Chapter 2235: Thomas' inverse
"Order, the destroyer will come up and block them." For Thomas's move, Hipper has always thought it might be a tentative lightning strike, releasing torpedoes to disrupt the formation of the German fleet. If this is the case, it is enough for soldiers to fill in the water and soil. However, Hipper soon smelled a conspiracy from it!
"The British attack method is very special. The first batch was 6 destroyers. Their attack surface appeared to be too wide and caught our attention. After all, lightning strikes must be dense enough to pose a threat to the enemy fleet. If the first wave of man’s destroyers were to be struck by lightning, it would be almost equivalent to fighting alone, with no effect at all."
"However, the second wave rushed out of light cruisers, a total of 4 ships. They were separated from the first wave of destroyer units. However, the third wave of fleets passed through the formation very quickly, almost following the pace of the light cruisers. Then, before the first wave of British destroyers made fire contact with our destroyers, they first released smoke!" A German officer recorded the prelude to Thomas's fleet in this way!
"No, this is a conspiracy! This is an offensive smokescreen! The British want to pierce our line of defense!" When seeing a dense cloud of smoke rolling over with the movement of the British destroyer, Hipper was shocked. In a cold sweat, faintly, he seemed to realize something!
"Order the armored cruiser squadron commanded by Major General Bodic to immediately attack the British light cruisers and destroyer squadrons! Leave the battleships in the distance, their 10-inch guns can't hurt those big guys at all!"
"Order the reserve destroyer unit to bypass the opponent's forward and prepare to launch a counter-lightning strike against the Thomas fleet!" Hipper issued two orders in less than a minute, and his words revealed a little nervousness and a trace. Worry, even the voice is a bit nervous. He is really scared! But fear did not overwhelm him, but instead allowed him to make the best decision in a short time.
The British destroyers rushed towards the head of the German fleet. The smoke had just dispersed, and the warships on both sides still had vision and shooting boundaries. So, with the order, the three Mainz-class armored cruisers quickly turned their muzzles. Aiming at the British light cruiser that is rapidly advancing!
Boom! More than a dozen 10-inch shells flew out of the barrel quickly, and shot directly at the British light cruiser less than 8 kilometers away! At this distance, the elevation angle of the artillery becomes very small, and it can even be described as a flat shot! At this moment, the four German armored cruisers attacked the British light cruisers that were gradually being covered by smoke at the highest rate of fire. A column of water was rising on the sea, and the British light cruisers did not fight back, but continued to charge!
The first wave of German destroyers in charge of the interception finally came into contact with their opponents. The three destroyers took the lead and rushed to a British destroyer that was releasing smoke. The two sides quickly approached at a relative speed of more than 50 knots, at a distance of less than 1500 meters. In terms of distance, the shells of the three German destroyers fell like raindrops on the fast-moving destroyer, and the latter was very limited because of its own smoke release. In only 5 minutes, under the impact of shells and torpedoes, the destroyer Became the first battleship sunk in this sub-battlefield.
However, when the German soldiers of the destroyer S37 had not had time to celebrate their victory, a huge figure suddenly rushed out of the billowing smoke. Suddenly, the distance between the two sides was so close, a British light ship. The cruiser rushed from a distance of less than 800 meters from the side of S37. The 6-inch artillery shells fired by the British battleship that reacted quickly swept across S37 like a machete. At such a close distance, it was simply avoided. Inevitable! Without thinking, the dense shells destroyed the superstructure of S37 into ruins in extreme time. The V81 nearby was also affected. Behind the British light cruiser, destroyers rushed to the distant German fleet along the paved road. Now they are less than 6 kilometers away from the target in a straight line!
"Hit!" Accompanied by the excited voice of the gunner in the turret, a 10-inch shell accurately bit the middle of the hull of the British light cruiser Banquet God. Along with a violent explosion, a ball of orange burst out from below the chimney. The flames, the entire warship seemed to tremble slightly under this blow, a large amount of steam began to diffuse on the deck and cabin, and the track of the Banquet God also seemed a little messy. The destroyers of both sides immediately rushed up like sharks smelling fishy smell. The Germans wanted to use torpedoes to destroy the light cruiser, but the British wanted to keep it!
The large-scale melee between the auxiliary battleships of the two sides has reached a climax. More than 40 light cruisers and destroyers fought and killed in a small area of the sea. The roar of artillery sounded throughout the battlefield, and loud noises from time to time heralded another A battleship was sent to the altar of the **** of war. Smoke, flames and death became the themes of this battlefield! The auxiliary force of the Hipper fleet was originally less, but with the help of three armored cruisers, the Germans still managed to stabilize their position! Even killed 2 British light cruisers!
"Our attack seems to have been temporarily blocked~www.wuxiaspot.com~ An officer looked at the German fleet, but said the British destroyer who could not enter the last effective lightning strike distance.
"Hehe, it doesn't matter, we have losses and we will pay back. Have you seen those large battleships that attacked light cruisers and destroyers?" Thomas said with a smile. "These guys are armored cruisers. They will fight for a while and hand them over to Major General Hood. We will concentrate our firepower on those warships that are shooting against us! That is a real battlecruiser."
Thomas knew very well that Hipper would never use battlecruiser main guns against British light cruisers. This is a waste! Therefore, it must be the armored cruiser that turned the muzzle now, so invisibly, the actions of the Germans helped the British eliminate those secondary targets from the target! Thomas is very proud now, because he knows that Hipper must be able to think of this, but what about it? In this case, Hipper can only do this! As for the light cruisers that were destroyed by 10-inch guns? Well, this is the price of war! Thomas will avenge them!
Under the cover of smoke and auxiliary battleships, Thomas’ queens finally got closer to the target! At a distance of only 12 kilometers from the Hipper fleet, the 7 capital ships of the Thomas fleet and Major General Hood’s rapid battleship Fury, a total of 56 15-inch guns and 8 343MM guns were aimed at the rest of the Hipper fleet. 5 battleships! Hipper was trembling...
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