"Boom!"

As a fireball rose from the amidships of the battleship Alabama, the icy night battle reached its climax. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe battleship, with a full load displacement of more than 45,000 tons, was kicked in the ass, and the entire stern moved several meters to the left.

The main armor belt, which was nearly 300 mm thick (310 mm at its thickest point), was instantly pierced by a French shell flying from 23,000 meters away, as if it were a thin plank.

It was Jean of France who made the contribution. The 380mm/L45M1935 gun of the battleship Bar. The armor-piercing projectiles fired by this gun weigh a total of 884 kilograms and can easily penetrate carburized case-hardened alloy steel up to 365 mm thick at a distance of 23,000 meters. It was the armor of the battleship USS Alabama that simply could not defend against it!

The fire then burned in the cabin of the battleship Alabama. Instead of penetrating the very deadly compartments, the shells exploded in the captain's quarters, the commander's cabins (the Alabama had a flagship facility), and by the way, they ignited a lot of finishing materials.

Such damage was not fatal to the Alabama, but it was a bad omen - it had been stared at by 16 French cannons and 6 German cannons! However, the American battleship's opponent is not having a good time now, it has fought back a few rounds on its own, choosing the suspected flagship battleship Tirpitz as the target, and has just landed a straddle shot.

Now the 6 capital ships of the 1st Sentai of the Allied Combined Fleet have all aimed their main guns at the Tirpitz according to the observation results of the Alabama! 54 406mm cannons are frantically tilting shells, and it is only a matter of time before they hit.

The question now is whether the Tirpitz is more resistant to beating or is the Alabama more durable?

"Hit, sir, we've hit a King George V class!" At 11 o'clock in the evening, the gunners on board the Hindenburg shouted excitedly, and the deck of the Duke of York, which had been beaten by two Hindenburg-class ships, rose from the deck of the fire, and the speed of the ship was noticeably slowed down.

Admiral Lütjans smirked, knowing that the King George V class was finished. Reduced speed combined with a fire will turn it into a target for V3 missiles!

"Send a telegram to the 3rd Sentai and launch V3 at this King George V class that is on fire, and shoot all 6 of them!"

Just as Admiral Lüttjans gave the order, Vice Admiral Phillips, who was commander of the 2nd Squadron of the Allied Combined Fleet on the battleship Duke of York, who had been wounded down, also smelled danger.

"Where is the formation of enemy ships rushing towards us?" He asked aloud.

"It's almost 24,000 yards!" The chief of staff of the clan replied loudly.

"Change the target of the shelling, direct all your fire at the formation of enemy ships that are rapidly approaching us, and hit its ships 6 and 7...... The Duke of York and the Anson hit the No. 6 ship, and the Howe and 2 Soviet battlecruisers hit the No. 7 ship! ”

It turned out that Vice Admiral Phillips had long been aware of this enemy formation that was rapidly approaching him, and the German remote-controlled guided missiles and remote-controlled gliding bombs had long been a source of fear in the hearts of every Royal Navy officer.

Vice Admiral Phillips's King George V-class was a very sturdy battleship, with 15 inches (381 mm) of broadside waterline armor at its thickest point, and even the 406 mm cannon of the Hindenburg class could carry it for a while. But when it comes to a V3 missile weighing more than 2 tons, it will be "one shot into the soul" if it is not good.

Therefore, after the radar detected the rapidly approaching 3rd Squadron of the European Combined Fleet, Phillips immediately ordered the light cruisers escorting the ship nearby to come up and fire flares. It was found that the No. 6 and No. 7 ships in this 7-ship formation were most likely the so-called "missile cruisers".

At a distance of 23,000 yards, 36 14-inch (356mm) cannons and 12 380mm cannons on the three King George V-class and two Kronstadt-class ships were all aimed at the two P-class ships.

At the same time, the 3rd Squadron of the Combined European Fleet (ULC) Blucher (Heavy Cruise), Gneisenau, 2 Dunkirk-class and 3 P-class ships aimed all their main guns (6 380mm cannons, 16 330mm cannons, and 18 280mm cannons) at the Soviet battlecruiser Kronstadt. A fierce artillery battle soon ensued between three large ship formations!

Because it takes time to re-sight and correct the trajectory, at the beginning of this two-on-one artillery battle, it was the Duke of York who was shot one after another. The two Hindenburg-class ships are standard large ships carrying small guns, so the accuracy of the shelling is guaranteed.

So the 406mm shells hit the target one after another, and the Duke of York, like a lit firecracker, flashed fire all over its body, and in the blink of an eye, the fire ignited everywhere on this sturdy battleship.

While Vice Admiral Phillips gritted his teeth as he gritted his teeth on the armrest, the four Italian Veneto-class battleships each fired a leap shot (targeting the Anson and Howe, respectively), and it was only a matter of time before the two King George V-class battleships were shot.

As long as these 2 King George V ships were severely damaged by the Italian Anshardo "knock cannon" (the Italians' 381mm L50M1934 gun was the most powerful of the 380mm guns), then the 2nd Sentai of the Allied Combined Fleet would be disabled!

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While the three British King George V-class battleships were in a bitter battle, the German Tirpitz also tasted the rain of bullets. Six of the most powerful battleships of the United States and the Soviet Union tilted shells at it with 54 406mm cannons.

At 11:05 a.m., a 406mm bomb from the battleship Massachusetts pierced the Tirpitz's thin bow armor and exploded in the sailors' rest compartment. Although this shell did not cause any heavy damage to the Tirpitz, it did provide an important coordinate, and as the point of impact was captured by the fire control on the Massachusetts, the 6 powerful battleships of the Allied Combined Fleet completed the calibration of their naval guns!

At 11:08, the battleship Tirpitz was shot again, and three of the 54 406mm armor-piercing shells rammed past its deck.

In an instant, the A-turret located in the bow of the ship seemed to be lifted away, and the armor-piercing shell with a total weight of up to 1.225 tons pierced the 360mm thick turret armor from the front, and the explosion occurred inside the turret, which not only killed all the crew members, but also lifted the huge turret into the air. The Tirpitz lost a quarter of its firepower in an instant!

The other 2 406mm shells that hit the Tirpitz also caused a lot of damage, one of which pierced the main armor belt on the side and exploded between the dome and the main armor, although it did not blow through the dome, but the huge shock shattered a steam pipe, so that the Tirpitz instantly lost a quarter of its power. The speed of the battleship dropped to 20 knots.

Another 406mm shell hit the deck of the Tirpitz's speedboat, blowing several speedboats to pieces and igniting something unknown, causing a fire.

At about the same time that the Tirpitz was shot, the American battleship Massachusetts was also hit by a 406mm shell fired by the Bismarck. The broadside armor belt of the Massachusetts 310mm likewise did not withstand the blows of the Germans with high-speed light bullets of 380mm caliber. The shell broke through the armor steel plate and exploded outside one of the boiler compartments of the Massachusetts. Although not fatal, it also damaged several pipes and caused fires, which reduced the speed of the Massachusetts to about 15 knots.

Seeing the Massachusetts suddenly slow down and burst into flames, Rear Admiral Lindemann, who commanded the 2nd Squadron of the European Combined Fleet, had a flash of inspiration and came up with a way to save the Tirpitz.

He ordered the Prinz, Barbarossa, and Schlieffen in the formation to immediately stop firing and begin to charge the Massachusetts - as if they were preparing to launch V3 missiles closely!

This change frightened Admiral Ingersoll on the USS Soviets, and he hurriedly ordered all the battleships to aim their guns at the Barbarossa and the Schlieffen respectively, while also allowing several light cruisers and destroyers escorting the ship nearby to rush forward and fire torpedoes at the Prinz Eugen.

This order allowed the Tirpitz to pick up a life from the bombardment of 54 406mm guns, but in the final salvo before the cannons turned their muzzles, two more 406mm shells hit. One of them cut off the Tirpitz's B turret, leaving the battleship with half of its firepower. A 406mm shell pierced the stern of the Tirpitz, causing a fire.

Now this giant battleship, with a full load displacement of 52,900 tons, can only hang out the flag of "our ship is heavily damaged, quit the battle team" and staggered away.

And at this time, devastating disasters began to befall the 2nd Sentai of the Allied Combined Fleet.

Six powerful V3 missiles had been launched before three King George V-class battlecruisers and two Kronstadt-class battlecruisers hit two P-class missile cruisers.

In the darkness, only 6 points of light (the tail lights of the V3 missile) were seen flying at a very fast speed towards the battleship Duke of York, which was burning and burning!

Although the anti-aircraft guns on the Duke of York desperately opened fire to block it, only one of them was shot down, and three of the remaining five V3s hit the 36,000-ton British battleship, which is known for its strong protection capabilities......

After three huge explosions, the hull of the 36,000-ton giant ship was cut in two from the stern, and only three minutes later, nearly 1,900 officers and men on board the ship, including one political and industrial cadre of the Soviet Red Navy and Vice Admiral Phillips, the commander of the combat team, all disappeared into the icy Atlantic, and no one survived!

The night battle in the ice sea has reached its climax! (To be continued.) )