At this time, the two sides were like two warriors after a long battle, and the long and brutal battle had drained their most powerful strength. But both sides are a little unwilling, they stare at their opponents with blood-red eyes, looking for each other's loopholes, eager to jump up and kill each other! Thomas was really ready to retreat, and he even ordered the auxiliary warships to re-release the smoke screen to cover the fleet's departure, but at this moment, the loud noise coming from behind made people refocus on the battlefield that had long been forgotten!

The battle between the three French Super Dreadnoughts and the three Austro-Hungarian Super Dreadnoughts was finally decided, with only 6 warships, and the total number was only one-fifth of the total number of capital ships on both sides at the beginning! And until now, when both sides are exhausted, then a capital ship will be an important weight to change the balance of war! This time, God was finally completely on the side of the Entente, and the Brestany-class battleships and Prinz-Eugen-class battleships, which were originally half-hearted in terms of performance, were divided into high and low in the actual engagement.

It's true luck! Although the French had a slight tactical superiority, they only had a slight advantage in a long engagement, but just now, the Brestani's salvo actually fired two water bullets! And what's even more satisfying is that both of these water shots hit the St. Istvan! And both shells hit the bow under the turret!

In World War I, there are various loopholes in underwater protection in general, although sometimes it can resist torpedoes by subdividing the compartment, but it is not enough to face underwater bullets, except for capital ships such as Longwu-class battleships, which are designed with water bullets in mind. Even the ultra-fearless Caesar-class battleship of the Prince Eugen class could not withstand the underwater bullets of 14-inch shells! Not to mention the more fragile beginning and tail parts! Although countries recognize the shortcomings of underwater protection at the end and increase the thickness of the underwater armor bulkhead, this increased defense is still not worth mentioning for 14-inch armor-piercing shells!

One of the two underwater shells exploded after penetrating the outer bulkhead and the oil tank. The violent explosion directly knocked the armored partition behind into a sieve, and the raging sea water poured in from the breach, directly causing the battleship to turn from a slight left tilt to a serious head tilt, and the subsequent arrival of a shell caused an even more deadly blow, the fuse of this shell is absolutely qualified! After penetrating the outer hull plate and thin steel plate, and successfully penetrating the most rear-end protection outside the ammunition depot! This shell went straight into the ammunition depot! And detonated the ammunition stored inside! Although after a long and fierce battle, there were not many shells in the ammunition depot, but these remaining ammunition were still enough to send the battleship to the point of no return!

A loud bang resounded across the battlefield! The St. István was blown in two by its own ammunition! A column of water up to a height of hundreds of meters rose from the position of the turret in the front of the battleship. The turret, which weighed hundreds of tons, was actually retreated from the gun mount under the force generated by the huge explosion, and after jumping into the air for several meters, it smashed heavily on the hull, accelerating the sinking of the battleship even more! Before the aftermath of the explosion had subsided. The warship, with a displacement of more than 26,000 tons, disappeared into the sea.

"9 to 8 or not now?" Another choice is in front of Thomas! "Evacuate, evacuate at full speed!" In just half a minute, Thomas once again suppressed the battle spirit in his heart and gave the fleet an order to retreat. Originally, according to his intentions, the French fleet, which was in relatively good condition, was cut off. But taking into account certain political problems. Thomas still gave up on this idea, there is a clear difference in the quality of the remaining warships on both sides, and if he continues to fight, he may not win, but the real loss of money!

But at this time, Thomas wanted to go, did the Allies agree? And at this time, Thomas ran into the opponent's sharpest spearhead, the Julius Caesar and 4 Caraciono-class battleships! Although this spearhead has been somewhat damaged after a long battle, it is also not something that the broken shield of Thomas's remaining fleet can resist! Just as the British fleet turned to release smoke. Tycho commanded the rest of the Italian fleet and went on the attack!

In this battle. The Julius Caesar's ability to preserve its combat power was brought to the extreme, and the battle continues to this day. This battleship, which had fought all the way from the avant-garde war, also had six 15-inch guns at its disposal. Unless the barrel is split in two, the deformation of shells hitting the turret and the front of the turret is usually offset by the pre-designed redundancy. And in the last fight, the strongest battleship, which had already slashed 2 super dreadnoughts, aimed its gun at its third target!

THE INDIAN EMPEROR WAS FIRMLY LOCKED, AND A 15-INCH HEAVY BULLET WITH A DEVASTATING AURA SWEPT THROUGH THE SKY AND SHROUDED THE OTHER PARTY IN A RAIN OF BULLETS, THE BRITISH WOULD DEFINITELY NOT SIT STILL, AND THE 8 343MM MAIN GUNS FOUGHT BACK. ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME, A HUGE FIREBALL ERUPTED FROM THE SIDE CHORDS OF BOTH SIDES AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THE DIFFERENCE WAS THAT THE CAESAR THE GREAT'S 14-INCH LAYERED INCLINED ARMOR BLOCKED THE ATTACK OF THE 343MM HEAVY GUN, AND ALONG WITH THE SHATTERING OF THE OUTER ARMOR, THE SHELL'S CAP AND WARHEAD WERE DAMAGED, AND ONLY A PIT OF LESS THAN 6 INCHES WAS MADE ON THE MAIN LOAD. However, the latter's 15-inch armor-piercing bullet successfully tore through the main armor belt of the Emperor of India, and exploded in the steam turbine compartment through the opponent's dome armor! The flying shrapnel and the high-speed engine gear were loaded together, and the violent collision directly paralyzed the power system of the battleship, and the screeching sound of metal tearing, explosions and flames began to rush out of the tunnel and the breach, after this blow, the speed of the Indian Emperor slowed down significantly, and the cannon seemed to have severely damaged the opponent's control system, and the control of the battleship seemed to have some problems. Start coming out of the queue.

At the same time that the Indian Emperor was violently beaten, the Italian fleet led by 4 Caraciono-class battleships also fought with other Allied warships with the cooperation of two Austrian Navy Prince Eugen-class, and it has to be said that the French Brestani-class battleships are really good, at least much stronger than their British counterparts, except for the unfortunate thing of being hit by a bullet in the water, it is difficult for ordinary 14-inch gun-carrying ships to cause fatal damage to them. At this moment, three French super-dreadnoughts bravely took on the responsibility to cover the retreat of the British fleet.

The Indian Emperor could no longer accompany the fleet, and Thomas chose to abandon the battleship without hesitation, but what was surprising was that the attack of the Julius Caesar also slowed down subsequently, which made people a little confused, and only Lin Yongsheng and Spee knew the real reason for the first time! The Julius Caesar, which has been fighting for N long hours, is running out of ammunition! It's not that all the 120 rounds of ammunition for each gun have been exhausted, but that the armor-piercing shells in it are almost exhausted.

The situation of the other warships on both sides is similar, if nothing else, the final result may be that the Allied fleet sinks the Indian Emperor, while the other Allied warships can smoothly move in! But at this time, the Prinz Eugen hit 2 key hits! A 350MM shell hit the steering room at the tail of the Guba, shattering the entire cabin, while another 350MM shell hit the dressing room at the lower part of the No. 4 turret of the Guba. The violent explosion on the one hand destroyed the boiler compartment, which was not far from the gun position, and on the other hand opened a large hole in the side of the ship, which led to a massive influx of seawater!

"What bad luck!" The loss of two battleships at the last moment gave Thomas a feeling of being in danger of being late! If you say that this period of time is skimmed, the two sides are 4 for 4, although they are all super dreadnought, and the other party only sank 2 super dreadnoughts, but overall it is not too much of a loss, but in the last period of time, it is in response to an idiom in Huaxia, which is like a bamboo! After a lot of hard fighting, when the losses reach a certain limit, the speed of losses will be faster than at the beginning! Although the French fleet destroyed the Saint-István, the Allies seized the advantage on the battlefield. With a little bit of luck, the Lone Pull was also left behind!

"Completely lost, let's go!" Under the cover of auxiliary warships, Thomas eventually withdrew the remaining fleet and joined up with the previous Betty fleet. Of the 17 capital ships that came out, only 11 were now left, and in this battle, the Allied fleet sank 2 fast battleships, 3 super dreadnoughts, plus 1 dreadnought, and the rest were all wounded. The fast fleet commanded by Betty was even worse, almost completely losing its combat effectiveness, and had to return to the mainland for overhaul. It can be expected that for quite some time, and probably for all of the rest of the time, the Entente will not be able to organize another engagement of this magnitude!

The British Southbound Fleet commanded by Thomas was completely crippled, although the Grand Fleet still had the remaining 5 Queen Elizabeth-class battleships and 3 revenge-class battleships holding on to the North Sea. At least a certain advantage is guaranteed, but it is unlikely that they want to continue to send troops. After too many battles, the British, who had a thick background, also felt that they lacked stamina, and after fighting on two fronts at the same time, pinning down the Germans in the North Sea, and fighting in the Mediterranean and Italy, the British fleet also entered a period of relative weakness. After all, now the Grand Fleet has only dreadnoughts in addition to 8 15-inch main gun battleships! Super Dreadnought has already been consumed, and it has either sunk or needs to be overhauled! This is the real landlord's family, and there is no surplus food.

The British were very sad, the ally French Navy was not too powerful, not to mention, it began to be overshadowed again, and the Russian Navy was even more trapped in the Baltic Sea. Up to now, it is almost equivalent to the British family against the German, Italian, Austrian, and Turkish navies, although Austria and Turkey can't compete with Britain and Germany, but they can also make up 4 super dreadnoughts! The battle has reached this point, and the Royal Navy is in crisis. If the German fleet completely wiped out the Russian navy, and the Allied Mediterranean fleet once again exerted its strength, how would the British deal with it?

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