In terms of the number of 12-inch gun barrels, it is absolutely suppressed! Agamemnon, London, and Triumph immediately aimed all the firepower at the target. The shells like a flame storm instantly enveloped the exposed Zrini. This round of artillery bombing was so violent that at a distance of 7,500 meters, the explosion of shells shone white in the waters near Zrini, and even flares were needed.

During this period, the Zrini was hit at least 2 12-inch shells, about 5 234mm shells, and an unknown number of 6-inch high-explosive shells. Fortunately, the performance of this Austro-Hungarian warship was quite good. Except for the 12-inch barrel being broken by a 12-inch shell, most of the remaining shells were bounced away by heavy armor belts.

"Release the smoke immediately, let's hide first!" The so-called long-term battleship will lead to failure. Even the strongest armor cannot withstand the continuous blow. The Zrini, who was already holding on to delay time, decided to temporarily avoid it. Balls of smoke appeared from the cigarette canister, gradually obscuring the figure of the warship. On the other side, the second-class battleship of the Triumph and the Red Beard also fought back and forth. The British seemed to have grasped the situation again?!

In line with the principle of taking advantage of your illness to kill your life, the British naturally wanted to kill their opponents. At this time, the British were no longer hiding, and all their power was put into use. They unscrupulously scanned the sea with searchlights and guided the destroyers to rush towards the German fleet in the distance. The British offensive reached its peak at this moment! 4 battleships, 2 cruisers, and the remaining 8 destroyers rushed towards the German fleet that was dodging in the distance.

"Look at where, it seems there is something!" said a British officer pointing to the dark sea opposite the battle.

"Hmm?! It seems that there is really something?" Another British officer also looked into the distance. It seemed that something was really moving on the dark sea?! But what was that? Why didn't he even turn on the beacon light?! Besides, the place was busy, where did the ship come from so blind?!

"There are 6 warships above the cruiser, 4 battleships, and 2 light cruisers! The last one of them has been beaten to death." The British did not see it, but did not see clearly. In the place less than 4,000 meters away from the non-warrant side of this British fleet, the four super fearless ships commanded by Earl Spey had secretly touched up!

In fact, after the main fleets of both sides began to fight, Earl Spee already knew the position of the main fleet of the British, but was not clear about the size of the British fleet, and because of the angle problem, the attack window was not ideal. Therefore, after the three ships in front of them were fearless, the four Germans were fearless, almost turned off all the lights, sneaked to the flank of the British fleet, and then pushed the powerful 350mm heavy artillery on the British's forehead!

After the battle, someone once scolded Earl Spee, saying that he arranged to put the three former dreadnoughts in a very dangerous situation. The Earl did not refute this accusation, because the fact is indeed the case, 3 against 6, and the three German warships were completely inferior. But the Earl had his own reasons!

"In the night battle, there are too many variables. A destroyer may suddenly rush out of the night and then hit the precious battleship with a close distance! The heavy artillery of the old warship will also pose a huge threat to the new warships, because the distance between the two sides is too close! In the night battle, it is difficult for you to completely destroy all the opponent's fleets. Even if one or two warships are left, it may leave serious hidden dangers. Therefore, we must let the British expose all means as soon as possible this morning, and if you want to do this, you must let the British see the hope of victory!" After the war, Count Spey explained what he did at that time in this way!

(In fact, this cannot be wrong. Don’t you see that in the history of the Guadalam Naval Battle, when the battleship South Dakota, which was pulled out by the Japanese battlecruiser and a group of younger brothers, wasn’t the Washington battleship behind him secretly watching the Japanese attack their boss, and then put it close enough to suddenly attack, killing Kirishima in one wave?!)

So, when the British fleet suddenly attacked, the Count watched coldly. When the British sent the first wave of destroyers to attack the Ferdinand, the Count slowly approached the target. When the British put all their troops in! There was no destroyer next to his main fleet, the hunter's hunting rifle was already pressed against the prey's forehead! The prey was still attacking the hunting dogs who were serving as bait missions in the distance!

At this moment, the result of this battle is destined!

"4500 meters! All warships are staring at the British warships in turn, and the destroyers are ready. When we open fire, the destroyers will go up to lightning strike at the same time! Kill all the opponents as soon as possible!" Earl Spee ordered.

A total of 32 350mm cannons were leveled, and the rangefinder at the top of the mast of the warship had locked the opponent tightly. OK, the fate of the British warship has been locked!

"Fire!" A series of loud thunder-like sounds came from the other side! The flame storm during the battleship's salvo illuminated half of the night sky! Before the British reacted, the 350mm shell weighing more than 600 kilograms had already roared and hit the British battleship's body! The sword was bloody!

Sultan Selim I was aiming at the Agamemnon. This poor battleship had no resistance to the shells fired from extremely close range! The fragile armor was like paper, and now the hit rate at the close range was naturally terrifying. In the first round of volleys, the poor battleship was hit by 4 350mm shells!

So, almost in a moment! The port side of the entire warship was blown up and holes were ripped off the warship under the violent explosion and impact! Balls of bright yellow flames gushed out from the side of the warship, and a fierce fire storm swept across the entire warship in an instant!

"After our first round of shooting, we can confirm that the enemy's flagship was dead. The entire middle of his hull turned into a sea of ​​fire. The three huge turrets on the side were all destroyed in more than ten seconds. We must have ignited the ammunition in it, and tons of shells and fired drugs exploded torn the warships. We can even observe with our naked eyes that a second-class main gun turret was blown into the sky!" a German officer recalled.

The repeated explosions continued to destroy the poor warship, and the Germans stopped the attack tactfully, because this guy was no longer worth wasting precious ammunition. The British, who was still chasing Zrini for two minutes ago, has now become a ruin temporarily floating on the sea. The blazing flames were burning all over his body, drifting with the flow. The Germans were even too lazy to make up for it!
Chapter completed!