The battle cruiser Gneisenau was armed with 280 mm guns, which was too small compared to the 381 mm guns of the British Navy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, a small caliber still has the advantage of a small caliber, and that is the amazing rate of fire of the Gnaisenau.

After the battlecruiser Hood hit Bismarck, the battlecruiser Gneisenau fired a salvo.

This salvo was aimed at the battleship Prestige, the position of the battlecruiser Gneisenau, and the attack on the Prestige was just right.

Its shells flew out in a dense manner, and most of the nine shells landed on the deck of the battlecruiser Prestige.

Three shells hit the side of the battlecruiser Prestige, and two hit the deck of the Prestige. There was also one that directly penetrated one of the chimneys of the Prestige.

It only took a moment for the hull of the battlecruiser Prestige to become lively. Explosions come and go, John? Tovey secretly screamed in his heart.

He only had two battlecruisers in total, and if he lost one at this time, then all the firepower of the German battleships would be concentrated on the Hood.

If it really turns out like that, the opposing side has a numerical advantage of dozens of guns and will soon hit the battlecruiser Hood.

The battle cruiser was already a weapon that proved unsuitable for participation in the Battle of Jutland in World War I.

It was originally designed to chase and annihilate the opposing guerrilla fleet in the distant oceans.

And this guerrilla fleet mainly refers to a small fleet composed of warships similar to the German ironclads.

In World War I, the Battle of the Falkland Islands, in which the British battlecruisers HMS Invincible and HMS Indomitable defeated Spee's fleet, was the most successful example of a battle cruiser.

In the assault on the old armored cruisers, the battlecruisers outnumbered their opponents in speed and firepower, easily defeating the experienced and fierce fleet of Count Spee.

History is always full of coincidences, and in the naval battle of 1914, Spey's fleet also included the Gneisenau and Nuremberg; It so happened that in real history, the commander of the siege and annihilation of Bismarck was none other than the current commander of the British search fleet, John? General Tovey......

Now, the Gneisenau and the Nuremberg are desperately firing revenge on their former enemies.

The Gneisenau, which hit the Prestige, was no longer an armored cruiser with the intention of killing the enemy and was powerless, but a battle cruiser in the true sense of the word.

280 mm caliber shells hit the armor of the battlecruiser Prestige, bursting with sparks. The loud sound of metal striking echoed through the mighty waves of the Atlantic.

The armor plates that blocked the projectiles' advance twisted and deformed for a split second, then shattered, tearing off the load-bearing beams that supported them.

The rivets on the battleship crumbled, flying everywhere like bullets, beating the soldiers in the cabin into a bloody blur.

The shell shattered the armor and continued to fly forward in the compartment, then crashed into the wall on the side of the compartment, tearing through the iron plates like a blank sheet of paper.

Then, this time-delay fuze armor-piercing bullet exploded here and began to use chemical reactions to expand its power thousands of times.

The chemical energy that diffuses from the inside out, expands and spreads along the corridor. The tremendous energy tore through the walls of the cabin and pulled through the thick steel bars.

There was a huge explosion of the Prestige, so huge that even some parts were blown into the sky and landed on the battlecruiser Hood, which was at least two hundred meters away.

"It's over!" Standing on the bridge of the Hood, British Admiral John? Tovey saw the flames rising from the battlecruiser Prestige and subconsciously sighed.

Seeing the growing fire, there was a burst of cheers from the German naval battleship. They had not suffered heavy damage to the enemy ship all this time, and this time they finally hit the enemy.

On the sea, the explosion of the battlecruiser Prestige not only illuminated itself, but also the battlecruiser Hood not far away.

The two British battleships were nowhere to hide in the night, and the German fleet could finally carry out an intuitive aiming attack at this moment.

The place where the British Navy's battlecruiser Prestige exploded was about two-thirds of the length of the hull. It was still near the rear mast that was hit.

Because this is the place where the Prestige was hit for the first time, the German Navy subconsciously aimed here and opened fire.

One of the deadliest shells pierced the Prestige's fuel tank, and the huge flames were caused by the fuel tank burning.

The second lethal shell hit the ammunition warehouse under one of the prestige's secondary guns, detonating the secondary ammunition and mixing the explosion with the leaking fuel.

"Quick! The damage management force is in place immediately! Be sure to put out the fire! On the Prestige, an officer shouted hysterically.

"Fill the ammunition compartment with water! Stop the fire from spreading! Adjust the amount of water on the other side so that the ship doesn't tilt! The other officer commanded loudly, his face flushed in the firelight.

After all, it was not a heavily armored battleship, and the battlecruiser was powerless in the face of firepower above the cruiser.

The damage caused by the 280 mm caliber main gun, which was not very powerful, was still difficult to suppress at this time, which really made the survivability of the battle cruiser a big question mark.

"Our ship must be out of battle!" On the bridge of the battlecruiser Prestige, the captain signaled to his own flagship a request to leave the battle.

If it persists like this, it is clear to everyone that the Prestige will be sunk by a hit shell after several volleys of enemy fire.

On the other side, on the Hood, which was loading its guns, John? Tovey decisively gave the order to the battlecruiser Prestige to leave the battle.

The current prestige can no longer be called a help, but can only be a burden to the Hood.

Fortunately, the first salvo of the Hood just now hit the battleship Bismarck because of good luck.

The fire on the enemy's hull also made the battleship Bismarck a target for the Hood, as long as it could bite the opponent's battleship, the British battleship could seriously damage the German battleship.

With that in mind, John? Tovey gave the Prestige the order to retreat, but he continued to hunt down the German fleet with the Hood.

A British battlecruiser pursued two enemy battleships and one battlecruiser...... Such an incredible sight, and so it happened.

"If it's loaded, don't wait for my orders! Wounded German battleship on target, fire! "One glance at the artillery command officer, John? General Tovey ordered.

"Boom!" Not long after he gave the order to attack, the Hood fired its second salvo of the battle.

Subsequently, after this salvo, John? Tovey gave the order to turn: "Turn the rudder 10 degrees to the right!" Slightly distance! ”

He had to maneuver as much as he could, avoiding the increasingly accurate German naval shelling. The two sides have been at war for so long, John? Tovey also realizes that his opponent is also a group of well-trained naval soldiers.

On the other hand, he also realized that the other party's warships were equipped with devices that could detect themselves, maybe radar, maybe some other secret weapon.

He had sent this information to all the fleets and the mainland, but he had to face it alone, such a German fleet with secret weaponry.

John, who put away his contempt? Admiral Tovey began to move to adjust his distance from the German fleet, hoping to avoid being hit by the guns of the German battleships.

The Hood began to turn a few seconds after firing, and its shells hit the battleship Bismarck again.

Yes, another hit! The Hood was the pride of the British Navy, and the soldiers on board were of course very elite.

Guided by the firelight, a cannonball in the salvo accurately hit the deck of the Bismarck, blowing up the anti-aircraft guns above, and directly destroying some of the nearby lifeboats and boats.

However, fortunately, Bismarck's own heavy armor allowed it to avoid losses again, and although it appeared to be badly damaged on the surface, there was no fatal wound.

At the same time, at the time of being hit, the battleship Bismarck also fired its fifth salvo, the shell tore through the air and flew with a whistling towards the Hood in the distance.

Looking at the flames that exploded on the deck of his flagship, the worry in Lütjans's heart was constantly expanding.

He feared that his ships would be damaged by the British, causing a slowdown and forcing him to leave the fleet. In this case, detachment means being sunk by the enemy.

The battleship Bismarck was hit twice by the opposing side, and the luck of the British was simply against the sky. In this case, it seems that the German battleship was really doomed.

"The fleet as a whole turned the rudder 10 degrees to the left! Adjust the distance to the British battleship! We can't continue to be beaten so passively, we have to find a way. Shortly after the firing was fired, Lütjans gave the order to turn the fleet.

On the other side, the battleship Tilbitz fired a salvo that accurately hit the battlecruiser Prestige, which had begun to slow down.

Luck seemed to have shone not only on the British battleships, but also on the German ships, and on such a dark night, the German shells flew exactly more than 15 kilometers and landed on the hull of the Fame.

"Boom!" A huge explosion erupted, and the flames on the Prestige were at least three times larger than just now. The power of the 381 mm caliber shell was indeed amazing, and it was a fatal kill in an instant.