On the surface, the Nassau-class battleships equipped with 8 main guns have the same firepower on the battle line as the Caesar-class, but in fact, because of the earlier construction age, there is still a certain gap between the armor height and armor quality of the Nassau-class and the Caesar behind, Nassau uses the most ordinary Krupp armor, while the more advanced 2-stage carburized armor after Caesar is used. And because of the tonnage problem, in terms of the layout of the scene compartment and armor belt, the design of Nassau is not perfect. For the Nassau-class battleships, which only had their guns replaced, at most they equaled Caesar in firepower. Much worse in other aspects!

Up to now, the British have sunk 5 of the 10 super-dreadnought ships equipped with artillery, namely the Orion, the Emperor and the Emperor of India, which were sunk in the Mediterranean. The USS George V and the Centurion sunk in the North Sea. The remaining five capital ships are the Conquistador, the Thunderbolt, the Marlborough, the Honbang, and the Iron Duke. For these remaining 5 battleships, the British can be described as loving and hating! Needless to say, because of the lack of protection, the modified battleships have already sunk 5 by the Germans, as for love? All right...... It's more about helplessness, a battleship with 10 L45 main guns, in the case of a shortage of capital ships, you can't just throw it away! If the super dreadnoughts are all thrown away, what will the dreadnoughts do? Is it possible to throw it away in the shipbreaking yard and sell scrap iron? …。

Therefore, the British have systematically improved and upgraded the only 5 remaining artillery super-dreadnoughts, and the core of this upgrade is to ensure the protection of the core cabin and artillery. The direct increase in side-chord armor is obviously laborious after all, and the weight gain is more serious. The British did it again to strengthen the dome armor, and after two strengthenings, the thickness of the dome armor was greatly increased, and the thickness of the power compartment dome armor was 90mm45 degrees. And the thickness of the ammunition depot was increased to 45 degrees! Plus the main armor belt outside. This vertical protection is quite impressive, in order to prevent horizontal shells, the horizontal part of the dome armor has been strengthened to 80mm, although it may be suspended in the face of 15-inch guns. But there's absolutely nothing wrong with blocking the flicks. The protection of the turret and turret is also increased than to. And in order to prevent the ammunition from detonating, the British added more arsoning equipment.

Of course. After some improvements, the normal tonnage of battleships of this class rose from 26000 tons to 29000 tons! In order to reduce weight, even part of the upper armor belt was removed. As for fuel. There is no need to fill up, it is enough to be able to fight in the North Sea. This is a way to reduce the problem of being overweight when you go into battle. Not to mention, with the load under control, the speed of the battleship was reduced to 20 knots. But the combat effectiveness has indeed risen quite a bit. Protect the NB, and in the case of drug abuse, the heavy artillery with a strong charge should definitely not be underestimated! And in today's battle, the Iron Duke and his brothers have finally made their name! …。

The Germans ultimately underestimated the British's combat effectiveness and ability to improve. The Germans knew to upgrade their artillery. Didn't the British know about increased protection? Judging only by the standard of anti-shelling, the upgraded Iron Duke has already had a fight with the king. The firepower was not weaker than that of the king either. Although the British had 6 dreadnoughts with limited combat effectiveness, they also had 5 Revenge-class battleships with superior combat effectiveness. In addition, there are 2 fewer ships in number. This inside and outside makes the Germans' super dreadnought advantage very small!

However, Scheer did not know that the British were becoming more fearless and hardened. So he also pinned his hopes on revenge with 6 Kings and Caesar-class battleships dragging the opponent's 5 ships. Then use the ships behind to try to destroy the British artillery battleships as soon as possible, and then free up their hands to deal with revenge. What he didn't expect was that the first generation of Britain's super dreadnought, who had been slaughtered in the previous battles, actually became NB! Not only withstood the attack of the Nassau and Helgrand-class battleships, but even beat these newly "promoted" battleships!

The first unlucky one was the Helgrand, according to pre-war planning. Although the Germans were more confident in their 350 guns, in order to achieve results as soon as possible, Scheer asked the fleet to get as close to the opponent as possible when facing the enemy equipped with artillery, and did not dare to approach the R-class, because you still couldn't penetrate people if you got close. But it was possible for a 15-inch gun to shoot the scoop of the Germans. But in the 14-class battleship engagement, the Germans were still very confident, at least before the battle broke out. The Helgran faithfully fulfilled Scheer's order, and then crashed headfirst into the muzzle of the Iron Duke! …………。

In this heads-up, Helgran hit his opponent first! Moreover, the shell successfully penetrated the main armor of the side chord of the anti-enemy at a distance of 12 km, and a shell penetrated the compartment of the lower part of the chimney of the Iron Duke with a loud bang. Countless fragments and flames flew out of it, and according to the Germans' guess, this should be the Iron Duke's good power compartment, and this cannon alone can at least destroy two boilers. It is also possible that the resulting cascading reaction could destroy his power system. Sadly, although a large amount of steam poured out of the breach, it was not caused by the destruction of the boiler. It is caused by the damage of the steam pipes arranged on the outside, although it has caused some impact, but it can be repaired and saved. The Helgel's blow was hard, but it wasn't fatal!

Just as the German officers and soldiers on Helgeland were wondering what was going on with the shell. The sharp counterattack of the Iron Duke has come, in order to provide the amount of projection, the British after entering the stage of effective firing, the method of full salvo fire, although the state of the Germans is faster, but because of the use of half salvo method, the amount of projection is definitely not as good as the British 10-gun battleship with full firepower! Almost every 40 seconds, the Iron Duke's sidestrings burst into 10 huge fireballs...... Boosted by a strong charge, the shells flew in an extremely straight trajectory towards the ......... of the German battleship at a distance of 12 km.

"The gun mount has been penetrated!" A German ** officer said in horror, the 635kg shell hit the No. 2 turret turret of the Helgeland at a very high speed, like a knife cutting cream easily opened a hole in the side of the turret, the 635kg shell raged in the entire hoisting shaft, and continued to impact after destroying the bomb delivery channel and the shell propellant above, until it hit the other side of the turret before exploding, and the power of the explosion of hundreds of kilograms of propellant and several shells in the entire turret almost overturned the entire turret! A fire dragon ascended the momentum, and the fire door in the turret was opened! Like a volcanic eruption, flames flow through the turret like lava flows. In a very short time, all the German officers and men working in the turret were killed. The successive explosions had a huge impact, and the fragile parts of the turret spewed flames and hot gases.

Although the ammunition depot in the lower part relied on the heavy fire door to block the raging fire, this was only temporary, and the entire fire door had been deformed, bulging a large bulge of more than ten millimeters. Under the constant scorching of the flames, it is difficult to say that there will be no problems. "Fill with water. Ammunition depot No. 2 is flooded! "In just a few minutes, the ammunition in Ammunition Depot No. 2 and the personnel in it who did not have time to evacuate were flooded by the rolling sea. A huge pillar of fire rose into the sky, and this was only the beginning ..........

At such a distance, the Helgeland had almost no immunity zone against the drug-infested L45 main guns. The two sides were almost directly opposed, and the vertically fired shells could penetrate almost all parts of the German battleship. The Helgran can also penetrate the opponent's main armor belt, but it looks a little weak in the face of the dome armor behind, which is like two warriors wearing heavy armor slashing with heavy swords, the former can penetrate the opponent's armor, and the latter did not expect that there is a heart shield after penetrating the opponent's armor! In such a fierce and bloody confrontation, the latter clearly suffered.

The distance of 12 km was close enough for fire control at this point, and in the ensuing half-hour hand-to-hand combat, the Helgeland gradually went into decline. Although the Germans did a good job, the gun mount and turret were hit several times, but thanks to the efforts of excellent German officers and soldiers, not a single incident occurred in which the ammunition depot was destroyed. However, it was only a martyrdom, and after half an hour the Helgeland lost all of its main gun fire. And the power compartment was also hit by 2 shots. One of the shots blew four boilers to pieces, while the other hit the top of the propeller shaft, and although the 80mm thick dome armor blocked the blow, the violent vibration caused one of the propeller shafts to misalign. A tooth-aching sound of jolting and grinding came from the tail, and the Helgran had to shut it down completely, leaving the ship with no choice but to withdraw from the battle. He doesn't even have a chance to repair and return to the battle, because these injuries can't be repaired in battle!. …。

However, at this time, the distance between the two sides was too close, and Helgran, who had no power to fight back, couldn't even retreat, the lion without teeth and had difficulty moving was nothing to fear, and even the hyenas dared to show off their might in front of it, not to mention that there was another lion behind this group of hyenas! In the face of the Helgeland which could barely turn around, the British decisively sent 8 torpedo boats, and under the cover of light cruisers and capital ships, fired 20 torpedoes in a salvo, and quickly and neatly blew the old German battleship into two. And then the disadvantage of the main German fleet was even greater! Two Super Dreadnoughts have already withdrawn from the battle or been sunk.

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