There is always such a principle in the Western military system, if the loss of a unit reaches 30%, then this force is no longer considered suitable to participate in the battle, for two reasons, on the one hand, because he can no longer perform the combat mission, for example, after a division loses 30% of its strength, it can no longer be used as a division, and on the other hand, because if this unit continues to fight, then in the subsequent battles, The rate of loss of combat effectiveness of this army will reach an alarming level!

There is also an idiom in the old East that corresponds to it. That's like breaking a bamboo, which literally means that when you break the top few knots of the bamboo, then the rest of the process will be very simple. In fact, from the perspective of ancient warfare, after the net loss of personnel reached 2 percent, if there is no collapse, it can already be regarded as elite! If you hold on, you will definitely be dead!

And now, no matter how you look at it, the French fleet has far exceeded this standard, losing 2 capital ships, a quarter in number, and almost a quarter in terms of strength. And auxiliary warships? In the last period of time, except for 2 Danton-type dreadnoughts and the other 2 armored cruisers, the other 12 dreadnoughts and cruisers finally collapsed and disappeared under the rolling waves of the Mediterranean! It's not that the Dandong-level protection is really at the level of being able to defy the sky, but because it is accompanied by a gust of sea breeze. The smoke that provided cover for the French fleet was gradually blown away, and the entire fleet was re-exposed to the blows of the Italian-Austrian fleet! And the Italians obviously didn't have time to continue to get along with the boats, and decisively aimed their fire at the main French fleet, which was fleeing in a hurry!

There is a saying that happiness begets sorrow. The Germans met once in the North Sea, and Italy and Austria-Hungary, seeing that victory was in sight, also made mistakes. The battleship Lone Pull, which had been almost evacuated, was left behind by the French fleet at full speed, and although it continued to sail, it was clear that it would not be able to escape, and in this case it was necessary to attack the other ships first, but the Austrians did not know this. Or rather, he only wanted to get a result, and with the acquiescence of Count Spee, the already damaged battleship Taghof was allowed to temporarily break away from the battle. And the other 1 Prinz Eugen type battleship began to concentrate its fire on the Lone Pull, which had become a dead target! The Italian-Austrian fleet was thus pulled apart!

Tycho was dissatisfied with the Italians' actions. But what about dissatisfaction? When the pressure of the French was gone, even the Count of Spee thought that he could consider "his own situation" when the big picture was decided. "Without the support of Count Spee. It was impossible for Tycho to fully master the fleet. And in Tycho's opinion, Taghoff walked away, he had already been hit by a torpedo, and the speed could not keep up with the French fleet, which had already abandoned the Lone, and he walked away, so Tycho didn't care very much.

For the other super dreadnought who killed the fish, forget it, after all, the sea is not calm now. Many of the French destroyers had already broken down after the defeat, if they had come back to attack the Taghoff. The loss of a dreadnought is a big loss. As for the former dreadnoughts of the Italian-Austrian fleet? Well, a total of 13 battleships and armored cruisers, only 2 armored cruisers and 3 former dreadnoughts remained after the hit, and the others are either sinking or sinking, anyway, there is no help! And now that the remaining ships have been allowed to leave the battlefield, they will sail to the Italian mainland under the cover of some destroyers.

"Two less is two less. It doesn't matter anymore. Tycho shook his head and stabilized his mind for a moment, then refocused his gaze on the French fleet in the distance! It's now 8 to 6! 5 super dreadnoughts against 3 opposing ships, 3 dreadnoughts against 3 opposing ships! There are countless advantages, and it is only noon, and the Italo-Austrian fleet still has at least 4 hours to destroy the opponent, and judging from the situation on both sides, the French fleet, which has lost almost all its junior brothers, seems to have been difficult to last for 4 hours!

When the French fleet completely emerged from the smokescreen, the last battle between the two sides finally broke out, but by this time, in either way, it was difficult for the French fleet to escape! The rain of bullets from the Italian-Austrian fleet flew towards the French fleet in waves, and the huge column of water and the flames and smoke screens from the explosion completely enveloped the opponent. And now the French fleet has only the share of being beaten!

Rumble! The battleship Diderot (Danton-class), which was in the middle of the queue, suddenly shook violently, and a shell drilled into a single-mounted 12-inch gun turret in the middle of the hull, which easily destroyed the 12-inch armor on the front, and then plunged headlong near the ammunition elevator inside the turret, and at this time, the French battleship was lifting the ammunition, and the violent explosion undoubtedly ignited the propellant in the ammunition shaft! The violent explosion made the whole battleship tremble, although the last fire door blocked the flames, but the explosion caused by the projectiles and shells in the entire turret and gun mount still caused the ancient battleship to bear huge losses, hundreds of tons of turrets and the gun mounts below were torn off the battleship, not that the power of the explosion was really that great, but because after a long period of blowing, the structure of the battleship has been fatally damaged, and part of the hull can no longer bear the load on it. Eventually, hundreds of tons of turrets fell into the sea.

Although the French fleet continued to release smoke, but at this time it was better to have 3 Brestani-class battleships, whether it was the only remaining Guba or the outdated Danton-class battleships, they were already crumbling under the fierce blow! Although it was a one-sided blow, it did not mean that the French fleet did not achieve results, the quality of the French was still okay, especially the Brestani-class super dreadnought as a fist, and its fierce artillery fire suppressed the Prince Eugen, not that the gap between the two sides was really that big, but because the Austro-Golhungarian fleet was not properly maintained for a long time, coupled with the shock of the engagement, there were only 4 main guns that could be used on the Prince Eugen, and it was difficult to continue to threaten the opponent at a long distance, and the quality of the Austro-Hungarian sailors, Then it made Count Spee frown! There are actually 3 languages on such a battleship! Convey an order depends on where the other party is from! Is this a war or an international conference?

When the battle came to this point, Yiao was no longer thinking about winning, but thinking about how to reduce his losses as much as possible, and it could be said that it was easy and pleasant for Italy to fight the French dreadnought, but the French also had a small advantage in fighting Count Cavour and the half-crippled Prince Eugen, so after thinking about it, Tycho decided to change the formation! 3 Count Cavour plus Prince Oggen continued to attack the French dreadnoughts, while his own 4 super-dreadnoughts attacked the French 3 Brestany super-dreadnoughts!

"The Italians are better than the Austrians." Looking at the fireball that burst from the bow turret of the Lorraine in the rear, George Leg couldn't help frowning. The opponent readjusted his firepower, and this forced him to face the most threatening target first. HOWEVER, FROM THE CURRENT POINT OF VIEW, ALTHOUGH THE 3 PROVINCIAL BATTLESHIPS CONTINUED TO BE SHOT, THE THICK 343MM MAIN ARMOR WITHSTOOD THE OPPONENT'S ATTACK. Of course, the upper deck has been turned into a sea of fire, but overall, the core cabin inside the main armor box is relatively safe. "Maybe we can go back like this?" George Leg said in his heart.

Just when hope was rekindled in George Leger's heart, a near-miss finally ended George Leger's dream. A 14-inch shell flew from 14 kilometers away, and this shell did not hit the target, but entered the water at a distance of about 30 meters from the target! Due to the angle of this shell, it did not explode after entering the water, and the bottom fuse and stable TNT explosives were sometimes so stable that they often did not explode! This was in stark contrast to the picric acid shells of the British. But the impact of entering the water still caused the hood of the front of the shell to fall off, and the shell did not sink directly into the water, but continued to move forward like a torpedo! Looking from the water, you can see a white track quickly approaching the Lorraine! As the trajectory extended, the underwater bomb successfully avoided the main equipment of the Lorraine, and finally crashed into the Lorraine's waterline five meters below the waterline!

At the time of the impact, the French did not even feel anything, but felt a tearing sound from the bottom of the hull, and then the shell successfully penetrated the 5-layer mine protection system that the Americans were proud of! THE THIN STEEL PLATE, WHICH WAS ONLY 15MM THICK, WAS ORIGINALLY USED TO CUSHION THE IMPACT AND ABSORB THE EXPLOSION, HOW COULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO BLOCK THE ARMOR-PIERCING BULLET THAT PIERCED THE MAIN EQUIPMENT? In the end, with a loud bang and a series of explosions, a large hole with an area of more than ten square meters appeared in the underwater part of the hull of the Lorraine, and with the sound of explosions, one of the engine compartments of the Lorraine was completely destroyed, and the surging sea water did not give the French a chance to repair and plug the leak at all, and even before the captain of the Lorraine reacted, the entire engine room was already flooded by the sea!

"Close all sealed cabins!" Despite the heart-rending cries for help from their colleagues who were still trapped at the bottom of the hull, the French tearfully closed the watertight doors of all adjacent compartments, but even then the core area was flooded, half of the power was lost, and the hull was tilted about 10 degrees! And as a collateral effect of breaking down the underwater defense system, the Lorraine lost hundreds of tons of fuel! At this time, Lorraine can't go back in that respect! Although it was still floating on the sea, it could still fire at the other party, but just one shot in the water, hitting a just right position, decided the final fate of this super dreadnought in the fierce confrontation, looking at the Lorraine, which had a sharp decrease in speed and a serious tilt in the rear, Georges Leg's heart suddenly had a feeling of despair, and the last pillar of the French fleet was finally about to fall!

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