"The wolves of the Germans really don't remember to eat." Seeing that the other party's target was the transport fleet, Deng Yu subconsciously thought that the intruder was a German submarine, but soon after thinking of this launch source that jumped continuously on the drawing board, he hesitated a little, this should obviously be an airplane, and the connection between the plane and the submarine is actually more troublesome, and this too frequent contact made him feel a little strange. "This opponent is not simple!" Until now, Deng Yu couldn't figure out what the opponent he was going to face? He originally planned to send an early warning signal to the TD16 transport fleet, but he was afraid that he would become the target of public criticism or startle the snake, so after some hesitation, he decided to cat's around the TD16 transport fleet and see the situation!

And just when Deng Yu decided to wait for the rabbit, Lindeman's fleet was already approaching the target under the guidance of seaplanes, and even the optical rangefinder located on the top of the battleship's mast could already range the light source shining in the distance, and the radar had locked on the outer fleet. If it was daytime, at a distance of 20 kilometers, the German fleet would have already greeted the opponent with shells, and now it is night, he needs to get as close to the target as possible!

"Attack begins!" In the end, when the distance between the two sides was shortened to about 12 kilometers, Lindemann finally gave the order to attack, and the seaplanes that had been hovering around the fleet for a long time dropped flares with parachutes from the air, and under the fierce burning of magnesium alloy, the light equivalent to tens of thousands of candles cooled the fleet sailing in the night, and several transport ships located in the southwest of the TD16 transport fleet were instantly exposed to the strong light like day, when the Allied crews were still trying to adapt to the dazzling light, A loud noise from afar broke the silence of the Atlantic at night! The first artillery battle of surface ships in World War 2 finally broke out!

The Berlin opened fire first. Five thick barrels erupted dark red fireballs, and shells weighing more than 200 kilograms streaked across the sky. With a roar of death, it landed in the midst of the opposing fleet. This was followed by Munich and two other heavy cruisers, and the whistling of large-caliber guns joined in. Several convoys of transports in the distance were covered by the water column for a moment. In the face of panicked Allied transports, four German heavy cruisers hunted like hungry wolves into a flock.

And as the wolf king, the battleship Bavaria is still sailing quietly under the cover of night, he is the last guarantee and the last pillar of the entire detachment, although the intelligence does not show that there are large warships around the opponent, but it is always good to have a little backhand, and the plan that seems to have no loopholes in history eventually loses more. Lindemann would rather have fewer ships to keep the fleet. And this seemingly conservative arrangement became the last straw for the German fleet!

"The Germans are really more daring than the Americans!" Look at the rising flames in the distance. Deng Yu couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the boldness of the Germans. In such a situation, they actually dared to send a surface fleet to attack at night, and the courage in this is indeed admirable. Such courage and determination are rarely seen in the world. But alas. This time they were not so lucky, they ran into themselves!

Although the other party's ship type could not be seen from the radar, Deng Yu believed that the other party should have no battleships, and there were very few new alliance battleships. He should have faced a cruiser or even a destroyer. Deng Yu also kept a hand, he let two American cruisers go up and fire in front, his own battleship Longwei hidden behind, and at the same time, in order to reduce the exposed features, he also let the destroyers light up in front! The sharpest sword in this fleet is the deepest. Later, Deng Yu didn't know why he gave this order, which seemed quite timid to outsiders, but subconsciously. He thinks he's doing the right thing!

The German heavy cruisers enjoyed the slaughter very much, and what a pleasant thing it was to slaughter the opposing transport ships when there was almost no threat! With the attack, the convoy of convoys scattered like a flock of sheep. The four German heavy cruisers also scattered in formation, recklessly chasing their prey on the sea. Then the flares dropped by the Germans, aided by radar. The rangefinders of the Entente fleet were already ready to attack, after a short period of preparation. Two American cruisers fired first!

Nine 10-inch guns on the ships Portland and New Orleans roared. The two battleships were eyeing the Berlin and Munich, respectively, and the two battleships were tracking their targets to the east. The huge side sides were exposed to the view of the American cruisers, and their guns were aimed in the other direction! I didn't realize that the crisis was coming!

When the shells of the two American heavy cruisers whistled and flew towards the Germans, the Germans were a little confused, they did not expect that the main battleships of the two sides would actually meet in such a vast battlefield, and the high water column of the shells made the Germans realize that the target was not so easy to mess with, and the close loss of large-caliber naval guns made people frightened. The flickering flames in the distance occasionally exposed the enemy ships hidden in the night, but for the Germans, who were poor at radar, their radar could only detect the approximate location of the target, but could not effectively guide the artillery to attack. Before the seaplanes dropped flares, the Germans could only counterattack based on the muzzle flames of the opposing side! The two German cruisers that were attacked quickly abandoned their prey and began to meet them, while the other two German cruisers formed themselves before joining the fray.

"Let's hit the kilometer one first! The other two are not ready yet, there is no threat, so leave it alone! "Less than five minutes into the fight, the Berlin was the first to be hit, and a 10-inch shell pierced the turret of the Berlin's No. 2 turret! After tearing open the outer layer of armor up to 7 inches thick, it plunged headlong into the ammunition elevator, and although the Germans' double-layer blast doors kept the fire in a fairly small area, it was clear that the heavy cruiser lost a third of its firepower, and the flames and smoke from the turret became the most visible marks on the battlefield!

When the 9 16-inch guns of the Longwei joined the battlefield, the German fleet immediately showed signs of collapse! The huge power of the 16-inch gun was vividly reflected in this night battle! A 16-inch shell hit the middle of the Berlin, and the 1,200-kilogram armor-piercing shell easily tore through the opponent's 9-inch side armor, and then smashed through several layers of horizontal armor before plunging into the engine room of the Berlin!

Hundreds or thousands of fragments from the explosion of the shells completely destroyed the entire engine room. Accompanied by a series of explosions and the sound of metal breaking, a huge fireball erupted from the side side! The resulting shock wave hit even the boiler plant next door. Several important steam pipes were cut. Streams of high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor gushed out with the flames. This blow alone completely decided the fate of this battleship! No matter what happens tonight's engagement, the Berlin will definitely not be able to go back!

The battered Berlin was forced to release smoke to escape the shelling. But with the help of radar, the shells of the battleship Longwei followed, and when another 16-inch shell lifted the entire turret of the Berlin No. 3 from the deck, the Berlin almost lost its combat effectiveness, and struggled to withdraw from the battlefield while fighting back with the two 10-inch guns in the bow! And after the other two German cruisers joined the battle, they still could not turn the situation around, and the strength of the other side was far superior to theirs! There was at least one battleship in the opposite fleet!

"General, the Berlin is no longer good and needs to be rescued!" The Bavaria, which had been hidden in the night, quietly approached its target. Seaplanes on battleships have already taken off, and flares are dropped at the right distance! When the bright light shone overhead, three huge figures appeared in the Bavarian rangefinder, because of the angle, the New Orleans in front appeared larger, and the most deadly Longwei seemed to be smaller, Lindemann did not say a word, and projected the terrifying fire of 8 15-inch naval guns onto the American cruiser at the head!

"Damn! There's a big guy next to it! "When a new firepower point suddenly appeared on the flank of the Entente fleet, Deng Yu suddenly felt that the situation was a little out of control!" How many warships did the Germans send! "15-inch shells fired from 15 kilometers away quickly threatened the entire fleet. Deng Yu saw with his own eyes that a 15-inch shell hit the side of the New Orleans, and a huge fireball exploded from the hull, and countless fragments and thick smoke instantly covered the front deck of the battleship. After this blow, the second turret of the New Orleans drooped. And the German heavy cruisers, which had received support, also suddenly came to their senses. Rain shells on two American heavy cruisers with their heads in the air! The situation finally turned in favor of the Germans.

The current situation was 4 to 3, the three German heavy cruisers remained largely intact in combat strength, and the New Orleans on the side of the Entente lost at least a third of its firepower. And at this time. Although theoretically the Longwei was a notch stronger than the German Bavaria, the artillery battle was carried out at a distance of more than ten kilometers. The Longwei was also not sure that its defense would be able to block the attack of the new 15-inch shells!

"The destroyer inflicts a lightning strike on a newly emerged target! The cruisers concentrated their fire and knocked out those German cruisers first! We're ready to say hello to that big guy! Deng Yu ordered decisively. The size of the German fleet must not be very large, and the destroyers of the Germans are still relatively scarce. THEREFORE, DENG YU THOUGHT THAT THE ALLIED FLEET WITH 8 DESTROYERS HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF AUXILIARY WARSHIPS, COUPLED WITH THE 650MM SUPER HEAVY LONG-RANGE TORPEDO PRODUCED BY HUAXIA, WHICH COULD ATTACK TARGETS AT A SPEED OF 10 KILOMETERS AT A SPEED OF 40 KNOTS, IT WAS DEFINITELY THE BEST WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN A NIGHT BATTLE ENVIRONMENT!

4 destroyers began to leave the formation and rush towards the Bavaria, which was spitting tongues of fire in the distance, while the remaining destroyers began to release smoke screens, anyway, the Entente fleet had radar, and the visibility was almost acceptable, and the entire fleet turned a compass point to the right on the sea surface and began to cross the course of the German heavy cruiser, and the situation in the entire battlefield immediately became chaotic.

The dense smoke screen first obscured the New Orleans, which was in the bow of the ship under concentrated attack. The Bavaria, which had lost its target, subconsciously aimed its guns at the second target, but at this time, the huge figure of the Longwei appeared under the flare, and after Lindemann carefully observed it with a telescope, he found the battleship at the tail of the team. Lindeman's thick appearance made him can't help but have a cold war, and his years of naval career made him full of vigilance against the battleship in front of him, a moment of tiger, at this time, the two battleships aimed their guns at each other at the same time!

The straight-line distance between the two sides is only about 15 kilometers, and at this distance, the significance of armor is already relatively limited, and when the opponent is determined, the two steel behemoths begin to hit the opponent with the strongest attack output! Accompanied by the constant firing of heavy artillery and the correction of the fire control system, the two sides quickly completed the straddle fire. The battleship Longwei at the tail of the queue was not completely covered by a smoke screen, and the Germans could still lock on to their opponents quickly through the muzzle flames.

However, in the end, with the help of both radar and optical ranging, the Longwei still hit the opponent one step earlier, and a 16-inch shell smashed into the back of the No. 2 turret of the battleship Bavaria. The shells pierced the upper and middle decks, but were eventually blocked by the main level of the lower deck, which was too close to penetrate the horizontally strengthened battleship even with a horizontal penetration depth of 16 inches.

But it still worked. The violent explosion damaged the generator compartment located below, and the debris from the cracking of the main level destroyed the electric motor located below, and the power supply to turret No. 2 immediately went into trouble, and with a screeching sound, the entire turret stopped turning. However, the Germans also made a hit, and a shell destroyed the radar located on the top of the mast of the Longwei, and the flying shrapnel also caused some damage to the rangefinder, and for a short time, the Longwei could only use the small rangefinders located on the turrets to range and aim at the target.

In this battle, the battleship Bavaria was not in its former glory, and when the second shell completely wiped out the No. 1 turret, and the third shell opened a large hole in the side side, adding thousands of tons of seawater to the battleship, Lindemann finally realized that this guy in front of him was not his own. And when the destroyer approached, Lindemann's determination to evacuate was strengthened. With only two destroyers to cover it, it is difficult for the Bavaria to escape from the ascension under the double attack of the opponent's main forces and torpedoes!

AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE RONWEI REPELLED THE BAVARIA, THE THREE GERMAN HEAVY CRUISERS GAINED AN OVERWHELMING ADVANTAGE IN CLOSE COMBAT, AND THE NEW ORLEANS WAS RIDDLED WITH HOLES BY A DENSE 240MM HEAVY ARTILLERY SHELL. The bow of the entire battleship has been almost beaten into a sieve, but thanks to the Americans' unique ammunition depot defense system, they defend the ammunition depot separately, and it is located below the waterline, and at the same time arrange thick horizontal armor at the top cover, so the battleship was not killed in seconds, but the total amount of nearly 3,000 tons of water intake and lack of power also made him a little unskilled! It's unlikely that the New Orleans will go back.

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