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Captain Langesdorff, who felt powerless to win, decisively ordered to flee, but he could not shake off the approaching pursuers, and the British colonies all over Shijie made "Graff. The advantage of the Admiral Spee's pocket battleship was rendered meaningless, especially since the British fleet had repeatedly contacted the colonial fleets to help intercept them, forcing Captain Langesdorff to change course again and again, and never being able to take refuge in the harbors of friendly countries

On May 7, 1941, the British fleet was separated from the "Graff. The pocket battleship Admiral Spee was less than 30 nautical miles, and Captain Langesdorff, who knew that he had no hope of getting rid of the pursuit, could only grit his teeth and give the battle order, and as for the outcome of the battle, he could only hope for God's blessing.

After the enemy ships entered the range of the main guns, the British Royal Navy's "Exeter" heavy patrol and "Ajax" and "Achilles" light cruisers arranged in a "pin" formation headed for the "Graf. The Admiral Spee launched a heavy bombardment, focusing on its three 280mm main turrets, because the pocket battleship had only two main turrets, and according to spies, the turret armor protection of the German warships was much thinner than the side-chord main armor belt, and as long as the two sturdy main turrets were dumbed, it could only be slaughtered, and then get close to the main gun loaded with armor-piercing shells and shoot them directly, or simply fire torpedoes to sink it

However, the wishful thinking of the British fell through. Modified "Graff. The "Admiral Spee" pocket battleship has not only solved the safety hazard of turret jamming, but also the turret armor has been greatly strengthened, not to mention the 152mm main guns of the two British light cruisers, and even the six 203mm main guns of the "Exeter" heavy cruiser are also unable to deal with the "Graf. The two sturdy main turrets of the "Admiral Spee" pocket battleship deal effective damage

This lifted the spirits of Colonel Langesdorff, who was already almost desperate, he naturally knew that the armor of this warship had been strengthened, but he had never imagined that it could have such an amazing effect. Colonel Langesdorff, who was greatly confident, could not help but think of several special shells issued to the ship before the war according to the design scheme provided by the Chinese, and thought that maybe they could also surprise himself, and immediately ordered. "The main gun is loaded with D-rounds. Aim for the No. 1 turret of that big ship and fire! ”

The world's first optical sighting device in Germany and the superb artillery bombardment of the German Navy were fully manifested at this time, and only five of the six cannons hit the enemy ship in one salvo, and three of them hit the selected target - the front of the enemy's No. 1 main turret - impartially. I only heard an earth-shattering loud noise. The massive turret became completely unrecognizable as if it had been opened. And the billowing plume of smoke that rose to a height of more than 100 meters is enough to show that she has suffered multiple traumas

The so-called D-type projectile is actually a traditional armor-piercing blasting projectile replaced with a more sensitive short-delay fuse, so that when dealing with thinly armored light cruisers and destroyers, there will not often be a situation where the shell penetrates the hull and detonates the shell with a delayed fuse, so it cannot cause much damage.

"Exeter" although it was a heavy cruiser. However, the British heavy cruisers because of the lack of tonnage, so they generally chose to abandon the design scheme of turret armor protection, generally speaking, the frontal armor of the turret is only 25mm thick, and the "Exeter" is no exception, and the turret is the most vulnerable to shells in the vital parts of the warship. As for the two light cruisers, they did not have particularly strong armor in various parts

Therefore, in the previous battle of "Graff. Although the six 280mm guns of the pocket battleship "Admiral Spee" hit the enemy ship many times, the powerful large-caliber armor-piercing shells frequently pierced through the enemy ship and then fell into the sea and exploded, and the actual effect was quite limited.

The D-type shell is penetrated into the turret or the inside of the hull to explode, luck haode words can cause a martyrdom to destroy the enemy ship directly, even if the luck is bad, it can also cause great damage to the enemy ship, especially the turret, more than 300 kilograms of large-caliber shells explode in the interior once, basically can not be used

In the past, the navies of Germany, and indeed all the great powers, mainly used two methods to deal with thin-armored warships, one was to use the main gun to fire explosive shells without armor-piercing ability, and the other was to use the secondary guns of a smaller caliber to fire armor-piercing shells. However, compared with the current D-type bomb, the effect is inferior, although the large-caliber blasting bomb can shatter the light and thin armor, but the effect of exploding on the outside is not as good as exploding in the stomach; And the power of small-caliber shells cannot be compared with large-caliber shells.

The difficulty of the short-delay fuze is not high, the reason why the great powers did not think of this method before is because they are strong enough in both their navy and military industry, and if they really want to encounter a situation where a large ship fights a small ship, generally speaking, it is just a waste of a little more ammunition, anyway, if they can win steadily, they will not think about it so carefully. And China's strength in both the navy and the military industry is not good, coupled with the good habits of Chinese thrift, so it is natural to find ways to tap the maximum potential of each weapon and equipment

The British thought that the pocket battleship had only two main turrets as a weakness to exploit, but their flagship only had three turrets, and the rate of fire and accuracy of the German guns exceeded the expectations of the BritishThe maximum speed of the heavy cruiser was sharply reduced to less than 15 knots. And by this time, the two lighter armored light cruisers had also been replaced by the "Graff. The eight 150mm secondary guns of the pocket battleship "Admiral Spee" were scarred by the bombardment

At this time, the British were depressed because the plan to attack the main turret was ineffective, and a certain captain even directly scolded the "MI6" as a waste. However, the British Royal Navy is experienced after all, and since the turret armor cannot be penetrated, and the main armor belt of the side chord cannot be broken, then it can only attack the superstructure of the enemy ship. Although it seems a little late to think of doing so at this time (to be continued......