"It's Christmas Eve, God isn't at home!" This is the thought of many officers and men on the aircraft carrier Dreadful.

The navy's technology is strong, the mentality is critical, and fanaticism does not solve the problem. Before the war, one of the orders of the British was to line up for dinner.

Christmas Eve in the Western world, like the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve in China, is very solemn.

By this time, the Dreadnaught had already enjoyed a sumptuous dinner, and the battle was somewhat calm away from them.

But this calm did not last long, and was shattered by the fury of the two super warships that suddenly aimed their guns at them.

The Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, which were leading the British by the nose, suddenly separated after going around in half a circle, and the Zhenyuan continued to lead the British to run, while the Dingyuan submerged in the night and quickly rushed to the vicinity of the Fearful aircraft carrier. Although the Dreadnought received the alarm, after a distance of about 20 kilometers, the Dingyuan opened fire decisively. The starter misses the shot, drawing a counterattack from the Vengeance, which is guarding the Dreadnought.

Unfortunately, it was dark night, and the Revenge, which did not have the latest gun-sighting radar, could only estimate its position based on the flares and the flame of the muzzle of the Dingyuan, and the accuracy deviation was even more. The battleships Nelson and Queen Elizabeth, which followed behind, were also not hit by the shelling, which allowed the Dingyuan to calmly start the second round of attacks.

"Po Dan, add 500 to the ruler!"

At 22:13 on the evening of the 24th, the second light salvo was fired, and the 12 naval guns roared again.

With the correction of the first round of attacks, the radar's aiming worked. In the second round of attacks, one shot hit the middle of the Dreadnought. Although the deck of the aircraft carrier Dreadnought is an armored deck and can resist small bomblets, it is powerless against 406 mm caliber naval guns and shells weighing more than a ton.

A large hole immediately appeared on the deck. A swordfish that was about to take off had already fallen half of its body, and only half of its wings had come out.

The shells smashed through three decks, and the ensuing explosion caused a large fire in the front hangar, and the fragmented shrapnel flew sideways through the pipes of the two boilers, and the steam overflowed like falling fog. One of the crew members of the Swordfish plane crawled out of the cabin screaming, but then fell into the deep hole.

The other two were silent, and only steam was still steaming at the entrance of the cave.

"Keep attacking!" Ogst commanded, and the more he fought, the more relaxed his heart became. Just now, it was Long Wu who proposed to divide his forces to attack the Fearful aircraft carrier and solve this threat first. It was surrounded only by the aging battleship Revenge.

The attack power on the Dreadnought was temporarily gone, and the large hole in the ship made it impossible for the carrier-based aircraft to take off, and even a few planes could not break through the Dingyuan's defense. It could only retreat quickly, but the Revenge and one of the destroyers guarding it bravely rushed forward.

Although the dreadnought was wrapped in smoke and night, it could not stop the radar from scanning it. In the process of retreating, he encountered another round of attack by Dingyuan. But it didn't hit.

The A-class destroyer that rushed up had just rushed to a distance of 10,000 meters when it was hit by 127 on the Dingyuan

The meter was forced to turn. A 1934A-class destroyer that came with the Dingyuan, with 36

The high speed of the knot rushed over to force it away. The A-class destroyer had no choice but to fire torpedoes far away to gamble on its luck. But the torpedo at 7,000 meters did not do much harm to the Dingyuan even at night.

"Attention! There is a torpedo in the direction of 40 degrees on the starboard side! ”

The underwater microphone that was always paying attention to the underwater and the watchman who was watching the surface of the water spotted the torpedo fired early, in Ogst. Under Thaler's command, he easily avoided it.

The Admiral Hipper, who followed behind, also escorted the Dingyuan, and the 203-mm guns were fully fired, driving out the two British destroyers that rushed over. The British ship's attack was not effective, and they planned to use the method of killing the elephant by a swarm of ants, and planned to take advantage of the chaos in the dark to launch a torpedo attack, relying on luck.

Torpedoes are more stealthy in the dark, and this method sometimes works. In the melee, there are often ships that are hit.

But the three German destroyers that followed the Dingyuan and the heavy cruiser Admiral Hippel were very experienced and prepared for a torpedo attack by the British from the outset. As for the battleships, they didn't have to worry about it, the Dingyuan was the target of the British.

The Dingyuan took a 15-inch shell from the Queen Elizabeth and was blown up 2

127 mm secondary gun, turret No. 2 was damaged, the rotation was not flexible, but it did not affect the use.

The Queen Elizabeth and the Nelson caught up in a hurry, and they came at full speed. Ogst. Thaler calculated and decided to give the Dreadnought another round of attacks before turning around.

But without waiting for him to give the order to continue the bombardment. The dreadnought, which was retreating sharply, shook violently, and a ball of flames rose from the port side: "Torpedo? Ogster was suspicious, when he heard the report of the adjutant's staff officer: "The 2nd submarine formation is coming. ”

Heinrich Breichrot did not have time to take stock of his achievements, so he ordered his submarine to dive urgently.

The flares on the Revenge had already been fired, but only a section of the 109op submarine's conning tower was still on the surface.

The entry of submarines into the war made the British more careful. The submarine that sneaks in the dark is more like an assassin, ready to strike a fatal blow at any moment.

However, on the battlefield where the two sides were fighting, the submarine did not dare to come over. There shells falling into the water were just as threatening to thin-skinned submarines. Although it is difficult for sonar to listen because of the large number of ships, the cruising of more destroyers also gives them few opportunities. What they brought to the British was mental pressure, and they needed to be careful of the Assassins hiding in the shadows.

The flames rising from the Dreadnought grew larger and larger, becoming the largest torch on the surface of the sea at this time.

The Dingyuan fell into the well and gave another fatal blow.

A near-miss shot hit three meters below the waterline on the port side, tearing open a hole more than a meter long, and the most lethal thing was the explosion of the shell inside, detonating 2 boilers. The explosion nearly tore the Dreadnought in half, but it was enough to send it sinking quickly.

In addition to the Elizabeth, which was equipped with a new radar, the battleships Revenge and Nelson were still blindly fighting. The Fearful torch gave them a brief illumination, allowing them to see through the Dingyuan's hideous turret. But the torch didn't last long before it was slowly extinguished under the immersion of the sea. At this time, the British began to regret that they had chosen to fight at night because they had been trained to fight at night.

How would they know that the night combat level of Zhenyuan and Dingyuan is even higher than theirs. In order not to leak the advanced skills, the soldiers of the radar to the vanguard army were all members of the vanguard army, and accurately indicated the precise coordinates of the enemy ship. And the German gunners, who have always been known for their accuracy, also delivered the final fatal blow well.

"They also have shipborne radars!" The British kind of got it. The accurate firing of the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan was definitely more than just a flare", and the only state-of-the-art shipborne radar was installed, and at this time only the King George V and the Prince Wilson were installed. Even the radar installed on the Queen Elizabeth is somewhat incomplete.

"We should distance ourselves for the time being, stop fighting them at night, just keep up with them and wait until dawn." Marshal Forbes, who listened to the news from afar, suggested. The sinking of the Dreadnought was another blow to them, and at this time, these naval bigwigs had not yet recovered from their composure. If this continues, I'm afraid that all the ships on the North Road will be finished, and they may not be able to destroy those two super warships.

Because on the other side, the Zhenyuan took a hard hit and damaged another Nagato-class battleship renamed Orion. Although it only blew up one of the turrets in the stern, it also surprised the British.

The other warships could only shoot blindly after them, but they couldn't rub off the flesh of the Zhenyuan, which was still galloping.

The common problem of the slow speed and short range of the British ships was manifested in this great war.

"God, this is definitely a disaster for the emperor." When Ian and Fleming arrived, they saw the aircraft carrier Dreadnought turn into a torch. Although he was able to create the Four Bonds series of novels in the future, he didn't have that much magic power at this time, so he could only watch it sink little by little, but there was nothing he could do.

But even worse was to come, a huge ship was suddenly stabbed diagonally from the northwest."

Toutou bombarded the counterattack that was dragging behind.

"The Scharnhorst!" Ian Fleming was familiar with the figure under the flare, and couldn't help but exclaim.

The new captain of the Scharnhorst, Friedrich Huffmeier, had made up his mind from the outset to attack the Counterattack battlecruiser, which was so thinly armored that it was easier to nibble on than the faltering battleship Rodney. The Rodney's wounded speed was even more sluggish, which also made Huffmeier decide to hit the counterattack first, which was recovering from the chain of command.

Night gave Scharnhorst the best cover for the raid, and when the British focused their attention on the two superships, "when everyone was shocked by the fact that the Dreadnought was slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea in flames, Scharnhorst rushed from a distance and dealt a fatal blow to the slow Counterattack."

The destroyers on the periphery who were in charge of warning had already passed the news out, "but the bridge of the Counterattack was destroyed, and they did not receive the relevant information at all, and when they saw the lights and signals of the accompanying Rodney, they had just figured it out, and the shells in the sky fell." A shell slammed into its starboard side, only 152 mm of waterline armor.

The accuracy and character of the Germans from 15 km were still amazing. 280 hits from the starter

Shells from the millimeter guns pierced through the armor of the Counterattack and exploded inside, detonating an ammunition room. The flames of the explosion made the Counterattack a new focal point on the sea, and behind it was the hideous figure of Scharnhorst slowly sailing towards the front of the battlefield in the night.

"Ah, God!" Isfleming exclaimed God again, but God had already gone down to the human city to report safety, and there was only a storm and waves on the sea, which was destined to turn the tide of the sea.

From the beginning, they had the idea that it was better to sink than to be wounded, and Zhenyuan and Dingyuan achieved remarkable results this time, and the British main battleship was killed and five wounded, and they could no longer afford to be injured. They ceased to pursue, but began to gather to rescue the ships that had begun to be damaged, and they did not hesitate to follow Zhenyuan and Dingyuan and the Scharnhorst, which had also gathered. They need to wait for the arrival of the battleships of the southern route.

Cunningham: They're almost there.

"Gentlemen, I think we need to rearrange it!" Pound said in a deep voice.

He was met with silence in response.

"The Reich's navy has suffered heavy losses, and the next German attack is imminent, and we have no more ships to withstand their attack." Pound continued, "The Prime Minister has just called and he needs us to estimate the grim situation ahead. Be prepared to do both.

Fight to the death or avoid Canada. ”

"We will not run away from fighting. Our home is still on the island of Great Britain. Forbes said first.

"The New World, though vast, is not our home!" Marshal Boyle also said, "I'm old, so let me keep my old bones at home!" ”

"I am reluctant to leave the home we have built for thousands of years, but we don't have any more warships to guard our country!" Pound worried: "Although I hate dealing with those American counterparts, the Americans still have quite a few battleships. Boyle said with a look of disgust on his face.

"Those Americans are always the ones who take the most advantage to join the warband!" Forbes is also dismissive.

"Now it's time for them to decide, Roosevelt is still president." Pound said.

"He's in his third term, does the president of the Americans want to be for life?" Forbes scoffed.

"Anyway, Roosevelt was on our side." Pound was noncommittal.

"He was thinking about their market, and when the whole of Europe fell into the hands of the Germans and began to sell well in German manufacturing, a large number of American goods would only pile up and rot on the New World. A new economic crisis will bring them back from power. Forbes said resentfully, he was dissatisfied with the Americans' failure to save themselves and take advantage of the fire.

"They also have a Fantasy-class super battleship, plus one of ours, 2 super cooperative fortresses can also temporarily withstand the German attack." Boyle diverted the topic and said, "In addition, we have a good partner, and the Umbrella Company can provide two more Nagato-class. That's at least better than the old Dreadnought-class battleships. ”

"It's a pity that they don't have super battleships!" Forbes lamented.

"Gentlemen, I have good news, I heard that an auction company is about to auction off the Fantasy-class super battleship again." Pound bowed his head and pondered for a moment before speaking. @。