"Damn, what's the matter?" A British destroyer had just avoided the searchlight dropped by a German bomber, and then he saw two bright spots rise quickly and fall slowly. The two 105mm flares fired by the Germans once again exposed the position of the poor British destroyer. At the next moment, the fierce firepower of the two large German destroyers instantly enveloped the poor destroyer. Balls of flames and thick smoke continued to gush out of the British warship. It took only 5 minutes from firing to sagging the warship on the sea. If it weren't for the battle that the British destroyer had thrown away all the torpedoes and deep-water bombs, he would have exploded for a long time!

Relying on the enemy's advantage of being open and secret, Major Franco's fleet successfully stole at least three destroyers and patrol boats from the opponent. So far, most of the two teams and eight destroyers assigned to him were not exposed. However, the regular destroyer team of the British Navy was still of some level. After experiencing the initial decline, they finally completed the group and bit the Franco's fleet!

The six British destroyers lined up in standard battle lines appeared on the left side of the Franco fleet. At this time, the two sides were sailing parallel to the northeast at a speed of more than 28 knots. They carefully calculated the distance between each other. The searchlights of both sides were constantly sweeping on the sea surface, and the light cannons on the ship also kept firing flares to determine the other's position. Be careful to get close to each other, and then after approaching a certain distance, the cannons suddenly sounded loudly!

Ten destroyers with tonnage of more than 1,500 tons on both sides were fighting wildly at a distance of only about 1,200 meters. More than 40 artillery more than 100mm were spraying deadly bullets at the opponent. In the distance, the warships of both sides were looming in dense water columns and flames, and bursts of explosions were constantly coming from the warships. For destroyers that lack protection, both sides almost held sharp blades and were in a wisp!

"Every time I get shot is a test of life and death for us. The only protection on our destroyer is the thin hull. A 4-inch high-explosion bomb can shatter the entire steel plate. A steam pipe of the S115 destroyer I am on was broken by shrapnel, and high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor that is up to hundreds of degrees is sprayed out from the break. The British picric acid explosives have also set fire to a very good effect. The surrounding cabins have instantly become hell.

We had to wear asbestos fire suits and gas masks for rescue. Even so, we lost three comrades forever. Every shell hit the warship, which was like a heavy hammer, made the warship shake slightly. Many cabins were destroyed. The sea water, leaked steam and flames, and the smoke of gunpowder made the warship hell. We don’t know when this disaster will end!" A German naval engineer recalled the scene at that time.

The British's intensive shooting made it very difficult for German destroyers, but how could the Germans' specially improved gunboat destroyers be together? If the British shelling just made the Germans feel pressured, then the 4 150mm cannons and 2 105mm cannons equipped on the German S113 destroyer are all tragic!

Boom! A series of 6-inch shells fell on the deck of the British leader's destroyer Cormorant. The shells weighing more than 50 kilograms easily completely eliminated the three chimneys of the poor destroyer. As the point of the landing was moved forward, the cockpit in the front was also flattened, leaving only a ball of twisted metal to tell people what had happened here. As for the deck, there were thousands of shrapnel and bullet holes. The fragile partition could not stop the shrapnel from storm. The British gunner who operated the four 102mm deck cannons had long been integrated with the artillery fragments and never divided each other. The fire and the boiler exhaust gas were poured back into the power compartment. In just a few minutes, more than half of the boiler was instantly shut down. Then the warship began to leave the team under the push of the sea water, like a lonely ghost.

The Bobcat destroyer next to him was even more unlucky! This guy was accidentally attacked by two German destroyers. In less than 3 minutes, at least 2 tons of shells hit the bow of the poor destroyer, so the bow was smashed by at least one high-explosive bomb! You should know that in order to ensure the seaworthiness of the destroyer, the bow of the ship was generally one level higher than the main deck! However, this forecastle, which is more than ten meters long, was completely flattened together with the bow! This shows how fierce the German artillery fire is!

"The hull power cabin is on fire! [31 Novel Network     Fast update]"

"Pump water and put out the fire immediately!"

"The temperature near the ammunition compartment is too high!"

"Fill water into the ammunition compartment!"

"The front of the hull has undergone a serious first tip!"

"Open the hull's rear compartment and make a balance!" In the end, the poor Bobcat was forced to overturn due to too much water inflow. Less than a quarter of an hour after the war started, the British destroyer was left with only one mast still on the sea!

After the initial bloody battle, British destroyers reduced their personnel a lot, and Major Franco didn't even have to use the torpedo boats assigned to him. The British destroyer team could no longer hold on. Two of them were destroyed in one encounter with 6 to 4, and the remaining 4v4s were almost unsuspected! As long as Major Franco was given another quarter of an hour, he was completely sure to destroy all these British destroyers! Unfortunately, the British light cruiser team arrived!

"We caught the German light cruiser squad!" A quarter of an hour ago, Brigadier General Sinclair received a telegram from the destroyer squad! That's right, you read it right, it's the light cruiser squad. As Count Spee expected, the British did regard Major Franco's large destroyer squad as the light cruiser squad!

There is no way, the British have never seen destroyers with 4 150mm cannons and 2 105mm cannons on the side! What kind of firepower is the first generation of the British Linxian destroyer with armored belts? It is just 2 6-inch runs and 6 102mm cannons. In terms of unilateral output, it is not as good as the improved S113 large destroyer. (Of course, the S113 will definitely not beat Linxian. After all, they have armored belts, and you run naked... In addition, don't tell me that Linxian was the British light cruiser before the Second World War. That was also called Linxian, with the same name.) And because it was nighttime, even though it was very close, the British still had problems with the length assessment of the German warships. Therefore, these four large destroyers with extremely powerful firepower were reported as light cruisers.

After receiving the news, Brigadier General Sinclair rushed up with four light cruisers, among which Brigadier General Sinclair's Ceres took the lead!
Chapter completed!