Chapter 838: Tiger Fighting Hungry Wolf

If it is a large fleet, you can use your own light cruiser to intercept. As long as you force the opposing light cruiser to throw the torpedo away from the effective range, then the light cruiser will not be threatened, and part of the main gun fire attack can also be temporarily separated, because the main ship The number is large, and the impact of one of the warships' short-time transfer of firepower is not fatal.

But now, the firepower that Gneisenau uses to deal with the light cruisers is not as strong as the firepower of the two light cruisers! The 12 6-inch guns on the sides of the two British light cruisers leaned wildly at a distance of 9,000 meters. Groups of orange fireballs constantly flew out of the muzzle. Every minute, two light cruisers projected at least 2 tons of high-explosive shells at the target! With the support of huge numbers, although the British hit rate is not very high, but the absolute number of hits is not a lot.

A round of shells hit the hull of the Gneisenau. The shells that hit the armor belt were of no use except for a shallow mark and traces of flame burning, but they hit the ship. The high-explosive bombs on the bridge and on the deck caused trouble for the Gneisenau. The flames produced by the explosion of picric acid explosives ignited combustibles in the deck and compartments, and even the thin metal products themselves were ignited. Piles of smoke rose up and even interfered with the observation of the rangefinder located at the top.

The damage control team tried to put out the fire in the middle of the hull, but the dense high-explosive bombs and flying shrapnel made any place outside the armor protection very dangerous. Paul led the team members through the dilapidated cabin. Through the bullet hole, they could see the fire at the back of No. 2 chimney. This fire must be extinguished because it is too close to the boiler chamber inlet. If the boiler **** in too much exhaust gas and dust, it is definitely a very bad thing.

"We need to get closer and put the water dragon in this position." As Paul was wearing a gas mask and making urn gestures, suddenly, a loud noise came from behind, and his eyes were suddenly filled with flames. The powerful shock wave instantly knocked him to the ground. Just now, a 6-inch gun landed less than 20 meters away from him. This gun directly reimbursed double-digit officers and soldiers.

"The flagship has a maximum speed of 21 knots. You can't leave it. Your ship can choose your own tactics." Raidel quickly received Raidel's flag. Now, the battle has been going on for an hour, and both sides are unable to deal with the opponent, and the British reinforcement fleet does not know when it will enter the field. If it can leave at this time, Raidel will definitely flash people, even the light cruiser does not need to think about it, directly. No. 24, how can I get rid of it. But unfortunately, Scharnhorst had poor luck, and the speed was very weak...

"But we can at least move freely." Raidel drank a whole cup of coffee, the bitter taste refreshed him. Although the situation is very unfavorable, he is not without help.

"Attention, reduce the speed a little to ensure the steam stock." Raidel issued the first order. With the order, the Gneisenau gradually reduced the speed from 21 knots to more than 19 knots. As the speed dropped, the distance between the two warships began to increase.

"The German seems to slow down? Did we hurt him?" Colonel Sinclair said in a bit of surprise. To say that the semi-armor-piercing shells fired by the 6-inch artillery can damage a battleship, he himself doesn't believe it, but before, Ge It seems that the middle of the Naisenau’s hull was hit by a 15-inch shell, which should have been fired. Sinclair gave the Germans a reason for slowing down.

The Germans’ main artillery never aimed at themselves. The two light cruisers set fire to each other with superior firepower. Looking at the smoke and flames on the Gneisenau, Colonel Sinclair thought he could do it. Better. Especially when the distance between the two warships was widened and Scharnhorst could not effectively support Gneisenau!

"Perhaps I will be the first Royal Navy officer who has sunk the super fearless." Sinclair was a little dreamy. However, many years of experience tells him that the closer he is to victory, the easier it is for accidents. For example, the opponent will level the powerful main gun at a critical moment, and for example, he made a lightning strike. Two light cruisers can shoot 8 torpedoes in one wave. But if you can make a hit, you must pull in the distance, and pull it closer to the distance that is almost to the mouth of someone's muzzle for a large-caliber gun!

"If you attack the opponent from the side, they can turn to reduce the attack area. The effect will be very poor. If we stretch a certain distance and then attack from two directions, it will form a cross lightning strike, the hit rate will be higher, and The battleship’s main gun has a certain blind spot on the front." Sinclair calculated.

"Impermanence accelerates, Dublin maintains speed, we will carry out a cross lightning strike on Gneisenau!" The colonel ordered. He will lead Impermanence to strike from the side and forward, while at the same time, Dublin will attack from the side. In this case, no matter which direction Gneisenau turns, there will always be a wave of torpedoes facing the side of the hull~www.wuxiaspot.com~Impermanence begins to accelerate, and at the same time turns half a compass point to prepare for a diagonal cut. The route of the Naisenau, at this time, the cruiser has reached a high speed of 26 knots! Because the ship’s speed was too high, it produced strong vibrations, and the traveling wave resistance of the bow became larger and larger. The slender bow smashed the surging waves into masses of fine water mist, but the strong impact also caused The bow of the ship was a little overwhelmed, and the sound of an awkward crash and metal deformation made people feel uneasy, and even water seepage had appeared in some places.

"Your Captain, the British seem to be preparing for a lightning strike." An officer said, pointing to the British fleet that had already opened its formation. During this period of time, the British got closer again, and now the distance between the two sides was close to about 6,500 meters. At this time, Rydell still did not order the main gun to fire, but barely resisted it with the 150mm gun on the side.

"Wait for them to release the smoke before firing. The warship is ready to accelerate." Raidel looked at the location of the Barem and Impermanence that was hit in the distance. There was no sneer at the corner of his mouth. And at this moment, the British finally moved, and the smoke canisters on the Impermanence and Dublin blasted out thick smoke, which instantly obscured the two light cruisers!

At this time, Gneisenau was just downwind, and under the blowing of the sea breeze, the smoke quickly drifted towards Gneisenau. The smoke released by the two British light cruisers blocked the view of Gneisenau, but at the same time Also obscured the vision of the Barlem!

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