Chapter 875： sucker Punch

After a short period of hesitation, the staff in the ammunition compartment finally opened the water injection valve. Within a few minutes, hundreds of tons of sea water rushed in, submerging piles of propellant and artillery shells, although the Warrior temporarily got rid of it. Dangerous, but the artillery that allowed this warship to fire was reduced to three.

The British tried their best to save their warships. Under the leadership of the officers, a team of damage management personnel walked through the purgatory-like dark corridors. It was dark, hot, and full of deadly poisonous gas, and I don’t know when it will suddenly strike. Shells. The fire on the ship’s surface has begun to spread everywhere. The British have given up control of the fire on the ship’s surface. The falling shells make the survival time of any exposed creatures can only be calculated in seconds. All they can do now is to ensure some key points. The safety of the cabin. And now more and more people realize that if this continues, they cannot even guarantee the final core cabin.

"Our battleship has been hit hard. As long as one hit is just right, we can be completely finished! Our sideboard will definitely not be able to block the opponent's 15-inch heavy artillery. One of their shells successfully ripped the boiler. The armor of the warehouse section, and then smashed the two boilers into fragments. Fortunately, this is a dud bomb. As long as one shell hits the steering engine compartment or the ammunition compartment, our battleship worth 2.8 million pounds and thousands on it The navy officers and soldiers are all gone, and the German shells are like Damocles hanging over our heads, which may fall at any time!"

The British on the Warrior were waiting for the end to come, and Major General Moore felt that the end had come. If it were not for the last wave of light cruisers and destroyers to provide smoke and lightning protection, Major General Moore could be sure that he could not see tomorrow. The sun is up. As the British’s earliest battle patrol, the proficiency of officers and soldiers is also the highest. The 12-inch artillery repeatedly hits those towering figures in the distance, but it is not very useful. It can indeed damage several cabins on the superstructure. Setting the fire, and hitting the bow or stern of the ship may also cause hundreds of tons of water ingress, but the damage is nothing more.

The only serious damage to the German fleet in the second half of the British fleet was that a light cruiser fired a torpedo from a position of 4,500 meters and then hit the battleship Baden, which was evasive, but because of the depth The shallower, thicker armor belt blocked most of the damage, but still tore a few meters in the waterline.

The Tiger battleship fought back under the command of Colonel Perry, and the battleship may not be very effective because it was just completed, or because the crew on it was simply inadequate, the normal combat hit rate is simply terrible. , Even in the first round of the attack, the projectile's landing point was 2700 meters away from the target! The Baden who caught him even thought that the other party had missed the target? !

"I wipe? What's the situation?" The officers and soldiers on the Mecklenburg battleship can also prove that the shell that originally attacked the third position on the battle line, the Baden, fell to the last Mecklenburg. The vicinity of the Fort, so that the commander of this warship thought that he was attacked by two warships...

When someone mentioned this situation after the war, the prince’s answer was very simple: "If we are under more pressure in the next naval battle, we can put the Tiger aside first, and their shelling will generally not be a threat. of."

This is not empty talk. Historically, Perry’s Tiger didn’t have any hits in the Battle of Doger Sandbar. According to historical battle records, the Tiger fired a total of 255 shells in the Battle of Doger Sandbar. The output is second to the 271 rounds of the princess, which is higher than the 243 rounds of Betty's lion. However, apart from the final close-range funeral of the Blücher, there seems to be no long-range hit... By the time of the Battle of Jutland, Tiger's hits were still very rubbish! This fully illustrates a problem, the personnel are not good, and the equipment can not be blamed!

Although the prince had a lot of criticism about Fisher's handling of the Dogger Sandbar naval battle in history, he thought that Fisher was justified in scolding the captain and gunner of the Tiger! To be honest, dismissal is all right! This performance is simply terrible.

However, God prefers ugly children. The Tiger is as resistant as it has been in history. During the Battle of Jutland, the Tiger did not change the fire protection and wrote that the double-digit main artillery shells did not sink. And this plane, people still have no Shen,

"We have observed more than 15 hits at least. We almost destroyed his entire superstructure, and left at least 5 holes on the side and knocked out 3 turrets, but he just sunk! This warship Definitely set a world record.” Captain of the Baden, Colonel Rus, recalled after the war.

"The warship was slightly tilted and the water inflow was about 400 tons. The problem is not big, but the speed may be reduced." The officer in charge of the damage management reported after personal exploration an example of little impact after the mine. There are also, for example, Cedric in the Battle of Jutland. Although the torpedo is powerful, it is not necessarily a knife. )

"Damn it!" Seeing that the light cruiser, which had fired torpedoes in the distance, was about to break away from its ammunition depot, which was pierced by a 15-inch heavy artillery, and then turned into fragments after a loud noise, the Captain of the Baden Rus The lieutenant colonel finally let out a bad breath. As of now, the number of remaining light cruisers across the UK may not even make up four, right?

Looking at the three or two kittens scattered in the distance, the German realized that he was going to win after all. The Goddess of Victory had put the laurel crown in her hands and was ready to put it on top of the Germans. The light cruisers and destroyers on the opposite side are almost exhausted, and there are no torpedoes left. What is the difference between an auxiliary warship without a torpedo and a salted fish?

"General Betty hold on, the reinforcement fleet has arrived!" Just as Betty was sitting in the command tower of the Warrior with despair and resentment, a telegram rekindled his hope of survival, because at this time, Jeram The lieutenant's fleet is only 22 kilometers away from the battlefield, and the two sides are almost sailing relative to each other. After a few minutes, the German fleet can be brought into the range of the artillery!

At this time, Jeram was making final preparations before the battle with Hood! If Jeram advances at full speed, then he may come earlier, but considering the strength of the opponent, this kind of fueling tactic is not advisable. Go up a little and let the family eat a little. Is this a thousand miles to send people away?

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