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1010 The Battle Between Quasi-Fearless 2

A flash of flames, and a huge bullet hole appeared on the forehead of the single-mounted 9.2-inch turret. The shell finally collided with the 234mm artillery body. With a loud bang, more than 30 tons of gun body and shell directly turned into a ball of flame! After killing all the personnel in the turret, fire dragons rushed towards the ammunition rack behind the artillery and the lower dressing room. Then, a fire door temporarily saved the warship, but the explosion of the ammunition rack behind the turret made the entire turret feel like sitting on an erupting crater, and was instantly blown up to pieces!

The bigger the two German warships, the easier it is. In less than ten minutes, the Ferdinand Grand Official had thrown 5 12-inch shells into the other party's face, and the Saint-Georke armored cruiser even piled up a dozen 240mm shells. It has to be said that such hits require not only skills, but also some luck. So far, the main gun of the opponent has not hit the opponent once!

"This is completely one-sided massacre. We leisurely shot the British warships in the distance, just like shooting a target. We don't have to worry about the other's firepower. The British warships were slowly bombarded and lacked accuracy. Several shells were scattered around us, and the closest ones were 700 meters away. We gave each shell to the other party at a long distance until we were riddled with holes!" After the war, an Austro-Hungarian naval officer recalled the situation at that time.

Just as Edward VII's defeat had been revealed, the Japanese destroyer troops also made a manly move. Four 600-ton destroyers launched a wave of desperate lightning strikes in the Austro-Hungarian fleet's gunfire, but this wave of attacks was destined to be useless. The six destroyers of the Austro-Hungarian fleet formed the first line of defense. The two sides fired wildly at a relative speed of up to 45 knots, like light cavalry wielding sabers, and often decided to win or lose in the moment of interlacing. After paying for a destroyer and being beaten into a big fireball by three Austro-Hungarian destroyers, the other two destroyers fell under the attack of the 150mm secondary gun and 88mm anti-lightning gun of the Saint-Geork armored cruiser. Only two destroyers hurriedly shot out 4 torpedoes. One of them sank as soon as they entered the water due to mechanical failure.

The remaining three torpedoes naturally could not achieve any results in the defensive Austro-Hungarian fleet. After easily avoiding the three torpedoes, the 8 240mm artillery leveled by the Saint-Geork armored cruiser aimed at the evacuating Japanese destroyer. Even if they evacuated at a speed of 30 knots, the Japanese destroyer would definitely not be able to escape the shells!

A shell fell into the sea less than 10 meters away from a destroyer. With a dull loud noise, a column of water more than 50 meters soared into the sky. After the explosives exploded in the water, a terrifying high-temperature and high-pressure bubble was produced. These detonations produced a huge impact force after the explosion. The side of the entire warship seemed to be hit hard by a giant hammer. Several cracks more than one meter long appeared directly on the slender hull like a knife. With the influx of a large amount of water, the cracks quickly expanded. After hundreds of tons of sea water entered, the ship had already tilted seriously.

A moment later, a 240mm shell directly hit the destroyer ended the struggle. The shell hit the front of the hull, and then hit the bottom of the hull all the way down. A flame shot into the sky. The destroyer seemed to be beheaded. The entire bow part quickly escaped from the hull, and the second half continued to move forward due to huge inertia, which led to the influx of more sea water. In less than a minute, the warship sank into the seabed in a huge vortex!

At this time, the Japanese destroyers finally began to gradually adapt to the cruel naval battles in Europe. When the main battleship was not strong, they had to make a ship with their tails. Is it a matter of seeking death if they did not pull the smoke screen when retreating?! The last destroyer finally successfully escaped the other party's tracking with the help of a cigarette tank. After a wave of lightning strikes failed to send out three destroyers, the battle in the second half of the fleet was completely collapsed.

Edward VII finally couldn't hold on. The main armor belt at the side string waterline of the hull had been opened at least 3 holes, and the light armor protection area at the head and tail of the hull was penetrated by no less than 6 times! The watertight compartment on the entire combat side has been almost destroyed. In terms of the division of watertight compartment, Britain is generally not afraid, let alone a front fearless ship. However, the 16,000-ton warship has already flowed 3,000 tons of water. Until now, this warship can float on the water surface can only be called a miracle! So far, even the only good tail main gun cannot be fired because the inclination angle is too large and the elevation angle of the artillery is not enough.

At this time, the British warships could not be weighed on the level, otherwise the ship would sink directly. "Let the destroyer go over and send it to the bottom of the sea. We have another goal to clean up." Rear Admiral Velonnik said as he looked at the battleships that had turned into a pile of floating ruins in the distance.

The situation seems to be very good now. When Edward VII was blown into three sections by two torpedoes, the current situation is three to one. According to some statement on the Internet in later generations, it is that the dogs won! But the actual situation is indeed the case. When two Radetsky-class battleships and an armored cruiser aimed the muzzle at the last Lord Nelson, the battle situation in the battlefield was completely inclined toward the Austro-Hungarian fleet.

The flames of the three main battleships completely enveloped the Lord Nelson in the distance. From time to time, bursts of violent explosions came from the hull that was more than 160 meters long. The flames and gun smoke had completely blocked the warship, so that the Austro-Hungarian fleet had to lower the rate of fire so that each ship could identify the water columns that exploded when the shells shot out from each other fell so that they could correct them.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Lord Nelson battleship would definitely not survive for 15 minutes! But at this moment, a series of water columns suddenly appeared around the Radetsky battleship. The water columns nearly 100 meters high made Major General Vironnik feel a little scared! "This TM is definitely a 15-inch-level naval gun!" When he aimed the telescope at the huge figure in the distance, he realized that Lord Nelson would not die for the time being! Because the Hinaga battleship had already pointed the muzzle at him!

"Damn it! The St. Eastwan won't be over?" A terrible thought immediately surged into the heart of Rear Admiral Velonnik. "No, no battleship exploded just now."
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