After a while, the artillery was in place, and the firepower of the two German battleships was lost. Don’t think about normal long-range volleys. Each turret will attack their own at close range. With the fire control officer delegating power, the eight 12-inch cannons of the two warships aimed at Major General Heath’s flagship, the Giant battleship! There is no way, at this time, you naturally have to attack the opponent’s best-in-law warship first. Look at the bear-like appearance of Hercules. The Earl estimated that the latter could wield half of the combat power!

When he saw the flames of the main battleship volleys appearing behind him again, Major General Heath himself collapsed! He really couldn't understand how the German fleet formed a clamp-shaped offensive against him in the dark! How did they position their positions! To be lucky? Major General Heath didn't believe it, how could the other party's luck be so good? Why was he so bad? Where is the law of nature? Is God a German?

I did nothing wrong. The fleet hid its whereabouts as much as possible. The transmission of information between the fleets was signal lights. Turning on the searchlight just now was only a short time. Moreover, before, there were no German bombers providing lighting on the head. Therefore, Major General Heath believed that the German fleet might have some unknown night detection equipment to show itself. Perhaps the detection distance is limited, or the stability is not good, so it is not easy to use now, but even so, at some point, the battle situation can take a sharp turn! Major General Heath also mentioned this "night combat equipment" in his report after the war. Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for now!

Before the British reacted, 12-inch shells roared and hit the back of the giant's head! At a distance of 42oo meters, at a distance that was too close to the battle of the former Dreadnought warship, 212-inch shells hit the furious giant in the first round of volleys!

The first shell hit the right side of the Giant. It was also a hit shot that was not a good incident angle, but the huge kinetic energy carried by the shell weighing more than 38o kilograms was still fatal! Although it could not penetrate the opponent's armor, the violent impact still pushed a whole armor plate backwards for nearly 2 feet! The huge impact force acted on the support structure and back plate behind through the armor. With a sound of metal breaking and collision, several cabins turned into ruins. This attack was not fatal, but it brought hundreds of tons of water to the warship. At the same time, the collapsed cabin cut off several steam pipelines, which made the giant a little sloping!

The second shell hit the back of the Giant No. 3 turret! Due to angle problems, the shell exploded while penetrating the armor. The violent explosion instantly killed most of the people inside the turret and destroyed the hydraulic equipment of one of the cannons. But unfortunately, there is no radiating medicine bag or shell inside the turret, otherwise the damage will be greater!

"Report to Lieutenant General Thomas, we need support!" Major General Heath was really a little collapsed. From the start of the war to now, many large and small naval battles have been fought, but when did you encounter the situation where the main battleship was attacked by the opponent's main battleship from two directions? And the distance between the opponent is so close! The two British dreadnoughts were also very damaged in the battle just now, and it was even difficult to distribute firepower!

"Hercules continues to suppress the previous German fleet, the Giant deals with the fleet behind him, and the destroyer fleet strikes lightning at the same time on both sides. We need time!" Major General Heath issued an order again.

The huge hull began to turn right, and at the same time, the five turrets quickly turned to aim at the German battleship. After two more shells, the rangefinder at the top of the mast of the Giant finally put the Caesar battleship in the middle of the field of view! With the issuance of the fire order, nine fire dragons flew out of the gun mouth, and a violent muzzle storm spread out from the outside of the hull, and more than 3 tons of shells flew towards the target!

A few seconds later, a huge explosion sounded at the hull of the Giant and Caesar at the same time, and both sides hit the opponent almost at the same time! The Giant's volley was very lucky. Two shells hit Caesar, and Caesar's turret No. 3 was hit. Even under the bad angle, the top cover of the turret No. 3 was still knocked open. With a loud bang, the turret weighing hundreds of tons was almost blown away from the cannon mount. Another shell opened a large hole of 3 square meters in the front of the hull. The ship seemed to have been hit by a heavy hammer and sank down.

The situation of the Giant was not good either. A German 12-inch shell successfully penetrated the side armor of the Giant. The shell and the dome armor behind turned into fragments almost at the same time. Under the action of huge kinetic energy, tons of shrapnel smashed the Giant's power compartment partition, and then smashed at least 4 boilers to pieces! Accompanied by a series of explosions, the output power of the Giant's gas turbine suddenly dropped by more than 30%. Balls of white high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor spread in the cabin, and dozens of British naval officers and soldiers were scalded to death without having time to dodge!

Another shell hit the Giant's No. 4 turret. This time, the shell successfully penetrated the British turret from the front. The 12-inch Vickers hardened armor could not block the attack of the old German 12-inch cannon. A 12-inch cannon was penetrated into the armor from the middle of the two cannons. In the distance, a flash of flames flashed, and the entire turret exploded! After the explosion, the two cannons finally pulled down and could no longer shoot a shell!

The three battleships attacked each other at a very close distance. This kind of attack was bloody for both sides. After the battle gradually turned into the traditional battle line duel, the two German Former Fearless really could not defeat the Giant. There was no way. When the first round of contact, the two Caesar-class battleships were skinned by the Thomas fleet. Now, the two main guns that the two battleships can use together are only 5, and the Giant can use 7! This time, there was no problem with the British fire prevention. Unless they directly shot into the ammunition depot, it would be almost impossible to kill the opponent in seconds!

In the distance, Hercules, which burned on the rear deck like a torch, struggled with two German armored cruisers. Hercules' offensive was strong, but the impact of the thick smoke on the rear deck made the accuracy of the warship a problem. Although the two British armored cruisers had a large projection, they could not break the defense at all. As for the use of tons of high-explosive bombs to suffocate their opponents, it might take quite a while. But overall, the German armored cruisers seemed to have an advantage in the scene.

However, at this moment, a telegram changed the situation on the battlefield!
Chapter completed!