Chapter 2591 Escape From the Jedi

"If it were in my fleet, I would drive all these guys out of my command tower!" Afterwards, Betty said to Sturdy with resentment.

However, at this time, what surprised the Japanese even more was that the Weimar, which was originally thought to be a duck, seemed to be quite difficult to kill! Three King Kong-class battleships chased out, but they discovered that after running for a long time, the distance between the two sides not only did not close, but seemed to widen!

"What the hell! What's going on?" King Kong captain Ji Gang Fan Ce couldn't help but feel depressed. It clearly looked like this ship was in ruins just now, but now, the three King Kong-class battlecruisers have hit each other at least 6 times. How come they are running faster? The Japanese were very puzzled.

At this time, the Weimar had changed from a bright light bulb to a firefly in their eyes. On the one hand, it was because of the distance, and on the other hand, the Weimar was gradually controlling the fire, and its speed seemed to have been restored. ? A kind of uneasiness filled Ji Gang Fan Ce's heart.

"Your Excellency, Captain, our speed is only 23 knots now. The crew is too tired. They need to rest. The hull has also been damaged. The hull that has tilted forward has also affected the speed." A Japanese officer next to him explained the reason. , maybe the Weimar's speed has indeed recovered, but another important factor is that the speed of the Japanese fleet has dropped. After a long period of sailing and fighting, the Japanese fleet has also shown its fatigue.

"We hit the Weimar at least more than 20 times. In the end, this guy is still floating on the water! He ran faster than us. What a shame!" Ji Gang Fan Ce said angrily. He has now realized that the glory of the world's navy is moving away from him and his battleships!

"We have been delayed for a quarter of an hour. Although the fleet has not yet issued an order, it is obvious that the Commander will not tolerate us continuing to pursue. We must find out in a short time." To be honest, after experience Although the Japanese in the war were somewhat lacking in vision and overall perspective, they still had basic qualities. They know what degree is!

"Let the destroyer go up and strike with lightning. If it can hit the torpedo, we will have a chance to capture the target in a short time." Ji Gang Fan Ce thought for a while and said.

However, at this time, the consequences of the previous series of battles were gradually emerging. Not to mention the decline in the Japanese fleet's status and battle injuries, the number of destroyers and torpedoes was obviously insufficient. At this time, there were only 5 destroyers following the Second Battleship Squadron. , and only 3 of them still have torpedoes!

However, when five destroyers rushed up again, the Weimar's performance once again shocked the Japanese! The neat secondary battery array on the side of the Weimar and the two destroyers provided by Su Xiong easily defeated this wave of attacks. More than a dozen 150MM cannons and a larger number of 88MM rapid-fire cannons hit the Japanese destroyers like shotguns hitting rabbits. Scurrying, Commodore von Muller smiled as he looked at the torpedo passing far behind his battleship.

"I take back what I said before,

Looks like we got lucky today. "Rear Admiral Muller said while looking at the Japanese warships that had gradually given up the pursuit.

The so-called fear of seriousness in everything is very reasonable! Although Muller had previously made preparations to use the Weimar to attract the attention of the Japanese fleet so that Su Xiong could escape, he was still trying his best to find opportunities to escape. After all, he had not lived enough!

Why did the fleet turn northwest? The reason is very simple. In addition to keeping a certain distance from Su Xiong's fleet, the most important thing is that turning to the northwest can give full play to the firepower of the non-engaging side that has not been severely damaged! After all, no matter how fierce the firepower of the Japanese fleet was, it only severely damaged the main battery and the secondary battery on the left side, but the secondary battery on the right side was well preserved. After completing the reverse maneuver, the firepower of the intact secondary battery on the right side was greatly improved with the help of our own destroyers. It can completely withstand the attack of Japanese destroyers.

As for being attacked by the main gun of the King Kong-class battleship? There's nothing we can do about it. In the unarmored core area on the right side, the Weimar was indeed opened with several holes, but it didn't matter. This was equivalent to balancing the water intrusion on the left side and allowing the battleship to correct its tilt angle. The previous maximum tilt was 17 degrees to the left, but now it is 9 degrees to the left, which is pretty good!

Of course, the most important reason why the Weimar has survived so far is because of the excellent design of the Bavaria-class battleship. In addition to the already excellent subdivided compartment design, it is also important to generate more than twice the power generation than usual battleships of the same level. factor! Coupled with the fact that it has 70% more water pumps than the British Fury-class battleship, after the damage control team blocked some of the gaps, the water intake of the Weimar continued to decrease!

The water inflow volume dropped directly from 4,700 tons at the maximum to 3,500 tons later. Later in the day the next day, the water intake of the Weimar dropped to only about 3,000 tons! It can be said that the desperate fighting of the German damage control team and the stable power supply saved the battleship. So much so that, in the following days, the battleship was able to rely on its own power to cross the long distance back to Pearl Harbor!

With the support of the righted hull and the undamaged power system, the Weimar's speed once reached a high speed of more than 24.3 knots! What? Are you saying that water intrusion does not affect the speed of the boat? Of course it does! But don't forget that in today's battle, the Weimar also fired hundreds of tons of shells and consumed hundreds of tons of propellant packets. Coupled with the loss of the battleship's fuel, the load of the Weimar was actually It didn't add much. Although it is incomparable with the top speed of 26.5 knots that it ran during sea trials just after entering service, it still managed to escape the pursuit of Japanese battlecruisers!

"Actually, according to my standards, the Japanese Kongo-class fast battleship is definitely not battleship-level in terms of defense, but in terms of speed, it can't be called fast, at least not as fast as us who were seriously injured. Well, that's it." After the war, Brigadier General von Muller did not forget to tease his former enemies in his memoirs. Of course, by that time, the King Kong-class battlecruiser and its ships of the same class had already passed away!

"We can't waste any more time, we must leave immediately! Reach the core area of ​​the American fleet, and then kill all the transport ships cleanly!" Finally, Betty finally broke out! The Second Battleship Squadron has been given half an hour to solve the problem, so there is absolutely no point in waiting any longer!

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