Chapter 1115: The Sword Goes Sideways 2
The remaining two light cruisers were successfully evacuated with scars. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The 12 destroyers behind the info divided into two groups and fired torpedoes at the German battleships almost at maximum range, and this attack was not to take out the opponent, but to interfere with the opponent's actions. More than 30 torpedoes galloped across the sea, and the white marks were as unsettling as sharks, so the two German battleship detachments led by them chose to delay the turn and wait for the torpedoes to be fired into the air.
However, the German light cruisers and destroyers did not intend to let go of the British like this, just like the light cavalry on the battlefield, they lost to the avant-garde 4 light cruisers and 8 destroyers against the British destroyer detachment that came up to attack, and the two sides fought from a distance of 8 kilometers to 1500 meters! And even closer! Each can see each other's expressions through a telescope. THE DESTROYERS WERE SPEEDING ON THE SEA AT A SPEED OF MORE THAN 25 KNOTS, AND COUNTLESS SHELLS FROM 150MM, 105MM AND 88MM GUNS FORMED A BARRAGE OF BULLETS THAT BOILED THE SEA! In the absence of their own light cruisers, this was simply a one-sided slaughter, the Arbitration and the Sea Urchin were the first two destroyers to be destroyed, one of which was killed in an instant by 2 175MM high-explosive shells, and the other hit a torpedo and was directly blown to pieces!
In this fierce but short battle of auxiliary ships, four of the 12 British destroyers were sunk on the spot, the other two were paralyzed on the surface, and one German destroyer was smashed into a torpedo and blown to pieces. And just when Rear Admiral Beanke, who commanded the 2nd Battleship Detachment, had not yet taken a breath, the second wave of lightning strikes from the British came!
The strength of the Grand Fleet is not only in the large number of main fleets, the larger number of light cruisers and destroyers is also one of the important reasons why the Grand Fleet can dominate the world, and the British second and fourth light cruiser detachments that have covered the withdrawal of the Vengeance-class battleships to a safe distance have returned with a large number of destroyers!
The 2nd Light Cruiser Detachment with a group of destroyers rushed at the German 2nd Battleship Detachment, and the 4th Light Cruiser Detachment with a group of destroyers killed the 1st Battleship Detachment, where the prince's flagship was located! At this time, the three British battleship detachments that had already completed the turn also began to aim their guns at the German fleet in the distance, and the distance between the two sides was 19 kilometers, which was still a little farther. The Germans did not dare to approach because they had to deal with the lightning strikes of the destroyers of the British, and the British naturally did not dare to really stick to the German fleet when only 3 battleship detachments were put into battle! The two sides are bogged at each other. Although the main artillery fire has made contact, the threat is limited.
"Let's put a little more distance." Feel the slight vibration of the ship's hull as the cannon fires, and watch the rising column of water on the sea level in the distance and the continuous glittering fire where the water meets the sky. The prince said calmly after taking a sip of coffee.
"You don't seem to be in a state like you're at war." Scheer said with a slight embarrassment.
"Don't you see the current situation? We can take advantage of a little advantage, but neither of us can do anything to each other, we can run away at any time, but if we want to bite the British, we really don't have this good tooth. The prince did not mind the offense in Lieutenant General Scheer's words.
"I said that I would definitely give the German High Seas Fleet a certain advantage in the situation, and I did, but even if the situation is very good, we still can't do anything about the Grand Fleet now, because their margin for error is too high! They had enough light cruisers and destroyers to push us back beyond the effective range of the ship's guns, and then wait for the main fleet to adjust its formation. You know, the battle is now that we can retreat, and there is no point in us continuing to fight. ”
What does the situation between the High Seas Fleet and the Grand Fleet say now? It's a bit like the undead in War3 who hit the two mines. There are already two mines, and the orcs with a well-functioning economy have enough money to exchange troops with you. It doesn't matter if you lose a game occasionally, go back and stay for two months, and people will come out alive again. In this case, you either continue to wear down your opponent, or you can find an opportunity to directly kill the opponent in a wave of 70 people! There is no other way.
The battle between the fast fleets of the two sides, the prince is able to catch you, and how much you catch can tear off a piece of meat! But what about the Grand Fleet? What if you can catch it? Do you bite? Of course, if you pull up 3 slow dreadnoughts and 6 quasi-dreadnoughts, then there is indeed a chance, but this will slow down the speed of the fleet, and the risk is too great, just like the ghouls who rarely drag wood unless it is Armageddon, if you are not sure, the prince would rather use the high speed of the fleet to fight more conservatively!
Under what circumstances will the prince really bite the big fleet, either he will grasp it relatively large and drag his family with a wave, or in the case of the incomplete large fleet, for example, the strength of a battleship detachment, don't look at these 4 ships, the situation is completely different. Don't think about the former for the time being, the so-called should consider the overall situation, look at the main fleet of the British, and then look at the planes flying above their heads, the British have the advantage in all aspects, and the prince can't find a winning point at all, as for the second point? This will work slowly, depending on the situation!
However, fortunately, the German fleet was quite strong, and in the previous round of engagement, 2 more British light cruisers were killed, and today the British have lost 12 destroyers, no more, no less, just a dozen. And by this time, the British had finally leveled the battle line, and at this time, the two fleets were sailing in an almost parallel direction to the southeast.
"Release the smoke, let's go!" The prince said after looking at the British Grand Fleet, which was nearly 21 kilometers away and had become a straight line. Everyone has opened the battle line, and you still want to get cheap from the Grand Fleet? What do you think? Unless someone as reckless as Major General Hood in history comes out and runs directly into the range to attract firepower, it is really difficult to sink the opponent. And the Hood of this plane? It seems to be much smarter than in history, at least now, the prince suddenly found out that there was no figure of Rear Admiral Hood's battlecruiser on the entire battle line.......
Seeing that there was nothing to take advantage of, the German fleet began to accelerate its withdrawal from the battlefield, and the speed of the entire fleet soon increased to more than 24 knots, which was already a speed that the British could not catch up. The German fleet gradually overtook the British fleet and sailed all the way south, and subconsciously distanced it, and now the situation was that both sides could observe the smoke coming out of the other, but could not include it in the effective range.
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