Next was the third and fourth rounds! Less than 2 minutes after the second round hit, two more shells hit Barrym. The high-fire rate of German artillery was fully demonstrated at this moment, and an average of 20 to 25 seconds can be completed! At this distance, after a British warship was enlarged to 24 times through a rangefinder, the gun barrel of the Gneesenau accurately hit the British ship like an exercise. Barrym was soon surrounded by a column of more than 60 meters of water.

Two 350mm artillery shells concentrated Barrym's turret No. 4 one after another! One of them broke the 15-inch l42 artillery on the right, while the other one penetrated between the vertical armor of the turret and the top armor! The 13-inch armor on the front of the Barrym turret could not resist this attack. The shells shot in from the opponent's forehead like Hercules' spear. A red flame tore open the armor and wrapped it with flames and a large amount of debris poured into the turret.

The shell finally exploded after touching the armor plate at the back of the turret. Fortunately, there was no ammunition at the back of the turret at this time. However, when more than ten kilograms of tnt explosives exploded, it still brought a devastating blow to the entire shell. A dull loud bang came from the rear of the hull. The British officers and soldiers in the cabin near the turret seemed to feel the floor jump suddenly, as if it was an earthquake! The cabin door of the turret was pushed open by the violent explosion pressure, and the flames vented out like fireworks from all the cracks that could lead to the outside.

"Optimize all the artillery at Gneisenau. Damn orders, we will die!" The captain of the Barrym violated Thomas' order and prepared to aim the gun at Gneisenau. This period was not long, only about ten minutes, but Barrym had been hit with 8 shells! The No. 3 turret cannot be used temporarily due to motor problems, the No. 4 turret was completely destroyed, and the No. 1 turret was destroyed! Although the No. 1 and No. 3 turrets can be restored, now, Barrym, who has only 3 artillery left, cannot pose a fatal blow to his opponent.

The successive hits made the Barrym feel a fatal crisis. The continuous hits caused half of the ship's surface to fall into flames and smoke. Almost all the remaining personnel were involved in fighting with the fire demons, fighting between the flying shrapnel, the compartment made up for bullet marks, and the collapsed cabins. The water dragons tried to pave the flames spreading on the surface.

"Let's release the smoke screen." Realizing that in a short period of time, when we were unable to effectively attack our opponents, the Barrym also decisively released the smoke screen bomb. The rolling smoke covered the nearly 200-meter hull of the Barrym, greatly reducing the hit rate of Gneesenau.

"The Barrym seems to have diverted the target of attack." At this time, Thomas on Queen Elizabeth also noticed this problem. Looking at the friendly forces that were already scarred in the distance and forced to release the smoke screen, and looking at the Schonhorst, which was also scarred in the distance, a hint of loneliness and unwillingness flashed on Thomas's face.

During this period, the Schanehorst was also uncomfortable. The two Queen-class battleships also fought the German battleship very hard during this period. According to the British, the two British warships knocked at least 10 shells on Su Xiong's flagship.

"The British had a lot of charge." A 15-inch shell shot through the upper deck on the Schánhorst from the horizontal direction. Although it was blocked by heavy horizontal armor, the 871kg bullet body and more than 20 kilograms of explosives inside still caused great trouble to the warship. More than a dozen cabins around were easily torn into pieces like paper paste. A large number of shrapnel began to jump up and down between the two decks, smashing everything they encountered. Two of the pipes that transported steam were penetrated, and a large amount of high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor blew out. Balls of white smoke spread in the cabin, and the German soldiers in charge of the pipeline had to temporarily close the pipes.

Three 15-inch shells hitting the side were bounced open by a thick armor belt, the outer 50mm thin steel plate smashed the quilt cap, and the 250mm hardened armor at the rear directly faced the British warhead. Without the cap, the efficiency of armor-piercing bullets was greatly reduced, and no armor-piercing bullet successfully penetrated the main armor belt. Of course, the problem of misalignment of the armor plate or cracking gaps cannot be completely avoided.

The turret of the Schanehorst also endured the test. A turret top armor plate successfully blasted a shell, and b 400mm armor plate on the front face of the turret left a shallow pit of 6 inches deep when facing the 15-inch shell. The turret No. 3 is quite sad. Although the cannon armor successfully blocked the opponent's attack, the jumping shell broke a barrel...

However, the shells hitting other places still caused some trouble for the Schánhorst. Although the four boilers of this warship have now been supplied with water, the shell hitting the middle and rear of the hull will directly cut off half of the chamber that supplies oxygen to the boiler. The intake of the boiler chamber quickly dropped to 70%. The tragic Schánhorst's speed still cannot be increased.

The remaining shells hit the ship. The British had enough explosives to cause some trouble to the warship. The green flames produced after the picy acid explosion began to spread along the teak deck on the ship, burning the cables, boats and other things to ashes. The yellow toxic smoke spread around the vents and aisles, and all those fighting on the upper deck had to wear gas masks. Fortunately, the power supply of the Schánhorst was sufficient. Driven by the motor, a large amount of sea water was pumped up and put out the fire. The fire was slowly controlled. At the same time, the Barrym transferred the fire and gave Schánhorst a chance to breathe.

Although he was pressed by two British warships, Sharnhorst also responded to the three shells of Queen Elizabeth. One shell opened a large hole in the Queen's front armor belt, causing hundreds of tons of water to enter. One shell hit the side gun corridor and killed a 6-inch gun. The last shell hit the stern servo chamber near the stern servo, but it did not affect the operation for the time being.

Just as the four fast battleships on both sides were fighting fiercely, 7 kilometers behind the British fleet, the Japanese Takachiho seaplane carrier was hanging far behind, and Suzuki Kantaro carefully observed the situation of the two sides in the distance with a telescope.

"I really didn't expect that the British Empire would fight against the German second-class warships with the best warships." An officer next to him put down the telescope in his hand and said, his tone was filled with a hint of surprise and a little bit of ridicule.
Chapter completed!