Less than a second later, a huge pillar of fire rose from the middle of the hull! Countless fragments were thrown into the air in the flames, and the rolling smoke formed a slanted pillar of smoke under the blowing of the sea breeze. I saw that this poor light cruiser was out of salvation!&1t;/p>

The rest of the time was completely in garbage, and the two British battleships were enjoying it and ravaging the poor German light cruiser. When Betty's Tiger and the New Zealand behind handled the close destroyer, they also pointed the muzzle at Major General Bodick's fleet, all the major general could do was to pull smoke and protect themselves!&1t;/p>

"Let the destroyers go up and kill them!" Thomas obviously did not intend to let the opponent go, and a team of destroyers rushed up under the cover of two light cruisers. At this moment, the Hippel fleet, which had been unable to bear it, finally took action!&1t;/p>

The huge artillery aimed at the target not far away. The seaplane had approached the British fleet and reported the British's orientation to the fleet. The rangefinder located at the top of the mast was staring at the old enemy like a giant's gaze! The longbow in his hand was raised. When the red artillery indicator light was on, the first round of devastating ejection began!&1t;/p>

The fires suddenly shone on the sea in the distance! The volley of 64 heavy artillery of 8 fast battleships instantly formed a flaming dragon swaying on the sea, and dozens of tons of shells flew out of the cannon chamber almost at the same time! These bombs wrapped in destruction flew to the British fleet that was caught off guard in the distance by more than twice the sound. The British retina shone with orange-yellow spots when the cannon was fired! Fear and incredible expressions appeared on the British faces! At this moment, at least 70% of the British naval officers and soldiers were stunned!&1t;/p>

"This is at least the strength of two battleship detachments! God! We're done!" A panicked British officer said loudly at the jumping flames in the distance, but soon, the noise of the shells fell into the water completely covered his exclamation. After a few dozen seconds, the entire British fleet was surrounded by water columns and flames! Even in the case of sea fog, the shells fired by the German fleet at a distance of 12 kilometers still maintained good accuracy!&1t;/p>

The reputation and counterattack of the two behind were first surrounded by the firepower of the four battlecruisers of the Hippel fleet! The Moltke and Von Detten dealt with reputation, while the other two battlecruisers dealt with reputation! Almost every 15 seconds, a round of shells fell, and before the two queens found their corresponding targets, they were hit first!&1t;/p>

A 12-inch shell hit the front of the hull of the Reputation, and the 4o5kg armor-piercing projectile easily tore open the 4-inch armor belt in the front of the Reputation, and then tore a piece of steel plate next to it from the hull! A huge hole appeared in the waterline, and hundreds of tons of sea water quickly poured into the two sealed compartments. Almost at the same time, a 35-mm shell hit the prestigious main armor belt. At a distance of 12 kilometers and when the angle was not very good, the Queen claimed that the 33-mm thick armor belt could not block the shell! The shell hit the transition area between the main armor belt and the upper armor belt, and the thickness was about 10 inches.&1t;/p>

I saw a flash of flames on the hull of Reputation, and then a white steam mixed with black smoke ejected from the burrow. Even ten kilometers away, the Moltke could still observe the scene of continuous explosion on Reputation. The shell exploded after shooting through the bullet-transport channel at the lower part of the artillery. However, the remaining debris still smashed through several compartments, shattering several steam pipes at the rear of the artillery! The shells in the secondary gun area were detonated, and large areas of flames and high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor spread rapidly inside the hull. The entire middle part of the warship was like a volcano preparing to spray, constantly spitting out steam and flames.&1t;/p>

Soon, under the attack of Goben and Seedlitz, the counterattack situation was even worse. After all, it was facing 16 35omm heavy artillery! When Moltke and von der Tinn slapped the third shell on the front of the No. 3 turret of Reputation, the two German battlecruisers had hit their opponents four times!&1t;/p>

The four hits were evenly distributed on the hull of the Reputation, which was nearly 190 meters long. A shell hit the ship, adding 80 tons of water to the battleship. One shell hit the turret No. 3, and penetrated a hole directly between the two cannons! A violent explosion swept across the entire turret, killing more than 60 royal naval officers and soldiers in an instant. The two cannons were completely destroyed, but fortunately there was no ammunition at the back of the turret at this time, and the fire door leading to the ammunition compartment was also closed. The third shell hit the superstructure of the hull, lit a big fire, and the fourth shell hit the tail of the hull, bringing 70 tons of water inlet to the battleship.&1t;/p>

But the worst thing is the Bavarian-class battleships that were shot by Weimar and Brunswick by two Bavarian-class battleships! To be honest, Queen Elizabeth-class battleships are at most the same level as the Hurglan-class fast battleships, and the Bavarian-class. This time, the poor Bavarian-class battleships are still one to two... Such a battle situation destined the fate of this battleship!&1t;/p>

Two German battleships that participated in the Thunder-Serbruce performed quite well in this battle. In the seventh round of the half-volley, Weimar first clamped the target. In the ninth round of the half-volley, he successfully slapped a shell into the middle of the hull of the Barem! This gun successfully shot a bullet hole with a diameter of 8oommm in the 33-mm thick side-sinking armored division, and the melted metal formed a radioactive metal jet around the bullet hole. Then the broken shells of the warhead pierced through the dome of Baem again and directly blew the boiler condenser on the port side into pieces. Countless fragments jumped and collided inside the hull, and destroyed a condensate tank next door. After losing enough condensation, the Barem's power dropped by about one-third!&1t;/p>

A shell of Brunswick was shot from the horizontal direction. Although it did not penetrate the upper part of the dome armor as the main horizontal armor due to angle problems, the violent explosion still cut off several transmission lines near the shot. One-quarter of the area inside the entire battleship instantly fell into darkness.&1t;/p>

The so-called disaster never comes alone. When the two battleships entered the active firing stage, the two battleships poured out over 12 tons of ammunition per minute! The Barrym struggled hard between the water column with flames and thick smoke. Starting from the hit of the first shell, in just 5 minutes, this poor warship had been hit 7 times!&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!