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Chapter 12 The Fall of the Stars and Stripes (4)

(There is good news finally. The air conditioner has been repaired and tears have erupted. Also, the Orkney British chapter will end tomorrow. You can calculate how many ships the British have left...)

“(The King of the North Atlantic, Section 7, The Doomsday of the Rice Flag[7])

Silame's plan to completely destroy the Royal Navy was failed. David Betty, who regarded Nelson's spirit and professional officer qualities, used a telegram that was almost cut off the arm of a hero to discard the Second Battleship Fleet and thousands of soldiers on the battlefield, and took all the responsibility for the defeat of the Orkney Islands' naval battle.

In an instant, the open and secret battles on the entire British Isle were settled, and only the British Navy Secretary Belford sighed lonely in his dim office.

The fast fleet was on the way to turn. It can be foreseen that General Lampard's nine battlecruisers would pass through the southern edge of the battlefield at a speed of at least 25 knots, and then penetrated directly into Scapa Bay. The main fleet of the large fleet speeded up like crazy, even if the flagship Revenge and the Marborrow of the Third Detachment gradually fell behind, even if the first battle fleet gradually distanced the weak squadron, even if the 15-inch main gun group was only four Helgolan-class battleships that had been in service for nearly ten years and two Nassau-class battleships that had suffered heavy losses, the first battle fleet was still dragging long coal smoke and sprinting to death on the northern ocean.

Faced with the insistence on losing the car and protecting the coach, even the bait deliberately thrown out by the Ocean Fleet - the first battle fleet that lost the protection of the Third Battle Fleet, turned a blind eye to the large fleet. Even Heidi Silme's genius had no choice.

Silame did not put disappointment on his face, but from this sentence, "Let the Third Battleship adjust its course, there is no need to rush back to the battle line of the main fleet, and fight against the fast fleet with a quick battle line, and fight it like whatever it is. We are not bad for the few scattered goods of the fast fleet...", the staff of the Ocean Fleet Command still vaguely smelled a sour smell.

In the third year of the war, the so-called naval gentlemanly demeanor had been wiped out, and Britain and Germany had long formed an irreconcilable feud.

The last round of firefighting continues.

After finally aiming the bow of the ship at the southward Bavaria, he occupied the T-shaped head. He only had to fire three rounds of main guns at the fast fleet flagship Balum, which was 16,000 meters away, and was ordered to turn. The other ships of the third battleship, who were busy snatching the T-shaped head, realized that they were just a happy match and could only adjust their courses and speeds according to the flagship's instructions.

It was an extremely complicated process to keep the fleet on the way to turn again. A staff officer of the battleship Oldenburg recalled the messy scenes of the third battleship at that time: 'After the general issued the order, the naval officer, communication officer, cockpit, and servo cabin almost fled, and within a few seconds. Various flags and flags rose from the masts of each ship. The large, small, triangular, square, and confidential officers of the telegraph room almost leveled the threshold of the command tower.'

In the North Sea, the USS Bavaria battleship forced its speed. It aimed the bow of the ship in the southwest direction and activated the main gun steering device driven by electricity. The four Helgolans gradually followed the movement of the flagship, always paying attention to maintaining the distance and course of the battleships. As for the four Caesar-class battleships that had not yet turned, they were glad that they did not have to worry about the possibility of collision with the First Battleship Fleet after slowing down. While adjusting the direction of the 305mm main gun muzzle, aiming at the opponent who was about to rush out from the south side of the battlefield.

The formation of the third battleship is now chaotic and disorderly, and the fast fleet is not good. The start time of the fast fleet is already three or five minutes later than that of the Germans, and the steering angle is larger than that of the Germans. Therefore, although the relative distance between the two fearless fleets is constantly shortening, the opponent has no power to fight back because of the fleet's steering. However, neither side can start the attack first.

At the end of the third round of firefighting, the main fleet was still the first to achieve the results.

Lieutenant General Mavie's first battle fleet began to slow down in the vast North Sea period. While hoping that the British would greed for the "small profit" of sinking four Helgolan-class and two Nassau-class battleships, they would actively reduce their speed. Giving the Ocean Fleet the opportunity to completely destroy the main fleet of the large fleet, they were worried whether the British would really make up their minds to slow down, and they would use the 15-inch main gun to fight to the death.

The fact is that the British were timid, they left the Second Battleship Fleet and began to die.

Since the British took the initiative to give a big gift, Lieutenant General Mavie, who lost two main battleships, had no reason not to accept the gifts from the British, or would not mind finding the venue back from the British and trampling a few more feet. As for Heidi Sileme, his ambition was greater than Lieutenant General Mavie, who had the typical German military personality of "careful". In his plan, if the British dared to "destroy themselves", they would have to leave at least two Iron Duke-class battleships as compensation.

On the battlefield, the Giant battleship, facing a Markens class and a Deflinger-class battleship, quickly could not hold on.

At 14:12, the trekking of nine shots of the Giant battleship collapsed, and the chimney near the commander tower was chimney drilled through huge holes. The turret's launching medicine loading room was chimneyed through, and the fire caused spread from the turret in the turret in the lower part of the turret to the stern. The medical cabin at the bow was overcrowded, and many wounded personnel could only receive first aid on the relatively safe second-level deck. The seriously injured simply injected a dose of morphine, and the medical officer's job was to quickly stop bleeding, bandage and splint. As the fire began to spread deep into the turret, the gas-poisoned sailor was lifted from the bottom cabin, and his skin was pale and vomited.

At this moment, a 350mm armor-piercing projectile came over and penetrated the p-turret of the black hole of the Giant battleship along the trajectory of the 380mm armor-piercing projectile again. This time, the explosion-proof cover of the main turret turret was not effective, so more than 20,000 tons of battleship shaking and trembling violently at the sea. After a series of explosions, the Giant battleship broke open and quickly sank into the sea.

This was just the beginning of the disaster, and not long after, a more terrifying accident occurred.

During the earlier firefight, the battleship Marboro gradually fell behind due to damage to the hull. The battleship Benbao behind the Marboro was suffering from the fierce attack of the German Baden, and did not notice the approaching Marboro. When the two battleships were less than one hundred meters away, the battleship Benbao woke up as if he was dreaming.

Captain Ben Bao ordered an emergency turn and shouted for preparation for damage to the pipe, but unfortunately it was too late. Before Ben Bao could escape the scope of fluid dynamics, the two ships collided uncontrollably. The bow of the battleship Ben Bao hit the stern of the Marboro. The bow of the former had severe water inlets, while the transmission system was severely damaged.

At any time, a sea crash is abominable, especially in naval battles. The fleet commander can tolerate his main ship being sunk and fired by his opponent, but it is not allowed to have a ship crash - because human errors cause combat reductions, it is annoying, and even more, a ship crash is never slapped, and once it happens, two warships lose their combat effectiveness directly.

The British were in a flash of rain, and the First Battleship would not be polite to the British. The Baden battleship and four Helgolan-class battleships desperately focused on the two poor super-dreadnoughts. In less than five minutes, the Benbao and Marboro battleships sank one after another.

The Indian Emperor battleship, which landed at the end of the British Fourth Battleship, was almost hit. Fortunately, the captain ordered a turn in time, and the Iron Duke-class battleship barely avoided it. In disguise, he leaned against the pair of brothers in distress and thought that the steel wall suddenly increased the speed to 21 knots, and finally escaped the fierce pursuit of the Germans.
Chapter completed!
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