"Don't worry, we have to find the right opportunity and kill with one blow!" Brigadier General Nelpi said after looking at the armored cruiser team struggling in the distance.

As a commander of the British light cruiser detachment who had participated in the fierce Battle of Doger Sands, Brigadier General Nelpi still remembers the fierceness of the German fleet back then, and even left a considerable psychological shadow. More than one British dreadnought and Super Fearless were involved in this battle, but in the end, the loss of more than half a dozen main ships, and the British Navy's rapid fleet was in a slump. In fact, the British light cruiser detachment suffered even heavier losses. Squadrons rushed towards their opponents like moths and fired, and were beaten to pieces in more than ten minutes to twenty minutes. Therefore, Brigadier General Nelpi has only one principle now, be cautious, be cautious, and be cautious!

However, this caution does not mean fear of war! When the armored cruiser team was attacked by sneak attacks, Brigadier General Nelpi, who was still hiding in the night, began to evaluate the situation on the battlefield. When he saw the muzzle flames of the two Mainz-class armored cruisers, the Brigadier General realized that this was the main German fleet! He defined it as the dreadnought level! Although the evaluation was deviated, the overall result was not much different. Anyway, if the British light cruiser wanted to get on at this time, he would probably be knocked to death.

Originally, Brigadier General Nelpie's equipment entered from the non-combat side and then launched a lightning strike. After all, after all, the main guns of the dreadnought were aimed at the armored cruiser, the firepower on the opposite side was only secondary guns. At this time, the British light cruiser could take advantage of the German fleet's main gun to turn around and forcefully approach a wave of torpedoes with the secondary gun fire. However, Earl Spee's caution made Nelpie's plan fail. There were always destroyers protecting their flanks on the non-combat side, which made Brigadier's attack lose its suddenness.

So after the war started, Brigadier Nelpi, who had been wandering on the sea, finally decided to launch an attack from the end of the German fleet! Because the number of frigates in the German fleet was limited, there was almost no cover behind the fleet, and the two at the end were light cruisers, which were easier to deal with! The disadvantage was also obvious. If you use torpedoes for tail-chasing attack, the effective range was very close and the attack surface was very small. After hesitating for a little, Brigadier Nelpi sent a signal, asking the two destroyer teams to cooperate in combat.

At this time, the light cruiser Pilao, at the end of the German cruiser detachment, was scanning the back with searchlights on the stern and rear masts. Even though the German fleet had a huge advantage now, it still did not relax its vigilance.

"There is something!" As a beam of light swept across the sea, a shadow quickly passed through the range covered by the beam. Suddenly, the German officers and soldiers on the entire warship who were in charge of the rear of the warship immediately took action! The two 88mm cannons at the stern of the ship began to release flares to the rear of the fleet, and at the same time, the signalman also reported to his colleagues in front that his enemy was encountered in the rear! The torpedo boats and destroyers that were originally on the non-combat side were also ready to turn to block the gap behind!

However, the British had the advantage of first-mover! The three destroyers quickly approached the target under the unintensive artillery fire at the rear. Then they fired at least 8 torpedoes from a distance of 800 meters to 1,200 meters! The gray-black torpedo was pushed into the water by high-pressure air, and then the engine started after reaching the specified depth. A trail of white bubbles spewed out from the rear of the torpedo, and 8 torpedoes rushed towards the German light cruiser in the distance at a speed of more than 40 knots!

"Get out of formation! Avoid immediately!" With the order issued, the tail rudder of the Pilao light cruiser was instantly hit to the maximum. The steam turbine roared and pushed the warship to avoid the bursting lightning strike. The huge bow almost spread on the sea. Because the steering was too fast, the entire warship had a certain degree of tilt. However, the seemingly violent lightning strike effect was very average, because at this time, the German light cruiser's speed was about 25 knots, and the 40 knots torpedo attacked from the tail, and only about 15 knots after deducting the speed of the light cruiser. So, if nothing unexpected happens, the Pilao can smoothly avoid this wave of lightning strike!

However, just after the Pilao sent the last torpedo from the stern, the warship had already turned by nearly 80 degrees again! The speed was greatly reduced due to the emergency turn, and it quickly dropped from the original 25 knots to about 18 knots! At this time, Brigadier General Nelpi's four light cruisers came over! At this time, the side projection of the huge hull of Pilao was just within the torpedo attack range of the British light cruiser team!

"Kill him!" Brigadier General Nelpi said excitedly as he looked at the Pilao, which was already covered by searchlight lanterns not far away. Nearly half an hour of tolerance and the attack of the destroyer team allowed the British Light Cruiser team to find a chance to kill with one blow!

Four British light cruisers rushed up at a speed of more than 23 knots. More than 15 6-inch cannons tilted the bullets towards the Pilao. The 6-inch high-explosive bombs that exceeded 2 tons per minute flew over a distance of less than 3,000 meters to shoot at the opponent. Under the huge firepower advantage, the entire Pilao was covered by flames and explosions. The explosion of the shells, the sound of the hull breaking and the sound of the flames burning was like the whisper of the god of death. The god of death, who was wandering over the battlefield, was ready to take the new sacrifices on the war altar!

The Pilao struggled in the rain of bullets. Although the heavy armored belt kept his core area safe, the out-of-control fire still made the warship stagger. However, the British did not intend to let go of the poor warship just like this, use superior firepower as cover, and then quickly approach the opponent and use torpedo to solve the problem. Brigadier Nelpi had already thought about it, quickly enter and exit.

"Release the torpedo!" With the issuance of the lightning strike order, the champion light cruiser and the second Caster, located at the head of the team, accelerated again and maintained a direction parallel to the Pilao. When the two sides gathered 800 meters, the two light cruisers had two three-assembled torpedo launchers on the two light cruisers quickly aimed at the German light cruiser not far away. After binding the shooting numbers, six torpedoes flew out of the launch tubes in turn and rushed towards the Pilao in the distance!

"It hit!" Less than 2 minutes after the torpedo was launched, a thick column of water rose up on the side of the Pilao. The German light cruiser, with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons, seemed to be lifted up by a pair of big hands. The entire warship seemed to jump up and then sank! A huge fireball penetrated the deck in the middle of the hull, and the rolling smoke and water vapor quickly spread to the entire warship.
Chapter completed!