When the King turned on the searchlight, the German officers and soldiers on the ship also felt that something was wrong, the purpose of the light was to find the opponent and kill him quickly, but after turning on the light, he could not see the opponent, but he was exposed, and the battle situation had already fallen. The King itself did not find a target, and Langsdorf found the target but was unable to tell the King the details. At that time, there was no such thing as a chain. As a result, the entire German fleet was split from its firepower, and Langsdorf tried to intercept the destroyers' lightning strikes, but the other two battleships still concentrated their main firepower on Colonel Kutch's two heavy cruisers.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, realizing the danger, Langsdorf began to direct the heavy cruiser Frankfurt to fire flares in the direction of the target, and the flares fired from the secondary guns streaked through the air like meteors. But after all, there is no exact direction of the target. Flares that burn in the air occasionally fly near the target, but they are never able to create a continuous illumination. The German fleet had powerful naval guns but could not deal a fatal blow to the destroyers hiding in the night, and at this time, an incident happened that made the Germans' attention re-locked on the Kutch fleet! A 14-inch shell smashed straight into the stern of the cruiser Tabrisman, and the triple 10-inch main turret that was spewing fire was hit!

The improved armor-piercing projectile weighing more than 700 kilograms tore through the turret armor of the opponent up to 10 inches thick like a hot knife cutting through butter, and then crashed headlong into the pitching mechanism of the gun. Maybe Allah forbid, maybe the Tabri Summond didn't deserve to die, but the shell didn't explode. But the tremendous force of the impact still destroyed the entire turret, under the violent impact. Shells and parts of the turret turned into fragments and scattered around the turret. The scorching shrapnel even detonated a projectile pack!

Fortunately, the British, who had already lit firecrackers many times, did not make the mistake of their predecessors again, and did not stock up too many medicine kits in the turret. At the same time, the fire door was also shut, although there was an explosion. But it's not deadly! The fire was also confined to the turret. However, such a hit still caused a fire in the turret. In this case, even if there were no destroyers to guide the target, the German fleet at a distance of 12 kilometers could lightly hit this heavy cruiser!

At this time, less than 7 minutes after the two sides started the battle, the battleship King had already achieved a hit, and the huge result made Paro a little fluttering when he first entered the battlefield, and even forgot that there might be an enemy destroyer fleet around him. THE KING LET HER GUARD DOWN AND FIRED AT DISTANT TARGETS WITH ALL HER MIGHT, EVEN THE 150MM SECONDARY GUN WAS CONSTANTLY SPEWING TONGUES OF FIRE. Expect to penetrate the opponent's non-core pod to slow them down or start a fire. Under the influence of the King, the heavy cruiser Wiesbaden likewise concentrated its main firepower on the USS Tabrishman. The King can fire 2 rounds per minute. And the Wiesbaden can hit 3 or 4 rounds! The two warships rained down bullets into the distance like volcanic eruptions, leaving Langsdorf to continue searching for the Assassins in the night.

"During the entire battle, we didn't see the opposing destroyer clearly within visual range. We also did not find any trace of the enemy's torpedo attack, which seemed to have hit the King suddenly, with almost no warning. "The testimony of Langsdorf afterwards at the internal meeting of the German Navy was once quite controversial, but only the parties knew that Langsdorf did not exaggerate.

"What a goal, what a track! Aside from being a bit fast, it's just perfect! "The King, which is constantly firing, shines like a torch in the night. According to the light of the fire when the opponent continued to fire, Zhang Yunchu could even see the four twin turrets on the King. So the identity of this battleship is also about to be revealed, either the King class or the Bavarian class, although it is not the latest warship. But it's also a fast battleship! In order to get as close as possible to its opponents, the German fleet chose almost the closest route. The direction of sailing was easy to predict, and as the distance narrowed, Zhang Yunchu led the fleet to quickly turn parallel to the route of the opposing fleet. The dense torpedo tubes on the destroyer were aimed at the target, and then when the distance between the two sides was about 7KM. 5 Huaxia destroyers fanned out a salvo!

The distance of 7 kilometers is a bit far for an ordinary torpedo. But for an oxygen torpedo with a speed of up to 50 knots, this distance can be completed in just over 4 minutes! More than 20 torpedoes up to 9 meters long were pushed into the sea by compressed air. After stabilizing in the seawater, the torpedo engine began to work, and after expelling a short wake, the huge torpedo completely disappeared into the seawater. Out of sight, more than 20 torpedoes shot like piranhas at the King in the distance!

As it turned out, the stability of this torpedo was still a bit worse, as at least 6 of the torpedoes lost control shortly after entering the water due to the huge vibrations when entering the water and problems with the torpedo itself. And the remaining dozen or so torpedoes were still killing along the predetermined course towards the target. At this time, Paro was still immersed in the excitement of reaping his first victory since joining the army, and he knew that the deadly attack had arrived. A high-powered torpedo that the Germans had never seen before had already bared its deadly fangs!

The first torpedo hit the middle of the hull with the most complete mine protection system of the King, and the TDS system designed according to the mine protection standards of World War I faced a charge of more than 800 kg (the Chinese Navy reduced the range and increased the charge. The warhead is as fragile as paper. The violent impact detonated the explosives in the warhead, and the huge energy generated by the explosion of nearly a ton of explosives tore through the underwater protection system, and then continued to collide with the qiē things that could be touched, releasing terrifying energy! The entire King swayed in the sea as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer. Even the port side that was hit sank into the water! And then it was held up by a huge amount of energy.

With the sound of explosions and metal tearing, Paro shook as if he were in an earthquake-stricken house. And this was only the beginning, and soon, the hits of two more torpedoes finally ruined the former flagship of the High Seas Fleet! A torpedo hit the stern of the hull, and the force of the explosion was so great that it broke the entire four propeller shafts in unison. Even half of the stern was torn off the hull. And the location of the third torpedo hit was very close to the point of hit of the first torpedo, under the continuous attack of two torpedoes more than 1 ton of explosives. The keel and hull of the King finally could not withstand the continuous pulling and impact, and completely broke in two!

From the first torpedo hit to the sinking of this battleship in less than 3 minutes! The pride of the German High Seas Fleet came to an end. Under the influence of its own weight and water intake, the bow and tail of the broken hull were raised high. Then he slammed into the water. The huge whirlpool created when the ship's hull sank into the sea desperately pulled at an object that wanted to escape its control. The blown up parts and rising water jets even flew to a height of nearly 100 meters and then fell. Of the more than 1,500 officers and men of the entire battleship, less than 100 people survived! And Paro also survived by luck to meet the unknown fate.

The King sank in such a way that neither the heavy cruiser Wiesbaden nor the heavy cruiser Frankfurt knew what had happened. Soon, Langsdorf reacted that it was the other destroyer's fault. But from the technical aspect, Langsdorf still can't understand why the opponent's torpedoes have such high hits at such a distance, and their power is so huge, although it is understandable that three torpedoes sank an old battleship, but Langsdorf still can't believe that the King, which has a German-style three-row boiler layout and a well-established underwater defense system, will sink so quickly!

"Sue the Wiesbaden, let it immediately pull away, the other side has a super torpedo. We're still in their range! Langsdorf didn't even bother with the culprits anymore, but immediately ordered the fleet to start evading. He didn't know how many torpedoes the other side fired at one time, and God knows if the other side would strike the two cruisers again.

Even Langsdorf wondered if there were other submarines in this area, after all, the enemy's attack was so covert, if the enemy was lucky, the submarine could have achieved this effect if the submarine launched an attack next to the King. So in order to avoid being torpedoed, the distraught Langsdorf finally decided to retreat. After all, heavy cruisers do not have the protective strength of battleships, and in fact, Zhang Yunchu did leave more than ten torpedoes unfired, these torpedoes are just waiting to deal with the remaining German heavy cruisers or mend the knife to the King! Langsdorf's choice gave up the chance to retaliate, but at the same time avoided another lightning strike. After all, after the two sides distanced themselves. The effectiveness of the torpedo will be greatly reduced.

The German fleet, which had been hit suddenly, had to consider withdrawing from the battle, and even the heavy cruiser Tabrismond, which had already hit one 14-inch shell and three 10-inch shells at the beginning, survived. The German destroyer fleet was forced to release smoke and evacuate the battlefield, and Kutch had no intention of continuing the struggle. Its own destroyer fleet should have exhausted all its torpedoes, and the Tabri Castle was damaged by medium-range dù. A direct confrontation with two German heavy cruisers would have been a loss. What's more, he has earned it in this battle. And now there was hope of blocking the German transport fleet, and it seemed irrational to continue the entanglement with wounded heavy cruisers and destroyers without torpedoes.

And so. Because of their own fears, both sides finally chose to withdraw from the battlefield at the same time. While gathering the fleet and reporting to Admiral Lukner, the Germans tried to persuade the Admiral to order the disbandment of the convoy. Because Lucknar knew that after he left, before the weather cleared, this would be the world of the opposing fleet, and even if Admiral Lucknar didn't want to give up, it would definitely be too late to send another fleet to reinforce it.

The fleets of both sides began to disengage at high speed, and the relative speed between the two fleets reached almost 50 knots. Even if the British's radar was really good, after half an hour, the opposing fleet could not be seen on the radar display. In the night battle, he sank one of the opponent's battleships in a daze, and Kutch was Spartan. For example, an hour after leaving the battlefield, several more medium-moving light spots appeared on the radar screen, and the fleet was about 17 nautical miles away. They are moving in a southwesterly direction. After comparing the charts, Couch was able to determine that it was the German convoy, which had changed course and was rapidly approaching Spanish waters.

Although it is not clear why the dozen transport ships that were said to have turned into two or three kittens, this did not affect Colonel Kutch's appetite in the slightest. Although the distance between the two sides is a bit far, the speed difference between the two fleets is about 10 knots, so that the distance between the two sides can be quickly reduced, and in a maximum of 3 hours, the other side will be included in the range of Kutch's naval guns. With the help of radar and searchlights, Kutch's two cruisers were able to destroy targets with ease, and in fact the situation was exactly as he expected.

After 2 and a half hours, guided by radar, the British fleet finally approached the convoy. At this time, the distance between the two sides was only about 10 kilometers. And the destroyer's position is much higher, about 4 kilometers. When the searchlights and flares on the destroyer shrouded the target in a patch of light. Kutch sent a telegram to the other side demanding that the other side surrender. The Germans simply hoisted the white flag, and at the same time as the white flag was raised, the crew of the ship moved to the lifeboat and sank the transport. This move annoyed Kutch, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Just as Kutch was considering whether to continue to expand the results of the battle, the heavy cruiser Tabri sent a signal that the battleship had a damaged propeller shaft because of the engagement and high-speed sailing just now, and the rear main gun was completely unusable, and because of the artillery battle, dozens of wounded were killed, and asked what to do. If it is an engagement in the near sea, even if it is a battle with a large fleet, this battleship actually has a certain combat effectiveness and should remain in the fleet. However, if the ocean-going operation was to be carried out, although the injuries were not very serious, the maximum speed was only 24 knots, and the Tabri Richmond could not continue to accompany the fleet.

"Keep the most basic operators and then let them evacuate to France." Kuchi said after a moment's thought. Letting the warship go to France and then keep it was undoubtedly the safest solution. Although the fleet lost one capital battleship, it remained mobile and would not be dragged down by a wounded battleship. And after the evacuation of the Tabri City. Kutch had no intention of continuing to wander the sea. God knows if the Germans will send another fleet to kill them. The fleet of only one heavy cruiser and four torpedoless destroyers was unable to withstand the next wave of attack.

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