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As a clone of the elite battleships of the German Navy and the conscience of the Bavarian Naval Design Bureau, the St. István naturally does not explode like the British battlecruisers, and theoretically speaking, the ammunition compartment of this battleship has no possibility of being killed in seconds. The Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info thick side chord armor and horizontal armor formed a tight armor box, and behind the upper armor there was a thick steel back plate to prevent the armor plates from filling or collapsing. Both theoretically and practically prevented the possibility of the detonation of ammunition depots by surface strikes.

And what about underwater defense? A perfect 5-layer defense system, protected by a tight empty compartment-liquid tank-empty compartment and the armored partition at the back, as long as the luck is not particularly bad, for example, two torpedoes hit a place, the underwater defense system will be destroyed, and even flooded, but the possibility of directly detonating the ammunition depot is almost zero. But how to say it? After all, the defense of the St. István was somewhat inferior to that of Bavaria. (After all, where is the tonnage and cost?) So, in this engagement, something went wrong......

Just a few minutes ago, a 15-inch shell fired by the Hyuga changed the situation that seemed to be evenly matched, after flying a distance of up to 14 kilometers, the shell entered the water less than 40 meters away from the St. István, and when it entered the water, the hood of the shell collided violently with the water surface, and the conical hood broke into pieces, and the huge reaction force instead straightened the body of the shell, and the shell began to continue in the sinking process, like a torpedo piercing the St. István.

And because of the long distance, this shell had already bypassed the lower part of the sidechord armor belt of the St. István before hitting the target! And because of the cost, the underwater defense of the St. István did not slope directly like in Bavaria, and then all the way to the bottom of the ship! THE ONLY THING THAT CAN REALLY BE CALLED ARMOR PROTECTION IS THE LAST LIGHTNING WALL WITH A THICKNESS OF 50MM!

In terms of penetration, the shells were clearly several notches higher than the torpedoes! The 5-layer anti-mine system and layers of thin steel plates, which were originally used to deal with torpedoes, are not very useful in the face of shells at all, the thickness of the steel plates is too small, and they are only used to absorb the energy generated by torpedoes when they explode, to say bulletproof? Let's wash and sleep! The 15-inch shell cut through the hull plate as easily as a knife and continued to be layers of highly elastic steel, but fortunately, as it approached the bottom of the tank, the unreliability of the British fuse saved St. Istridan! The shell was detonated before it could completely penetrate the outer anti-mine system!

Rumble! The violent explosion inside the hull seemed to make the entire battleship shake, although the charge was far inferior to that of a torpedo, but the destructive power produced was still not to be underestimated! Several nearby compartments were immediately sifted by the raging tide and shock waves. And even if there is a heavy oil tank with a thickness of half a meter to absorb the energy generated by the explosion, but some fragments with large muzzle velocity and weight are still knocked on the last layer of protection under the water of the István, some armor joints can not withstand it at first, cracks appear on the next wall, and then quickly tear open under the action of high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles and water flow, and the water flow pours into the ammunition depot at the lower part of the No. 2 turret of the St. Istvan, and what is even more worrying is that The partitions of some of the cabins were puffed up by a huge amount of water pressure by a few centimeters!

As for the water ingress, it is even more so, this shell directly brought nearly 700 tons of water inlet to the St. Istvan! The entire mine protection system was blown up by the implosion shells, and after the sudden heavy hit, the St. István, which was a little confused about the situation, could only immediately pull the smoke screen to avoid the follow-up blows of the other party, and in this way, it created an opportunity for the Hyuga to support the British battleships behind!

Originally, at this time, the Hyuga planned to support the Fuso battleship that had fought quite miserably with the Combined Forces in front, but at this time, the Combined Forces also pulled out a smoke screen, and at the same time, several destroyers that had left before also returned, which made the lonely Hyuga feel a little troublesome, after all, in the battle just now, the Hyuga also had one turret that was stuck, and two other barrels were broken. The auxiliary artillery gallery area was also penetrated by the opponent many times, and the 7 6-inch guns on the side chord were damaged by 4, and the 3-inch anti-lightning guns with worse defense were even more ...... dead. It's a bit of a void to run into a destroyer at this time.

Besides, Britain and Japan are allies after all, and seeing that their allies are about to be killed, there is always a need for help! So, after communicating with the Fuso, after the former said that it didn't matter, and the brother could hold on, Hinata decisively aimed the muzzle at the quasi-dreadnoughts of the Austro-Hungarian fleet behind! Of course, because of the distance and angle, such an artillery bombardment is more threatening than practical, after all, only four 15-inch guns have a firing range. Moreover, the distance between them is 17 kilometers, and the rate of speed change between the two sides is very large, and it is difficult to hit the opponent in a short time.

If you turn your gaze to the front again, the battle between the battleships United Forces and the Fuso is not nearing the end, but it is time to decide the winner. 10 15-inch L42 pipes are really not imaginary, and the 330MM armor with an inclination of 18 degrees is definitely strong enough, although there is a certain gap with the Bavaria, but it is enough to put it in the first battle.

After being washed by armor-piercing shells, the entire superstructure was in shambles, and the bow and tail armor belts of the hull were repeatedly pierced. The structure of the main armor belt is still relatively intact, but the cracks left by the heavy artillery attack are still shocking. Although the United Force also made the Fuso pay the same heavy price, I have to say that in the case of RP equilibrium, the United Force really can't beat Fuso! What's more, this time, it seems that the character of the Fuso has the advantage.

The speed of the Combined Forces has been temporarily reduced to about 15 knots, although according to the reports of the ship's technicians, it only takes half an hour to an hour to repair and block several important pipelines, and the battleship can be restored to more than 18 knots. But the problem now is, no one gives you 1 hour! After turret 2 was temporarily stuck, there were only 3 guns left for the Combined Forces to use. And the Fuso has 6 more doors! The former can't be beaten, and they can't run away!