Even so, the British's swift and accurate fire inflicted the greatest damage on the German fleet since the start of the war, before the smoke screen covered the entire fleet, and this became the only failure of Prince Ruprecht's naval debut in World War I. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"If we are lucky, we can even leave two Bavarian-class battleships, and it is a pity that the future of the battle will change radically, you don't see the scene when those two battleships are hit like cannonballs." After the war, Lieutenant General Jeram described the scene as follows.

Because of the sea breeze, even if the Saxony-class battleship pulled out the smoke screen at the first time, the thick smoke screen brought cover to the battleships behind, and the half-clear hull can always be seen in the rangefinder lens of the George V-class battleship, and the position of the opponent is determined according to this!

The shelling of the two British ultra-dreadnoughts was really fierce! They were the pride of the British Navy, and as Jericho's battleship detachment with the best gunnery, their performance was truly astonishing! The third salvo of the George V formed a straddle, the Ajax formed a straddle in the fifth, and within five minutes of firing the guns, the two British dreadnoughts hit the Saxony at a distance of 17 kilometers!

(IN FACT, THE 10 GUNS DID HAVE A CERTAIN ADVANTAGE IN TERMS OF WALKING, THERE WAS A PLANNING SHIP WITH 10 350MM GUNS IN THE BAVARIAN PLAN THAT YEAR, AND THE GERMAN ADMIRALTY THOUGHT THAT THE MAIN GUNS IN THIS PLAN WOULD BE VERY GOOD, THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THAT THE TONNAGE WAS SOMEWHAT LARGE, AND THE CALIBER OF THE GUNS WAS SOMEWHAT SMALL.) ）

TWO ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS WEIGHING 635KG LANDED AT THE FRONT OF THE DECK AND DESTROYED THE ANCHOR CHAMBER AND THE EQUIPMENT INSIDE, AND THE PICRIC ACID EXPLOSIVES WITH GOOD FLAMMABILITY QUICKLY IGNITED EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE BURNED, PARTITIONS, TEAK FLOORS, CABLES, ETC. The updrafts from the flames lifted large quantities of ash and dust into the air, which then spread to the middle of the hull in the sea breeze, and the smoke screen from 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 was bounced away without injury, and 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 GREAT IMPACT ON THE COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SAXONY WAS THE FOUR ROUNDS OF HITS, BOTH SHELLS HIT THE FIRST TURRET OF THE SAXONY, ONE HIT THE GUN MOUNT, AND AFTER PENETRATING THE UPPER DECK, IT HIT THE ARMOR OF THE GUN MOUNT WITH A THICKNESS OF ABOUT 400MM, AND THE VIOLENT EXPLOSION CAUSED A CERTAIN DEGREE OF DEFORMATION OF THE ARMOR PLATE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE VIOLENT VIBRATION ALSO CAUSED SOME PROBLEMS IN THE AMMUNITION SUPPLY OF THE GUN. Another shell hit the connection between the turret and the turret.

With a loud bang, countless fragments flew in through the gap between the two, successfully jamming the turret, and a remnant of the projectile twisted and bent a nearby deck, making it impossible for the ship to repair the turret at sea. From now on, Saxony's No. 1 turret had nothing to do with the engagement.

Flames rose from the top of the Saxony, and the hot air flow from the fire on the ship's surface even tore through the smoke canisters! In the eyes of the British, Saxony was like a scarred beast, flames pouring out of the breach and spreading to the rest of the ship!

"Concentrate your fire on him! And then we'll make the next one! Jerram said excitedly, pointing to the target in the distance. The two British Superintrepids made another 2 left compass points in order to get closer to the target. The twenty thick tubes of the two British battleships continued to spit fire snakes, and cannonballs rained down on and around the Saxony, and in this sudden exchange, Saxony was temporarily suppressed.

The battleship Bavaria, which was in second place, was also set on fire by two British super-dreadnoughts, but the situation was much better, and the large smoke screen that poured from the former obscured the battleship well, but even so, the Bavaria was hit by at least 7 shells.

The British had a huge filling coefficient (that is, the ratio of the explosives to the weight of the shells), although the armor-piercing ability was relatively poor. However, the larger charge gave the shells the ability to blow up the opponent's armor, and there was a record in history of the 9-inch armor belt being blown through, although it still could not cause damage to the core compartment of the Bavaria-class battleship, but the two shells that hit the bow of the ship still tore two rifts more than 3 meters long in the hull, and a large amount of seawater mixed with a large number of debris poured into the cabin, and in less than 3 minutes, the two shells brought 700 tons of water to the Bavaria!

These ingress and breakage caused the ship to tilt at about 5 degrees and tilt slightly to the left. The shells that hit the main armor belt were also ineffective, but fortunately the fire control equipment such as the turret and rangefinder were not attacked, so the impact on the combat effectiveness of the battleship was limited. Several shells were also hit on the tall bridge, one of which destroyed the seaplane in the middle of the battleship and ignited the dinghy next to it, and the crackling and popping sound continued to come from the hull, and even some fragments entered the flue, and puffs of smoke began to leak out.

Although the two battleships Baden and Württemberg, located in the third and fourth battle positions, were also fired at by two British dreadnoughts, their situation can be described as light compared to their colleagues in front of them with shells! The firepower of the two Invincible-class battlecruisers is at least 2 levels worse than the firepower of the two George V-class Super Dreadnoughts!

Not to mention that the caliber of the latter is larger than the former, and in terms of the number of tubes, George V theoretically has 2 more than the invincible, but in practice there are 4 more firepower that can be used! The gun layout of the invincible and follow-up ships is a pitfall, and the guns on the opposite side have a very small angle of fire in the opposite direction, so the number of guns that can be used for an attack by two ships is actually only 12 to 14! Coupled with a relatively backward fire control system, as well as a not very good firing angle, the strike efficiency of General Hood's fleet was relatively low.

As rounds of shells continued to fall near the fleet, the light cruiser formation in charge of cover also began to move, quickly overtaking the front of the fleet and entering the engagement flank, and then releasing a smoke screen to cover the capital ships behind. At the same time, the accompanying destroyers also launched harassing lightning strikes under the cover of the destroyer's lead ships.

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