Chapter 1245: Reversed Situation
This is still a situation where all beards and tails can be withdrawn, and it is certain that after the last round of bombardment by the British, the German fleet will certainly not give up the prey in hand, look at the sky overhead, it is cloudless. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Look at the wall clock on the wall, it's almost time for lunch. Well, the German fleet had at least 6 hours left to take care of its ....... Therefore, Vice Admiral Eberhardt also ordered the fleet to disperse and break through at the end, don't go together, no one can run away if you go together!
"I suggest that the fleet sail to the east, and we will first return to the Sea of Azov, and not back to the Sevastopol fortress for the time being." Kolchak whispered from the side.
"Why? There was no way to repair and maintain the dreadnoughts in Kerch. Lieutenant General Eberhardt asked.
"Because you and more than ninety percent of the Russian officers thought it would be a good option to return to the Sevastopol fortress, and the Germans thought so too, and if they pursued us, we could barely run away, and you didn't find out? Our other 2 former dreadnoughts were also on the course of the Sevastopol fortress, and after the Germans caught up with them, the battle could be ended in a maximum of half an hour. Major General Kolchak said with a gloomy face, and his words were suspected of taking friendly troops on their backs.
Now the situation is very clear, in front of the German super-dreadnought fast battleships, in fact, there is not much difference between the dreadnought and the former dreadnought...... The Germans are not beasts, and they won't catch one again after they've eaten their fill, so it's useless for you to outrun your teammates. At this time, for the Empress Maria, the first thing to pray is that she will not be targeted by the Germans first, and then you can only choose a retreat that the Germans can't think of, so in this case, Sevastopol will definitely not be able to go back, not even at night! Who knows if the German submarine is stuck in front of the house waiting for you?! You know, now the Russians don't even have a few destroyers, and one thing is for sure, the number of destroyers that can go back now is estimated to be no more than one hand!
"Well, very nice idea, we're going to Kerch. That's it! Reacting to this, Lieutenant General Eberhardt immediately ordered. At this time, with the Russian fleet running away, the Battle of Ereli, which lasted for nearly two hours, was finally coming to an end.
"Colonel, let's go." On the pilot V1500 bomber, an officer whispered to Colonel Short.
"Unwilling!" Looking at the battleship Reshadier, which was slowly withdrawing under the cover of the former dreadnought Ferdinand, Colonel Short felt that his heart was dripping blood! And looked at the remaining bomber group around him, and then silently estimated the number of remaining planes in his heart, Colonel Short was even more cool in his heart.
There are more than 70 planes in the four bomber squadrons, and so far, about 27 have been confirmed to have been shot down. There are 18 more on his side. The rest of the situation is unknown. There may still be individual bombers rushing to the battlefield, but they won't do much if they attack alone.
"Now, the most important thing I need to do is to bring the rest of the plane and crew back safely." Major Short said in his heart, and began to think about how to get home. It takes at least 5 to 6 hours to fly from the port of Ereli back to Greece, and the route is almost fixed, which can be understood as the connection between the port of Ereli and the airport....... No way, the shortest straight line between two points ....... Anyone who has gone to elementary school knows it. However, the entire bomber force, including the British Air Force's top V1500 bombers, had to fly along this route! Because they have no choice, the slightest deviation from the course could result in a lack of fuel and they will not be able to return home. In order to save as much fuel as possible, they must fly at a defined altitude and at a specified speed.
"We're literally waiting for the other side to come and ambush us." Colonel Short sighed helplessly. "Order, all bombers fly in defensive formation, and if I can, I hope to concentrate more planes together."
Rumble! WITH A LOUD BANG, A 350MM HEAVY ARTILLERY SHELL FROM TEGERHOF SUCCESSFULLY OPENED A BIG HOLE IN THE SIDE CHORD OF THE RUSSIAN SEAPLANE CARRIER EMPEROR NICHOLAS I, AND THE HIGH-EXPLOSIVE BOMB WEIGHING MORE THAN 600 KILOGRAMS WAS REALLY POWERFUL, WHICH WAS DIRECTLY EQUIVALENT TO OPENING A CHAMBER FOR THIS POOR SEAPLANE CARRIER. A twenty-meter-long scar was left at the waterline of the hull. And for this battleship, which was converted from a civilian ship, the blow was deadly enough, and the smoke and sparks that poured out of the breach, as well as a large amount of white steam, told the opponent that the blow was near the power compartment.
"Alright, let the destroyer take out this battleship." Horthy ordered. After the departure of the British bombers, the German fleet began to fight back directly, and the first to bear the brunt were two auxiliary cruisers and seaplane carriers. These battleships, improved with civilian ships, can be described as devastating in the face of elite fast battleships. And Kolchak's plan really worked well in the beginning, neither Count Spee nor Horthy did not expect the Russian fleet to go to Kerch at the first time.
So, the two German battleships just caught the Three Saints and the Rostislav! Although these two dreadnoughts ran in a relatively timely manner, how could the two former dreadnoughts with a speed difference of more than 9 knots outrun their opponents, not to mention that there were seaplanes hovering over their heads.
The first to be caught up was the battleship Three Saints, the so-called pretending to be cool for a while, it was this poor guy who chased the Taghoff all the way under the cover of the destroyer just now, but after the destroyer died, this guy did not run in time, and finally was caught by the other party 20 kilometers away from the original battlefield.......
At a distance of 10 kilometers, the six remaining main guns of the Taghoff were in full swing, and the hull chords continued to rise in clusters of orange flames, and one after another fire dragons roared towards the poor dreadnought in the distance. Under the blow of at least 12 shells per minute, the Three Saints died very simply, a shell directly hit the lower part of the bow turret of the former dreadnought, and the sharp warhead easily tore through the armor belt that was only 9 inches on the side chord like slicing tofu, and then successfully crashed into the lower ammunition depot!
A fiery dragon suddenly rose from the Three Saints, and the violent explosion sliced through the bow of the battleship like a sharp long knife, and the violent explosion detonated the torpedo compartment in the bow. The explosion of nearly 10 torpedoes directly smashed the bow of this battleship!
Subsequently, the second half of the decapitated battleship continued to rush forward under the action of inertia, but the influx of sea water made the poor battleship quickly lose its buoyancy, and it was only less than 2 minutes from the beginning of the explosion to the sinking of the entire battleship, and the sinking so fast that only 3 people survived the battleship!
Recently, the follow-up is not strong--! Some readers may see the grievances in this paragraph, and the rest is to chase the death and chase the north, can you support it--!