Chapter 2103： Melee three

"Damn German planes!" However, this time, Brigadier General Sinclair's fleet did not escape the eyes of the K fleet in the sky when approaching the German fleet. With radio positioning, a series of flares fell, instantly illuminating the British light cruisers. The sea area around the team was embarrassed this time, and could only change from a sneak attack to a strong attack! At this time, when the watchman on the S118 at the rear of the German destroyer detachment spotted the light cruiser in the distance, Major Franco was also scared to a mess. The destroyer slammed the light cruiser? This is even more unreliable than the British War Tour and the German War Tour! After all, the latter can be regarded as a fight at the same level, and this is a leapfrog playing BOSS, as long as there is no accident, then it must be yourself who loses!

"Release the smoke immediately! Let's go!" Major Franco ordered loudly!

However, it is a pity that sometimes you can leave if you want? It is true that the S113 destroyer has a maximum speed of more than 32 knots, and the British light cruiser is generally around 30 knots. But why you have to consider sea conditions and ship conditions! The previous engagement also scarred the four German large destroyers. The top speed has now dropped from 28 knots to about 25 knots, while the British light cruiser squadron that has just participated in the battle has increased its speed to more than 26 knots!

"Hit! Hit me **** the opponent's flagship! Use armor-piercing bullets!" Major Franco commanded loudly! He didn't intend to let the surrounding two torpedo boats/destroyer units go up, because obviously they couldn't beat them. The light cruiser was specifically designed to deal with these scum, and going up was equivalent to sending it. Therefore, the only threat to the British light cruiser squadron is the 150MM artillery on board, and considering that it may face the British light cruiser this time, the Germans specially assigned about 30% of the armor-piercing shells to the 150MM artillery! Do not seek to kill the opponent, but seek to fight back!

So, when the British were about to include the German destroyer within their effective range, the German large destroyer squadron, which was in the evacuated state, quickly turned a corner on the sea! The turning speed far exceeding the light cruiser made Brigadier General Sinclair who rushed in the forefront scared into a cold sweat! In just a few tens of seconds, his ship was already within the attack range of two German frigates! Afterwards, I saw a flash of fire in the distance, and a cannonball like raindrops came over!

The dense shells first covered the two 6-inch artillery guns placed in the bow of the Ceres. At this time, the British light cruiser’s secondary artillery was not the turret-type secondary artillery of the light cruiser in the second World War. You can even understand In order to be a little more complicated than the deck gun and then add a semi-enclosed cannon, a cannon with a thickness of 1 inch to 2 inches is enough to block the shock waves and fragments of the projectile, but it is necessary to block the 150MM armor-piercing projectile fired from less than 1000 meters away. ? Save it!

A 150MM armor-piercing projectile slammed into the hood of a 6-cun gun. With the rupture of the front hood and quilt of the projectile, the sharp warhead easily tore the armor of the artillery but 50MM, and then the whole cannon It exploded into two ends, and there was a complete British artillery group buried with it! Once again, the fierce firepower of the Germans exceeded the expectations of the British. The Ceres was directly hit by this fierce and precise shelling and could not find the north. A series of shells spread from the bow to the superstructure of the hull, and Betty was accustomed to not having Brigadier General Sinclair, who was commanded by the armored bow, was also injured by the flying shrapnel and was temporarily unable to direct the battle.

However, the quality of the regular British naval officer corps was manifested at this moment. Under the command of the deputy captain of the Ceres, the Ceres and the light cruiser Cardiff behind quickly turned to avoid German shelling while using the side. The side artillery counterattacked, while the other two light cruisers bit the destroyer S119 because of the damaged power!

"The power system of the battleship is damaged, and our ship will leave the battle sequence!" At this time, under the attack of two British light cruisers, the situation of destroyer S119 deteriorated very quickly. Two shells that directly penetrated the engine room made the left The side turbine was destroyed, and the speed dropped directly from 25 knots to less than 18 knots! In this case, the S119 decisively signaled to leave the queue and withdraw in the opposite direction. He hoped to rely on himself to share the pressure of the remaining three destroyers, and the British also dispatched the Coventry to pursue it!

"The officers and soldiers on this German destroyer were very tenacious. They fought to the last moment. In the last few minutes, we approached to a distance of less than 800 meters from each other. At this time, the water had already covered the destroyer’s On the deck, there is only one 6-inch gun on the entire battleship, but the Germans are still fighting back. The tilt angle of the battleship is already very large. I even suspect that even if we stop now, this ship will definitely not escape the result of destruction. I can hardly believe that the ship we have been entangled with for more than 20 minutes will be a destroyer without armor. Even from the perspective of the enemy I still have to admit that on this German warship The soldiers deserve our respect." The captain of the Coventry commented after the war.

At this time, the situation in this sub-battlefield has clearly tilted towards the British. The attack by a group of German torpedo boats was not effective, but the German frigate squadron was kept slightly away. If nothing else, Major Franco’s frigate The team would be killed one by one by Sinclair’s light cruisers. However, at this moment, an accident occurred on the battlefield. Not long after Coventry’s destroyer S119 was sunk, a shell accurately landed. On a quadruple 533MM torpedo tube at the rear of the Cardiff light cruiser!

So, something happened this time! This shell destroyed one of the torpedo's compressed air tank and the rear fuel tank. When the compressed air and fuel were mixed together, a little spark ignited the gas that heralded destruction! With a series of explosions, the three torpedoes on the 4-gang launch tube were detonated one after another, so there is no need to think about the rest! This guy who was crushing the German frigate a minute ago was blown into two pieces by the torpedo on his ship!

The power of the serial explosion is so great that some people even say that the second half of the hull was lifted out of the sea! A column of water nearly a hundred meters high rose into the sky, and then the hull quickly fell to one side of the sea. Before most of the British naval officers and soldiers could react, thousands of tons of seawater had poured in from the broken hull. In just two minutes, this poor light cruiser completely disappeared from the sea!

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