At the same time, Count Spee's flagship, the Prinz Eugen, managed to catch up with another Russian dreadnought. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAfter hitting the opponent's 5 shells in a row, directly hitting the secondary artillery area including the sidestring gun gallery, 2 German destroyers went up and easily solved the opponent with two torpedoes at a distance of 800 meters, so far, except for the missing Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship Empress Maria, all the remaining capital ships of the German Black Sea Fleet were destroyed! And by this time, it was already around 3 p.m.!

"The Reshadier has been safely detached, and the other former intrepid has been towed back to Port Ereli, and the British air attack does not seem to be too strong, so there is little damage to the port equipment. It was possible to carry out repairs on two damaged ships. Four destroyers sank in the battle, three of which were destroyed by the Russian Navy and one by a near-miss. If we look at the results, it seems that we won this naval battle. An officer said to Count Spee.

"Yes, we took out 1 Russian dreadnought and 4 ex-dreadnoughts. Plus 1 seaplane carrier and 1 auxiliary cruiser, as well as at least 8 more destroyers. In terms of tonnage and personnel, we won. But there was still one battleship left that made me very uneasy. So, I hope that today, we can solve the problem once and for all! "Count Spee did not intend to back down, and after confirming the condition of the damaged battleship, the Count decided to continue the search for the last fish that slipped through the net with two fast battleships.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, telegram from Major General Luknall." At this time, a telegram was sent by an officer next to him.

"Huh?! It's fast enough. The telegram was simply to tell the Count that Rear Admiral Luknal's flagship, the Sultan Osman I, had arrived on the outskirts of the fortress of Sevastopol, waiting for the Russians to throw themselves into the net, and that the Count would provide him with information on the movements of the Russian fleet.

"But don't you think the current situation is a little strange? Our fleet, with the cooperation of seaplanes, searched for the battleship Empress Maria, but did not find that, admittedly, our aircraft were limited, but it stands to reason that the Russian battleship could not have gone too far, and the speed of this battleship did not exceed 15 knots. The distance between us should be about 50 kilometers by time, but we didn't find any trace of them! The captain of the Prinz Eugen voiced his concerns.

"You mean, we're chasing in the wrong direction?!" The Earl's heart tightened. The nerves that had been relaxed were tensed again, yes, even if it was a waste of time to take out the former dreadnought. As long as the direction is correct, how can a Russian ship that is not even 30 kilometers per hour run away? If nothing else, even if you can't see the battleship, you can always see the smoke coming out! Well, now the only question is, where can this battleship go?!

The current situation is that the battleship Queen Maria has been heavily damaged, and the water intake is estimated to be around 1,500 tons, and it is impossible for this battleship to carry so much water to wander around the Black Sea all day, today is the weather is good, count him lucky, if there is a storm suddenly one day, then the water will be even more ....... Don't underestimate the power of the wind and waves, it's common to break the bow or something! It would be even easier to tear a crack in the already cracked hull. Even if the Russian fleet survives the first night, it will definitely not work to block it with a wooden stopper, this thing can only be rescued, and it must be repaired in a port area, even if you don't get a slipway, you must at least get a pontoon tank in the port to deal with it!

Therefore, Count Spee, who is also at least 8 levels above the naval specialty, will soon figure it out, perhaps, this Russian dreadnought will not go to the Sevastopol fortress, but it will definitely go somewhere else! Even if the port is not in a position to be overhauled, it must be hastily bandaged! And if you calculate it this way, then there are many more goals, in addition to Sevastopol, the largest military port on the Russian Black Sea, the port of Yalta, Novorossiysk and Kerch are all good alternatives! Well, 4 ports, there are only three battleships on the side of the Germans, how can you block it?

"Now, Count Luknar has two warships under his command, one can be blocked near Sevastopol and the other can go to Yalta, they have seaplanes and can communicate with each other. Even if the cruiser can't beat the dreadnought, it can be warned in advance. ”

"Don't worry about the port of Novorossiysk, this place is a civilian port, there is no armament, even if the Empress Maria is withdrawn, it doesn't matter, we just smash this port too."

"The real trouble is Kerch! If the Russian fleet reaches Kerch and then hides in the Sea of Azov, we will not be able to take it for a short time! The Count used the pencil in his hand to point the direction of the Sea of Azov on the map. Kerch is right at the entrance to the Sea of Azov, it is very narrow and can be easily blocked with mines, and the Sea of Azov is very shallow. The average water depth is only 8 meters ....... That is to say, most places are actually impassable for capital ships, after all, the draft of battleships is 8 meters higher, so even if the mines are swept away, the German fleet, which knows nothing about hydrographic data, will definitely not dare to run anywhere! This TM is not going to war, it is going to send ...... to death.

Therefore, in line with the principle of whether there is a situation or not, go first and then talk about it, after informing Count Luknar that he is optimistic about the Sevastopol fortress and Yalta, Count Spee sailed in the direction of Kerch Port with two fast battleships! So, although the Russians and Germans had different starting points, in any case, both sides ran to a common destination......

So, there was nothing wrong with each other all night, that's right, you read that right, it was peaceful, the count's fleet did not take action after arriving at the periphery of Kerch, but chose to wait and see, because they knew that at night, the Kerch Strait was almost impassable, a battleship with a draft of nearly 10 meters, and now after entering the water, the deepest draft of the battleship may be 11 meters, and when the battleship was damaged and the operation was not too sharp, it passed through a strait with a water depth of only 5 to 15 meters and a length of 41 kilometers at night? Are you doing death, are you doing death, are you doing death?!

Therefore, the count did not consider the possibility of the Russian battleship sneaking into the Sea of Azov at night. As for penetrating the Sea of Azov before the German fleet? What do you think?! This is almost impossible, the speed gap is too large, in order to prevent the Russian battleships from running away, the German fleet has more than 24 knots all the way!

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