Chapter 878: Guild Battle 2
"Let's rush up and cut off their course!" Led by the destroyer V-171, twelve destroyers headed at high speed towards the forward extension of the British fleet, and under the surging power of the steam turbines, the speed of the entire destroyer formation was generally increased to more than 30 knots! The propeller even lifted the bow of the destroyer out of the water slightly, and the sea wolf that was split by the bow turned into a fine mist and flew backwards, enveloping the entire destroyer, and the destroyers approached the target as quickly as flying fish on the sea. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Unlike the British, who demanded proximity to lightning strikes, which posed a threat to the main fleet, the German Navy was more flexible in its requirements for the destroyer. This time, the direction of the 1st Lightning Strike Group was an extension of the British fleet's forward course. The entire Lightning Strike Brigade launched two waves of attack. The first wave of torpedoes was released diagonally in front of the British fleet, and more than 20 torpedoes were propelled into the water by compressed air, and then a cloud of exhaust gases was discharged from the tail section, leaving a clear track in the seawater. It is said that such a lightning strike will not have a high hit rate, but it should not be taken lightly ....... In this case, the battleship George V, which was at the forefront, first turned to dodge, and then the Ajax in the back.
And when the British dodged the first wave of lightning strikes, the second round of lightning strikes had also arrived, these torpedoes were almost the course of the British fleet, they were not simply aimed at a certain battleship, but to disrupt the opponent's formation, and the battle line lined up by the 8 dreadnoughts was also very long, 3 kilometers. Looking at the torpedoes that were almost vertically rushing towards them, the British fleet was in a hurry to dodge again, making the already somewhat loose formation even more messy! And because of the constant change of course and speed, the accuracy of the British fleet's shelling was greatly reduced!
"The fleet turns to the four compass points, we cross-cut their T-shaped crossheads, and the ships redistribute the targets!" The attack of the destroyer fleet provided time and cover for the main fleet to turn, and when the light cruisers left the battlefield with the smoke canisters that had pulled the smoke screen, the whole battle situation was like this, the British fleet was heading in a south-easterly direction, and the German fleet after the turn was headed due south, and from the sky, the British fleet was slamming into the side of the German fleet diagonally, although it could not be called a T-shaped crosshead, but it still blocked the course of the British!
When the smoke screen cleared, the prince's 6 Bavaria-class battleships and the battleship Oldenburg were once again displayed in front of the British, although the battle lasted for more than 2 hours, but at this moment the whole fleet still maintained a strong fighting spirit, although the German were scrambling with a round of attacks just now, but on the whole it did not hurt the bones.
The sun, the dark sea, and the battleships that exude the atmosphere of blood and mechanical civilization, like the god of war who came out of ancient times, the two fleets fought again, starting from the battleship Saxony, all the German battleships were assigned targets in turn, 1V1, fair and reasonable! (Well, no one cares about the last unyielding number)
The god of war turned his gaze to the distant target once again, the spear in his hand shimmering with a seeping cold light in the sunlight, and the muzzle of the gunpowder was aimed at the target, and then there was a thunderous roar, indicating that the cannonballs of destruction flew out again! Fly to the British fleet in the distance!
WHO IS STRONGER THAN 10 343MM GUNS OR 8 15-INCH GUNS? NATURALLY, THE LATTER IS STRONGER, OTHERWISE THERE WOULD BE NO QUEEN TO REPLACE THE IRON DUKE, AND BAVARIA WOULD NOT FINALLY CHOOSE 8 15-INCH GUNS AND ABANDON 10 350MM GUNS, IF YOU ASK WHO IS MORE FIERCE THAN THE AMERICANS' 12 14-INCH L45 GUNS AND THE BRITISH'S 8 15-INCH GUNS, THIS IS STILL UP FOR DEBATE, BUT FOR NOW. In a real one-on-one battle, the British George V and his ilk are completely under-sighted!
Except for the more sad Saxony, which now only has 6 15-inch guns to use, the firepower of the rest of the Bavarians is still intact, and the perfect mechanical servo equipment and the wedge gun latch that can be opened and closed quickly bring a higher rate of fire to the German artillery, even if the number of guns is less, but even in terms of the number of shells fired per unit of time, the German battleships are still not less than the opponent!
The Bavaria is indeed the flagship of General Scheer! The service was relatively early, the officers and men were more proficient, and the run-in with the battleship was also better, and in the case of regaining the balance of power, it was easy to grasp the initiative in the confrontation with the opposite Ajax!
The Bavaria began to fire a salvo at intervals of about 30 seconds, the first with a long round. Second round of close rounds. After the third round of adjustment, the target was quickly clamped, and the fourth round showed a near-miss, a shell entered the water less than 3 meters from the side of the Ajax, and then exploded 5 meters underwater, the high-speed fragments and high-temperature and high-pressure impact generated by the violent explosion avoided the armor belt of the Ajax and directly tore apart the hull shell, accompanied by a dull loud sound, a huge hole appeared in the underwater part of the Ajax.
When the corrective fire was converted into an effective shot, the Bavaria's firepower exploded again, slanting at an average rate of 2.5 rounds per minute. At a distance of 16 kilometers, a continuous curtain of fire stretched from the Bavaria to the Ajax, and violent explosions rang out on the target from time to time, and a huge column of fire and a dense smoke screen soon enveloped the battleship.
The first heavy blow to the Ajax was a 15-inch shell that hit the No. 3 turret in the middle of the hull, and although the British were much more dreadnought than the likes of the Lion and Tiger, the 12-inch turret front was still too young, too simple for the new armor-piercing shell with a hardened quilt cap and a more slender body! This shell passed through the middle of the two guns, and then hit the ammunition rack at the end of the gun, although there were not many shells stored on it, but there were at least 4 packs of more than 300KG of propellant!
The power of the ammunition explosion is even greater than the damage that has just begun! The flames and debris instantly killed the personnel inside the turret, and then vented out from the muzzle, fragile sighting equipment, breaches and other places that could be pushed open, under the continuous impact, even a whole steel plate fell off from the turret, and the powerful impact ** moved hundreds of kilograms of steel plates to smash on the chimney next to it, and all the way down, destroying part of the flue.
A large number of bi-base propellants and picric acid in the shells after ignition The flames produced by the ignition spread along the surface of the ship and the passages inside the hull, and the explosions and burns again and again made the whole fire expand to all sides, the cabin outside the actual gun mount, then the flue, and then down is the core cabin protected by the armored box, the heavy steel plate temporarily resists the invasion of the flames, but it is not complete!
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