And what about the South? Although it looks more dangerous, as soon as you turn around, you have to fight! But looking at the size of the southern fleet, there are only 2 battleships! There are only two of them! If it's a war patrol, Raeder can be sure to deal with them, and if it's a queen, the situation won't be worse, going north will be blocked and then flanked, and going west may be flanked. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Going east, fuel is a big problem. And to the south, the fleet in the north will not care about them for the time being. Today, the German fleet is enough to deal with only 2 battleships! 2V2, fair and reasonable! If you don't dare to give it a go in this case, you will still be hairy in the future!

Raeder concluded that there were only these two capital ships to the south, otherwise, they would definitely be concentrated. If the fleet is divided into two in the same direction, then it is not brain-dead? And if there are more than 3 capital ships in one direction, this is almost unimaginable, how many capital ships did the British have in total? Beihai doesn't want it anymore? Soon, after Raeder figured it out, he decided to immediately go south and do a game to tear open this encirclement!

After Gneisenau's signal was given, Su Xiong did not respond for a long time, so Raeder added another flag, "There are only 2 ships in the south, and we may face 4 ships in other directions!" ”

The east cannot be considered, this Su Xiong also understands, after all, fuel consumption follows objective laws, and it can be relied on luck to defeat the weak in naval battles, and how far the ship goes is an objective reality, and it cannot be changed. So without Raeder's emphasis, Su Xiong also understands.

To the north is naturally to hit the other party, Su Xiong will not choose, and the west? Although it will allow the southern fleet to join up later, it will also allow the northern fleet to catch up with it more quickly. And the distance between the two sides to the south is now only about 25 kilometers. The so-called procrastination is of limited significance, what is the difference between 30 minutes and an hour at night? The two sides will fight for a maximum of 2 hours before the winner will be decided, and after 2 hours, it is unknown how many shells will be left of their own shells, and they will not be able to tell the winner or loser! Looking up at the sky again, well, there are at least 6 hours left ...... the day.

"Follow the flagship and kill them!" Su Xiong's decision was also a simple one! As soon as the flag was raised, the battle flag of the Scharnhorst was raised high! Then, the battleship turned 170 degrees on the surface of the sea and aimed its blade-like flying clipper bow at the British fleet in the distance!

THE FOUR HUGE TURRETS BEGAN TO ROTATE SLOWLY, AND A SHELL WEIGHING UP TO 635 KG WAS LIFTED FROM THE LAYERS OF PROTECTED AMMUNITION MAGAZINE. The huge gun was then placed on a makeshift ammunition rack at the rear of the turret, and with the help of a hydraulic pitching device, returned to a fixed angle of ammunition reloading, while the ammunition grabbed from the ammunition rack was quickly placed into the breech, followed by a cartridge. The thick ejector rod pushed it deep into the gun. With the withdrawal of the pusher lever, the wedge bolt locked the tail of the gun with a clatter!

The rangefinder at the top of the mast has firmly locked the position of the opponent, and according to the approximate shape, it is determined that it should be the British Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, and then the experienced fire control personnel will determine the distance between the two sides according to the data collected from the Queen-class battleship such as height and captain, and the image in the rangefinder.

The rangefinder constantly recorded the data between the two sides, and then according to the speed of your own warship, with the help of a mechanical computer, a curve appeared on a blank paper. The most important thing in fire control is the continuous measurement distance and the law of change in the direction of both sides. And now the German capital ships are completing this step!

The speed of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau has increased even further, from 18 knots to 22 knots! The fleets of both sides began to approach at a rapid pace. This is the last chance to adjust the formation, and the British will not give up this opportunity!

"We're on their line! Two battleships concentrate their fire on each other's flagships! Thomas ordered, and at this time the course of the two sides was at an obtuse angle to the south, while the British fleet was heading northeast, cutting the course of the German fleet obliquely. The two Queen-class battleships formed an inclined T-shaped transverse head against the Suxiong fleet.

When the two sides were 18 kilometers apart, the Queen Elizabeth fired a round and a half volleys! 4 huge turrets pointed diagonally at the rapidly approaching German fleet in the distance, with a shocking loud noise, the huge 15-inch L42 gun suddenly shrank back, and 4 huge fireballs erupted from the muzzle, flying towards the target in the distance with a breath of destruction, and then smashed into the surroundings of the Scharnhorst!

The change rate of direction angles of both sides is too fast, and the design distance is still a little too far, so this round of attacks naturally lost ground. The fire control personnel began to readjust the angle and ranging data, just now the round of shelling was set at 18500 meters, this time, the British set the direction at 18000 meters!

The British used a pinch-difference shooting, first set a distance, look at the landing point of the shell, if the landing point is a little far, then reduce the distance, and then the second wave of landing points is relatively close, on the basis of the first two shots to correct. This kind of shelling is best used on almost parallel battle lines, but now, it seems, the rate of change in speed is somewhat large, so the accuracy is worse!

At 17,000 meters, the Scharnhorst also launched its first attack! 4 350MM HEAVY ARTILLERY SHELLS WHIZZED TOWARDS THE TARGET IN THE DISTANCE, AND THEN THE GNEISENAU, WHICH AIMED AT BAREM, AND WITH THE FIRE OF THE ARTILLERY, A HUGE SHOCK WAVE CAUSED WAVES ON THE SEA. The first battle of super-dreadnought warships between Britain and Germany began!

"Concentrate on attacking the enemy's flagship, and leave it alone! Its firing angle is not great! The huge rate of velocity change made the German shelling also very inaccurate, and the shells of the Gneisenau fell behind Barem, blowing up huge columns of water, but as they got closer to each other, the shells of both sides began to gradually approach the opponent's battleship.

"Prepare to release the smoke screen." Su Xiong until now, there is no idea of fighting to the death with the other party, his idea is very simple, directly rely on speed to break through, long distance because of the distance and speed change rate of large reasons, it is difficult for the two sides to hit each other, if you get close, the German fleet is ready to rely on smoke bombs to avoid the other party's shelling, at this time the German fleet is in the upper wind, the smoke screen will float to the British battleship located in the downwind. Then two German battleships took advantage of the chaos and ran out to ....... The idea is good, but the reality is skinny!

"We hit it!" A 15-inch shell flew over a distance of 13 kilometers and hit the side of the Scharnhorst, because of the angle, the shell weighing more than 800KG did not penetrate the main armor of the Scharnhorst, but the huge impact not only smashed the outer plate of the main armor on the side and the first layer of steel plates, but also pushed the entire armor plate back several inches! With the cracking of the supporting structures behind the armor plates and the explosion of shells, an elongated crack appeared on the side of the Scharnhorst!

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