Chapter 2103 Melee Three
"Damn German planes!" However, this time, Commodore Sinclair's fleet did not escape the eyes of the K fleet in the sky when it approached the German fleet. With radio positioning, a series of flares fell, instantly illuminating the British light cruiser The sea area around the team, so this is embarrassing, and we can only change from a sneak attack to a strong attack! At this time, when the lookout on S118 at the tail of the German destroyer squadron discovered the light cruiser in the distance, Major Franco was also frightened into a mess. The destroyer smashed the light cruiser? This is even more unreliable than the British battle cruiser smashing the German battle cruiser! After all, the latter is considered to be a match at the same level, and I am fighting the boss by leapfrogging. As long as there is no accident, then I must be the one who loses!
"Release the smoke immediately! Let's go!" Major Franco ordered loudly!
However, it is a pity that sometimes you can leave if you want to? It is true that the S113 destroyer has a maximum speed of more than 32 knots, and the British light cruiser is generally around 30 knots. But why do you have to consider the sea conditions and ship conditions! The battle just now also scarred the four large German destroyers. Now the top speed has dropped from the previous 28 knots to about 25 knots, while the British light cruiser squadron that just joined the battle has increased the speed to more than 26 knots!
"Hit! Hit the opponent's flagship hard! Use armor-piercing bullets!" Major Franco ordered loudly! He didn't intend to let the 2 surrounding torpedo boat/destroyer squads go up, because obviously they couldn't beat them, and the light cruisers were specially designed to deal with these scumbags, and going up was equivalent to sending them off. Therefore, the only thing that can pose a threat to the British light cruiser squadron is the 150MM artillery on its own ship. Considering that it may face the British light cruiser this time, the Germans specially equipped the 150MM artillery with about 30% of the armor-piercing shells! Don't ask to kill the opponent, but ask for the power to fight back!
Therefore, when the British were about to bring the German destroyer into their effective range, the German large destroyer unit that was originally in a state of evacuation quickly turned a corner on the sea! The turning speed far surpassed that of the light cruiser, which made Commodore Sinclair, who was rushing to the front, break into a cold sweat! In just a few tens of seconds, my ship was already within the attack range of two large German destroyers! Afterwards, I saw flames flickering in the distance, and shells rained down like raindrops!
The dense shells first covered the two 6-inch guns placed on the back of the Gushen at the bow. At this time, the secondary guns of the British light cruisers were not the turret-type secondary guns of the light cruisers in World War II. You can even understand In order to be a little more complicated than the deck gun and then add a semi-closed gun cover, a gun cover with a thickness of 1 inch to 2 inches is enough to block the shock wave and fragments of the shell, but it is necessary to block the 150MM armor-piercing projectile fired from less than 1000 meters away. ? Then save it!
A 150MM armor-piercing projectile hit the cover of a 6-gun gun. With the rupture of the front hood and quilt cap of the shell, the sharp bullet easily tore through the 50MM armor of the gun, and then the whole gun was destroyed. It was blown to two ends, and a complete British artillery group was buried with it! The ferocious firepower of the Germans once again exceeded the expectations of the British. The Ceres was directly hit by this round of fierce and precise shelling, and a series of shells spread from the bow to the superstructure of the hull. Commodore Sinclair, who commanded the battle with the armored bow, was also wounded by flying shrapnel and temporarily unable to command the battle.
However, the quality of the regular British naval officer corps was revealed at this moment. Under the command of the deputy captain of the Ceres, the Ceres and the light cruiser Cardiff behind quickly turned to avoid the German bombardment, and at the same time used the side The broadside artillery counterattacked, while the other two light cruisers bit the destroyer S119, which could only fall at the end due to power damage!
"The power system of the battleship is damaged,
Our ship will leave the battle order! "At this time, under the attack of two British light cruisers, the situation of the destroyer S119 deteriorated very quickly. Two shells directly penetrated the engine room and destroyed the left engine. The speed dropped directly from 25 knots to less than Around 18 knots! Under such circumstances, S119 decisively sent out a signal to leave the queue, and evacuated in the opposite direction. He hoped to rely on himself to share the pressure on the remaining three destroyers, and the British also dispatched the Coventry Pursue!
"The officers and soldiers on this German destroyer were very tenacious. They fought to the last moment. In the last few minutes, we approached to a distance of less than 800 meters from each other. On the deck, there is only one 6-inch gun that can be used on the entire battleship, but the Germans are still fighting back, and the tilt angle of the battleship is already very large. I even suspect that even if we stop now, this ship will definitely not escape the result of destruction It is hard for me to believe that the ship that has been entangled with us for more than 20 minutes is a destroyer without armored defense. Even from the perspective of the enemy, I still have to admit that the officers and soldiers on this German warship deserve our respect. "The captain of the Coventry commented after the war.
At this time, the situation in this sub-battlefield has obviously tilted towards the British. The attack by a group of German torpedo boats has no effect, but it only makes the German large destroyer squad slightly far away. If nothing else, the large destroyer of Major Franco The team will be killed one by one by the light cruiser to which Sinclair belongs. However, at this time, an accident happened on the battlefield. Not long after the destroyer S119 was sunk by the Coventry, a shell accurately landed on the On a quadruple 533MM torpedo tube at the rear of the light cruiser Cardiff!
So, something happened at once! This shell destroyed the compressed air chamber and the rear fuel tank of one of the torpedoes. When the compressed air and fuel were mixed together, a spark ignited the cloud of gas that heralded destruction! Accompanied by a series of explosions, three torpedoes on the four launch tubes were detonated one after another, so there is no need to think about the rest! This guy who was beating the German large destroyer a minute ago was blown into two pieces by the torpedo on his own ship!
The power of the serial explosions was so great that some people even said that they saw the rear half of the hull lifted out of the sea level! A water column with a height of nearly 100 meters rose into the sky, and then the hull quickly fell to one side of the sea. Before most of the British naval officers and soldiers above could react, thousands of tons of seawater had poured in from the broken hull. In just two minutes, this poor light cruiser completely disappeared from the sea!
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