Chapter 1313 Collapse

Chapter 1313 Collapse

"Release the smoke screen immediately, dodge immediately, let the destroyers come up and launch the torpedoes, let's get out of here quickly!" Others in Yamaya were a little panicked in their words, and the Japanese battlecruiser was like a frightened giant beast, frantically moving away from the German fleet . And in this way, the Kirishima behind was revealed...

"All firepower, attack the Kirishima!" After the Kongo gave up its position, the Scharnhorst gained a shot at the Kirishima. After Kongo quickly escaped into the smoke screen, the Scharnhorst, which had little ammunition, The Enhorst decisively gave up the attack on Kongo. As the saying goes, it is better to lose one of his ten fingers than to hurt him. The two German battleships simultaneously aimed their guns at the Kirishima, which did not react!

The Gneisenau's bombardment did not directly temporarily knock out most of King Kong's combat effectiveness like Scharnhorst did. But the hit was also very good. One shell directly hit the hospital at the stern of the Kirishima's hull. You know, there are a lot of flammable items there. It also ignited the nearby teak deck and an oil line that delivers diesel to the generator. The fire caused by the shelling spread in the middle and rear of the hull. Although it was not fatal, it left the Kirishima unable to hide. Even if the smoke screen was released, the bright fire on the opponent's hull still exposed its position, as well as the Kongo's ammunition depot. The difference between flash explosions is that they don't just explode once. The Kirishima burned for a little too long….

When King Kong chose to evade, the poor Kirishima undoubtedly became the best target for fire! I can't beat him in 1V1, let alone 2V1 now!

boom! For a moment, Captain Keisaburo Moriyama of the Kirishima felt that his battleship seemed to be in the crater of a volcano! In less than 10 seconds, two German battleships fired four shells directly onto the Kirishima's hull! A shell hit the lower part of the King Kong's chimney from the side. A large piece of the flue armor was torn open, and the horizontal and vertical pipes inside were blown to pieces. Another shell hit the side of the hull, and it penetrated without any surprise. The shell that was shot diagonally not only tore through the armor belt with a thickness of 8 cents, but also solved the dome armor by the way, and plunged headlong into it. Entering the boiler room, with a series of explosions, the Kirishima's six boilers went out one after another within a minute...

But the most deadly thing was the two shells that hit the bow. There was no way, because of its location, the slender bow of the King Kong was the easiest to be attacked! A shell landed near the waterline. After penetrating the thin armor belt of the ship's bow, the projectile deflected and then plunged headlong! After smashing the main deck, it fell into the torpedo room at the front of the battlecruiser Kirishima...

What hit this time was not a torpedo, but a steel cylinder used to store compressed air. However, once this thing explodes, the damage caused is also very huge. Generally speaking, if the side string is penetrated, at most there will only be an opening on the side, but This time, the impact of the shells and the explosion of dozens of compressed gas bottles not only punched several holes in the side of the hull, but most importantly, a hole of unknown size also appeared in the bottom of the hull!

To know,

Historically, the battleship Lütsov failed to return during the Battle of Jutland because the high-pressure gas cylinder in the torpedo room at the front of the hull exploded, causing serious flooding. But this time, the same thing happened to the Kirishima! The subdivided compartments and hull structure were inherently inferior to those of the Lütsov. The waterproof structure of the front compartment of the Kirishima's hull tended to collapse in an instant!

Fortunately, another shell successfully hit the bow of the Kirishima! The bow, which was as sharp as a Japanese sword, was blown off half way, and a huge amount of seawater poured in. So far, from the bow to the front of the No. 2 turret, the entire underwater protection system has lost its due effect!

(Maybe some book friends said that some cruisers could still go back after their bows were blown up in World War II. The problem is that after the bows were blown up, the watertight system of the compartments was okay and there was not much water ingress. But if the internal compartments were all destroyed, If it is penetrated, even if the bow is still there, it is still impossible to go back. Lütsov is an example. In fact, the Seydlitz was also close. If it was not in the North Sea but fighting in the ocean, it would not even think about going back.)

A large amount of seawater poured into the interior of the Kirishima's hull, and damage control repairs at this time were of no use. According to the Japanese, they seem to be in a swimming pool that is constantly filled with water. Seawater is constantly squeezing through the already fragile gaps and pouring in. Even the entire steel plate is deformed by the huge water pressure and is emitting After a series of heartbreaking cracking and twisting sounds, the whole thing was removed!

In less than 2 minutes, 1,800 tons of displacement were added to the front of the Kirishima! The entire bow of the ship was pressed to the sea by the huge weight, and the waves stirred up during sailing surged up to the plywood from time to time. There was even water pouring into the No. 1 turret on the bow of the ship!

"Our No. 1 turret is unusable due to water damage."

"The water in the bow of the ship is uncontrollable, and the water release door has been penetrated!"

"The sea water is spreading towards the No. 1 turret ammunition compartment! All the damage control teams going down have lost contact."

"The water pump has lost power supply. Damn it, what happened?" Countless alarms were sent to the control tower through the microphone and the ship's phone, but unfortunately, Keisaburo Moriyama had no time to pay attention to it all, because the Kirishima at this time We have reached the most dangerous moment! The remaining six 14-inch naval guns fired crazily at the Scharnhorst. At this time, the Japanese no longer expected to kill their opponents, but just hoped to drive away these gods of death. Thick fire dragons spurted out one after another, and the shells roared and flew towards the enemy in the distance.

At this distance, the Japanese's hits were pretty good. Even in the solid command tower, Su Xiong felt the struggle and madness of the desperate Japanese ships. A 14-cylinder shell flew from 9,500 meters away and successfully hit the running circle of Scharnhorst's No. 2 turret. The impact of the distance caused serious deformation of the spliced ​​running circle armor, which directly jammed it. Got this artillery. A few seconds later, another shell hit the front of the No. 3 turret, damaging the servo equipment of one gun. Kirishima was like a hungry wolf being pinned down by a lion, struggling crazily before dying!

However, a jackal is a jackal after all, let alone a jackal that has been pinned down! The current Kirishima is just hanging on for a breath. The ensuing attack by the two German fast battleships quickly disintegrated the Japanese battlecruiser's final counterattack!

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