Just as the large force under the command of the prince began to gather the fleet and prepare for the withdrawal, in the von . Under the command of Rear Admiral Lefetsov, a follower of three battle cruisers, the Moltke, Goeben and the Von der Tann, plus three light cruisers and eight destroyers, pursued Thomas's flagship, the Queen Elizabeth! Hipper had already forwarded the prince's telegram to von Hipper. Major General Lefetsov, he only had an hour to deal with the matter. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and this makes him a little extra anxious!

At this time, at a distance of 12 kilometers from its side, the fast battleship Queen Elizabeth was withdrawing northeast at a high speed of more than 24 knots. At the same time, with the help of smoke screens and turns, constantly trying to throw off the pursuing fleet in the rear. And although the three battle cruisers have a maximum speed of more than 27 knots, but after all, you have to consider the physical strength of the personnel, from last night to now, the stokers in the boiler warehouse are almost changing shifts, and the battle has been until now, not to mention the situation of the battleship, anyway, the people are close to the limit. And one of the biggest advantages of the Queen is that people burn oil, so they don't need to shovel coal, they can directly use the oil pump to provide fuel!

Looking at the British battleship escaping at high speed in the smoke screen and sea fog in the distance, von . Lefetsov realized that his simple pursuit would not take the ship in a short time. If you can't slow down an enemy at the same speed, you'll have to force them to slow down by other means, if you can't slow them down with artillery strikes.

"Let Colonel Grad lead the detachment of light cruisers into the battlefield from the right and cover the torpedo units for a blockade!" Feng. Major General Lefetsov ordered. "The Queen Elizabeth's canisters should be running out, and once the smoke screen clears, shoot as originally scheduled. Let the stokers pay attention to conserving their strength, our decisive battle is about to begin! ”

Three German light cruisers, led by the light cruiser Stuttgart, soon increased their speed to about 27 knots, the first German light cruisers with full heavy fuel oil. So there is no need to be limited by manpower. The ships were already following close 8 kilometers behind the Queen Elizabeth. When the order for the general attack was given, the best hounds of the High Seas Fleet fearlessly rushed to the fast British battleships like tigers in the distance!

"Damn, the Germans did it!" Looking at the slender figure looming in the smoke screen, Thomas realizes that the most critical moment has finally come! As Rear Admiral Lefetsov had predicted, there were not many smoke canisters left on the flagship, and it would last only a quarter of an hour at most, after which the Queen Elizabeth would be under siege by three of the enemy's capital ships and numerous auxiliary warships. At that time, cannonballs will fly in the sky, underwater torpedoes will be crisscrossed, and if you are not careful, it will be the next time you will die, not that people and ships will die!

"Boom!" The three main guns in the rear of the hull that could still be used on the Queen Elizabeth spewed out thick and long fire snakes, and three 875KG semi-armor-piercing shells roared and flew towards the wolves patrolling not far away. One of the shells fell into the water less than 150 meters from the Stuttgart. A high column of water exploded, and half a minute later, the falling sea water even gave the Stuttgart a bath!

"The fleet is separated! Suppress the Queen Elizabeth's main gun group and superstructure! Attack with high explosive shells! Watch out for its main cannon and don't get bitten! "The distance is 6000 meters! 3 German light cruisers unfolded in an inverted zigzag. MORE THAN A DOZEN 175MM GUNS WERE AIMED AT THE STERN OF THE QUEEN, AND WITH THE ORDER TO SHOOT, A BALL OF FIREBALL FLEW TOWARDS THE POOR BATTLESHIP!

The three German light cruisers carefully dodged, avoiding the main gun group in front of the Queen Elizabeth. The Queen, who had only three guns, could only suppress one German light cruiser at most, and when the queen aimed her long guns at one of the light cruisers, these little ones with a displacement of only 6,000 tons were like cunning steppe wolves with the help of smoke screens and maneuverability! And when the tiger turns its attention to other targets, these cunning little creatures will take the opportunity to come up and take a bite!

Rumble! Once again, a pillar of fire appeared on the back deck of the Queen, blowing up a crane used to retract seaplanes! The violent explosion even smashed a large hole in the top deck, and a large number of shrapnel with flames fell into the lower cabin, and the yellow-green flames ignited by the picric acid charge swam in the cabin like demonic fire, whether it was teak deck, thin steel plates, and textiles. While the British crew members with water dragons tried to extinguish the flames, another shell smashed through the upper deck and exploded above the crew's heads! With a loud bang, a flash of fire flashed, and more than 20 Royal Navy officers and men and the surrounding cabins within a radius of ten meters were engulfed in raging flames!

MORE THAN 2-DIGIT 175MM GUNS ARE FIRED AT A RATE OF AT LEAST 3 ROUNDS PER MINUTE, WHICH IS BASICALLY EQUIVALENT TO MORE THAN 2 TONS OF AMMUNITION BEING POURED ON THE TARGET IN ONE MINUTE, IF IT IS ONLY THREE LIGHT CRUISERS, THE QUEEN ELIZABETH CAN FULLY MOBILIZE ITS MAIN GUN FIRE TO TURN IT INTO LARGE FIRECRACKERS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE FACE OF THE LIONS STARING BEHIND THE WOLVES, THE QUEEN HAS NO OTHER WAY BUT TO ESCAPE WITH HER TAIL BETWEEN HER LEGS.

A succession of high-explosive shells landed on the stern of the Queen Elizabeth's hull, and from the upper deck to the waterline, there were dense, beehive-like bullet holes everywhere. Flames and smoke rose into the sky, and in the sea breeze, it was like a slanted gray pillar stuck upside down in the tail of the battleship. The flames even spread down the deck towards the front of the hull, gradually obscuring the main rangefinder located at the top. THE RANGEFINDER ATTACHED TO THE MAIN GUN HAS LONG BEEN KILLED BY SHELLS, AND THE RANGEFINDER OF TURRET NO. 4 WAS KNOCKED OUT DIRECTLY BY A 175MM SHELL. In turret No. 3, the lens was shattered by shrapnel.

The Queen Elizabeth fought back against the wolves, but the rear guns were not on target, and the front guns were not firing. The side-chord 6-inch gun had no lethal condition. The three German light cruisers also grew emboldened, and they brought the distance closer to about 5 kilometers. The group of destroyers in the rear also approached the opponent like an assassin, and then delivered a fatal blow at close range!

"The main gun is ready to fire!" The high-explosive shells fired by the close hand-to-hand combat of the three German light cruisers set fire to the Queen's stern, plus part of the bridge that had already been ignited. The second half of the entire battleship had become a huge torch, and the flames and gray-black plumes of smoke marked the position of the battleship like a lighthouse, and the three German battlecruisers could finally clearly determine the position of each other!

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