Chapter 875 The Dying Struggle

After a brief hesitation, the staff of the ammunition compartment finally opened the water injection valve. Within minutes, hundreds of tons of seawater surged in, submerging piles of propellant and shells. Although this allowed the Warrior to temporarily escape Dangerous, but it reduced the number of guns this battleship could fire to 3.

The British tried their best to save their warships. Teams of damage control personnel, led by officers, walked through the dark corridors like purgatory. It was dark, hot, full of deadly poisonous gas, and unknown when Cannonballs will come suddenly. The fire on the ship has begun to spread everywhere. The British have given up control of the fire on the ship. The continuously falling shells make the survival time of any exposed creature only count in seconds. All they can do now is to ensure some key Cabin safety. And now more and more people realize that if this continues, they will not even be able to guarantee the final core cabin. "Our battleship has suffered a heavy blow. As long as one well-placed shot hits, we can be completely finished! Our sides will definitely not be able to block the opponent's 15-inch heavy artillery, and their one shell will succeed. It ripped open the armor of the boiler compartment, and then smashed the two boilers into pieces. Fortunately, this was a dumb bomb. As long as one shell hits the steering gear room or the ammunition room, our battleship worth 2.8 million pounds and The thousands of naval officers and soldiers on board are all dead, and the German artillery shells are like Damocles hanging above our heads and may fall at any time!" The British on the Warrior are waiting for the end to come, Major General Moore felt that the end had come. If the last wave of light cruisers and destroyers had not come up to provide smoke screens and lightning protection, Major General Moore was certain that he would not be able to see the sun tomorrow. As the earliest British battle cruiser, The proficiency of the officers and soldiers is also the highest. The 12-inch artillery has repeatedly hit those towering figures in the distance, but it is of little use. Hitting the superstructure can indeed damage several cabins and set fire to it, and it may also hit the bow or stern of the ship. It will cause hundreds of tons of water intrusion, but the damage will be nothing more than that. The only serious damage caused to the German fleet in the second half of the British fleet was when a light cruiser fired a torpedo at a position of 4,500 meters, and then actually hit the evading battleship Baden. However, due to the shallow fixed depth, the thicker armor belt blocked most of the damage, but it still tore a crack of several meters at the waterline. The Tiger battleship fought back hard under the command of Colonel Perry, and this battleship may not have very high combat effectiveness because it has just been completed, or because the crew on it is simply incompetent. The hit rate in normal battles It was so low that even in the first round of attacks, the impact point of the shells actually deviated from the target by 2,700 meters! The Baden that he captured even thought that the other party had aimed at the wrong target? ! "What's going on?" The officers and soldiers on the battleship Mecklenburg can also prove this. The shells that were supposed to attack the Baden, the third position on the battle line, actually fell to the last position in the battleship. The battleship was so close to the Mecklenburg that the commander of the battleship once thought that he was being attacked by two battleships... When someone mentioned this situation after the war, the prince's answer was extremely simple: "If we are under greater pressure in the next naval battle, then we can put the Tiger aside first. Their bombardment is generally not What kind of threat will there be?" This is not empty talk. Historically, Perry's Tiger had no hits in the Battle of Dogger Sands. According to historical battle records, the Tiger was not successful in the Battle of Dogger Sands. A total of 255 shells were fired during the battle, second only to the Grand Princess's 271 rounds, and higher than Betty's Lion's 243 rounds. However, except for the final close-range funeral of the Blücher,

There don’t seem to be any long range hits…. And when it came to the Battle of Jutland, the Tiger's hits were still very rubbish! This fully illustrates a problem. If the personnel are not good, the equipment cannot be blamed!

Although the prince criticized Fisher's handling of the Battle of Dogger Sands in history, he believed that Fisher's scolding of the captain and gunnery officer of the Tiger was quite reasonable! To be honest, dismissal is okay! This performance is simply terrible. But God prefers ugly children. The Tiger is as resistant as ever in history. In the Battle of Jutland, the Tiger was hit by double digits of main gun shells without changing the fire protection. However, in this plane , it still didn't sink. "We observed at least 15 hits. We almost destroyed its entire superstructure, left at least 5 holes in the sides, and knocked out 3 turrets. , but it just didn't sink! This battleship definitely set a world record." After the war, the captain of the Baden, Colonel Russ, recalled. "The battleship tilted slightly and about 400 tons of water was taken in. The problem is not serious, but the speed may be reduced." The officer in charge of damage control reported after a personal inspection. (There are also examples where the impact of being hit by a mine was not significant, such as Seydlitz in the Battle of Jutland. Although the torpedo was powerful, it was not necessarily fatal.) "Damn guy!" Look. Watching the light cruiser in the distance after firing torpedoes and preparing to break away, the 15-inch heavy gun penetrated the ammunition depot, and then turned into flying fragments after a loud noise. The captain of the Baden, Lieutenant Colonel Russ, finally let out a bad breath. . As of now, the number of remaining light cruisers facing the British is probably not even 4, right? Looking at the three or two scattered kittens in the distance, the Germans realized that they were going to win after all. The goddess of victory had already held the laurel crown in her hands and was ready to place it on the Germans' heads. The light cruisers and destroyers on the opposite side have been almost exhausted, and the remaining ones have no torpedoes. What is the difference between an auxiliary battleship without torpedoes and a salted fish? "Hold on, General Betty, the reinforcement fleet has arrived!" Just as Betty was sitting in the control tower of the Warrior full of despair and resentment, a telegram rekindled his hope of survival, because at this time , Lieutenant General Jerram's fleet is only 22 kilometers away from the battlefield, and the two sides are sailing almost opposite each other. In a few minutes, the German fleet can be included in the artillery attack range! At this time, Jerram and Hood are making final preparations before the battle! If Jeram moves forward at full speed, he may come earlier, but considering the strength of the opponent, this tactic of adding fuel is not advisable. Go up a little and let others eat a little. Is this a thousand-mile sacrifice? The second update~~~! Please subscribe and reward~~~!