Chapter 2228: Storm One

And when Jericho bears the anger of the main force of the High Seas Fleet, it is also Thomas’ opportunity because at this time the output of the main force of the High Seas Fleet hit Jericho.

　　 "His Royal Highness, our air force is here," Admiral Scheer said, pointing to the group of planes flying from the east. Fifty fighter jets and 90 bombers formed a huge flying formation quickly approaching the battlefield.

　　 "Very good orders, the main forces of the High Seas Fleet are preparing to attack the target British Second and Third Battleship Squadrons. I hope that in half an hour, these two British battleship squadrons will disappear from the sea," Ruprecht said categorically.

　　 "At the same time, send a telegram to Hipper. We can't care about him for the time being, let him take care." Ruprecht hesitated and said. The crown prince knew very well that when the main force of the High Seas Fleet launched a general offensive against Jericho, Thomas would not hesitate to attack. At any time, Ruprecht did not dare to underestimate the history of the two wars of the century. Queen Elizabeth-class battleship

"Start tactical maneuver" was issued with the order. On the battle line of the High Seas Fleet, the 5 battleship squadrons began to accelerate and control the distance between each other. A few minutes later, the leader of each fleet simultaneously deflected to the right. If it is said that in history, Scheer used a rectangular formation to escape when facing the t-shaped head of the large fleet, then this time, each squadron turned separately, and then restarted after getting closer. The battleship is organized to attack

This tactical maneuver is different from the general sequential steering. The latter’s speed is too slow, and the original warships on the same battle line are turned separately in units of squadrons, which greatly reduces the steering time. Of course, in the British artillery fire There is a certain risk of turning down, but on the one hand, because the British's range finding was disturbed, on the other hand, because the previous smoke had not completely dissipated, the high seas fleet suffered no damage during the 10 minutes of the change.

When the smoke cleared, the high seas fleet that had completed its transformation was only 15 kilometers to 17 kilometers away from the British Grand Fleet. This distance was at the best range of German warships. At the same time, British shells were still difficult to fight against the Bavarian class. Battleship poses a threat

"Germans rushed up" panicked shouts echoed within the British fleet. The previous example of the German fleet's clean killing of two British battleships left a huge shadow on the British. Now, everyone is the same number, Germany The people narrowed the distance, but the British did not have enough means to stop the opponent from approaching.

　　 "All the warships fired on the light cruiser squadrons, the destroyer squadrons attacked and stopped them." Facing the sudden approaching German fleet, Jericho hurriedly ordered.

The boom was accompanied by thunderous cannon sounds, and orange flames gushed out from the thick muzzle again. If the two sides had made a tentative attack like two giant beasts before, then now, the two sides have entered No one will retreat in the shopping stage, because the distance is too close and retreats have only a dead end

Accompanied by the rumble of gunfire, the British auxiliary fleet launched its first assault under the leadership of the light cruiser, and the German light cruiser did not hesitate to rush up with its own destroyer. The destroyers quickly shuttled between the main ships. However, the relative speed between each other was more than 50 knots and quickly approached. All the naval guns were leveled. They aimed at the opponent who was moving fast in the waves in the distance, and only waited for the two sides to enter the range.

The eight German light cruisers at the beginning of the "fire" fired first at a distance of 0 meters from the British light cruiser. More than 30 175 naval guns spit out long flames, and the shells flew out almost parallel to the sea level, exceeding every second. Ten seconds after the muzzle velocity flew into the distance, the dense water column rose in the British light cruiser squadron. When the water column had not yet fallen, the second round of shelling had already followed.

At this moment, the German light cruiser’s rate of fire and the high quality of personnel were brought to the extreme. In the second round of the salvo, the two light cruisers Frankfurt and Pilau formed a straddle fire on the Falmouth. Then the two German light cruisers quickly turned into the effective firing phase, and 12 175 artillery shots more than 4 tons of shells on this poor light cruiser every minute.

Accompanied by a violent metal impact, a 175 shell easily left a deep scar on the Falmouth's waterline armor belt. A whole armor plate was lifted off as a whole, and the battleship moved quickly. The impact of the incoming water made the battleship's injuries worse.

"Preparing for drainage work" Colonel Farley seemed to want to save his flagship, but before his order was transmitted to the damage management team, a series of shells landed on this poor warship in less than a minute. , This warship was hit 8 times by 175 artillery

　　 Boom Accompanied by a violent explosion, the 6-inch gun on the bow of the Falmouth was blown into the sky.

With the violent explosion ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the sidestring of the hull added three more penetrating injuries, and two shells fell into the boiler chamber, exploding the working fireman and the boiling boiler to fragments. The sound of the explosion made the light cruiser with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons shake like a sieve. The pressure in the pipeline dropped rapidly, and the flames, high temperatures, and horizontally flying shrapnel made the interior of the battleship a hell.

The battleship began to slow down, and a large amount of seawater poured into the hull from the holes in the bow and side of the ship. The nearly 1,000 tons of water made the battleship tilted seriously, and even the propellers were exposed to the water from time to time, accompanied by a cannonball. Passing into the steering engine compartment at the rear of the hull, the poor warship completely lost control. Floating on the sea like a burning ruin

In the process of approaching, in addition to Falmouth, another British light cruiser was sunk, and the other one was severely damaged. The British light cruiser squadron paid a huge price and finally brought the destroyer squadron to the center of the battlefield. , And at this time, under the cover of the German light cruiser, the German destroyer was also approaching, and the two sides shot frantically at a distance of several kilometers to several hundred meters.

"The first group of destroyers, launch torpedoes, and disperse them." Following the command of Major General Goodnor, the signal flag of the flagship Caroline changed rapidly, and the three destroyers rushed out of the array and were at the German guns. Slope down his hull.

　　 This act of death was naturally attacked by German destroyers. The three large destroyers v108 used more than double-digit 6-inch guns and 88 guns to show the German Navy’s respect for these brave British destroyers.

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