Chapter 1179: The Goeben Returning to Battle

In line with the principle that you can't put all your eggs in one basket. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoGenerally, core cabins such as the motor nacelle are arranged separately. For example, the battleship Richelieu had 2 motor bays. The Veneto-class battleships had 4 motor compartments. And the Moltke-class battleships were also 4, and in addition to the two normally used motor compartments, there were two spare ones in the lower compartments. After the destruction of the motor compartment in the bow of the ship by a torpedo, the two spare motor compartments not only took on the task of discharging water, but also took on the task of supplying the battleship for combat consumption.

After more than 20 minutes of emergency repairs, the battlecruiser Goburn, which had been hit with two torpedoes, had controlled the water intake at about 2,000 tons, and at the same time, the angle of inclination of the battleship had been corrected to the sidechord of 8 degrees. The bow is tilted to the extent that it is 5 degrees. ALTHOUGH THE MAXIMUM SPEED OF THIS BATTLESHIP IS ONLY ABOUT 17 KNOTS DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE POWER COMPARTMENT, IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT THE GOEBEN HAS RECOVERED SOME FROM THE HEAVY BLOW JUST NOW, AND ITS 6 350MM HEAVY GUNS ARE DEFINITELY A TERRIFYING WEAPON!

"Aim for the guy behind you and hit it hard!" At this point, both the Queen Elizabeth and the Tiger were blocked by friendly forces or smoke due to the angle. Only the New Zealand was exposed to the Goeben's field of vision, and in line with the principle of doing it directly if it could see, the Goeben aimed its guns at the New Zealand, which was only 14 kilometers away from it!

"Hit, rapid fire, concentrate all your fire on the Moltke! It's worth more than the Von der Tann! "At this time, the attention of the British happened to be on the Moltke, because of the problem of the sea breeze, the smoke effect of the German fleet was not as good as expected, and the tall mast of the Moltke and a small half of the hull behind it were exposed, and this gave the Tiger a very good angle of blow!

In this moment, Betty has never been so close to victory! Not only the Tiger, but even the New Zealand in the back also aimed its guns at the Moltke, which was dodging in the rain of bullets. A few hits in the crossfire. Feng. Major General Lefetsov experienced the most dangerous moment of his life!

The cannonballs rained down around him, and the cannonballs were so dense that he could see four tall columns of water rising at the same time just from the narrow angle of the conning tower! THE TIGER'S 343MM GUNS AND NEW ZEAL'S 12-INCH SHELLS LANDED ON THE HULL FROM TIME TO TIME, MAKING THE WHOLE BATTLESHIP TREMBLE LIKE A HAMMER. A fireball once again burst out from the oblique side of the No. 3 turret of the hull, and a shell weighing more than 600 kilograms from the Tiger hit the 8-inch armor on the side, although it did not penetrate because of the angle problem, but the violent impact still caused part of the steel plate inside the turret to crack, and the flying fragments instantly made more than a dozen people fall in a pool of blood.

As the battle continued, the Moltke also used color from time to time, and a 350mm shell successfully penetrated the No. 4 turret of the Tiger, which hit the junction between the front and top armor of the turret and directly knocked off the half-pulled head of the No. 4 turret! A large amount of air poured into the turret along the breach, turning the entire turret into a flaming tin box. But even so, the Tiger still has New Zealand to suppress Moltke by virtue of its previous advantage.

At the same time, the Von der Thanen was also trying its best to fend off the powerful Queen Elisabeth-class battleships. Although the queen has various troubles such as not being too fast, the armor belt is slightly shorter, and the fuse of the cannonball is problematic. However, it is still not comparable to von der Tann, the first German battlecruiser, and in the case that neither side can penetrate the other's armor, the side with large guns and high projection volume naturally has an advantage, just like the Fuso against the Austro-Hungarian battleship, but the gap between the two sides is even greater.

TWO 12-INCH SHELLS HIT THE QUEEN'S HEAVY SIDE-CHORD ARMOR BELT AND THE FRONT OF THE TURRET, AND THE 330MM ARMOR SUCCESSFULLY SMASHED THE 12-INCH CAP-PIERCING SHELL INTO PIECES. It did nothing but leave a shallow pit up to 7 inches deep on it. And the armor-piercing projectile of 405KG was also thought about how many charges.

"If we only look at the threat, this German battlecruiser is not as troublesome as the three light cruisers that fired at close range, after all, their effective transmission is greater, and the torpedoes they carry are a real threat." Thomas later commented.

As the queen Elizabeth-class battleship with the longest service time and the highest combat efficiency, the queen could not score well in a few shots, although she was also unable to penetrate the main armor belt of von der Tann, but the shell that hit the seam of the front armor and the main armor belt caused a lot of trouble to the latter!

Although the fuse of the British shells has the problem of early explosion, you can never say that the British shells have problems, and you cannot ignore the huge impact of the Queen's armor-piercing projectile weighing more than 800KG when it hits! And this time, at a distance of 12,500 meters, the queen's 15-inch heavy cannon made the biggest transmission since the beginning of the war! Nearly 10 inches of armor belt in the link section was penetrated! The violent impact and squeezing even tore the two connected steel plates apart directly! A crack more than 2 meters long appeared on the side of Von der Tann, and the supporting structure behind the armor plate was shattered by the collision of broken shrapnel!

The fourth 15-inch shell that hit Von der Tannen was also very good, this shell hit the lower turret of the No. 2 turret, although it failed to penetrate the armor, but it also caused a serious deformation of the hit part, directly stuck the steering equipment of the gun, and finally, the turret stopped at 2 o'clock. Although the core compartments of the two German battle cruisers were still relatively intact, it has to be said that the situation on the entire battlefield was tilted in the direction of the British, until the Goeben was once again put into battle!

Rumble! Three jets of water suddenly appeared less than 150 meters away from the New Zealand, which startled the British, and before the latter could readjust its course and look for the guy who stabbed him in the back, the second salvo of the Goeburn had already fallen, and this time, 3 shells landed on the opposite side of the New Zealand, and the closest distance was less than 80 meters!

Just 20 seconds later, the third half-salvo successfully caught the target! The Goeburn was rapidly leaning towards the New Zealand at a rate of three and a half salvos per minute, and because of the angle problem and the loss of its own firepower, the New Zealand could only use three 12-inch guns to counterattack the Goburn! In this encounter, the New Zealand quickly fell to the absolute bottom.

"Damn, that damn guy still has a fight!" Betty cursed as she looked at the battleship Goburn, which was spewing flames again in the distance. With the addition of the Goeben, the tide of the war that had been tilted in favor of the British was instantly rebalanced.

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