A 350MM shell flying from the Prince William accurately hit the Neptune's gun mount, and unlike the waterline armor, the gun mount armor is round, so the shell fired from any angle will be fired at a vertical angle, which means that there is almost no problem with the horizontal angle of the zài, (of course, the angle on the vertical plane is still the zài.) IN OTHER WORDS, FOR BETTER PROTECTION, THE ARMOR OF THE TURRET SHOULD BE THICKER THAN THE SIDE CHORD, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FRENCH BATTLESHIP RICELIEU IN WAR II, THE SIDE CHORD WAS NOTHING MORE THAN 320MM INCLINED ARMOR, AND THE ARMOR OF THE TURRET WAS UP TO 405MM THICK! to improve protection.

But alas, the British's artillery mount armor was no more than 12 inches! Although it was much stronger than the Queen's 10-inch gun mount in history, the German artillery also became 14 inches! AT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 13KM, THE 12-INCH ARMOR IS NOT ENOUGH TO SEE THE HARD CAP ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS OF THE 350MM GUN!

"From my vantage point, I could see a tiny fireball flickering under the turret on the Neptune, followed by a loud bang and puffs of smoke pouring out of the breach! Then the entire turret was violently shaken by a huge shock wave. A German officer serving on the Prince William said. After a few seconds, the flames and high-temperature shrapnel from the explosion ignited the ammunition in the dressing room that was hoarded in the gun mount, dozens of shells and propellants detonated in an extremely small space, and the violent explosion made every fire prevention measure become an ornament, countless fire dragons rushed inside the battleship, and the successive loud noises made the bow of the entire battleship finally fall off the hull. The Neptune didn't even remember to fill the ammunition depot with water and was destroyed by a violent explosion! The first half of the battleship quickly sank into the sea, and the second half finally disappeared into the rolling waves of the North Sea with a violent explosion.

"Let the armored cruiser cover the destroyer for a lightning strike. We have to stall for time! After receiving the news of the sinking of the Neptune, Jericho ordered with a gloomy face. Less than 20 minutes after the fight, a dreadnought was sunk, and as time passed. The rate of loss of British battleships will be even faster, and even the precious Super Dreadnought will be included! BECAUSE COMPARED WITH DREADNOUGHTS, GERMAN'S SUPER DREADNOUGHTS HAVE NOT IMPROVED MUCH IN TERMS OF PROTECTION, DREADNOUGHTS CAN'T CARRY 350MM HEAVY GUNS, AND SUPER DREADNOUGHTS CAN'T CARRY IT EITHER! Now the distance cannot be opened, and as long as a shell hits a suitable spot, it means that a ship will cost more than 2 million pounds. The death of a steel behemoth weighing more than 20,000 tons!

The British cruisers, which had never been dominated by opposing opposing armored cruisers and broken battleships on the oceans, never imagined that today they would have to face the super-dreadnoughts of the Germans. This was beyond their design requirements, but at the critical moment, the Royal Navy's spirit of sacrifice and indomitable fighting spirit made the British armored cruiser formation kill the battle line in the distance, which heralded death! And behind them were dozens of destroyers of various types. They will use their bodies and torpedoes to disrupt each other's deployments!

The British armored cruiser formation had already practiced many times, they skillfully penetrated the gap between the main fleet, and then launched an attack with various types of mine-strike ships of several hundred tons behind them! These fast-moving figures were discovered by Scheer at the first time, and then. The German fleet was to carry out according to the plan. The guns of armored cruisers could not inflict fatal damage on dreadnoughts. This was well known, and the Germans knew it perfectly, but the mine-striking ships with hundreds of torpedoes behind them were different, and God knows what consequences these deadly assassins would have for the fleet as soon as they came into range!

The tactic of the British was to use armored cruisers to tear apart the interception of German light cruisers and mine-striking ships, and then cover their own mine-striking ships to penetrate through the gap. Even if it doesn't really do any fatal damage, just breaking up the formation can have a huge impact on the high seas Fleet's operations, and don't forget, there are more than a dozen British capital ships roaring in the distance!

"The fleet is half a point to the left. Distance, we're going to deal with these assassins first! Scheer looked at the British fleet in the distance, covered in plumes of water and smoke from the muzzles. Decisive ordered. Although the two sides did not fight for a long time, but the roar of nearly 400 guns still made the entire sea covered with smoke screens, the British Navy in history had to rest for a while to wait for the smoke to dissipate, and today, such a situation also appeared, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, Schell sensibly chose to retreat temporarily.

The huge high seas fleet began to gradually move away from its opponents, but Jericho clearly did not want to give up, and soon after the Germans turned, the British fleet followed suit, but they turned more than the Germans, a Roking point. Jericho knew that if he didn't get some results before the cruisers and destroyer formations were wiped out, the battle in Britain would be more difficult later. God knows when he'll be back!

The idea is great, but the key to it is how long these armored cruisers will last! LED BY THE DEFENSE AND THE BLACK PRINCE, AT LEAST 10 DESTROYERS AND TORPEDO BOATS RUSHED TOWARDS THE KING, WHO WAS THE CENTER OF THE GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET, SO THEY ALSO BECAME THE TARGET OF THE BRITISH FLEET, BUT THE 40 KING-CLASS BATTLESHIPS WITH 4 350MM GUNS WERE EASY TO MESS WITH?

The Black Prince, who had been tragic in history, unexpectedly approached less than 3 kilometers away from the German main fleet during the night engagement, and at this time he actually sent out a recognition signal as if deadly. And as soon as the Germans saw that the signal was not their own, they naturally waited for a cannon service, and in just a few minutes, the armored cruiser of almost 15,000 tons was torn to pieces! And this time, the Black Prince is still dead, and it is still in the daytime with a good view!

Under the salvo of the King-class battleships, the Black Prince and the Defense seemed to be encased in a moving wall of fire, although the two armored cruisers were fast, but they kept closing the distance and the closer they were to death! Finally, with 7 kilometers to go, a cannonball pierced the Black Prince's horizontal armor and successfully entered the power compartment, and a huge fireball rose from the hull! Under the explosion and tremor of a short time, this armored cruiser with a slender body like a long sword finally stopped on the surface of the sea unwillingly, while the other battleship was even worse, directly smashed into pieces by the other two King-class battleships!

"We don't know if the other side's ammunition depot was concentrated, but we know that after 2 minutes of firing, the whole battleship was like an erupting volcano. The violent explosion was transmitted from the bow to the stern, and the entire battleship was blown into several pieces, countless parts and fragments were thrown into the air, and even some fragments were swept towards the British destroyers behind, and these little guys struggled to dodge shrapnel and flames and continued to rush forward. Scheer later recalled.

Although the British have a lot of cruisers in the pre-dreadnought period, but at the same time, their long lines of communication need these battleships to provide protection, and Thomas also divided some elite cruisers, so those who can get on the table and can walk around in this pinnacle battle are even rarer, so this wave of the British sent only 8 armored cruisers, and the face is 16 German dreadnoughts! The results can be imagined! Neither Scheer nor Jericho expected that the battleship of more than 100,000 tons would be completely destroyed in less than a quarter of an hour! Huge fireballs continued to rise on the sea, and the strength and violence of the dreadnought were vividly expressed at this moment!

They were like mighty giants armed with war hammers crushing the child-like armored cruisers in front of them, and the successive explosions constantly tested the nerves of the British, and this lightning strike was doomed. Having lost the cover of the armored cruisers, the remaining light cruisers and mine-strike ships were directly exposed to the fire of the main German fleet! At a distance of 6 to 5 km, the German fleet was in full swing, and all the guns that could be used were constantly designed, from 350mm heavy guns to 150 secondary guns, to 88mm anti-lightning guns and even a large number of machine guns!

The rain-like shells formed a continuous barrage across the sea, and in the face of such a dense attack, the dodging of destroyers and torpedo boats was almost ineffective, and even if they were lucky enough to dodge a wave of attacks, they might fall within the range of another battleship as soon as they turned around. The vast majority of British destroyers had to fire torpedoes at the maximum distance, and the torpedoes fired at a distance of 3KM were almost inaccurate, and these torpedoes with white trails at the tail could be spotted lightly and then dodged!

The British attack did not yield substantial results, and not a single German capital ship was torpedoed, but the German captains were still under pressure in the face of hundreds of torpedoes coming from all directions. They struggled to avoid the incoming torpedoes and tried to maintain their formation, but there was still a certain amount of confusion in the formation. And at this time, Jericho's fleet managed to seize this very short time!

"What if your artillery can't penetrate your opponent?"

"Then get close until you can get through!"

"What if the opponent's formation makes you unable to start?

"Then create chaos!" Thomas once asked Jericho such a question, and Jericho answered very simply at that time, and today he did the same, at the same time as the lightning strike force set off, Jericho was already preparing to get closer to the German fleet, and when the German fleet turned part of its firepower to patrol, the main force of the British fleet, which had been greatly reduced, had begun to get closer to the opponent under the cover of the smoke screen, and before the Germans could react, they launched a fierce attack first!

The British fleet locked the engagement distance to a little more than 10KM, which is even closer than when the battle was just now! And because of the confusion of the German formation, the British fleet had already slightly overtaken the German fleet, and at least 6 super dreadnoughts in front faced the 4 Caesar-class battleships at the head of the high seas fleet! A local numerical advantage has been formed!

IN AN EXTREME TIME, FOUR ORION-CLASS BATTLESHIPS AND TWO GEORGE-V-CLASS BATTLESHIPS WITH A TOTAL OF 60 343MM MAIN GUNS LAUNCHED A FIERCE ATTACK ON THE 4 CAESAR-CLASS THAT WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD! At a distance of only 10KM, the trajectory is extremely straight! And the German Vice Admiral Von Trota, who was in charge of commanding the fleet, was suddenly caught off guard by such a fierce attack!

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