"Our main guns can penetrate the turrets and main armor belts of the British at a distance of 13,000 to 14,000 meters. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info And the British have nothing to do with our main armor belt. WE ESTIMATE THAT THE BRITISH 15-INCH GUNS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PENETRATE OUR MAIN ARMOR BELT AT A DISTANCE OF 12 KM, AND IF THEY WANT TO PENETRATE THE 400MM ARMOR ON THE FRONT OF OUR TURRET, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO CLOSE TO WITHIN 8,000 METERS. At this time, in the command tower of the Scharnhorst, the Germans were also summing up their lessons.

"In other words, the British 15-inch guns have a big man, but they are not very useful." Su Xiong's words caused people to burst into laughter. Since then, the saying that the British shells are not good has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"The British had some good luck this time, they had a lot of warships, and we never hit such a lethal place as the opponent's ammunition depot. Otherwise, a good hit can kill the queens at sea. Like Thomas, Suchon also thinks luck is on the side of the British. In the battle just now, the armor belt of the British was not enough to defend against the attacks of the Germans, both in the turret and the ammunition depot defense, but after fighting for half a day, the two battleships of the British were hit by at least 2 dozen or more shells! But not a single shell hit the ammunition depot!

The only shell that hit the battery was also defused by the British by filling the ammunition depot with water. This made Su Xiong very depressed. Of course, even if the ammunition depot is shot, as long as it is not an instantaneous flash explosion, then there is hope that the ship will be saved by flooding. People's hearts are always insufficient, in fact, in general, it is also a small probability to directly kill the opponent's battleship in one shot, and this kind of thing cannot be thought about .......

Later, when Ruprecht got the details of this engagement, he also thought that Su Xiong's luck was indeed not very good. Look at Jutland. Hipper's classmates single-handedly took out three British battlecruisers. ALTHOUGH THE QUEEN IS STRONGER, THE SKODA 350MM GUN AND HARD CAP ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS ARE DEFINITELY OKAY!

It's also okay to hit the turret, hit the transition zone on the upper edge of the main armor, and hit the front of the turret close to the back. As a result, the two sides fought for an hour and a half, and the two British battleships were hit by nearly 30 bullets. Look at Jutland in history, how simply Betty's fleet hung up! As a German after crossing over, the prince felt very unbalanced in his heart! Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

After collecting everyone's opinions, Su Xiong dismissed everyone, and everyone was tired after a day of fighting. Only Redder was left behind, because he still needed to figure out what to do next with Redder. To be honest, the situation of the fleet is not good now, the Scharnhorst carries 800 tons of seawater, and the damaged area at the front cannot be completely repaired, and can only be temporarily blocked with wooden plugs, which may break once it sails at high speed. After several hours of long sailing, the fuel of the battleship has dropped to about 55%, of course, this is not only because of consumption, but also the loss caused by the rupture of the fuel tank, but fortunately, it doesn't matter if the coal bunker enters the seawater, it can make do with .......

"The most critical issue is the ammunition problem, with only 45 per cent of the main guns on the Gneisenau and 40 per cent for Scharnhorst. And the consumption of armor-piercing shells is much greater, and we are absolutely not capable of fighting the British again. Raeder said. No matter how powerful the battleship is, how deep the artillery is, no matter how high the accuracy, and how good the character is? No shells to hit a hair! However, the current situation is that the German fleet will never be able to return to the Persian Gulf, not to mention whether the British have already laid mines there, I am afraid that a guard post has been set up a few hundred nautical miles away from the Persian Gulf, and the British fleet may also go back to guard the rabbit. So the risk of going back is very high.

"But if we don't go back, there won't be a port in the entire Indian Ocean to support us. What are we going to do? Raeder asked.

"We can go to East Africa first, where there is a batch of coal in the ports, and the British have not yet occupied all the ports in East Africa and Mozambique, and we can get coal there to make up for our fuel consumption." Su Xiong thought for a while and said. (Historically, when the light cruiser Königsberg was hiding at the mouth of the African River in World War I, the Germans had arranged for a transport ship to provide 1,000 tons of coal, but unfortunately the British intercepted the ..... on the way.) ）

"And then? The British could receive supplies and maintenance in Bombay, Calcutta, and even Ceylon, while we could only hesitate in inhospitable Africa. Maybe a week, well, ten days at most, I'm afraid two British battleships will be able to regain considerable combat effectiveness, and if they take a damaged battleship with Malaya or war-weariness, we will not be able to compete with our opponents. If we run into it again, we won't have enough fuel and ammunition to fight. Raeder's words were filled with impatience and unease.

"As an assault ship operating behind enemy lines, we have to adapt to the harsh environment and the pursuit of superior enemies. We are in some ways even inferior to those camouflaged assault ships, they can fight and go, and we can't. Su Xiong said with feeling.

"We can't just sit still, can we?" Reddell smiled wryly.

"Of course not, believe me, time is on our side. From now on, the key to determining whether we can escape or not is not our performance, but the North Sea! It lies in whether the high seas fleet put enough pressure on the British! Su Xiong said.

"You're saying that the High Seas Fleet is going to make a big move?" Raeder said in surprise.

"If Tirpitz had been in power, there would have been no big moves, but now His Highness Ruprecht. His Highness was very concerned about the whereabouts of Thomas's fleet, and this was a signal, a signal to launch a large-scale operation in the North Sea. Su Xiong is not sure what he said.

"So our task now is to procrastinate? Wait until the British fleet goes back on its own? Raeder asked.

"Theoretically, that's true. We hid as much as possible, minimized the number of attacks at sea, or rather hid in a corner, with as little radio communication as possible, so that it would be more difficult for Thomas to find us. Su Xiong said.

Su Xiong's approach was already quite conservative, there was no radio signal, far away from important lines of communication, and no longer attacked, the British were able to use more than half of the search methods, without the notification of merchant ships, the radio side on the island could not play a role, and it was very difficult for the British fleet, which had lost most of its intelligence sources, to capture Su Xiong, who was bent on hiding.

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