Chapter 450: Burning and Sinking (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"Your Excellency, the battleship 'Ramillis' once again requests to retreat!" On board the Royal Navy's flagship battleship 'Revenge', a staff officer asked John ? Admiral Jericho reported. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The tragic sight of the battleship 'Ramillis', John? Admiral Jericho and David? Lieutenant General Betty has already seen it. After being beaten hard by the German Navy's battleship 'Saxony', the battleship 'Ramiris' had already been heavily damaged. Of the only four twin 381mm guns, only two were able to continue firing. In addition, after the chimney was blown up, the battleship could no longer exhaust the smoke, which also had a great impact on the speed of the battleship.
"Damn, how can this be?" What are the 'Determination' and 'Monarchy' doing? Did they just watch the Germans attack the Ramillis? "David? Lieutenant General Betty scolded.
Of course, David? Lieutenant General Betty is undoubtedly wronged when he says such a thing. In the battle just now, the battleships 'Determination' and 'Monarchy' have also done their best. However, they were not as brave as the battleship Saxony, and they were able to hit their targets easily.
The officers on the bridge all looked at John? Admiral Jericho, it seems, is waiting to see what choice he will make at this time.
John? Admiral Jericho was also a little hesitant in his heart.
"Let the battleship 'Ramillis' continue to fight, without an order, without a retreat." John? Admiral Jericho ordered.
"Yes, General. However, is this too cruel for the battleship 'Ramillis'? "David? Lieutenant General Betty couldn't help but ask. After all, in this case, John? Admiral Jericho clearly wants to send the battleship 'Ramillis' to death! The lives of the thousands of officers and men of the Royal Navy on the battleship were not taken into account.
"At the same time, give orders to the battleship 'Determination' and the battleship 'Monarchy' that they must seize this opportunity and sink the German battleship!" John? Admiral Jericho immediately followed up with a second order.
Everyone immediately understood John? Admiral Jericho meant. His meaning is obvious, that is, even if the battleship 'Ramilis' dies, it is worth dying. If this opportunity can be seized and the German battleship can be sunk in one fell swoop, even if the battleship 'Ramillis' is sunk, it will undoubtedly be worth it.
It's just that such an order is a little too cruel. Of course, standing John? Admiral Jericho's point of view, this is also a matter of no way. And who made the performance of the German Navy so perverted that they were all completely suppressed?
John? After Admiral Jericho's order was given, the officers and men of the Royal Navy on the battleship Ramillis, even if they were dissatisfied, could only obey the order and stand on the battle line to resist the shells fired by the battleship "Saxony" of the German Navy. The battleships 'Determination' and 'Monarchy' were not willing to waste the opportunity that the battleship 'Ramillis' had won for them, and they all exerted their strength and opened fire at the battleship 'Saxony' with the maximum rate of fire.
However, they seem to have forgotten that the German Navy's battleships 'Baden' and 'Württemberg' could also fire at the British Navy's battleships 'Determination' and 'Sovereign' without any interference. The situation is still very unfavorable for the British Navy.
"Let the turrets aim a little, we have already damaged the British battleship, and a few more hits will be able to send him to the bottom of the sea!" The commander of the battleship "Saxony", Gonix? Colonel Ronhalt excitedly gave the order.
For Gonix? As far as Colonel Ronhalt and all the crew of the battleship Saxony were concerned, as long as they could sink the battleship Ramillis, their adventure would undoubtedly be the most rewarding.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The three triple 380-mm guns on the battleship Saxony roared again. Nine shells smashed into the battleship 'Ramillis'.
In this round of salvo, the battleship 'Saxony' once again hit the mark. A 380-mm shell hit the command tower of the battleship 'Ramillis'. Despite the fact that it was protected by armor up to 330 mm thick, it still did not withstand 380 mm shells, and the armor was torn apart.
The shells exploded inside the conning tower, killing all the officers, including the captain. In the entire command tower, a piece of flesh and blood flew everywhere, as if it had arrived in the Shura Hell.
The command structure was wiped out, which made the situation of the battleship Ramiris even worse. Having lost command, there was chaos on the battleship.
And the battleship "Saxony", seizing this opportunity, continued to bombard the battleship "Ramillis" fiercely.
In the next few volleys, shells hit the battleship Ramillis almost every time. Under such circumstances, even if the battleship 'Ramiris' was a battleship with a full load displacement of more than 31,000 tons and its defensive strength was not weak, it would not be able to resist it!
There were so many bullets that the whole battleship began to burn. At the same time, the port side was also seriously flooded, and the hull had already begun to pour. In order to prevent the hull from capsizing and restore the balance of the hull, the acting captain gave the order to fill the starboard side with water, hoping to save the battleship in this way.
But alas, this not only failed to save the battleship "Ramillis", but pushed it into the sinking abyss.
After a large amount of seawater was poured into the hull, the buoyancy of the battleship 'Ramillis' was seriously insufficient, and the hull had begun to sink. It was only at this time that the officers and men of the British Royal Navy aboard the battleship Ramillis realized the problem.
But by this time, they were powerless to stop the sinking of the battleship.
As a last resort, the acting captain immediately gave the order to abandon the ship. At this point, they simply didn't have time to consult John? Admiral Jericho's opinion.
But even so, hundreds of people were not able to evacuate the battleship Ramillis in time, and sank into the icy North Sea along with the burning battleship.
The battleship Ramillis was sunk, directly causing the loss of one of the Royal Navy's most relied on capital ships. This undoubtedly made the situation of the Royal Navy even more difficult.