Compared to the waterline armor belt, the armor on the bridge is not thick, and when a huge armor-piercing projectile hits the building at the front of the bridge, the scene is extremely spectacular. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

If you had a high-speed camera and you could play it back, you could see it even better.

When the shells come into contact with the ship's armor, the front is rapidly deformed.

If you look at it from the outside, the front end of the armor-piercing bullet is quite smooth and beautiful, in fact, this is only the first layer of hood, the structure is fragile, the main thing is to improve the aerodynamic shape and reduce the kinetic energy consumption in the air.

Upon contact, the layer was quickly destroyed, revealing the second layer of the cover, which was the main force of the armor-piercing projectile, which was used to penetrate the carburized steel plate on the surface.

The power of a 380 mm armor-piercing projectile is already quite strong, and at a distance of 27 km, the penetration depth reaches 300 mm. For example, now, the 152-mm armor, like an aluminum plate that has been hit, is instantly deformed, and then torn, and this armor-piercing projectile successfully penetrates into it.

"Boom!" A loud explosion was heard.

Behind the front cap, there is the main shell, the front section is the delay fuse, and behind it is the charge.

The charge of armor-piercing shells is definitely not as much as that of high-explosive shells, but the charge of 380-mm shells is also quite perverted.

The entire shell weighed 800 kilograms, and the charge was hundreds of kilograms.

As it exploded, you could see that the building that had just been hit had completely collapsed in an instant, and countless fragments flew sideways.

At the same time, a huge wave of air also swept over, and this wave of air could directly break the glass on the bridge, not to mention the terrible fragments.

"Smack!" Almost instantly, a fragment of tens of kilograms flew onto the bridge, shattered the glass of the bridge, and directly cut off the upper half of the body of the helmsman in front.

The lower half of the helmsman's body is still standing, as if he still wants to sail the boat, and the upper half of his body is gone!

This is just the beginning.

Admiral Tovey crouched down at the moment of the explosion, hoping that the armor under the bridge could block these terrible fragments.

The screams kept rang out.

A small piece of shrapnel, the size of a bullet, penetrated the tens of millimeters thick armor of the conning tower, got in, pierced an officer in the stomach, flew out of the other end of his stomach and hit another person in the head.

Under the tremendous force of the impact, the officer's body fell backwards, a large gash appeared in his stomach, and his intestines flowed outward.

As for the other person, he didn't even snort, and he fell, and Bai Huahua's brain splattered on the side wall behind him.

Almost all of those who survived were crippled, and when the explosion passed, 18 people died on the bridge, including 11 senior officers, 13 wounded, and all seriously injured.

Only Tovey, who survived again, curled up in a corner, dodging the debris of the terrible explosion and the impact of the air current, and when he stood up, there were no survivors on the bridge.

The steering gear, which had already been blown up, senior officers, was killed in large numbers, and the Queen Elizabeth, suffered heavy losses.

However, it's not over yet.

Cannonballs, raining down.

In the next three minutes, the Bismarck fired 36 rounds of 406 mm shells, while the Scharnhorst fired 48 rounds of 380 mm shells.

Of these, there were 12 shells, which hit the Queen Elizabeth.

This is a complete battle between battleships! The German Navy, once again, with its proud achievements, showed its first-class naval qualities.

In the back, the hit rate was higher, because the battleship Queen Elizabeth, which had been drained from the bridge, lost the ability to turn and was a better target.

The sixth 406-mm shell hit the engine room behind it, greatly reducing the speed of the battleship, so that the Queen Elizabeth became a live target, and the hit rate in the later period was even higher.

Another reason is that the wind and waves are gradually decreasing.

The Queen Elizabeth was given a momentary respite, and after it was shot, the other battleships, abandoning the Deutschland, turned around and began to charge at the German formation.

At the same time, on the side of the Queen Elizabeth, the Zealous moved up quickly, blocking the middle of the German fleet and the Queen Elizabeth, and then, billowing black smoke.

On the battlefield, the means of distracting the opponent is to release a smoke screen, which is a tactic that has existed since ancient times!

In this way, the German fleet lost its specific position of the target, and the entire Queen Elizabeth took refuge in a smoke screen.

The battleship was lucky, it was shot many times, it still stood up, and more importantly, its turret did not suffer a devastating blow and did not attract the detonation of ammunition, which is commendable.

At this time, the two sides had rushed 14 nautical miles away, and approached a distance of 8 nautical miles.

In order to avoid the loss of shells, and because the other main British battleships pressed up, the German fleet had to change its target, and the next one was the Balham, the same model as the Queen Elizabeth.

Both in terms of the total tonnage of the fleet and the number of battleships, the British Navy still had an advantage.

After the wounded Queen Elizabeth, they also had three 30,000-ton battleships of the Barham, the Nelson, and the "Sovereign", while on the German side, there were only two main ones.

The other warships were all fighting soy sauce and waited until the victory was decided, and then chased after them to clean up the battlefield.

However, since several of the escort warships were destroyed by the Deutschland, the British fleet now has more capital ships and fewer escort ships, and the German fleet is an exception.

The British Navy will not back down, and in order to maintain maritime supremacy, they have always taken the initiative to attack this encounter, which has been transformed into a duel of the main forces.

In fact, the main force of the German fleet, there are several ships, but the main force of the British fleet is here, although they can still be transferred from the colonies, but overseas interests can not be guaranteed at all.

This naval battle will decide the fate of the British Navy!

At this time, they did not know that the German Navy still had an aircraft carrier, outside the area of engagement, anxiously waiting for the weather to improve.

The storm in the Atlantic, which had just become smaller, was on board the aircraft carrier Hitler, and Captain Thiele asked the commander of the carrier-based air wing: "With the current meteorological conditions, can we take off?" ”

"With catapults, we can take off, however, once the weather is bad, we will not be able to land."

"That's worth it, go all out!" Thiele clenched his fists: "This battle, completely destroy the main force of the British Navy!" ”