"We're about 15 kilometers away from the target, but why don't I feel like it's a flying fish?" The lookout reported through a microphone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info"It seems to have a lot of stuff on the ship. "The target wasn't far away, I don't know if it wasn't because the Alsatian wasn't found, or if it was something else. The two sides gradually approached, the Alsatian was on the starboard side of the target, and the course of the two sides was almost parallel. How do you look at this and think about the scene when two warships are engaged!

"The target course is parallel to ours, and the speed is 18 knots, what a good target." The 8-meter main rangefinder on the battleship Moltke has firmly locked the target in the middle of the field of view, and after magnifying it 30 times, the figure of the other party is already very clear.

"The only pity is that this is an auxiliary cruiser, and not an armored cruiser." The design process has already begun, with the rangefinder constantly tracking distant targets and then converting the opponent's voyage data into a continuous curve through a mechanical computer. This data is then passed down the line to the individual turrets.

With a ding, the red signal light that the guns inside the turret could fire sounded. The 4 huge turrets were turned to the target, one shell after another was raised from the ammunition depot through the conveyor channel, the gun was lowered to a suitable position for loading, and the huge push boom pushed shells weighing more than 600 kg and hundreds of kg of propellant into the breech, because the target was a lightly protected auxiliary cruiser, so the type of ammunition chosen was a semi-armor-piercing shell.

"Kill your opponent in ten minutes!" Hipper calmly looked at his first target in the distance. At this time, the distance between the two sides was already close to about 14 kilometers, and without a rangefinder, it was impossible to zoom in on the target, so the British still could not clearly identify the identity of the other party. After all, you can't expect how big a rangefinder will be installed on 1 auxiliary cruiser that was commissioned in 1895 and has not been modernized much.......

Rumble! The sound of thunder sounded abruptly over the North Sea, before this moment, no British could have imagined that they could meet the opponent's capital ship here, the fireball and gunpowder smoke from the half-salvo of four guns obscured a third of the hull, but this was just a few points of light for the British more than ten kilometers away. It is impossible for the sound of artillery to travel so far, but the mere point of light jumping from the sea level makes Major Cowes feel that his heart is shining, and Major Coos, who has never eaten pork, has at least seen pigs run! People have seen the scene of a battleship firing a salvo.

What light in the distance seemed so terrible and deadly to Major Coos, like a three-headed dog in hell passing through the gates of hell and projecting its own horror and ferocity into the present world! It took only a dozen seconds for the whistling cannonballs to fly over a long distance, smashing down on the wilted British like a doomsday meteorite!

After observing the water column, the German battleship fired a second half-salvo after adjustment, pinching the target directly, and then making a direct hit in the third round of attacks! A 350mm shell hit the middle of the hull of the Alsatian auxiliary cruiser, entered through the bottom of a chimney, and then went straight through several decks before crashing headlong into the old reciprocating triple-expansion steam engine .......

The crew, which has been operating continuously for nearly 20 years, naturally fell apart under this blow, and what is unexpected is that the remaining shell fragments still have huge kinetic energy, and a projectile weighing at least 100KG or more even smashed straight down through the double bottom of the hull! This is equivalent to opening a sea valve for the other side while destroying the power compartment.......

A battleship at the top can be described as a spike against this kind of guy who is not even a third-class ship! The British did not take into account the situation of the auxiliary cruiser encountering an opponent, so they saved ..... even the smoke canister. In desperation, Major Cowes even ordered the battleship to shoot at the sea to raise a column of water to cover himself. However, these did not work after all, the Germans attacked too fast, and the half-salvo every 20 seconds was too deadly, and without any interference, after entering the effectiveness of the shot, you could get an average of one hit per shot! And a warship that has been in use for almost 20 years naturally cannot support it for too long.

In less than 3 minutes after the start of the battle, the radio communication equipment of the Alsatian had been destroyed, and the remaining 6-inch guns on the battleship could not pose a threat to the opponent at all, and tons and tons of shells hit the battleship, although it could float on the sea with a high reserve buoyancy, but it was only a lingering breath, and 6 minutes after the Moltke opened fire, Hipper ordered to stop firing, and all that remained was for the destroyer to go up and fire two torpedoes. He now needs to find his next target!

When the S91 destroyer, which was ordered to carry out the lightning strike mission, had just sent its opponent into the sea with two torpedoes, a huge figure appeared at the 10 o'clock position of the battleship Moltke.

"We seem to have found a big guy, and if it weren't for the fact that we knew that all the British battle cruisers were in the south, we would have thought we had run into a battle cruiser!" The gun commander on the Moltke recalled.

"The Alsatians don't seem to be in touch." In the Minotaur's conning tower, an officer said to Major General Ace with some concern.

"It's no longer necessary, we've found the target. But it seems that this guy can't be called prey, right? Ace wiped the cold sweat from his head and said. Unlike the auxiliary cruisers, which did not have rangefinders and could not accurately determine the shape of the battleship, the Minotaur had a 15-foot rangefinder on board! When the battleship in the middle of the field of view was magnified 15 times, and the appearance gradually became clear, the British were completely stunned!

"This is definitely a battlecruiser! God, how did the German battlecruisers appear here? Are they crazy? "When an officer heard the news, his face was full of incredulity.

"Our Grand Fleet is in the south, and it is impossible to return by midnight today. It was a conspiracy, the Germans used all their fleet! Major General Ace said with a gloomy face. Send a report immediately to report on our situation here, and rule all auxiliary cruisers to evacuate this area! It's a trap! It's hell! ”

However, when the British tried to send the report, they found that the reserved frequency band was full of clutter, and listening to the noise of interference from the headphones, the dispatcher shook his head helplessly.

"It's another chase battle, so let's chase it." After discovering the target, Hipper immediately took the lead in killing, and the battleship Moltke at this time increased its speed to more than 27 knots, and the bow like a long knife ploughed the sea, smashing the waves one by one, and countless fine water droplets fell on the deck.

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