Chapter 2099: 1st Night 2
At this time, what is even worse for the British is that Major Franco's large destroyer squadron is less than 5 kilometers away from here! For being in the shroud of night, while oneself are completely exposed to the light!
"I found the British destroyer squadron at 11 o'clock, at a distance of about 4,200 meters!" The rangefinder on the top of the mast on Major Franco's flagship large destroyer S113 immediately locked on to the British destroyer squadron under the background of white light. , This time, the British were a little unlucky. The four destroyers were almost covered by the flares dropped by the German bombers at the first time.
"Rush forward, one-on-one against them!" The advantage has been gained, so the rest is a! The four destroyers opened the high-temperature and high-pressure steam stored in the steam pipes, and as a huge amount of steam poured into the turbines, the four large German destroyers began to accelerate their course! The speed increased from about 18 knots to over 27 knots in a short period of time! What is this concept? It is equivalent to a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, and at this time, they are only more than 4,000 meters away from the British destroyer squadron! It takes only a few minutes to bring it within the effective range of the deck gun!
The German fleet almost entered the battlefield close to the edge of light and darkness. The slender hull was looming under the light. In just a few minutes, the German fleet had already aimed its sidestring full of artillery at the British. The British seem to be still in a daze? !
"Fuck! What are you kidding?! Are the British funny?" Major Franco looked at the British destroyers in the distance and felt a little stunned for a moment, because in the last few minutes of contacting the enemy, the British fleet still maintained formation sailing. , and the speed is still not high. From the perspective of Major Franco, who has experienced the Battle of the Doger Sandbank and then fought the Russian Fleet in the Baltic Sea for 300 rounds, at this time, the first priority of the destroyer is to speed up the escape. Dodge the flares. The rise of the flares during the night battle is a signal to be locked. If you don't dodge at this time, you are looking for death? !
For a moment, Major Franco wondered if this was a British bait? However, after only a few seconds of hesitation, the major decisively issued an attack order, so what if it was a decoy? Anyway, the earl's fleet is behind it!
Major Franco's melee dog-fighting tactics are still very good. The German fleet entered the position very well, almost passing obliquely in front of the British fleet, just in a position that is not a regular T-shaped horizontal formation! If the British fleet chooses to turn and flee, it will happen to run into Earl Spey who came from the north! When the two sides approached 2100 meters, the leading s113 large destroyer fired the first round of salvo!
Four 150mm and two 105mm deck guns sprayed fire snakes at the same time, and a stream of shells whizzed and smashed at the British fleet that didn't seem to respond! The leader happened to be the flagship Garland of the British destroyer. In less than 3 seconds, this poor British destroyer was covered by water jets and flames!
The first round of German shooting was very accurate, forming a perfect straddle shot, and one of the shells hit the bow of the Garland! Destroy the entire anchor room! And then accompanied by the shooting of the other three German destroyers, the poor British fleet was instantly covered by flames, and the sound of violent explosions came from not far away, even covering the roar of the turbines!
"Turn around immediately and speed up the evacuation! We are under attack!" Realizing that the situation was wrong, the Garland began to turn to avoid the opponent's shelling, and at the same time counterattacked with two 102mm artillery located on the fore and aft decks, but the opponent's firepower was too fierce! Every minute, more than one ton of artillery shells roared from a distance, and Germany was getting closer and closer. In just 2 minutes, the distance between the two sides was shortened from 2100 meters to 1200 meters!
At this time, the German destroyer also decisively turned on the searchlights,
Three searchlights locked the poor destroyer firmly, and tons of ammunition fell on the hull. Accompanied by violent explosions and flames rising into the air, the destroyer was destroyed by dense shells within 3 minutes. Fight into a fire dragon! The entire battle was a one-sided massacre. The shrapnel and shock waves from the shell explosion swept across the entire deck, and even swept away the small cockpit at the front of the destroyer! In the end, two 150mm shells directly hit the ammunition magazine under the gun position and completely destroyed the poor destroyer. With a loud noise, the Garland was blown into two sections from the middle, and the fragments thrown by the huge explosive force even hit the ship. It's on No. s113 not far away!
"Kill them, pay attention to avoiding torpedoes!" The German destroyer fleet always kept the distance at more than one meter. At this distance, the naval guns of the German destroyers were stable, and there was also time to avoid torpedoes that the opponent might launch! Under the firepower of the German fleet comparable to light cruisers, the remaining three British destroyers did not last long! One of them was paralyzed on the sea surface, and the other capsized due to too much water entering the side string. After the last destroyer fired 2 torpedoes before dying, the depth charge warehouse at the tail was ignited, accompanied by a sound With a loud noise, the entire battleship turned into fragments all over the sky! Although it floated on the sea with a radius of one kilometer, the whole battle took only a quarter of an hour from start to finish!
"This should be a British destroyer, not a regular fleet destroyer." After the fight, Major Franco quickly made a rough judgment on the enemy's level. Although the so-called special-built destroyers also bear the name of destroyers, their standards and performance are a bit lower than those of regular fleet destroyers, and the quality of the personnel attached to them is also poor. They generally undertake patrol, anti-submarine and mine-sweeping tasks. It is normal that many people have not experienced naval battles. If this is the case, the slow response of the British at the beginning can also be explained.
"The nails have been pulled out, let's move on!" It was just a small victory, and Major Franco didn't pay much attention to it. The British internally defined this line of defense as vigilance. They must have other mobile fleets. Next time, they will meet again. If you go up, you won't be a weak chicken!
"Your Excellency, our A-line has been breached. Ten minutes ago, the A3 patrol was attacked. It has been 30 minutes now, and our call has not been answered!" At this time, the British Royal Navy Dover in Dunkirk An officer reported to Lieutenant General Martin in the headquarters of the General Command in the Straits.
"Are you coming?" Lieutenant General Martin immediately got up and walked to the chart. "Send a telegram to the transport fleet, telling them not to set off for the time being, and at the same time order the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron and the Sixth Destroyer Squadron to prepare for the battle!
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