Chapter 2256: The Final Battle Three

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Needless to say the final result, this shell ignited the remaining shells and propellant in the ammunition depot at the bottom of No. 3 turret. The explosion was so violent that the powerful shock wave directly tore the battleship in half! However, this is not over yet, the explosion of the No. 3 ammunition depot also ignited the ammunition in the No. 4 turret ammunition depot! As a result, the rear half of the Invincible's hull was pulled out of the sea to a height of several meters, and then it was blown into pieces all over the sky! In the end, the front half of the Invincible's hull plunged obliquely into the sea like a broken sword. The whole process of sinking the battle didn't even take 45 seconds! And this battleship also became the second capital ship that was completely annihilated in this naval battle!

From the firing of the first shell to the sinking of the Invincible, it took only 5 minutes, and as it was besieged by 4 Bavarian-class battleships, the Prince of Wales also came to the end of its life. Countless shells fell on this poor battleship. The body exploded, and the entire hull was beaten like a honeycomb!

"At the last moment of the Prince of Wales, it was shrouded in flames from top to bottom. Even if we got close to 12 kilometers and adjusted the magnification of the rangefinder to 40 times, it was still difficult to observe its waterline. , We once gave the British a chance to surrender, but he refused, and he left very unwillingly, wounding one of our destroyers with secondary artillery, so in the end, we decided to fulfill this opponent and send this guy to the sea with hot shells. To the bottom of the sea!" said the fire controller on the battleship Brunswick after the battle.

In the end, no one knew how many shells hit the Prince of Wales, and no one knew how many shells were hit by each warship. Lieutenant General Schmidt counted this result as the result of the entire fleet, and the Prince of Wales left. It was very calm, and there was no explosion like the ammunition depot. He just slowly sank into the bottom of the sea with flames all over his body. When it capsized, the bow was still raised high, and the bottom of the ship could even be seen from the approaching destroyer. Attached barnacles and other algae. It struggled and howled like an unyielding giant, and finally sank to the bottom of the sea with unwillingness and regret.

"Let the destroyer search for those who fell into the water, our mission is accomplished." Lieutenant General Schmidt said.

At the same time, in another battlefield, Su Xiong was chasing the battlecruisers Malaya and Tiger with his fleet!

"The British are lucky." Su Xiong looked at the storm brewing in the distance where the sea and the sky meet, and couldn't help frowning. The British were very lucky. They happened to be close to a storm area when they retreated , Even if you are far away, you can feel the violent wind and rain in the storm zone. Obviously, if the British fleet entered this area before the German fleet caught up, then the hunt would have failed for the Germans, so Su Xiong decided to make a final effort before the British fleet withdrew!

"The fleet disbands the formation, and each warship finds its best attack position! Select the battleship behind to launch the attack!" Su Xiong ordered.

During this short pursuit, the German's water bombs played an important role again. A 350MM shell fired from 16 kilometers away entered the water 15 meters away from the Tiger, and rushed towards the fragile Tiger. Underwater defense system, after more than ten seconds, a loud noise suddenly came from the left string of the battlecruiser Tiger, accompanied by flames and water vapor gushing from the breach, clearly telling everyone where the gun hit! When this 350MM shell successfully destroyed 8 boilers, the speed of the battlecruiser Tiger dropped further, and finally dropped below 15 knots!

"Signal the Malaya, tell them our warship is out of operation, let him go"

"Tell the entire crew to prepare to abandon ship.

Then use the international general signal to tell the Germans our decision. "At the last moment, the battlecruiser Tiger also stopped struggling. The British on board gave a signal to abandon ship, and the Germans also stopped their attack with a tacit understanding. The opponent had actually surrendered and the battle was over.

"Your Excellency, what about the Malaya?" an officer asked.

"Forget it, let them go." Su Xiong thought for a while and said. However, at this moment, a telegram from Earl Spey caused a twist in the final stage of the naval battle! Just as Earl Spey was chasing Warspite and Warrior, Thomas, who had already left, suddenly took the Queen Elizabeth and Furious to shoot back!

"Unexpectedly, in the end, the British wanted to bite back. If it wasn't for His Highness's order, I would never let you go." Seeing the two British fast battleships appearing in the distance, Earl Spey sneered. Although it looked like 4V3, Earl didn't feel much pressure. Thomas just wanted to let the Germans retreat in the face of difficulties, and his fighting spirit was not high. In the match just now, the earl could clearly feel that the combat power of the Warspite and the Warrior was already very serious, and the Warrior only had 3 main guns left. , and the Warspite seems to have 5 main guns that can be used, but the accuracy is a bit poor. The Earl deduced that the fire control system may have been damaged.

"Signal to the Teghoff and Prinz Eugen to deal with the two new warships, and the United Force will work harder to keep one!" Earl Spey ordered. So, with the sound of rumbling guns, the 7 capital ships of both sides fought together again!

However, in this relatively fair battle, the German Navy felt the combat effectiveness of the latest British Fury. Although the latter has been engaged for too long, when the Prinz Eugen and the Fury fought, they could clearly feel To the strength of the partner!

"Damn it, it didn't penetrate again!" Earl Luckner frowned dissatisfiedly and said. At a distance of 14 kilometers, the Prinz Eugen scored another hit, and a 350MM shell hit the Fury accurately. On the side string armor of the HMS, the angle of this shell hit is very good, almost directly on the hull of the British, and the impact caused by the heading angle is almost negligible. If it is the Queen's 330MM vertical armor belt, then it should be able to penetrate . Then after a flash, the shell did not penetrate the armor, which made Luknar quite upset.

"How many rounds is this already?" the earl said to the subordinates next to him.

"During the battle just now, we hit the opponent with at least 5 shells, two of which hit the turret, and there was no sign of penetration. The other two hit the main armor belt of the hull, and it was not confirmed that they bounced off. In addition, There are 3 suspected hits, 2 of which also hit the main belt, and there is no sign of penetration." The officer next to him said.

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