Chapter 482

Ten nautical miles, which is completely within the firing range of naval guns!

In the strong wind and waves, it was also at this distance that the British local fleet discovered the Deutschland. When the lone warship was discovered, Admiral Tovey, who led the team, immediately ordered an attack!

Admiral Tovey was picked up from the sea. When the aircraft carrier formation of the Athletic God was attacked by the German carrier aircraft, the local main fleet was coming 20 nautical miles away from them. When they arrived, all that was left was to clean up the battlefield.

When John Tovey was fished up, he immediately took over the command and continued to command the fleet, beating the German fleet!

It hasn't failed yet, it's just a night battle!

This time, their main fleet has arrived. In the formation, there are only four battleships with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons.

HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Barham of the Queen Elizabeth class, HMS Nelson of the Nelson class, the R-class battleship HMS Sovereign, and the heavy cruisers HMS Dorset and HMS Cornwall, among others.

Although the United Kingdom has fallen, it is still a superpower after all, and it still has a strong navy!

More than a dozen warships were swaying on the sea. When the Deutschland was discovered, one of the most famous naval gun battles in World War II began.

The British would not know that it was the Deutsches who fired first!

The strength of the two sides is not balanced. After all, the Deutschland is only an armored cruiser, while the other party is coming over a dozen large warships.

However, Deutsche was the first to fire.

The 283mm naval guns on both sides of the bow and stern turned to starboard in unison, and within half a minute, the entire Deutschland roared.

"Boom!" The six guns fired at once, but only one sound was heard. With the sound, a huge flame erupted from the muzzle of the naval gun, forming a heat wave of several meters in front of the muzzle. During the heat wave, 283 The millimeter armor-piercing projectile flew towards the opposite side at a speed of 910 meters per second!

A distance of ten nautical miles takes less than twenty seconds!

Moreover, at such a long distance, the warship was shaking again, and even the British gunners were not sure of hitting it.

The Germans are just playing tricks!

Admiral Tovey was not worried that the opponent could hit him, but only worried that the opponent would run away. After all, the speed of his battleships was only more than 20 knots, and they could not catch up with the Deutschland, which uses high-speed diesel engines.

He still didn't know that the failed attack that he dispatched at night still caused damage to the Deutsche.

And we can catch up with the cruiser of the other side, and we do not have the advantage in firepower. It can be said that the fire of the German warships is just to delay our own actions, and we must not let the other side succeed!

"Continue to move forward at full speed and surround the Deutsches!" Admiral Tovey only gave this order, and then he saw a terrible scene.

At the front of the fleet, the Dorset heavy cruiser was planning to use its high speed to overtake the opponent, and then block the opponent to facilitate the group fight.

However, three shells accurately hit this new British heavy cruiser!

The 283mm armor-piercing projectile is quite powerful. At a distance of 15 kilometers, it can tear apart 340mm of armor, and the Dorset is just a cruiser. The standard displacement is 10,000 tons, and the thickest part of the armor is only 111mm.

When the 283mm armor-piercing projectile came into close contact with it along the waterline, the shell easily tore the armor on the waterline and drilled into its stomach.

"Boom!" Amidst the huge explosion, the Dorset was billowing with smoke and hit the boiler at the tail.

"Boom!" At a distance of one meter, another armor-piercing projectile drilled into the lower part of the turret behind, and it directly tore the armor protection of the lower part of the turret, bringing more terrible results.

"Boom!" Another one meter apart, the third armor-piercing projectile drilled into the most empty place. This time, it passed directly from the port side and came out from the starboard side!

Comparing the power of naval guns, you cannot simply compare the caliber, it is related to a variety of factors, such as propellant, such as multi-diameter, such as the rate of fire, etc. The German-class 283mm naval gun has amazing power and better accuracy. Terribly tall!

The triple-mounted naval guns at the stern flew away, and the triple-mounted naval guns at the bow achieved the proud result of three hits.

"Quick, let the water go!" At this time, in the turret of the Dorset, the gunner had his legs broken. He ignored the severe pain and shouted to the stunned sailor beside him.

The explosion of the ammunition will occur at any time. In order to avoid the explosion of the ammunition, it is necessary to put the seawater into it, and let the seawater submerge here, it must be fast!

"Quick, my children!" cried the gunner.

The pipe was opened, and the turbulent sea water flooded in. The gunner's body was also completely immersed in the sea water. Several bubbles spit out from his mouth, and his body became cold.

The sea also engulfed other people. In order to prevent the warship from sinking, it also flooded the ammunition depot. This was an inevitable outcome. Their sacrifices brought the safety of the warship.

However, this warship has no combat effectiveness.

Deutschland, the first salvo, destroyed a British heavy cruiser!

Colonel Stanger knew very well that when the other party was not prepared, he could attack any of the other's warships. According to the general idea, the threat of battleships was the greatest.

However, the opponent's battleships have low speed and can't catch up with them. Moreover, the battleships have thick armor and their own 283mm naval guns, so it is not so easy to kill the opponent.

Let the other party know that if you want to chase yourself, you have to pay a price.

"Full speed," he continued. "Second salvo, target, Cornwall."

British heavy cruisers are all treaty ships, typical thin-skinned stuffing, bully these warships first!

Accelerate at the same time, merge with your own fleet, and let your own fleet destroy them!

Cornwall is a Kent-class heavy cruiser, officially known as the "Treaty-class heavy cruiser", "10,000-ton heavy cruiser" and "the first batch of county-class heavy cruisers". But privately it was called "white elephant", "white grave" and "thin skin".

The same class ships Kent, Berwick, Cumberland, Cornwall, Suffolk.

In order to control the displacement and consider the balance of various performances, it had to make sacrifices in defense, and its waterline armor belt was only 25 mm thick. Due to strict weight control during construction, the standard displacement at the time of completion was 9,750 tons, 200 tons less than planned.

From this point of view, the British are also old-fashioned. This kind of warship is definitely a dozen!

When Deutsches' guns turned to Cornwall, the captain of Cornwall was shocked.