Chapter 2588 Loss?

"Our current situation seems to be pretty good?" Looking at the Japanese destroyer in the distance, Redel wiped a cold sweat and said. To an outsider, it seems that the situation has not changed after the previous operations. It is true that several battleships of the Japanese fleet were damaged, but similarly, the four Bavarian-class battleships of the German fleet were also severely wounded. It seems that the basic cards have not changed, and sinking 6 destroyers here is not a big deal for the Japanese fleet. But that's not actually the case!

The Japanese went out with a total of 42 destroyers. Excluding the 8 destroyers left for others in Yamaya, there were still 34 destroyers. After subtracting the destroyers sunk in the previous battle, there were less than 20 destroyers left! And don’t forget, some of the less than 20 destroyers have thrown away all their torpedoes! Well, now comes the problem. Once a destroyer throws away all its torpedoes, its significance in the decisive battle of the Grand Fleet will be reduced by more than half! After all, what the battleship is afraid of is torpedoes. Otherwise, unless you can hit it directly, what damage can the remaining 120MM guns on the battleship cause to those battleships weighing more than 20,000 tons?

Therefore, the current situation is that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese destroyers is greatly overdrawn, and the losses have been huge before they can do their work. You must know that the goal of the Japanese fleet is to deal with the American transport fleet in the core area. , and when necessary, these destroyers also need to use torpedoes to open a gap in the pursuit and interception of the US Navy to allow the main fleet to escape and ascend to heaven! As a result, now, more than a dozen destroyers have been lost in the battle with the Germans alone. This is obviously a loss, okay?

Of course, you will say that the Germans have also lost a large number of destroyers, at least they have sunk 5 destroyers now, and all of them are large destroyers, but that is not how the accounts are calculated! To be honest, if the Americans were sincere, the German High Seas Fleet would not hesitate to pull out another dozen large destroyers to make up for the losses on the battlefield after receiving the news. Can the Japanese? When did the Japanese have the ability to compete with the German High Seas Fleet? At the level of light battleships, it is meaningless for the Japanese to discuss the exchange ratio issue with Virtue, because it is basically a loss! The ones made by others are faster than yours!

Although using this period of time, Su Xiong's fleet temporarily forced back the Japanese main fleet and severely damaged the Japanese destroyer fleet again. The losses of the three Bavaria-class battleships were also within the tolerance. Without the restraint of Japanese destroyers, Su Xiong could completely Pull the smoke and evacuate!

But unfortunately, the war ultimately favored the side with more people and more artillery. At the beginning of the war, the Weimar, which was besieged by two Fuso-class battleships and a Kongo-class battleship due to its poor position, had already suffered heavy damage. Subsequently, even though the Weimar severely damaged the Ibuki with one blow, the attacks from the remaining three Japanese battlecruisers with more than 20 14-inch guns still caused the Weimar to pay a heavy price!

The No. 2 and No. 3 main turrets, which were constantly hit, finally could no longer withstand the blows. The No. 2 turret was completely stuck, the internal servo equipment was damaged, and the two barrels of the No. 3 turret were interrupted! So far in the battle, Weimar has only three main guns left to use.

"Your Excellency, Captain, the rear part of the hull is severely damaged. The water in the rear part of the hull alone is about 1,500 tons.

The stern tilted 12 degrees to the left. And the water ingress is still increasing! "

"The mechanical steering gear is temporarily out of order and we are using human power to operate it. It is expected to be repaired in half an hour."

"The number of armor-piercing shells in the No. 1 turret is insufficient, and the gunnery commander suggested using semi-armor-piercing shells instead."

A piece of bad news was summarized in front of Captain von Muller. Looking at the two fleets still exchanging fire in the distance, as well as the twisted steel plates on the battleship and the fires distributed throughout the ship, the commodore fell into deep thought.

"It seems that we are very unlucky today." Brigadier General Muller said to his colleagues with a wry smile. "I am proud and proud that we can work together with you on this great battleship. Although, because of my lack of ability, I have tarnished the glory of this battleship. Maybe my next order will kill most of us. The battlefield, but for the sake of victory, the dignity of the empire and the glory of the High Seas Fleet, I hope that you can support my decision."

A moment later, Raeder received a telegram from the battleship Weimar.

"Captain von Muller sent a signal. The situation of the Weimar is a bit bad. They have already sent a signal and decided to withdraw from the battle and then move north." Redel said to Su Xiong.

"Yes, it's very serious." Looking at the Japanese fleet that was still shooting in the distance, Redel nodded and said: "Even if the Fuso class's attention was attracted by us, the firepower of the Japanese second battle fleet is still focused on Wei Ma, so far, this battleship has been hit by at least more than 12 14-inch shells and 15-inch shells, and unfortunately, 6 of the shells were concentrated at the stern, and a large amount of water entered the hull. The situation is not good.”

"Brigadier General von Muller is looking for death!" Su Xiong said through gritted teeth.

"Your Excellency, the battleship Weimar has begun to turn! They have begun to evacuate to the north! The Japanese fleet is also turning!" At this moment, Nimitz, who was next to him, held up his telescope and loudly said, "The position of the Weimar is very good. It can be seen that the flames in some areas of the Weimar's hull, which was hit by too many large-caliber shells, were out of control. The Japanese Navy, which was trained under the British Navy, also likes to fill picric acid explosives when using armor-piercing bombs, which makes their shells extremely arsonist. good! And under the concentrated fire of three Japanese battlecruisers, it was absolutely impossible to extinguish all the fire points even as powerful as the Weimar!

"Why doesn't the Weimar release smoke?" Nimitz said in confusion.

With a bang, Redel broke the pen in his hand abruptly. At this time, Redel tried his best to get close to the observation window in the control tower, and then tried his best to look at the turning Weimar in the distance. Before, the agile and powerful figure had become staggering. It tried to hide in the night with flames and gunpowder smoke all over its body, but the flames on its body pointed its direction like a beacon, and behind it, three Japanese Kongo-class battleships chased Scar like wolves smelling blood. The tired lion will not let go!

"Su Xiong, think of a way!" Leidel roared. "We can't just leave like this. Mueller has no right to abandon such a battleship! I don't accept his decision! We should reject his order! We have the highest decision-making power!"

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