ON THE SURFACE, THE NASSAU-CLASS BATTLESHIPS EQUIPPED WITH 8 350MM 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 IN THE BACK, 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 HAS SUNK 5 OF 10 SUPER-DREADNOUGHTS EQUIPPED WITH 343MM GUNS, NAMELY THE ORION, THE EMPEROR AND THE EMPEROR OF INDIA 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? Well, it's more about helplessness, what about 10 343MML45 main guns on a battleship, 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 SYSTEMATICALLY IMPROVED AND UPGRADED THE ONLY 5 REMAINING 343MM GUNS SUPER DREADNOUGHT, AND THE CORE OF THIS UPGRADE IS TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF THE CORE CABIN AND ARTILLERY. Directly increasing the side chord armor is obviously laborious after all, and the weight gain is relatively strict. The British did it by strengthening the dome again. AFTER TWO STRENGTHENINGS, THE THICKNESS OF THE DOME ARMOR WAS GREATLY INCREASED, AND THE THICKNESS OF THE DOME ARMOR IN THE POWER COMPARTMENT WAS 90MM45 DEGREES. WHILE THE THICKNESS OF THE AMMUNITION DEPOT WAS INCREASED TO 120MM45 DEGREES! PLUS THE 300MM MAIN ARMOR BELT ON THE OUTSIDE. This vertical protection is quite amazing, in order to prevent the attack of horizontal shells. THE HORIZONTAL PART OF THE DOME ARMOR WAS STRENGTHENED TO 80 MM, ALTHOUGH IT WAS POSSIBLE TO HANG IN THE FACE OF A 15-INCH GUN. BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM TO BLOCK 350MM FLICKS. THE PROTECTION OF THE TURRET AND TURRET WAS ALSO INCREASED TO 350MM. 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 26,000 tons to 29,000 tons! In order to reduce weight, even part of the upper armor belt was removed. As for fuel, there is no need to fill it 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. You don't have to say, in the case of controlling zhì loads. The speed of the battleship was reduced to 20 knots. But the combat effectiveness has indeed risen a lot, and the protection NB has been taken, and in the case of drug abuse. THE 343MM HEAVY GUN WITH A STRONG CHARGE IS DEFINITELY NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED! And in today's battle, the Iron Duke and his brothers have finally made a name for themselves!

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 FIGHT FOR THE 343MM ARTILLERY BATTLESHIPS OF THE BRITISH WITH THE REAR BATTLESHIPS. And then free up your hands to deal with revenge. As a result, what he didn't expect was that the first generation of British super dreadnoughts who was slaughtered in the first few battles actually became NB! Not only withstood the attack of the Nassau and Helgrand-class battleships, but even beat these newly "promoted" battleships!

According to the pre-war plan, although the Germans were more confident in their 350 guns, in order to achieve the best results, Scheer asked the fleet to get as close to the opponent as possible when facing the enemy equipped with 343MM guns. But it was possible for a 15-inch gun to shoot the scoop of the Germans. But in the engagement of the 14-class battleships, the Germans were still very confident. At least until 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 350MM SHELL SUCCESSFULLY PENETRATED THE SIDE CHORD MAIN ARMOR OF THE COUNTER AT A DISTANCE OF 12KM, AND A 350MM SHELL DRILLED INTO THE LOWER COMPARTMENT OF THE CHIMNEY OF THE IRON DUKE, ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD BANG, COUNTLESS FRAGMENTS AND FLAMES FLEW OUT OF IT, ACCORDING TO THE GERMAN'S GUESS, THIS SHOULD BE THE IRON DUKE'S GOOD POWER CABIN, AND THIS CANNON CAN AT LEAST LET THE OTHER SIDE DESTROY TWO BOILERS. It is also possible that the resulting cascading reaction could destroy his power system. But the sad thing is that although a large amount of steam gushed out from the breach, it was not the boiler that was destroyed, but the steam pipes arranged on the outside were damaged, and although it caused some impact, it could be repaired and saved. The Helgel's blow was hard, but it wasn't fatal!

Just when the German officers and soldiers on Helgrande were wondering what was going on with this shell just now, the sharp counterattack of the Iron Duke had come, in order to provide the projection, the British adopted the full salvo after entering the effective firing stage, although the Germans were in a faster state, but because of the use of half salvo fire, the projection was definitely not as good as the British 10-gun battleship with full firepower! ALMOST EVERY 40 SECONDS, THE IRON DUKE'S SIDE CHORD EXPLODED 10 HUGE FIREBALLS, AND WITH THE HELP OF A STRONG CHARGE, THE 343MM SHELLS FLEW IN AN EXTREMELY STRAIGHT TRAJECTORY TOWARDS THE GERMAN BATTLESHIP 12 KM AWAY.

"The gun mount has been penetrated!" A GERMAN OFFICER SAID IN HORROR THAT THE 635KG SHELL HIT THE NO. 2 TURRET MOUNT OF THE HELGELAND AT A VERY HIGH SPEED, AND MADE A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE 280MM TURRET AS LIGHTLY AS A DINNER KNIFE CUTTING CREAM, AND THE 635KG SHELL RAGED IN THE ENTIRE HOISTING SHAFT, AND CONTINUED TO IMPACT AFTER DESTROYING THE AMMUNITION TRANSMISSION CHANNEL AND THE SHELL ON IT, UNTIL IT HIT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TURRET. The power of several hundred kilograms of propellant and several shell explosions in the entire turret almost toppled 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. "Water injection, water filling of ammunition depot No. 2!" In just a few minutes, the ammunition in Ammunition Depot No. 2 and the personnel in it who had not had time to evacuate were flooded by the rolling sea. Huge pillars of fire soared into the sky, and this was just the beginning.

AT SUCH A DISTANCE, THE HELGRAN HAD ALMOST NO IMMUNITY ZONE IN THE FACE OF THE DRUG-INFESTED 343MML45 MAIN GUN. 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 entered a 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. THE POWER COMPARTMENT WAS ALSO HIT BY 2 SHOTS, ONE OF WHICH BLEW 4 BOILERS TO PIECES, WHILE THE OTHER HIT THE TOP OF THE PROPELLER SHAFT, ALTHOUGH THE 80MM THICK DOME ARMOR BLOCKED THE BLOW, BUT THE VIOLENT VIBRATION STILL CAUSED ONE OF THE PROPELLER SHAFTS TO BE MISALIGNED. 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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