Chapter 877 Fierce Battle 1

But even so, before the smoke screen covered the entire fleet, the British's rapid and accurate shooting still caused the greatest damage to the German fleet since the war began, and this would later become Prince Ruprecht's victory in World War I. The only failure on the sea debut.

"If we have better luck, we can even keep two Bavaria-class battleships, and the future war situation may be fundamentally changed because of this. It is really a pity, you don't have I saw the scene when those two battleships were hit by shells like raindrops." After the war, Lieutenant General Jerram described the scene at that time. Due to the sea breeze, even if the Saxony-class battleship pulled out a smoke screen at the first time, the thick smoke screen brought cover to the battleships behind it. It can always be seen in the rangefinder lens of the George V-class battleship See a clear half of the hull, and use this to determine the opponent's position! The bombardment of the two British super-dauntless ships was indeed fierce! They are the pride of the British Navy. As the battleship squadron with the best gunnery skills in Jericho's hands, their performance is really surprising! The George V's third salvo formed a straddle fire, and the Ajax's fifth salvo formed a straddle fire. Within five minutes of firing, the two British full-dreadnought ships were within 17 kilometers of each other. The Saxon was hit at a very short distance! (In fact, 10 guns do have certain advantages in dispersion. Bavaria’s plan at that time had a plan ship with 10 350mm guns, and the German Navy believed that the dispersion of the main guns in this plan would be very good. The only The problem is that the tonnage is a bit large and the caliber of the artillery is a bit small.)Two armor-piercing bombs weighing 635kg fell on the front of the deck and destroyed the anchor room and the equipment inside. The good-burning picric acid explosive quickly Light anything that can burn, partitions, teak floors, cables, etc. The updrafts generated by the burning flames raised 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 caused by the hit even affected the Saxony's observations. And then, in the next round of shelling, two more shells hit the huge side of the Saxony. One shell bounced away without damage, while the other shell hit the seam 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! What really had a greater impact on the combat effectiveness of the Saxony was the four-round hit. Two shells hit the No. 1 turret of the Saxony. One shell hit the gun mount and hit the upper deck after penetrating. On the gun mount armor with a thickness of about 400mm, the violent explosion caused a certain degree of deformation of an armor plate. At the same time, the violent vibration also caused some problems in the ammunition supply of the artillery. Another shell hit the connection between the turret and the gun mount. With a loud noise, countless fragments flew in from the gap between the two, successfully blocking the turret, and a remaining projectile caused a nearby deck armor to twist and bend. , thus completely making it impossible to repair the turret of this battleship at sea. From now on, Saxon Turret No. 1 has nothing to do with this engagement. A stream of flames rose from the Saxony, and the flow of hot air generated by the fire on the ship's surface even tore through the thick smoke generated by the smoke can! In the eyes of the British, Saxony at this time was like a scarred beast, with flames pouring out from the breach and spreading to other parts of the battleship! "Concentrate your firepower and kill him! Then we'll kill the next one!" Jerram said excitedly, pointing to the target in the distance. The two British super-dreadnoughts once again turned left by 2 compass points to get closer to the target.

The twenty thick and long tubes of the two British warships continued to spit out fire snakes, and shells like raindrops fell on and near the Saxony. In this unexpected confrontation, Saxony was temporarily suppressed.

Although the second-placed battleship Bavaria was also attacked by two British super-dreadnoughts, the situation was much better. The large amount of smoke coming from the former covered the battleship well, but even so, Bayern was also hit by at least 7 shells. The British's armor-piercing projectiles have a huge filling factor (that is, the ratio of explosives to weight of the shell), but their armor-piercing ability is relatively poor. However, the larger charge gives the cannon the ability to penetrate the opponent's armor. There are records in history of 9-inch armor belts being blown through. Although it is still unable to cause damage to the core compartment of the Bavaria-class battleship, two rounds The shells that hit the bow of the ship still tore two 3-meter-long cracks in the hull. A large amount of seawater mixed with a large amount of debris poured into the cabin. In less than 3 minutes, two shells brought damage to the Bavaria. Here comes 700 tons of water! These water intrusions and damage caused the battleship to tilt forward by about 5 degrees and tilt slightly to the left. Shells hitting the main armor belt were also ineffective. Fortunately, fire control equipment such as the turret and rangefinder were not attacked, so the impact on the battleship's combat effectiveness was limited. The tall bridge was also hit by several artillery shells. One of them destroyed the seaplane in the middle of the battleship and ignited the small boat next to it. The crackling sounds of burning and explosions continued to come from the hull, and there were even some fragments. After entering the flue, streams of thick smoke began to leak outside. Although the two battleships Baden and Württemberg, located in the third and fourth battle positions, were also attacked by two British dreadnoughts, their situation was worse than that of their colleagues in front who were carrying shells. It can be described as gentle and calm! Compared with the firepower of the two Invincible-class battlecruisers and the firepower of the two George V-class super-dreadnoughts, the difference is at least 2 levels! Not to mention that the caliber of the latter is larger than that of the former. In terms of the number of tubes, George V theoretically has 2 more tubes than Invincible, but in fact, the firepower that can be used is 4 more! The artillery layout of the Invincible and follow-up battleships is a scam. The firing angle of the guns on the opposite side is very small in the opposite direction, so the number of artillery guns that the two battleships can use for attack is actually only 12 to 14! Coupled with a relatively backward fire control system and a poor shooting angle, the attack efficiency of General Hood's fleet is relatively low. When rounds of shells continued to fall near the fleet, the covering light cruiser formation also began to take action. They quickly overtook the front of the fleet and entered the fighting side, and then released smoke screens to cover the battleships behind it. . At the same time, the accompanying destroyer also launched harassing lightning strikes under the cover of the destroyer fleet leader. The fourth update is here~~~! Please subscribe and reward~~~!