However, even so, before the smoke screen covered the entire fleet, the British's fast and accurate shooting still caused the greatest damage to the German fleet since the war began, and this was later became Prince Ruprecht's only failure during the sea show in World War I.&1t;/p>

"If we had better luck, we could even leave two Bavarian-class battleships. The future situation would have fundamental changes. It would be a pity. You didn't see the scene when the two warships were hit by raindrops." Lieutenant General Geram described the scene at that time like this.&1t;/p>

Due to the sea breeze, even though the Saxony-class battleship pulled out the smoke screen at the first time, the heavy smoke screen brought cover to the battleship behind. In the rangefinder lens of the George V-class battleship, the opponent's position can always be seen, and based on this, the opponent's position is determined!&1t;/p>

The two British fearless shellings were indeed fierce! They are the pride of the British Navy. As the battleship team with the best artillery skills in Jericho's hands, their performance was indeed surprising! George V's third round of volleys formed a cross-fire, and Aes formed a cross-fire in the fifth round of volleys. In the fifth minute after the firing, the two British dreadnoughts hit Saxony at a distance of 17 kilometers!&1t;/p>

(In fact, 1o guns do have certain advantages in walking. In Bavaria's plan, there was a 1o 35omm gun planned ship, and the German Admiralty believed that the walk of the main gun in this plan would be very good. The only problem is that the tonnage is a bit large and the caliber of the gun is a little small.)&1t;/p>

Two armor-piercing bombs weighing up to 635kg fell to the front of the deck and destroyed the anchor room and the equipment inside. The pyric acid explosive with good combustion quickly ignited all the things that could burn, partitions, teak floors, cables, etc. The upward air flow generated by the combustion of flames spread a large amount of ash and dust into the air, and then spread to the middle of the hull under the blow of the sea breeze. The smoke screen brought by the hit even affected the observation of the Saxon.&1t;/p>

Then, in the next round of artillery strikes, two more shells hit the huge side of the Saxon. One shell was bounced away without injury, and another shell hit the joints of the armor plate, leaving a crack more than 1 meter long. With the violent impact of the shell, the support structure behind the armor plate was partially broken, and the entire side armor plate was pushed back by 0.5 meters!&1t;/p>

What really had a great impact on the combat effectiveness of Saxon was four rounds of hits. Both shells hit the Saxon's No. 1 turret. Once they hit the gun mount, they hit the gun mount armor with a thickness of about 4 oommm after penetrating the upper deck. The violent explosion caused a certain degree of deformation of a piece of armor plate. At the same time, the violent vibration also caused some problems with the ammunition supply of the artillery. The other shell hit the connection between the turret and the gun mount.&1t;/p>

With a loud bang, countless pieces flew into the gap between the two, successfully jamming the turret. A remaining bullet body made a nearby deck twist and bend, completely making the warship unable to repair the turret at sea. From now on, Saxony's No. 1 turret has nothing to do with this battle.&1t;/p>

Fire rose from the Saxony, and the hot air generated by the fire on the surface of the ship even tore open the smoke produced by the smoke tank! In the British's vision, Saxony was like a scarred beast at this time, and the flames surged out from the thunder and spread to other parts of the warship!&1t;/p>

"Concentrate firepower to kill him! Then we will kill another one!" Geram said excitedly at the target in the distance. The two British fearless turned left again to get closer to the target. The twenty thick and long tubes of the two British warships kept spitting out the fire snakes, and the shells like raindrops fell on the body and nearby Saxony. In this unexpected fight, Saxony was temporarily suppressed.&1t;/p>

Although the second battleship Bavaria was also fired by two British Fearless, the situation was much better. The large number of smoke screens pouring from the former covered the warship well. However, even so, the Bavaria was also hit by at least 7 shells.&1t;/p>

The British filling coefficient (that is, the explosive weight ratio of the shells) The huge armor-piercing shells have poor armor-piercing capabilities. However, the larger charges allow the shells to have the ability to burst the opponent's armor. There has been a record of 9-inch armor belts being blown through in history. Although it still cannot cause damage to the core compartment of the Bavarian-class battleship, the shells of the two hit ships still tore open two cracks more than 3 meters on the hull. A large amount of sea water mixed with a large amount of debris poured into the cabin. In less than 3 minutes, the two shells brought 70 tons of water to the Bavaria!&1t;/p>

These inflows and damage caused the warship to tilt about 5 degrees and slightly left. The shells hitting the main armor belt were also invalid. Fortunately, fire control equipment such as turrets and rangefinders were not attacked, so the combat effectiveness of the warship was limited. Several shells were also hit on the tall bridge. One of them destroyed the seaplane in the middle of the warship and ignited the small boat next to it. The crackling sounds of burning and explosions kept coming from the hull, and some debris even hit the flue, and thick smoke began to leak out.&1t;/p>

Although the two battleships Baden and Württemberg, located in the third and fourth battleships, were also fired by two British dreadnoughts, their situation could be described as light and calm compared to their colleagues who were carrying shells in front! The firepower of the two Invincible Class Battlecruisers and the fearless firepower of the two George V-class George V-class are at least 2 levels!&1t;/p>

Not to mention that the latter's caliber is a circle larger than the former, but in terms of the number of pipes, George V is theoretically 2 more than Invincible, but in fact, there are 4 more firepower available! The artillery layout of the invincible and subsequent warships is a scam. The shooting angle of the artillery on the opposite side is very small in the opposite direction, so the number of artillery that the two warships can use to attack is actually only 12 to 14! In addition to the relatively backward fire control system and the poor shooting angle, General Hood's fleet's strike efficiency is relatively low.&1t;/p>

When rounds of shells continued to fall near the fleet, the light cruiser fleet responsible for cover also began to act. They quickly crossed the front of the fleet and entered the battle side, and then released the main battleship behind the cover. At the same time, the accompanying destroyers also launched harassing lightning strikes under the cover of the destroyer's leading ship.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!