1473 Encounter 2
"Let the former Fearless Fleet support the destroyer's combat, we must solve it as soon as possible!" The Earl ordered. So four Super Fearless still hid in the night, while two Quasi-Fearless and 1 Armored Cruiser walked onto the front. It was not that the Earl was timid, but because you don't know how many main battleships the British had in this sea area, and if they fight at close range, they would definitely not feel good if they were hit by 12-inch heavy artillery! And if you exposed yourself, you might be fatal torpedoes. Therefore, the Earl decided to hide for the time being.
"Send a seaplane and dig out the British warship hidden in the night for me!" Of course, simply waiting for the opponent to make a mistake is not the Count's style. At this time, the seaplane once again played its advantages! Now the Allied fleet has been discovered, so every minute is very important, and the goal is right in front of me. If you move faster, maybe you can still bombard the port after killing this British fleet? Finally, have you talked about the problem of going home? The Count has already thought about it!
More and more destroyers joined this large-scale field battle. On these battlefields, Hussars galloped on the sea and then attacked each other with dense shells and torpedoes at an almost face-to-face distance. A British destroyer rushed out from the side and frantically suppressed a German destroyer at a distance of about 2,000 meters with two other friendly forces. The latter could not escape such a fierce attack even if he released the smoke screen. The dense shells landed near the destroyer from time to time, and left a series of twisted bullet holes on the side of the ship.
However, just as the British were about to continue to work hard to completely kill the destroyer, a thunderbolt hit one of the British destroyers without knowing it. The violent explosion directly smashed the warship to pieces. A huge fireball appeared in the night, illuminating the figure of the sneak attacker. The other three German destroyers who arrived at the battlefield in time and the besieged destroyer immediately counterattacked the two British destroyers. Soon, the British aid continued to arrive, and both sides could not do anything to each other for a while.
However, when the Ferdinand quasi-Defaultless Battleship and the Redbeard joined the battlefield, the whole situation changed. The heavy artillery shells flew from 6,000 meters away made the battlefield's balance tilt quickly. Two British destroyers were covered by fire of destruction falling from the sky. One of them was hit by a 12-inch shell, and the violent explosion directly blew the warship into two pieces. The other shell was covered by dense 6-inch cannons, and a large hole several meters long was torn open on the side of the ship's side, and it was almost impossible to survive. After the strong reinforcements joined, the entire battlefield was massacred in one-sided manner!
"It's the German battleship, they are right under our noses!" Through the firelight when the fire was opened, Major General Weism found that the German battleship that opened fire was less than 6,000 meters away from him! At 6,000 meters, the effective combat distance between the two sides during the Russo-Japanese War was more than this! Even the former fearless can effectively attack the opponent. In this case, the defensive advantages and firepower advantages of the fearless ship were greatly reduced. In the eyes of the British, even the old 12-inch cannon can still cause a fatal blow to the opponent!
"The other side seems to be three main battleships! They did not notice us! Order, Agamemnon attacked the enemy's first battleship, London and Ocean attacked the second, and the last one left to the Triumph and the cruisers Dolis and Dublin!" Major General Weissm issued an attack order.
The Agamemnon was the last quasi-Dreadnought battleship in the UK, with 4 12-inch l45 guns, which are exactly the same as the main guns on the Dreadnought. The side string has 5 234mm guns. In terms of the projection, it may not be less than the Fearless. So he was arranged to deal with a German main battleship alone. London and Ocean can use 4 12-inch guns, so the two warships beat one. As for the Triumph, this was originally a second-class battleship built by the British for Chile. Although the side string has 4 10-inch guns and up to 7 190mm rapid-fire guns, although the projection is terrifying, it has limited effect on the battleship after all, so he and two other cruisers will deal with the third ship together!
The British were still very fast. The rangefinder located at the top began to quickly find the target. The cross line in the center of the rangefinder tightly grasped the flame of the muzzle when the German battleship was shooting. The huge shells were loaded into the chamber with the help of servo. During this last period, the British tried to find a position where they could fully exert their firepower. Unfortunately, due to the barrier of the destroyer, the British battleships with the advantage of the number of battles could never fully unfold the battle line, especially the two cruisers behind, and they could hardly find the shooting angle!
"Fire!" With the issuance of the shooting order, orange-yellow fireballs rose from the sea, and armor-piercing bullets weighing more than 300 kilograms flew roaring towards the German fleet 6,500 away. In just ten seconds, tall water columns covered the target battle situation!
"Damn it, why do you all attack me!" Although the British allocated firepower, due to the visibility issue, the three battleships in front aimed at the Ferdinand battleship in the front! The Zrini, who was in the second position, was attacked! Although the third Redbeard was also beaten by three battleships, the only one that could pose a threat was Triumph, because the other two cruisers hit the shells into the water due to angle problems!
"The fleet disbands! Each fights!" The Austrians reacted quickly. When they were suddenly attacked, they quickly realized that they could not beat their opponents. Judging from the firepower of the opponent, there were at least three front dreadnoughts and armored cruisers. They were suddenly besieged and were already at the lower peak. So they decided to disband the formation. Anyway, they didn't need to output this battle!
Before the opponent fired the third round of volleys, the Ferdinand immediately released the smoke screen, stopped shooting, and began to evacuate in the opposite direction. The smoke screen gushed out of the cigarette tank quickly covered the slender hull of the battleship. After losing the guidance of the gunfire flame, the British immediately began to catch the target. At this time, the British still did not find any problem with their firepower distribution, and the three battleships continued to fire at the targets that were escaping from a distance!
"The destroyer rushed forward and turn on the searchlight!" Major General Weism knew that once the enemy was completely lost in the night battle, it would be very troublesome to find it again. Therefore, at this time, the British fleet did not dare to retain it. Six destroyers as reserves rushed up to the quasi-fairy not far away, and turned on the searchlight to find the opponent. Huge columns of light swept across the night, accompanied by the high-speed movement of the destroyer, searching for the target like the eyes of a giant beast!
Chapter completed!