Chapter 1229: Return Achieved
Abit is considered an excellent naval officer, he knows very well that the other party will definitely chase those two ships, which can be seen from the landing points of the previous two rounds, the opponent's target is very clear, and the accuracy rate is quite high, even if it starts to evade, the two warships that have slowed down are the biggest targets of the other party.
Commanded with the flag, the remaining battleships quickly protected them and blocked the line of sight, but unfortunately, this was not on land, but on the ocean, even if it was blocked, it was a conventional blocking, which may be useful for the sighting system on the battleship, but for the line of sight in the sky, it was useless at all, but it made them more eye-catching, because there was a relative reference, and the approaching battleship could provide a reference for another battleship, and it was easier to measure the accurate distance when aiming.
Next, the artillery fire of the entire Scheer fleet poured over to this side, four rounds a minute, in just a few minutes, it was more than a dozen rounds, more than a thousand rounds of large-caliber artillery, in this sea area slanted, Yingjun almost did not react, completely blinded, especially the two main targets, have been in the other side's wave after wave of attacks, in a stormy situation, almost to beat them into a sieve.
After 4 minutes, there have been 12 rounds of continuous attacks, more than 1,000 large-caliber armor-piercing shells, a total of 63 hits, and close to 45 near-misses, but the near-miss bullets did not have an effective hit, 63 hits, nearly two-thirds of them were bounced by the armor, separated by 15 kilometers, even if it is an armor-piercing bullet in the northwest, it is impossible to guarantee that each one can effectively pass through the armor, after all, the opponent is also a battleship, not a second- or third-rate battleship. The thick armor is very protective, and no angle or muzzle velocity is chosen. It's hard to break through.
But it is an effective hit, and it pierces through the armor. The attack power of the battleship is extremely powerful, 15 of which hit a battleship, and the American dreadnought of that one has been beaten out of shape, 5 turrets, 4 destroyed, and 80% of the power has been lost, if it weren't for the fact that Scheer chose to attack another battleship after basically determining that he was seriously injured. It had long since been sunk.
The other ship was about the same, losing more than half of its power, and the frontal battery was taken out, because the fire ignited by the martyrdom was burning in the raging and obscured the view.
Passive beatings were not the habit of the British, and they began to return fire after that, not to mention the loss of 2 battleships, and the remaining ships were also free to evade. In the case of being scattered, you can only fight back with your own strength.
Even if the British navy is outstanding, the scattered attacks cannot form a joint force, and they are in a state of being pursued. It was not possible to attack wholeheartedly, because after heavy damage to two, the target was changed to two more. But when the occasional salvo is fired, it will take care of other warships. The Scheer fleet had an extremely high hit rate, and they simply did not dare to attack steadily.
With 1 salvo in one minute. The Abit fleet fought back 10 rounds, but in the end only 19 shells were hit, which was much lower than the Scheer fleet. More than 95% of these hit shells were bounced off by the main armor belt, and only one lucky shot hit one of the secondary guns, which severely damaged this secondary gun of the battleship.
The battleship designed in the northwest has taken into account the problem of martyrdom from the very beginning, and the ammunition depot is placed in the core of the battleship unless it penetrates at least 3 layers of armor.
Hit one secondary gun, that is, the secondary gun was unusable, one was killed, 3 were wounded, and the damage to the battleship was almost negligible. In exchange, in 6 minutes, the Scheer fleet once again completed 24 rounds of attacks, close to 2,000 shells, and hit 133 rounds again, severely damaging 3 battleships, lightly wounding 3, plus the previous 2, in the entire Abit fleet, intact, only 1 remained.
10 minutes, this is only 10 minutes, almost everyone in Abbit's fleet is wounded, if someone tells Abit before the battle that with the same number of warships, the Scheer fleet will have an overwhelming advantage, he will definitely not believe it, and will even refute him to death, but now, Abbitt's mouth is full of bitterness.
With trembling hands, he couldn't even hold the pipe in his hand, but in the end, Abit still gave the order to retreat, and the fleet of 42 warships fled in the wilderness, which means that they have given up blocking and fled in 7 different directions, in order to be able to escape a few are a few.
The capital ships fled, those who were hit hard, but they couldn't escape, and the 5 battleships became victims, no matter how much Scheer caued, it was impossible to abandon the 5 battleships that had become a meal on the plate, and pursue the other battleships, really let these delicacies that had already entered his mouth escape, I'm afraid Scheer would not forgive himself.
It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers, Scheer did not pursue other warships, and directly poured all the artillery fire on these 5 battleships, most of them lost the highest speed of the battleships, and could not resist the attack of Scheer's battleships at all, when the speed was reduced, the burden on the command system was greatly reduced, and the hit rate was improved.
First of all, the three heavily damaged ones, they still have the power and can move, if they don't stop them, maybe they will run away, but under the premise that the other warships have already left, they have lost some of their kinetic energy, with the hit rate of the Scheer fleet, they can't escape.
5 minutes later, the 3 ships are sinking with a blazing smoke, at a speed visible to the naked eye, the battleship is a brave sea monster, not only powerful attack power, anti-sinking performance is also quite good, but once the 25,000-ton giant ship sinks, it cannot be reversed, there is no other ship, or other way, can delay its sinking.
Scheer's fleet began to turn, and in another 5 minutes, the two battleships that had been destroyed more than half of them were hit by 30 shots, and more than half of them hit the vital position, these two ships were completely finished, at least 5 places or more, large-scale water leaks, countless seawater infusion, and the speed of sinking was faster than the previous ones.
On these two battleships, except for the navy that was directly killed, there is no one left, and they are in a hurry to leave, even if they get on the rubber ship, the battleship of more than 20,000 tons, if it sinks, the suction will absorb everything around, and they must leave here early.
Of the more than 1,000 sailors on board, most of the rest began to dive into the water, and after some escape, after 30 minutes, the two battleships, which were overwhelmed, sank into the Atlantic.
No one would have thought that the same 9 capital ships would be so one-sided in a duel with each other, not only losing 5 ships, but also 3 being injured, and needing at least 2 months to enter the dock for repairs, such a price is impossible to bear.
However, the opponent's losses were only zero, because outside the range of the battleships, Scheer's fleet was already able to attack them, and they even only sent 10 salvos at Scheer's fleet, but the distance was more than 5 nautical miles, that is, more than 9 kilometers, such a salvo, the hit was minimal, and even if it hit, it was bounced off by the heavy armor of the battleship.
Seeing that the Abit fleet was scattered, after sinking 5 battleships, the Scheer fleet did not stop too much, and immediately turned forward, with pursuers behind it, and it could reach here in 2 hours at most, without delay.
The duel between the 9 capital ships only lasted 25 minutes at most, and it stands to reason that there is still more than an hour of time, but at this time, it can save a little bit, 25 minutes of time, and the high seas fleet is also very difficult, they are fighting guerrilla warfare with Jericho's main force, but unfortunately among the remaining fleets of the British army, there are many high-speed fleets, and Jericho is a very good commander, at most half an hour, the two sides will inevitably go to war.
Even if it is 21 ships against 18 ships, this is the moment when the gap in the number of capital ships between Britain and France is the smallest, but Scheer is still worried, because Jericho's fleet is unusually strong, including the latest warship Queen Elizabeth class, which is among them, but Germany's new warship Bavaria-class has not completed the final sea trials and has not joined it, so in this way, in terms of overall strength, the high seas fleet is weak.
Although, the overall strength of the British fleet is slightly stronger than that of Germany, and it is impossible to defeat the German High Seas Fleet in a short period of time, similar to the super main fleet of Britain and Germany, any duel is not able to end in a short time, but concern is chaos, for Scheer, the biggest problem has been solved, sinking many British fleets on the way, including the final sinking of 5 battleships, can only be regarded as icing on the cake.
After they entered the Baltic Sea and made peace with the High Seas Fleet, the journey of returning thousands of miles was finally over, and after crossing the Baltic Strait, even if the British army wanted to block it, it would not be so easy.
In Sherkai, the number of sunk ships of 5 ships must be maintained, and the high seas fleet can suffer small losses, but it cannot be small losses at no cost, and the gap between them can be smoothed out by the other side.
The battleship did not stay too much in this sea area, and even a few capital ships that had not completely sunk did not take a second look, and went directly to the Baltic Sea, when the battleship passed through the strait, Scheer's expression was slightly relaxed, starting from the sinking of Abbit's 5 battleships, he had confirmed that there was no obstacle to return, but only through this strait could it be regarded as a real reassurance, and then, unless the British fleet was willing to fight a decisive battle with Germany, otherwise, there was no obstacle to Scheer's return. (To be continued.) )