclination angle has also recovered from the maximum 17.5 degrees to about 12 degrees, but the water inflow of the battleship has increased to 2,300 tons...

Although it suffered heavy damage, if there is no follow-up attack, von Lefetzoff thinks that it is not a big problem to bring back the warship. Thomas in the distance should not dare to return. After the destroyer returns, the possibility of a submarine attack is very small. However, at this moment, the flames suddenly rising in the distance made the Major General's heart tense!

"Paralysis!!" What happened to this TM? ! The major general looked at the shining fireball in the distance and cursed loudly! The distance between the opponent and yourself is very close, only about 12 to 14 kilometers! And the target they were aiming at was also the battleship Goben that had just been hit hard! After dozens of seconds, huge water jets surrounded the seriously injured warship.

"Release the smoke screen to cover the Goben!" Now Major General von Lefetzoff has a feeling of horror, but this does not prevent him from making the right decision. The smoke screen released by the Goben quickly covers At the same time, relying on the remaining power to evacuate away from the battlefield. The battlecruisers Mauchi and the battlecruisers Von De Tann turned around to meet the enemy!

"Damn maggots, just wait and I still can't find you! Now you come out, it's looking for death!" The major general vented his evil spirit on the two British battlecruisers that took advantage of the fire! At this time, Jericho also tried his best to contact Thomas to see if he could kill the heavily damaged warship.

Of course, because the Tiger’s communication antenna was destroyed, Betty could only send the signal to the New Zealand back through the semaphore and lights, and then the New Zealand would contact the Queen Elizabeth by telegram. In just a few minutes, the two parties exchanged at least 6 times. As for the content of the exchange, it can be completely simplified into the following dialogue.

Betty: The other side stepped on a thunder, so quickly come and kill.

Thomas: Bandaged back to the blood, or go quickly.

Betty: Gossip! Take advantage of his illness to kill him!

Thomas: The parents are here, be careful!

Now the situation is very simple. Betty, who is as aggressive as a bullfight, wants to take advantage of the situation to fight back. However, Thomas’s Queen Elizabeth battleship is not in good condition. Although there is no injury, it is sure that it has a gray-headed face. Ten minutes have passed since the fire was put out and cleaned up. The German fleet is all around. If the German battleships encircle the German battlecruisers when they beat them, it would be terrible! But at this time Thomas was too embarrassed to leave directly, after all, he could run out, Betty helped in general, this kind of behavior of selling his teammates aside, Thomas is still somewhat unable to do it.

"Wait for ten minutes~www.wuxiaspot.com~ We only have half an hour at most. If we can't sink the opponent, then we must go anyway!" Thomas was the one who finally compromised. In addition to the opportunity on the battlefield, another important factor is that Thomas is not reconciled! More than half of the battleship that was so confused and killed by others, no one feels unbalanced!

Twelve minutes later, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship finally aimed its muzzle at the Major General's flagship Mochi! After six 15-inch heavy guns joined the battle, the situation of the German fleet immediately became quite bad!

"Release the smoke immediately. Let's delay it." Mochi, which was attacked by the crossfire of the Tiger and Queen battleships, immediately released smoke to evade. The three British battleships in the distance did not give up, but continued to surround Germany. The fleet looks for opportunities. As time passed, the situation on the battlefield changed a little again.

"We have closed some of the gaps. Although one motor room was destroyed, the other three motor rooms are still functioning well." On the battleship Geben in Zhonglei, the officer in charge of damage management told Captain Hal Reported on the school exchange.

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