This blow was like a wake-up call, making both parties fully aware of their own weakness.

The war has reached this level. Britain and Germany have lost too much strength in the four-year war of attrition! Now they are so weak that they cannot even guarantee the escort power of the main fleet! Needless to say the German fleet

, after many attrition at sea, the German main

There are even more battleships than light cruisers! There were only 9 light cruisers following the main fleet out to sea this time! Two of them were old ships that were in service in 1910! So much so that the officers and soldiers of the German light cruisers joked that the entire German navy was killed.

The unit with the highest rate is definitely your own!

The rich peasant family in Germany has been hollowed out by the war, and the wealthy British family has no food left! Historically, Britain in World War II had nearly 60 light cruisers of various types before the end of the war, which was nearly one more than Germany's 32 light cruisers.

times, but the Germans only have to fight with each other in the North Sea, while the British have to fight with each other in the North Sea and the Mediterranean at the same time! Light Cruiser

The death of the foreign ships was so rapid! This time when the large fleet came out, the British did not bring out enough light cruisers, only 15, and these 15 ships were almost all the assets that the British Royal Navy could use!

More than half of the remaining 45 light cruisers have sunk to the bottom of the sea, while the other half are either performing escort missions overseas or being repaired in the dock!

The light cruisers died so simply, and the destroyers couldn't even make a splash. Every time the two sides fought, the torpedo boats and destroyers died piece by piece! In order to fight against submarines, the British also used the already somewhat stretched destroyers.

Deployed to the transportation line. Therefore, at this time, the British fleet was completely exhausted in terms of auxiliary warships! The battle sequence of both sides

In addition to a large number of battleships that can hold up the scene, there are not many remaining warships of various types! What? You mean Americans? Okay. The Americans do have a lot of destroyers, but they are light

There is not a single cruiser! Yes, you read that right. Historically, before World War I, the Americans did not have the 5,000-ton new light cruisers commonly equipped by the great powers, but they had quite a few cruisers.

In previous battles, submarines were unable to effectively attack the main fleet, but this time, as the number of escort warships on both sides was greatly reduced, and the British were desperate to attack across the board, a large number of auxiliary warships were used for lightning strikes and counter-lightning strikes, which also gave German submarines

Chance, in the chaos. The German submarine numbered U75 dealt a fatal blow to the Royal Oak without anyone noticing! What if?

If the Saxony had an extremely slim chance of being able to return alive, then the Royal Oak would definitely be doomed unless God himself sent it back! In less than an hour after the two sides started filming, the British and Germans each

Two battleships were lost. Three of them were first-class battleships equipped with 15-inch guns. This kind of loss was unbearable for both sides!

Even if they are desperate, they can't fight like this, right? Jericho and Hipper can't help but feel a biting chill in their hearts! After nearly three years of busy work on the slipway, the battleship costing nearly 3 million pounds was so easily given away.

Okay, this is no longer a fight

If we fight, we will die! Jericho is afraid. At this time, the auxiliary battleships can no longer protect his fleet from submarine attacks. Who knows if there are other German submarines in this area? What if this happens again?

Let the other party sink a ship

, the British simply surrendered. What's the point? So they decided to distance themselves again and shrink the auxiliary battleships. Hipper was also having a hard time. The destroyers and light cruisers on his side were already overwhelmed.

Okay, two or three small fish and shrimps

, the loss of the secondary batteries on the main ship was also very heavy. Even Hipper was not guaranteed to be able to cope with the desperate charge of the opponent's torpedo boats. In this case, everyone should spread the smoke and stop fighting hand-to-hand. Such losses will occur to both sides.

My nerves can’t stand it!

The first round of the battle between the 15-inch bosses ended. The Germans had a slight advantage. The two battleships exchanged 10 15-inch guns and 8 14-inch guns for the opponent's 16 15-inch guns. Behind them, the American iron turtles

They were killed like the German Iron Turtles! The York and Mackensen fought back and forth with the two New Mexico-class battleships. The battle between the two sides was like twin brothers, because the Russians

People referred to American designs when building the Izmail-class battleships, so the two sides are relatively similar in appearance, and both are equipped with 12 14-inch guns. As the battleships with the largest number of gun barrels on the entire battlefield, these four ships

Battleships all want to drown their opponents with a sufficient number of cannonballs. If calculated purely from the number of shells fired by the main guns instead of the quality, the output of these four battleships ranks among the highest in the entire navy!

It's so tough! The 14-inch artillery seems to have limited damage to the opponent. Even if the distance is close, it is difficult for New Mexico and York to hurt each other's muscles and bones. After all, their firepower is 14-inch level, even if the York's

14-inch artillery

It's a bit more harmful, but it's still not as good as 15 inches, and the protection is at the same level as the Bismarck class. The result is that when the Bismarck class battleships and the Revenge class battleships can penetrate each other, these iron turtles still can't do anything to each other.

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If the battle between the Bismarck-class battleships and the Revenge-class battleships is a life-and-death fight in the underground black boxing ring, then the battle between the Iron Turtles is much better. The two sides are comparing points, rather than completely destroying each other. It’s not that I don’t want to,

But it can't. But even so, after the battle lasted for a long time, the two sides could still compete. The Germans' superb gunnery stabilized the Americans. With the same 12 tubes, the York-class battleship must at least

Hits about 30% to 40% more than the opponent!

After nearly an hour of artillery battle, the two New Mexico-class battleships were severely beaten. Although the side strings were not penetrated, the armor dislocation and back plate cracking occurred to some extent, and there was also some water intrusion at the bow and stern. However,

This is nothing for a new American battleship with sufficient pump power and well-divided compartments. The superstructure was completely bombed.

hole. But the fire control and main turret problems are not big. If the side defense of the New Mexico-class battleship can be described as hard, then the frontal defense of the main turret can be described as impeccable. The Bavaria's 15-inch gun can be as close as 8km.

It couldn't be penetrated, let alone the 14-inch gun. But sadly, the No. 2 turret mount of the New Mexico was hit and jammed directly.

The situation of the two York-class battleships was better. There was some water in the bow and stern, two turrets were blown off, and there was a fire on the superstructure. Then there was nothing. After fighting for a long time, neither side could do anything to the other side, which made both sides very nervous.

I was annoyed. But at this moment, I didn’t know it was a shot fired from the Bismarck-class battleship.

The 5-inch shell flew towards the Mississippi in a confused manner. The shell entered the water about 30 meters away from the target, and then hit it like a torpedo. The shell weighing more than 800 kilograms continuously broke through three layers of high elasticity.

The protection composed of steel finally exploded directly in front of the No. 1 turret ammunition depot on the bow!

Accompanied by a violent explosion, a huge water column surged up from the port side of the Mississippi. What's even more tragic is that the shell hit the hull diagonally, directly destroying several watertight compartments longitudinally! Directly causing the Mississippi

Several compartments on the port side of the battleship were damaged

The damage even affected the ammunition depot not far away! It is not that the explosion may detonate the ammunition in the ammunition depot, but because of the shock of the distance, the ammunition depot was flooded! In just ten seconds, this 15-inch artillery shell

It caused serious damage to the Mississippi.

However, as the pinnacle of the U.S. Navy, the USS Mississippi said that the damage was still within the tolerance range, but it was obviously too much to continue the fight. The bow of the ship had been seriously flooded. If it continued to fight for a while, it would have a serious bow and left tilt.

In this case, it is obviously better to retreat farther away first. After greeting the New Mexico in front, the two American warships began to release smoke to distance themselves, so as to gain valuable time for the subsequent damage control.

After the initial bloody battle in the front, the two sides regained distance and exchanged fire. However, the bloody battle in the back was still going on. The American fleet led by Sims was covering 3 British super-dreadnoughts and Scheer's 8 super-dreadnoughts.

The cruel process is still going on

Close combat. (Two Nassau-class battleships are fighting against the remaining four British dreadnoughts.) The American lineup is the Idaho, the third ship of the New Mexico class, two Pennsylvania-class battleships and one

USS Nevada and 1 USS Florida

Although the battleships in the United States all have the attribute of iron turtles, even if they agree with the turtles, they have to be divided into three, six or nine. The Nevada and Florida happen to be the inferior turtles among them. The armor thickness is sufficient, but the armor quality is relatively poor.

Both battleships were built during the Second Sino-Russian War. The armor used was also old-fashioned armor, and the internal compartments and layout were not reasonable. After all, they were early super battleships of the U.S. Navy.

Fearless, it is understandable that there are various problems. Especially the Florida. Although the 14-inch gun was installed through the reserved gun rim, the resulting increase in weight greatly increased the draft of the battleship, causing the armor to be exposed from the water.

Part of it was greatly reduced, and what's even more embarrassing is that the thickness of the upper part of the Florida's armored belt is relatively thin! In this way, the increase in draft equals a change in direction, weakening the Florida's protection.

When the two sides were engaged in a close-range battle, the Florida and Nevada were already at a disadvantage when facing the Caesar-class battleships. The latter only needed a better opportunity to make these two old battleships irreversible!
Chapter completed!