Chapter 992: Fight to the Death 2
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But the destroyer is different. In the night environment, the effective range of the artillery is greatly shortened. And if the range advantage is gone, the biggest advantage of artillery over torpedoes is gone. In addition, destroyers are inherently very small and fast, making them easy to hide and conduct sneak attacks. Knowing that the opponent's destroyers have a large number and our own has a relatively small number. If you charge headlong into the direction where the opponent may have a large number of destroyers, you are almost seeking death! Instead of facing torpedoes, it would be better to face naval guns!
The Allied fleet quickly implemented the count's order, and the three battleships began to accelerate and turn. At this time, after a period of preparation, the air pressure generated in the boiler room was enough, and the output of the steam turbine began to rise linearly. The three battleships had already started from the initial level. The speed of 12 knots has increased to about 17 knots, which is basically the same as the French main fleet. If nothing else happens, you can quickly get rid of your opponent.
At this time, the French naturally let go of the German fleet, and a certain German warship thought so too! The battle situation changed inadvertently. When he saw that the German fleet was preparing to evacuate in the opposite direction and was still illuminated by the firelight, Lieutenant General Le Bris frowned slightly.
The Germans seem to have seen through his plan. If they wait until the turn of the fast-moving battleships is completed, then the armored cruisers they left behind will be behind the opponent. The speed of the armored cruisers cannot be compared to those new fast battleships! By that time, the best outcome for the French is to watch the other side disappear into the night.
The worst result was that the German fleet came back after wandering in the shadows. If that happens, the offensive and defensive momentum will completely change. My two Dreadnoughts and my two Quasi-Dreadnoughts cannot defeat the three fast battleships! Not even adding 3 cruisers! To give a more vivid metaphor, the opponent is an agile panther, and I am a wolf. The wolf temporarily suppresses the opponent through careful planning and sneak attacks, but if the opponent slows down, maybe one bite can Kill this wolf! So at this critical moment, when the German fleet was almost escaping, Le Bris decisively played his last trump card: armored cruiser, torpedo boat, and long-range battleship suppression!
Just when the Germans quickly turned to get rid of the French fleet's pursuit and interception, three slender figures suddenly rushed out of the dark night. Looking at these huge figures in the telescope, which were no less than the length of a battleship, Earl Spey and others People’s hearts were immediately gripped!
The speed of the three French battleships is so fast. Led by the Gambida of the French Second Armored Cruiser Division, followed closely by the two armored cruisers Hugo and Ferry, these 130,000-ton battleships are as sharp as the hands of a knight. The carbine generally directly opened the destroyer defense network outside the German fleet. Dozens of 138 or 164 cannons on the side were like devil's eyes in the night, locking on the destroyers trying to stop them. Thousands of flames spurted out from the muzzles, and dense shells formed strips around the French armored cruiser. In the death zone, two German destroyers that could not escape were torn to pieces by violent firepower within a few minutes! Two big fireworks were set off in the night.
Behind these armored knights, a small group of destroyers followed closely, filing in through the hole opened by the armored cruiser! These guys who were armed with sharp blades and as vicious as vipers were able to withstand the German fleet in the distance that was accelerating and preparing to withdraw! At this moment, the French launched the most threatening counterattack tonight!
"Continue to accelerate! All secondary guns attack the torpedo boats,
Level the main guns and destroy those cruisers! "Colonel Mekdor, the captain of the Sultan Osman I, first ordered. Looking at the destroyer sailing at high speed a few kilometers away in the distance, as light as a flying fish and as deadly as a poisonous snake, the colonel felt drops of cold sweat coming from his head. Rolling up and down, there are too many opponents and they are too close!
The flexible 88 anti-lightning cannon first aimed at the target. A dozen artillery pieces fired a string of shells at the erratic figure in the distance, rushing towards the target like locusts. These artillery and machine guns together formed a tight fire net around the battleship! Columns of water rose into the sky from the sea. The French destroyer squadron launched an attack formation and fanned out toward the German fleet. This time, the French played all their trump cards! Two entire squadrons of destroyers pierced the target like devil's daggers!
At this moment, both Earl Spey and his generals were really scared. If the 12 destroyers were fully fired, they would have 40 to 50 torpedoes! At this time, other German warships could not control so much. All warships opened their broadsides with full firepower, and even the main guns were used to deal with these deadly poisonous snakes!
At this critical moment, the Allied fleet's adaptability was fully demonstrated at this moment! The distance between the battleships quickly widened, and at the same time they spread out in opposite directions! The remaining destroyers were also divided into two teams. One team rushed towards the flank of the French destroyer that launched a lightning strike, while the other team blocked the French armored cruiser with its thin body!
The situation on the battlefield became extremely chaotic in an instant. The French destroyer plunged into the fire net of the German battleship. An unlucky destroyer was directly hit by a 350 main gun shell, and the entire hull was directly divided into two sections. Under the huge impact, the slender bow of the ship, which was as long as a long knife, was raised high, and then submerged into the water again and never floated again. In half a cigarette, a destroyer of more than 800 tons disappeared.
Another destroyer was directly "taken care of" by three 150mm artillery pieces and two 88mm anti-mine guns due to its location. Raindrops of shells fell on the hull, just like a naughty child tearing down building blocks. The destroyer exploded at a distance, peeling off large pieces of its parts, and gradually turned into a pile of broken parts in the fire and explosion. Scrap iron, and even so, the destroyer still fired two torpedoes at the German battleship when half of its hull was submerged in the water!
The two sides fired wildly at extremely close range, like countless fireflies flashing in the night. The fire of the artillery and the flames of the exploding shells made the nearby sea brighter than daylight. At this moment, both sides were dancing on the edge of a knife. The French were not afraid of dangers and rushed into the German fire net. The three German destroyers behind were also unambiguous and rushed directly into the range of their own artillery. . They used almost crazy actions and blood to offer the last gift to the altar of war!