Chapter 1226: Breaking through the obstacles
With the help of the command system, excellent results were achieved in several rounds of attacks, sinking one, although at this time, it has not been completely sunk, but the tendency to sink is very obvious, and the officers of the Scheer fleet, all experienced officers, know very well that this ship can no longer be saved.
As for the others, they just lost their ability to act, and they didn't even sink, in naval battles, speed is the basis for the survival of a battleship, once it loses power, it is equivalent to a coffin, in the Battle of Jutland, the British Black Prince battle patrol is the wrong signal to the enemy, so that after being attacked by 4 battleships at close range and losing power, it immediately became a fire ball, that is, although Germany lost its strategic advantage, it still had an advantage in the Battle of Jutland, The hit rate is also much higher than in the UK.
As long as they stayed for a little two or three minutes, with the hit rate of the Scheer fleet, it was enough to send all three heavy cruisers to the bottom of the sea. It's a pity that in this race against time, the Scheer fleet does not have three minutes to waste, he did not pursue those heavy patrols who have lost the ability to act, Scheer's heart is very clear, for them, even if the fleet is annihilated, for the fleet, there is no effect, the reason is very simple, his purpose is to rush to the Baltic Sea Strait as quickly as possible, only to rush to the strait, and through the strait is victory, otherwise, annihilate more fleets, Unless it is to kill twice the number of Allied battleships, this is enough, otherwise it will be a loss.
A few hours earlier, Scheer had already sent a message to the High Seas Fleet when he was sure to get rid of Betty's fleet. In fact, starting with the Baltic Sea, where the Scheer fleet approached, the high seas fleet had already set off. It's just that it is not certain that Scheer came to the Baltic Straits and has not come forward. The cruise on the periphery was now on its way to match Scheer, and it was expected that in 40 minutes, almost at the same time as the arrival of Scheer's fleet, it would be confronted by the British warships guarding the mouth of the Baltic Sea.
In order to gain space for the Scheer fleet, the high seas fleet, which has only 18 ships, will rush to the Jericho fleet composed of 30 capital ships without hesitation, and it will not be a decisive battle. The main purpose is to lure them away, but there is too obvious a gap between the High Seas Fleet and the Jericho Fleet, the gap of 12 ships is hardly a grade, no matter how careful you are, there will be some damage, if you can arrive earlier, the High Seas Fleet will bear less casualties, otherwise. Even if he succeeded in returning to Germany, it would come at the cost of a large loss of the High Seas Fleet, which Schell did not want to see.
What Scheer can do at this moment is to minimize the time lost. After killing one, in fact, the road ahead is already open, next. Just keep moving forward and open the gap. As long as you keep going, you won't lose a lot of time.
The fleet turned on at maximum speed. Every minute is a race against time, the blocked fleet that has been separated, is still in the way, this is not deliberately blocked, it is not in the way, these are three destroyers, even if it is a fast, more than 36 knots of speed of the cutting-edge destroyer, facing the Scheer fleet, it is also too late to dodge, just hit the range of the battleship.
Even if it is in the middle of the march, even if it is not forced to attack the opponent's warship, but these meat in the mouth, it must be eaten, which shows the advantage of the command system, in the march, it only took less than 30 seconds to complete the aiming, and then, the well-trained gunner, in the command of the command system, shot the shells one by one towards the fleet, within 5 rounds, accurately hit the intercepted ship.
This time, it was three ships that were shot together, or how much or less, unlike the heavy patrol, if the heavy patrol was hit by a large-caliber 15-inch armor-piercing shell, it would be a heavy blow at most, and it could float up, and the lucky one could even move, a destroyer of about 1,000 tons, under the kinetic energy of such a huge shell, could not resist at all, especially the one that hit the vital point, one of them, directly from the seam between the foredeck and the battery, the destroyer's thin armor could not withstand the invasion of the 15-inch large-caliber armor-piercing bullet, Like a papier-mâché, almost instantaneously, it pierced through the entire hull, piercing through two large holes at once, and a large amount of seawater poured in, and sank almost in a matter of minutes.
Although the three ships were not sunk at the same time, they were similar, the speed at which they sank was much faster than that of the heavy cruiser, and almost none of them struggled, they sank into the sea one after another, and even the sailors on the battleship did not even have time to escape, even if they jumped into the sea immediately, in a minute or two, how far they could swim, they could not escape the whirlpool brought by the sinking of the battleship, so almost none of the sailors on the three destroyers escaped, and on the rapidly sinking battleship, for the sailors, it was an iron coffin, once it sinks, it's all played.
In the distance, the blocking fleet that was lucky enough to escape looked at the Scheer fleet as if they were looking at the gods, they were all members of the main fleet, they did not go up to the battleships, but they also knew the capabilities of the battleships on the British side, even if there were 18 ships together, it was impossible to sink these ships so quickly, what are their gunners, it is difficult to concentrate all the elite gunners on these nine ships, but even so, it is impossible to be so fast, the salvo of the main guns has not stopped at all, and even their battleships are on the move, There was no battle line, and there was no connection with each other, but they were able to fire extremely accurate volleys.
The strength shown by the Scheer fleet clearly told the blocking fleet that it was impossible for them to block the Scheer fleet according to the original plan, and the commander of the blocking fleet even believed that as long as the other party was given half an hour, the other party would send them all to the bottom of the sea, and how much time might be delayed in half an hour, as naval officers, they did not have that spirit of sacrifice, or rather, to see if there was value in the end, if the sacrifice was valuable, maybe they would have to try, worthless sacrifice, no one would want to go, Deep down, they still believe that the main fleet will definitely be able to resist the Scheer fleet, and even defeat them, the capital ships, let the capital ships deal with it, they still chase after them and keep a better distance.
In this way, the blocking fleet was concentrated, and they did not dare to approach 10 nautical miles away from the Scheer fleet, because the Scheer fleet had already shown a strong hit rate and range, and what if it was targeted by the other side and hit it coldly. However, the blocking fleet forgot that it was only more than 20 nautical miles away from the mouth of the Baltic Sea, and in this sea area, it was the most concentrated place of the entire British fleet, although 30 capital ships gathered together and sent a huge blocking fleet, but there were still hundreds of warships around the capital ships, and they kept patrolling to guard against the sneak attack of destroyers and submarines, and escorted the main fleet.
Under such circumstances, Scheer's fleet entered the defensive circle of the British army, and with the frantic rush of Scheer's fleet, all the warships patrolling the periphery could not avoid being met by Scheer's fleet. When the first ship came within range of the guns of the Scheer fleet, the face of the commander of the sniper fleet suddenly changed.
More than 13 nautical miles apart, this distance is not far in the naval battle, but it can not transmit any information, he almost watched this ship, after discovering the Scheer fleet, rushed up without hesitation, but the result was locked by the Scheer fleet, after 3 rounds of salvos, this 4000-ton light cruiser, at a distance of 3000 meters, was hit 12 large-caliber armor-piercing shells, sank faster than other ships.
In the next process, the same thing happened one after another, these ships are mostly destroyers and light cruisers, according to ordinary circumstances, these warships can still play a role in blocking, in the face of the Scheer fleet like divine help, there is almost no obstruction, in the distance of less than 20 nautical miles, 27 ships were sunk, all of them were two or three rounds, the most 4 rounds of salvo ended, the slowest to sink lasted 5 minutes, the fastest one, directly by 4 large-caliber naval guns, attacked all the key parts, It broke into three knots on the spot and quickly sank into the sea.
The disunity of communication between the various fleets made the British Admiralty receive the report only after most of the warships were sunk, and they reported as much as they could, but the speed of the Scheer fleet was more than 26 knots, so that they had very little time, and when the Scheer fleet approached the distance of the main fleet within 10 nautical miles, the main fleet received a summary of the losses, and in just half an hour, 27 ships were sunk, plus the previous heavy cruiser, 3 destroyers, a total of 31 ships, 4,000 people died, the number of survivors did not exceed 500, such a casualty figure, even the wealthy British Navy, some could not accept it, the order was issued not to allow a fleet to block, and it was too late to ask the pursuing fleet to speed up.
Scheer's fleet has passed the dangerous period, the current pursuing fleet, because of the speed, Betty's fleet has been pulled away about 75 nautical miles, even the fastest ship, it takes 2 hours, the capital ship is at least 3 hours, it can be said that after the war, it is impossible to get the support of Betty's fleet in a short time, but Jericho didn't care much, 30 ships against 9 ships, even if this fleet attack is very fierce, what, here is an impregnable wall, the only regret is that the loss is slightly larger.
Just as Jericho ordered his fleet to turn and try to intercept the Scheer fleet before the ships continued to lose, an alarm sounded on the other side, and 18 capital ships, as well as a number of former dreadnoughts, formed a high sea fleet on the eastern side of the Baltic Sea, and they were forming a battle line and gaining the upper hand. (To be continued.) )
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