The angle at which the German assault fleet cut into the tail of the British high-speed fleet was not a T-shaped formation with a 90-degree angle, and the direction of its travel and the direction of the opponent were 120 degrees (or 60 degrees) before cutting. When the leading Scharnhorst passed through the rear of the two Linxian-class battleships that were broken, it was only seven kilometers away from the two ships, and less than twenty kilometers away from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal in the distance.

Shortly after the German fleet had cut through the course of the Galatea, the lead Scharnhorst began to turn and turn in a direction parallel to the British fleet.

The attacking fleet marched in a long snake formation, the first ship was the Scharnhorst, the second ship was the Gneisenau, and the third ship was the pocket battleship Deutschland, and after the hull of the German battleship also completed the turn, and the direction of travel was pulled parallel to the opponent, with the sound of the "fire" command issued by the clear code was received, all the large-caliber guns of the entire fleet that could fire to the right were all fired.

Before the firing fire, the British Fleet's Electricity Department overheard a large number of radio messages, and it was Lin Han and Hannah Thong Guò on the Scharnhorst's own perception to confirm the opponent's position, cooperate with the crew of the ship's chart profile drawing room, correct the fleet's course trajectory, and at the same time inform them of the distance, relative speed, and angle of the ships of the whole fleet and the British battleships.

For tonight's night artillery battle, the German Navy has been preparing for more than a year.

Since 1938, when the German Navy's new warships have been in service, Hannah has adapted her perception to the experience of the night battle in the East China Sea in 1935. The use of the "perceptual range" capabilities of the lead ship was worked out to provide the entire fleet with artillery means of firing units.

For this day, the Germans used to train hard at night for more than a year.

The large number of unwired signals heard by the radio listening department of the British fleet at the moment before the bombardment was the lead ship, the Scharnhorst, providing the remaining friendly ships with the last firing count. As to the angle of fire and the point of the gun, each ship had previously received a coefficient from the Scharnhorst, and each ship had already marked it clearly on its own shooting mapping work, and then it was only necessary to calculate and decide.

The German night raid fleet, the first to fire the lead of the Scharn sisters. The two Scharnhorst-class battleships, Lynhan and Hannah are now separated. Each returned to his own "ontology".

Scharnhorst-class battleship. The main guns were three triple 406 mm (16 in) guns, and the secondary guns were ten twin 128 mm/45 x high and flat guns, five symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the hull.

When the two ships opened fire, the ship's secondary guns were aimed at the target. Both were the last two closest 5,000-ton Linxian class light cruisers in the British fleet. A Linxian-class light cruiser with a tonnage of only five thousand tons. Steering fast. Maneuverable and nimble, in the event of a lightning strike in a night battle, the threat to the German fleet was even greater than that of heavy cruisers. So the artillery battle began. In line with the principle that it is better to cut off the "two fingers" than to hurt ten fingers, all the 128-mm guns that could be used by the entire German fleet were concentrated on the two ships.

Since the Scharnhorst was attacking the Galatea, which was only more than 8,000 meters away, in the first wave of firing, due to the close distance, four out of ten 128-mm shells fell on the ship, plus the shells fired by the rest of the friendly ships, in the first wave of shooting, the ship ate 10 128-mm shells, and the whole ship was instantly burned into a dazzling torch in the night.

And another Linxian-class light cruiser Penelope ended even worse, shooting at him was the Gneisenau, the Gneisenau under the command of Lin Han hit him three times, and the two anti-aircraft cruisers combined hit him four bullets, but the worst and most unfortunate thing was that the pocket battleship Deutsche Italian, which followed behind Gneisenau, although the first salvo of the six 128mm secondary guns on the right side of the ship all failed, but its two triple 283mm main guns fired at the Penelope when firing a salvo, One 283-millimeter shell hit the bow of the ship, causing the bow to be broken, and the rest of the shells also formed a close miss, so that the underwater part of the hull was damaged in many places, and the sea water rolled in, and its speed was inevitably reduced.

However, when the secondary guns of the two Shane-class battleships were "slaughtered", the main guns of the two ships combined with 18 guns bit the aircraft carrier Ark Royal 19,000 to 20,000 meters away (the two ships are in different positions, so the distance from the Ark Royal is different), and the first round of firing formed a straddle fire.

While the shells fired from the main guns of the Shane were still in the air, Lin Han and Hannah were providing the other friendly ships in the fleet with their "correction numbers" after the first round. This is the last time that Lin Han and Hannah will give corrections to their friendly ships against these two enemy ships, and they will then concentrate on destroying the Ark Royal. After the two unlucky Lin Xian-class light cruisers were hit by multiple bullets, one of them caught fire and became the most conspicuous target, while the other was only a little less fire-headed, but it was the unlucky guy who was hit by a 283-mm shell in the bow. Even if there was no need for the two to continue to provide corrections, a few more rounds of firing would be enough for the entire fleet to completely destroy it.

Suddenly encountering a night attack, the British fleet at this time did not have time to react. Since the fleet was traveling at night and the distance was relatively long, the avant-garde warships were not even aware of the fact that the rear fleet was shot, and even Vice Admiral Horan, the captain of the main flagship of the Hood, was still dealing with this incident in the telegraph room from a large number of German non-telegraph signals that had just been received, and the whole fleet was in a state of "no knowledge" at all.

The two Lin Xian-class patrol light cruisers were suddenly fired at by the entire German fleet, and the hull of the ship was shattered, and the whole ship was in chaos. The battle alarm sounded only a few seconds after the two ships were shot, and when the radio room was about to urgently inform the flagship of the attack on the rearguard, the 128-millimeter naval guns of the German ships were already raining bullets at a rate of four seconds.

Due to the proximity to the German assault fleet, most of which were within 10 kilometers, the hit rate of each ship was surprisingly high when firing a salvo at it.

The six German cruisers behind the two Lin Xian class did not turn at this time, and all of them were arranged in a T-shaped formation, due to the difference between their distance and the two ships. Therefore, the time for the shells fired by each ship to reach both ships is different. And for the crew of the British ship, every two to three seconds, their hull shook violently from one to several times, and each shock meant that the hull was shot.

For a 5,000-ton light cruiser of the treaty class, even a direct hit of even a 128-mm shell would cause great damage, not to mention being "bathed" by a salvo of 128-mm guns of more than ninety guns from eleven ships. In the German fleet led by the Scharnhorst, almost all the 128-mm naval guns on the ships were double-packed, and only a few were single-packed. These naval guns used semi-automatic loaders, which had a rate of fire of more than twenty rounds per minute at the limit of fire.

Due to the existence of the ship soul this unscientific existence zài provides the number of shots jù and ballistic corrections. Even in the middle of the night. All the captains had great confidence in their "gunnery". At the beginning of the battle, the first shell flew out of the chamber and did not wait for it to fall and hit the target while it was still in the air. The gunners of the ships reloaded at great speed and continued to fire.

In just thirty seconds. The 128 guns of each ship fired a full eight rounds of salvos. At this time, if you stand on the two ships that are set on fire, look behind you. You will see countless red dots turning into meteors flying out of a "reverse figure-7 line" more than ten kilometers long behind you and on the left, rushing towards the two poor light cruisers with a tonnage of only 5,000.

The two ships, which were tragically attacked by the fire of almost all the secondary guns of a fleet, were under the continuous "deck washing" of the strong firepower projection density. A huge tsunami swept around the two ships as if they had encountered a typhoon, and countless sparks erupted into the sky like erupting volcanoes. It was late at night, there were not many sailors on the deck who were on vigil, and there were not many unlucky people who were swept into the sea by the waves of shelling. However, the large number of shells that burst into the hull of the ship, and the storm of iron and fire that was created, still tore the sleeping and on-duty sailors to pieces from time to time.

When the Shane sisters finished firing the first shot, reloaded their shells, and were ready to fire a second salvo, two huge fires broke out in less than five seconds on the sea ten kilometers away.

The Galatea was hit by a 128mm shell that pierced the rear ammunition magazine, while the Penelope was unlucky enough to detonate the torpedo bay in the rear, triggering the trigger for the execution. However, due to the time difference, the ships of the German fleet had previously fired shells at it, and they were still flying in the air in large numbers. When the two ships sank in the midst of the earth-shattering explosion, the shells flying in the air continued to fall, and they broke and were about to sink the hull of the ship and carried out another miserable "whipping" of the corpse.

The ships of the two ships, which had been shelled suddenly, almost did not realize what was happening, and sank into the icy waters of northern Europe in December amid violent explosions. In the middle of the night, in the low temperature close to zero, all the crew members who fell into the water, even if they were lucky enough to escape the whirlpool caused by the wreck, were soaked in the icy sea water for several minutes before being frozen to death, and in the end, none of the crew members of the two ships survived.

Thirty seconds after opening, the ballistic-corrected Scharnhorst fired a second volley, followed by a volley from Gneisenau.

At this time, on the Shane sister ship, Lin Han and Hannah had sensed the end of the two Lin Xian-class light cruisers that were being set on fire, and the two had discussed in advance and shared different targets.

Hannah focused all her attention on the Ark Royal, constantly providing the two ships with important firing units such as the Ark Royal's speed, angle, and bearing, as well as the most critical ballistic correction numbers.

Lin Han, who was in second place in the fleet, was responsible for guiding all the guns in the fleet to divert targets.

The three capital ships of the British high-speed fleet, HMS Hood, HMS Prestige, HMS Counterattack, were located, the nearest of which was 28 kilometers away from HMS Scharnhorst. Plus it was late at night, and at this distance, the opponent's fifteen-inch artillery was not at all to fear. Even better, all the British battleships were now all in the "ass"

Against the enemy, it is difficult to "retreat", the angle of fire of the artillery is greatly affected, and it is extremely awkward and difficult to deal with the enemy behind them. Not to mention that it was late at night, and even if a flare were fired to illuminate the entire sea, the hit rate of the shells coming from a distance of 26 kilometers would be horribly low.

What could really pose a threat to the German fleet was the light cruisers that followed the capital ships, with a small turning radius and flexible maneuverability, followed by heavy cruisers of the 10,000-ton class, and the main threat was not their guns, but the torpedoes carried on the ships.

However, the problem of all British battleships was the same at this time: all butt against enemy. In the dark night, when they suddenly encounter the "burst chrysanthemum" behind the opponent, before they turn around, they have to endure the baptism of bullet rain ranging from a few minutes to more than ten minutes. As for using the tail to launch a torpedo directly to attack the opponent, one is the problem of range, and the other is the problem of aiming, which basically plays a role in psychological comfort.

In the fortieth second, when the eighteen 406-millimeter shells fired by the second round of fire from the two sister ships of the Shane class were still flying in the air, the rest of the firepower of the entire German fleet, under the guidance of Lin Han, ended the inhumane act of "whipping corpses", turned the guns together, and moved towards the nearest heavy cruiser London.

The ship was located about five kilometers behind the left of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, and after the shelling began, it was the first warship to realize that the fleet had been attacked by the German Navy at night, except for the two unlucky liners. While sounding the battle alarm, the ship used a means to warn the whole fleet.

The ship was about 15,000 kilometers from the lead ship of the German fleet, the battleship Scharnhorst, and was within range of the 128-mm naval guns of two Scharn-class and one pocket battleship. It was a little difficult to destroy the ship with the 128 mm secondary guns alone, but the concentration of the secondary guns on the three battleships was enough to "wash the deck" of the ship, and if there were enough hits, there was a good chance of sinking the ship. At this time, the pocket battleship of the German also turned its guns and aimed its guns at the London, which was equivalent in tonnage.

Lin Han was responsible for concentrating the remaining firepower of the three ships to bombard the London and provide it with a point of impact. As for the other light cruisers, having completed the task of destroying two enemy ships in the rear of the palace, they all temporarily ceased fire and began to turn, and were about to change their direction of travel to an angle parallel to that of the opponent.

In addition to providing the correction number of the shelling of the three ships, Lin Han also had to provide the variable speed and direction number of each ship of the opposing fleet at any time. (To be continued......)

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This chapter was originally a big chapter of 8,000 words.,But because there are more socials in the New Year.,I don't know if I will have time to update and go online tomorrow.,I can only split this 8,000-word big chapter into two chapters.。 The new chapter will be automatically updated around 10 minutes after 12 p.m.