It has to be said that the time and location of the Moltkes rushed out were very good. Two British fast battleships were opening fire on the armored cruiser in the Mainz in front, and the position of the Moltkes was far behind. At the first moment, neither the British rangefinder nor the artillery was aimed at the battlecruiser! And even though the British realized that they could immediately suppress the three cannons at the stern of the Duke of York! That's right, there were three cannons, and one of the hydraulic equipment of the cannon had some problems in the battle just now...

Before the British combined rangefinder turned and used the rangefinder, the Moltch had already achieved results! At a distance of 11 kilometers, the German 350mm heavy artillery was still bleeding even when facing the queen! At this moment, the German Navy fleet's superb artillery was undoubtedly revealed. After two and a half rounds of volleys, the Moltch successfully clamped the target! Then the fourth round directly hit! And it took less than 2 minutes to shoot from the first shell to the hit!

The first shell hit the side armor of the Duke of York 3 turret! Even though the angle was very unfavorable, the powerful hard cap armor-piercing projectile still successfully tore open the 250mm thick steel plate on the side and penetrated the turret obliquely! The violent explosion detonated the launching medicine bag on the ammunition stand at the rear of the turret! So, in an instant, the Duke of York 3 turret ignited an oversized firecracker!

The violent explosion even shook the turret weighing hundreds of tons out of the cannon seat! Blocks of armored steel were blown into the sky, and a ray of flames and black smoke enveloped the entire rear deck of the warship. If it weren't for the rapid slide of the fire door in the British ammunition depot, the Duke of York would have imitated the ancestors of the Royal Navy in the Battle of Helgoland......

The second shell left a deep scar on the waterline armor belt at the rear of the Duke of York! Even the side string main armor belt could not withstand the attack, and the waterline armor of only about 150mm at the tail was naturally in vain! This shell left a three-meter scar at the rear of the hull! The violent vibration after entering the hull directly damaged a transmission shaft of the Duke of York! The Duke's speed and handling greatly reduced.

The back-pricked Duke of York immediately stopped attacking the Mainz armored cruiser and tried to turn around and fight back against the sneak attacker. However, the smoke at the rear of the hull obscured the rangefinder at the top of the mast. In addition to the opponent's painting, the Moltke, not far away, was always a vague figure in the huge long baseline rangefinder. When turning, the poor Duke of York was hit twice! One shell was opened a big hole at the bow of the ship, and the other shell penetrated the main armor belt with a thickness of 330mm. Although the dome behind blocked the fatal shot, the violent vibration still damaged several important steam pipes at the back of the dome.

"Send a report to the Prince of Wales, help me! We can't deal with this situation!" During the repeated attacks, the captain of the Duke of York was really panicked. Every shot hit made him feel like he was dancing on the tip of the knife! As long as the shells were better, this fast battleship costing 3.2 million pounds could sink! The British were even so careful that they had poured water on the ammunition depot of the No. 3 hit turret! It would rather not be the shells inside than take the risk of a possible explosion!

"Go harder! We can send this queen to the bottom of the sea!" Moltke avoided the shelling from the Duke of York and the Prince of Wales, while continuing to throw a round of shells onto the British warship. At this time, nearly one-third of the Duke of York had been covered with flames and smoke, and it looked unusually embarrassed. It seemed that the Germans had an advantage in this battlefield?

How easy is it?! Don’t forget that on this battlefield, the British have too great advantages! They have a high enough fault tolerance rate! Just as the Moltke tried hard to attack the Duke of York, the Warriors of an armored cruiser were solved and the Warriors aimed the muzzle at the Moltke! A moment later, the Moltke was covered by shells shot from another direction!

"Moltke won't last long." Looking at the Moltke who was constantly struggling in the flames and explosions in the distance, Hippel couldn't help but shake his head and said bitterly. According to the rhythm of the moment, when the three Queens beat Moltke half to death, a team of destroyers threw a bunch of torpedoes directly. Once the Moltke sinks, Hippel's fleet will only have two battlecruisers, Sederitz and Goben. Just now, under the command of Hippel, two battlecruisers and one armored cruiser were barely fighting against the four battlecruisers of the Hood fleet and the Tiger battlecruisers. Now, with the sinking of the last Mainz-class armored cruiser, Hippel knows that if you continue to resist, the entire fleet will be finished!

"Send a telegram to Crown Prince Ruprecht, saying that the Hiper fleet can no longer fulfill its previous responsibilities. If His Highness agrees, then I will lead the remaining fleet to avoid it temporarily. If we do not agree, then we will fight to the end." Hiper ordered. When sending this telegram, he did not hesitate at all, nor did he leave his battle position early! He still led two battle cruisers to stubbornly resist the opponent's attack.

However, what Hippel did not expect was that before Ruprecht called back, the Thomas fleet, which had already been freed, did not continue to pursue the two battlecruisers, but left the Furious and Duke of York, quickly sailed eastward with other fleets. Their target was the main force of the German High Seas Fleet, which was fighting with the large fleet.

A few minutes later, Hippel also received a telegram from Ruprecht, whose telegram was clear: "You can evacuate and do things cheaply!"

However, when the Thomas fleet gave up the Hippel fleet to support the main force of the large fleet, it happened that the main force of the German High Seas fleet had just begun to siege the Indian Emperor!

"His Excellency Commander, with the cooperation of auxiliary warships and air force, we can kill the last two German battlecruisers!" An officer said unwillingly as he looked at the Hippel fleet gradually evacuating under the cover of smoke.

"If we could have been a quarter of an hour earlier, I would definitely not let that guy go, but now, if we were late, the fleet would be wiped out!" Thomas was also unwilling to give up, but looking at the main force of the fleet that had been killed in the distance, and the telegram from Jericho to transfer the flagship that he had just received, Thomas knew that even though he had recovered some of the decline, the British fleet was still at a disadvantage now!
Chapter completed!