"Let the light cruiser HMS Sydney cover the convoy passing, and the HMS Melbourne and HMS Defense are on standby outside the entrance. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info After thinking about it for a while, he decided to be more cautious. "By the way, signal the ships, ask if they have spotted any other large ships, and ask them to wait."

Soon, the radio waves sent by the clear code were sent out, and the other party seemed to be very interested. Slowed down, turned and sent a call back, in obedience and saying that no other large ships had been found.

"Maybe it's a false alarm." Colonel Harris wiped a cold sweat and then picked up a cup of coffee, he hadn't rested since last night, he was in a high state of tension, and now he needed a pick-me-up.

However, just after taking a sip of coffee and picking up the beef burger in hand, before he could take a bite, a dexterous figure crossed by the window. He quickly threw away the bread in his hand and ran to the observation window of the conning tower, it was a seaplane, no, two! And definitely not a model of the Royal Navy!

"We could be in big trouble!" An ominous premonition haunted Harris, but he didn't know where the danger came from!

As if in response to Harris's hunch, a transport ship located at the back of the fleet was suddenly shrouded in columns of water tens of meters high! The sound of shells entering the water and the violent explosions plunged the entire fleet into chaos, and all the transports were manned by personnel of the Royal Navy, who, of course, knew that this was an attack from large-caliber naval guns!

The opponent's first shot was very accurate, and he hit the target directly! But to Harris's surprise, the Defense didn't find a target in its rangefinder!

"Hurry up and get the Sydney and the destroyer fleet, we're in big trouble!" Harris immediately commanded, and at the same time the huge defense began to turn, and with him the light cruiser Melbourne was in the wing.

In just 20 seconds, the second salvo arrived! This time, the other party directly hit this poor transport ship, like an egg smashed by a heavy hammer, and the superstructure of this transport ship with a displacement of 5,000 tons was directly blown to pieces! Like a beheaded beast.

The hit transport ship dragged a thick cloud of black smoke and flames to dodge Death's deadly scythe, but only 10 seconds later, another round of shells fell, and this time Harris could observe two hits, one at the stern, and Harris could clearly see half of the stern being shaved off in unison. The transport ship soon had a tail roll. But before the other side could struggle, a cannonball fell on the already devastated deck like a sword of Damocles, piercing at least three decks and exploding at the very bottom of the cabin, where there was also a large amount of ammunition carried by the transport ship.

Rumble! With an earth-shattering bang, the entire transport ship was torn to pieces by a violent explosion, and a huge fireball rose from the sea, and then a huge mushroom cloud propelled the broken hull parts into the air, and after gradually cooling, it formed a column of smoke more than 150 meters high. The re-falling debris was sprinkled in the flotilla, and almost everyone was stunned!

"Damn, we don't see the attackers!" The gun commander of the armored cruiser of the defense roared angrily, judging from the frequency of the opponent's shelling, this is definitely not something that a battleship can shoot, and the interval between the last two rounds of shells is only 10 seconds, even if it is a half salvo, it is impossible to do it, because the swing period of the battleship must be considered when the guns are fired, and the swing period of the battleship will only be 10 seconds without that battleship!

Tragically, however, the British did not find a single battleship. The Defense had turned its bow and rushed over, as brave as a samurai who swore to defend his loved ones, but found that the enemy was invisible!

"They're behind those merchant ships!" At this time, a telegram from the Melbourne pointed out the direction to Harris. From the point of view of the Defense, the opponent could not be spotted, but from the other direction, the Melbourne found the target.

"Use the secondary cannon to warn those merchant ships, get out of the way!" The 7.5-inch guns of the Defense opened fire, and the falling shells immediately made the merchant ships caught between the two fleets understand what was going on, and the latter quickly ducked to the side, revealing the attacker with his back to the rising sun!

"God, what do I see?" A British naval officer said in fear as he looked at the somewhat vague figure in the conjunctive rangefinder. The opponent's offensive position is very good, with his back to the sun, which is definitely a very big problem for the optical rangefinder. This made it very difficult for the British to judge the size and distance of the ship. At this time, the distance between the two sides is about 15 kilometers, and it is very difficult to compromise the defense number with only a 9-inch rangefinder and a 9.2-inch main gun!

"That's definitely a dreadnought! Can anyone tell me how the Germans came over? Did they fly from the North Sea? "At this time, Colonel Harris's anger at the intelligence services of the British Empire has reached an unspeakable level, 1 armored cruiser and 2 light cruisers against 2 dreadnoughts? What do you think?

"Let's kill these warships first, and leave those merchant ships to auxiliary cruisers and mines." At this time, looking at the defense and Melbourne approaching rapidly in the distance and the Sydney a little farther behind, Su Xiong ordered the fleet to aim its guns at the British battleship.

Under his design, the German fleet obtained the best situation of receiving the enemy, with its back to the sun making it difficult for the fleet to be locked by the opponent's optical instruments, and began to use the fleet in front of it to block his own figure so that the fleet could enter a moderate engagement distance, 15 kilometers, which was already within the optimal range of the 350mm naval gun, and this distance was at the edge of the range for the defenders, and even if it hit, it was impossible to penetrate. As for lightning strikes? You'll have to go at least another 10 kilometers to get a hit.......

The Scharnhorst is in front, the Gneisenau is behind, the two ultra-dreadnought fast battleships chose the Defense and the Melbourne respectively, the huge turret is accompanied by the guidance of the rangefinder and points to the target, with the roar sounding again, the thick 350mmL45 gun jumped back sharply, and 4 shells weighing more than 600 kg flew out of the barrel!

The Defense is also an old ship, having fought for the British Empire for at least 8 years! The problem of insufficient boiler pressure and aging pipes always plagued this second-line battleship. So its body bones are not so flexible, and the result of inflexibility is to be hit!

A shell slammed into the Defense's head like a brick, and this shell hit the twin 7.5-inch secondary gun turret on the port side of the Defense, the fragile armor was easily pierced like an iron sheet, and after a 7.5-inch gun was blown to pieces, the flames from the violent explosion directly ignited the spare shells in the aft compartment of the turret. With a loud bang, a fire dragon of more than twenty meters soared into the sky! Thankfully, the turret's fire door was ...... closed.

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