Just as the prince's command began to gather the fleet and prepare to evacuate, under the command of Major General von Lefytov, the three battlecruisers, Moltkev, Goben and Von Detten, were pursuing Thomas' flagship Queen Elizabeth! Hippel had already forwarded the prince's telegram to Major General von Lefytov, and he had only one hour to deal with the matter. This made him a little anxious!&1t;/p>

At this time, 12 kilometers away from one side, the Queen Elizabeth fast battleship was evacuating northeast with a voyage of more than 24 knots. At the same time, it was constantly trying to get rid of the pursuit fleet behind with the help of smoke screen and steering. Although the three battlecruisers had a voyage of more than 27 knots, you have to consider the physical strength of the personnel. From last night to now, the furnaces in the boiler warehouse were almost changed to shifts. When the battle has been fighting, let alone the situation of the warship, people are already close to the limit. The biggest advantage of the Queen is that they burn oil, do not need to shovel coal, and use an oil pump to provide fuel directly!&1t;/p>

Looking at the British warships escaping from a distance in the smoke screen and sea fog, Von Lefsov realized that his simple pursuit could not take down the warship in a short time. Facing an enemy at the same level, if you cannot use artillery to reduce it, you must use other methods to force the other party to reduce it.&1t;/p>

"Let Colonel Gerle leads the light cruiser team into the battlefield from the right to cover the torpedo troops to block!" Major General von Lefsov ordered. "The cigarette cans of Queen Elizabeth should be almost used up. Once the smoke screen dissipates, shoot according to the original arrangement. Let the furnace drivers pay attention to conserving their physical strength, and our decisive battle is about to begin!"&1t;/p>

Under the leadership of the USS Stuttgart light cruiser, the three German light cruisers quickly increased their flight to around 27 knots, which were the first German light cruisers with full heavy oil fuel. Therefore, they did not have to be restricted by manpower. These warships were originally closely following 8 kilometers behind the side of Queen Elizabeth. When the general offensive order was issued, the best hunting dogs of these high sea fleets rushed to the British fast battleships in the distance without fear!&1t;/p>

"Damn it, the Germans are taking action!" Looking at the slender figure looming in the smoke screen, Thomas realized that the most critical moment had finally come! As Major General Lefsov expected, there were not many cigarette cans on the flagship now, and it would last for a quarter of an hour at most. After that, Queen Elizabeth would be under the siege of the opponent's three main battleships and many auxiliary warships. By then, the sky shells would fly and the underwater torpedo were scattered. If you were not careful, you would die next time. It would be wrong that both the people and the ship would die!&1t;/p>

"Boom!" The three main guns at the rear of the hull that could still be used on Queen Elizabeth sprayed thick and long fire snakes, and three 875kg of half-armor-piercing bullets roared to the wolves not far away. One of the shells fell into the water less than 150 meters away from Stuttgart. A high column of water was blown up. After half a minute, the falling sea water even took a bath for Stuttgart!&1t;/p>

"The fleet separates! Suppress Queen Elizabeth's main gun group and superstructure! Use high-explosive bombs to attack! Be careful of its main gun and don't be bitten!" A distance of 6ooo meters! Three German light cruisers unfolded in an inverted shape. More than ten 175mm cannons aimed at the rear half of the Queen's ship. With the issuance of shooting orders, balls of fireballs flew towards the poor battleship!&1t;/p>

Three German light cruisers carefully dodged and avoided the main gun group on the front of Queen Elizabeth. The queen who had only three cannons could only suppress one German light cruiser at most. When the queen aimed the thick and long cannons at one of the light cruisers, these little guys with a displacement of only 6ooo tons were like cunning prairie wolfs, with the help of smoke screen and mobility, they used the help of smoke screen and maneuverability! When the tiger turned its attention to other targets, these cunning little guys would take the opportunity to come up and take a bite!&1t;/p>

Boom! A pillar of fire that soared into the sky once again appeared on the Queen's rear deck, shattering a crane used to collect and release seaplanes! The violent explosion even smashed a large hole in the upper deck, and a large number of shrapnel with flames fell into the lower cabin. The yellow-green flames ignited by the picy acid charge swam in the cabin like demon fire. Whether it was the teak deck, thin steel plate, or textiles, were ignited by the flames. When the British team members of the damaging pipe tried to destroy the flames with the water dragon, another shell smashed through the upper deck and exploded on the heads of the team members of the damaging pipe! Accompanied by a loud bang, a flame flashed, and more than 2o Royal Navy officers and soldiers and the cabin within ten meters around were swallowed by the surging flames!&1t;/p>

The 175mm cannon with a 2-digit number of fires are fired at least 3 per minute, which basically means that more than 2 tons of ammunition is poured onto the target within one minute. If there are only three light cruisers, Queen Elizabeth can fully mobilize its main gun firepower to drive one by one into large firecrackers. Unfortunately, facing the lion group behind the wolves, the queen has no other way except to escape with her tail.&1t;/p>

Continuous high-explosion bombs fell on the tail of Queen Elizabeth's hull, from the upper deck to the waterline, full of dense bullet holes like a honeycomb. Flames and thick smoke soared into the sky. Under the blowing of the sea breeze, it seemed like a slanted gray pillar was inserted into the tail of the battleship. The flames even spread along the deck to the front of the hull, gradually covering the main rangefinder at the top. The rangefinder equipped on the main gun had long been killed by the shells, and the rangefinder of the No. 4 turret was knocked off directly by a 175mm shell. The lens of the No. 3 turret was shattered by shrapnel.&1t;/p>

Queen Elizabeth tried her best to counterattack these wolves, but the main gun in the rear was not accurate, and the main gun in the front had no boundaries. The 6-inch gun on the side string had no lethality. The three German light cruisers were braver and they pulled the distance to about 5 kilometers. The destroyer group located in the rear was also approaching the opponent as carefully as an assassin, and then fired a fatal blow at close range!&1t;/p>

"The main gun is ready to fire!" The high-explosive bombs fired by the three German light cruisers close-range and close-fitting hand-to-hand combat lit a big fire at the tail of the queen, and some of the bridges that had been ignited. The rear half of the entire battleship had become a huge torch. The flames soaring into the sky and the gray-black smoke columns marked the position of the battleship like a lighthouse, and the three German battlecruisers could finally clearly determine the other party's position!&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!