Soon, another German light cruiser, the Pilau, also aimed its guns at the British light cruisers and destroyers, and the two German battleships suppressed the British charge well with the cooperation of the three destroyers, and the two sides fought from 6,000 meters to a distance of 2,500 meters, and shells flew towards the two fleets like raindrops, and a ball of flames rose from the hull from time to time. The bright flames of the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info instantly illuminated the positions of the two fleets, and the rising black smoke was like a signal light to tell the warships of both sides that there was a battle here!

"Your Excellency, Commander, we are under attack!" In the command tower of the flagship Queen Elizabeth, a British officer pointed to the light warships of both sides that had been beaten into a pot of porridge in the distance.

Thomas didn't pay attention to the battlefield after glancing at the battle in the distance, and as a commander he needed to think about where his fleet was going! As the saying goes, 70% of a fleet commander's salary is used to pay for his resilience, and this is true. Improvisation is also the most important and basic quality of an officer. And Thomas is now trying to speculate on the other party's thoughts and purposes.

The exchange of fire had taken place on the flanks of the rear of the fleet, and now only the Tiger, the New Zealand, and the light cruisers behind the palace were attacking, and the five fast battleships in front did not attack due to visibility problems. It has already been determined that it is the light cruisers of the opposing side, then according to the practice of the German Navy, they should be the avant-garde units of a certain main fleet!

"There is no doubt that we are being targeted by a German fleet! And a sufficiently powerful fleet! Thomas muttered to himself as he walked to the chart. The Germans are not stupid, their light cruisers are even less than the capital ships, it is impossible to send a team over for nothing, and you look at the posture, it is obvious that there is someone behind Lao Tzu! When you see your capital ship, you don't think about your size, and you bite it when you come up! This is obviously to slow yourself down!

"Order the fleet to turn left for half a compass, get rid of the troubles behind, and then withdraw at full speed in the direction of Forth Bay!" Thomas gave the order to attack after thinking for less than 2 minutes, and generally the German avant-garde light cruisers were at least 20 kilometers or so away from the main fleet, and in this kind of weather, visibility was very low, even if he turned around and cut off these pesky little tails. He was still out of sight of the German fleet. Moreover, if the two sides are in a tail-chasing state, it will not be easy for the Germans to close the firing distance. So Thomas thinks he has plenty of time to figure things out!

And if you don't solve the stalker behind you, there are too many hidden dangers. He knew how to solve the German battlecruisers by multi-directional encirclement, and the Germans certainly knew it! Thomas even thinks that the entire main force of the High Seas Fleet may be around him, so he must hide himself again!

Through the signal light, the 5 Queen-class battleships quickly turned, and after giving way to the firing boundary, more than 30 15-inch guns aimed at the detachment of German light cruisers looming in the sea fog from the side! With the order to open fire, fireballs with a diameter of several meters roared out from the muzzle of the cannon! In the distance, an orange flame rose from the surface of the sea almost at the same time!

"We found the British fleet! It's just ten o'clock in our direction! It's a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship! All the queens are there! "The lookout on the battleship Saxony was the first to notice the fire jumping on the sea! Somewhat surprisingly to Thomas's expectations, this time the German fleet was not behind the British fleet, but on the side, and at this time, the distance between the two sides was no more than 12 kilometers!

As a result, the entire Hipper's fleet went berserk like a shark smelling blood, and a series of lights and signal flags were hung on the mast. The 8 capital ships of the Hipper's fleet quickly went into combat readiness. "Wait, we need to determine the course of the other party and block them!" At this time, the Hipper's fleet, which was still unable to trigger, was like a cheetah entering the final stage of hunting, and they cautiously approached their opponents, stretching out their minions hidden in the meat pads, ready to strike the final blow at any time!

"Your Excellency, you seem to be in the middle of the opposing formation, with 5 battleships on our left chord and the other 2 on our starboard side......." At this time, an officer discovered a very important and depressing problem, their encirclement network did not completely encircle the prey!

"Major General Bodick confirmed that they were biting the Tiger?!" Hipper asked.

"That's right." The officer replied.

"Ignore the garbage, it's the queen we're going to kill this time! The fleet cannot be dispersed, we must guarantee absolute superiority! After weighing it up, Hipper decided to ignore the two British battlecruisers for the time being, and then aim all his firepower at the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships in front!

In the long baseline rangefinder of the German capital ship, a blurred figure gradually became clear, 5 figures of similar size lined up in a row, almost diagonally rushed towards the German fleet, after the Saxony and Hesse selected the first two British battleships as targets, the remaining 6 German battleships were aimed at a British battleship every two, so that the 8 battleships were assigned targets in 2 minutes, and in the following minutes, the formation was adjusted, The hidden hunter has loaded his shotgun and is aiming for the prey that is still killing!

During this time, Rear Admiral Bodick's detachment of light cruisers was under tremendous pressure, and the light cruiser Elbin, which was first bitten by the British, soon became the target of public criticism. The flame storm of the queens' 15-inch and a half armor-piercing shells instantly overwhelmed this light cruiser with a displacement of no more than 6,000 tons!

"We couldn't even see it, the entire hull was obscured by a tall column of water, and the loud noises from time to time were terrifying, and at least two British battleships targeted him, and the average 20 seconds of a rain of bullets left it defenseless." After the war, Major General Bodick described the scene as follows.

And the actual situation is really not bad, the British fought hard and accurately this time! Thomas's queens are battle-hardened veterans! THE FOURTH ROUND AND A HALF SALVO CAUGHT THE TARGET, AND THEN THE MALAYA AND QUEEN ELIZABETH ALTERNATELY THREW A SHELL WEIGHING 875KG NEAR EACH OTHER!

The first hit is so deadly! This shell hit the side chord of the Elbin's hull, and nearly 900KG of shells easily tore through the upper armor belt of Elbin from 10 kilometers away, which was no more than 5 inches of armor! Under the action of huge kinetic energy, the huge armor-piercing projectile squeezed directly into it!

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