Under the blowing of the sea breeze, the white smoke from the two German battleships that had already used full-fuel boilers quickly dissipated in the semi-black air. The German fleet's speed was not fast at this time, about 15 knots, and the rangefinder at the top of the mast was slowly turning, locking a small boat that followed the last of the fleet in the center of its vision!

"This little thing is really hard to find!" After passing the data measured by the rangefinder to the fire control room, an officer rubbed his eyes, which were somewhat tiring. According to the Germans' opinions, the first thing they wanted to clear was the destroyer behind. These guys were the enemy of the submarine and were also the assassins in the dark. In order to prevent the capsizing of the ship in the gutter, the first thing the two German warships had to remove were these little guys.

"According to common sense, there should be one more ship, but it can't be found now. It will be completely dark in a few dozen minutes. Do we need to take action?" Radell said as he looked at the gradually darkening sky.

"Let the Schánhorst kill it in five volleys! After the flagship fires, Gneisenau immediately attacks the transport ship at the tail! Everyone moves more quickly, and we only have dozens of minutes." Su Xiong ordered. "In addition, tell Colonel Schulz's wolf pack that after nightfall, they can move freely."

With the issuance of Su Xiong's order, the Sharnhorst-class fast battleship, known as the Gemini Death of the Indian Ocean by the Allies, once again showed its hideous teeth! 13,000 meters! At 11 o'clock, the half-volley began! As the heavy fire door was opened, a series of 350mm shells weighing more than 600 kilograms and a medicine bag wrapped in silk and brass shells were extracted from the ammunition compartment deep in the battleship.

The cannon was placed at a loading angle of about 5 degrees. The huge mechanical servo carried the shells to the rear of the cannon and was placed into the barrel under the action of the mechanical push rod. (The early German dreadnoughtsman pushed the bomb into the chamber was manpower, and there was mechanical boost behind it. Although it was just a mechanical push rod, it increased the rate of fire very much!) Then there was the front section of the launching medicine bag and the second half wrapped in a brass shell. After one shell and two packs of launching medicine were pushed in, the horizontal wedge bolt was quickly closed with the sound of steel sliding!

Because the distance is close, the elevation angle of the artillery is very small, and eight huge thick and long artillery points to the warship at 11 o'clock. At this time, the destroyer, which was like a rabbit targeted by a hunter, did not realize the approaching disaster and was still falling behind the fleet at a speed of 10 knots.

"High explosion bombs, open fire!" Four thick and long flames instantly spurted out from the muzzle, and huge fireballs even covered the half-pull hull. Four 635kg shells flew out of the muzzle at a speed of more than twice the speed of sound. Before the loud thunderous sound entered the Japanese ears, the water columns splashed by the four shells had already wrapped the poor warship!

"Beautiful!" In the view of the main rangefinder, the water column splashed by a shell almost coincided with the target, which shows that even if the shell did not hit, the landing point would be very close, and it might even be a close-range loss! The four shells were evenly scattered around this unlucky Japanese destroyer, and successfully clamped the opponent in the first round of shooting!

"Turn into the effective fire and open fire at full speed!" The fire controller issued an order. After 30 seconds, the second round of shells also flew out of the barrel!

"What's the situation?!" The captain of the destroyer Isofeng suddenly saw a water column that was dozens of meters high rise less than 20 meters from the side of his warship! (Dear book friends who are looking for trouble, this is definitely not the author's mistake. During the 1st War, there was a first-class destroyer called Isofeng. It was not the Yangyan-class Isofeng in War 2. He was in service in 1917. If you don't believe it, please look at the Conway Warship. The 242-page lower right corner of the book from 1906 to 1921)

Afterwards, more than 100 Japanese naval officers and soldiers on the warship could feel that the hull seemed to be hit hard by a sledgehammer. The warship that was originally traveling smoothly quickly became swaying. A dull loud noise came from the bottom of the hull, as if a powerful water wave hit the hull.

The fist-sized shrapnel easily penetrated the hull plate of the Issuefeng, which was only a few millimeters thick underwater like an armor-piercing bomb. The underwater part of the middle of the hull was instantly punched into a sieve. Tons of sea water poured into the hull along the gaps of large and small, and the three boilers on the damaged side were instantly shut down. The entire hull also tilted irreversibly. In the swaying and continuous explosions, the entire warship was shaking! Although it did not hit directly, the damage caused to Issuefeng was equivalent to the near-explosion damage of a small mine!

"Report the loss and prepare for the damage tube immediately!" The Japanese captain shouted at the voice transmission tube. Then the Germans did not give the destroyer a chance. During the third round of volleys, a 350mm high-explosion bomb successfully hit the front of the Japanese destroyer. The two 4.7mm cannons in front were easily wiped out like dust on the table. This was not a joke. The explosives as high as dozens of kilograms of explosives directly blow the bow of the destroyer like a Japanese knife into a flowering bun! The surging sea water caused the warship to have a serious head tilt!

"This Japanese destroyer is finished, let's fight the others!" Two minutes later, only half of the stern of the Isobuki destroyer was lifted high from the sea. The Schánhorst pointed the muzzle at the Japanese transport ship in the distance. Not long after it sank the Isobuki destroyer, the Gneesenau also achieved the first result in this battle!

Gneisenau aimed at a Japanese transport ship located in the northwest. Judging from the appearance of the hull, the registered tonnage should be more than 5,000 tons. The light at the position of this ship is quite good, and the distance is moderate. At a distance of 14,000 meters, Gneisenau threw a shell onto an unexpected Japanese transport ship like a target!

Facts have proved that the defense of civilian ships is indeed impossible to compare with warships. This is not only in the performance of armored defense that can pass numerical reactions, but also in the microscopic aspects of the partition and reserve buoyancy. A 350mm shell hit by the second round of volleys has sentenced the transport ship to death.

The shell was like a sharp sword, which directly cut a few meters in the middle of the target ship! The shrapnel and shock waves produced by the explosion directly destroyed the watertight compartment of Zuoxian. The transport ship loaded with more than 5,000 tons of ore, metal ingots and other materials tilted to 25 degrees in less than 3 minutes. The Japanese were shouting wildly, trying to ask their colleagues nearby for help. Or they might want to save the ship. However, their efforts were useless.
Chapter completed!