Chapter 1475： Encounter four

Chapter 1475 Encounter 4

Regarding the number of 12-inch barrels, that is absolutely suppressed! The Agamemnon, London, and Triumph immediately aimed all their firepower at the target. The shells resembling a firestorm instantly enveloped the exposed Zrini. This round of bombardment was so violent. In the distance, the exploded flares of shells turned the seas near Zlini completely white, and even the flares were not needed.

During this time, the Zrini was hit by at least two 12-inch shells, about five 234MM shells, and an unknown number of 6-inch high explosive shells. Fortunately, the performance of this Austro-Hungarian warship was pretty good. Except for a 12-inch barrel that was interrupted by a 12-inch shell, most of the remaining shells were bounced off by the heavy armor belt.

"Let's release the smoke immediately, let's hide first!" The so-called Shoujiu must be lost. No matter how strong the armor is, it will not be able to withstand the continuous blows. The Zirini, who was holding the delay for time, decided to temporarily avoid it. Emerging from the tank, gradually obscured the figure of the battleship. On the other side, the second-class battleship Triumph also had back and forth with the Redbeard. The British seem to have mastered the situation again? !

And in line with the principle of killing you while you are sick, the British naturally want a wave of killing their opponents. At this time, the British are not hiding anymore. All their power is invested. They unscrupulously scanned the sea with searchlights and guided them. The destroyer rushed to the German fleet in the distance. The British offensive reached its peak at this moment! Four battleships, two cruisers, and the remaining eight destroyers rushed to the German fleet that was dodging in the distance.

"Look, there seems to be something!" a British officer said, pointing to the dark sea on the opposite side of the battle.

"Huh?! It seems there really is?!" Another British officer also looked into the distance, as if something really moved on the dark sea? ! But what is that? ! Why didn't even the navigation lights turn on? ! Besides, there is a lot of fighting here, where is the boat so short-sighted? !

"There are only 6 battleships above the cruiser, 4 battleships, and 2 light cruisers! The last of them has been beaten to death." The British did not look at the dizziness, but did not see clearly. The British fleet was not at a distance. At a distance of less than 4,000 meters on the combat side, the four Super Fearless ships commanded by Earl Spey have sneaked up!

In fact, Earl Spey already knew the location of the British main fleet after the two main fleets began to fight, but he was not clear about the size of the British fleet, and because of the angle problem, the attack window was not ideal. After the former fearless attracted the opponent, the 4 Germans were super fearless, almost turned off all the lights, sneaked to the flanks of the British fleet, and then put the powerful 350MM heavy gun on the British forehead!

After the battle, someone once reprimanded Earl Spey, saying that his arrangement put the three former dreadnoughts in a very dangerous situation. For this accusation, the earl did not refute, because the facts are indeed the case. Three German warships are totally disadvantaged. But the earl has his own reasons!

"In the night battle, there are too many variables. A destroyer may suddenly rush out of the night, and then strike a fatal blow to the precious battleship at close range! The heavy artillery of the old battleship will also constitute the new battleship. A huge threat, because the distance between the two sides is too close! In a night battle, it is difficult for you to completely destroy the entire fleet of your opponent. Even if one or two warships remain, there may be serious hidden dangers. Therefore, we must let the British today Expose all the means as soon as possible, and if you want to do this, you must let the British see the hope of victory!" After the war, Earl Spey explained what he did at the time like this!

(Actually, this can’t be counted wrong. Don’t you see the battle of Guadalcanal in history, because a certain officer was unexpectedly low-handed. When the battleship USS South Dakota was besieged by Japanese battlecruisers and a group of kids, the battleship Washington behind him was not It was also secretly watching the Japanese attack his boss, and then put it close enough before he suddenly attacked Kirishima. Did a wave of killing Kirishima?!)

So, when the British fleet was in trouble, the earl watched coldly. When the British sent the first wave of destroyers to attack the Ferdinand, the earl slowly approached the target. And when the British put all their troops in! When there is no destroyer next to his main fleet, the hunter's shotgun is already on the forehead of the prey! And the prey is still attacking the hounds who are acting as bait missions in the distance!

At this moment, the result of this battle is doomed!

"4500 meters! All the warships stared at the British warships in turn, and the destroyers were ready. When we opened fire, the destroyers went up with lightning strikes at the same time! Kill all opponents as soon as possible!" Earl Spey ordered.

A total of 32 350MM guns were leveled, and the rangefinder at the top of the battleship's mast had locked the opponent tightly. It's OK, the fate of the British battleship has been locked!

"Fire!" A series of loud noises like thunder came from the other side! The fire storm of the battleship volley illuminated half of the night sky! Before the British could react, the 350MM shell weighing more than 600 kilograms had screamed and hit the British battleship! Seeing blood!

Sultan Selim I was aimed at the Agamemnon. This poor battleship had no resistance to the shells fired from very close range! The fragile armor is like paper, and now the hit rate at close range is naturally high and terrible. In the first round of the salvo, this poor warship was hit by 4 rounds of 350MM shells!

So is almost an instant! The port side of the entire battleship was blown to pieces, and hundreds of tons of various parts were torn from the battleship in pieces under the violent explosion and impact! Groups of bright yellow flames spewed out from the side of the battleship, and a fierce fire storm instantly swept the entire battleship!

"After our first round of shooting, we can already be sure that the enemy's flagship is dead. His entire hull has turned into a sea of ​​flames. The three huge turrets on the side were all destroyed in ten seconds. We The ammunition must have been ignited. The explosion of tons of shells and propellant tore the warship. We could even observe with the naked eye that a second-class main gun turret was blown into the sky!" A German officer recalled.

A series of explosions continued to destroy this poor warship, and the Germans wisely stopped the attack, because this guy was no longer worth wasting precious ammunition. Two minutes ago, the British who had been chasing Zlini with great strength and fearlessness had now become a ruin temporarily floating on the sea. There was a raging flame burning all over his body, following the flow. The Germans didn't even bother to make up a torpedo!

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