Chapter 2104 Melee Four
"Fuck! What's the situation?" At this time, the British commander who took over the command of Brigadier General Sinclair immediately felt like a dog. The experienced British naval officers also hesitated. After all, the firepower of the three German destroyers on the opposite side is really strong. In terms of output alone, the Gushen-class light cruiser really has no advantage. Before 3V3 had an advantage, what about now? The Cardiff was sunk, the Gushen was in a bad state after being beaten up, and the Coventry was still far away. This situation is embarrassing...
And just when the British were hesitating, Major Franco seized the opportunity to release smoke again, and at the same time let the destroyer come up to cover, and began to flee into the depths of the night. And at this moment, the exchange of fire that occurred in the distance once again attracted the attention of this light cruiser fleet! Earl Spey has made a move! But this time, the intensity of the exchange of fire between the two sides far exceeded the previous battle! Compared with the largest battle tonight, the previous battle is just a joke!
When the British light cruiser detachment fought against Major Frank's large destroyer detachment, the battlefield situation changed rapidly, especially when the light cruiser Cardiff was accidentally destroyed at the final stage of the fight, the British light cruiser detachment and Major General Harris There were too many radio exchanges between the armored cruiser squadrons, and such frequent contacts naturally attracted the attention of Earl Spey who was hiding nearby. Compared with the British, the Earl was really calm. When Major Frank’s fleet was attacked, Earl Spey’s 2 armored cruisers and 2 light cruisers did not act. He gave the major arbitrariness Right, if necessary, you can directly pull people away.
You can say that the earl's method is too iron-blooded, but no matter what, this time, the earl's waiting has been rewarded. In the west of the earl's fleet, a signal source with frequent transmissions suddenly appeared, and after speculation, if there is no accident , there is at least one light cruiser detachment!
"Get ready!" Following the Earl's order, a destroyer detachment and a torpedo boat detachment deployed in front of the main fleet, followed by the armored cruiser Mainz and the Prince Albert, while the other two light cruisers followed. Follow up in turn. At the same time, more than a dozen torpedo boats were deployed on both sides of the fleet. Although the Mainz-class armored cruiser is almost at the bottom of the battleships of the German Navy, it is also a battleship after all, and it is impossible to output directly like a destroyer. It's not the same, the distance of the night battle between them is more than 5000 meters!
Several destroyers first rushed to the distant target. Originally, the German destroyers were going to launch flares and then use searchlights to determine the opponent's ship type. As a result, the K fleet in the sky once again helped the German fleet fighting on the sea! After a string of flares fell, Major General Harris's flagship, the Crecy, was first exposed to strong light!
"It's a large battleship! We encountered an enemy battleship!" The figure of the Cressy in the distance appeared in the 4-meter rangefinder of the armored cruiser Mainz, and the black line in the rangefinder happened to be pressed against the In the middle of the hull of this British armored cruiser, in the case of insufficient light, the fire control personnel on the Mainz could not determine the type of the opponent's ship, and could only draw a rough image and an estimated length, then Well, the rest is up to guesswork!
"Get rid of him! Order the destroyer squadron to launch flares. There must be warships behind the opponent! Let's have a meeting first, let Prince Albert keep an eye on the other one, and keep an eye on them!" The earl immediately ordered, facing the opponent who suddenly appeared , the Earl was very calm, because he knew that there were not many British Dreadnoughts left that could be used, and the warships above Dreadnought were still in the Bay of Forth.
Almost none of the warships that could appear in front of his eyes were opponents of the Mainz-class armored cruiser. If these warships can be severely damaged, then tonight, the British's sea power in the English Channel should be almost empty, right?
"Damn it, kill those destroyers!" Rear Admiral Harris ordered loudly. When the destroyers in the distance covered the armored cruiser Crecy with their searchlights, Harris instinctively sensed the danger. He realized that in the nearby waters There should be a German battleship hidden in it. After all, the K-type bombers of the British have exposed the position of the Crecy. If there are only torpedo boats, they will not use searchlights, because this will expose the position of the torpedo boat. But now, the only reason for the opponent to use searchlights is to provide better lighting for the battleship hidden in the distance!
The 6-inch gun and the 12-pound anti-lightning cannon on the side of the Crecy fired wildly. The flames of the guns were connected together, forming a ring of fire that expanded outwards. The violent bullet rain and explosion swept the nearby The sea area was boiling, and a German torpedo boat was unable to dodge it, and was smashed to pieces by the fierce side fire of the 15,000-ton warship.
The Cressy sensed the danger lurking in the surrounding sea. It vented its anger around like a mad bear, and at the same time began to maneuver and evade. The German destroyer was right under its nose, and the capital ship might be hidden in the distance. I am only a few kilometers away! In the night battle, all the distances are shortened, maybe the shells of the German battleship will fall on his head in the next moment!
The British destroyers accompanying the armored cruiser unit rushed up like a pack of wolves, and at the same time, the German destroyer unit also rushed out of the night to intercept. The destroyers of both sides once again fought at sea. At this time, this naval battle The real decisive force-the Mainz-class armored cruiser also locked the opponent with the help of flares and searchlights. The rangefinder at the top of the mast has accurately reported the distance and azimuth reading of the British cruiser in the distance, 4 seats Under the guidance of the fire control system, the huge twin-mounted 254MM heavy artillery aimed at the British cruiser, which was searching the nearby waters with searchlights.
5400 meters! The 8 main guns of the armored cruiser Mainz fired the first salvo tonight! The thick and long gun barrels were almost parallel to the sea level. With the order to attack, the eight guns spit out huge fireballs at the same time, and the shells roared at a speed of more than 800 meters per second towards the British armored cruiser in the distance. In the night, the flames of the battleship salvo seemed to cut through the night. From the perspective of the British, it seemed that a shining spot of light suddenly appeared in the distant night!
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