Soon another German light cruiser Pilao also aimed the muzzle at the British light cruiser and destroyer that came up. With the cooperation of three destroyers, the two German warships suppressed the British charge well. The two sides fought from 6ooo meters to 25oo meters, and shells like raindrops flew towards the fleets of both sides. Balls of flames rose from the hull from time to time. The bright flames instantly illuminated the position of the fleets of both sides, and the rising black smoke told the warships of both sides like signal lights that there was a battle here!&1t;/p>

"Commander, we are attacked!" In the command tower of the flagship Queen Elizabeth, a British officer pointed to the light warships on both sides that had been churned in the distance.&1t;/p>

After looking at the battle situation in the distance, Thomas no longer paid attention to the battlefield. As a commander, he needs to consider where his fleet will go! As the saying goes, a fleet commander's salary is used to pay his ability to adapt. This statement is very correct. Resilience is also the most important and basic quality of an officer. And Thomas is trying to guess the other party's ideas and purposes now.&1t;/p>

The firefight just now was born on the side of the middle and rear of the fleet. Now there are only the Tiger, New Zealand and the light cruisers behind the temple attacking. The five fast battleships in front did not take any attacks due to visibility issues. They have been confirmed to be the opponent's light cruisers. Then, according to the practice of the German Navy, they should be the forefront of a certain main fleet!&1t;/p>

"There is no doubt that we are targeted by a German fleet! And it is a powerful enough fleet!" Thomas walked to the chart while talking to himself. The Germans are not stupid. The number of light cruisers is even smaller than the main battleships. It is impossible to send a team for nothing. And when you look at the posture, you obviously feel like someone is behind me! When you see your main battleship, you don't consider your size and bite it up! This is obviously to delay your own degree!&1t;/p>

"Order the fleet to turn left half a prayer point, get rid of the troubles behind, and then evacuate all in the direction of Fors Bay!" Thomas took less than 2 minutes to think and issued an attack order. Generally speaking, the German avant-garde light cruiser is at least about 20 kilometers away from the main fleet, and in this kind of weather, the visibility is very low. Even if he turns around and cut off these annoying little tails, he is still outside the German fleet's field of vision. Moreover, if both sides are in a tail chase state, it is not easy for the Germans to narrow the distance to open fire. So Thomas thinks he has enough time to solve the problem!&1t;/p>

If the stalkers behind him are not solved, there are too many hidden dangers. He knows that the Germans will solve the German battlecruiser through multi-directional encirclement, and the Germans will definitely know! Thomas even believes that the main force of the entire high seas fleet may be around him, so he must hide himself again!&1t;/p>

Through the signal light, five Queen-class battleships quickly turned. After giving up the shooting range, more than 3o 15-inch guns aimed at the German light cruiser team that was looming in the sea fog from the side! With the issuance of the fire order, fireballs of several meters in diameter whistled out of the gun mouth! Looking from a distance, an orange flame rose almost at the sea surface at the same time!&1t;/p>

"We have appeared the British fleet! Just at ten o'clock in the direction of our 10 o'clock! It is the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship! All the queens are there!" The lookouts on the battleship Saxon immediately appeared on the sea! What was a bit surprising to Thomas' expectations was that this time, the German fleet was not behind the British fleet, but on the side, and at this time, the distance between the two sides was only 12 kilometers!&1t;/p>

So, the entire Hippel fleet became violent as if they smelled a bloody shark, and a series of lights and signal flags were hung on the mast. The eight main battleships of Hippel fleet quickly entered the state of combat readiness. "Wait first, we must determine the direction of the opponent and block them!" At this time, the Hippel fleet, which was still unable to attract, was like a cheetah entering the final hunting stage. They approached their opponent carefully, stretched out their minions hidden in the meat pad, and prepared to launch their last blow at any time!&1t;/p>

"Mr. Commander, we seem to be in the middle of the opponent's formation, with 5 battleships on our left strings, and 2 other battleships on our starboard..." At this time, an officer showed a very important and depressing question. Their encirclement did not completely cover the prey!&1t;/p>

"Major General Bodick confirmed that they were biting the Tiger?!" Hippel asked.&1t;/p>

"That's how it is." The officer replied.&1t;/p>

"Don't care about the garbage first, what we want to kill this time is the queen! The fleet cannot be dispersed, we must ensure an absolute advantage!" Hippel weighed it for a while and decided to ignore the two British battlecruisers for the time being, and then aim all the firepower at the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship in front!&1t;/p>

In the long baseline rangefinder of the German main battleship, blurred figures gradually became clear, and 5 figures of similar size lined up in a row and rushed towards the German fleet almost diagonally. After the Saxony and Hesse selected the first two British battleships as targets, the remaining six German warships aimed at one British warship. In this way, the eight warships allocated the targets in 2 minutes, and adjusted the formation in the following minutes. The hidden hunter had loaded bullets for the hunting rifle and aimed at the prey that was still in the killing!&1t;/p>

During this period, Major General Bodick's light cruiser detachment was under tremendous pressure. The Elbin light cruiser, which was bitten by the British, quickly became the target of public criticism. The Queens' flame storm composed of 15-inch and a half-piercing bombs instantly submerged the light cruiser with a displacement of only 6ooo tons!&1t;/p>

"We can't even see it. The entire hull is covered by tall water columns. The loud noises from time to time are terrifying. At least two British battleships have taken him as the target of attack. On average, the rain of bullets every 20 seconds makes it powerless to fight back." Major General Bodick described the scene at that time like this after the war.&1t;/p>

The actual situation is indeed not bad. The British attacked fiercely and accurately this time! Thomas' queens are indeed worthy of being veterans who have been through the battlefield! The target was caught in the fourth round of half-volleys, and then the Malaya and Queen Elizabeth alternately threw a shell of 875kg near the other side!&1t;/p>

The first hit was so fatal! The shell hit the side string of the hull of the Elbin. The nearly 9ookg shell easily tore open the armor of the upper armor belt of the Elbin from 10 kilometers away! Under the action of huge kinetic energy, the huge armor-piercing projectile squeezed in directly!&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!