The sea breeze is blowing, and the coal mist covers the sky. Five British battlecruisers rushed forward and rushed straight towards the two German decisive battle cruisers that had caused the accident more than a dozen nautical miles away. The sharp bow of the ship split the rolling blue waves, setting off white waves on both sides; Coupled with the behemoth main gun and the majestic bridge, it makes people's hearts stir and boil their blood.

Because the early British battle cruisers also used coal-fired boilers, a large amount of black smoke produced by incomplete combustion during high-speed navigation could be seen dozens of nautical miles away; Major General Maas, who was on the rise, also quickly noticed the anomaly in the northwest sky. Judging from the current situation, it is highly likely that this abruptly rising smoke was produced by a much larger British support fleet!

Moments later, Maas gave the order to retreat. Although a British armored cruiser in front of him was already seriously wounded and was hastily moving backwards out of battle; However, it will undoubtedly take a long time to sink it completely. Although the second British Patrol was sunk in a short time due to the explosion of the ammunition depot, this kind of character ammunition has always been an unavoidable existence. In addition, their two decisive battle patrols have been fighting for more than two hours since the start of the battle, not only the loss of shells is quite huge, but they have also been hit several times by British 234mm cannons in the previous battle, which is no longer the best peak state. In this case, it is undoubtedly his wisest choice to accept it; The near-complete victory of the current sinking of 2 British cruisers is enough for him to be awarded the Medal of Honor!

The tail rudder moved, the current deflected, and the bow of the battleship stirred up a large wave of waves; Ten minutes later. The two decisive battle cruisers completed the steering maneuver. Satisfied, we began to sail back towards the Helgoland Bay. But at this point. The lookout of the Heinrich noticed several gray shadows in the sky far to the northwest; When the lookouts reported in a frightened and trembling voice the news of the appearance of five British war cruisers, Major General Maas, who was still savoring the fruits of victory, fell from heaven to hell. If it was 1 battle cruiser, his fleet could still fight the British, but the other party came 5 ships at once, and he had no chance at all!

At present, the two German battle cruisers can only run at 19 knots, while the British battle cruisers are catching up at a speed of 25 knots; In less than a quarter of an hour, the German Decisive Patrol was included in the range of the 343-mm guns of the British Battlecruise. I learned that two of my own patrols had been slaughtered. All the officers and men on the British battle patrol were indignant and vowed to avenge the sinking of Rear Admiral Campbell and the thousands of dead robes. Heavy shells were pushed into the chamber by servo machinery, and the propellant wrapped in silk fabric was then stuffed into the chamber; The huge twin turrets began to rotate slowly, the muzzles pitched, and finally all the main guns of the five British battlecruisers were aimed at the two evil German ships.

"Boom!" The earth-shattering roar, the red light burst out, and the bombardment of 24 343-mm guns and 12 305-mm cannons instantly resounded throughout the battlefield. The fiery red cannonballs flew for thousands of miles in an instant, the wind roared and thundered, and they crashed headlong into the North Sea, stirring up a row of rolling water walls tens of meters high. Look at this terrifying attack like a divine punishment. Major General Maas's face was as earthy as earth; The British had already proved their strength and determination with a volley, and once they had completed their calibration. The only thing that awaits you is destruction!

"What about General Hipper, why hasn't his reconnaissance fleet arrived on the battlefield yet?" A thought flashed in Maas's mind, and he suddenly said loudly as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, "Send a telegram to General Hipper, we are being pursued by 3 Lion-class battle cruisers and 2 invincible-class battle cruisers, the situation is extremely critical, request immediate support!" An adjutant hurriedly ran out of the control tower and went to the communications room to deliver orders.

The British war patrol chased after them at high speed, and the heavy artillery fire was like thunder. Since this area was already off the coast of the Helgoland Bay, every extra minute of stay would put the precious battlecruiser at great risk, so Betty directly ordered the 343mm guns to be loaded with 635kg heavy shells that were more worn out of the barrels, but more powerful, in order to sink the two German loaders in one fell swoop in a short time. In order to avoid the situation that the firing could not be calibrated due to the interference of the landing points, Betty used a light signal to notify the subsequent battle cruisers, and made detailed regulations on the distribution of fire and the time of firing: Lion and Queen Mary set fire to one every 30 seconds, and the royal princess, Invincible and New Zealand set fire to the other every 20 seconds. Only a few minutes later, the British fleet's otherwise disorganized artillery fire became accurate; When he saw that the water column stirred up by a salvo had already caught the German patrol in it, Betty knew that the fate of her own fleet was coming!

"Boom!" With a shocking sound, a 343-mm armor-piercing bullet swept violently on the 150-millimeter-thick upper armor on the side of Prince Heinrich with a thunderous momentum. However, this armor-piercing projectile, which could have penetrated the armor and caused heavy damage, exploded the moment it touched the armor due to its sensitive fuse. The red light exploded in cascading and shrapnel flew and shot fiercely, setting off a bloody whirlwind of death on the starboard side of the Prince Heinrich, and the flames were blazing. However, in comparison, this kind of armor-piercing projectile that explodes outside the armor is undoubtedly much less harmful than the explosion that enters the hull and explodes; Several water dragons rose into the air and rushed towards the place where the fire was ignited. Hearing the report sent back by the damage control troops, Major General Maas was glad and couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart: How did the British artillery shells become so weak that they could not penetrate even 150 mm thick armor?

Thunder roared, and water swayed. In the next 20 minutes, the Prince Heinrich was shot several times, and the fire erupted. However, to Maas's dismay, the British shells either exploded at the slightest touch, or were bounced off by their own 250 mm thick main armor, causing only a large fire, and sweeping a sacrificial compartment outside the armor box, leaving the ammunition depot and power compartment intact. The fact that he had been killed in a very short time did not materialize gave Maas hope of survival; Maas had already made up his mind that, if he survived, he would report the poor armor-piercing performance of the British shells to the German Admiralty, so that he could take more active action in the future.

"Boom!" There was another loud explosion in Maas's ears, and two thick columns of water suddenly rose on both sides of the battleship, and the foredeck was already shrouded in smoke and flames. What Maas did not expect was that the soft quilt cap armor-piercing bullet fired from Queen Mary did not explode on touch like the previous one, but only after penetrating the ship's 230 mm thick gun mount to the limit before the firing pin of the fuse was triggered. The terrifying explosion caused by 20.2kg of picric acid blew the turret's servo to pieces, and the blazing heat and flying shrapnel turned the turret into hell on earth. The German sailors in the turret were either on fire and charred, or they were splattered with shrapnel from the flying bullet that pierced their bodies. The entire foredeck was twisted into shape by the thunderous blow, the deck arched abruptly, the steel plates cracked and curled, and the ground was full of debris.

The flames were billowing and burning the inside of the turret red. Sergeant Major Cornell trembled and climbed out of the pile of dead men, only to find that the entire turret had become unrecognizable, with broken steel parts scattered everywhere, and he was the only one left alive in the turret. Just now, at the moment of the flames and shrapnel, several German sailors were hit by the air wave and flew backwards, just crushing him tightly against the corner of the turret, so that he escaped. However, Rao was like this, and his waist and abdomen were still cut open by a piece of shrapnel, and the wound was sharply painful; Blood gushed out, staining the white uniform red. Cornell struggled to his feet, and was about to leave the fire-filled Shura field, but out of the corner of his eye, he was shocked to see a tongue of fire licking and curling, spreading towards the ammunition depot through the open blast door!

Cornell's pupils constricted suddenly. At present, the only way to keep this battleship safe is to release water to flood the ammunition depot! He endured the sharp pain in his waist and abdomen, and staggered briskly towards the sea valve. Due to the violent action, more and more blood spilled from his waist, which made him feel dizzy in his brain, and he wanted to fall down and give up; However, the strong sense of responsibility and mission in his heart drove him all the way to the sea valve. The waves were rolling, the poisonous smoke was suffocating, and the roulette that drove the relief valve had already been roasted red by the scorching flames, and even from more than half a meter away, its terrifying heat could still be felt. However, Cornell did not hesitate, his eyes flashed fiercely, and then he stretched out his hands and held them directly on the roulette wheel!

"Uhh The green smoke was billowed, the flesh was rolling, and Cornel's hands suddenly felt a sharp pain ten times that of his waist, so that he couldn't help but let out a heart-rending roar. However, his festering palm grasped the roulette wheel like an iron hoop, and slowly turned it with all his strength!

With Cornell's tears and blood, the sound of rushing water suddenly sounded from below; Hundreds of tons of seawater rushed in, quickly submerging the entire bow ammunition depot. The flame also touched the sea water in the next few seconds, and it shook and extinguished instantly. However, Cornell could no longer resist the intense pain and dizziness, and fell to the ground next to the corpse of the robe.

"Dad, I'll wait for you to come home." In a trance, Cornell heard a childish child's voice, and a little girl with big eyes was standing next to a gentle woman. His throat was clogged, mixed with joy and sorrow, and he wanted to answer, but suddenly there was darkness in front of him, and he couldn't feel anything. (To be continued......)

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