Flames mixed with debris swept across the ship over and over again, propelled by a powerful shockwave. The whole superstructure has been beaten, the scorching flames have swallowed everything they can touch, the British have done their best, they have flooded the ammunition depot and at the same time balanced the hull as much as possible, but in extreme conditions, everything they did was so futile, the Orion inevitably tilted, first 9 degrees, then 15 degrees, and finally sank violently, and the whole battleship crashed into the sea like a collapsed building, and the hull of more than 20,000 tons smashed into the sea, And then smashed all over the place under the violent impact! From the beginning of the Allied fleet to the sinking of the Iron Duke, it was only a quarter of an hour!

A quarter of an hour is not too long, but not too short. In the eyes of most people, it is the time to have a cup of tea or smoke a cigarette. But in the ever-changing battlefield, it is enough to change a lot of situations! In other words, the time that Lin Yongsheng worked hard to gain was a quarter of an hour, but in just such a short period of time, under the full attack of the Allied fleet, the Iron Duke had sunk, and the Emperor behind was also seriously injured!

"Your time is over, now it's my turn!" Shortly after the Orion sank, Betty's fleet was also engaged in battle, and under the cover of auxiliary warships, this fleet easily broke through the protection of the Allied auxiliary warships, and they rushed from the side like heavy cavalry to the Allied fast fleet. At this time, the British fleet completely abandoned its defenses and approached the Spee fleet at maximum speed, and because it began to gather fire on the Orion and the Emperor, it did not pay much attention to Betty. And this mistake also gave Betty an opportunity, and the five fast battleships spewed deadly tongues of fire at extremely close range, and the cannonballs stabbed the opponent like spears with a straight trajectory!

Betty wants to get results as soon as possible. The two Revenge-class battleships, which were at the bottom of the line, were used to attack the Scharnhorst at the same time, while the remaining three ships each held off one of the opposing capital ships. The vengeance-class formidable 15-inch cannon has finally come into full swing, and the deafening sound of the cannon declares its toughness! AT A DISTANCE OF LESS THAN 14 KM, 16 15-INCH NAVAL GUNS AIMED AT THE SCHARNHORST, WHICH WAS ATTACKING THE EMPEROR, WHOSE TURRET WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY AIMED AT THE EMPEROR, EXPOSING THE WEAKNESS BEHIND THE TURRET TO THE OPPONENT!

It's like a cheetah dealing with its prey and two lions suddenly come behind it, as the Scharnhorst turns its turret to deal with the two behemoths. It's already late! A HUGE COLUMN OF WATER AND FLAMES SURROUNDED THE FLAGSHIP OF THE GERMAN FAR EAST FLEET ALMOST AT THE SAME MOMENT, AND THE 320MM INCLINED ARMOR COULD NOT BLOCK THE ATTACK OF THE 15-INCH CAP-PIERCING SHELLS AT SUCH A CLOSE DISTANCE, AND THE 871-KILOGRAM SHELLS HIT THE HEAVY ARMOR OF THE SCHARNHORST LIKE A BATTERING RAM. With a sound of shattering and steel twisting. A shell managed to burrow into the amidships boiler compartment of the Scharnhorst!

The shell destroyed everything it came along the way, and neither the armored bulkhead nor the pipelines and tunnels could organize the fatal blow. Eventually, upon reaching the boiler compartment, the fuse detonated more than 20 kilograms of explosives contained in the bomb body, and countless fragments spread radially through the compartment. The pipeline is cut. The boiler was destroyed, white high-temperature and high-pressure steam and flames raged in the cabin, and a dull explosion came from inside the hull, and the entire battleship seemed to be shaking in the explosion. And that was just the beginning, as a succession of blows followed, and in less than five minutes, the Scharnhorst was hit seven times in a row, two of which were broken through the side chord. Two turrets in the bow of the ship were also hit, and one of them got stuck due to the violent vibration. And the other turret was broken through the side, and after a baptism of steel, the entire turret was destroyed, and not a single person inside came out alive!

Fortunately, the other warships in Spee's fleet were not satisfied, and when the two Revenge-class ships beat the Scharnhorst, the other warships also turned their guns and fought with the nearby Allied fleet. Lin Yongsheng and Vice Admiral Spee's ship, the Julius Caesar, also aimed at the Canada, which was only 12KM away from him! Boom! A 343mm shell exploded in front of the turret of the Julius Caesar, which was more than 400 mm thick, and although the personnel inside the cannon were very numerous, it was not penetrated, and the gun did not seem to show much damage. It's just that the elevation angle can't be adjusted too high, but this problem doesn't affect at all in close combat, and a nearly straight trajectory can't use such a high elevation angle.

Nine 15-inch L45 naval guns attacked the USS Canada in the distance with a rate of fire of up to 2 rounds per minute. Before the smoke of the first shot had completely cleared, the second attack had already been launched, and the men and soldiers on the battleship were working tirelessly as if they were a single instrument, and now everyone was in a race against death. A second away may be the distance between life and death! LESS THAN 12KM IS TOO CLOSE, EVEN THE CAESAR THE GREAT'S 14 TO 15 INCH THICK INCLINED ARMOR IS NOT GUARANTEED TO WITHSTAND THE OPPONENT'S ATTACK! At this time, the gap in protection has been narrowed as close as possible, and the rest depends on who can hit the effective kill as soon as possible!

Death flew over the fleet, and the Julius Caesar did not let it wait too long, and in less than 3 minutes of firefighting, a 15-cap armor-piercing shell successfully penetrated the turret part of the No. 2 turret of the Canadian, and with a violent impact, the shell was successfully sent into the ammunition hoisting shaft in the middle of the turret! And successfully destroyed a large number of ammo that was being promoted! Fire doors can keep flames out, but they don't prevent the ammunition in the hoisting shaft from igniting! This is the same as being shot in an ammunition depot, whether you can survive or not depends more on luck than anything else! A powerful explosion quickly spread from the area of the bullet.

One by one, the dragons managed to break through the various barriers and rush towards the surrounding cabins, and the fire doors in the turret were destroyed by a huge shockwave. Flames quickly rose from below and ran rampant through the turret. Another fire dragon also rushed down the hoisting shaft to the bottom of the mountain, but after tearing open the fire door, they encountered an ammunition depot that had begun to fill with water, and the excellent quality and decisive action of the British saved them for the time being, and the fierce fire dragon was finally defeated by the sea, although it lost a turret, but it survived for the time being!

The two sides kept hitting each other with heavy hammers like knights in heavy armor, but fortunately, the Caesar the Great had a faster rate of fire, and the heavy armor on its body was strong enough, and the protection of the 15-inch inclined armor of the ammunition depot allowed it to successfully block the opponent's 2 attacks! One shell was ricocheted, leaving only a 6-inch-deep pit in it, while the other caused a certain amount of displacement of the armor plate. THE PROBLEM IS NOT VERY BIG, BUT ITS OPPONENT IS DIFFERENT, IN THE FACE OF A FIERCE 15-INCH ARMOR-PIERCING SHELL, THE 320MM INCLINED ARMOR HAS ALMOST NO EFFECT, AND IT IS REPEATEDLY PENETRATED AT A DISTANCE OF 10KM!

Almost two shells hit the middle and rear of the Canada at the same time, one exploded in the upper part of the power compartment, although it was blocked by horizontal armor, but the violent vibration still caused some equipment problems, while the other shell hit the engine room, and the turbine that was running at high speed was directly blown to pieces, and in the dull explosion and the sharp sound of metal breaking, the Canada finally slowed down. And that's not all, the fire caused by multiple hits began to spread in the stern, even affecting the ammunition depot of the No. 3 turret, and the damage crew members who tried to save the ship were blown to pieces by shells that did not penetrate the hull. At such a close distance, all the main and secondary guns on both sides opened fire together, sweeping each other over and over again.

Julius Caesar was an improvement on the Canada, and together with the well-trained Chinese officers and soldiers, the Caesar won the bloody close combat of life and death, and a 15-inch shell successfully penetrated the ammunition depot under the No. 1 turret of the Canadian, and ignited the propellant in it. A loud bang came from the bow of the Canada, and a column of smoke hundreds of meters high rose into the air with a large amount of debris and flames, as if the end was coming! Countless debris and shattered hulls were thrown into the air and then fell to the surrounding sea. Several destroyers that were relatively close to each other were swept away by the terrifying storm, and debris ranging from a few kilograms to tens or hundreds of kilograms flew over, and even smashed a torpedo boat of several tens of tons into pieces!

The mushroom cloud formed by the violent explosion was only a long time to disperse, the Canada was completely cut in two, the bow of the ship quickly sank into the water, and the stern was buried by the sea in a matter of minutes, and a huge whirlpool formed from the sea, so that the destroyers trying to save the survivors did not dare to step forward easily. But before Lin Yongsheng could appreciate his second result, a rain of bullets had already flown over! Just now, not long after the Julius Caesar solved the Canada, the two revenge-class ships had already sunk the Scharnhorst, and the two strongest samurai in the British Navy drew their swords and looked around in a daze, and the Julius Caesar, who had just solved the opponent, became their next enemy, and the two capital ships immediately mobilized 15-inch naval guns to attack the Julius Caesar!

"Immediately release smoke and evade the attack!" With Lin Yongsheng's order, the entire fleet began to pull out smoke screens, and the remaining destroyers and torpedo boats also rushed up, trying to provide cover for the fleet with their own lives. Lin Yongsheng knew that he couldn't fight now. Although both sides lost one capital ship, it was clear that their side was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of remaining firepower.

Although the Julius Caesar was strong enough, two main guns were also destroyed in the previous engagement, and a 14-inch shell hit one of the barrels of the No. 2 turret of the Julius Caesar, breaking it in two, while the other gun was temporarily unusable due to the shock. As for the other warships? Although everyone responded quickly, they all suffered a little loss at the beginning, and only 19 of the 27 guns of the remaining 3 battleships could be used. And Betty because of the role of the first strike, the firepower of the Australia and New Zealand remained fairly intact, and what was even more terrifying was that the 16 15-inch guns of the two revenge-class could be used, and the Scharnhorst did not deal much damage to the other party until he died, and the firepower of the two revenge ships was too fierce, almost at the first time, the Scharnhorst was deprived of the counterattack ability, and more importantly, the opponent's auxiliary warships also had an advantage! If you go down, you can only suffer yourself!

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