Chapter 2127 Bite Back 3
Even though the lion was accidentally attacked by the cheetah, it looked miserable. However, the overall combat effectiveness of the lion is there after all! After the British battleship had just turned halfway, and some of the main guns had gained firing range, the engagement situation quickly reversed! A 12-inch shell landed on the No. 1 turret of the armored cruiser Loon. This shell easily tore through the 12-inch thick hardened armor front, and then easily penetrated into the turret. With a loud noise, more than 40 German naval officers and soldiers inside the entire turret were completely destroyed together with the two artillery pieces! A large amount of flames gushed out from the turret, and the entire hull seemed to be shaken by constant explosions. However, the Germans' fire protection was excellent after all, but the turret exploded, and the dressing room and ammunition depot below were still safe!
And then, another shell penetrated the rear armor belt of the Luen and brought 700 tons of water to the battleship. Major General Liao Le was not calm anymore, this TM can't be fought! The most I can do is to set fire to the other party, but the other party shoots a hole, and the knife sees blood!
"Release the smoke, let's go!" Even though there is a huge, even insurmountable gap between the two German armored cruisers and the British dreadnoughts in terms of offense and defense, in terms of speed, the maximum speed of more than 23 knots still makes the two armored cruisers The cruiser had the possibility of retreating in the dark night. Clouds of smoke poured out from the battleship, and all the smoke canisters were opened. In just a dozen seconds, most of the sides of the two battleships were hidden in the smoke, and the British The destroyers were also dispersed by the accompanying German light cruisers.
"Keep an eye on them! They have already used it once before, and the smoke won't protect them for a long time!" Major General Heath said viciously!
"Turn left 5 compass points! Speed up to the maximum, we cut off their course!" At this time, a group of staff officers corrected the fleet's course while calculating the navigation situation of both sides on the chart. The quality of the British navy is once again reflected. Even though the German armored cruisers have a certain speed advantage, it is still very difficult to get rid of the British in a short time.
The two British dreadnoughts rushed towards the fleeing German armored cruiser like angry lions. According to the current distance and route situation, if nothing unexpected happens, even if Major General Liole can escape, he will probably be skinned. ! If you are unlucky, it is possible to lose a battleship!
At this time, Major General Liao Le really felt the threat of death: "The British are very close to us. From the gaps in the smoke, you can see the shadows of the British ships in the distance. The flames of the main guns can cover us quite a bit. Part of the field of vision, before the fire from the British main guns disappeared, their shells flew over, and water columns rose around our battleship. If you are unlucky and the hull is shot, you I can feel that the entire battleship will shake violently, as if being hit by a heavy hammer. After a few minutes, the damage control will come to tell you that our battleship has been penetrated somewhere, what will happen, this time The quality of the British shells is so good that at this distance they can penetrate even the thickest armor on our warships, even at less than ideal angles!"
The penetration of shells depends on the angle of incidence, and the angle of incidence can be decomposed into horizontal angle of incidence and vertical angle of incidence. The latter is very small in close combat, so the main factor affecting the penetration of shells is the angle of incidence. Later generations, Anyone who has played World of Tanks knows that when playing the game, you can use angles to enhance your defense. In reality, tanks also rely on angles for defense, and the same is true for warships. Rarely, most of them have a certain horizontal angle of incidence. Therefore, in actual combat, if the penetration distance is less than that, the battleship may still block the shells fired by the opponent.
And this time,
Major General Liao Le roughly recalled the situation of the battle after the battle and calculated it, he was really scared! Because if the comprehensive angle of incidence is considered, if the British 12-inch artillery is tested on the shooting range, it will be no problem to penetrate the 11-inch hardened armor head-on at a distance of 12 kilometers! The 12-inch guns are terrifying, but the Queen's 15-inch guns are even more terrifying! Of course, this is something for later, let's not mention it for now!
Even with the cover of smoke and the game of speed, Major General Liao Le's battle was still full of dangers. However, just as the Heath fleet and the Lior fleet were chasing after each other, the Spey fleet, which was originally in the northwest of the British fleet, sneaked up!
"In this battle, Major General Heath's biggest problem is his bad luck." After the war, Thomas once defended Major General Heath in this way in the military court. After being attacked by a submarine, it is no problem for the main battleship to turn on the searchlight. After all, the attack distance of the submarine is very short, and even if there is only one submarine, after the bow torpedo tube is fired, people can still use the stern. You found a torpedo by chance in the dark for the first time, and you still count on luck to avoid the second round?
However, this is where Admiral Hiss was unlucky. After turning on the lights, a German fleet was right behind the Hiss fleet, so, unsurprisingly, the Hiss fleet let the opponent from behind in the worst engagement situation. Hit a sap.
In fact, at this point, Major General Heath still has a chance to recover. After all, the strength gap between the two sides is huge, and the major general's handling method is also considered appropriate. He quickly turned around, and the destroyer counterattacked while covering, and scored a hit! But God fooled the poor guy once again, when he turned left, he exposed his ass to Earl Spey, who was originally at 2 o'clock in the fleet.... In the same position, the earl's fleet came up!
Unlike Major General Liole, Earl Spey's wave is quite ruthless. On the one hand, the power of the 12-inch artillery is much greater than that of the 10-inch artillery. People's attention, buy time for the earl. And Earl Spey is ready to sacrifice this time. When the current dreadnought battleship is ready to fight to the death in close combat in the night battle, the British dreadnought is also a bit imaginary! Especially now, when the fighting situation is very favorable to the Germans!
4200 meters! It set a new record for the closest battle between capital ships tonight! At this distance, even the 12-inch L40 artillery has a chance to knock open the 9-12-inch side string armor belt of the British dreadnought! The range finders of the two German battleships were once again aimed at the high-speed moving British battleship.
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