Chapter 877: Fierce battle one

But even so, before the smoke screen covered the entire fleet, the British's rapid and accurate shooting still caused the biggest damage to the German fleet since the war, and this was later called Prince Ruprecht in World War I. The only failure at sea debut.

"If our luck is better, we can even keep two Bavarian-class battleships, and the future battle situation may undergo essential changes as a result. It is a pity that you did not see those two. The scene when a battleship was hit by a rain-like shell.” Lieutenant General Jeram described the scene after the war.

Because of the sea breeze, even if the Saxon-class battleship pulled out the smoke screen for the first time, the heavy smoke screen brought cover to the battleships behind. In the rangefinder lens of the George V-class battleship, you can always see semi-clear The hull, and based on this to determine the opponent's location!

The two British super fearless shelling is really fierce! They are the pride of the British Navy. As Jericho’s best artillery battleship squadron, their performance is really amazing! The third round of the volley of George V formed a straddle, and the volley of Aas formed a straddle in the fifth round. In the fifth minute after firing, the two British dreadnoughts were just 17 kilometers away. Hit the Saxon in a distance

(Actually, the 10 guns do have certain advantages in walking. Bavaria’s plan back then had a planned ship with 10 350mm guns, and the German Admiralty believed that the main guns in this plan would be very good for walking. The only problem was the tonnage. Some are big, but the caliber of the artillery is a little smaller.)

Two armor-piercing shells weighing 635kg landed on the front of the deck and destroyed the anchor room and the equipment inside. The good-flammable picric acid explosive quickly ignited everything that could burn, such as partitions, teak floors, cables and so on. The updraft generated by the flame burning lifted a large amount of ashes and dust into the air, and then spread to the middle of the hull under the blowing of the sea breeze. The smoke screen brought about by the hit even affected the observation of the Saxony.

Then, in the next round of shelling, two more shells hit the huge side of the Saxon. One shell bounced off without injury, and the other shell hit the seam of the armor plate, leaving behind A crack of more than 1 meter long, with the violent impact of the shell, the supporting structure behind the armor plate was partially broken, and the entire sideboard armor plate was pushed back by 0.5 meters!

What really had a greater impact on the combat effectiveness of the Saxon was the four-round hit. Both shells hit the No. 1 turret of the Saxon. One hit the turret, and after penetrating the upper deck, it hit the thickness of the shell. On the armor of the 400mm gun mount, the violent explosion caused a certain degree of deformation of an armor plate, and the violent vibration also caused some problems in the ammunition supply of the artillery. Another shell hit the connection between the turret and the mount.

With a loud noise, countless fragments flew in from the gap between the two, successfully jamming the turret, and a remaining projectile caused a nearby deck to be twisted and bent, completely letting This warship cannot repair the turret at sea. From now on, the No. 1 turret of Saxony has nothing to do with this engagement.

A series of flames rose from the top of the Saxony, and the flow of hot air generated by the fire on the ship surface even tore the dense smoke produced by the smoking can! In the eyes of the British, Saxony at this time was like a behemoth with scars, flames gushing from the breach and spreading to other places on the battleship!

"Focus on fire to kill him! Then we will hit the next one!" Jeram said excitedly, pointing to the distant target. The two British Super Intrepids turned left again by 2 compass points to get closer to the target. Twenty thick and long pipes of the two British warships kept spewing fiery snakes, and rain-like shells fell on and near the Saxony. In this unexpected encounter, Saxony was temporarily suppressed.

The second battleship Bavaria was also set on fire by two British super fearless, but the situation was much better. A large amount of smoke from the former covered the battleship very well, but even so, the Bavaria was also At least 7 shells were hit.

The British fill factor (that is, the explosive weight ratio of the shell) is huge, although the armor-piercing ability is relatively poor. However, the larger charge gave the shells the ability to blast the opponent’s armor. In history, there was a record of 9-inch armor belt being pierced. Although it still could not cause damage to the core compartment of the Bavarian-class battleship, two rounds The shell that hit the bow of the ship still tore two more than 3 meters long cracks in the hull. A large amount of seawater mixed with a large number of fragments poured into the cabin. In less than 3 minutes, two shells were sent to the Bavaria. 700 tons of influent water came!

These water ingress and damage caused the warship to have a bow tilt of about 5 degrees and a slight left tilt. The shells that hit the main armor belt were also ineffective. Fortunately, fire control equipment such as turrets and rangefinders were not attacked~www.wuxiaspot.com~, so the impact on the battleship's combat effectiveness was limited. Several shells were also hit on the tall bridge. One of them destroyed the seaplane in the middle of the battleship and ignited the small boat next to it. The crackling sound of burning and crackling continued to be heard from the hull, even some fragments. Into the flue, thick smoke began to leak outside.

Although the two battleships Baden and Württemberg in the third and fourth battle positions were also fired by the two British dreadnoughts, their situation is almost windy compared to their counterparts with shells in front. To describe it lightly! The firepower of the two Invincible-class battlecruisers is at least 2 levels worse than the firepower of the two George V-class super fearless!

Not to mention that the caliber of the latter is a circle larger than the former, and in terms of the number of tubes, George V theoretically has 2 more tubes than Invincible, but in fact, the firepower that can be used is 4 more! The artillery layout of the Invincible and subsequent battleships can be called cheating. The guns on the opposite side have very small firing angles in the opposite direction, so the number of artillery that can be used for attack on the two battleships is actually only 12 to 14! Coupled with a relatively backward fire control system and a poor shooting angle, General Hood's fleet attack efficiency is relatively low.

When rounds of artillery shells continued to fall near the fleet, the light cruiser formation responsible for cover also began to move. They quickly passed from the front of the fleet and entered the combat side, and then released the smoke screen to cover the capital ship behind. At the same time, the accompanying destroyer also launched a harassing lightning strike under the cover of the leader of the destroyer fleet.

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