Chapter 1017

One by one, cruisers and destroyers quickly began to sprint to the side of the battleships of the Third Reich Navy to block the Japanese heavy cruisers. These light cruisers and destroyers must all ensure the safety of these battleships at this time. Even if necessary, they would not hesitate to use their hull to resist the torpedoes from the Japanese.

After all, battleships are undoubtedly more valuable than these light cruisers and destroyers. If you can save the battleships, even if you lose some light cruisers and destroyers, it will be worth it.

"boom! boom! boom!"

The main guns and secondary guns of the battleships also began to fire quickly at the Japanese heavy cruisers. The

410mm naval guns, 457mm naval guns, 380mm naval guns, and 150mm secondary guns all began to fire.

One after another. The shells hit the Japanese heavy cruiser like raindrops.

The shells fell into the sea, splashing water columns into the sky.

The escorting light cruisers and destroyers were also firing wildly. With 150 mm main guns, 105 mm Naval guns, 88mm rapid-fire guns, pouring out shells like crazy.

These Japanese heavy cruisers are completely charging against the hail of bullets from the Third Reich Navy.

Even these heavy cruisers have a displacement of more than 14,000 tons, which can be regarded as It is a large battleship. Its defense is much stronger than that of destroyers and light cruisers. However, such intensive firepower attacks still make these heavy cruisers unable to withstand it.

"boom! boom!"

The shells continuously hit the heavy cruiser Myoko, causing the heavy cruiser's hull to be riddled with holes and igniting a raging fire.

However, these small and medium-caliber shells could not cause the heavy cruiser to suffer a fatal blow..Making this heavy cruiser still sailing at a speed of up to 35 knots

"Advance at full speed, assault to within ten kilometers, and then launch torpedoes! The Empire is on board, His Majesty the Emperor is on board!"The captain of the heavy cruiser Myoko, Colonel Ishihara Yu, had a ferocious face.

"Hi, Captain!"The chief engineer replied.

At this moment, the heavy cruiser Myoko has almost increased its speed to the maximum. But even so, Colonel Ishihara still felt that it was not enough. Therefore, he requested forced ventilation of the boiler to further increase the speed. Even if this would There is no need to hesitate to cause great damage to the boiler.

Anyway, for the Eastern Imperial Navy Combined Fleet, this is most likely their last battle. If this battle cannot severely damage or even sink the Third Reich Navy Even with the battleships, they would not have survived. The Third Reich Navy would not let them go.

The speed of the Myoko heavy cruiser had been further increased.

But they seemed to be unlucky, because at the next moment, a large missile caliber naval gun shell hit the heavy cruiser.

A 457 mm naval gun shell fired from the battleship Christoph accurately hit the heavy cruiser Myoko.

The shell hit the heavy cruiser Myoko The entire bow was destroyed on the spot. What's even more terrible is that in the four quadruple 610 mm torpedo launch tubes on the bow of the heavy cruiser Myoko, a total of 16 torpedoes were ready for launch. The explosion detonated these torpedoes in an instant, This caused the torpedo to explode.

The power of the explosion of 16 610mm heavy torpedoes was much greater than the power of the 457mm artillery shells. The violent explosion instantly shattered the front half of the heavy cruiser Myoko to pieces. As a result, the heavy cruiser Myoko quickly began to sink.

"idiot!"Colonel Ishihara scolded.

But at this moment, he had no choice.

Other heavy cruisers also became the target of fierce attacks by the battleships, cruisers and destroyers of the Third Reich Navy. Many destroyers even tried to stop these heavy cruisers. , simply launched a tit-for-tat lightning strike.

The power of the 533mm heavy torpedo of the Third Reich Navy is certainly slightly inferior to the 610mm heavy torpedo of the Japanese. However, it is definitely not something that these heavy cruisers can withstand.

"Torpedo launch!"

One after another, the 533mm heavy torpedoes were fired at the Japanese heavy cruisers. The

Japanese heavy cruisers had to avoid them. Otherwise, once hit, these heavy cruisers would not only die but also suffer heavy damage.

And this, that is, This bought the battleships of the Third Reich Navy more time, allowing them to continue firing and use their sharp main guns and secondary guns to destroy these Japanese heavy cruisers.

At the same time, there were also unlucky Japanese heavy cruisers that were fished After being struck by lightning, it was directly damaged and even sunk.

The heavy cruiser Suzuya was such a heavy cruiser.

A 533 mm heavy torpedo hit the stern of the ship, and in the violent explosion, the stern of the ship was blown out A big hole was made, and even the propeller was blown off.

This not only caused the heavy cruiser Suzuya to be seriously flooded, but also caused the heavy cruiser to lose power and be unable to continue moving forward. In such a battle, it was suffered like this Naturally, the heavy damage was fatal.

In the ensuing battle, the heavy cruiser Suzuya was hit by a naval gun shell and was directly sunk.

Although these Japanese heavy cruisers performed very bravely. Faced with They dared to charge bravely against the sharp artillery attacks of the Third Reich Navy.

More and more heavy cruisers were hit by artillery shells and even torpedoes. They were already severely damaged before they even rushed within ten kilometers of the battleships of the Third Reich Navy. , and was even sunk.

Among the 12 heavy cruisers, only five heavy cruisers successfully rushed within ten kilometers of the battleships of the Third Reich Navy and successfully launched torpedoes.

"Launch torpedoes and kill those German battleships!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The 610mm heavy-duty torpedoes were launched from the launch tube one after another, quickly shooting towards the battleships of the Third Reich Navy, leaving obvious water marks on the sea.

"Avoid, avoid immediately!"The battleships of the Third Reich Navy also responded quickly and began to avoid these torpedoes.

Once hit by these 610 mm heavy torpedoes, even the battleships of the Third Reich Navy would not be able to withstand it. Even if they would not be hit on the spot It is still very possible to be sunk, but it is still very likely to be severely damaged.

Therefore, if it can be avoided, it is undoubtedly the best.

These battleships of the Third Reich Navy began to make emergency turns. And those brave light cruisers and The destroyer blocked the side of the battleship with its hull, preparing to use itself as a human shield for the battleship. Fortunately, in the face of the Japanese lightning strikes, the Third Reich Navy was very lucky, almost all of them had narrow escapes. Dodged.