Chapter 2116: Trap Three
However, the Germans moved a bit slower. After all, some FB27 bombers flew over the German fleet and dropped flares! When the bright yellow light illuminated the figure of the German fleet again, Major Admiral Gunter's fleet was finally in place!
"It's a pity." Looking at the two German battleships 8 kilometers away, Major General Gunter said with some regret. The British Air Force's reconnaissance was a little bit reluctant. The flares they dropped only found a small part of the German fleet, and now I am still far away from the German fleet. With this distance and visibility, it is necessary for the pre-dreadnought to attack precisely. Obviously some difficulties. But obviously, the British can't wait any longer. The FB27 bomber in the air is obviously no match for the K8 bomber, which has doubled its firepower. Just a few minutes ago, an FB27 bomber in the air It was turned into a burning fireball by the incendiary bomb, and most of the wings of another FB27 bomber were cut off and crashed into the sea. Although the K8 bomber was injured, no one was shot down yet. It can be seen that although the night combat level of German bombers is amateur, it is much better than the British!
"Rush over immediately! The Sovereign and the Indian attack the first ship, and the remaining two battleships attack the second ship! The torpedo boat is ready to launch a lightning strike!" Major General Gaunt ordered. With the order to attack, four British pre-dreadnoughts and a dozen destroyers rushed up at the highest speed. The destroyers of two detachments fanned out in front of the pre-dreadnought fleet, and the large destroyer fleet responsible for intercepting the German fleet also rushed up!
The first round of the former British fearless shell flew over a distance of more than 7,000 meters and landed next to two German battleships. The effect of the first round of shooting was very bad. The nearest shell was more than 500 meters away from the German ship. A sparse column of water rose up beside the battleship. Major General Gaunt frowned after seeing it. Half a minute later, when the British battleship was preparing for the second salvo, the German counterattack arrived one step ahead!
When the British bombers were lighting up the German fleet, the German bombers also flew over the British fleet. The number of searchlights and flares of the K8 bomber was still better than that of the FB27. With the fall of more than a dozen searchlights and a series of flares, The four battleships of the entire British fleet were completely exposed to the sight of the German fleet. The 5-meter baseline rangefinder quickly locked on to the British battleship shrouded in a bright light, and the combat tasks were quickly assigned. The three Caesar-class battleships each stared at a British battleship, while the two armored cruisers aimed at the last battleship. one ship.
fire! Five German warships began to fire in a salvo. In this encounter, the German capital ships once again took advantage of their super high rate of fire. Even the front dreadnoughts and German battleships can guarantee a round and a half salvo in 25 seconds, while the armored cruisers behind can even fire in 20 seconds. Fire a round and a half salvo within seconds! Cannonballs like raindrops fell on the side of Britain's former fearless, and the British fleet was framed by jets of water. It took only 3 minutes from the German battleship to shoot a shell to form a straddle! And when the minute hand points to 5! The German fleet scored its first hit!
A 12-inch shell fired from the battleship Caesar flew over a distance of 6,500 meters and hit the side deck of the battleship Sovereign accurately! Although it was fired by a 12-inch L40 artillery, the armor-piercing projectile weighing 380KG is still enough to tear the steel plate of the British at such a short distance, which is no more than 9 inches! The armor-piercing projectile was smashed by the cap to shatter the surface hardened layer of the hardened armor, and then the complete projectile directly tore a crack more than 1 meter long on the 9-inch armor plate. When the shell finally collided with the inner dome , the cannonball and the dome were simultaneously turned into countless fragments under the huge impact,
Flames and flying shrapnel launched an indiscriminate attack on the cabin next to it, smashing the boiler room behind the dome into a mess, and clouds of water vapor and flames gushed out from the breach. Even from several kilometers away, it is still possible to See a ball of flame jumping on the sea!
The other two German battleships also took the top spot in this match. With the advantage of having two more main guns, the Germans can quickly catch the target with a salvo, while the British battleship can only pass a full salvo every 45 seconds. Shooting to cover the opponent, the old battleships and the technically unsophisticated officers and soldiers made the British battleships counterattack as if they were old.
The situation of the battleship New Zealand, which was attacked by two German armored cruisers at the same time, was the worst. The penetration of the 10-inch L50 gun was not much worse than that of the 12-inch L40 gun, and the rate of fire of the former was indeed a bit higher. It's a big cut, not to mention two ships fighting one! The shells like a volcanic eruption instantly submerged this poor battleship!
"We were very close to the British battleship at that time, but the distance was less than 10 meters. With the help of the flares and the destroyer's searchlight, our vision was very good. We almost leveled the main guns and aimed at them. At the peak, the two The 16 guns of a battleship can shoot at least 32 rounds of 10-inch shells at this poor battleship in one minute! A series of shells hit the opponent, and we even witnessed it in less than half a minute. There were at least 4 large-scale explosions! We can't count how many shells hit the opponent! I only remember that after about ten minutes, the deck of this poor battleship was almost parallel to the waterline." At that time, on the armored cruiser Cologne A German military officer who served described the scene like this.
While the capital ship was completely suppressed, the British destroyer unit also did not take advantage. Four large destroyers of the German Navy rushed in first, and there were two light cruisers behind them. Taking advantage, the dense artillery shells are almost galloping close to the sea level, and the fire net formed by dozens of medium-caliber and above artillery will tear anyone who dares to be a car.
The destroyers of the two sides exchanged fire from a distance of 3,500 meters, and fought until the nearest distance of more than 500 meters. The German's firepower projection was more than twice that of the British! In one explosion after another, five British destroyers were destroyed by dense shells. After a series of explosions, only half of the hull remained floating on the sea to prove that there was a British warship here a few minutes ago.
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