Chapter 2586 Rush Hour 3

Shimamura Hayao sent an inquiry signal, and the Yamashiro's response was simple, saying that there was no problem. But looking at the intensity of the fire on the opposite side from his position, why didn't he feel that the intensity of the fire was decreasing? Well, maybe there will be some spiritual effects, but no matter what, Hayao Shimamura is a little scared of the current situation!

Of course, this so-called coercion cannot mean that everyone just turns around and walks away. That is impossible! At this time, even if the Japanese fleet wants to leave, Su Xiong may not agree! So next, Hayao Shimamura's actions fully reflected the madness of the Japanese nation when faced with a dilemma!

"Let the light cruisers and destroyers come on board. The plan we made before to severely damage the opponent with artillery battles may be difficult to implement. Whether our battleship is hit hard or wastes too long is very detrimental to our plan. "Yes." Shimamura Hayao suggested.

"Well, how about using a destroyer to directly attack the still intact side battery array of a battleship?" Betty frowned slightly. Although destroyers are cannon fodder, even in the British Royal Navy, the use of destroyers is quite cautious, unless it is a last resort. , it is absolutely impossible to easily attack a large-scale battleship line. The large number of 150MM secondary guns and 88MM rapid-fire guns on the opposite side are not a vegetarian! However, Betty did not object, because he agreed with Shimamura Hayao's point of view. It is definitely not a good thing to delay for a long time!

So, the Japanese fleet rushed up recklessly! It seems that he cherishes his few light cruisers, which are fewer than the number of battleships. This time, all the ones rushing up are destroyers!

More than a dozen destroyers rushed towards Su Xiong's fleet like a pack of wolves smelling blood. The last few destroyers in the fleet were obviously unable to stop so many enemies. In desperation, Su Xiong could only order to stop releasing smoke to prevent it. Smoke obscured the view of the secondary battery. The Japanese fleet opened some distance appropriately, but still maintained fire contact with each other!

"The enemy's firepower is too fierce! We can't hold on! The battleship Weimar at the end of the queue was fired at!" Redl said with some concern as he looked at the last Bavaria-class battleship in his battle line. Due to its location, this poor battleship was attacked by at least three Japanese battleships. Violent explosions and flames were heard from time to time on the Weimar.

"Order, the Weimar can choose to evade temporarily! The remaining three battleships turn right to a compass point and prepare to speed up and cross the Japanese battle line!" Su Xiong said while looking at the Japanese fleet in the distance that continued to shine with deadly flames.

"Your Majesty General, our speed is not enough to cut into the T-shaped head, and the shorter distance means that we will suffer more heavy losses!" Nimitz said in a voice beside him.

"Execute it, prepare to speed up the crosscut!" Redl nodded to express his support for this decision, and then, after a brief exchange of signals, the three Bavaria-class ships Hesse, Mecklenburg and Oldenburg The battleship quickly got rid of the battleship Weimar, which was already slowing down, and began to approach the Japanese fleet at a small angle and at high speed! And the two leading battleships targeted the Japanese fleet's flagship Fuso with fire!

"Are the Germans crazy?" Looking at the German fleet that continued to speed up and rushed like a mad tiger, he asked

Shigetaro Yoshimatsu also felt tremendous pressure. As the distance shortened, under the concentrated fire attack of the two fast battleships, the Fuso once again paid a heavy price!

In less than 1 minute, the Fuso was hit three times by the German 15-inch main gun! The two shells successfully tore two large holes of more than 6 square meters in the stern of the ship. The violent explosion even caused the two rudders on the left side to temporarily malfunction, while another 15-inch shell hit the A turret of the Fuso, directly As a result, the artillery jammed due to vibration.

The continuous hits made the Fuso uneasy like a heavy hammer hitting the armor. However, in this case, Yoshimatsu Motaro still tensed his nerves and refused to retreat, maintaining the stability of the battle line. When more and more Japanese battleships noticed that Su Xiong's fleet began to focus fire on the flagship, they also began to readjust their firepower to deal with the three approaching German battleships.

The three German battleships struggled forward in countless water columns. The heavy artillery shells that fell on the hull from time to time left large or small scars on the battleships. However, relying on good defense and excellent design, the three Bavaria-class battleships still fought tenaciously in the sea of ​​​​fire and steel storms.

"Turn left two compass points in three minutes. Before that, let's leave some souvenirs for the Fuso!" Su Xiong gave the second order when he saw that the Japanese fleet had redistributed its firepower. Reallocating firepower will inevitably lead to short-term chaos, especially when multiple battleships attack one battleship. Because the Japanese Navy did not add pigment to the armor-piercing bullets to distinguish the water column, when two battleships focused their fire on one target, it was chaotic. The water column prevents both warships from effectively observing the landing point, which will inevitably affect fire control. Su Xiong's set of tactical maneuvers was designed to continuously disrupt the Japanese fleet's aiming in order to buy the fleet more time.

However, in the three minutes before turning again, luck was finally on Su Xiong's side. A 15-inch shell landed near the Fuso's telegraph room. The violent explosion directly destroyed the telegraph room and the signal room next to it! As a result, the Fuso lost command of the fleet in a short period of time, which lasted about 10 to 15 minutes!

And just when the six Fuso-class battleships began to focus on Su Xiong's three Bavaria-class battleships, the battleship Weimar, which had been suppressed, fired the most valuable shell of the night! At this time, the Weimar, which had only 6 main guns left to use, penetrated the lower gun mount armor of the No. 2 turret of the fast battleship Ibuki at a distance of 9,200 meters! This blow was so fatal that the explosion instantly killed more than a dozen Japanese naval officers and soldiers who were busy in the dressing room of the gun mount! And then, more than a dozen shells and a large amount of propellant accumulated in the dressing room were detonated!

The power of the explosion was so huge that the shock wave directly destroyed the blast door along with the turret! A huge fire dragon poured into the turret weighing more than 500 tons and wreaked havoc. Nearly a hundred officers and soldiers in the turret were torn to pieces by the flames and shock waves. Then, 4 shells and several ammunition packages at the rear of the turret were ignited again. , so, in a series of explosions, the heavy turret was directly blown up from the inside, and the shock wave even tore off the entire rear armor plate of the turret in pieces!

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