In the case of a small gap in quality, the quantitative advantage is always the most important, even if the Germans have the first hand, even if the two Leipzig-type light cruisers are trying their best to hide themselves, but at a distance of less than 2KM, the two German battleships were quickly locked by the searchlights of the British, and then as many as nearly 30 6-inch guns spewed a deadly tongue of fire at these two battleships with a displacement of more than 4000 tons. The fragile waterline armor belt simply could not stop the attack of the 6-inch gun!

The British counterattack was very sharp, and the dense rain of bullets quickly suppressed the fire of the German battleship, and the sound of huge explosions came from a distance from time to time, and the German light cruiser at the head was quickly postponed to the raging fire. "Keep it up! We will soon receive the first worthy results! Parker said excitedly. Sinking a few destroyers was just an appetizer, and now the main dish is served. The frustration just now was also swept away at this time. Almost all the British fixed their eyes on the two German battleships that were swaying in the rain of bullets, but no one noticed that two huge figures were slowly becoming clear in the direction of 9 o'clock.

"Semi-armor-piercing shells are ready, ready to fire." After the gun commander passed the information about the artillery preparation to the gunnery officer, the fire control officer gave Rear Admiral Baker the right order to fire, and when Rear Admiral Baker agreed to attack, the two Rune-class armored cruisers were only 3KM away from the British fleet! And by this time, the entire British light cruiser formation was already exposed to flames and its own searchlights, so to speak, no different from a daytime engagement!

Rumble! The roar of a giant beast shook the entire battlefield! The British killed him, but he didn't expect that a capital ship-level battleship would appear on his side. AT THIS TIME, THE 240MM GUNS OF THE TWO LUNNE-CLASS ARMORED CRUISERS SEEMED TO BE THE MASTER, DECIDING LIFE AND DEATH ON THE BATTLEFIELD. The two Chatham-type armored cruisers at the tail of the team were the first to be sacrificed to the altar of the god of war during this naval battle. THEY WERE TARGETED BY 12 240MM GUNS UNPREPARED, AND AT A DISTANCE OF 3KM, THE TRAJECTORY OF THE 220KG HEAVY PROJECTILES FIRED BY THE 240MM GUNS WAS EXTREMELY STRAIGHT, AND IT WAS NOT TOO MUCH TO SAY THAT IT WAS A DIRECT SHOT, THERE WAS NO NEED TO CALIBRATE AT ALL, THE GERMANS FIRED DIRECTLY AT THE HIGHEST RATE OF FIRE, AND EACH BRITISH CRUISER WOULD BE BAPTIZED WITH ABOUT 3 TONS OF SHELLS IN A MINUTE!

Tragedy soon struck. Less than 2 minutes after Rear Admiral Baker gave the order to open fire, two huge fireballs rose at the bow of Southampton at the same time! A shell shattered a 6-inch gun in the bow of the ship and caused a large fire. ANOTHER SHELL HIT THE MIDDLE OF THE HULL HARD, AND THE 50MM ARMOR BELT WAS PIERCED LIKE A PIECE OF PAPER, AND THE SHELL THAT ENTERED THE HULL FINALLY EXPLODED IN THE BOILER ROOM. A huge orange fireball burst out of the Southampton. The sound of the ship's hull breaking and the boiler explosion made everyone shudder, and the British, seeing that the situation was not good, decided to flash immediately!

But it seemed to be too late by this time, and the Southampton soon lost power, and a large amount of seawater poured into the hull, and in just a few minutes the battleship was flooded with more than 500 tons, and two-thirds of the boilers were turned off. The entire battleship was almost stopped. And then the blows of the Lune followed, and in just 5 minutes, the light cruiser with a displacement of up to 5,000 tons was swallowed by the waves of the North Sea. And the other light cruiser Sydney, which was taken care of by the armored cruiser USS York, was not much better, and was very loyal in the hard work. THIS BATTLESHIP FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE SOUTHAMPTON AND WAS BLOWN TO PIECES BY THE POWERFUL 240MM GUNS! THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S A REAL FRAGMENT, THE AMMUNITION DEPOT OF THIS BATTLESHIP WAS PIERCED BY A 240MM SEMI-ARMOR-PIERCING SHELL, AND THE ENTIRE BATTLESHIP OFFICERS AND MEN WERE WIPED OUT, AND NOT A SINGLE ONE RAN OUT!

What should I do if I find myself trapped? Naturally, it is immediately untied, whether it is on the battlefield or in the stock market, and it is indispensable to cut the flesh, but who to cut and who to leave is a question worth studying, although Colonel Parker was calculated by the other party, but at the last moment of his life, he still made the last and most correct choice in his life, and from the moment the two Rune-class armored cruisers appeared, he knew that he had failed, and at the same time he was sure that he and the Chatham would definitely not be able to escape, and he was set on fire at the beginning and made into a torch, and then he was taken care of by two German light cruisers, and he was shot many times at the waterline, and the ship's side was seriously flooded, and God had no chance to save his old man.

"Order the Dublin to retreat, we'll take cover!" "Tell General Betty where we are, and say that there are large German warships, visually two." After giving two orders, Colonel Parker calmly straightened his already wrinkled uniform, and then commanded his battleship and two destroyers to launch a decisive charge against the German light cruiser formation. And the other two destroyers pulled out a thick smoke screen for the lightly wounded light cruiser Dublin in the back to cover its retreat!

The British colonel finally fulfilled his oath to fight to the end, and in the face of the heavy fire of 2 armored cruisers and 2 light cruisers, the Chatham was quickly torn to pieces by the violent rain of bullets, and no one could count how many shells of medium caliber or higher were hit in the last moments of the battleship. The British are almost dead, and the Germans are too many hits to tell! And when calculating the results of the battle at the end, Rear Admiral Baker generously let the two light cruisers share this result, anyway, he has already sunk one, and it is not good to grab the younger brother below.

At this time, Rear Admiral Baker can be said to be satisfied, especially with his own tactical arrangements, if he directly commands the fleet to kill it, the British will definitely evade, the speed of the light cruiser up to more than 25 knots is definitely not what his two armor that have been in service for 10 years can catch up, and the best result is only to sink one at the beginning. But he played a tactic of avoiding the real and imaginary, and divided a part of the destroyers to lure the other side to expose himself, and then led the fleet to go around to the other side of the other side according to the opponent's orientation and navigation data, although it was at night, but the short exchange of fire of the British fleet was enough for the German fleet hidden behind to obtain relevant information, and then slowly leaned up and then suddenly attacked! And in order to prevent too much error, Rear Admiral Baker still specially let the two light cruisers fire first, and then go into battle himself.

And the results of the battle did prove that Rear Admiral Baker was a last resort, and this battle was definitely enough to go down in history, and 2 mounted cruisers and 2 light cruisers knocked out three light cruisers of the British in less than half an hour, and also severely damaged 1, which made Rear Admiral Baker complacent, you must know that Hipper's 4 dreadnoughts were only praised by the Chinese people after they defeated 4 light cruisers in the last engagement, and this time, they obviously did better!

However, Rear Admiral Baker did not get carried away at this time, he knew that he was now a little far from the western wall, and the British could not fail to modify it after the last time Hipper had eaten a detachment of light cruisers. In the back there will definitely be some large battleships, possibly armored cruisers, and maybe even battlecruisers. Rear Admiral Baker thought of this, but he was not very worried, the reason was very simple, if the other side only had armored cruisers, his two Rune-class armored cruisers would definitely be able to go even if they couldn't beat them, and the most elite armored cruiser formations of the British were in the Indian Ocean (formerly in the Hood fleet). Except for these ships, the rest of Britain could not defeat its own warships, and even if they had a numerical advantage, they could still be withdrawn.

"No, there is no need for us to withdraw, and if His Excellency Hipper agrees with my suggestion, I think we should be able to extend the results and wipe out all the British fleets in the buffer zone." Rear Admiral Baker is still eager to run into some British capital ships, and in his opinion, whether it is a mounted patrol or a battle patrol, there is a Hipper fleet behind to endorse his own safety. The British Fast Fleet was divided into three fleets, the most elite of which was battling the Spey fleet in the Indian Ocean. The First Battlecruiser Formation consisted of four super dreadnought battlecruisers: Tiger, Lion, Celestia, and Queen Mary, but Rear Admiral Baker thought that this fleet should be inferior to the Hipper's fleet. As for the second battlecruiser formation? Not to mention four Dreadnought battle cruisers!

It has to be said that Major General Baker's idea is still very accurate, at least to some extent, he guessed more than eighty percent correctly. But the remaining two percent guessed wrong, that is, the British did send the main battleships to press the formation behind, but not 4, but 8, Betty transferred all the fast battleships on the British mainland. And both Major General Baker and Hipper, they are at a loss to understand this!

"Baker did a good job, if we could, I think we could catch a big fish with Major General Baker bait this time!" At this point, Hipper said this to his staff. No suspicious targets were found around Hipper's fleet, so his whereabouts were not revealed, which definitely made the battle sudden. As long as Baker can attract the British, then he has a chance to destroy them, and Hippert did not expect that the British would be so spicy and bold! Not far from Baker's fleet, Betty's fleet is brewing a fatal blow!

"Colonel Parker's last encounter with an enemy ship should be here, and the other side has at least two large warships." A staff officer marked the most rear-end location of Parker's fleet on a chart. "The Dublin has disengaged, and now the other side has lost a trace. It's not too far away, though, and if we send in a new light cruiser, we should be able to find an opponent. ”

"Colonel Parker's sacrifice is worth it." Betty took a deep breath. "Leave a light cruiser formation, and all the remaining auxiliary warships will open the cordon and find out the culprit of tonight's incident!" Betty's aggressiveness was on full display at this point, and he decided to throw his precious fleet into battle without the slightest hesitation, but at this time he really had nothing to fear. After all, in the face of the gap in absolute strength, any intrigue is useless, and even, he is a little expecting Hipper's arrival!

Thanks to the book friend zhouyu1976 for the tip~~~~. (To be continued......)