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If you let the Ise and Queen Elizabeth, which were built at about the same time, go head-to-head, the former is basically not the opponent of the latter, the speed of the two sides is similar, and the tonnage is also about the same, although the number of guns of the Ise is half more than that of the Queen Elizabeth class (12 vs 8), but the latter is a 15-inch gun after all, and the power is not at the same level, and the range is also longer.

After moving the main guns of the Ise to land, the situation is different, and the shore defense artillery without sinking concerns can fire unscrupulously, as long as the reinforced concrete turret can withstand the enemy's naval gun attack, but for the Queen Elizabeth class, the situation is much more dangerous, although the 14-inch shells fired from about 20,000 meters cannot help the command tower or turret, but it is quite tricky to defend against other parts.

The shell exploded in the middle of the No. 1 and No. 2 turrets, penetrating several decks and penetrating the power room, more than 20 sailors were directly killed in the explosion, and the speed of the entire warship also fell from 24 knots to 20 knots due to the damage to the power room.

"Sir, the Elizabeth has been shot, and it seems that the wound is not small."

"Damn it......" Admiral Ingersoll became anxious, he did not expect the German army in Cape Verde to be so difficult.

"The distance is too far, and the artillery power is not enough to tear off the turtle shell of the shore fortifications, so it can only further shorten the distance and let the warship have bayonets." Turner reluctantly suggested, "Why don't you learn the Japanese way and let the Elizabeth go to the beach." ”

Admiral Ingersoll was stunned, and subconsciously said: "It's only slightly injured, it's not like this, right?" ”

"Then you have to send more warships to risk advancing to suppress the enemy battery, we may suffer greater losses, judging from the water column of the enemy's shells, it is a 14-inch caliber gun, which probably can't penetrate the key parts of the ship's defense, but it is not safe for other places."

"This ......" Ingersoll thought for a while, lowered his voice and asked: "I have no opinion on letting Elizabeth break in and run aground, but how can the British explain it?" ”

Turner laughed dumbly, at the end of the battle, the commander was still thinking about this kind of problem, but he knew the character of the other party, so he quietly suggested: "All rush forward, everyone let go of their hands and feet, and see if the Germans will gather fire to fight the wounded Elizabeth - anyway, he was bombed by the Italians once, and I think it is not so strong after repair, and if we are hit again, we will not be blamed." ”

Turner's suggestion was very strange: it was certainly politically incorrect for the other warships to hide behind and directly order the Elizabeth to rush to the beach and die, but everyone attacked together, and if you were done by the Germans, you can't blame the formation commander. In fact, among the battleships that provided fire cover, the Queen Elizabeth class was the slowest, but it was injured just now, the smoke was filled, and the target was the most obvious, who would you hit if you didn't hit him? In a word, the most suitable ones in the Atlantic Fleet to send to death are two Queen Elizabeth classes.

Ingersoll nodded, these shore defense guns must be killed, he can take the method of grinding slowly from a long distance, but this time is too long, and the Iowa-level 406mm has been tried at a distance of 25,000 meters, and it cannot destroy the enemy battery, if you want to destroy the opponent, you can only risk closing the distance - first, the accuracy will be improved, and second, the shells will be more powerful, the enemy has a total of 6 14-inch guns, as long as you are ready to fight and bear some losses, he thinks it is not difficult to do. If the Elizabeth could have taken out the shore fortifications before they were heavily damaged, he certainly wouldn't have sacrificed them in vain, but if he was unlucky, he would have to do what Turner had suggested.

"Close the distance, 20,000 yards!" With Ingersoll's order, the entire battleship formation, including the wounded Elizabeth, all moved forward, and the sound of "rumble" was endless.

At 13:17, the first German battery was destroyed by multiple large-caliber shells;

Eight minutes later, the concrete fortifications on the perimeter of the second battery were destroyed and collapsed, jamming the naval guns, making them only able to fire in a fixed direction, and their power was greatly reduced;

After 54 minutes, the third battery ran out of shells and was forced to evacuate - these 356mm shells were all left over from the Ise and Hyuga, and Germany did not produce them domestically, and it was a waste to open a production line for this purpose alone, and Japan promised to send as many shells as possible to replenish it, but before the shells arrived, Cape Verde had been attacked.

The Elizabeth was naturally the main target of the German fire attack in this process, but fortunately, although it was hit three more times, except for the blowing up of one main gun, the rest of the losses were not too great, and it still gritted its teeth and persevered to the end, successfully escaping the fate of being stranded as a fixed battery. However, there are still unlucky eggs, the California did not go far in the swimming attack and hit the mines urgently laid by the German army last night, with a loud bang, the old ship that had been sunk once in the Pearl Harbor incident could no longer withstand it, the bottom of the ship was directly blown through, a large amount of sea water rushed in, and the warship began to sink slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Damn it!" Ingersoll never dreamed that in the end, it would be the California who was hit.

"It looks like the USS California was really out of luck." Turner sighed helplessly, "Abandon the ship, the speed of water entry is too fast, there is no chance to run aground, let other warships pay attention, maybe there are mines." ”

At 14:42, Hoffmann, who was in Berlin, received a telegram from the front: "All the coastal defense batteries have been destroyed, and the US troops have launched a full-scale artillery bombardment against our troops, and the fire is very fierce......"

"I can only let the front grit my teeth and support ......" Hoffman turned his head and asked Dönitz, "In addition to the fleet, is there a way to support Cape Verde now?" ”

"There are 5 submarines on their way to Cape Verde, which will probably arrive tomorrow night, and 14 S-boats, 10 of which were left after Cape Verde's last sortie, and the other 4 that were mobilized in the direction of Dakar, who are preparing to launch a surprise attack tonight; There are still some planes in the direction of Canaria, but the distance between the two sides is too far and the Cape Verdean airport is not available, so they cannot be supported. ”

"Let the S-boats strike again, and take out as many more warships as possible."

At 15:37, Ingersoll looked at the simplified air defense tower that had been bombarded and nodded with a smile, and asked Turner in an inquiring tone: "I think we can land the army, what do you think?" ”

"I also agree that more than half of the ammunition of the ships has been depleted, and we need to let the army occupy a solid bridgehead before dark, and strive to launch an all-out attack tomorrow." (To be continued.) )