In almost every 20 seconds, two Russian battleships can perform one and a half volleys. In the most extreme minute, the Russians fired three and a half volleys and 12 shells, sending over 5 tons of ammunition around the German battleship!&1t;/p>

I have to say that the Russians' m19o7 12-inch 152 main gun is still very powerful. With complete servo equipment, it can achieve an amazing 3 shots per minute! Moreover, the gun itself uses heavy bullets weighing 47kg, and the muzzle is at a height of 762 meters per second. If you only talk about it from the perspective of kinetic energy, this is a pretty good cannon. Adhering to the Russians' habit of emphasizing fire density, the Queen Maria-class battleship equipped with 12 12-inch cannons is indeed not a good character!&1t;/p>

Relying on sufficient ammunition, past fire and overwhelming number of gun barrels, the Russians actually achieved a second hit in weight confrontation. (The Russian Black Sea Fleet's artillery is still good. In history, the Russian dreadnought fired 20 kilometers away when fighting the Goben. The first shot was 460 meters away from Goben. The second shot was 183 meters. The third volley was reduced to 46 meters! But unfortunately, the luck was not good, and he didn't hit it until the end...)&1t;/p>

A 47kg 12-inch armor-piercing bomb roared on the deck of the Teghov. After passing through the upper deck, it exploded. After the violent loading, the shock waves were generated to form a death area of ​​about 20 meters in diameter in the hull. Hundreds of kilograms of shrapnel swept everything they encountered under the propelling of the explosion energy, and the flames produced by the burning of picoric acid caused a small fire at the back of the hull.&1t;/p>

"It seems that the Russians have learned to be smart. They know that using armor-piercing bombs cannot penetrate our core compartment, so they switch to semi-piercing bombs or high-explosion bombs." Earl Spee said thoughtfully as he looked at the smoke pillar rising from behind. The British can use the "cuckold" armor-piercing bombs to fight to the death by climbing the technology tree. What should the Russians do if they don't have this ability? Then they can only use high-explosion bombs.&1t;/p>

The Teghov then obtained the first German fearless first hit. During the seventh round of half-volley, a 35omm main gun shell successfully hit the front of the hull of the Alexander III. It broke through without any accident and exploded. The fragile front armor was opened with a large hole of several square meters, and the entire armor plate was peeled off. It brought hundreds of tons of water into the warship, but overall the threat was not great.&1t;/p>

What really decided the battle situation was Prince Eugen's two hits. During the ninth and a half-scattering, the German gunner, who had already entered the state, hit the two shells of the Queen Maria that they caught in the same round of salvo! One shell hit the arcade area of ​​the upper part of the main armor belt of the hull, and three 13omm secondary cannons were directly blown away by a huge explosion! Another shell hit the No. 3 turret of the battleship. At a distance of 14 kilometers, the front armor of the turret, which was only 12 inches thick, was no different from the paper-paste! The shell shot from the middle of the turret easily cut the vertical armor belt located on the top of the cannon, and then hit the tail of the m19o7 12-inch cannon in the middle!&1t;/p>

The heavy artillery weighing dozens of tons was directly blown into two pieces. The rear half of the artillery was pushed away from the gun mount, directly knocking more than a dozen gunners from various countries behind into a ball of flesh. The surging flames and dense shrapnel also carried out an indiscriminate coverage strike on the two artillery positions next to them. The hydraulic transmission equipment of the main gun on the left was destroyed, and the personnel of the main gun on the right were almost instantly destroyed. The Queen Maria battleship, which lost the firepower of three main guns, was immediately at a disadvantage!&1t;/p>

The flames and smoke rising in the middle of the hull interfered with the imaging of the rangefinder at the top of the mast. The heated air was distorted, causing the images seen by the Russians in the rangefinder to be abnormally blurred. After losing the three main guns, the firepower dropped by a certain level. After a moment, Queen Maria's shelling immediately became messy and was indiscriminate. A volley fell near Tegerhof behind Prince Eugen, which scared the latter. You know, at this time, the distance between the two German fearless ships was about 1 ooo meter!&1t;/p>

"The resilience is still not enough." In the subsequent battle, the count could clearly feel that the Russians were a little confused. Their shooting was not as accurate as before, and they were constantly adjusting their courses, focusing on self-protection, and they had to fight more conservatively, and they released smoke screens from time to time. This certainly reduced the accuracy of the German fleet's artillery, but at the same time gave up the opportunity to counterattack. Queen Maria's artillery attacks were far and near, and although there was another hit, compared with Prince Eugen, this performance was much worse!&1t;/p>

In the next 5 minutes, Prince Eugen hit the target twice again. A shell hit a little in front of the No. 2 turret. After breaking through the 3oommm thick armor belt on the side string, flying shrapnel directly smashed the next door of the motor bay, blowing the internal motor into pieces. At the same time, the ignited diesel also set a fire on the middle deck. The scorching flames caused the temperature of the adjacent ammunition chamber to rise sharply. The Russians were so scared that they immediately poured water into the ammunition depot at the bottom of the ship. In this way, the 2 that can be used in the central turret was only a small number of shells in the dressing room. After a few minutes, the No. 2 turret also stopped firing.&1t;/p>

The fourth shell was also in good condition. The shell landed at the rear of the No. 4 turret. Although it did not directly penetrate the rear armor due to angle problems, the violent explosion still blasted the armor plate. Countless fragments collided unscrupulously inside the hull, directly causing the transmission shaft located at the bottom of the hull to malfunction. For this reason, Queen Maria had to lower the navigation to 15 knots.&1t;/p>

Just when Queen Maria was already showing signs of defeat, the situation was also very bad with Alexander III, who was caught by Teghov. During this period, Teghov hit five guns, but except for one shell hitting the side string armored belt and passing through the boiler compartment and blowing two boilers, the remaining four main gun shells were all hit on the superstructure. Alexander III's turret was broken with two gun barrels, and a chimney was blown away. The other two shells set a fire at the tail of the hull. From a distance, the rolling smoke almost covered the entire warship. Only when the Russian battleship opened fire, the muzzle storm would blow away some thick smoke, and you could see the devastated hull that was blown away.&1t;/p>

Due to the interference of fire and thick smoke, the combat effectiveness of Alexander III continued to decline. Although he hit the Teghov three times, both shells were bounced away by heavy side string armor and front armor of the turret. Only one shell hit the No. 4 turret behind the hull, blowing up one cannon.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!