Chapter 2242: Head-On Confrontation 5

"Damn it, we can't get rid of them!" Thomas threw away the telescope in his hand irritably. The Germans did not give the British time to breathe. After some maneuvers, the distance between the two sides was re-locked at about 15 kilometers. This In terms of distance, the Queen put great pressure on the Bavaria's 15-inch heavy guns, but the British 15-inch guns were unable to pose a fatal threat to the Bavaria.

The British put the last wave of auxiliary battleships into the fight with the German auxiliary battleships, and the battle between the battleships also started again! And this time, the British performance was not much better than before!

"It seems that we got a soft persimmon this time!" Standing in the command tower of the Bavaria-class battleship Dessau, Colonel Max looked at the blasted holes in the tail of the hull in the distance, and even the tail was tilted. The Duke of York said happily.

"Come on, brothers! If we are lucky today, we can kill two queens!" Colonel Max encouraged. However, before he finished speaking, a huge explosion suddenly came from the Duke of York. This hit was not caused by the De Thao!

"It was hit by the Braunschweig," said an officer next to him.

"Damn Koch, this guy has been fighting against me since he was a child! It's the same in high school, it's the same in college, and it's still the same now!" Max said dissatisfied. Venting his dissatisfaction with his colleague and classmate on the battleship Braunschweig!

Ruprecht's order is to keep an eye on the Queen and take revenge, and if necessary, relax the attack on the British battlecruisers. Therefore, in the end, some unlucky ones will be taken care of by the two German battleships, and those who were killed in the previous battle will The Duke of York, which was stabbed in the back by the Moltke, naturally became one of the best targets! Subconsciously, most people are used to looking for the soft ones to pinch!

As a result, under the attack of two Bavaria-class battleships, the Duke of York became the first Queen Elizabeth-class battleship to be sunk!

"Pay attention to the rate of fire. Don't be too fast. Don't get involved with the water column fired by the Brunswick. This will make it difficult for any of us to observe!" Max looked at the Duke of York surrounded by red and black water columns in the distance. The colonel frowned. Although he was dissatisfied with the opponent's behavior of "grabbing heads", the colonel still decided to abide by the "rules of the rivers and lakes" and kill the opponent with the highest efficiency. The rate of fire was too fast. Even with the dye, the observation was still relatively slow. trouble.

Therefore, after the initial chaos, the two German battleships coordinated their attack speeds in a tacit understanding. On average, a round of shells landed near the Duke of York in 20 seconds on average!

"We were hit!" Accompanied by a trembling voice, a huge fireball rose from the waterline armor belt in the middle of the side string of the Duke of York! A 15-inch shell from the De Thao accurately hit the hardest armored belt of the battleship! This time, the 330MM vertical armor belt could not block the artillery shell fired from 15 kilometers away!

Along with the flames and violent collision, a huge penetrating wound was cut out of the thick armor belt! However, in the final stage, the shell also disintegrated due to violent collision! Several larger pieces hit the gaps in the dome armor at the back! A large piece of steel plate was removed from the supporting structure! And cut off several steam pipes at the back! Hundreds of tons of seawater poured in from the breach. When the cold seawater met the gushing steam, billowing water vapor filled the cabin. Under the action of thermal expansion and contraction, more pipes cracked!

However, before the British damage control team could arrive at the damaged area to repair it, another disaster befell the Duke of York just 20 seconds later! And this time it was two shots! A shell hit the top of the Duke of York's No. 1 turret! Likewise, the 330MM armor naturally failed to block the incoming shells.

What's even more tragic is that the turret armor is not supplemented by dome armor!

The shell weighing more than 800 kilograms easily penetrated into the turret and collided with a 15-inch gun! As the fuse was activated, in an instant, the entire turret was engulfed in flames and violent shock waves. The violent explosion completely destroyed the turret. The 75 British Royal Navy officers and soldiers were forever integrated with their weapons and could no longer be separated. each other. The flames began to spread around. The British were exhausted.

And the other shell caused even more damage! This shell directly hit the reserve steering gear room of the Duke of York! More than a dozen Royal Navy officers and soldiers were reduced to ashes along with the last operating rudder of the ship! At this point, the battleship was finally unable to operate! It began to slowly escape from the formation under the influence of its own power and ocean currents.

"The Duke of York is finished!" Looking at the Duke of York that had lost power, Thomas closed his eyes in pain. Now, within ten minutes of the battle between his fleet and the German High Seas Fleet, a battleship was already destined to end! Seeing this situation, the Braunschweig rationally chose to aim the muzzle at other targets and handed it over to the Desshaw. As long as the latter disarms the opponent, it can be solved with the destroyer's torpedoes, which can save artillery shells.

In the end, the Duke of York completed the last fifteen minutes of her life! During this period of time, the Desao hit the opponent at least 10 times! All the main guns and more than 70% of the secondary guns were completely destroyed. Subsequently, the German destroyer S185 became the executioner to kill the Duke of York. With the hits of four 500MM torpedoes, there was a violent explosion on the Duke of York. It simply disappeared from the sea!

Shortly after the Duke of York sank, the Revenge, which was also severely damaged, also ushered in its end! This battleship was not hit in a place like the ammunition depot or gun mount that could be fatal with one hit, but because too many hit bombs caused the water to enter out of control and eventually sank. According to British Navy records, this poor battleship was hit by at least more than 20 main gun shells, and not only the head and tail were smashed. Several cracks with a length of more than 10 meters also appeared in the middle of the hull! In the end, the Germans didn't even need to use torpedoes to finish the damage, and the battleship capsized and sank to the bottom of the sea on its own.

"Your Excellency, Commander, it is an honor for you to use my ship as your flagship. However, it is a pity that you are leaving less than an hour after arriving on my warship. We have not been able to fulfill our friendship as a landlord. "Before the Revenge sank, Lieutenant General Burney said regretfully.

"Let's go together. Let's transfer to the Royal Oak. We need to continue to persevere." Jericho said with a complex expression. People who are familiar with him can already see a trace of despair in him.

"No, I want to be with my flagship." Lieutenant General Bernie rejected Jericho's kindness.

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