When the battleship formations of the German Navy's local fleet and the Mediterranean fleet besieged the U.S. Navy's second battleship formation, in the western waters of Flores Island, eight battleships of the German Navy's Atlantic Fleet were also besieging the U.S. Navy's third battleship formation.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Five "Bavaria-class" battleships and three "Markensen-class" battleships of the German Navy are frantically firing at four "South Dakota-class" battleships of the US Navy. One by one, the shells are smashing hard at the battleships of the US Navy. With a two-on-one situation, the U.S. Navy's third main battleship formation is completely at a disadvantage.

Although the German Navy's "Bavaria-class" battleship and the "Markenson-class" battleship were old warships from the previous world war, after modernization, it still burst out with extremely strong combat power. The 50-times caliber 380mm main gun is still a fatal threat to the "South Dakota-class" battleship.

Although the U.S. Navy's 3rd battleship formation is also fighting back tenaciously, they are now in a state of suppression.

"boom!"

A 380mm shell hit the flagship "South Dakota" battleship of the US Navy's third battleship formation. The shell hit the main turret Z on the rear deck.

However, the 380mm shell was not able to penetrate the front armor of the turret with a thickness of up to 457mm.

Although the full load displacement of the "South Dakota-class" battleship was only 46,000 tons, it was much smaller than the subsequent "Iowa-class" battleship and the "Montana-class" battleship. However, the "South Dakota-class" battleship strengthened its defense. It minimized the defense of some unimportant parts as much as possible to strengthen the defense of key parts, which made the front armor of the "South Dakota-class" battleship's turret thick as 457 mm. The armor thickness of the command tower also reached 406 mm. The thickness of the side armor was 305 mm, and the thickness of the deck armor was 179 mm.

"General, the turret Z was hit. However, it was not penetrated. But the sailors inside were stunned." An officer reported to Major General Ingram.

Major General Ingram couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this. Fortunately, the turret armor of the "South Dakota-class" battleship was the thickest. Otherwise, once the turret was penetrated and exploded, the consequences would be unimaginable. If the ammunition depot was detonated, the consequences would be even more serious.

However, thick armor does not mean that it will not be sunk. Especially in addition to the front armor of the turret and the commander tower armor, the armor in other parts of the warships cannot withstand the German 380mm main gun. Once hit, it will be severely damaged or even sunk.

"Boom! Boom!"

The battleships of both sides opened fire frantically and wanted to sink the opponent's warship. However, at a distance of 15,000 meters, it is indeed not easy to get a hit at night. Even with the guidance of the gun-aiding radar, it is very difficult to hit the opponent's warship. More often, it still depends on luck.

The German Navy Atlantic Fleet battleship formation has eight battleships, and the performance of their gun-aiding radar is more advanced than that of the US fleet. Therefore, the probability of hitting is naturally higher.

"General, the battle in the east is even more intense. Our 15 main battleships are besieging six Americans' battleships. In order to sink the Americans' battleships as soon as possible, General Gerke even ordered the battle distance to be narrowed to 10,000 meters." said Major General Laize, Chief of Staff of the Atlantic Fleet's main ships.

"General Gerke is going to fight bayonets with the Americans. However, they have no choice. The Americans' first battleship formation is quickly rushing to the battlefield. Therefore, they must severely damage the second battleship formation of the Americans' second battleship formation before the Americans' first battleship formation arrives, and sink more Americans' main battleships as much as possible. Only in this way can they have the advantage." Lieutenant General Weix, commander of the Atlantic Fleet's main battleship formation, said.

"Yes, general. However, we don't need that tactic. There will be no one disturbing us in the duel with the Americans' third battleship formation for a while. So, we have enough time to sink these Americans' battleships." Major General Laize said.

Lieutenant General Weix nodded: "This is our advantage. We need to solve these four American battleships at the lowest cost!"

The German Navy's main battleship formation not only wanted to severely damage the US Navy's main battleship formation, but also wanted to save its own battleships as much as possible. Although this battleship may be the last time that the battleships participated in the war, the main battleships had other uses.

For example, once the German Navy gains the sea control power of the Atlantic Ocean and is preparing to launch a landing operation against the United States, these main battleships must act as fire support ships to provide fire support to the landing troops and destroy the Americans' shore defense firepower.

"boom!"

A violent explosion erupted from the US Navy's battleship Alabama. And the flames soared into the sky, igniting the fire.

This was a 380mm shell that hit the rear deck of the battleship Alabama. After the shell penetrated the deck armor, it exploded inside the battleship and caused a fire.

"Very good, seize this opportunity and kill the American battleship!" Lieutenant General Weix was shocked.

This is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity for the German fleet. If it can sink a battleship of the US fleet, it will give the German fleet a greater advantage.

The German Navy's battlecruiser "Prince Frederick" and the battlecruiser "Frederick Carr" began to increase their firepower output. The main guns of the two battlecruisers were firing wildly.

With the help of the flames on the battleship Alabama, the hit rate of the two battlecruisers of the German Navy has increased a lot.

"Damn it!" On the battleship of the South Dakota, Major General Ingram's face became even more ugly after learning that the battleship of the Alabama was shot and caught fire. He knew that the situation of the battleship of the Alabama was even more dangerous. Once the battleship of the Alabama was sunk, the situation would be even more unfavorable to them.

"General, the sailors of the Alabama, are trying their best to put out the fire," said an officer.
Chapter completed!