Chapter 2126： Back bite 1 bite 2

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"Yes, that's it, keep your speed, don't change your course!" At this time, under the rolling waves of the Strait of Dover, a giant steel shark was slowly cruising in front of the British fleet. The periscope of the U335 submarine has risen out of the sea. Just a few minutes ago, the submarine accidentally ran into the Heath fleet, and it happened that the British fleet was trying to pass in front of it.

"The attack distance cannot be confirmed, and the angle estimate has a large deviation." An officer next to him said. Major General Heath's caution still played a role. The two battleships that implemented light control were hidden in the night, and only a few lights were on. From the position of the submarine, it is dimly unclear. Although the destroyer next to it has searchlights on, it is fast and small in size and difficult to lock. This makes the U335 submarine's attack very difficult. After all, even Dorezi The distance from the submarine to attack the capital ship is generally between 1,200 meters. This time, in order to carry mines on the U335 submarine, only two torpedo tubes can be used.

"Fight a wave!" The U335 submarine began to accelerate, from 5 knots to 12 knots! However, this speed is still too slow compared to surface warships. When recently receiving the British fleet, the German submarine launched two 500MM torpedoes, and the two white lines sailed straight to the blurred British warship in the distance.

"Left string at 9 o'clock! Torpedo alert!" However, at the last moment of the torpedo launch and arrival, the watcher at the top of the mast still found the white trail after the torpedo launched! The battleship Giant at the front begins to accelerate its turn!

In order to prevent other submarines from launching an attack, Major General Heath did not care about hiding himself at this time. “Order the fleet to turn on all the searchlights to search the surrounding sea immediately!” Half a minute later, Major General Heath ordered him in this naval battle. The most controversial order!

Brush it! More than a dozen searchlights on the two main battleships instantly illuminated the surroundings of the battleship as if daylight. The huge beam of light shot back and forth on the sea, and the British destroyer next to the main battleship quickly approached the main battleship for anti-submarine operations. Yes, the periscope of the U335 submarine was discovered! Two British destroyers like hungry wolves rushed up and threw a string of depth charges to the bottom of the sea!

"Fuck! What's the situation?!" At this time, in the northwest direction of the British fleet, Earl Spey was cautiously avoiding the British search fleet with the fleet. To be honest, Major General Heath's handling was still very good, although the Earl could I saw the FB27 bombers in the air turning and lighting up, but the German battleship’s rangefinder could not find the British battleship hidden in the dark, so the earl could only avoid it, but let’s just take a bite, but it’s not the same now. Up! For some reason, the British fleet suddenly turned on the searchlights. These light sources directly exposed the position of the battleship. In the bright field of view, the two German battleships successfully locked the opponent's position! At this time, the distance between the two battleships was less than 6000 meters!

"Your Excellency Commander, are we attacking?!" An officer next to him said with some uncertainty. However, when Earl Spey hadn't decided whether to fire or not, a dazzling fire burst out suddenly on the sea east of the British fleet! Then, a sound like thunder came from a distance!

"Liao Le! It seems that you still can't bear my old man." Count Spey said with some anger and comfort. Needless to say, the two armored cruisers led by Major General Von Liole must have attacked the British fleet at this time. According to the earl’s idea, what Major General Liao should do the most is to let the two armored cruisers slip back quickly while he has contained the British fleet. But now? Major General Liao Le not only did not leave, but fired the first counterattack!

When he saw the sudden fire from behind the fleet's buttocks, Major General Heath suddenly felt like thousands of alpacas running past! The position of the German fleet is too tricky! If the fleet is on the front or side, then the two dreadnoughts can regain each other in minutes by turning their turrets! However, now the German fleet is unfolding directly behind the British fleet! So, this is embarrassing, because only the four 12-inch guns of the battleship Hercules at the back can fire.... This is not a threat at all!

"Rapid fire! Use high-explosive bombs and concentrate firepower to attack the second British battleship!" Major General Liao Le seized this opportunity, which can be said to be luck! More than a dozen 10-inch guns on the two German armored cruisers were crazily tilted towards the Hercules at a distance of less than 5,000 meters at a rate of more than 2 rounds per minute! Every minute, at least 5 tons of shells fly towards this poor British dreadnought ship! A series of water jets wrapped the Hercules, and the flames generated after the bombs exploded instantly spread across the back of the deck and on the superstructure. Even if the German 10-inch guns could not penetrate the opponent’s key defense area, such a fierce attack remained. The British suffered heavy losses!

The first 10-inch shell hit directly on the left side of the Hercules No. 5 turret. With a loud noise, the 12-inch shell weighing tens of tons was blown into two pieces. And the flying shrapnel even destroyed the artillery sighting equipment of the No. 4 turret, which was behind the backpack! It took less than 2 minutes to open the station The rear firepower, which was originally insufficient, lost more than half of it instantly! Then, more shells landed on the non-core compartment and deck at the rear of the hull! The German high-explosive bombs easily ignited the deck and cabin on the hull, and the violent explosions repeatedly ripped apart the sides of the hull, allowing more air to pour into it.

Under the blowing of the sea breeze, the fire quickly spread to the front of the battleship. The black smoke rising from the deck even obscured the main rangefinder at the top of the mast in the middle of the hull, while the fire inside the hull moved to the front power compartment and flue. The area spread, and all the damage management teams and auxiliary personnel on the Hercules were mobilized to try to control the spread of the fire. However, no matter how fast they move, how can they compare to the speed of the fire of the two armored cruisers?

"Damn it! Don't run!" Although both were threatened by the German armored cruiser and the German submarine in the deep sea, the quality of the officers and soldiers of the large fleet is still guaranteed. The destroyer next to it began to quickly release smoke to protect the main ship. , And a group of destroyers bravely rushed to the German armored cruiser to buy time for the main fleet. And what about the two dreadnoughts? Take a zigzag course on the sea while turning quickly to avoid possible lightning strikes! Major General Heath can't bet that there is only one German submarine in the nearby sea!

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