The battle between fleets of small warships is fancy, especially in clear weather, both sides are within visual distance, and good hit accuracy can be obtained with a direct sight, plus the protection of both sides is not enough to resist the attack of the other party, then the result is two warriors with long knives and paper armor are frantically slashing!

"Fire!" At a distance of 5 km from the target, the guns of the three Bremen-class light cruisers spewed out tongues of fire, which was the best firing distance for the new 6-inch guns. The Dresden-type light cruisers still need to be closer to the enemy's artillery, but it doesn't matter, a distance of only 1KM is only a matter of minutes for the Dresden-type light cruisers with a speed of about 25 knots. The two sides soon got close enough to throw stones at each other!

"It's cruel! This is simply more intense and exciting than the battle of large warships. SCHEER LOOKED AT THE FLYING SHELLS AND SAID, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A 50MM AIR-BURST SHELL WITH REDUCED CHARGE, THE SOUND OF THE IMPACT ON THE HULL OF THE SHIP STILL MADE PEOPLE FEEL PALPITATIONS. The two fleets were moving rapidly, the rapid-fire guns of both sides continued to roar, and in just a few minutes, a large number of shells fell on the hulls of both sides, and the telegrams on the ships also continued to report the battlefield situation to the referee department.

"The torpedo tube of the first ship of the Scheer fleet was hit." A staff officer said to Tirpitz, who was sitting in the officer's conference room on the Longxing. "It doesn't matter, in the engagement setting, Scheer emphasized before the engagement that the torpedo in the torpedo tube would be discarded, so this hit wouldn't cause too much damage." Tirpitz said with a slight frown.

"Dropping a torpedo means that the lightning strike mission cannot be carried out. It seems that it is not a good idea to let a light cruiser take on lightning tasks at the same time. And in the event of an engagement, it can also have extremely serious consequences. Sa Zhenbing thought for a while and said.

At this time, the battle between the two sides had entered a white heat, because of the close distance. The relative angular velocity displacement of both ships was large, the steering of the guns became more and more frequent, and most of the gunners were not carrying the shells but not only adjusting the angle of the guns! THE THEORETICAL RATE OF FIRE ON LAND COULD NOT BE PLAYED AT ALL IN THIS CASE, AND THE GAP BETWEEN THE RATE OF FIRE BETWEEN THE 6-INCH GUN AND THE 105MM GUN WAS FURTHER NARROWED.

"If it is a real battle, our flagship should have already played the flag and handed over the command, and chose to extinguish the fire and save itself." After 20 minutes of engagement, the captain of the Dresden 1 whispered a suggestion to Schell next to him. In just 20 minutes, his battleship had been greeted 12 times by a 6-inch gun! The 88MM cannon greeted no less than 20 times! (Different caliber guns shoot different types of fuel in the shells.) so as to distinguish. This is an absolute blow to a cruiser of just over 3000 tons.

EVEN MORE TRAGIC IS THAT THE 105MM GUNS ON THE FIGHTING SIDE HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY MORE THAN 7 PERCENT. Basically, there is nothing that can be used, and more importantly, there are 2 6-inch shells that hit the power compartment, according to the protection standards of the power compartment, this is to be judged as a breakdown! One of the shots hit the ammunition lift channel of the bow gun. According to the judgment. There is a 50 percent probability that the ammunition depot will be ignited. So if it's a real battle, it's already good that Scheer's flagship can stagger out of the battlefield!

ON THE HIPPER'S SIDE, THE FLAGSHIP BREMEN WAS ALSO HIT BY MORE THAN A DOZEN 105MM SHELLS, BUT THESE SHELLS COULD NOT PENETRATE THE CORE MODULE PROTECTED BY THE DOME. Although the 105mm cannon will still lose its firepower on the gun gallery, in the judgment, unless it hits the bullet directly, it will be protected by the cannon shield. Gun emplacements were generally attrition rather than destruction. So in this engagement, the Bremen had a huge advantage. If in actual combat, although the top and bottom of the hull will still be beaten all over the body, it will not be sunk, and the firepower will be preserved very well.

With the Dresden raising the flag that heralded the withdrawal from the battle, the Hipper's fleet finally gained the upper hand, and now it was three dozen and three tons, and Hipper did not suffer in terms of tonnage and quantity. The other two Bremen-class battleships did not show a decline in the battle with the three Dresden-class battleships, although the projection volume of the Dresden-class was slightly higher, but it could not form an overwhelming advantage, plus the opponent's defense could be immune to the attack of the 105MM-level artillery on the core cabin, so the two Bremen-class took some advantage and covered the Bremen in the case of 2 to 3.

At this time, Hipper sent a telegram about whether to continue the exercise, according to Hipper's idea, now that his side has the advantage, and the victory and defeat of the two sides have been divided, then it can be stopped, there is no need to continue, and the opposite is his old boss, and it is not the result of his reason to make the old boss lose face. And when Tirpitz received the telegram, the result of a moment of contemplation was to continue the fight until one of them was completely defeated!

"What the High Seas Fleet needs is not to crush the adversary, but to completely destroy it! Our principle is to attack! We are not a fleet of guards, let alone a fleet of existence! Faced with the doubts of the staff officers, Tirpitz said categorically! In Tirpitz's eyes, there were only two paths for the High Seas Fleet to choose from, either to defeat the enemy or to sink into the sea with the battle flag high! And this exercise has been planned for a long time, how can it be worth the painstaking preparation without obtaining a complete data?

"The other side is beginning to abandon the attack flagship and the No. 2 ship, and the three Dresden-type light cruisers are starting to concentrate fire on our No. 3 ship!" Shortly after Hipper's telegram asking whether to continue fighting, Scheer responded to Hipper's actions with practical actions, and even though the battle was going to an unfavorable line, Scheer decided to fight to the end! Even if you have no chance of winning, before you die, you have to pull the other party as a backstop!

IN AN INSTANT, THE BREMEN-CLASS SHIP NO. 3 WAS INSTANTLY SURROUNDED BY DENSE 105MM RAPID-FIRE GUN FIRE, AND FUEL OF VARIOUS COLORS EXPLODED ON THE HULL! The hull, originally painted in Victorian grey, was quickly beaten into a palette! As many as 20 guns of various types tilted a large amount of ammunition towards it in a short time. If it was a real battle, the Bremen-type battleship at this time should have been covered by fire, and it is not impossible that the fire has even gotten out of control!

Faced with the sudden change, Hipper ordered the third ship to withdraw from the battle column to save itself, and at the same time concentrated its fire on the enemy ship in order to share the pressure. And just after Hipper's fleet changed from 3 to 2, the remaining 3 Dresden-type light cruisers suddenly began to release smoke and withdraw from the battlefield. In Scheer's view, it is already okay for each side to severely damage one enemy ship of the other, and the bloody battle is good in the end, but if it can be accepted when it is good, it is not a solution.

"Keep an eye on the last battleship, and we'll sink it." After being put on the table by his old superiors, Hipper felt very unhappy. If he doesn't get some face back, I'm afraid he will be depressed for months! And the close-range entanglement between light high-speed warships is something you can walk away with if you say it? And it takes time for the smoke canister to release enough smoke. Faced with the Scheer fleet, which was ready to be oiled on the soles of his feet, Hipper immediately ordered the fleet to stick to it and concentrate its fire on the enemy ships at the rear of the group.

There is a reason for Hipper's choice, on the one hand, it can be easier to bite the opponent, and at the same time, it also prevents the opponent from hitting one of his battleships again with firepower, and it is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers. Although the Germans do not have this proverb, they still understand it. Immediately a dense group of shells fell on the fourth ship of the Dresden-type light cruisers. Because of its location, the Dresden-type could not make the most of its firepower and was besieged by two ships. The two friendly ships in front must not turn back in this situation, either, because turning back would mean getting back into the entanglement. And in the case that the firepower is far inferior to the other party, the result is almost certain, and I don't know how many deaths the other party has, but I must explain it here!

"Keep evacuating, let's go." Scheer, who had already withdrawn from the battle, ordered the fleet to abandon the last battleship and evacuate at full speed, and the result was that the last battleship was determined to be sunk after 10 minutes! With the withdrawal of the remaining fleet led by Scheer from the battlefield, the exercise lasted more than an hour, and all that remained was to assess the losses of the two fleets and provide a reference for the subsequent construction of light warships.

That evening, the results of the assessment came out, but the so-called results made the drill personnel rush to laugh. "General Scheer, if it were actual combat, your conning tower should have been directly penetrated by a 6-inch cannon shortly after the battle began, that is, the orders you gave behind were given by your undead, not by you." A staff officer said with a chuckle.

"General Hipper, if it is a real battle, after you eliminated General Scheer, the number of people on your battleship was as high as about 80, and the 105MM gun has opened multiple openings at the waterline, the hull should be slightly tilted, and the water will also hit more than 100 tons, and the high speed that you run behind should not be able to reach in actual combat." As he spoke, the staff officer said after handing over a photo to Hipper.

"There is also the third ship of the Bremen class, if it is really in actual combat, the bow of the ship should have sunk into the water, the propeller shaft should have been damaged, and the side chords have been beaten into a sieve, and the water ingress is very serious. In a word, as long as the sea conditions are slightly worse, the ship should be counted as sunk. ”

"And General Scheer, your fleet will be judged to be the loss of 2 warships, and if it is a real battle, the result of both sides should be one for two. Tactically, General Hipper emerged victorious. The staff officer added later.

The results came out, but the later research work of the exercise had only just begun, and for this exercise, the Germans had prepared thousands of shells filled with fuel, and seven light cruisers also needed to be repainted, and in some places they were even punched holes, which would cost an additional amount of money, and if it cost so much and could not produce anything of value, it would be a big loss. And the Chinese Navy and the German Navy can really learn something from this.

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