The sky was cloudless, and the sea was rippling with microwaves. Today is a perfect one for a decisive battle. God wants to see a showdown at the pinnacle of human civilization. This avant-garde war is very interesting, the 8 warships belonging to the two sides are all from the same country, which is a scene that has not been seen in any previous battle, and the British even believe that these 8 warships are all ships of the same class! The fight between brothers is so interesting.

Facing the Allied fleet that gradually became clear in the distance, Betty was full of pride. He always thinks that he will never lose to the other party in this almost complete parity situation! Betty's flagship, the Australia, bore the lead and headed for the Allied fleet, followed by the USS New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada, and a murderous aura permeated the fleet.

"Since the other party is in a hurry to die, then let's give them a ride." The most powerful Caesar the Great is in third place, this lion hidden in the wolf pack is the killer weapon against Betty, everyone is one-on-one, and the Julius Caesar, who has a huge advantage, has every chance to destroy each other in a relatively short time. As the battle order was given, heavy shells were lifted from the layers of protected ammunition depots and fed into the chambers along with the cartridges. The three turrets slowly turned and pointed into the distance, and the barrels moved up and down to adjust the pitch angle. An atmosphere of pre-war slaughter permeated the fleet.

"A little nervous?" Looking at Lieutenant General Spee, who was a little anxious next to him, Lin Yongsheng asked with a smile.

"It's not normal to be nervous about the battle, I want to ask again. Can the Ryuwu-class battleships really destroy the opponent in a relatively short period of time? Although this is your country's foreign trade warship, its defense is no worse than that of a battleship of the same tonnage. "Count Spee was very confident in his battleship, after comparing the Lütsov. Spee believes that the new Scharnhorst is not inferior in all respects. Although the Dragon Martial Rank has brilliant results, before he saw it, Spey still had some worries about the Dragon Martial Force's combat effectiveness.

"You'll see soon." Lin Yongsheng smiled and didn't speak, he was still quite confident in this Huaxia capital ship and the Huaxia officers and soldiers on it. Of course, I have confidence in the design level of the Huaxia Naval Design Institute. As Yan Boxun said, if the combat effectiveness of this battleship is far beyond that of a foreign trade ship, then the guys in the design institute can resign directly!

"Let's fire." When the distance between the two sides is 18KM. Lin Yongsheng ordered.

"Isn't that a little too far?" Lieutenant General Spee said with a frown.

"This distance has entered the best engagement distance of the Longxiang. The Longxiang was equipped with a new fire control system, and because the guns were larger, the shells were heavier. It is also less susceptible to outside influences. The effective range will also be longer. And a 15-inch gun at this distance is enough to destroy the opponent's horizontal armor. Lin Yongsheng explained.

"But it didn't reach the effective range of other ships."

"The only one who can really make a difference is the Longxiang, and the super dreadnought defense of the foreign trade type is enough to deal with a 14-inch low-level artillery. In a short engagement, the only one to rely on was the Longxiang. Lin Yongsheng insisted on his opinion.

"Then let's fire, and hopefully we can get the result before the other side retreats." Lieutenant General Spee said.

With the firing order given, the Julius Caesar fired the first salvo of the battle. Half of the bridge was obscured by an orange fireball from nine thick barrels. Like a roaring beast, with a loud thunderous sound, five shells flew out of the barrel and flew into the distance at a speed of more than twice the speed of sound, and dozens of seconds later, several huge columns of water scattered the South Africa.

"It's not a bad walk, it's really an improvement over the 14-inch gun." Soon, according to the news from the fire control room. The Julius Caesar had already formed a crushing shot at the South Africa, while the impact points of the other three ships were still erratic. At this time, the two sides had reached 17KM, but they could not switch to effective shooting.

"That's not right!" In less than three minutes after the start of the battle, one of the opposing warships formed a collapse shot at an ultra-long distance, and quickly switched to effective shooting. However, the other three ships did not succeed in their breakdown, indicating that this ship was superior in accuracy to its opponents. But how can there be such an obvious difference between the same fire control and weapons that the other side obviously uses? MOREOVER, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS OF PREVIOUS NAVAL BATTLES, THE EFFECTIVE RANGE OF GERMAN 350MM NAVAL GUNS REAR ADMIRAL MOORE FAINTLY SMELLED OF CONSPIRACY.

Almost at the same time, Betty also noticed something unusual, but he didn't think about whether the other party had any conspiracy, but how he could get out of the unfavorable situation. In his opinion, the opponent's warship has a range advantage, and he needs to be as close to the opponent as possible to deploy the opponent in order to avoid this situation of not fighting back. So, under his command, the four British fast battleships turned half a compass point to the right and quickly approached the opponent. AND LAUNCH A COUNTERATTACK AT A DISTANCE OF 16KM.

After the exchange of fire, the fleets of the two sides slowly approached, 16KM is still a bit far for both sides, although the accuracy can be guaranteed, but at this distance it is absolutely impossible for the shells to penetrate the core cabin of the other side, although Betty has many problems, but the aggressiveness and fighting spirit in the Royal Navy are definitely first-class. He aspired to gain an advantage by passing the qualities of officers and men of the Royal Navy at closer distances.

"Hit!" Two huge fireballs slammed into the South Africa's hull almost simultaneously, and the South Africa's huge hull seemed to tremble as if they were both being hit hard. A 15-inch shell hit the slender bow of the South Africa, and the fragile nose and stern armor were useless in the face of armor-piercing shells weighing more than 800 kilograms, and the violent impact tore the entire armor plate into pieces, and then plunged headlong into the hull, exploding a little higher than the waterline! Because of the width of the bow and tail of the battleship, the underwater protection itself is relatively poor. The bombardment after the explosion carried countless shrapnel and carried an indiscriminate baptism of steel on the watertight compartment below. Coupled with the damage caused by the torn outer armor, the entire bow was severely damaged, and a gap of 6 square meters appeared in the bow, and in fact, the impact caused by the battleship that was sailing at high speed caused the already injured bow to suffer secondary damage. Under the impact of the current, the damaged area is further expanded. In a shorter period of time. Nearly 1,000 tons of water entered the right side of the bow!

Another shell hit the South Africa's No. 2 turret, which was fired directly through the top armor of the turret and slammed into it like a hammer. WITH THE CRACKING OF THE CAP, THE SHARP WARHEAD DRILLED INTO THE HORIZONTAL ARMOR WITH A THICKNESS OF 80MM LIKE A SHARP CHISEL, AND EXPLODED INSIDE THE TURRET, HUNDREDS OF KILOGRAMS OF SHRAPNEL PLUS FRAGMENTS OF NO LESS THAN THIS WEIGHT WERE DRIVEN BY THE EXPLOSIVES TO WREAK HAVOC INSIDE THE TURRET, AND THE BRITISH IN THE TURRET WERE KILLED BY THE RAGING FLAMES AND SHRAPNEL WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING THE SITUATION. In less than 1 second, the entire turret crew was wiped out. The artillery was also badly damaged. The two guns on the left were completely destroyed, and the two slender barrels hung down weakly.

Although the heavy blow caused a lot of trouble for the South Africa, Betty didn't seem to care too much. After all, in his opinion, it is relatively common for a ship's bow to be shot and cause the head to roll and the turret to be destroyed, and sometimes the turret will still be incapacitated due to the vibration, even if it cannot be penetrated. At this moment, the remaining three British fast battleships are engaged in fierce fire with their opponents. The two sides had hits from each other, with Betty's flagship Australia still having a slight advantage in the scarnhorst. A 343MM shell hit the rear turret of the Scharnhorst. Destroyed the pitching equipment of one of the guns. Another shell hit the ship's amidships, destroying 2 secondary guns.

However, the performance of the other ships in the British fleet did not improve the mortally wounded South Africa, as the shell that hit the turret killed almost all the gunners in an instant, so the fire quickly spread and ignited the small number of cartridges that prevented it from being fired behind the turret. A dull explosion came from inside Turret 2, and more smoke and flames began to pour out of the breach. The fire quickly spiraled out of control, and if it had been that, it wouldn't have sunk the elite warship. And after the South Africa's firepower was greatly reduced, the Caesar the Great's attack was more accurate. A series of hits quickly led the battleship to its demise!

The flooding of the bow caused the battleship to roll to the right and forward. To balance the hull, the British had to reverse the water balancing on the left side. However, because there is too much water on the right side, after the left side is filled with water, the head of the Zhengfei scissors is almost level with the water surface, and coupled with the waves on the bow brought by high-speed travel, from a distance, the bow of the entire battleship has almost been submerged by the sea. And when, realizing that there was too much water intake, Britain was trying to drain the water. Two more shells hit the forward hull of the South Africa,

The third hit shot successfully pierced the waterline armor belt under the South Africa No. 1 turret! Since the beginning of the war, the Chinese export type Super Dreadnought, which has experienced many naval battles, is known for its super protection, and after experiencing the baptism of various 14-inch guns of the Germans, Italians and British, the main armor belt has never been shot through. BUT THIS TIME, IT FACED THE ATTACK OF A 15-INCH HEAVY GUN, ALSO FROM HUAXIA, AND AT A DISTANCE OF LESS THAN 14 KM, A 15-INCH SHELL SUCCESSFULLY PENETRATED THE 320MM INCLINED ARMOR, AND THE SLENDER SHELL PENETRATED THE HULL, AND EXPLODED IN THE COMPARTMENT DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE HULL AND THE AMMUNITION DEPOT. Although the ammunition depot was not detonated, the flames from the explosion spread in the front of the battleship, and the British were forced to fill the ammunition depot with water in order to prevent it from detonating. As a result, the entire battleship has lost two-thirds of its firepower, and more importantly, there is already too much water in the bow, which is beyond the scope of damage management that can be maintained.

Just as the British officers and men aboard the South Africa were doing their best to save the ship, a fourth shell ended their last hope. The shell that hit the motor room penetrated through the horizontal armor, although it did not completely penetrate the armor due to the angle problem, but the huge impact still caused a serious backplate effect in the horizontal armor, and countless fragments fell from the top, destroying the generator set that was running at high speed, and then causing the power supply of half of the hull to be interrupted! Flames and smoke spread across the forward hull, and the damage management team was helpless in the face of the hellish gate, and a large number of personnel working on the drainage work were trapped in the darkness, and all that awaited them was death!

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