Chapter 2256 The final battle    3   (Page 1/1)

The final result is naturally needless to say. This shell ignited the remaining shells and launchers in the ammunition depot at the bottom of the No. 3 turret. The explosion was so violent that the powerful shock wave directly tore the warship in half! However, this was not the end. The death of the No. 3 ammunition depot also ignited the ammunition of the No. 4 turret ammunition depot! So, the second half of the hull of the Invincible was directly lifted out of the sea surface at a height of several meters, and then exploded into pieces in the sky! In the end, the first half of the Invincible hull was inserted into the sea like a broken sword. The entire battle sinking process was even less than 45 seconds! And this warship also became the second main ship to be wiped out in this naval battle!

From the first shell to the sinking of the Invincible, it took only 5 minutes. After being besieged by four Bavarian-class battleships, the Prince of Wales also reached the end of his life. Countless shells exploded on the poor warship, and the entire hull was beaten like a honeycomb!

"At the last moment of the Prince of Wales, it was covered in flames. Even if we approached 12 kilometers and adjusted the magnification of the rangefinder to 40 times, it was still difficult to observe its waterline. We once gave the British a chance to surrender, but he refused and was still very unwilling to leave. He injured one of our destroyers with a sub-bombardment. So in the end, we decided to fulfill this opponent and send this guy to the bottom of the sea with hot shells!" After the war, the fire controller on the Brunswick battleship said.

In the end, no one knew how many shells the Prince of Wales had hit, and no one knew how many shots each warship had hit the opponent. Lieutenant General Schmidt calculated this result as the result of the entire fleet. The Prince of Wales walked calmly, and there was no explosion like an ammunition depot. He just slowly sank into the seabed with all the flames. When it came to the moment of overturning, the bow of the ship was still raised high, and barnacles and other algae attached to the bottom of the ship could even be seen on the nearby destroyer. It struggled and wailed like an unyielding giant, and finally sank into the seabed with unwillingness and regret.

"Let the destroyer search for the fallen water personnel, our mission is completed," said Lieutenant General Schmidt.

At the same time, in another battlefield, Su Xiong was taking his fleet to pursue the battlecruisers of Malaya and Tiger!

"The British are lucky." Su Xiong looked at the storm brewing in the distance where the sea and sky meet, and couldn't help but frowned. The British were very lucky. They happened to be close to a storm area when they retreated, and even if they were far apart, they could feel the storm and rain in the storm area. Obviously, if the British fleet entered this area before the German fleet caught up, then the hunting would be failed for the Germans. So, before the British fleet evacuated, Su Xiong decided to make the final effort!

"The fleet disbands the formation, and each warship finds its best attack position! Select the warship behind to launch an attack!" Su Xiong ordered.

During this short pursuit, the Germans' water bombs played an important role again. A 350mm shell shot from 16 kilometers away entered the water 15 meters away from the Tiger and rushed towards the Tiger's fragile underwater defense system. After more than ten seconds, a loud bang suddenly came from the Tiger battle cruiser Zuoxian, accompanied by the flames gushing out of the rupture, which clearly told everyone where the shot hit! When this 350mm shell successfully destroyed 8 boilers, the Tiger battle cruiser's speed further decreased and finally decreased to less than 15 knots!

"Send a signal to the Malaya and tell them that our warship is no longer in operation, so let him leave."

"Tell all crew members to prepare to abandon the ship. Then use international common signals to tell the Germans that our decision." At the final moment, the Tiger battlecruiser also stopped struggling. The British on the ship sent out a abandon ship signal, and the Germans also stopped the attack with a tacit understanding. The other party had actually surrendered and the battle had ended.

"Lieutenant General, what should I do with the Malaya?" asked an officer.

"Forget it, let them go." Su Xiong thought for a while and said. However, at this moment, the telegram from Count Spee caused a slight twists and turns in the final stage of the naval battle! Just as Count Spee was pursuing Warwear and the Warriors, Thomas, who had already left, suddenly took Queen Elizabeth and Furious, and fired a backlash!

"I didn't expect that in the end, the British wanted to bite back. If it weren't for Your Highness' order, I would never let you go." Looking at the two British fast battleships that appeared in the distance, Earl Spee sneered. Although it seemed like 4v3, the Earl did not feel much pressure. Thomas just wanted the Germans to retreat with a difficult situation and was not very willing to fight. In the battle just now, the Earl could clearly feel that the combat effectiveness of the Warrior and the Warrior was very serious. The Warrior only had 3 main guns left, and the Warrior seemed to have 5 main guns to use, but the accuracy was a bit poor. The Earl inferred that the fire control system might have been damaged.

"Send a signal to Tegerhof and Prince Eugen to deal with the two new warships, and work harder to leave one!" Earl Spee ordered. So, accompanied by the rumbling cannons, the seven main battleships of both sides fought again!

However, in this relatively fair battle, the German Navy felt the combat effectiveness of Britain's latest Furious. Although the latter had been in a war for too long, when Prince Eugen and Furious were fighting, they could clearly feel the strength of the other party!

"Damn it, it didn't penetrate it!" Earl Lukner frowned in dissatisfaction and said. At a distance of 14 kilometers, Prince Eugen scored another hit. A 350mm shell accurately hit the side string armor of the Furious. The angle of this shell hit was very good, almost directly on the British hull, and the impact on the course angle was almost negligible. If it was the Queen's 330mm vertical armor belt, it should be able to penetrate it. Then, after a flash, there was no shell piercing the armor, which made Lukner quite unhappy.

"What is this the first shot?" the count said to his subordinates next to him.

"In the battle just now, we hit at least 5 shells on the opponent, two of which hit the turret, and there was no sign of breaking through. The other 2 shots hit the main armor belt of the hull, and there was no confirmation of bounce. There were 3 shots suspected to hit, and 2 of them also hit the main installed belt, and there was no sign of breaking through." The officer next to him said.

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