。 At this time, Scheer was quite depressed, the first hit of the U.S. Navy's main gun shell hit his ship Okundo, but still hit the position close to the stern, this damage caused the speed and maneuver of the battleship to be affected, and what is even more tragic is that in addition to facing the American battle, the two cruisers behind also began to approach boldly. The situation was quite dangerous at one point. Fortunately, the Princess Maria in front is quite usable. Help fend off the attacks of opposing battleships.

In order to reduce the probability of being hit, the two armored cruisers gradually distanced themselves from each other, and the two battleships were not lined up in the same straight line, and the Okendo, which was lined up behind, also showed a certain angle so that the Princess Maria could help defend against the two cruisers behind that were ready to take advantage at any time. But even so. The situation of the two warships is still not good.

"Concentrate fire on the opponent's main artillery, which is the weapon that poses the greatest threat to us." Looking at the 13-inch turret that spewed flames from time to time in the distance, Scheer gritted his teeth and said. And the gun commanders followed the order to use binocular-type scopes and firing bells to aim at the twin 13-inch main gun turrets on American battleships looming in the smoke!

The Princess Maria, on the other hand, also began to shoot at the opponent's turret. Soon, supported by a high rate of fire, a 10-inch shell hit the front main turret of the Iowa. A red point of light slammed straight into the front of the twin guns! Subsequently, large flames were thrown out mixed with fragments of armor.

"I felt something hit the turret hard, and then, a loud sound echoed in the turret, and my ears couldn't hear it for a while, and I subconsciously touched my ears. Then I felt a stream of fluid coming out. I knew my eardrums had been punctured. Afterwards, the gun commander who served on the Iowa wrote in his diary.

He's lucky. There were two gunners who were right against the armor wall of the battery when the shell hit. And the huge shock was transmitted to them along with the armor plates, and in just less than 1 second, the two poor guys were shocked by the huge shock and broke their spines, and after a few struggles, they lost their lives.

However, the shell did not penetrate the front of Iowa's 16-inch turret. Although the personnel inside were somewhat damaged, the artillery was basically still usable, so a few minutes later, the two 13-inch 35L heavy guns broke out with a shocking roar!

"Damn, we can't penetrate each other's turret armor at all." Looking at the enemy ships in the distance. Scheer cursed in a low voice. The Armstrong 10-inch 40L main gun, which has shown great power in previous naval battles, is finally a little unsightly when facing the opponent's iron turtle. But Scheer can't complain about anything, after all, the PISA-type battleship is an armored cruiser, not a real battleship, maybe he has the strength to fight the battleship. But definitely not by penetrating deeply. Rather, by the rate of fire!

"All replaced with high-explosive shells, since it can't effectively destroy the opponent's main gun, then you can only use high-explosive shells to suffocate the opponent." Scheer is still very flexible. Since it is not possible to quickly weaken the opponent's combat power by penetration, it is now only possible to force the opponent out of the battle with high-explosive shells.

As the distance widened, the two sides played unhurriedly. It was completely different from the four warships in front of him, and Scheer was holding the intention of not being able to fight and dodging first, but what was the purpose of the Americans? Soon. The actions of the two cruisers in the back made Scheer understand!

Soon, two Columbia-class cruisers left the formation. And detour to the right side of the two Spanish cruisers! "Is this going to flank us?!" The first thought that popped into Scheer's mind was this! The biggest advantage of a central axis weapon is that you can concentrate as many guns as possible to attack the opponent's side, but the biggest problem is that once you are flanked, only the secondary guns on the other side can be used! How can a mere 4 6-inch secondary guns of the PISA class deal with the opponent's first-class protection cruisers? …,

And just like that, the two poor armored cruisers were about to be sandwiched between two slices of bread like sausages in hot dogs, and then directly baked by picric shells! "Give a signal to the capital ship, Princess Maria and Okando will be out of battle for the time being, I hope that the Spanish and Madrid will respond immediately!" Scheer ordered.

Although Scheer's actions are not reasonable, but under extraordinary circumstances, he must make a decision on the spot, otherwise, once he is clamped, his side side of the secondary gun group will not be able to tear apart the battle line of the opponent's protective cruisers, and the other side will have to engage two American battleships, then these two cruisers will be really miserable!

So Scheer made a quick decision, and when the American cruiser was not yet in place, he immediately deflected 1 Luo Jing point to the left and then picked up speed to get rid of the flanking attack. After receiving the signal from Scheer, Savera immediately realized that he might have to face the attack of 4 battleships, so he led 2 battleships to prepare to speed up and leave the battleship, although he was a little reluctant to look at the two American battleships that were already at a disadvantage in the distance, but Savera really didn't have the ability to fight 2 against 4!

Sevela's fleet was already faster than the American battleships, not to mention that the two Indiana-class battleships at the beginning had been seriously injured and slowed down, so it was impossible for the two battleships behind to abandon the two battleships and catch up by themselves! In this way, Schell's seemingly illegal maneuver instead put the US Navy in a passive position. The two armored cruisers that had been freed up slowly aimed their main guns at the two and rushed over to find that the situation was not right, but it was too late to turn to the evacuated Columbia-class cruisers!

So, the PISA-class patrol that had been aggrieved for a long time just now finally found a target to vent, and the raindrops of shells instantly covered the two poor dome cruisers, and the 6-inch guns and 10-inch roars seemed to be impermanent. Shoot a lethal shot at your opponent.

"Our battleship was hit from time to time, and after the hull was hit, there was a tremble, thank God, because of the angle, the other side could not use all their sidestring fire to attack us, but we were still hit hard, and only one life was spared." A sailor aboard the Columbia recalled.

The 10-inch shell hit the middle deck of the Columbia, and although it did not destroy the gun, nor did it destroy the boiler and steam engine in the power room, the scattered shnel and shock wave blew several important steam pipes and flues apart! White steam erupted from the broken pipes in an instant, and the ship's speed quickly dropped from 19 knots to about 13 knots. While another cruiser went up to try to cover its retreat.

Just when Scheer was about to further expand the victory, Seveira's flagship issued an order requiring the two battleships to return to the team immediately, because, the 4 American battleships that were against him suddenly changed course and headed in the direction of Majifen's fleet.

Thanks to the book friend Kongchen and the heart dream of the reward~~, as well as the book friend Chibei and the monthly pass support with a breeze, for everyone's support, the author decided to add another chapter later today~~~. (。 )