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In order to prevent the three battleships from rushing over together and scaring the enemy ships away, and because the battleship "Rodney" was already dragging behind at a maximum speed of less than 24 knots, the commander of the British fleet decided to let the two faster King George V-class battleships go over and entangle the "Tirpitz" first. Although the King George V-class battleships only had 356mm caliber main guns and could hardly pose a mortal danger to the German battleships, it was very promising to be the first to cripple them under the premise of two to one

At that time, it was time for the battleship "Rodney" to rush to the battlefield, and with its terrifying nine 406mm guns (Note 1), it should not be a problem to send the battleship "Tirpitz" to the bottom of the sea. Although the speed of the battleship Rodney was nowhere near that of the German battleships, the speed of the damaged "Tirpitz" was likely to drop significantly, and even if they tried to escape after discovering the Rodney, they probably would not be able to escape at that time

To the relief of the British, the Tirpitz did not choose to flee after discovering the two British battleships, but bravely met them, and even the heavy cruiser did not fear the battle between the battleships, and it was clear that the successive victories of the year had greatly increased the confidence of the German Navy, and it was no longer as fearful of the British Royal Navy as it had been at the beginning of the war.

Although relieved, this attitude of the Germans undoubtedly stabbed the British self-esteem, so that the two British battleships took the lead at a distance of 28 kilometers from the enemy with their own 6 356mm forward guns (the main turret of the King George V-class battleship and its distribution are rather strange, and there is a quadruple 356mm main turret in the front half. There is a twin 356mm main turret, while there is a quadruple 356mm main turret in the rear. The first round of test firing was carried out on the battleship "Tirpitz", and the results were naturally all deviated, and because of the opposite direction of the two sides, the speed of the approach was so fast that before the first round of shells fired by the British fell into the sea, they had already entered the effective range of the main guns of the German battleship, so the Germans did not hesitate to fire 4 381mm shells, and the result also failed to hit the target

Realizing that their firepower was insufficient, the Germans immediately steered the warship to turn and tried to face the British ship with a side chord. In this way, all 8 main guns on the "Tirpitz" could be fired. How much can balance the difference in the number of main guns on both sides. Although in this way, all the parameters obtained from the previous test firing were useless, and the re-test firing had to be completed after the steering was completed, but in order to obtain double the firepower of the main gun. The Germans did not choose more haode.

Naturally, the British also knew this ancient method of warfare. But due to the fact that the power of the 356mm gun is too small. It is necessary to get as close as possible to the enemy ship in order to get the more haode damage effect. Moreover, if they went in a straight line, they would not need to readjust the fire control parameters from the beginning, so the Germans would likely hit the enemy ship before they turned to complete and conducted at least two or three rounds of test firing.

For naval warfare. The first strike is very important, even if the main gun is not powerful enough to penetrate the strong armor of the enemy ship's vital parts, there are many parts that cannot be protected by the armor. If you are lucky enough, you may even hit the opponent's bridge directly and destroy the commander and radar, and then the enemy ship will basically have no power to fight back; Even just hitting the weak part of the enemy's underwater armor defense and causing water ingress would affect its speed and give the British fleet a great advantage. Thinking of this, the face of the commander of the British fleet couldn't help but show a trace of contempt, in his eyes, the German navy was still too tender, and it was just luck that he was able to achieve so many results before

When the distance between the two sides was reduced to about 25,000 meters, the battleship King George V took the lead in forming a straddle fire in a salvo, and hit the enemy ship for the first time in the next 6-gun salvo, but unfortunately it hit the main armor belt of the side chord, which was the most defensive, and the 356mm caliber armor-piercing shell could not penetrate the strongest defense of the Bismarck-class battleship in any case.

Compared with the battleship King George V, which can be called a battle-hardened battleship, the Duke of York has been in service for too short a time, not only has it not been tested by war before, but the most basic run-in between the officers and men on the ship is very insufficient, so when Big Brother hits the enemy ship, they have not even fired a straddle. On the contrary, the battleship "Tirpitz", which had completed the turn, took the lead in firing at the Duke of York, and in this salvo directly hit the No. 1 main turret of the "Duke of York".

Almost at the same time, there was a sudden loud bang somewhere in the middle of the battleship "Tirpitz", billowing smoke, and the British fleet suddenly cheered, and the fleet commander judged that the 356mm main gun of the ship King George V should have hit one of the opponent's secondary guns, or the turret of the anti-aircraft gun and detonated some shells, although this could not cause much damage to the huge "Tirpitz", but it could cause a little casualties and somewhat weaken the firepower of the enemy ship. It can barely be regarded as a good start, so his face can't help but show a little joy.

But only 10 seconds later, the vice admiral saw a huge mushroom cloud suddenly rise from the battleship Duke of York, followed by a deafening loud noise, and it was clear that it had been hit by a large-caliber shell like the enemy ship. At this time, the distance between the two sides was still 20 kilometers away, and out of confidence in the defense of the King George V-class battleship, the vice admiral was not very worried at first, but the speed of the Duke of York slowed down significantly, which made his heart tense.

"What? The shells of the Germans got into the boiler room? That's impossible! The vice admiral, who received the notification on the bridge, looked at him in disbelief and roared uncontrollably. You must know that the King George V-class battleships are designed for defense, and even the vital main gun firepower has been sacrificed, and in order to guard against the enemy's aerial bombs and large-caliber armor-piercing shells from a long distance, the horizontal armor has been thickened to 153 mm, and with the current engagement distance of more than 20 kilometers between the two sides, the ballistic angle cannot be too large, and it stands to reason that the main gun of the "Tirpitz" is only 381mm caliber It is impossible to penetrate the horizontal armor of the battleship Duke of York. And the boiler room that threatens the Duke of York?

Note 1: Due to the outbreak of the European war more than a year late, the British Navy modernized and modified those older warships, among which the main gun caliber of the battleship Rodney was originally large, and it was also replaced with a new cannon with a longer range, greater power and higher accuracy, and the Rodney became the battleship with the strongest main gun firepower on the Shijie at that time, but due to the hard damage of the speed, it could not be solved, and there were not many opportunities to appear (to be continued......