In accordance with the principle that all eggs cannot be placed in one basket, core compartments such as motor cabins are generally arranged separately. For example, the Richelieu battleship has 2 motor cabins. The Venetto-class battleship has 4 motor cabins. The Moltke-class battleship also has 4. In addition to the two normal-used motor cabins, there are two spares in the lower compartment. After the ship's motor cabin is destroyed by torpedo, the two spare motor cabins not only shoulder the heavy responsibility of drainage, but also undertake the task of supplying combat consumption for warships.&1t;/p>

After more than 20 minutes of emergency repair, the Goben battlecruiser, which was hit by two torpedoes, has controlled the water inlet to about 2ooo tons. At the same time, the inclination angle of the battleship was corrected to 8 degrees of the side string. To the extent of the tilt of the ship was 5 degrees. Although the maximum flight of the battleship was only about 17 knots due to the damage to the power compartment, it has to be said that the Goben has recovered from the heavy blow just now, and its 6 35omm heavy artillery is definitely a powerful tool for making people scared!&1t;/p>

"Aim at the guy behind, and then hit hard!" At this time, due to the angle issue, Queen Elizabeth and Tiger were blocked by friendly forces or smoke. Only the New Zealand was exposed to the Goben's field of view. Based on the principle of taking action directly if you can see it, Goben aimed the New Zealander, which was only 14 kilometers away!&1t;/p>

"Fight, shoot quickly, concentrate all your firepower to attack Moltke! It is more valuable than von der Tinn!" At this time, the British were focusing on the Moltke. Because of the sea breeze, the smoke effect of the German fleet was not as good as expected. The tall mast and a small half of the hull behind were exposed, which gave the Tiger a very good strike angle!&1t;/p>

At this moment, Betty was never so close to victory! Not only the Tiger, but even the New Zealand behind him aimed the muzzle at the Moltke, which was dodging in the rain of bullets. With a few cross-fire force, Major General von Lefcoff experienced the most dangerous moment of his life!&1t;/p>

The shells like raindrops fell around him. The shells were so dense that he could see four tall water columns rising from the narrow angle of the command tower! The Tiger's 343mm heavy artillery and the New Zealand 12-inch shells fell on the hull from time to time, making the entire warship tremble like a heavy hammer. A fireball exploded on the oblique side of the turret No. 3 of the hull, and a 6oo-pound shell from the Tiger hit the 8-inch armor on the side. Although it did not penetrate due to angle problems, the violent impact still caused part of the steel plate inside the turret to crack, and the flying fragments instantly caused more than a dozen people to fall into a pool of blood.&1t;/p>

As the battle continued, Moltke returned from time to time, a 35omm shell successfully penetrated the Tiger's turret No. 4, which hit the shell at the junction of the front and top armor directly lifted off the half-pull of the turret! A large amount of air poured into the inside of the turret along the turret and turned the entire turret into a burning iron box. But even so, the Tiger still suppressed the Moltke with its previous advantages.&1t;/p>

At this time, Von Detten was also trying hard to resist the powerful Queen Elizabeth-class battleship. Although the Queen was not too fast in the flight, a slightly short armor belt, and a problem with shell fuses, etc., it was still not comparable to Von Detten, the first German battle cruiser. When neither side could penetrate the opponent's armor, the party with large guns and high projection naturally had an advantage, just like the Fusang dealt with the Austro-Hungarian battleship, but the gap between the two sides was even bigger.&1t;/p>

The 212-inch shell hit the Queen's heavy side string armor belt and the front of the turret. The 33omm armor successfully knocked the 12-inch armor-piercing projectile into pieces. It had no other effect except leaving a shallow pit of 7 inches deep on it. The 4o5kg armor-piercing projectile was also thought of how much charge it would have.&1t;/p>

"If we only look at the threat, the trouble this German battlecruiser brought to us is not as good as the three light cruisers that approached the fire. After all, their effective transmission is greater, and the torpedoes they carry are a real threat." Thomas later commented.&1t;/p>

As the longest-serving record and the highest combat efficiency among Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, the Queen could not achieve good results in several shootings. Although she could not penetrate Von DeTann's main armor belt, the shells at the joints of the front armor and the main armor belt caused a lot of trouble to the latter!&1t;/p>

Although the British shell fuses had the problem of premature explosion, you must not say that the British shells had problems, nor could they ignore the huge impact force of the Queen's armor-piercing bomb weighing more than 8oo kg when hit! This time, at a distance of 125oo meters, the Queen's 15-inch heavy artillery fired the biggest transmission since the war started! The link part of the nearly 10-inch armor belt was penetrated! The violent impact and squeezing even tear the two connected steel plates directly open! A crack that was more than 2 meters long appeared on the side of Von Detten, and the support structure behind the armor plate was smashed to pieces under the collision of broken shrapnel!&1t;/p>

The 15-inch shell that hit Von Detten in the fourth hit was also very good. The shell hit the gun mount at the bottom of the No. 2 turret. Although it failed to penetrate the armor, it also caused serious deformation of the shot, and directly stuck the steering equipment of the artillery. In the end, the turret stopped at 2 o'clock. Although the core compartment of the two German battlecruisers was still complete, it has to be said that the situation on the entire battlefield had tilted towards the British until the Goben once again entered the battle!&1t;/p>

Boom! Three water columns suddenly appeared less than 150 meters away from New Zealand, which scared the British. Before the latter could readjust the course and look for the guy who stabbed the knife in his back, the second round of Goben's volley had already fallen. This time, the three shells landed on the opposite side of New Zealand, with the closest distance of less than 80 meters!&1t;/p>

Just 20 seconds later, the third round of half-scattered fire successfully clamped the target! Goben tilted his deadly vitality towards New Zealand at a rate of 3 and half-scattered fire per minute. Due to angle problems and the loss of its own firepower, there were only 3 12-inch guns that New Zealand could use to counterattack Goben! In this battle, New Zealand quickly landed on the absolute peak.&1t;/p>

"Damn it, that hateful guy has combat power!" Betty couldn't help but cursed as he looked at the battleship Goben that was spitting out flames in the distance. With the addition of Goben, the battle situation that originally tended toward the British was instantly back to balance.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!