Chapter 2255: Final Battle II
"The German bomber is gone" Thomas said in disbelief as he looked at the tiger shark fleet leaving in the sky. From the attack just now, he could clearly estimate that the other party used up to half of its ammunition. Just left
However, Thomas has no time and energy to consider this issue now, because a huge fleet appeared in front of them, which happened to be on the way back to the British fleet. Needless to say, this must be long overdue. The Spey Fleet, and less than 23 kilometers behind Thomas, there is the German Third Battleship Squadron, which is in hot pursuit. There is no doubt that Thomas is about to be flanked this time.
As a result, the last battle of the Norwegian Sea Battle kicked off. Let us take a look at the remaining forces of the Thomas Fleet’s 5 Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, namely the Elizabeth, the Malaya, the War Weariness, the Warrior, and the Prince of Wales. There are only 8 battleships in total, the Fury-class fast battleship Fury, the Tiger battlecruiser, and the original battlecruiser Invincible, and they have to face the 8 fast battleships of the Spey fleet and the 4 Bavaria behind them. The situation of the British fleet of class-class battleships is very bad. The maximum speed of the entire fleet cannot even be maintained at 22 knots, and the firepower loss has exceeded 40%. All the warships were damaged to varying degrees, and the Spey fleet was almost full of blood, and the German third battleship squadron was in good condition. There is almost no chance of victory in this battle
"General, what shall we do" asked a subordinate.
"Order the fleet to use two warships as a formation to prepare to disperse and break through. If one of the warships is damaged and cannot maintain the high speed, then the other warship can immediately give up." After hesitating repeatedly, Thomas issued this controversial order in later generations and accused him. The people said that because of this order, Thomas' fleet lost half of the remaining battleships. Those who admired him said that because of this order, Thomas saved half of the battleships.
Therefore, before the final encounter, the Thomas fleet quickly dispersed into four teams, Elizabeth and Fury, because these two battleships are in the best condition, Malaya and Tiger, because The situation of the Malaya is also good. The Tiger battlecruiser is already fast and seems to be able to run away. The situation of the Warrior and the War exhaustion is a bit worse, and the Invincible can only be with the Prince of Wales in the worst situation. Number one group
"It seems that it's time for our last battle." Although Thomas's order was to disperse and break through, everyone can go, but in fact, some people need to use their own sacrifices to buy time for the fleet, so the ship is in the best condition. The poor fleet should take up this responsibility, burn itself, and illuminate the way for teammates to retreat. Although the British fleet has been wiped out, the sense of responsibility of the British navy in this era still makes Captain Richard take the Prince of Wales and the Invincible. Rushed to the third German battleship squadron.
"The British are going to run, they have dispersed and broke through, and are preparing to evacuate east." Earl Spey immediately judged the other party's thoughts after receiving the information sent by the seaplane. This made the Earl feel a bit tricky. The current Thomas fleet is certainly I can't beat myself, but if people want to go, can two battleships equivalent to the Helgoland-class battleship chase down two queens is obviously unrealistic. And if there are three ships in one team, then at most two teams will be caught. Thomas' actions have caused a lot of trouble to Earl Spey.
"The fleet is divided into three parts. I led the Joint Force, the Tegerhof, and the Prinz Eugen to pursue a group, and the Lieutenant General Su Xiong led the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and St. Esteban. Pursue another group, two Turkish battleships and a group of Independence aircraft carrier." Count Spey thought for a while and said. The overall combat effectiveness of the two Turkish battleships is the lowest. The ships are the same, but the people are different. It is estimated that the British should not be able to keep, and Earl Spey and Su Xiong each catch a group. The Earl thought for a while and they can only kill two more warships at most. no way. The quota is not enough, so troublesome
Besides, the British fleet, Elizabeth and Fury are in the best condition. They can even reach a speed of more than 235 knots now, the first to flash, the speed is even before the Spey fleet reacted. Then came the Warriors and the Prince of Wales, but unfortunately they were first spotted by the Earl of Spey, while the Malaya and the Tiger were spotted by Su Xiong. As for the Turks, who said that they did not get the goods, they chose rationally. Together with Independence, it is well-known to protect the fragile aircraft carrier. In fact, when the war has been fought to this level, Turkey's idea of preserving the fleet is at the top. On the contrary, the Americans were more active and wanted to see the final outcome of the British fleet from a close distance. So, in addition to leaving the necessary destroyers, most of the remaining destroyers were assigned to the two sub-compartments.
So the entire battlefield was directly divided into three small battlefields~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and the first to fall was naturally the Prince of Wales and Invincible under the command of Captain Richard because they faced the strongest enemy.
"Your Excellency, we can leave two battleships to deal with these two British battleships, and then the other battleships will pursue the British army." On the flagship of the third battleship squadron, the USS Brunswick, the chief of staff of the fleet told Schmidt. Admiral suggested.
"It's not necessary, we will stop working if we concentrate all the firepower of the fleet to kill them. This is our task, don't do anything out of the ordinary." Lieutenant General Schmidt said. And then, when the four Bavarian-class battleships aimed the remaining 24 artillery at these two poor battleships, they only had less than 15 minutes to survive.
The first to be destroyed was naturally the poor Invincible. It is undoubtedly a miracle that this battleship can survive until now. However, when he decided to die and use his life to exchange his teammates for a chance to survive, God could not save it.
The battleship Coburg finally got the first battleship in its life to kill a 15-inch shell fired from the Coburg. Fortunately, it hit the Invincible’s ammunition storehouse before other colleagues. This shell flew over 17 kilometers. After the distance, it accurately penetrated into the rear of the Invincible hull. The shells easily tore the 6-inch side armor belt, then the inclined 25-inch vault armor, and finally kicked the Invincible 3 The last defense of the turret ammunition depot
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