Chapter 1,291 Sneak Attack 2
Chapter 1291 Sneak Attack 2
After another ten seconds, the ship's left bow sank rapidly, and then the tall bridge hit the sea directly. The violent impact shattered the superstructure and chimney on the deck! Subsequently, there was a loud noise, as too much water entered the hull, and fatal injuries were caused in the middle of the hull. Finally, it broke into two pieces under its own weight. In just ten seconds, the ship disappeared from the sea, and the vortex generated when it sank sucked more than 80% of the drowned crew directly into the seabed!
"This is my most enjoyable hunt!" After getting the first kill, the Gneisenau rushed towards the Japanese fleet like a bloodthirsty lion rushing into a herd of sheep. The high speed of 20 knots was compared to only 9 knots. For the Japanese fleet with average speed, it is simply a nightmare! They had no way to dodge, and what was even more tragic was that less than 5 minutes had passed from the start of the war to now. Kanji Kato in the distance didn't even know what was going on behind him!
"What happened behind?" The firelight and the rising smoke on the sea in the distance alerted the Japanese fleet 4 kilometers in front of the fleet. (When sailing in the dark, the fleet ahead will shorten the distance from the transport ship.) The orange flames are as red as blood under the sunset, indicating a very bad start!
"Sir, the Germans are here, the blood donation count is here!" a subordinate said, holding the telegram he had just received. (For the origin of Su Xiong’s nickname, you can read the previous chapter, the chapters where the Indian Ocean Squadron intercepted the British transport fleet for the first time.)
"Bastards! These Germans, a bunch of demons!" Kanji Kato's worst fear finally happened. The Germans still fought out. Originally, he thought that the Germans would choose to retreat due to the shock of the two Japanese battleships, but they still underestimated the Germans' fighting spirit!
What was even more surprising to Kanji Kato was that this time, the German fleet actually chose to launch an attack in the evening. Was it planning to fight a night battle? The unexpectedness of the night battle was so great that to a certain extent, it was not an exaggeration to say that both sides rolled the dice to determine the outcome. And the Germans actually dared to fight!
"I really have yours." Kato Kanji closed his eyes, calmed down his fluctuating mood, and issued the first order of this battle: "All destroyers, follow the battleships and prepare to respond to the enemy!" And along with the order After the order was issued, the two Japanese fast battleships and the two accompanying destroyers began to turn. They were now more than 10 kilometers away from the battlefield (because they had to bypass the fleet.) According to the current speed and considering the acceleration process, It takes about 20 minutes to arrive. (Counting the time to turn and readjust the formation.) After the attack order was issued, and before entering the battlefield, the only thing Kanji Kato could do was pray for those transport ships!
"Should we disband the fleet?" asked the officer on the side.
"Let them sail westward at full speed without disbanding the fleet." Kato Kanji frowned and rejected his subordinate's suggestion. This is a dilemma order, disband the fleet,
Naturally, losses can be reduced, but how do you gather up the fleet after it disbands at night? What if there are raiding ships around? Instead of disbanding the fleet? In 20 minutes, haha, these two German fast battleships can probably kill the super gods, right? The Japanese transport ship located at the rear is as helpless as a lamb facing a lion!
In fact, the two German fast battleships fought very smoothly in more than 20 minutes... The Gneisenau, which rushed into the queue of Japanese transport ships at a speed of 20 knots from the beginning, opened its main and secondary guns with full fire! The entire ship has 8 350MM main guns, 14 150MM secondary guns, and even 88MM anti-thunder cannons. More than 30 artillery pieces of various calibers are madly spitting tongues of fire at several targets. Even for the sake of aiming, several guns The anti-lightning cannon also fired illumination bombs from time to time!
"The German battleship in the distance is like a demon in Western legends with lava and fire flowing all over its body (Barlow Balrog?). Its shells are like deadly swords. With a wave of its hand, it carries the breath of death. Instantly destroying a transport ship of several thousand tons, the battleship was like a volcano erupting on the sea. The shells fired by the artillery fire quickly formed waves of fire and spread out in all directions. Those colleagues who were within the range of the shells were completely unaware To fight back, I can only try my best to escape and pray that the devil does not notice me." After the battle, a Japanese captain wrote in his diary with lingering fear.
"Second target!"
"Now it's the third one!" the captain of the Gneisenau said excitedly as he looked at the Japanese transport ship 8 kilometers away that was turned into a huge torch under the fire of the 150MM secondary gun. The German naval officers and soldiers on the entire battleship were shooting like crazy at all the Japanese targets they could see. Heavy artillery shells were pulled out of the ammunition compartment one after another, and soon a pile of shell casings would be piled next to the gun emplacement, especially those of the 88MM deck guns. After only ten minutes of attack, a pile of shell casings would be piled next to the gun emplacement. The shell casings on the ground.
"When the rate of fire is the fastest, every minute, we probably throw more than 12 tons of shells at the Japanese fleet!" After the war, the gunner of the Gneisenau said proudly.
"We must save them!" The captain of the Urakaze, another Japanese destroyer at the end of the team, glared at the Gneisenau in the distance! (Japan really had a destroyer with this name in World War I.) However, how could a destroyer with only one 4.7-inch gun and three 3.1-inch guns defeat a German fast battleship?
"Let's rush up and kill them with torpedoes!" The destroyer Urakaze has four torpedo tubes, which means there is only one chance to attack.
Otherwise, the Japanese Navy's small battleship training method of moon, moon, fire, water, wood, metal, and gold is still somewhat effective. (This Japanese week is measured in Nichiyo, which describes training every day, with no rest days.) The training level of the Japanese destroyer fleet is still very high. It can be seen from the reaction of Urakaze.
This 87-meter-long boat made full use of the smoke and flames of the concentrated ships for cover. It moved quickly on the dusk sea like the most sophisticated assassin. When they probed from the side of a heavily damaged transport ship, When I was born, it was only 5 kilometers away from the Gneisenau!
"It's now! Prepare the torpedoes, rush forward! Launch torpedoes from 2,500 meters, all 4 rounds!" The captain of the Urakaze thought he had found an opportunity to rush out of the shadows quickly, like a cheetah pouncing on its prey!
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