Even though the lion was attacked by a cheetah while careless, it looked quite miserable. However, the lion's overall combat power was there! After the British battleship had just turned halfway, and after some of the main guns had obtained the firing realm, the combat situation quickly reversed! A 12-inch shell landed on the No. 1 turret of the Lun armored cruiser. The shell easily tore open the front of the hardened armor with a thickness of 12 inches, and then easily drilled into the turret. With a loud bang, more than 40 German naval officers and soldiers inside the turret and two artillery were completely destroyed! A large amount of flames surged out of the turret, and the entire hull seemed to be shaking in the constant explosion. However, the German fire protection was very strong after all, and the turret exploded. The dressing room and ammunition depot below were still safe!

Then, another shell pierced through the rear armor belt of the Luen, bringing 70 tons of water to the battleship, Major General Liao Le was no longer calm. This Tm could not fight! At most, he set fire to the other party, but he shot one hole at a time, and the knife was bleeding!

"Release the smoke, let's go!" Even though the two German armored cruisers had a huge gap with the British dreadnought in offense and defense, and could even be said to be insurmountable, in terms of navigation, the largest flight of more than 23 knots still allowed the two armored cruisers to retreat in the dark. Balls of smoke surged out of the warships, and all cigarette cans were opened. In just a dozen seconds, most of the sides of the two warships were hidden in the smoke, and the British destroyers were also dispersed by the accompanying German light cruisers.

"Look at them! They have used it once before, and the smoke cannot protect them for how long!" Major General Heath said viciously!

"Turn left by 5 compass points! The flight is increased to the maximum, and we cut off their route!" At this time, a group of staff members calculated the navigation conditions of both sides on the chart while correcting the fleet's course. The quality of the British navy was once again reflected. Even though the German armored cruisers had a certain degree of advantage, it was still difficult to get rid of the British in a short period of time.

Two British dreadnoughts rushed towards the fleeing German armored cruiser like angry lions. According to the current distance and route, if nothing unexpected happens, even if Major General Liao Le can run away, he will probably be skinned! If you are not lucky, it is possible to lose a warship!

At this time, Major General Liao Le truly felt the threat of death: "The British are very close to us. From the gap in the smoke, you can see the shadow of the British ships in the distance. The flames when the main gun fire can block a considerable part of our vision. Before the fires when the British gun fired, their shells flew over, and water columns rose up around our battleships. If you are not lucky and the hull is shot, you can feel that the entire battleship will shake violently, as if it is hit by a heavy hammer. In a few minutes, a damage tube will come over to tell you what consequences will be caused by a breakdown of our battleship. This time, the British shells have very good quality. At this distance, even if the shooting angle is not ideal, they can penetrate the thickest armor on our battleship!"

The penetration of a shell depends on the incident angle, and the incident angle can be decomposed into horizontal incident angle and vertical incident angle. The latter is very small in close combat, so the main influence on the penetration of the shell is the horizontal incident angle. Later generations, people who have played the world of tanks understand that when playing games, they can swing the angle to enhance their defense. In reality, tanks also rely on angle defense, and the same is true for warships. In fact, warships are rarely used to navigate horizontally and the vertical incident direction of the shell tax receipt is very rare. Most of them will have a certain horizontal incident angle. Therefore, in actual combat, when the breakdown distance is less than the breakdown distance, the warship may still block the shells fired by the other party.

This time, Major General Liao Le roughly recalled the situation of the battle after the war and calculated it. He was really scared! Because if the comprehensive incident angle was considered, if the British 12-inch gun was tested at the shooting range, it would be fine to penetrate 11-inch hardened armor on the front at a distance of 12 kilometers! The 12-inch gun was so terrifying, and the Queen's 15-inch gun was even more chilling! Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for now!

Even with the cover of smoke and the game of navigation, Major General Liao Le still fought in danger in this battle. However, just as the Heath fleet and Liao Le fleet chased each other, the Spee fleet, which was originally northwest of the British fleet, sneaked up!

"In this battle, Major General Heath's biggest problem is that his luck is not very good." After the war, Thomas once defended Major General Heath in military court like this. He was attacked by a submarine, and it was fine to turn on the searchlights of the main warship. After all, the attack distance of the submarine is very close, and even if there is only one submarine, after the torpedo tube of the ship is shot, people can still use the stern of the ship, which is dark. For the first time, you lucky to have a torpedo in the dark night. Are you still counting on luck to avoid the second round?

However, Major General Heath's unlucky place was here. After turning on the lights, a German fleet happened to be behind the Heath's fleet. So, without surprise, the Heath's fleet made the opponent beat the back in the worst situation of fighting.

In fact, at this point, Major General Heath still has a chance to save it. After all, the strength gap between the two sides is huge, and the major general took the right way to deal with it. He quickly turned around, the destroyer covers and counterattacks at the same time, and scored a hit! However, God fooled this poor guy again. After turning left, he exposed his butt to Earl Spey originally located at 2 o'clock in the fleet... At the same level, the Earl's fleet touched it!

Unlike Major General Liao Le, Earl Spee is quite fierce in this wave. On the one hand, the power of the 12-inch cannon is much greater than that of the 1O-inch cannon. On the other hand, Major General Liao Le is ready to take a wave and leave to distract the British and buy time for the Count. And Earl Spee is ready to sacrifice this time. When the Fearless Battleship is ready to fight to the death in the night battle, the British's last-rate dreadnought is also a bit weak! Especially now, the battle situation is very beneficial to the Germans!

42oo meters! Set the closest distance between the main battleships tonight! At this distance, even the 12-inch L4o cannon has the opportunity to knock on the 9-12-inch side-string armor belt of the British Dreadnought! The rangefinders of the two German battleships once again aimed at the moving British battleships.
Chapter completed!