The remaining 4 warships are too many or too few. If you want to continue to pursue the US fleet, it is obviously not possible.

And if we give up Magiffin and attack the "tail" he left behind, it would be a bit incomplete. The question now is whether to continue the rapid assault or to finish these four ships and then go to pick up Hipper's fleet and prepare to go home? Tycho

It was somewhat difficult. After some weighing, Tycho first sent a telegram to Hipper, telling him to leave as soon as possible. The American fleet had gone north, and then began to concentrate its firepower on the remaining four ships.

A battleship.

The overwhelming firepower advantage left the remaining U.S. fleet with no idea. The New York and Utah moved forward, but the speed was too slow, and the successive shells directly riddled the two early Iron Turtles with holes, while the one next to them was riddled with holes.

The Greek battleship Athens was even more

It was torn to pieces under the siege of three Spanish-class battleships. This second-hand battleship purchased from China ultimately failed to survive the final years of World War 1 and was destroyed by the attack of as many as 20 main guns, because the Chinese

There are so many bullets that even the attacker doesn’t know

How did the other side sink? Was it because the ammunition depot was destroyed or because of too much water? And because of the fierce attack, there were not many survivors on the battleship. Only less than 200 of the more than a thousand crew members survived.

Man! And while the Allies were happily whacking a mole

At that time, the Tennessee, which had been severely damaged before the war began, secretly aimed its main guns at the Venetian Super Dreadnought. Perhaps the Italians believed that the battleship had lost its combat effectiveness, so they did not pay too much attention to it in the final siege.

He, and this gives the other party an opportunity to take advantage of!

The Tennessee used the remaining eight 14-inch 45L guns to fire. After the main rangefinder was destroyed and most of the main gun's own optical instruments were destroyed, it was said that there would not be too much accuracy, but I don't know if it was God's favor.

or other factors. The Tennessee

It actually hit the USS Calacciono, which was attacking the USS New York, and what was even more unexpected was that this shell was actually a underwater bomb! The underwater defense system of the USS Venezuela was also meticulously crafted, but in the face of underwater bombs

This kind of thing that can be called a bug is still not enough.

This shell pierced the Calagiono's underwater protection system easily like a spear, and exploded after penetrating the last armor plate. The explosion happened to be near Calagiono's secondary battery ammunition depot. It was a violent explosion.

The explosion produced a large amount of fragments and sparks. After tearing apart the outer bulkhead, it detonated the remaining ammunition in the magazine, perhaps because the initial engagement was too aggressive.

It was fierce, and there was not much ammunition left at this time. (When the Italians first feinted, they mainly used secondary guns to attack ground targets.) Therefore, the power of the explosion was relatively limited. However, a huge one was still fired in the middle of the hull.

A large amount of seawater poured in from the breach. In just a few minutes, the displacement of the Calagiono increased by nearly 1,500 tons!

However, this damage was still within the range that Calagiono could bear, and the Tennessee never had a chance. The Longxiang and Calagiono refocused their firepower on the half-dead battleship. The remaining

Allied warships also divided into several teams to clean up the remaining US warships. Not long after the Athens sank,

By 15 minutes, a series of violent explosions came from the middle of the hull of the Utah. Orange fireballs continued to spray out from the hull, and thick smoke columns began to pour out from the breach in the ship's side.

The battleship was interrupted by violent explosions and sank into several pieces into the rolling waves of the Atlantic Ocean.

Next is the USS Tennessee, the king of active battleships in the US Navy, which persisted until the last moment. Half an hour after the two Italian battleships concentrated fire, the last usable main gun on the USS Tennessee was also destroyed.

The entire battleship was like a Shura field. The flames and thick smoke, the blackened and twisted armor and the mutilated corpses turned the battleship into a hell. Most of the officers and soldiers were fighting

The USS Tennessee was killed before it sank, and the current Tennessee didn't even have a functional anti-torpedo cannon. Finally, when Tycho determined that the battleship had no power to fight back, three destroyers went up and used torpedoes to send the ship away.

The flagship of the U.S. fleet, the 4-way torpedo accurately hit the side string of the Tennessee. After a series of violent explosions, this giant ship with a standard displacement of 32,000 tons finally disappeared into the sea.

The New York also quickly followed in the footsteps of its comrades. Shortly after the Tennessee disappeared from the waterline, the New York's end came. However, it was not sunk by heavy artillery or torpedoes, but the Americans found that they could no longer evacuate.

After sinking. According to those who survived

According to the US military officer, their war is over. What he is thinking about now is how to take the remaining people back to his hometown safely. In this case, instead of being a target, it is better to kill himself directly.

This move indeed saved many U.S. Navy officers and soldiers.

So far, the U.S. Navy has lost three battleships, which can be said to be a heavy loss, but this matter is obviously not over yet! At this moment, far away from the battlefield, the battleship Bismarck, which suffered moderate damage, is attacking an uncontrollable enemy.

The battleship Pennsylvania, when the Pennsylvania discovered the trace of the Bismarck, decisively ordered the armored patrol responsible for towing

The foreign ship cut the steel rope and then entered the battle. The armored cruiser could only light a few fires on the Bismarck with high-explosive bombs from a distance. The Pennsylvania fought back with its still intact firepower. However, the ship was almost unable to operate.

, its firepower level is only a little more than half! But even so, it makes the half-disabled Bismarck feel very troublesome.

Although the opponent is only a fixed target, for the Bismarck, which only has 6 main guns available, it still has the problem of insufficient firepower. It does not dare to get too close and can only use 15-inch guns to lob fire from a distance. Both sides

After a half-hour long artillery battle, the miserable Bismarck's front waterline

It was penetrated twice, causing a certain amount of water intrusion. However, the Pennsylvania also suffered. The stern was hit no less than 8 times! The large amount of water intrusion caused the entire stern of this giant ship to sink into the sea water, and the two seats at the stern were

The turret was also completely disabled. But even so, the battleship still refused to sink.

And just when the Germans were estimating how many shells they would have to waste before they could completely send this iron turtle to the bottom of the sea, a ghostly figure slowly approached the Pennsylvania! Then it fired 3 shots less than 800 meters away.

Fire torpedoes! Here

At that moment, the Italian Navy submarine force once again made history! After hiding a French battleship near the French port, the Italian submarine named Leonardo sank another Allied battleship, and

This battleship is the

The last battleship lost by the United Kingdom in World War 1! The Germans were very dissatisfied with this. Privately, the German Navy believed that this victory should belong to the German Navy. After all, it was the German heavy artillery that paralyzed the opponent.

, and then fought for nearly an hour

, the Italian Navy just made up for it once! The Italians said that without its own three-shot torpedoes, the Bismarck is very likely to collide with the U.S. fleet heading north. By then, the battleship Bismarck, which has a speed of only 16 knots, may be

Completely explained!

The battle was actually almost over at this point. Relying on the time gained by the rearguard fleet, the Magiffin fleet ran at least more than 20 nautical miles. Then, it merged with the remaining three battleships of the Sims fleet and received the Tycho telegram.

Hipper had already thrown away the Sims fleet. After the reunification, the United States

The fleet had no intention of staying in the Portuguese waters and evacuated at full speed. Only Tycho was left a little unwilling. He tried to continue chasing his opponent, but unfortunately, his fleet ran into the Allied submarine cordon. Logically speaking,

, you should not be afraid of submarines when there are more auxiliary battleships to protect you.

However, Tycho was too optimistic about the situation on the entire battlefield, and the Calacciono was left behind because its speed was too slow after being severely damaged. It happened that Tycho thought it was very safe here and did not leave enough destroyers for the battleship.

Because of this mistake, the Calacciono became the last battleship to sink in World War 1. A French submarine hidden in the shallow sea used 4 torpedoes to end the battle from the beginning of the war to the end of the battle.

End, the former Italian Navy flagship with outstanding military exploits! And this incident became the biggest stain in Tycho’s military career. After losing a battleship, Tycho also gave up the idea of ​​continuing to pursue the American fleet and began to look for

The German fleet shrunk its formation. At this point in the war, the Allies had already won the victory, and the remaining forces were demanding stability. Therefore, the Allied fleets became very cautious.

What needs to be explained here is that although the Calacciono was the last battleship to be sunk, it was not the last battleship to be struck by lightning. Just after the Italians succeeded in snatching heads, the frustrated Germans could only

Choosing to leave, the Bismarck will first go to the northern Spanish port as scheduled, and after a short rest, it will join the Allied fleet. However, at this moment, the Bismarck, alone and with its power damaged, has been targeted by a British submarine. After several twists and turns,

After that, the British submarine successfully launched an attack. As a result, the Bismarck was caught off guard and was hit by a torpedo, causing an engine room to be flooded. Another torpedo exploded near the bow, causing damage to the bow and adding hundreds of tons of weight.

of water,

Fortunately, it was on the other side and did not capsize. But even so, relying on good watertight compartments, the battleship Bismarck finally staggered to the port of Point Barres in northern Spain with 5,000 tons of seawater at a speed of less than 8 knots.

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At 4 o'clock in the afternoon that day, the Tycho fleet and the Hipper fleet merged, and at noon the next day, the entire Allied fleet arrived at Point Barres Port to join the Bismarck. But now the problem came again, the Bismarck was damaged.

It was too serious to move within a short period of time, and the port lacked the equipment to repair large warships, so the warship did not leave the port until the armistice!
Chapter completed!