Chapter 1306： Strike the first

Chapter 1306 Fight to kill (3)

"Turn immediately and avoid them. We return to the normal battle line to fight." The continuous blows and the slightly shaking hull made Kato Kanji the first time he realized how bad his situation was. The smoke screen seemed to be nothing to the Germans. Usefulness, and the sudden increase in the German fleet's hit rate after pulling in the distance made Yamashiro a little overwhelming. In this case, Kanji Kato decisively ordered the warship to turn 120 degrees, re-open the distance in the opposite direction, and tried to pull the battle. Return to normal, and then use this time to solve the power supply problem for the two rear main turrets.

The Yamashiro turned first and pulled away. The huge speed change rate and high speed allowed it to successfully avoid the next round of bullet rain. The Kurama continued to follow. Under the cover of the smoke screen, the Japanese reverted to the same track as the German fleet. The front seemed to be back to the previous posture. The only difference was that the Yamashiro battleship was one by one. The huge bullet hole tells people the price paid for the fight just now.

"Shancheng's rear turret seems to be unusable?" When the smoke cleared, Su Xiong suddenly found that the attack of the Yamashiro had plummeted, except for the three main turrets in the front turret group that spewed dazzling red light from time to time. In addition, the turret at the rear showed no signs of firing. After realizing this, Su Xiong thought this was an opportunity, so this time the Germans had to bring them closer to charge!

The fleet returned to the 1V1 combat situation. Scharnhorst was handy in suppressing Yamashiro, which temporarily lost half of its firepower. Gneisenau also performed well in the battle against the Pommel horse due to water ingress and mechanical wear. Because of this, the maximum speed of the Kurama at this time is only about 23 knots, which is similar to that of a battleship. Facing the German battleship that is killing at high speed, the Japanese fleet can only watch the distance between the two sides close, and then the bayonet between each other is red!

boom! boom! Almost at the same time, the decks of Gneisenau and Pommel horses rose up with huge plumes of smoke. A shell fell on the deck of Gneisenau. The huge explosion directly penetrated both decks on the front deck. There was a dozen of small fires. At a distance of 14 kilometers, the Gneisenau gun made a very good hit, and a shell hit the heavy armor belt of the Pommel Horse!

Like an armor-piercing cone, the huge shell easily tore open the armor belt with a thickness of 12 inches, and went all the way down, and finally plunged into the motor compartment located in the middle and rear of the battleship! The flying motor made an intimate contact with the shell, and the huge "enthusiasm" directly blew the motor warehouse into the sky! A pillar of fire tens of meters high rose into the sky, and the bright flame instantly illuminated the cabin at the rear of the hull. However, compared with the upper deck filled with fire, the lower deck at the rear of the entire battleship was completely plunged into darkness. Because this gun destroyed the power supply room on the middle and lower deck!

When the flames in the motor room had not subsided, two shells from the Gneisenau hit the poor Japanese battleship again. One of them was shot from the base of the No. 2 turret, 10 inches. The armor of the gun mount simply cannot withstand this level of attack. The shell hitting the seam directly tore the entire armor plate, and successfully ignited the shell and propellant pack on the rear ammunition rack!

In an instant, the dressing room below the No. 2 turret was like a flame erupting. The huge energy rushed up the fire door and entered the turret. With a loud noise, the fragile part of the top of the turret was blown to pieces. Like a behemoth of flames, flames and thick smoke spewed out from the top of the turret, under the artillery, and beside the rangefinder. The flowing flames spread on the deck like magma! Fortunately, the fire door on the side of the No. 2 turret leading to the ammunition store withstood the impact, allowing the warship to still float on the water, but there is no doubt that this turret is completely abandoned. Water injection is also inevitable!

However, when Gneisenau happily beat the Kurama, the duel between Yamashiro and Scharnhorst changed. The reason was simple. The Japanese had switched the power supply and a backup generator started to work. The two turrets at the back provide electricity! The battleship Yamashiro with nine 15-inch guns is once again showing off!

After getting closer, Yamashiro, which had recovered its firepower, made two hits in the eighth round of semi-volley. Two armor-piercing shells weighing 871KG hit the side of Scharnhorst, the first shell. It hit the junction between the bow armor belt and the main armor belt. This time the British shell finally penetrated the transition zone between the two. The 10-inch thick transition zone armor was punched out of an almost penetrating dent. The warhead that Renzao exploded was pushed again, finally piercing the armor belt! A radioactive bullet hole appeared slightly above the waterline, and because of the collision and explosion, a crack about 1 meter long appeared on the front armor belt!

The second shell hit the gun gallery of the Scharnhorst, directly dismantling a 150MM artillery and an 88MM anti-lightning gun. And it caused a local fire. However, this blow was nothing for Scharnhorst. Less than 1 minute after the Japanese hit the German warship, Scharnhorst changed its color, and two 350mm shells smashed towards him. Mountain City!

The No. 1 turret that had been brought on was hit again This hit directly interrupted the other barrel of the No. 1 turret. The second shell once again added a fire to the wounded gun gallery of the Yamashiro. A dark bullet hole appeared at the junction of the gun gallery and the upper armor belt, and the shrapnel flew smoothly to a passing damage tube. The team exploded into a pile of minced meat.

Two flagships kill you and me. The Yamashiro can be called a heavy gun, but Scharnhorst has a higher hit rate. At the same time, with the previous multiple hits, in this match between the Fuso-class and Helgeland battleships, the two sides were considered to be a tie.

If this battle continues, the German navy has begun to gradually take advantage. When the Kurama cannot be carried, the battle will end in the collapse of the Japanese navy. The Yamashiro may be able to go, but the Kurama is definitely going to stay!

However, at this moment, a telegram changed the situation of this battle! The reconnaissance aircraft on the seaplane mother ship Swordfish discovered 2 Japanese battlecruisers about 35 nautical miles from the battlefield! And their heading happens to be the direction of the battlefield! (General direction)

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