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The power of the 600-mm heavy torpedo of the "Yaksha-1" used by this kind of ship is amazing, and it is far from being comparable to the 450-mm aviation torpedo of the "Yaksha-3". As long as a warship of less than 5,000 tons is hit, it is basically finished, and even if it does not die, it will only have half a life. And at this time, the ships generally did not pay attention to underwater defense, and the British warships were even more obvious, most of their battleships could only withstand an underwater explosion with a charge of 150 kg, not to mention light ships, and the charge of the "Yaksha-1" was 550 kg!

4 light cruisers and 12 destroyers were blown to pieces, and before the personnel could evacuate, they sank like scales into the water. There were also 2 light cruisers and 7 destroyers that were blown up to the brink of death, and a little better than their broken companions, they were still barely afloat on the sea, and the sailors still had a chance to evacuate, but they had to hurry, because these warships were already missing arms and legs, and it was only a matter of time before they sank.

But that's not all, and then the eight armored cruisers that came to help. These armored cruisers were all relatively new models built after 1902. The displacement is more than 10,000 tons, equipped with 7. 5" (190 mm) or 9. The 2-inch (234 mm) main gun, if it is taken to those backward countries, such as the former Daqing, will definitely be a proper capital ship. However, in the eyes of a naval power like Britain, these armored cruisers are obsolete things.

As soon as they arrived at the battlefield, they were warmly welcomed by the torpedoes, only to hear a loud bang, and the Warrior was hit by three torpedoes, breaking into three sections and sinking into the sea. The Duke of Edinburgh, the Black Prince, and the Hampshire were torpedoed by one or two torpedoes, and were directly half-crippled and collapsed on the sea. Only the Cochran, the Minotaur, the Defense, and the Shannon were lucky enough not to be torpedoed.

In the end, it was the turn of the three battlecruisers at the farthest distance, and the immobile war-weariness bore the brunt of the blow, two torpedoes were hit in the port side, and the hull was flooded in large quantities and had begun to tilt. The Malaya was struck by a torpedo in the bow, which was blown to pieces, and the large hole that opened it reduced its speed to only 15 knots again.

Although the Barham was lucky enough to avoid all the torpedoes, it was hit by seven heavy shells from the German battle patrol in the process of evasion.

But the British weren't just beaten, and they were just as sharp in their counter-attacks.

The Moltke was the target of the British battleships because of a torpedo in the previous battle, although it was not a major problem, but it also affected some speed.

12:44。 The Moltke connection was hit by the war-weariness with 4 381-mm shells, one of which pierced the broadside armor belt and exploded in the ammunition depot of the secondary gun. The detonated ammunition depot blew half of the Moltke's starboard hull, and in less than ten minutes, the Moltke was tumbling sideways on the surface of the sea with raging flames.

Its sister ship, the Goburn, was also unfortunately targeted by British armored cruisers, although the battle cruisers were invented to deal with armored cruisers, and the two were natural enemies. But this refers to heads-up, and if it's a group fight, that's another matter. The Goeben, for example, was strongly watched by 6 British armored cruisers. A dozen rounds of 190-mm and 234-mm shells were fired, and the entire superstructure was shattered, even the chimney and bridge were blown down, and at the same time a fire was started, and the ammunition depot of the rapid-fire gun was also ignited by the fire, causing a martyrdom. The entire hull of the Goeben was surrounded by thick smoke and flames, and it completely lost its combat effectiveness.

The Hindenburg was also hit twice by the Malaya, and one of the front main guns was destroyed.

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Then turn the screen back to the main fleet.

13:08。 At this time, the decisive battle between the two sides had been going on for more than half an hour, and as the battle continued, the distance between the two sides had now been reduced to 18 kilometers, and most of the warships had been hit by each other's shells.

The advantage of the British was a greater number of heavy guns, a larger caliber, and faster warships. The advantage of the Germans was that they had a higher hit rate, and the defense of their warships was generally one level higher than that of their British counterparts.

As the saying goes, "the comic policy bears fruit", and the British's problem of cutting corners reaped huge bitter fruits in this decisive battle. The reduced armor, combined with the main armor belts that were as narrow as belts, made these majestic battleships flashy and unrealistic, and in the face of low-level opponents, British battleships could of course be crushed at will, but once they encountered enemy battleships of the same level, this weakness became fatal.

Moreover, the British Navy at this time also had a very bad habit, in order to pursue a faster rate of fire, they developed a habit of not liking to close the fire gates of ammunition depots.

There is also a big problem, which is the armor-piercing shells they use. A kind of soft quilt cap armor-piercing bullet used by Britain in this era, the armor-piercing ability is not as good as the hard quilt cap armor-piercing bullet used by the German army. What's even worse is that the fuse of this armor-piercing shell is very sensitive, so that the shell is often detonated as soon as it touches the armor, and it is too late to pierce the armor.

Although the Germans were weaker in the number and caliber of their main guns, their fire control and sighting equipment were more advanced, which made their hit rate more than twice that of the British. Moreover, their armor-piercing bullets were already better, and the original plane was replaced with a better heavy bullet, which was more terrifying than the light bullets of the original plane. These two advantages effectively make up for the lack of artillery numbers and calibers. This, coupled with Germany's habit of attaching importance to defense, made their warships more capable of carrying them.

As a result, the plot of this decisive battle has completely deviated from most people's expectations so far. The current situation of the war was actually Germany had the upper hand, and the British home fleet, which seemed to be unusually strong, was actually beaten by the Germans.

So far, warships on both sides have been sunk or hors de combat, the British battleships USS Ireland, HMS Agincourt, HMS Sovereign, and HMS Canada, and HMS Royal Oak, HMS Sovereign, HMS Centurion, and HMS Royal Princess have been severely damaged, or have lost their combat effectiveness, or withdrawn from the battle line.

Germany, on the other hand, lost the dreadnought Nassau, two former dreadnoughts, Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein, and the Regent Louitpold, Hesse and Lorraine were heavily damaged and incapacitated.

Just when the two sides were in full swing, six periscopes suddenly rose silently on the sea 12 kilometers away from the British battle line.

This is the submarine of the 18th submarine detachment of the Chinese Navy, which includes four Project 904 "Sea Lion-class" submarines and two Project 903 "Manatee-class" submarines.

"Damn, the British are running really fast, fortunately we are not slow, we finally caught up with the ......" Han Fengyu turned his periscope while thinking about it, carefully searching the sea surface. Although there are three unmanned exploration vehicles monitoring at an altitude of 30,000 meters, the situation of both sides on the sea surface is sent to the submarine's computer every 30 seconds. However, Han Fengyu still believed in his own observations more.

"Well, the British have really transferred most of the light ships to the side of the fast fleet, and there are only two light cruisers and eight destroyers left here...... Great!" Han Fengyu looked at it for a while, and the situation on the sea made him happy.

Captain Yan Daoren said with his hands in full swing: "Detachment leader, can we start!?"

"Well, that's fine. Damn, the British are so handsome in the formation, they can't help but make two shots. Han Fengyu said with a smile: "Inform all boats to pay attention and prepare to attack the British battle line...... Start assigning goals now!"

"Okay, Captain Yan, I'll leave it to you next!" Han Fengyu gave up the periscope after speaking, and Yan Daoren immediately rushed over.

He immediately set the target on the Revenge, which was in the first place, and skillfully issued the order: "The target is determined, the British battleship Revenge." Distance 13400, azimuth xxx...... The No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes were filled with water, and the depth was 7 meters......"

"Target Information Input Completed ......"

"The torpedo is set, the launch tube is filled with water......"

"Launch!" Yan Daoren pressed the launch button fiercely.

He then turned the periscope and set his sights on the Emperor of India. "Torpedo tubes No. 3 and No. 4 are ready for ......"

Six submarines attacked almost simultaneously, each of them locked onto a battleship that had not lost its combat effectiveness, firing their respective torpedoes.

Now they are using the "Fish-2" type torpedo, which is a wire-guided passive acoustic torpedo. In the decisive battle between China and Japan in the East China Sea, although the "Yu-1" torpedo made great achievements and showed a high hit rate, its ability to distinguish was too poor, and it always liked to pile up and engage in repeated attacks. After receiving the problems reported by the front-line soldiers, Chinese weapons experts quickly came up with this new torpedo.

The "Yu-2" torpedo can be controlled by guò wire, which avoids the problems of the "Yu-1" type. This torpedo is also an oxygen-enriched air torpedo (also called a semi-oxygen torpedo), although it cannot be almost completely devoid of a track like a pure oxygen mine, but its track is still much lower than that of an ordinary thermodynamic torpedo. If it's not very close, it's not clear to see.

At this time, the capital ships of the British army were fighting fiercely with the German army, and their attention was on the opponent's capital ships, so how much attention did they have to pay attention to the back.

When the port side of the battleship Revenge rose two high columns of water, the British did not react, they thought it was a near-miss bomb from the German battleship. It wasn't until the British ** ships rose up one after another that they realized that they had been torpedoed.

"What's going on? Where did the torpedoes come from?" Jericho's flagship, the Iron Duke, was also hit by two torpedoes, and he only realized that it was a torpedo attack.

"Submarines, they must be German submarines!" said the chief of staff through gritted teeth.

Jericho said angrily: "Hurry up and order the destroyer to search and kill the opponent's submarine!" At this moment of decisive battle, being attacked by a submarine from behind is not an ordinary sour.

That's right, this Chinese submarine attack is an insurance set up by Wen Desi.