"Boom!"

An earth-shattering explosion sounded, more than a hundred 305-mm shells, quite powerful. In the violent explosion, the entire side of the battleship 'Giant' was blown up. Even the superstructure was blown to pieces. It looked like a monster had bitten it.

A large amount of seawater poured into the battleship 'Giant' through the hole. Such trauma is undoubtedly fatal. If the damage management personnel want to plug the loophole, it is almost impossible.

"Well done!" The captain of the battleship 'Elector' shouted excitedly.

Reinhart? After receiving the report, Admiral Scheer also had a smile on his face: "Very good, it's 12 to 13 now." The British only had one more battleship than us. Ordered the battleship 'Elector' to assist the battleship 'King' to attack the British battlecruiser 'Tiger'. The battleship 'Frontier Governor', assisting the battleship 'Crown Prince', attacked the Italians' Andrea? Duirio's battleship. Now is our chance to bridge the gap and expand our gains, so don't miss it! ”

"Yes, General!" The communications officer immediately put Reinhardt? Admiral Scheer's order was conveyed to the battleship 'Elector' and the battleship 'Governor of the Frontier'. And the battlecruiser 'Tiger' of the British Navy and the 'Andrea' of the Italian Navy? The battleship Duirio was in an even more difficult situation when it was besieged by four 'King-class' battleships of the German Navy.

On another battlefield, the 2nd Battle Line of the German Navy led by Vice Admiral Hipper and the 2nd Battle Line of the British Navy led by Vice Admiral Martin were also very fiercely fought.

In order to sink the opposing warship, both sides deliberately shortened the distance of the battle, so that the distance of the battle was directly shortened from the initial 13,000 meters to 10,000 meters. At this distance, the main guns of both sides are capable of inflicting great damage on each other.

Of course, the defense of the German warships was still superior in general. And the 'Nevada-class' battleships purchased by the British Navy from the United States are even more perverted in defense. It's just that the defense of other warships is not so strong. As a result, not only do they not have any advantage in the battle, but they are still developing towards a disadvantage.

On the battleship 'Nevada', Vice Admiral Martin's face sank like water. Although the fleet under his command was very strong, he had little confidence in the final victory. This naval battle, for the Combined Fleet, is really too disadvantageous. Before the start of the battle, they had some advantages in the number of battleships. However, as Germany sent a large number of planes to attack them, inflicting losses on them a full ten battleships, the combined fleet was suddenly seriously at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

Originally, Lieutenant General Martin was counting on victory on the 1st battle line. In this case, there may be a possibility of turning defeat into victory. However, at this point in the war, the combined fleet not only did not have a combat advantage, but was still paying losses. If the German Navy's battle cruiser formations had arrived on the battlefield, their disadvantage would have been even more obvious. When the time comes, they will lose.

"General, on the side of the 1st battle line, the battleships 'Dreadnought' and 'Giant' have been sunk one after another." An officer reported.

"Damn! And what about the Germans? Were there any battleships sunk? Lieutenant General Martin asked.

"Not yet. The defense of the German battleships is very strong, and our battleships can't do anything with them! The officer sighed.

"Now that the first line is 13-12, we are almost out of advantage. By the time the German battlecruisers arrived, we would have only been defeated! Lieutenant General Martin's face couldn't help but flash a trace of despair.

"Boom!"

An explosion rang out on the battleship Nevada, and the whole battleship shook violently. Lieutenant General Martin's face became even more ugly.

"Report the loss!" Lieutenant General Martin said almost through gritted teeth.

"General, turret No. 4 in the stern was hit. However, the shells of the Germans were not able to penetrate the turret. But the gunners inside were all shocked to death. The damage officer reported.

Lieutenant General Martin breathed a sigh of relief. The strong defensive power of the battleship "Nevada" can undoubtedly stand the test. Otherwise, they would have been sunk long ago!

However, Lieutenant General Martin's rejoicing seemed a little too early.

Two minutes later, the 2nd battle line led by him lost one battleship.

The battleship 'North Dakota', which was at the tail end of the battle line, was hit by the battleship 'West**' of the German Navy. In this salvo of the battleship 'West**', two 305-mm shells hit the battleship 'North Dakota'. 1 shell, which pierced through the armor of the conning tower of the 'West**', was only 292 mm thick. And the combination of a 305 mm gun of fifty times the caliber, plus a cap-piercing shell, has an extremely strong armor-piercing ability. This allowed the shells to penetrate the armor and explode inside the conning tower.

After the explosion of the shells, there were no living people left in the entire conning tower, and there were stumps and broken arms everywhere. This directly left the battleship 'North Dakota' in a state of no command.

Another shell hit the waterline armor of the battleship North Dakota. The waterline armor, which was only 254 mm thick, was easily torn apart. Below the waterline, a large hole was torn. From this large mouth, the sea water frantically poured into the battleship.

Because of the confusion of command, the damage management personnel did not carry out loss control in the first place. By the time they reacted, there was already a lot of seawater pouring into the battleship. It was impossible to even close the watertight compartment, and I could only watch more and more seawater pour into the battleship. The final result was that the battleship 'North Dakota' capsized on the surface of the sea because of too much water, and sank directly into the sea in such a posture.

The sinking of the battleship 'North Dakota' left only ten battleships on the second battle line of the British Navy. Quantitatively, the combined fleet is already at a disadvantage. And it's still an absolute disadvantage. By the time the German battlecruisers arrived, they would be completely defeated. Of course, this will take some time.

After sinking the battleship North Dakota, the battleship "West**" aimed its guns at the battleship "Delaware" of the British Navy, and cooperated with the battleship "Nassau" to attack the battleship "Delaware". In order to be able to sink the battleship 'Delaware' as soon as possible and further expand the results of the battle.