Chapter 2106: Assassin
"Don't worry, we have to find the right opportunity and kill with one blow!" Brigadier General Nerpi said after glancing at the armored cruiser unit struggling under artillery fire in the distance.
As the commander of the British light cruiser squadron who participated in the tragic Battle of Dogal Sandbank, Commodore Nelpi still remembers the ferocity of the German fleet back then, and even left a considerable psychological shadow. More than 1 dozen The British dreadnoughts and super dreadnoughts were put into this battle, and as a result, more than half a dozen capital ships were lost. The fast fleet of the British Navy in World War I was in a slump. In fact, the British light cruiser squadron suffered even more losses. He rushed towards his opponent like a moth throwing himself into a flame, and was beaten to pieces within ten to twenty minutes. Therefore, Brigadier General Nerpi now has only one principle: be cautious, cautious, and cautious again. !
But this kind of caution does not mean fear of war! When the armored cruiser detachment was attacked, Commodore Nelpi, who was still hiding in the night, began to assess the situation on the battlefield. When he saw the muzzle flames of two Mainz-class armored cruisers salvoing, the commodore realized that this was the main German fleet! And define it as a dreadnought class! Although there was a deviation in the assessment, overall the results were not much different. Anyway, if the British light cruiser wanted to go up at this time, it would probably be knocked to death.
Originally, Commodore Nelpi's equipment entered from the non-combat side, and then launched a lightning strike. After all, after all the main gun firepower of the dreadnought was aimed at the armored cruiser, the firepower on the opposite side was only the secondary gun. At this time, the British light cruiser could take advantage of the German fleet's main guns to forcibly approach and shoot a wave of torpedoes against the firepower of the secondary guns before the main guns of the German fleet turned around. However, Earl Spey's prudence frustrated Nerpi's plan, and there were always destroyers protecting his flanks on the non-combat side, which made Brigadier General Nerpi's attack lose its suddenness.
So Brigadier General Nerpi, who had been dangling at sea after the war, finally decided to launch an attack from the end of the German fleet! Because the number of frigates in the German fleet is limited, there is almost no cover behind the fleet, and the last two are light cruisers, which are easier to deal with! The disadvantages are also obvious. If a torpedo is used for tail pursuit attack, the effective range is extremely short, and the attack surface is very small. After hesitating for a while, Brigadier General Nerpi signaled that his two destroyer squadrons should cooperate in operations.
At this time, the light cruiser Pillau, which was at the rear of the German cruiser squadron, was scanning the rear with the searchlights on the stern and the rear mast over and over again. Even though the German fleet has a huge advantage now, it still did not relax its vigilance.
"There is something!" When a beam of light swept across the sea, a shadow quickly passed through the area covered by the beam of light. Immediately, the German officers and soldiers on the entire battleship who were in charge of guarding the rear immediately took action! The two 88MM artillery guns at the stern began to release flares to the rear of the fleet, and at the same time, the signalmen also reported to the front colleagues that they had encountered enemy troops in the rear! The torpedo boats and destroyers that were originally on the non-combat side are also preparing to turn to seal the gap behind!
However, the British have a first-mover advantage after all! The 3 destroyers quickly approached the target despite the not-so-intensive artillery fire from the rear. Then they fired at least 8 torpedoes within a distance of 1 meter! The gray-black torpedo was pushed into the water by high-pressure air, and then the engine started after reaching the specified depth. A trail of white bubbles was ejected from the rear of the torpedo, and 8 torpedoes rushed to Germany in the distance at a speed of more than 40 knots. light cruiser!
"Get out of formation! Dodge immediately!" With the order issued, the tail rudder of the light cruiser Pillau was instantly pushed to the maximum, and the roar of the steam turbine pushed the battleship to avoid the intruding lightning strike. The huge bow was almost on the sea surface. Panning up, because the steering was too fast, the entire battleship tilted to a certain extent. However, the effect of the seemingly violent lightning strike is very general,
Because at this time, the speed of the German light cruiser was about 25 knots, and the 40-knot torpedo attacked from the tail, and after subtracting the speed of the light cruiser, it was only about 15 knots. So, if nothing else, the Pillao can easily avoid this wave of lightning strikes!
However, just after the Pillau passed the last torpedo from the stern, the battleship's head had turned nearly 80 degrees again! The speed of the ship was also greatly reduced due to the emergency steering, from the original 25 knots to about 18 knots! At this time, the four light cruisers of Brigadier General Nelpi came over! At this time, the side projection of the huge hull of the Pillau was just within the torpedo attack range of the British light cruiser squadron!
"Kill him!" Brigadier General Nelpi said excitedly looking at the Pillau not far away, which had been covered by searchlights. After nearly half an hour of forbearance and the attack of the destroyer squadron, the British light cruiser squadron found a one-hit kill. Chance!
Four British light cruisers rushed up at a speed of more than 23 knots, more than 15 6-inch guns crazily tilted towards the Pillau, and more than 2 tons of 6-inch high-explosive bombs per minute roared past. A distance of 3,000 meters was fired at the opponent. Under the huge advantage of firepower, the entire Pillau was covered by flames and explosions. The explosion of shells, the cracking of the hull, and the sound of flames were like whispers of death. The god of death hovering over the battlefield is ready to collect new offerings from the altar of war!
The Pillau was struggling under the rain of bullets. Although the heavy armor belt kept its core area safe, the out-of-control fire still made the battleship stagger. However, the British did not intend to just let this poor warship go, using superior firepower as a cover, then quickly approaching the opponent, and using torpedoes to solve the problem, Brigadier General Nelpi had already thought about it, fast in and fast out.
"Release the torpedo!" With the lightning strike order issued, the champion light cruiser at the head of the team and the second Custer accelerated again, and maintained a parallel course with the Pillau. When the two sides met at 800 meters, The two 3-unit torpedo launch tubes on the two light cruisers quickly aimed at the German light cruiser not far away. After the shooting elements were bound, 6 torpedoes flew out of the launch tubes one by one and rushed to the distant German light cruiser. Pillau!
"Hit!" Less than 2 minutes after the torpedo was launched, a thick water column rose from the side of the Pillau, and this German light cruiser with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons seemed to be supported by a pair of big hands. The entire battleship seemed to jump up violently, and then sank! A huge fireball penetrated the deck in the middle of the hull, billowing thick smoke and water vapor quickly filled the entire battleship.
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