Chapter 1243: Three-Way Melee 2

After a series of explosions, the entire rear of the turret exploded like a flowering steamed bun, and the violent explosion swept tons of shrapnel across the entire front deck, and even the bridge became crumbling in the continuous blows, and most of the personnel who were fighting the fire on the ship were directly killed by this blow, with the help of the sea breeze, the fire quickly spread from the front deck to the rear, and the entire battleship became a fire dragon under the continuous blows of the Prince Eugen. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Thick smoke rushed into the air hundreds of meters high, and even from a few tens of kilometers in the air, the scene of the Russian dreadnought struggling before death could be seen. What the? You say release a smoke screen? Please, the superstructure battalion has become a big torch, and you can see you even if you put on a smoke screen.......

The performance of the Taghoff was even worse, it only had time to paste a shell into Queen Maria's ass, and then it happened to run into the Russian destroyer and 2 dreadnoughts rushing up desperately! "These annoying guys!" The captain of the Taghoff couldn't help cursing, when the two sides pulled in to a certain extent, the 12-inch guns of the Russian front dreadnoughts were also a threat, not to mention that there were more than half a dozen destroyers with torpedoes to come up and fight with themselves!

"Hold the grass!" Captain Horthy of the Taghof was in a terrible mood now, and for his own safety, he had to order the fleet to aim the main guns at the two approaching dreadnoughts, while all the secondary guns were used against the destroyers. 6 150MM SECONDARY GUNS AND 6 88MM ANTI-MINE GUNS WERE STILL USABLE ON THE SIDE CHORD, AND EVEN FOUR 40MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY USED FOR AIR DEFENSE WERE ALSO USED.

"Run! Definitely can't let those guys get close! With the captain's order, the Taghoff increased its speed again, there was no way, at this time there was not a single destroyer next to this unlucky fast battleship, there were not many destroyers in the Spee's fleet, and 4 destroyers were next to the heavily damaged Reshadie, while providing anti-aircraft cover, while trying their best to resist the attack of the Russian destroyers. In addition, there were 2 destroyers on standby next to the flagship, and then the two that could not be found in the smoke screen, the Austrians on the Taghoff sadly found themselves facing at least 8 Russian destroyers! In addition, the distance that rushed out was too close, the two fleets were only 8,000 meters apart, and when the Russian destroyer was found to rush up like a wolf pack, the Tegerhoff was only 5,500 meters away from the nearest Russian destroyer!

So, in the next moment, the Taghoff, as a fast battleship, immediately showed its speed, proving that the 2.5 million pounds that Austria-Hungary spent on it was definitely worth it! After 18 boilers were running at full speed, the Taghoff, which carried hundreds of tons of water, actually ran ...... faster than the destroyer. That's right, you read that right, it ran faster than the Russian destroyers!

It stands to reason that destroyers generally run the fastest, but this speed refers to the theoretical speed and trial speed, and there will always be some situations encountered in the battle, such as the maintenance of machinery, as well as today's sea conditions, today's sea conditions are very friendly for battleships of more than 10,000 tons, but for destroyers of several hundred tons, it is a little depressing. The Russians, on the other hand, are relatively old, and their trial speed at launch is only 30 knots. And now, at least 8 years have passed, how fast do you want to run?

The Taghoff was running at a speed of 25 knots while frantically tilting the shells towards the approaching Russian destroyers, and the first destroyed destroyer was directly detonated by a 150MM shell as a torpedo tube located in the middle of the hull, accompanied by a violent explosion, the hull like a thin sword was directly blown in half, and the second destroyer that was killed was killed by the main gun in seconds, and the main gun shells that were originally used to deal with the two Russian dreadnoughts fell near the destroyer by mistake, The shells that exploded after entering the water directly knocked the underwater part of the destroyer into a sieve. A few minutes later, the destroyer was driven straight into the water.

Dense shells rained down around the Russian destroyer, blowing up columns of water, flying shrapnel and flames spreading death and destruction in all directions, and a moving wall of fire rose around the Taghoff, like a giant warrior armed with a flaming greatsword, frantically dispersing the bloodthirsty hyenas around it! The incessant sound of explosions and the roar of engines resounded throughout the battlefield. Russian destroyers rushed in from all directions, and even if some of their companions were destroyed by heavy fire, they still could not shake their will!

In this case, the torpedoes released by the remaining destroyers still kept the Taghoff scrambling, and one after another dragged the tail line of torpedoes across the sea, forcing the fast battleship to evade. The rudder of the stern of the ship adjusted its direction from time to time, the steel battleship of more than 200 meters long continued to walk a zigzag course on the sea, the wake representing destruction and the trajectory of the battleship were intertwined, a large number of machine guns and small-caliber guns began to turn their muzzles to shoot at the speeding torpedoes, and one after another water curtains rose into the sky, and occasionally there would be one or two loud explosions. The people held their breath, their eyes wide, and operated the battleship to dance on the blade of life and death. It wasn't until the arrival of the former dreadnought Ferdinand that the situation changed,

The 6 12-inch guns on the side chord and a large number of secondary guns were put into the battlefield so that the German fleet regained its overwhelming firepower superiority, with the cooperation of the two battleships, a dense crossfire network was quickly formed, and a destroyer was caught off guard, directly hit by a 12-inch shell in the engine room, after an orange fire burst into the sky, the bow of the ship sank sharply, and half a minute later only the high stern made people realize that the ship was finished, and the other destroyer was close to the distance of 3000 meters. The successful launch of the torpedo, however, was of no avail, and in the case of tail pursuit, a 35-knot torpedo wanted to hit a 23-knot battleship, which was really ....... It's almost impossible!

IMMEDIATELY, THE TORRENT OF FLAMES FORMED BY THE RAINDROPS OF SHELLS INSTANTLY ENGULFED THE POOR DESTROYER, AND THE 6-INCH HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELLS AND 88MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS INSTANTLY SMASHED THE DESTROYER INTO A SIEVE THAT WAS TURNING AND TRYING TO ESCAPE. In the end, the battleship slapped almost diagonally to the water. After struggling for less than a minute, he sank to the bottom of the sea.

The Russian destroyers are indeed a bit annoying, but they are only annoying, and with the full commitment of the German capital ships, the defeat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is already assured. It was in this situation that the remaining British bombers, which had intended to attack the Reshadiere, pounced on the German fleet, preparing to create an opportunity for the remaining Russian battleships to retreat. Looking at the group of British bombers flying towards him, Count Spee finally breathed a sigh of relief. "The Reshadiye was finally saved, wasn't it?"

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