Chapter 874 The Collapsing Battle Continues

Let us turn our perspective back to the main battlefield, where the Moore Fleet and the Jericho Fleet have merged! The two fleets reorganized into a new battle line under the cover of destroyers! However, it is of no use... 1 Queen, Lion and Tiger, plus two first-generation battlecruisers. Are you fighting against 6 Bavaria-class fast battleships and 1 Helgeland-class battleship? What are you thinking about? !

"Today, God seems to be on their side?" Looking at the Lion battlecruiser that had been turned into a burning torch in the distance, the prince said with some dissatisfaction. "What do you mean by that?" Scheer said with some confusion. He is also very relaxed now. Basically he doesn't need to give any orders, it just depends on the performance of the gunners. As long as there is enough time, Scheer believes that the German fleet can send its opponents to the bottom of the sea one by one. "We have already hit at least a dozen cannonballs on the opposite side, right? Why doesn't this lion explode?" The prince said something that Scheer thought was very silly... In fact, unless one shot directly penetrates the ammunition depot, it will be very difficult to kill the opponent instantly. In other words, if the British battle patrol before Jutland changed its fire protection, it would not be so fragile. If you want to directly penetrate the ammunition depot and kill the opponent in seconds before the opponent has time to recharge, this actually depends on your character. There are some that explode after being pierced by ammunition, such as Hood. And some people did not die immediately after the ammunition depot caught fire. The prince turned over his memory about the historical Battle of Jutland. In the vanguard battle, Betty's two battle cruisers were sunk very simply. The Indefatigable was sunk within ten minutes after the battle. Well, Queen Mary died twenty minutes later. The Invincible fired at 6:26 in the evening, and was stopped by Lütsov and Seydlitz at 6:31! It is not an exaggeration to say that he will die in front of the light! What about yourself? It has been more than 20 minutes since the Bavaria took over to deal with the Lion! The number of shells hit exceeded 2 digits! The other party hasn't been killed yet? ! This unscientific! The prince lamented in his heart the injustice of God! Does God really favor Hipper so much? ! And just when the prince was estimating when the Lion would detonate its ammunition, the famous Lion, Betty's flagship, and the pride of the British battlecruiser, had reached its final moment! Although it was not killed instantly for some reasons, under the continuous attack of 15-inch shells, the battleship was more like a floating ruin at this time! "General, the battleship has lost all its firepower. The fundamental reason why we are floating on the sea is that all the ammunition depots have been filled with water. The battleship has taken in more than 4,000 tons of water, and the main armor belt has been broken out. Three cracks were opened, the left list reached 24 degrees, the speed dropped further, and it was impossible for the Lion to go back." The captain of the Lion asked Betty to change to a flagship. At this time, the left chord of the battleship was less than 2 meters above the water. The huge hull was constantly shaking, and the sound of metal twisting and breaking came from all around. The structure of the battleship had been severely damaged. , even if the Germans no longer attack, the structure of this battleship can no longer bear its own weight. It is like an elephant with broken bones. Its own weight can already cause fatal damage to important organs. At this time The battleship Lion's motor had stalled. When the main gun was destroyed and proved beyond repair, in order to prevent an out-of-control fire from affecting the ammunition magazine, the main gun magazine that had not been closed at the bow and stern was first filled with water, and then the side auxiliaries were filled with water. This series of measures has allowed Betty's Lion to survive until now at the cost of 3,000 tons of water intrusion. However, it is no longer possible to continue. When Betty and her entourage took the destroyer to transfer to the Warrior,

The existence of the Lion can only be calculated in minutes and seconds. This British battlecruiser with a displacement of 26,000 tons was placed on the altar of the God of War together with its sisters. The battleship has broken away from the battle line and is more than 200 meters long. One-third of the length of the hull has been submerged under the sea from time to time. Driven by the remaining power, the warship has taken a tortuous route on the sea. Vibrations and fractures are heard from time to time inside the huge hull. The captain had already given the order to abandon the ship, and even the Bavaria focused its firepower on other battleships.

At this time, the situation of other British warships was also very bad. Except for the Warrior, which could barely resist the Saxony, the remaining Tiger, New Zealand and Australia were already exhausted and they had even given up. Continue to shoot at it, relying on the remaining smoke of the destroyer and the tortuous route to avoid the opponent's bombardment. "The results of the two newly commissioned Bavaria-class battleships were very poor. Their hit rate against the British battleships that took the evasive route was very poor. Low," Scheer said, putting down his telescope. The two battleships Hesse and Mecklenburg have just been in service for less than two months. The officers and soldiers on them are only familiar with the operation of the two battleships. Their hit rate on the battle line is only 40% of that of their predecessors such as Bavaria and Saxony. Left and right, but facing the high-speed evasion of the battlecruiser, this hit rate is even lower. And this is also the fundamental reason why the two battlecruisers of the Moore fleet at the end can survive until now... The current British fleet is like an antelope in dire straits. They are trying their best to dodge and avoid, trying to increase the difficulty of hitting the opponent through continuous turns. This cannot be said to be useless, but this This will further reduce their speed, and if they are just beaten and unable to fight back, then their demise will only be a matter of time! The most powerful battleship USS Warrior could no longer hold up any longer. Another 15-inch shell fell on the deck of USS Warrior. After easily penetrating the horizontal armor of the upper deck and dome armor, this round Shells blew two roaring generators to pieces. The explosion not only caused the battleship to lose half of its power, but also ignited a large amount of diesel. The flames ignited the diesel vapor that filled the air. In an instant, bursts of violent explosions came from the motor compartment, instantly igniting the surrounding people. Several cabins became infernos of fire. "The temperature in the ammunition compartment is too high. If it continues like this, it may cause the ammunition to spontaneously ignite!" an officer who was in the ammunition compartment of the No. 3 turret shouted while looking at the thermometer that was rising straight up. "I demand that the ammunition compartment be filled with water immediately!" the officer shouted through the internal microphone. At this time, the crackling sound of burning could be heard faintly, and the sound of explosions outside the armor of the ammunition compartment and the sound of debris hitting the steel plate were even more terrifying. It seemed that the monsters outside might break through the wall at any time! Thanks to the book friend Nightmare’s Shadow for the 10,000 rewards~~~! So, um, 4 updates today! ! ! Please subscribe and reward~~~!