One Thirty-Three, The Egyptian War (7)
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"Discover the enemy fleet! It is southeast and south, with a distance of 28,000 meters!"
"The speed is 23 knots, cut to the front of the enemy, we need to stop them!" Rear Hubble is definitely a bold person in the German Navy. After discovering the traces of the British fleet, he ignored the fact that there was only one battlecruiser and one cruiser on his side, and directly ordered to intercept him, and immediately led the battlecruiser "Avos" and the cruiser "Mittyri" to accelerate towards the front of the British fleet.
"Distance 23,000, position 253!" Soon the gun commander reported a set of data, which meant that the enemy ship had entered the main gun range of the "Avos".
"The enemy ships are double-rowed columns, heading southeast! In front are three destroyers, followed by four battleships and two armored ships!"
"The enemy is trying to escape!" Hubble said, and saw the orange-yellow fire flashing on the sea in the southeast direction, and the enemy ship opened fire first. Not long after, several huge water columns emerged on the sea about 800 meters ahead of the port side of the "Avos". On the bridge, Hubble could clearly feel the danger contained in these water columns.
"At 19,500, the battleship behind the enemy fleet opened fire at me! Oh, this flag is a damn Japanese!" A cry of looking at my hand came from the speakers!
"The Japanese, these hateful yellow monkeys actually captured our "Pearl of the East". All the main guns aimed at it. Today I want to teach them a lesson!" Hubble did not feel any concern about the shells falling from afar. After hearing about the Japanese warships, he was even more angry. After the war broke out, the Japanese took advantage of the situation and captured Jiaozhou Bay under German rule, making the Germans feel completely lost.
Under the noon sunlight, Hubble took the "Avos" to fight the British fleet, but after a few minutes, he couldn't stand it anymore. The British fleet had four old-fashioned former dreadnoughts. Although these "grandfathers" had slow speed and insufficient main guns, they were rough and thick, and they also had 16 12-inch cannons in total.
Water columns splashed around the "Avos". German sailors had also seen this scene. At that time, General Sorochin also commanded the "Avos" and the Russian fleet commanded by Admiral Nasimov had a contest in Cape Sochi, but the strength of the two sides was even greater that time, and the Russians had six old-fashioned battleships.
Hubble had to order the warship to accelerate and distance it from the enemy ship. Waves splashed on both sides of the bow of the ship, and got rid of the entanglement of the British ship. In this way, the "Avos" entered the war distance from time to time. After firing two rounds of artillery, the distance from the British ship was further widened, making it impossible for the British fleet to increase the maximum speed in order to maintain its formation.
Before he knew it, the sun was already west, and General Mauf finally led the fleet to the battlefield.
"Your Excellency Commander, look! The enemy's reinforcement fleet is coming!" Sato Kaoruzuka looked in the direction he pointed at. On the sea in the north, several gray ship shadows appeared at the junction of water and sky, approaching at the high speed.
"Let the destroyers and cruisers retreat first, we will stand behind!" Sato Kaoraki calmly issued an order. It was less than 30 nautical miles away from Said Port. If the battleship fleet dragged it behind, the fleet might be able to retreat into the port. But the British fleet obviously panic and began to rush to accelerate and escape.
Now, the "An Yun" that has slowed down its speed is left at the end.
"Commander, these British people ignore our banner at all!"
"Baga, these foreigners are all bastards who are afraid of death!" Sato Gaozang cursed in anger, "Snap, we will speed up too!"
But it was too late, and a heart-pounding whistle came from the air. About eight shells flew towards the An Yun in mid-air like several thrown wine bottles. Sato Gazobang was frightened to see a shell hitting the side of the An Yun and hitting a double-equipped British Vix 10-inch secondary cannon in the middle of the air. A white light flashed, and most of the An Yun was shrouded in brown smoke. A hot heat wave swept across like a hurricane. The entire warship seemed to have suffered a heavy blow and started to shake violently.
In the first round of shelling of enemy ships, the unlucky "An Yun" was severely damaged.
The British fleet accelerated its speed and fled forward, and the "Avos" responsible for interception was powerless to stop it. The "Anyun" had already been shining with smoke and fire, dragging it to the back. The muzzle of the Mawufu fleet chasing behind it was still flashing, concentrating the firepower on the "Anyun". Rows of water columns were flying around the Japanese warship. The "Anyun" was like a small boat in a storm, swaying helplessly in the waves.
A scream came from the air, and with a loud bang, the warship seemed to be punched hard, and suddenly sank. Sato Gazoben was thrown heavily to the floor, and his ears were full of buzzing sounds, and no other sounds could be heard. The smoke faded, Sato Gazoben struggled to get up from the floor, and what caught his eye was a messy bridge.
"Sir, the power compartment is damaged and the warship is stalling!"
After hearing the report, Sato Gazobang waved helplessly and closed his eyes. It seemed that he could hardly escape today! A big hole was blown up in the power compartment of the warship, and rolling smoke was coming out of the opening. The speed of the "An Yun" had reached less than 10 knots.
If someone rescues it, it may be possible, but now the British are running away on their own.
"The enemy ship sends out a light signal and asks us to surrender!" The signal officer reported.
"Surrender? No, keep fighting!" Sato Kaoraki said. Westerners will never understand the thinking of Easterners. In the consciousness of Easterners, surrender is a humiliation that is more terrible than death!
The tenacious resistance of the Anyun has saved the British fleet from the destruction of the entire army, which is indeed awe-inspiring. The warship was covered with flames, and the deck was almost parallel to the sea. The only few small-caliber artillery remaining on the warship were still spitting out flames, making indifferent counterattacks.
The Eastern nations have much stronger will to fight than Westerners, and they are much more tenacious when facing failure, perhaps because of different civilizations. Of course, it may be more because of the history of the Holocaust. In the East, many times, conquered nations will suffer extinction-like massacres, which will cause desperate struggles.
The "Anyun" was eventually sent to the bottom of the sea by the "Mittiri" with torpedoes, and only 76 people survived the entire warship. However, it is not worth sympathizing. When the Japanese attacked Jiaozhou Bay, they were not much better than the Germans.
In Abu Ogra in central Sinai, the Chinese Workers' Legion finally saw the "coward" side of the British. After completing the preparations for the shelling of Abu Ogra before the attack, the city suddenly shone a white flag.
"How did they surrender like this?" Guo Songling, the commander of the Third Brigade of China Workers, seemed very depressed. Before his troops launched a charge, the British admitted that they were "cowardly" and beat the white flag. The morale that had just been raised suddenly dropped, which made people feel very unhappy. "How could you meet such a bunch of cowards!" Guo Songling, who easily won, was so angry that he cursed. (My novel "Under the Double Eagles" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!)
Chapter completed!