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When Jericho was furious from the main force of the High Seas Fleet, it was also Thomas' chance! Because at this time, all the output of the main force of the High Seas Fleet hit Jericho!

"Your Highness, our air force is here!" Admiral Schell said, pointing to the fleet flying from the east in the distance. 50 fighters and 90 bombers formed a huge flight formation and quickly approached the battlefield.

"Very good! Order, the main force of the High Seas Fleet is ready to attack! Target the British Second and Third Battleship Detachments! I hope that in half an hour, these two British Battleship Squadrons will disappear from the sea!" Ruprecht said firmly.

"At the same time, send a telegram to Hippel. We can't take care of him for the time being! Let him take care of him." Ruprecht hesitated and said. The Crown Prince knew very well that when the main force of the High Seas Fleet launched a general attack on Jericho, Thomas would also attack without hesitation! At any time, Ruprecht dared not underestimate the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship that had broken through two centuries of war in history!

"Start tactical maneuvers!" With the order issued, on the battle line of the high seas fleet, five battleship teams began to accelerate and control the distance between them. After a few minutes, the leader of each fleet deflected one prayer point to the right at the same time! If Scher escaped with a rectangular formation when facing the T-shaped horizontal head of the large fleet, then this time, each squadron turned separately, and then reorganized into battleships after getting closer.

This tactical maneuver is different from the general sequential steering. The latter is too slow. The warships originally on the same battle line turn separately in squadrons, which greatly reduce the time of steering. Of course, steering under British artillery fire will have certain risks. However, on the one hand, because the British's ranging was disturbed, and on the other hand, because the smoke had not completely dissipated, the high seas fleet did not suffer any damage during the 10 minutes of changing the formation.

When the smoke screen completely dissipated, the high seas fleet that had completed the formation was only 15 kilometers to 17 kilometers away from the British fleet! This distance is at the best range of German warships! At the same time, the British shells are still difficult to pose a threat to Bavarian-class battleships!

"The Germans are rushing up!" The panic shouts echoed inside the British fleet. The battle example of the German fleet cleanly killing two British battleships left a huge psychological shadow on the British. Now, everyone has the same number, and the Germans have brought the distance closer! But the British do not have enough means to block the other party's approach!

"All warships open fire! Light cruiser teams attack, destroyer teams attack! Stop them for me!" Faced with the German fleet that suddenly approached, Jericho hurriedly ordered.

Boom! Accompanied by the sound of cannons like thunder, balls of orange flames blew out from the thick and long cannons again. If both sides had a tentative attack like two giant beasts before, then now, both sides have entered the stage of fighting! No one will retreat because the distance is too close! Those who retreat can only die!

Accompanied by the rumbling guns, the British auxiliary fleet launched its first charge under the leadership of the light cruiser, and the German light cruiser rushed up without hesitation! Destroyers quickly shuttled through the main battleships, and they had quickly approached with each other's relative speed of more than 50 knots. All the naval guns had been leveled. They aimed at the opponents moving rapidly in the waves in the distance, waiting for both sides to enter the range!

"Fire!" The eight German light cruisers that led the way opened fire first at a distance of 8,000 meters from the British light cruiser. More than 30 175mm naval guns spit out long flames, and the shells flew out almost parallel to the sea level, flying into the distance at an initial speed of more than 800 meters per second! Ten seconds later, dense water columns rose in the British light cruiser team! And when the water columns had not yet fallen, the second round of artillery bombardment had already followed!

At this moment, the German light cruiser's firing rate and high quality of personnel were brought to the extreme! In the second round of volleys, the two light cruisers, Frankfurt and Pilao, formed a cross-fire at Falmouth. Then the two German light cruisers quickly entered the effective firing stage. 12 175mm artillery pieces hit the poor light cruiser with more than 4 tons of shells every minute!

Accompanied by violent metal impact, a 175mm shell easily left a deep scar on the waterline armor belt of Falmouth, and a whole piece of armor was lifted off as a whole. The subsequent water flow impact caused by the high-speed movement of the warship made the ship's injuries worse.

"Prepare for drainage operations!" Colonel Farley seemed to want to save his flagship, but before his order reached the loss management team, a series of shells fell on the poor warship one after another! In less than a minute, the warship was hit by 175mm artillery 8 times!

Boom! Accompanied by a violent explosion, the 6-inch gun of the Falmouth bow was blown into the sky.

With the violent explosion, the side string of the hull added three penetration injuries. Two shells fell into the boiler bin, frying the furnace and the boiling boiler that were working desperately into pieces. The continuous explosion sound made the light cruiser with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons shaking like a sieve. The pressure in the pipeline dropped rapidly, and the flames and high temperatures and flying shrapnel made the inside of the battleship hell.

The warship began to slow down, and a large amount of sea water poured into the hull from the bow and the holes on the side of the ship. The nearly 1,000 tons of water inlet made the warship tilt seriously, and even the propeller exposed the water from time to time. As a shell penetrated into the servo cabin at the tail of the hull, the poor warship completely lost control. It floated on the sea like a burning ruin!

During the approach, in addition to Falmouth, there was another British light cruiser sunk and another one was severely damaged. The British light cruiser team paid a huge price and finally brought the destroyer team to the centerline of the battlefield. At this time, under the cover of the German light cruiser, the German destroyer was also approaching, and the two sides were shooting wildly at a distance of several kilometers to hundreds of meters!

"The first group of destroyers, launch torpedoes and break them up!" Accompanied by Major General Goodnow's order, the signal flag of the flagship Caroline changed rapidly, and three destroyers rushed out of the array quickly and obliviously passed through their hull under the German muzzle.

This act of dying was naturally attacked by the German destroyers. The three large destroyers, s110, v97, and v108, used more than double-digit 6-inch guns and 88mm guns to express the German Navy's respect for these heroic British destroyers!

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