Chapter 2128： Back bite 1 bite 4

After a while, the artillery was in place, and the firepower of the two German battleships was lost. Don't think about the normal long-range salvo. Each turret will fight its own at close range. With the decentralization of the fire control officer, the two battleships The eight 12-inch artillery pieces were aimed at Major General Heath’s flagship, the battleship Giant! There is no way. At this time, it is natural to attack the opponent's best battleship first. Look at the bear like the Hercules. The count estimates that the latter can display half of its combat effectiveness.

When seeing the fire from the battleship salvo appearing behind him again, Major General Heath himself collapsed! He really couldn't understand how the German fleet formed a pincer-like offensive against him in the dark! How do they position themselves! Want to say by luck? Major General Heath didn't believe it, how could the other party's luck be so good? Why are you so bad? Where is the law of heaven? Is God German?

I didn’t do anything wrong. The fleet hides its whereabouts as much as possible. The information is transmitted between the fleets using signal lights. It was only a short time to turn on the searchlights, and before, there were no German bombers to provide lighting. , Major General Heath thinks that the German fleet may have some unknown night detection equipment that can discover itself, perhaps because the detection range is limited, or the stability is not good, so it is not easy to use now, but even so, at some point, it can Let the battle take a turn for the worse! After the war, Major General Hiss also specifically mentioned this "night combat equipment" in his report. Of course, this is something later, let alone mention it!

Before the British could react, several 12-inch shells slammed into the back of the giant's head! At a distance of 4,200 meters, at a distance that the former Dreadnought warships were too close for combat, two 12-inch shells hit this furious giant in the first round of salvo!

The first shell hit the right side of the Giant. It was also a hit with a poor angle of incidence, but the huge kinetic energy carried by the shell weighing more than 380 kg was still deadly! Although unable to penetrate the opponent's armor, the violent impact still pushed the entire armor plate back nearly 2 feet! The huge impact force acted on the back support structure and back plate through the armor, and accompanied by a burst of metal fracture and collision sound, several cabins turned into ruins. This blow was not fatal, but it brought the warship. Hundreds of tons of water entered, and at the same time the collapsed cabin cut off several steam lines, making this giant a little sloppy!

And the second shell hit the back of the Giant's No. 3 turret! Due to the angle problem, this shell exploded while penetrating the armor. The violent explosion instantly killed most of the people inside the turret and destroyed the hydraulic equipment of one of the artillery. But unfortunately, there are no propellant packs or shells stored inside this turret, otherwise the damage will be even greater!

"Report to Lieutenant General Thomas, we need support!" Major General Heath really collapsed. From the beginning of the war to the present, there have been a lot of large and small naval battles, but when did you encounter a capital ship being subordinated What about pinching in two directions? And the opponent is so close! The two British dreadnoughts suffered a lot in the previous engagement, and it was even difficult to distribute firepower!

"The Hercules continued to suppress the previous German fleet, the Giant dealt with the fleet behind, and the destroyer fleet launched lightning strikes on both sides at the same time. We need time!" Major General Heath issued the order again.

The huge hull began to turn right, and at the same time the five turrets quickly turned to aim at the German battleship. After two more shells, the rangefinder at the top of the Giant’s mast finally placed the leading battleship Caesar in the middle of the field of view! Along with the firing order, 9 fire dragons flew out of the muzzle, a violent muzzle storm spread out on the outside of the hull, and more than 3 tons of artillery shells roared towards the target!

A few seconds later, a huge explosion sounded from the hulls of the Giant and the Caesar at the same time, and both sides hit their opponents almost at the same time! The Giant’s salvo was very lucky. Two shells hit the Caesar, and the Caesar’s No. 3 turret was hit. Even when the angle was not good, the top cover of the No. 3 turret was knocked open. With a loud noise, the turret weighing hundreds of tons was almost blown away from the gun mount, and another shell opened a large hole of 3 square meters in the front of the hull, and the bow seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer. , Sank suddenly.

The situation on the Giant was not good. A German 12-inch shell successfully penetrated the side armor of the Giant. The shell and the rear dome were turned into fragments almost at the same time. Under the action of huge kinetic energy, tons of The shrapnel smashed the power compartment partition of the Giant, and then smashed at least 4 boilers! With a series of explosions, the output power of the Giant gas turbine suddenly dropped by more than 30%. Clouds of white high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor spread in the cabin, and dozens of British naval officers and soldiers were scalded to death before they could escape!

Another shell hit the giant’s 4th turret This time, this shell successfully penetrated the British turret from the front, and the 12-inch Vickers hardened armor could not stop it. In the attack of the old German-style 12-inch gun, a 12-inch shell penetrated the armor from the middle of the two guns. In the distance, the fire flashed between them, and the entire turret flashed! After the explosion, the two artillery pieces were finally pulled down, and no more shells could be fired!

The three battleships attacked each other at very close distances. This attack was a knife-to-bone attack for both sides. After the battle gradually turned to a traditional battle line duel, the two Germans were fearless and could not beat the giants. No., no way. In the first round of contact, the two Caesar-class battleships had been skinned by the Thomas Fleet. Now, the total number of main guns that can be used by the two battleships is no more than 5, and the Giant can There are 7 more doors! This time, the British did not have a problem with fire prevention. Unless they hit the ammunition depot directly, it is almost impossible to kill their opponents in seconds!

In the distance, the Hercules, burning like a flaming torch on the rear deck, fought two German armored cruisers with difficulty. The Hercules’s offensive force sank, but the heavy smoke on the rear deck made the battleship’s Accuracy is a problem, and although the two British armored cruisers have a large amount of projection, they cannot break the defense at all. As for suffocating opponents with tons of high-explosive bombs, it may take quite a while. But overall, the German armored cruiser seems to have the advantage on the scene.

But at this moment, a telegram changed the situation on the battlefield!

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