Chapter 2242： Head-to-head five

"Damn, we can't get rid of them!" Thomas threw away the telescope in his hand irritably. The German didn't give the British any time to breathe. After some maneuvers, the distance between the two sides was locked at 15 kilometers. In terms of distance, the Queen puts great pressure on Bavaria’s 15-inch heavy artillery, and the British’s 15-inch artillery cannot pose a deadly threat to the Bavaria.

The British put the last wave of auxiliary warships into the fight with the German auxiliary warships, and the battle between the battleships opened again! And this time, the performance of the British is not much better than before!

"It seems that we got a soft persimmon this time!" Standing in the control tower of the Bavarian-class battleship De Shao, Colonel Max looked at the battered tail of the hull in the distance, and even the tail tilted. The Duke of York said comfortably.

"Come on, brothers! If we are lucky today, we can kill the two queens!" Colonel Max encouraged. However, before the voice was over, a huge explosion sounded from the Duke of York. This hit was not made by the De Shao!

"It was hit by the Brunswick," said an officer next to him.

"Damn Koch, this guy has been stealing from me since I was a kid! High school is the same, college is the same, and it's still the same now!" Max said dissatisfied. Vent the dissatisfaction with the colleague and classmate on the battleship Brunswick!

Ruprecht’s order was to keep an eye on the queen and take revenge. If necessary, he could relax the attack on the British battlecruisers. Therefore, in this way, some unlucky ones will eventually be taken care of by the two German battleships. The Duke of York with a backstab wound on the Mochi naturally became one of the best targets! Subconsciously, most people are used to looking for soft pinches!

So, under the attack of two Bavarian-class battleships, the Duke of York became the first Queen Elizabeth-class battleship to be sunk!

"Pay attention to the rate of fire, don't be too fast, don't hit the Brunswick jets of water and stir together, so that none of us can observe!" Looking at the Duke of York, which is surrounded by red and black water jets in the distance, Max The colonel frowned. Although he was dissatisfied with the opponent's "grabbing head" behavior, the colonel still decided to abide by the "rules of the rivers and lakes" and take the highest efficiency to kill the opponent. trouble.

So, after the initial chaos, the two German battleships coordinated their attack speeds tacitly. In an average of 20 seconds, one round of shells fell near the Duke of York!

"We were hit!" With a trembling sound, a huge fireball rose from the waterline armor belt in the middle of the upper sidestring of the Duke of York! A 15-inch shell from the De Shao accurately hit the hardest armor belt of this battleship! This time, the 330MM vertical armor belt could not stop the shell from 15 kilometers away!

Along with the flames and violent collisions, a huge penetration wound was cut from the thick armor belt! However, in the final stage, the shells also disintegrated due to the violent collision! A few larger fragments hit the gap in the vault behind! A large piece of steel plate was forcibly removed from the supporting structure! And cut off several steam pipes behind! Hundreds of tons of sea water poured in from the breach, and when the cold sea water and the steam coming out of it met, the steam filled the cabin. Under the effect of thermal expansion and contraction, more pipes have broken up!

However, before the British damage management team arrived at the damage site for repairs, just 20 seconds later, another disaster fell on the Duke of York! And this time it was two shots! A shell hit the top of the No. 1 turret of the Duke of York! The same 330MM armor naturally failed to block the incoming shells, and what is even more sad is that the turret armor is not supplemented by the vault armor!

The 800 kg shell easily penetrated the turret and collided with a 15-inch gun! With the activation of the fuze, the entire turret was swallowed by flames and violent shock waves in an instant, and the violent explosion completely destroyed the turret. The 75 Royal Navy officers and soldiers were permanently integrated with their weapons and could no longer be separated. each other. The flames began to spread around. The British were exhausted.

And the damage caused by the other shell is even greater! This shell directly hit the reserve steering engine compartment of the Duke of York! More than a dozen Royal Navy officers and soldiers were reduced to ashes with the final operating rudder of this ship! At this point, this battleship is finally inoperable! Started to slowly escape from the formation under the influence of its own power and ocean currents.

"The Duke of York is over!" Looking at the Duke of York, which has lost power, Thomas closed his eyes in pain. Now, his fleet and the German High Seas Fleet are only ten minutes away from each other, and a battleship is doomed! Seeing this, the Brunswick sensibly chose to aim the muzzle at other targets and handed it over to the De Shao. As long as the latter disarms the opponent's arms, it can be solved with torpedoes from destroyers, which can save shells.

In the end, the Duke of York finished the last fifteen minutes of her life! During this time, De Shao hit his opponent at least 10 times! Destroyed all the main guns and more than 70% of the secondary guns Then, the German destroyer S185 became the executioner of the Duke of York. With the hit of 4 500MM torpedoes, the Duke of York boarded There was a violent explosion and disappeared from the sea very simply!

And shortly after the sinking of the Duke of York, the also heavily damaged Vengeance also ushered in its end! This warship was not hit because it was hit in the ammunition depot or gun mount, which might be fatal in one blow, but because too many hits caused the water to get out of control and eventually sank. According to the records of the British Navy, this poor battleship was hit by at least 20 main artillery shells, and not only was smashed to pieces. Several cracks over 10 meters in length also appeared in the middle of the hull! In the end, the Germans didn't even have to use torpedoes to make up the knife, and the warship had already capsized by itself.

"Your Excellency Commander, it is my honour for you to use my ship as a flagship, but unfortunately, you will be leaving less than an hour after you came to my warship. We have not been able to do our best as a landlord. "Before the Vengeance sank, Lieutenant General Bernie said regretfully.

"Let's go together, let's transfer to the Royal Oak, we need to keep going." Jericho said with a complex face. Those who know him can already see a trace of despair from him.

"No, I want to be with my flagship." Lieutenant General Bernie rejected Jericho's kindness.

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