"The wolves of the Germans really don't remember to eat. [Full text reading] "Seeing that the other party's target was the transport fleet, Deng Yu subconsciously thought that the intruder was a German submarine, but soon after thinking of this launch source that jumped continuously on the drawing board, he hesitated a little, this should obviously be an airplane, and the connection between the plane and the submarine is actually more troublesome, this too frequent contact made him feel a little strange. "This opponent is not simple" Until now, Deng Yu can't figure out what the opponent he is facing is? He originally planned to send an early warning signal to the TD16 transport fleet, but he was afraid that he would become the target of public criticism or startle the snake, so after some hesitation, he decided to cat's around the TD16 transport fleet to see the situation

And just when Deng Yu decided to wait for the rabbit, Lindeman's fleet was already approaching the target under the guidance of seaplanes, and even the optical rangefinder located on the top of the battleship's mast could already range the light source shining in the distance, and the radar had locked on the outer fleet. If it was daytime, at a distance of 20 kilometers, the German fleet would have already greeted the opponent with shells, and now it was night, and he needed to get as close to the target as possible

"The attack begins" Finally, when the distance between the two sides was shortened to about 12 kilometers, Lindemann finally gave the order to attack, and the seaplane, which had been hovering around the fleet for a long time, dropped flares with parachutes from the air, and under the violent burning of magnesium alloy, the light equivalent to tens of thousands of candles cooled the fleet sailing in the night, and several transport ships located in the southwest of the TD16 transport fleet were instantly exposed to the strong light like daylight, when the Allied crews were still trying to adapt to the dazzling light, A loud noise from afar broke the silence of the Atlantic at night, and the first artillery battle of surface ships in World War 2 finally broke out

The Berlin fired first, and five thick barrels spewed out dark red fireballs, and shells weighing more than 200 kilograms streaked through the sky and fell into the opposing fleet with a roar of death. This was followed by Munich and two other heavy cruisers. The whistling of large-caliber artillery was connected, and several convoys of transport ships in the distance were covered by the water column for a moment. In the face of panicked Allied transports, four German heavy cruisers hunted like hungry wolves into a flock.

And the battleship Bavaria, as the king of wolves, was still sailing quietly under the cover of night. He was the last guarantee and the last pillar of the entire fleet, although the intelligence did not indicate the presence of large warships of the opposing side around. But it's always good to have a little backhand, and plans that seem to have no loopholes in history end up losing a lot. Lindemann would rather have fewer ships to keep the fleet. And this seemingly conservative arrangement became the last straw for the German fleet

"The Germans are indeed bolder than the Americans," he said, looking at the rising flames in the distance. Deng Yu couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the boldness of the Germans. In such a situation, they actually dared to send a surface fleet to attack at night, and the courage in this is indeed admirable. Such courage and determination are rarely seen in the world. But alas, this time they were not very lucky, and they ran into themselves

Although the other party's ship type could not be seen from the radar, Deng Yu believed that the other party should not have a battleship. Very few Confederate battleships were newly built. He should have faced a cruiser or even a destroyer. Deng Yu also kept a hand, he let two American cruisers go up and fire in front, his battleship Longwei hidden behind, and at the same time, in order to reduce the exposed features, he also let the destroyers light in front The sharpest sword in the fleet is hidden the deepest. Later, Deng Yu didn't know why he gave this order, which seemed quite timid to outsiders, but subconsciously, he thought he was doing the right thing

The German heavy cruisers enjoyed the slaughter, and what a pleasant thing it was to slaughter the opposing transports in a situation where there was almost no threat, and the rare opportunity was to disperse like a flock of sheep with the attacked convoy. The four German heavy cruisers also scattered in formation, recklessly chasing their prey on the sea. Then the flares dropped by the Germans, aided by radar. The rangefinders of the Entente fleet were ready to attack, and after a short period of preparation, the two American cruisers opened fire first

Nine 10-inch guns on the ships Portland and New Orleans roared. The two battleships were targeting the Berlin and Munich, respectively, and were tracking their targets to the east, their huge sides exposed to the American cruiser's field of vision, and their guns aimed in the other direction, completely unaware of the impending crisis

When the shells of the two American heavy cruisers whistled and flew towards the Germans, the Germans were a little confused, they did not expect that the main battleships of the two sides would actually meet in such a vast battlefield, and the high water column from the shells made the Germans realize that the target was not so easy to mess with. The near-miss of large-caliber naval guns is terrifying. The constantly beating flames in the distance occasionally exposed the enemy ships hidden in the night, but for the Germans, who were relatively poor in terms of radar. Their radar can only detect the approximate location of the target, but it cannot effectively guide the artillery to attack. Before the seaplane dropped flares. The Germans could only counterattack based on the flames of the opponent's guns, and the two attacked German cruisers quickly abandoned their prey and began to meet them, while the other two German cruisers formed first and then joined the battle.

"Let's hit the other two ships of the kilometer first, they are not ready, there is no threat, don't worry about it" Less than 5 minutes after the battle, the Berlin was hit first, a 10-inch shell pierced the gun mount of the No. 2 turret of the Berlin, tore through the outer layer of armor up to 7 inches thick and plunged into the ammunition elevator, although the Germans' double-decker blast doors controlled the fire in a fairly small area, but it was clear that the heavy cruiser lost a third of its firepower, The flames and smoke that erupted from the turret became the most visible marks on the battlefield

When the 9 16-inch guns of the Longwei joined the battlefield, the German fleet immediately showed signs of collapse, and the huge power of the 16-inch guns was vividly reflected in this night battle, a 16-inch shell hit the middle of the Berlin, and the armor-piercing shell weighing 1200 kg easily tore through the opponent's 9-inch side armor, and smashed through several layers of horizontal armor, and plunged into the engine room of the Berlin

Hundreds of fragments from the explosion of the shells completely destroyed the entire engine room, accompanied by a series of explosions and the sound of metal breaking, a huge fireball erupted from the side side, and the resulting shock wave hit even the boiler factory next door, and several important steam pipes were severed. Streams of high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor gushed out with the flames. This blow alone completely decided the fate of the battleship, regardless of the engagement tonight. The Berlin is definitely not going back

The battered Berlin was forced to release smoke to evade the shelling of the opposing side, but with the help of radar, the shells of the battleship Longwei followed. When another 16-inch shell swept the Berlin's No. 3 turret off the deck, the Berlin was almost incapacitated. While fighting back with two 10-inch guns in the bow of the ship, they struggled to withdraw from the battlefield, while the other two German cruisers joined the battle, but they were still unable to turn the tide, and the opponent was far superior to the fleet opposite them, which had at least one battleship

"General, the Berlin is no longer in order, and it needs to be rescued urgently" The Bavaria, which had been hiding in the night, quietly approached the target, the seaplane on the battleship had already taken off, and threw flares at a suitable distance When the bright light shone overhead, three huge figures appeared in the Bavarian rangefinder. Because of the angle, the New Orleans in front appeared larger, and the deadliest Longwei seemed to be smaller, and Lindemann projected the terrifying fire of eight 15-inch guns onto the American cruiser at the head without saying a word

"Damn, there's a big guy next to it" When a new firepower point suddenly appeared on the flank of the Allied fleet, Deng Yu suddenly felt that the situation was a little out of control, "How many warships did the Germans send" The 15-inch shell fired from 15 kilometers away quickly threatened the entire fleet, Deng Yu saw with his own eyes that a 15-inch shell hit the side of the New Orleans, and a huge fireball exploded from the hull, and countless fragments and smoke instantly covered the front deck of the battleship. After this blow, the second turret of the New Orleans drooped. And the German heavy cruisers, which had received support, also suddenly came to their senses. Raining down shells on the two American heavy cruisers at the head, the situation finally turned in favor of the Germans.

The current situation was 4 to 3, the three German heavy cruisers remained largely intact in combat strength, and the New Orleans on the side of the Entente lost at least a third of its firepower. And at this time. Although theoretically the Longwei was a notch stronger than the German Bavaria, the Longwei was not sure that its defense would be able to block the attack of the 15-inch new artillery shells in the artillery battle at a distance of more than ten kilometers

"The destroyer fleet carried out lightning strikes on the new target, and the cruiser concentrated its firepower to knock out those German cruisers first, and we are ready to greet that big guy," Deng Yu decisively ordered. The size of the German fleet must not be very large, and the German destroyers are still relatively rare, so Deng Yu thinks that the Allied fleet with 8 destroyers has the advantage of auxiliary warships, coupled with the super heavy long-range torpedoes produced by Huaxia, the speed of 40 knots can attack targets of 10 kilometers, and it is definitely the best weapon of mass destruction in the night battle environment

4 destroyers began to leave the formation and rush towards the Bavaria, which was spewing tongues of fire in the distance, while the remaining destroyers began to release smoke screens. Anyway, the Entente fleet had radars, and the visibility was almost acceptable. The entire fleet turned a compass point to the right on the surface of the sea and began to cut the course of the German heavy cruisers. The situation on the entire battlefield immediately became chaotic.

The dense smoke screen first obscured the New Orleans, which was in the bow of the ship under concentrated attack. The Bavaria, which had lost its target, subconsciously aimed its guns at the second target, but at this time, the huge figure of the Longwei appeared under the flare, and after Lindemann carefully observed it with a telescope, he found the battleship at the tail of the team. Lindeman's thick appearance made him shudder, and his years of naval career made him full of vigilance about the battleship in front of him, and for a moment, at this time, the two battleships aimed their guns at each other at the same time

The straight-line distance between the two sides is only about 15 kilometers, at this distance, the significance of the armor has been relatively limited, when the opponent is determined, the two steel behemoths began to hit the opponent with the strongest attack output to the opponent's heavy artillery continuous fire and fire control system correction, the two sides quickly completed the straddle fire. The battleship Longwei at the tail of the queue was not completely covered by a smoke screen, and the Germans could still lock on to their opponents quickly through the muzzle flames.

However, in the end, with the help of both radar and optical ranging, the Longwei still hit the opponent one step earlier, and a 16-inch shell smashed into the back of the No. 2 turret of the battleship Bavaria. The shells pierced the upper and middle decks, but were eventually blocked by the main level of the lower deck, which was too close to penetrate the horizontally strengthened battleship even with a horizontal penetration depth of 16 inches.

But it still worked. The violent explosion damaged the generator compartment located below, and the debris from the cracking of the main level destroyed the electric motor located below, and the power supply to turret No. 2 immediately went into trouble, and with a screeching sound, the entire turret stopped turning. However, the Germans also made a hit, and a shell destroyed the radar located on the top of the mast of the Longwei, and the flying shrapnel also caused some damage to the rangefinder, and for a short time, the Longwei could only use the small rangefinders located on the turrets to range and aim at the target.

In this battle, the battleship Bavaria was not in its former glory, and when the second shell completely wiped out the No. 1 turret, and the third shell opened a large hole in the side side, adding thousands of tons of seawater to the battleship, Lindemann finally realized that this guy in front of him was not his own. And when the destroyer approached, Lindemann's determination to evacuate was strengthened. With only two destroyers to cover it, it was difficult for the Bavaria to escape from the double attack of the opponent's main forces and torpedoes

At the same time that the Longwei repelled the Bavaria, the three German heavy cruisers gained an overwhelming advantage in the close engagement, and the New Orleans was riddled with heavy artillery shells. The bow of the entire battleship has been nearly sieveed, but thanks to the Americans' unique ammunition depot defense system, they defend the ammunition depot separately, and it is located below the waterline, and at the same time arrange thick horizontal armor at the top cover, so the battleship was not killed in an instant, but the total amount of nearly 3,000 tons of water and power shortage also made it a little difficult for the New Orleans to go back.

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