"The battleship has been flooded by about 2,500 tons, and most of it is concentrated in the bow, and the battleship has had a certain degree of head-tilting, and our speed has inevitably decreased, now at 22 knots, and it is expected that it may eventually drop below 20 knots. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Our No. 2 turret was destroyed, and No. 3 turret also seemed to be in trouble, a shell hit the front of the turret, although it was bounced off by the armor, but the violent impact seemed to damage the servo equipment of the gun. The artillery could not reach a fixed elevation angle, so it seems that we have now lost half of our firepower. An officer reported to Thomas.

"It is difficult for me to understand why the most elite warships of the British Empire could not suppress the dreadnought of the Germans in a fair contest. Is it the fall of the Imperial Navy? Or will our battleships not work at all? Thomas tugged at his hair in pain.

THE CURRENT SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT BEYOND HIS EXPECTATIONS, THE 330MM MAIN ARMOR BELT (UNFORTUNATELY THE HEIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH), THE HIGH SPEED OF 24 KNOTS (THIS IS AVERAGE), THE 15-INCH HEAVY GUN (UNFORTUNATELY THE SHELLS ARE NOT GOOD), THE QUEEN ELIZABETH-CLASS BATTLESHIPS THAT ARE THE BEST EXISTENCE OF THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY ARE ACTUALLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BATTLE WITH THE FIRST GENERATION OF THE GERMANS SUPER DREADNOUGHT! This made Thomas a little unacceptable. He'd been trying to figure it out, but alas, there wasn't time for him to think about it now.

In the distance, two huge fireballs rose from the bow positions of the Gneisenau and the Barem almost simultaneously, and both ships hit the same position of the opponent at about the same time - both of them were the opponent's No. 2 turrets! Barem's shell hit the No. 2 turret mount of the Gneisenau, and although it failed to penetrate the 14-inch thick turret armor, the violent impact and explosion caused the deck to deform, instantly jamming the turret and making it impossible to turn. The Gneisenau's shells once again pierced Barem's turret armor, this time through the front of the turret as thick as 13 inches. A hole of several square meters was made next to the gun on the left.

The shells collided with the artillery, not only breaking the 15-inch guns of hundreds of tons in two. At the same time, the entire rear part of the gun body was pushed away from the gun carriage. Dozens of tons of steel cannons rolled in the turret, destroying the artillery servo on the right and crushing a dozen Royal Navy officers and men who could not evade it into a pile of pulp. Although it did not cause the ammunition to detonate, it was clear that the entire turret was unusable.

"We finally won this one! But alas, we can't sink them. Su Xiong regretted that now, the Baliem has almost lost its combat effectiveness. There are still 5 main guns that can be used by the Queen Elizabeth, but the water itself is so bad that it is impossible to run. By the time Gneisenau abolished Barem's No. 2 turret, the German fleet had an overwhelming advantage. Su Xiong really wanted to take advantage of the victory, but a telegram he received a few minutes earlier forced him to change his plans.

A long-wave telegram sent by the Enig cipher machine was sent to Su Xiong, and judging from the means of communication, this should be a submarine, because submarines generally use long-wave radio stations to ensure long-distance communication. The message was simple, the British fleet was found at a distance of 50 kilometers from the battlefield! There are at least 2 capital ships in them!

The only one who uses the Enig cipher machine is the German Navy, and there are indeed several German submarines operating in the Indian Ocean, which are not under the control of Su Xiong, and Su Xiong did not expect to get help from submarines at this time. It's still hours until dark. The British fleet had already begun to release smoke and turn, and if the two British fleets were walking opposite each other, it would only be 1 hour before they met?

"How's our motivation going?" Su Xiong asked.

"The ventilation equipment was barely repaired, and reaching a speed of 23.5 knots was not a big problem. Gneisenau had no problem running at speeds of more than 24 knots. An officer said.

"Let's go, this time it's British's luck!" Su Xiong pursed his lips and said as he looked at the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship that was gradually hiding its figure in the smoke. Subsequently, the slender Scharnhorst fast battleship readjusted its course and headed for the depths of the Indian Ocean, followed by the Gneisenau, which was almost the best of the four capital ships participating in the battle, except for the temporarily abandoned No. 2 turret, and the fire in the hull superstructure, the core compartment and combat effectiveness of this battleship were maintained very well. Not even much water intakes, you know, now Scharnhorst carries more than 800 tons of seawater!

"The Germans are gone." When the Queen Elizabeth emerged from the smoke again, all he could see was the vanishing German fleet in the distance.

"Alright, everyone, let's get ready, let's get ready to sail back. I will continue our mission aboard the Malaya with the command crew. The responsibility for the defeat of this battle lies with me. Looking at his demoralized colleagues, Thomas said. The battle was fought like this, and he believed that the officers and men of the two battleships were not responsible. They did their job and played at their highest level. So this responsibility should not be assumed.

During this time of disengagement, Thomas has been wondering where he had made a mistake that led to the naval battle. He recalled the whole process of his command, and the only problem could only be to start concentrating all the fire of the two battleships on the Scharnhorst. After the opponent made a tactical turn under the cover of smoke, he still did not redistribute firepower, resulting in the Gneisenau injuring Barem without interference. By that time, the British fleet had gone downhill, and the hard work of the light cruisers was only to slow down the process.

But is it wrong to say that you are concentrating fire? This is actually a false proposition, mainly to look at the battlefield situation, if you can achieve the goal, it is right, if you can't reach it, it is wrong, this is like the battle of the Dogger sandbank in history, the Hipper's fleet concentrated firepower to attack Betty's flagship, so that the lion was forced to withdraw from the battle, which led to a series of later situations. Hipper's goal was achieved, so his strategy was right.

Thomas also felt a little unlucky, when he started to gather fire, the two Queen-class battleships almost did not weaken the firepower of Scharnhorst, if there were multiple shells hitting the turret, even if they could not penetrate, the guns would malfunction, but after fighting for a long time, the hits were not few, but the turret known as the cannonball magnet was stunned and did not hit a few rounds! This is a big surprise. If the turrets of the 2 Scharnhorst could be temporarily malfunctioned, then the battle would not be so painful.

"Luck was on the side of the Germans this time." Thomas said helplessly.

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