The cannon roared on the sea, and high columns of water rose like a boiling pot, and the battle was very fierce.

The "Radetzky" turned its guns and pointed its aim at the battlecruiser "Tiger" again, and Vice Admiral Cromwell issued an order from the flagship to carry out the plan of concentrated fire that had been practiced earlier. Major Sinmić, the gun commander of the "Grand Duke Franz", who had already locked on to the target, issued all the firing commands: the target distance, the azimuth jù and the firing signal, while the "Radelitz" corrected this number according to the distance and bearing of the two ships, and then corrected this number according to the distance and bearing of the two ships, so that the advantage of concentrating fire was to improve the hit rate.

Two Austro-Hungarian battleships fired at the "Tiger" almost simultaneously, and the projection of 20 large-caliber shells and 16 150-mm secondary shells at a time greatly increased the probability of hitting the target. In just a few minutes, the "Tiger" was hit by several shells, and a large fire broke out on the deck. However, the battlecruiser, which was built on the basis of the battleship's blueprints, was quite well protected, and by now it had received at least six large-caliber shells, but it could not deal a fatal blow to it.

However, the other British battle cruisers did not have such good protection.

Soon after, an even greater catastrophe struck.

The "Indefatigable", which was at the end of the British fleet, was replaced by "Moltke" and "von Moltke". Morality. The Tann hit in succession and began to stall sharply, and black smoke rose from the hull. In the next minute, it was hit twice in a row again, a shell pierced its forward turret, and the battleship fell silent and came to a halt on the water. About a dozen seconds later, the "Intrepid" exploded violently from the front and back. Explosion, a large cloud of fire and black smoke rose into the air, and with an earth-shattering sound, the broken objects flew everywhere, and when this qiē subsided, the "Intrepit" disappeared from the water.

"Feng. Morality. There was thunder on the deck of the Tann, and it was they who sank the Indefatigable!

"The report, from 'von. Morality. Tann sent a telegram and sank the 'tireless'! In the war room of the flagship "Luzo", the communications officer reported the latest battle situation to Hipper, and his expression could not hide his excitement.

"Hmm......" Hipper, surveying the sea through the telescope with a suspicious gaze, counted back and forth twice more to confirm the authenticity of the news, and indeed, the British now had only five warships left. Well done! The lieutenant general said calmly, lighting a new cigar.

Now, he has an even bigger advantage.

The battle was still raging, and the "Lion" was hit by two more shots, its antenna was blown off, and now it could only send Betty's order to the "Royal Princess" behind it by light, and then it sent a telegram. Now that the "Royal Princess" is also on fire, Betty can only order the entire fleet to turn to the left and temporarily leave the battlefield.

The distance between the two sides opened, and the gunners on both sides were firing indiscriminately, and neither of them could hit the opponent again. As the artillery fire subsided, the sailors were busy on deck extinguishing the fires, repairing damaged parts, and preparing for the next round of fighting.

The present shape is due to the fact that the two fleets had been sailing southward, with the battleship under the command of Admiral Scheer rushing north 15 nautical miles south of the engagement, and Jellico's fleet 45 nautical miles north of the battlefield. Admiral Spee's squadron of battleships was hurrying southwest from about 35 nautical miles northeast of the battlefield as he planned to outflank Betty's fleet.

Due to his misjudgment, Jellico delayed sending a rapid support fleet of three "Invincible" class battle cruisers under the command of Rear Admiral Hood, and it was not until 4:05 that after receiving Betty's distress telegram to Thomas, he realized that Betty might be in trouble, so he hurriedly sent Rear Admiral Hood to lead three "Invincible" ships to the battlefield first.

Betty's powerful reinforcements arrived, and after 20 minutes of fierce naval battle, Evan Brown. Four battleships of the "Queen Elizabeth" class led by Rear Admiral Thomas finally hurried to the battlefield. The cruisers of the German Second Reconnaissance Fleet, which was on reconnaissance duty, spotted the British battlefleet arriving from the north, and Rear Admiral Potick quickly recognized them as the latest British battleships. He hurriedly reported the situation to Hipper, and accelerated his escape with a smoke cast.

Sensing Betty's small movements, Hipper ordered the fleet to turn southwest and speed up.

But he was now within range of the British battleships.

At 4:06, at a distance of 18,000 meters, the 15-inch front guns of the battleship "Barham", the flagship of Thomas's fleet, opened fire first.

Now it was Hipper's turn to suffer.

In the first salvo of the "Barham", one shell hit the "von Murphy" at the rear of the Hippel fleet. Morality. The tail of the Tann, with its muzzle spewing fire, provided the British with excellent guidance for shelling. The German ship's steering gear was also jammed by damaged debris, but thanks to the concerted efforts of the management crew, the fault was eliminated after a few minutes, and it was saved from destruction.

When Betty saw that reinforcements had arrived, she ordered the fleet to turn around and kill her. He wanted to entangle Hipper's fleet with all his might, and the sinking of the "Indefatigable" made him even more angry, and after suffering a big loss, he would bite his opponent to the death and never let go.

Subsequently, the "Moltke" was also hit by a large-caliber shell, thick black smoke rose from the rear chimney, and the deck was also on fire. This qiē excites Betty, and his fleet is desperately chasing forward. But soon the "Lion" was hit by the "Luzo" again, and now the whole ship was shrouded in thick smoke, so it could only break away from the team and put out the fire first.

The "Luzzo" turned its guns, turned its target to the "Royal Princess", and together with the "De Fllinger" behind it, flanked the British's No. 2 ship. However, the "Radetzky" and the "Grand Duke Franz" were besieging the "Queen Mary" with all their might, and the British war cruiser was also fighting back with all its might, and twice hit the amidships of the "Radetzky". "Seydlitz" was fighting the "Tiger" with the only two remaining main turrets, and the wounded "Moltke" was going head-to-head with the "New Zealand".

The rearmost of the fleet "von. Morality. The Tann returned fire with its rear main guns, and although its 280-mm shells hit the Barham twice, they were unable to do any substantial damage to the thick-skinned battleship.

But "von. Morality. Tann was soon hit twice more by the "Barham", and the battleship was so badly damaged that the entire warship was covered in a cloud of smoke, and only one turret was still in use.

The arrival of Thomas's fleet changed the situation on the battlefield, and in the face of four super battleships equipped with 15-inch guns, Hipper had to parry.

At 4:25, the distance between the two fleets was again reduced to 12,000 meters, but the British suffered another heavy blow, and three shells from a salvo of the "Radetzky" fell on the deck of the "Queen Mary", and its foredeck was neatly smashed into a row of large holes. Disaster struck again, and then two more shells from the "Grand Duke Franz" hit it directly in the front, and the bow of the "Queen Mary" burst into flames, followed by a violent explosion in the amidships. Fried, the fire ball rose higher and higher, like a rising mushroom. Debris flew through the air, and as the flames dissipated, only the stern of the warship remained on the water, and the propellers were still spinning in mid-air. Someone climbed out of the rear hatch and turret, but immediately after that, the rest of the part exploded again. Exploded, the debris was swept into the air by the heat wave and scattered on the surface of the sea.

Now, nothing can be seen, only a few fragments are still floating on the surface of the sea.

In the end, only 8 of the ship's more than 1,200 officers and men survived.

Thomas's ships were finally able to fire at full strength, and Hipper's fleet was in danger, and now he had to slow down in order to protect the battered "von . Morality. The Tann and Moltke fled to the front. The "Seydlitz" was then heavily damaged, and from the "Malaya" it was seen that the shells pierced its hull one after another, but the British saved its life by the poor fuse of the shells, and both shells exploded before they could penetrate the armor. The bombing, although it caused a lot of damage, was not fatal.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Hipper ordered the fleet to turn 5 degrees to the right and accelerate south out of the battlefield.

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