Chapter 1173: Siege 3

"Let the destroyers kill them, let's go!" Hipper first telegraphed the approaching destroyers to take a few pictures of the first sunken Queen-class battleship, and then decisively issued an execution order, and the two destroyers approached the once formidable battleship like executioners. The two torpedo boats, Biquge www.biquge.infoV180 and S75, said they were happy to carry out such a mission, and after most of the British moved to the lifeboats, the two destroyers, which were close to 400 meters away, cleanly sent the battleship into the rolling waves of the North Sea with four torpedoes.

Just as Hipper was killing hard, Scheer was not slow, with the Bavaria taking the lead, followed by Württemberg and Baden, and they captured the Queen Elizabeth-class sixth, the Prestige. Under the pressure of three Bavaria-class battleships, the Prestige also couldn't make any waves! Not to mention the fact that these three battleships were almost the highest combat quality in the German Navy, both in terms of equipment and personnel!

The one-sided battle will not last long. The Prestige had no other commendable record after confirming that it had slapped a shell on the Bavarian No. 3 turret, blowing one of the main guns into two pieces. The three Bavaria-class battleships rained a rain of bullets at a distance of 10 kilometers, and all the guns were aimed almost directly at distant targets.

After destroying almost all of the Prestige's main guns, the Baden got closer to the opponent and fired, and a 15-inch shell hit the ammunition depot under the No. 3 turret of the Prestige! With an earth-shattering bang, the prince finally achieved a new achievement - killing the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship in seconds!

THE SHELL EASILY TORE THROUGH THE HARDENED ARMOR BELT UP TO 330 MM THICK, AND THEN PENETRATED THE ENTIRE DOME ARMOR PLATE WITH A THICKNESS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. Successfully plunged headlong into the Prestige's ammunition depot, and the cannon shot diagonally through the projectile depot located beneath the shells. With a loud bang, a fire dragon rushed directly from the bottom of the hull along the ammunition delivery channel! The turret, which weighed hundreds of tons, seemed to be thrown directly out by a pair of large hands, and the power of the explosion quickly spread inside the hull. The entire battleship trembled at the sound of successive explosions.

Ten seconds later, with a series of metal cracks, the second half of the hull began to detach from the battleship's hull, and scorching flames and gray-black smoke poured out of the breach. A thick column of smoke rose into the air, and even from a distance of more than a dozen kilometers, the scene of the Prestige's struggle could be clearly seen. A huge amount of seawater poured in from the breach, and under the impact of the seawater and the pull of its own weight, the second half of the hull quickly fell off the battleship, and then the front half of the battleship also sank due to too much water, causing the rear to sink, and the bow like a long knife was picked up.

In the end, the Prestige did not let the god of war wait too long, and two minutes later, the 28,000-ton British battleship sank to the bottom of the sea, and the huge whirlpool formed by the battleship when it sank swept the British sailors into the sea with more than three digits. In the end, no more than 200 people survived on this British battleship!

As for the Baliem, who was the most injured at the beginning, it also did not escape the fate of destruction. They were besieged by the three Helgoran brothers, as well as by the newly improved battleship Rhineland. When the four capital ships appeared around the Baliem, the captain of the Baliem, Colonel Pete, was well aware of the current affairs.

"Our battleship has lost more than half of its power, the damage to the motor compartment has further expanded, one of the main turrets is no longer usable, and there will be no results if we continue to fight." The colonel said after looking around at his comrades.

"If I could, I would like more people to live to the end of this war, and there is no need for useless struggles. I will fulfill my obligations as a captain, and I will fulfill my obligations to you. The Colonel took a deep breath and made the last and most difficult decision of his life. All personnel are ready to abandon the ship. I will stay on this ship and sleep with him at sea. ”

"The British seem to be preparing to evacuate." On the battleship Helgoland, a German officer picked up the telescope in his hand and said. "What are we going to do?"

"Order the destroyer to go up and prepare for containment, and then dispose of the ship." Captain of the battleship Helgoland, von Brown. Colonel Ruyter thought for a moment and said. In addition to facing those auxiliary cruisers or submarines that carried out the "strangulation" mission, the regular engagement between the British and German navies was still more graceful. (The Germans considered the British auxiliary cruisers to be a massacre of German civilians.) And the British considered it a crime to attack the German submarines without warning, anyway, the navies of both sides did not have much mercy for the ships and combat crews of such blockade missions) when the other side was already powerless to resist and was ready to sink the battleship. Too much killing is unnecessary.

As a result, the battleship Baliem is the calmest of the three British capital ships that have been sunk so far. Four destroyers and one light cruiser approached to help collect the personnel transferred from the Baliem. The whole process was orderly, and there was not much estrangement due to the previous hostilities.

After the transfer of the last soldier of the British Navy from the Baliem. After confirming that all the personnel who could breathe had left the sinking battleship, Colonel Pete returned to his position, standing on the dilapidated bridge and signaling for everyone to leave, and then waited for his end without saying a word, and the three German destroyers released four torpedoes at a distance of 400 meters from the target. Accompanied by a loud bang. The British battleship, which had participated in the naval battles of the Indian Ocean and the siege of the battlecruiser Blucher, sank to the bottom of the sea in a blaze.

"So now we can be sure that the British have run 1 Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, we have already killed 3, and 1 is in pursuit?" The prince asked, looking at the newly sent battle report.

"Yes, three battle cruisers under the command of Rear Admiral Lefetsov are pursuing this queen, but in addition to these queens, the British have two battle cruisers. Except for the first time, I don't know where to run. Major General Scheer said.

"Let Hipper, with the fastest fleet, immediately support the battle cruiser detachment, and we will be responsible for gathering and dispersing the hostile fleet and preparing to evacuate, and tell Hipper, I will give him an hour at most. Otherwise, we must retreat, whether the pursuit is successful or not! The prince said.

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