Chapter 875: Dying Struggle
After a brief hesitation, the crew of the ammunition compartment finally opened the filling valve, and within a few minutes, hundreds of tons of seawater rushed in, drowning piles of propellants and shells, which temporarily freed the Warrior from danger, but reduced the ship's ability to fire guns to three. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The British struggled to save their warship, and teams of damage crews, led by officers, navigated the purgatory-like dark corridors, scorching heat, filled with deadly gases, and untold shells. The fire on the ship's surface had begun to spread, and the British had given up control of the fire on the ship's surface, and the constant falling shells allowed any exposed creature to survive in seconds, and all they could do now was to secure some critical compartments. And now more and more people are realizing that if this continues, they will not even be able to guarantee the final core module.
"Our battleship has been dealt a heavy blow, and with just the right hit, it can kill us completely! Our side certainly couldn't stop the opponent's 15-inch guns, and one of their shells managed to tear through the armor of the boiler compartment, and then smashed the two boilers to pieces, fortunately, it was a dud. If a single shell hits the steering engine or ammunition compartment, our £2,800,000 battleship and the thousands of officers and men on it will be finished, and the German shells will fall at any moment like a Damocles hanging over our heads! ”
The British of the Warrior were waiting for the end to come, and Rear Admiral Moore felt that the end had come, if it were not for the last wave of light cruisers and destroyers to go up to provide smoke and lightning cover, Rear Admiral Moore could be sure that he would not see the sun tomorrow, as the earliest battle patrol of the British, the proficiency of officers and soldiers was also the highest, and the 12-inch gun repeatedly hit those towering figures in the distance, but it was not very useful, hitting the superstructure could indeed damage several cabins and then set fire, A hit to the bow or stern of a ship can cause hundreds of tons of water, but that's all there is to it.
The only serious damage inflicted on the German fleet in the second half of the British fleet was that a light cruiser fired a torpedo at a position of 4,500 meters, and then actually hit the battleship Baden, which was evading, but because of the shallow depth, the thicker armor belt blocked most of the damage, but still tore a crack of several meters at the waterline.
The battleship Tiger fought back under the command of Colonel Perry, and this battleship may not be very high in combat effectiveness because it has just been completed, or because the crew on it is simply not powerful, the hit rate of normal combat is simply terrifying, and even in the first round of attacks, the shell landing point actually deviated from the target by 2700 meters! The Baden, who caught him right, even thought that the other party was aiming at the wrong target?!
"I rub? What's the situation? The officers and men of the battleship Mecklenburg can also attest to this, and the shell that was supposed to attack the Baden, the third position on the battle line, actually fell near the last Mecklenburg, so that the commander of the battleship thought that he had been attacked by two battleships...... for a while.
And after the war, when someone mentioned this situation, the prince's answer was unusually simple: "If we are under more pressure in the next naval battle, then we can put the Tiger aside first, and their shelling will generally not pose any threat." ”
According to historical battle records, the Tiger fired a total of 255 shells in the Battle of Dogle Sandbank, second only to Celestia's 271 rounds, and higher than Betty's Lion's 243 rounds, but there seems to be no long-range hit ...... except for the funeral of the Blücher at close range at the end. And by the time of the Battle of Jutland, the Tiger's hits were still very rubbish! This fully illustrates a problem, the personnel are not good, and the equipment cannot be blamed!
Although the prince complained about Fisher's handling of the Battle of Dogle Sandbank in history, he thought that Fisher's scolding of the captain and gunnery of the Tiger was still very reasonable! Truth be told, removal is okay! It's just terrible.
But God favors ugly children, the Tiger is as resistant to fighting as in history, and in the Battle of Jutland, the Tiger wrote that the double-digit main gun shells were unsinkable without changing the fire prevention, and this plane, people are still unsinkable,
"We observed at least 15 hits or more, we destroyed almost his entire superstructure, and left at least 5 holes in the side of the side, knocked out 3 turrets, but he just didn't sink! This battleship definitely set a world record. After the war, Colonel Ruth, the captain of the Baden, recalled.
"There was a slight tilt of the battleship, and about 400 tons of water were in, which is not a big problem, but the speed may be reduced a little." The officer in charge of damage management reported after a personal investigation. (There are also examples of mines that have little impact, such as Cedritz in the Battle of Jutland, although the torpedo is powerful, but it is not necessarily a knife to the sword.) )
"Damn it!" After watching the light cruiser in the distance, which was about to break away after firing a torpedo, was shot through the ammunition depot by a 15-inch gun, and then turned into a flurry of debris after a loud bang, the captain of the Baden, Lieutenant Commander Ruth, finally let out a bad breath. And so far, I'm afraid the number of remaining light cruisers on the opposite side of Britain can't even make up 4, right?
Looking at the kittens scattered in the distance, the Germans realized that they were going to win after all, and the goddess of victory had already held the laurels in her hands and was ready to put them on the heads of the Germans. The light cruisers and destroyers on the opposite side are almost depleted, and there are no torpedoes left, what is the difference between auxiliary battleships without torpedoes and salted fish?
"General Betty hold on, the reinforcements have arrived!" As Betty sat in the conning tower of the Warrior in despair and resentment, a telegram rekindled his hope of survival, because at this time, Vice Admiral Jeram's fleet was only 22 kilometers from the battlefield, and the two sides were sailing almost opposite each other, and in a few minutes, the German fleet could be included in the range of the artillery!
And at this time, Jerram and Hood are making final preparations before the battle! If Jerram had been moving forward at full speed, then he might have come earlier, but considering the strength of the other party, this kind of refueling tactic is not advisable.
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