At this time, what was worse for the British was that Major Franco's large destroyer team was only less than 5 kilometers away from here! He was shrouded in the darkness and was completely exposed to the light!

"Discover the British destroyer team, at 11 o'clock, the distance is about 4,200 meters!" The stylized rangefinder on Major Franco's flagship S113 large destroyer locked the British destroyer team under the white light background at the first time. This time, the British were a little unlucky. The four destroyers were almost shrouded by the flares dropped by German bombers at the first time. At this time, the enemy was bright and we were dark, and it was just right for a slap!

"Storm up and hit them one-on-one!" He already has the advantage, so what remains is a! Four destroyers opened up the high-temperature and high-pressure steam stored in the steam pipeline. As a result of a huge amount of steam pouring into the turbine, four large German destroyers began to accelerate their course! The speed increased from about 18 knots to more than 27 knots in a short time! What is this concept? It is equivalent to a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, and at this time, they are only more than 4,000 meters away from the British destroyer team! It takes only a few minutes to include it in the effective range of the deck cannon!

The German fleet entered the battlefield almost against the edge of light and darkness. The slender hull was looming in the light. In just a few minutes, the German fleet had pointed its side strings full of artillery at the British, and the British in the distance seemed to be still in a daze?!

"Damn it! What's the joke?! The British are funny?" Major Franco looked at the British destroyer in the distance and was a little depressed, because in the last few minutes of receiving the enemy, the British fleet still maintained formation navigation, and its speed was still not high. In the eyes of Major Franco, an old bird who had experienced the Battle of Dogel Sands and then fought with the Russian fleet for 300 rounds in the Baltic Sea, at this time, the first priority of the destroyer was to accelerate escape and avoid the flares. The rise of the flares in the night battle was a signal to be locked. If you don't dodge at this time, you are looking for death?!

In an instant, Major Franco wondered if this was the British bait? However, after only a few seconds of hesitation, the Major decisively issued an attack order. So what if it was the bait? Anyway, there is a Count's fleet to protect him!

Major Franco's melee dog fighting tactics are still very good. The German fleet entered the position very well, almost passing by the British fleet in a diagonal direction, just in a position of an unruly T-shaped horizontal formation! If the British fleet chooses to turn to escape, it will happen to meet the Earl of Spee who has been surrounded from the north! When both sides approached 2,100 meters, the leading S113 large destroyer fired the first round of volleys!

Four 150mm and two 105mm deck cannons spewed out fire snakes at the same time, and a row of shells roared at the British fleet that seemed to have not reflected! The leader happened to be the flagship Wreath of the British destroyer. In less than 3 seconds, this poor British destroyer was covered by water columns and flames!

The Germans' first round of shooting was very accurate, forming a cross-fire perfectly. One of the shells hit the bow of the Wreath! Destroyed the entire anchor room! Then, with the shooting of the other three German destroyers, the poor British fleet was instantly covered by fire, and a violent explosion came from not far away, even covering the roar of the turbine!

"Switch immediately and speed up the evacuation! We were attacked!" Realizing that the situation was wrong, the Huahua began to turn to avoid the opponent's shelling, and at the same time used two 102mm artillery on the head and tail deck to counterattack. However, the opponent's firepower was too fierce! Every minute, more than one ton of shells flew from a distance, and Germany was getting closer and closer. In just 2 minutes, the distance between the two sides was shortened from 2,100 meters to 1,200 meters!

At this time, the German destroyer also decisively turned on the searchlight. The three searchlights firmly locked the poor destroyer. Tons of ammunition fell on the hull. With the violent explosion and the flames rising from the air, the destroyer was beaten into a fire dragon by dense shells within 3 minutes! The entire battle was a one-sided massacre. The shrapnel and shock waves of the shell explosion swept across the entire deck, and even swept the cockpit, which was not big in the front of the destroyer! In the end, two rounds directly hit the 150mm shells in the ammunition depot at the lower part of the artillery position, completely destroying the poor destroyer. With a loud bang, the Garland was blown into two sections from the middle, and the debris shot out by the huge explosion force even hit S113 not far away!

"Kill them and be careful to avoid torpedoes!" The German destroyer fleet always kept the distance from 1,000 to 1,500 meters. At this distance, the German destroyer's naval guns performed stably, and at the same time had time to avoid torpedoes that the opponent might fire! Under the firepower attack of the German fleet comparable to light cruisers, the remaining three British destroyers did not last long! One of them was beaten and slumped on the sea, and the other was overturned because of too much water inflow on the side string. After the last destroyer fired two torpedoes before his death, the deep-water bomb warehouse at the tail was ignited. With a loud bang, the entire battle turned into fragments in the sky! Although it floated on the sea with a radius of one kilometer, the entire battle lasted only a quarter of an hour from the beginning to the end!

"This should be a special destroyer of the British, not a regular fleet destroyer." After the battle, Major Franco quickly made a general judgment on the level of the enemy. Although the so-called special destroyer also has the name of a destroyer, its standards and performance are much worse than that of a regular fleet destroyer, and the quality of the personnel on it is also poor. They generally undertake patrol, anti-submarine and mine-sweeping tasks. It is normal for many people to have not experienced naval warfare. If this happens, the British's slow response can be explained.

"The nail has been removed, let's continue to move forward!" It was just a small victory. Major Franco didn't care much. The definition of this line of defense within the British is to be alert. They must have other mobile fleets. Next time, if they encounter it again, they will not be weak!

"His Excellency General, our A-line has been broken. Ten minutes ago, the A3 patrol was attacked. Now 30 minutes have passed. Our call has not responded!" At this time, an officer reported to Lieutenant General Martin in Dunkirk.

"Are you coming?" Lieutenant General Martin immediately stood up and walked to the chart. "Send a telegram to the transport fleet, telling them not to set off for the time being, and at the same time order the Fifth Light Cruiser Detachment and the Sixth Destroyer Squadron to prepare for the battle!

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