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The 283-mm shells flew away, and at the moment they opened fire, the hull shook slightly, so the muzzle was slightly off, and just like that, all the shells flew away.

The Southampton was unscathed.

The fourth salvo flew again, and after two rounds of fire from the Deutschland, the British warship also completed its preparations.

The cannonballs rained down on the Deutschland.

This time, because of the proximity of the distance, not only the main gun, but also the opponent's secondary gun, all fired, and the shells were too dense!

"Right rudder," cried Colonel Stanger, who was not calm this time and had to dodge.

"Boom!" A cannonball fell into the sea, and then exploded, rolling up waves several meters high, and swooping down on the deck, pouring cold on several exposed people operating anti-aircraft guns.

"Boom!" Suddenly, a cannonball smashed up accurately.

Fortunately, it was a shell from a 152-mm secondary gun, which happened to hit the strongest side armor belt of the Deutsche Deutschland, and in the huge impact, the whole ship felt a shaking, but fortunately, it was not penetrated!

The engines on the Deutsche rumbled, the damaged diesel engine, which had not been started, had not been fast enough, and now, it seemed, was afraid that it would not be able to escape the attack of the British.

On the Queen Elizabeth, which had been torpedoed twice, Admiral Tovey looked at the Deutschland in the distance, and his gaze was extremely cold: "Keep the salvo and kill it!" ”

The opponent can no longer run away, and the opponent will use intensive firepower to completely destroy the opponent.

"Report, Zealous has spotted targets in the sea fifteen nautical miles away from our port side." Just then, a voice came over the radio, quickly reporting to Admiral Tovey.

Port side, fifteen nautical miles? Admiral Tovey stood up, raised his binoculars, and from the porthole of the bridge, he could see the sea on the port side.

It's a pity that there are waves everywhere, and he can't see anything, he can only roughly see on the surface of the sea, there are some bright spots, it looks, it looks like a fleet.

Then, he frowned, he had already seen clouds of black smoke rising from the bright spots on the opposite side, which were the enemy's naval guns firing.

Germans, are they all so perverted? At such a distance, they actually opened fire?

Not bad, Germany has already opened fire!

The Deutschland fired at a distance of 10 nautical miles, and the first hit was quite tough, while the newly arrived formation, at a distance of 15 nautical miles, opened fire!

The flagship of the formation is the pride of the German Navy, the battleship Bismarck!

Originally, the core of the formation was the aircraft carrier Adolf Hitler, but now, this aircraft carrier, accompanied by two or three escort warships, is about twenty nautical miles behind the formation.

The bad weather conditions made it impossible for the Hitler aircraft carrier to fly carrier-based aircraft at all, and last night's recovery of the fighters was already thrilling, the deck was shaking violently, and the officers and men on the aircraft carrier could only wait for the weather to improve with nothing to do.

In this era, carrier-based aircraft have shown strong combat effectiveness, and under its dive bombardment, any warship is like paper paste, and the duel of naval guns has been put in second place.

The German Navy, after these days of fighting, has come to the conclusion that aircraft carriers, which will eventually replace battleships.

However, in the Atlantic, the battleship still had its existential value.

For example, now, carrier-based aircraft on aircraft carriers cannot be flown off, so they can only rely on battleships!

In the case of not being able to release carrier-based aircraft, the aircraft carrier will lose its role, and it is absolutely inappropriate to press it up like this, it is simply to act as a target for the other party, so the aircraft carrier is lagging behind, and in the current situation, it is destined to be a tragic sea war, just like the Battle of Jutland in the past!

When they received the news of the attack on their own Deutschland, they sped up and tried to join the Deutschland, and now they had finally arrived.

At a distance, there were still 15 nautical miles, and the 406-mm naval guns on the Bismarck, which were already ready, were now almost opposed, so that only the six naval guns on the two turrets in front had firing angles.

Rewind the clock by five minutes.

At the very front of the formation, the battleship "Scharnhorst", the second lieutenant of Gus on the foremast lookout platform concentrated on trying to observe.

This kind of battleship is a successor to the German class.

After the signing of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement between Germany and Great Britain, the restrictions imposed on the German Navy by the Treaty of Versailles were legally lifted and Germany was allowed to build warships with a displacement of 35,000 tons.

The 10,000-ton German class could no longer meet the needs of the German Navy, and in the same month that the treaty was signed, Germany began construction of the newly designed Scharnhorst class.

In the beginning, it was only an enlarged version of the German class, with a displacement of only 19,000 tons and a main gun caliber of 305 mm.

Subsequently, however, the design was revised, the displacement was increased to 35,000 tons, a twin 380 mm gun with a maximum armor thickness of 360 mm, and a steam turbine was retrofitted to increase the speed to 31 knots.

Historically, due to the progress of development, three triple 283 mm caliber guns were finally used. It was planned to wait until the 380-mm gun was successfully developed and then replace it with a new one.

And now, the German naval guns are quite mature, so this battleship did not use 283 mm naval guns, but directly on the 380 mm naval guns, but the number of naval guns has decreased, originally a triple 283, after replacing it with 380, it becomes a double one, and the turret seat is exactly the same.

There are also many doubts about the division of this battleship.

Such a battleship had a displacement comparable to that of the British battleships, a high speed of 32 knots comparable to that of a battlecruiser, a stronger armor thickness than a battlecruiser, and a firepower comparable to that of a battlecruiser.

It was very similar to the Deutschland, the result was that the British battleships could not catch up, the cruisers could not beat, and the battlecruisers would also suffer in the contest with them, which was very suitable for breaking engagements in the Atlantic.

Now, the waves on the ocean are turbulent, in order to be able to see farther, the lookouts are standing on a high place, and the shaking is even more powerful.

Ensign Gus has been persevering, before joining the Navy, Ensign Gus was already a crew member, and he has long been used to this kind of bump.

Suddenly, he spotted a wisp of clear smoke in the eyepiece, and with a flash of afterglow, he turned the dial, about 15 degrees to starboard, and he found the target!

So, he immediately grabbed the phone and reported it to the bridge, so all the telescopes on the entire "Scharnhorst" were turned to starboard.

Soon, the target was confirmed, and the "Scharnhorst" reported to the flagship Bismarck by light signal that "an unknown target was found at 15 degrees to starboard."

On the Bismarck, General Lütjens immediately gave the battle order: "The whole fleet accelerates, ready to engage!" ”