Chapter 865: Melee combat

After Antrim was beaten to a dead fish and then sent to the seabed by the destroyer V17 with one torpedo, the British light cruiser and destroyer responsible for the lightning strike immediately lost their unified command, and the light cruiser Devonshire was located behind. Although the command flag was raised for the first time, the three light cruisers released a cloud of smoke after another. Who knows what signal you sent! When the smoke gradually dissipated, the three light cruisers made different choices. The light cruisers Devon and Argyll continued to attack, while Rocksburg chose to retreat....

"Hold the grass!" Just after the Devonshire rushed out of the smoke, she saw several gray figures quickly passing by the side of the hull. Subconsciously, this cruiser aimed its muzzle at one of the guys. Although most people on the big ship didn’t even see what ship was on the opposite side of the ship, they knew that this painting was definitely not a British ship. ....

The high-explosive shells fired by the 6-inch and 4-inch guns instantly covered a German destroyer hundreds of meters away. The destroyer numbered s5 was not even clear about what happened, so it was thrown out of the "Black Forest" in a big gray. The wolf killed... It is also sad enough.

But the other two white rabbits, not right, are destroyers v7 and v11. At the critical moment, the bunny kicked the eagle's knack. Two double 500mm torpedo tubes aimed at the raging "Big Bad Wolf." Along with the explosion of compressed air, four gray torpedoes entered the water.

The g7 torpedo with a weight of 1360kg and a charge of 195kg is definitely a weapon of the German destroyer in the first battle. It can run 4000 meters at 37 knots and 9,300 meters at 27 knots. At a distance of less than 1 kilometer, these torpedoes with initial velocity hit the target in just minutes!

The gunpowder fired by the artillery and the smoke from the smoke canister had not yet dissipated. The British did not even notice that the assassin next to him shot 4 torpedoes within a short distance. More than forty seconds later, this unlucky British lighter A huge column of water suddenly rose up from the side of the cruiser! Explosives weighing 195kg directly cut off this light cruiser like a peerless soldier! After the torpedo exploded, it detonated the ammunition depot located in the middle of the hull, and the violent explosion even lifted part of the bottom of the ship out of the water! A huge ball of fire rose into the sky, and half a minute later, the hapless light cruiser quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

When the British chose to release the smoke screen, the German light cruiser obviously retreated. Although the Frankfurt-class light cruiser has a displacement of more than 6,500 tons and has 6 175mm artillery, it is estimated that it will not be able to return if it is caught by a torpedo. ...... No way, the ship-borne torpedo is too powerful. At this time, Major General Bodick would naturally not be able to take the golden light cruiser to risk it. In terms of quantity, light cruisers are actually as rare as battleships... Unfortunately, the Devonshire-class light cruiser crashed into the German destroyer. Then I was overcast....

The light cruiser Argyll rushed out of the smoke screen with several destroyers. The first destroyer to rush out was the Sandfly. There seemed to be no sound of artillery firing outside. It should be safer. Then the Argyll and three other British destroyers rushed out, and then two huge figures appeared in front of the British... The "Big Bad Wolf" of the Argyll met two incredible guys. The battleship Hesse, which can be called the Tyrannosaurus rex in the naval battle, and the battleship Oldenburg behind are in front of them!

"We seem to have achieved our goal." The captain of the destroyer Elf looked at the shadow of the ship's shadow that was sailing at high speed in the distance, and his voice trembled a little. They successfully avoided the intercepting German light cruiser formation and approached the main German fleet.

But what about the current situation? The distance is still a bit far, 6 kilometers apart! If you want to hit with a torpedo, you may not be able to use faith! After all, people also sail, and the distance between the two sides is still increasing. When you launch, you are 6 kilometers apart. After the torpedo passes, how far is the distance? Eighty percent is beyond the range!

Just when the British hesitate to continue charging without a smoke screen, or turn their heads and leave, the German on the opposite side will not give you this opportunity! The guns on the sides of the two German battleships quickly switched their muzzles, the first being the 6-inch gun and the 88mm anti-lightning gun. More than 30 artillery pieces of various small and medium calibers were intertwined into a web of fire. The destroyer Sandfly was first captured. This destroyer was like an insect that fell into a spider web. It was torn to pieces by the violent fire in an instant. Failed to launch the torpedo.

The Oldenburg at the back was even more straightforward. It straightened the main gun and hit rabbits with a shotgun. How interesting was it to hit the big bad wolf with a deer shot? Eight huge guns almost parallel to the sea aimed at the light cruiser Argyll not far away.

"The distance is 6500 meters! Fire!" The fire control officer of the Oldenburg directly delegated the shooting rights to each turret, relying on the 3-meter turret rangefinder, and the 6500-meter flat firing should not be too easy~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Before the British could react, a bombardment like hellfire waves had swept through!

The slender shell is like a long knife. The first cut destroyed half of the Argyle’s celestial cover, and the slender bow was gnawed away by more than half at the waterline! Under high-speed navigation, a large amount of seawater swept in, causing this small light cruiser to have a serious bow!

then? The rest of the problem was easy to handle. The British cruiser, whose speed dropped sharply, immediately became the target of Oldenburg. The shells fired by the four twin-mounted main guns fell on the hapless light cruiser. 3 minutes later , The Oldenburg reaped her first definite kill in this naval battle! Although it did not have the pleasure of hitting the ammunition storehouse with a one-shot spike, the light cruiser finally overturned to the bottom of the sea due to excessive water flooding after three openings ranging from 5 meters to 7 meters in length were torn open on the other side's ship. , Even torpedoes are saved!

In fact, this wave of lightning strikes has actually failed since the battle. The formation of mt and pioneer light cruisers sank three and ran one. The remaining destroyers wanted to rush through the German light cruisers and destroyers. Road intercept and then approach to release the torpedo within 5 kilometers? What do you want? Are you dreaming?

So most of the second wave of destroyers chose to evacuate, and the remaining destroyers wanted to run, but after the smoke cleared, these destroyers were taken by the wolf-like Frankfurt-class light cruisers with a bunch of v, g, and s. The German lightning ship/destroyer chased up and killed them one by one.

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