On the battleship Alsace, the new flagship of the 3rd battleship detachment of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet, Vice Admiral Hepburn, the commander of the detachment, had a gloomy face, his eyes full of anger, but more helplessness. In this naval battle, he clearly felt that there was no hope. However, he had no choice but to watch his fleet go to the end, and even the entire German navy to the end.

"Damn the Chinese, how did they become so powerful, even more powerful than they were years ago." Lieutenant General Hepburn roared loudly in his heart. Although, the German Navy has made remarkable progress over the years, from scratch, to become a powerful navy second only to the Imperial Chinese Navy. Moreover, it has half of the capital ships of the Chinese Navy. However, now fighting against the 5th Fleet of the Chinese Navy, which is of similar strength, Vice Admiral Hepburn has a feeling of powerlessness. Whether it is the performance of the battleship, or the quality of the sailors, the doubts are tactics, etc., there is a big gap between the two sides. Under such circumstances, will the German Navy still be able to defeat the Chinese Navy and turn the tide? He didn't believe that.

"How long will it be before we and the main fleet will be able to converge?" Lieutenant General Hepburn asked. In the fierce attack on the 5th battleship detachment of the 3rd Fleet of the Chinese Navy, his troops were completely in a position of being passively beaten. Now it seems that only by joining up with the main force as soon as possible can we avoid this kind of doom. However, he was not at all confident that he would be able to join the main forces before the fleet was sunk.

"General, and it will take another hour for us to be able to join the main fleet." The staff officer replied.

"Hell! An hour, that's a terrible hour! Lieutenant General Hepburn cursed. With the current situation of the 3rd Battleship Detachment of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet, it wanted to survive an hour. It's even harder than climbing to the sky!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Almost all the warships of the 5th Fleet of the Chinese Navy have switched to concentrated fire. This undoubtedly indicates. They have all been successful in previous test launches. From now on, their battleships began to shoot with maximum firepower. And hit the battleships of the German Navy. It's almost just a matter of time.

"Order the ships to open fire!" Lieutenant General Hepburn commanded helplessly. Although, now the distance between the two sides is more than 15 thousand meters, which is far from being in the optimal range of the German Navy. However, if it was just a matter of not fighting back, it would have had a huge impact on the morale of the German Navy. Even if the German Navy opened fire at this time, it was nothing more than a waste of shells. However, they still have no other choice.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The cannon roared on the sea, the smoke filled the air, and the whole ocean was almost boiling.

"Boom!" Suddenly. A violent explosion rang out, and a fireball was seen rising from the battleship Hesse of the German Navy. The battleship 'Tang Xianzong', which was the first to complete the test launch, was also the first battleship to achieve a hit. In this round of salvo fire, the No. 4 main gun of the No. 2 battery of the forward main gun of the 'Tang Xianzong' accurately hit the amidships of the battleship 'Hesse'. Although the shell hit above the waterline, it still blew off a 150-mm secondary gun, and at the same time, tore several German sailors in the vicinity to pieces. A large hole was blown out of the deck on the side side. A raging fire was ignited. The damage management personnel of the German Navy immediately began to put out the fire.

"General, the Hesse has been hit. However, only one secondary gun was lost, and it was not a big problem. A staff officer reported to Lieutenant General Hepburn. The current situation. It was as if a mountain had been pressed in the hearts of every German naval officer and sailor. Everyone is speculating whether the main fleet of the German Navy's high seas fleet will arrive before they are sunk. This is already their only hope. Therefore. Many people are secretly praying to God. Pray that they will be able to turn evil into good fortune and successfully return to Germany.

"Hmm!" Lieutenant General Hepburn nodded. And then there are no superfluous words.

"Boom!" Suddenly, there was a violent shaking under the feet of Lieutenant General Hepburn. Thankfully, he was able to grab the dead table in time. Otherwise, he would have fallen. However, his face became very ugly. This is clearly a sign that the battleship 'Alsace' has been shot!

"Report the loss!" Lieutenant General Hepburn shouted loudly. This is already his second flagship in this naval battle. The battleship 'Braunschweig' was already badly damaged and was no longer suitable as a flagship. If the Alsace were to be damaged again, he really had no other choice. Of the remaining three battleships, which one was not deeply damaged!

"General, the stern suffered a 356-mm gun. The stern gun was jammed and it would take at least half an hour to repair. A staff officer reported.

Vice Admiral Hepburn nodded, which undoubtedly indicated that the battleship 'Alsace' would lose a third of its firepower in the next naval battle. However, this is already a great blessing in disguise. If the armor of the rear main gun is directly torn apart, detonating the ammunition and propellant inside, the consequences will be even more unimaginable.

Compared with the desperate pessimism on the side of the German Navy, the 3rd Squadron of the 5th Fleet of the Chinese Navy is already celebrating the victory. Judging by the current naval battles, the German Navy has been completely suppressed. With a twofold advantage, the final victory of the Chinese Navy is already predictable. Of course, all this had to be done before the main fleet of the German Navy arrived. Otherwise, once it encounters the main fleet of the German Navy, I am afraid it will be more troublesome. The capital ship of the German Navy was still twenty battleships. In particular, the four 'Helgoland-class' battleships are undoubtedly very terrifying.

Even if the 3rd Battleship Detachment and the 2nd Battleship Detachment converged, with sixteen battleships, they would probably not be able to converge with the main fleet of the German Navy. The four 'Helgoran-class' battleships alone, apart from the Imperial Navy's 'Ming-class' battleships and the hidden 'Ming-class' battleships, there were no other battleships that could deal with them.

"Very good, brothers have done a good job, play a good role, and sink the German battleship completely!" Vice Admiral Wang Bin, commander of the 3rd Battleship Detachment, applauded loudly.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The three triple 356-mm main guns of the battleship 'Tang Zhaozong,' the flagship of the 3rd Battleship Detachment of the Chinese Navy, burst into an earth-shattering roar, orange-red flames flashed in the thick muzzles, and shells weighing several hundred kilograms whistled towards the battleship 'Braunschweig' on the opposite side.

Most of the shells fell into the sea, but one shell still hit the target. The shell accurately hit the bridge of the battleship 'Braunschweig'. The thick armor did not withstand the armor-piercing projectiles with huge kinetic energy. After the shell tore through the armor, it exploded inside the bridge. The power swept across the bridge like a blazing storm. None of the officers inside, including the captain, survived. Such a loss was undoubtedly worse for the battleship 'Braunschweig', which had already suffered heavy losses.

The death of the captain and other officers threw the command of the Braunschweig into disarray. It was only after ten minutes that the surviving chief engineer took over the battleship as supreme commander. However, at this moment, the 'Braunschweig' is already in its final days.

"General, the 'Braunschweig' was hit on the bridge, the captain and other officers were killed, and the chief engineer is currently commanding the battleship." A staff officer reported to Lieutenant General Hepburn with a pale face.

Vice Admiral Hepburn was also apprehensive, you know, the battleship 'Braunschweig' was his previous flagship! If he hadn't transferred, he would have died together this time. However, before Vice Admiral Hepburn could thank God for his blessing, the battleship 'Braunschweig' was shot again. And, this time, he lost his life directly.

In this salvo fired by the battleship "Tang Aidi", two of the nine 356-mm shells hit the battleship "Braunschweig". One concentrated the stern of the ship, not only blowing up the steering gear, but also leaving a large hole in the stern, causing the sea water to pour into it frantically. The other was a large hole in the side of the battleship.

Under such circumstances, the rescue of the battleship 'Braunschweig' was soon declared a failure. In less than ten minutes, the massive battleship sank into the sea.

After sinking the battleship 'Braunschweig', the battleships 'Tang Zhaozong' and 'Tang Aidi' both diverted their fire and laid siege to the German Navy's battleship 'Alsace'. At this moment, the four 'Late Tang-class' battleships of the 5th Battleship Detachment of the 3rd Fleet of the Chinese Navy are besieging the 'Alsace' battleship. Even if the battleship 'Alsace' had three heads and six arms, it would not be able to resist it!

In less than fifteen minutes, the 'Alsace' ate six shells, all 356 mm shells. No matter how strong the defense of the battleship 'Alsace' was, it could not withstand it. The end result was that the entire battleship was blown into several pieces and sunk into icy water.

The sinking of the battleship 'Alsace' directly announced the destruction of the 3rd Battleship Detachment of the German Navy. The remaining battleships "Hesse" and "Lorraine" were all sunk without holding out long under the siege of the 3rd Battleship Detachment of the Chinese Navy. (To be continued......)

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