"Damn German aircraft!" However, this time, when Brigadier General Sinclair's fleet approached the German fleet, he did not escape the eyes of the K-crew group in the sky. With radio positioning, a series of flares fell, instantly illuminating the waters around the British Light Cruiser Detachment, so he was embarrassed and could only go from sneak attack to strong attack! At this time, when the lookout on S118, located at the tail of the German Detachment, discovered the light cruiser in the distance, Major Franco was also frightened. The destroyer fought against the light cruiser to the death? This is even more unreliable than the British Battle Patrol to the death! After all, the latter is a fight at the same level. He is fighting the boss at the same level. As long as nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely lose!

"Release the smoke now! Let's go!" Major Franco ordered loudly!

Unfortunately, sometimes you can't walk as soon as you want? Indeed, the S113 destroyer has a maximum speed of more than 32 knots, and the British light cruisers are usually around 30 knots. But you have to consider the sea conditions and ship conditions! The battle just now also caused four large German destroyers to be scarred. Now the maximum speed has dropped from the previous 28 knots to about 25 knots, while the British light cruiser team that just participated in the battle has increased the speed to more than 26 knots!

"Fight! Hit the opponent's flagship hard! Use armor-piercing bullets!" Major Franco ordered loudly! He did not intend to let the two torpedo boats/destroyers around him go up, because it was obvious that they could not be beaten. The light cruiser was specifically designed to deal with these slags. Going up [31 Novel Network] is equivalent to giving away. Therefore, the only thing that could threaten the British light cruiser team in the end was the 150mm cannon on his ship. Considering that he might have to face the British light cruiser this time, the Germans specially equipped the 150mm cannon with armor-piercing bullets of about 30% of the 150mm cannon! He did not want to kill the opponent, but he wanted to have the power to fight back!

So, when the British were about to include the German destroyer within their effective range, the German large destroyer team, which was originally in the evacuation state, quickly turned a corner on the sea! The steering speed of this far-reaching cruiser made Brigadier General Sinclair, who was rushing in front, scared him into a cold sweat! In just a few dozen seconds, his ship was already within the attack range of two large German destroyers! Then, firelight flashed in the distance, and a raindrop-like shell hit him!

The dense shells first covered the two 6-inch cannons placed in a back-type position on the bow of the Ceres. At this time, the secondary gun of the British light cruiser was not the turret secondary gun of the light cruiser in later World War II. You can even understand that it is slightly more complicated than the deck cannon and then add a semi-enclosed cannon. It is enough to block the shell shock wave and debris, but if you want to block the 150mm armor-piercing shell from less than 1,000 meters away? Then save it!

A 150mm armor-piercing shell hit the shell of a 6 village cannon. With the hood and rupture of the front of the shell, the sharp warhead easily tore open the armor of the cannon of only 50mm, and then blew the entire cannon into both ends. A complete British gun crew was buried with it! The fierce firepower of the Germans once again exceeded the British expectations. The Ceres were directly hit by this fierce and precise shelling, and a series of shells spread from the bow to the superstructure of the hull. Brigadier General Sinclair, who was as accustomed to commanding battles at the bow without armor protection, was also injured by flying shrapnel and could not command the battle for the time being.

However, the quality of the regular British Navy officers was reflected at this moment. Under the command of the deputy captain of the Ceres, the Ceres and the Cardiff light cruiser behind quickly turned to avoid German shelling and used side guns to counterattack. The other two light cruisers bit the power and could only fall on the last destroyer S119!

"The power system of the warship is damaged, and our ship will leave the battle sequence!" At this time, under the clamping of two British light cruisers, the situation of the destroyer s119 deteriorated very quickly. Two shells that directly penetrated the engine compartment destroyed the left turbine, and the speed dropped directly from 25 knots to less than 18 knots! In this case, the s119 decisively sent out a signal to leave the queue and evacuate in the reverse direction. He hoped to rely on himself to share the pressure on the remaining three destroyers, and the British also sent the Coventry to pursue it!

"The officers and soldiers on this German destroyer are very tenacious. They fought to the last moment. In the last few minutes, we approached less than 800 meters away from the other side. At this time, the sea water had already overflowed the deck of the destroyer. There was only one 6-inch gun on the entire warship. However, the Germans were still fighting back. The tilt angle of the warship was already very large. I even suspect that even if we stop now, the ship would definitely not be able to escape the result of destruction. It is hard for me to believe that the ship that had been entangled with us for more than 20 minutes would be a destroyer without armor defense. Even from the perspective of the enemy, I still have to admit that the officers and soldiers on this German warship deserve our respect." The captain of the Coventry commented after the war.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was obviously tilted towards the British. The attack of a team of German torpedo boats was not effective, but it only kept the German large destroyer team away slightly. If nothing unexpected happened, Major Franco's large destroyer fleet would be killed by the light cruiser belonging to Sinclair. However, at this time, an accident occurred on the battlefield. Shortly after the USS Coventry had sunk the destroyer S119, a shell accurately landed on a four-unit 533mm torpedo tube at the back of the USS Cardiff light cruiser!

So, something happened immediately! The shell destroyed the compressed air compartment of one of the torpedoes and the fuel silo at the rear. When the compressed air and fuel were mixed together, a little spark ignited the gas that predicted destruction! With a series of explosions, three torpedoes on the 4-unit launch tube were detonated one after another, so there was no need to think about the rest! This guy, who was pressing against a large German destroyer a minute ago, was blown into two pieces by the torpedo on his ship!

The power of the serial explosion is so great that some people even say that when they saw the second half of the hull, they were lifted out of the sea level! A water column of nearly 100 meters soared into the sky, and then the hull quickly fell to one side of the sea. Before most of the British naval officers and soldiers could react, thousands of tons of sea water had poured in from the broken hull. In just two minutes, the poor light cruiser completely disappeared from the sea!
Chapter completed!