At this time, the battle between the two avant-garde fleets was like two boxers, at the beginning of the game, the two sides were more engaged in long-distance battles were more just temptation and attrition, after knowing each other, hand-to-hand combat was the way to finally solve the problem, just when Thomas ordered the fleet to begin to approach the opponent, the confident Hipper also commanded the fleet to the right by a quarter of a compass point, and the two fleets began to gradually approach at a smaller angle. And as the distance gets closer, the fight between the two sides becomes more and more intense!

"It's as if we're walking in hell filled with sulfur and gunpowder!" This was recalled by an officer of the German High Seas Fleet after the war. "I will never forget the scene of that day, the cannonball that foreshadowed the destruction of the earth slashed through the air like a meteorite of the end of the world, and the column of water exploded nearly 100 meters high. Each hit of a single shell on a battleship would bring great damage to the battleship, and as the distance approached, the opponent's attack became more and more violent, and each hit seemed to make the whole battleship tremble. The sound of explosions, the crackling of flames...... And the sound of the metal brackets twisting from time to time came from the hull, the power supply to the department's cabins had failed due to damage, and when we walked through these lanes, the protection was like a road to hell, the hull shook, and all kinds of tooth-sore sounds came from a distance from time to time, and sometimes there were some noises that seemed to be human moans and roars, and a visceral fear began to spread through the crowd. ”。 …。

More and more shells chased the battleship, the gunners on both sides roared to finish the job at hand, the loud sound of machinery and the tearing sound of shrapnel hitting the armor filled the turret, and people could not see the outside or even hear the shouts of their comrades who were close at hand. Under the influence of loud noises and vibrations, many soldiers' eardrums were bleeding from the shock. But they don't have time to deal with their injuries, they are in a race against death. The only hope of survival lies in hitting the opponent earlier! The god of war is fair, in such large-scale engagements. Victory always favors the side with more artillery, a faster rate of fire, and better accuracy.

The Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, which had flaunted its prowess in many naval battles, finally experienced the iron fist of the Germans in this engagement, and while the two sides maintained a distance of 14 km, the Warweary was beaten by the Bavaria, which was against it, probably a matter of luck. Perhaps due to a design error, a 15-inch shell was struck between the No. 1 and No. 2 turrets in the bow of the Weary Warweary, and the slender body smashed into the upper deck, easily penetrating the structural steel of the uppermost deck. It then hit the main horizontal armor, and below the main horizontal armor was the power engine room responsible for providing electricity to the bow of the ship, although the shell from the horizontal level did not penetrate the armor due to the close distance, but the back plate of the armor was torn apart, and the entire armor plate was misaligned. It tore off a lot of lines connecting the whole ship. Even a lot of debris directly saved up the motor room. The rotor and debris at high speed collided violently, and the smell of burnt fire and electric sparks came from the motor, and in just a few seconds, the entire machine was overloaded, and the motor compartment was shut down in an emergency to prevent further losses. And this also caused the two turrets in the bow of the ship to stop running! …。

The Warweary, which lost nearly half of its firepower, was immediately defeated by Bavaria, and the Warweary, which only relied on 4 tail guns to counterattack, could only do the struggle on the scene, and the barrage of Germans completely covered this poor worm, and countless flames and smoke turned the entire battleship into a burning dragon. In this case, the Warweary had to release a smoke screen to evade the attack. While war weariness was struggling, Thomas's flagship, the Queen Elizabeth, had the most effective hit since the battle began! The shell hit directly on the conning tower of Hipper's flagship, the Bismarck, well. It's a bit inaccurate to say that it's in the middle, or more precisely, it's a wipe, but it's this shell that caused a lot of trouble for Hipper. …。

Without warning, the shell struck Hipper's conning tower, and despite the armor protection of the entire conning tower, the energy generated by the violent armor and explosion still caused the people inside to experience an earthquake of magnitude 7 or higher. The entire chamber shook, and many items that had been fixed to the armor wall flew up in one fell swoop! Together with the shattered armor pieces, there was a massacre of the personnel in the cabin, and many people were pierced by countless shrapnel as soon as they tried to get up, and for a time the entire cabin was covered with blood. Moans and cries for help came and went, and Hippel was not beaten into a sieve on the spot. But a piece of shrapnel still pierced his right arm, and the severe pain made his whole body look even more hideous.........

After a single shot had wiped out nearly half of the command group of the entire German Rapid Fleet, the shell may not have felt enough, and the remaining fragments at the same time shaved off the radio wires close to the conning towers, so that the entire German fleet was almost single-handed, but only for a short time, before the backup system was activated, and until Hipper re-established an effective command structure...... It doesn't seem to have a particularly big impact on the occupation either.

Just when the British were busy saving the War Weary and the Germans were busy rebuilding their own command system in the front team engagement, the rear team had already shown signs of fighting, and under the continuous blows of the York, the Australia finally couldn't hold on! At medium and close range, the York's 12 14-inch L52 guns were outstanding, while the Australia's defense was clearly worse than the Queens'. In the midst of this, the relative greatest weakness of the British avant-garde fleet finally emerged.

Covered in barrage, the Australia fought back with difficulty in the midst of flames and columns of water. But the 9 main guns could not pose a mortal threat to the rough-skinned York, even at medium and close range. Under the suppression of the opponent's absolute superiority in firepower, the Australian can only occasionally set fire to the opponent at most, that's all! However, the attack of the 12 14-inch guns of the Germans was very effective, and 15 minutes after the start of the battle, the dense rain of bullets hit the turret of the Australian several times, although with excellent frontal protection blocked the first few long-range hits, but at medium and close range. The constant hits of the 14-inch guns eventually destroyed the Australia's main gun system, two of the three turrets failed due to the continuous impact, and the last one barely counterattacked turret had only two of them able to continue the battle, and the other gun was blown in two. At the same time, a dense rain of bullets destroyed the rangefinder at the top of the Australia's mast. At this point, the Australia can almost be considered ......... of losing its combat effectiveness.

At one point, the distance between the two sides was close to about 12 km, and it was at this distance that the York fired the most efficient salvo of the German Navy since the beginning of the war! Out of 12 shells, 4 hits in one round! And the hair bites the meat! The first shell hit the side chord armor of the amidships, and the warhead successfully pierced the protection, but due to the collision, the second half of the shell was broken, and the result was that the half-pulled shell flew into the power compartment and destroyed the two boilers. For a time, the boiler compartment was filled with high-temperature steam, killing almost all the staff in the cabin in an instant. And another shell also managed to penetrate the main armor. What is even more terrifying is that the shell successfully penetrated the power compartment after penetrating the main armament, and exploded in the boiler compartment on the other side of the ship! Although in order to reduce the damage, the Australian adopted a split layout, but these two shells immediately made the split position useless, and in just a few seconds, the Australian was almost completely lost!

The other two shells pierced the tail armor in one shot, breaking two of the four high-speed power axles. The other shot was even more deadly, piercing the torpedo compartment in the front of the battleship and detonating more than twenty bottles of compressed air and two torpedoes! The bow of the entire battleship seemed to be knocked out of the water by a huge explosion, and then smashed into the sea. A hole nearly 10 meters long appeared on the side of the hull as if it had been cut open by a sharp blade, and the bow of the ship, which had been hit many times, completely collapsed under this blow, and any damage and maintenance became futile. The Australia had a severe bow roll, with the hull in front of the No. 1 turret barely submerging beneath the surface, and the sea water rushing onto the deck continued to crash against the defunct turret. As more and more water entered the ship, the propellers at the stern of the ship were exposed, and more than forty minutes after the start of the war, the first victim was sent to the altar of the goddess of war, and this was only the beginning! …………。

While the fire and smoke from the amidships of the Australia's hull were still filling, and when the hot steam was spewing out of the breach, the New Zealand, which was catching Moltke right, was playing soundly. Although the foreign trade version of the fast battleship built by Huaxia is still a little behind the top of the first battle that has been in operation for about 4 years and weighs more than 7,000 tons...... But it was easy to fight other fast battleships of the same era! Even the Moltke-class fast battleships, which were once generous and brilliant at the beginning of the war, were no match for him!

If compared with the previous behemoths, the New Zealand's firepower is much worse and the protection is poorer, then Moltke's level is that the firepower is much worse and the protection is much worse. Just when the main force of Thomas's fleet was beaten dangerously by the other side. The New Zealand is comfortably beating its opponents! Moltke cried! As Germany's most battle-like fast battleship, his level of protection is actually similar to that of the Tiger, although the armor is thicker, but the inclination angle is a little smaller. And the other party used a strong charge in a frenzy!

And the power of the 13.5-inch naval gun with a strong charge can be described by the word ghost animal! Originally, this kind of strong charge was generally only used on train guns. But the battle has come to this point, and the British have no idea what to do, as long as they don't blow up, they will go up!. …。

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