Chapter 448: Multi-Turret Divine Cult
"Bastard! Damn the Germans, fire, sink them for me! "The captain of the battleship 'Ramillis' was furious. The behavior of the battleship 'Saxony' www.biquge.info is a complete provocation to them!
The four twin 381-mm guns of the battleship 'Ramillis' began to return fire fiercely. It's just that because the gunner can only aim on his own. Therefore, the point of impact of the shell was very far away from the battleship "Saxony". The farthest point of impact was even 500 meters away. Such shelling made the Royal Navy itself feel ashamed.
On the other hand, the battleship "Saxony" of the German Navy performed very well. Although it was not able to hit the battleship 'Ramillis', the point of impact was not far away.
Got John? After Admiral Jericho's order, the British Navy's battleships "Resolve" and "Sovereign" abandoned the shelling of the battleships "Baden" and "Württemberg" and instead opened fire on the battleship "Saxony", in an attempt to rescue the inferior battleship "Ramillis".
"Command 'Baden' and 'Württemberg'. Continue to shell the "Determination" and "Monarchy", and take advantage of this rare opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the British! "Reinhardt? Admiral Scheer ordered.
He did not change his strategy because of the tactics of the British Navy. After all, it was not so easy for the British Navy's 'Resolve' and 'Sovereign' to hit the German Navy's 'Saxony' in a short time.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The battle between the two sides is getting more and more intense. Shells continue to explode on the surface of the sea, revealing how tragic this naval battle was.
On the battle line of the British Navy, the most striking performance was undoubtedly the battleship 'Agincourt'. The battleship, originally built for Brazil, had up to 7 main turrets with a total of 14 305mm guns. On a battleship with a standard displacement of only more than 27,000 tons, the installation of so many main turrets certainly made this battleship have very powerful firepower. However, the price to be paid was the instability of navigation and the weakness of armor. Especially in terms of armor, the armor of the battleship 'Agincourt' was not much thicker than that of the battle cruisers of the British Navy. The armor of the main armor belt of the waterline is only 9 inches, or 228 mm, at its thickest, the turret armor is only 10 inches, or 254 mm, and the armor of the conning tower is 11 inches, which is 280 mm. As for the deck armor, it was only 1 inch, and it was as thin as a piece of paper. Such a defense, once hit, will undoubtedly have only one result, that is, it will be easily torn apart, and then inflict heavy damage.
However, at least on the surface, the battleship 'Agincourt' was undoubtedly full of vitality. 7 main turrets, constantly firing. Shells continued to shoot at the German Navy's 'Louitpold Regent', splashing columns of water around it.
Although, the battleship "Regent Louitpold" had only three triple 343 mm guns, which was five fewer than the "Agincourt". But the 50 times caliber 343 mm gun is much more powerful than the 45 times caliber 305 mm gun. Especially when the armor of the battleship 'Agincourt' was so weak, if it was hit by the battleship 'Regent Louitpold', it would be enough to inflict heavy damage on it.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The German officers and men aboard the battleship "Regent Louitpold" were not intimidated by the powerful firepower of the battleship "Agincourt", and they continued to shoot in an orderly manner. After a long time ago, the battleship "Louitpold Regent" had already switched to a salvo. It's just that I haven't been able to get a hit.
However, many times good fortune comes unexpectedly.
During this salvo of the 'Regent of Louitpold', a shell hit the stern of the battleship 'Agincourt'. You must know that three of the seven main turrets of the battleship 'Agincourt' are deployed in the stern. The three main turrets in the stern of the ship are pyramidal, high in the middle and low in the front and rear. This allows all three main turrets to fire in the same direction. It's just that with so many dense main guns deployed, the threat is also greater.
343-mm shells, under the action of huge kinetic energy, have a huge armor-piercing capacity. In particular, the armor of the battleship 'Agincourt' was already very weak, and it was easily torn apart.
The shell hit the No. 6 main turret of the 'Agincourt', which was named Saturday (the seven main turrets of the battleship 'Agincourt' were named Monday to Sunday). Armor, which was only 254 mm thick, was easily torn apart in front of 343 mm shells, like papier-mâché.
The shell did not explode immediately after penetrating the turret, but continued downward, breaking through the fire door between the ammunition depot and the turret before exploding.
The explosion immediately detonated hundreds of shells in the ammunition depot. What's worse is that the three main turrets in the stern of the battleship 'Agincourt' are next to each other, and the three ammunition depots are also next to each other. The ammunition depot in the middle exploded, will the ammunition depots on both sides still survive? It just exploded.
The detonation of three ammunition depots was extremely powerful. The entire stern of the battleship 'Agincourt' was destroyed in a violent explosion. If you look down from the sky, you can see the battleship Agincourt, which has been bitten off by a monster and has bitten off the stern.
The sea poured madly into it from the stern of the battleship Agincourt. The British sailors on the battleship did not even have time to control the damage, so they began to flee for their lives. None of them are stupid, they all know that after suffering such a heavy loss, the fate of the battleship 'Agincourt' has almost been decided. If you stay on the battleship any longer, you will be killed like other unlucky people.
The other officers and men of the British Navy were also shocked by this situation. They really didn't expect that the battleship 'Agincourt' would be so vulnerable. Just being hit by a cannonball, and being killed is crazy, isn't it?
John? Admiral Jericho and David? Lieutenant General Betty was also shocked. The battle has just begun, are they going to lose a capital ship?