Chapter 7 Dogger Shoal Cry (8)
A beautiful left full rudder, the Lion battled at the northern ocean 180 degrees, dizzying with a circle of white ripples. David Betty was determined to end his friendship with Wang Heidi for more than ten years. The giant ship with the Z-flag followed the direction of the Moltke's advance and chased at the highest speed of 27 knots.
At 19:33, Wang Heidi, who was unwilling to be beaten passively, made all his plans. The Moltke battled released smoke, and his huge body sank into the moon shadow and thick smoke, heading northeastward. At the same time, about 500 meters away from the starboard side of the Moltke, Sergeant Hermann Glenn and his comrades were like Nibelungen in the ancient German epic, igniting the lifeboat without hesitation. The barrels of fuel and coking coal burned, and soon orange-red flames and towering smoke columns emerged. The blazing light penetrated the darkness of the North Sea and was printed in the eyes of the Lion Battle Patrol watchman. [..com]
"Discover Moltke, 327, and 4100 yards away!"
The lookout mistakenly thought that the extinguished fire of the Moltke battle patrol that was hiding in the moon shadow rekindled, and couldn't wait to inform the main gun command tower and the forecastle chart room and correct the shooting parameters.
At 19:39, the Lion Battle Patrol cannon roared like rain, and the 13.5-inch main cannon created a burning fire net near the lifeboat. The impact force generated by the explosion almost tore the wooden lifeboat to pieces, and the splashed sea water shattered the fireworks in the oil barrel.
Taking advantage of the British's attention, the German traitors reinforced the watertight door that was shaking due to the sea pressure and near-blasting impact. The wounded on the deck were carried to the medical room and were quickly hurriedly covered in a shroud and carried into the unusable cabin; the few ordinary armor-piercing shells and cap-piercing shells were sent up by the missile lifter and pushed into the main gun chamber by the loading machinery.
As the power system of the D turret was burned, the gunners with earplugs and the sailors who rushed over to help had to roll up their sleeves and try to operate the heavy human winch to correct the shooting angle of the main gun. The rear gun shield twisted into a ball of C turret. The smoke rolled in the turret, and the gunner had to wear a gas mask to receive the data of the command tower and wait for the shelling command.
Just as the Moltke soothes the wound and is brewing a counterattack, the Nibelungan-style German loyal sailors were already in desperate situation. Although they put their strong bodies on the lifeboat board to avoid being injured by shrapnel and water columns, the 13.5-inch main gun is too powerful compared to the lifeboat. At 19:43, an armor-piercing bomb exploded in the waters 50 meters away from the lifeboat, and the stormy waves still overturned the boat.
The three warriors were shaken to the sea, and their bodies were gone. The iron barrel containing coking coal fell directly into the shallow muddy seabed. The fuel in the oil barrel leaked out. The bleak flames were like the persistence of sailors, swaying on the dark ocean surface and refused to extinguish them.
The swaying flames proved that the Lion Battle Patrol hit the German ship, but could not hear the dull sound of explosion inside the hull. The ecstatic lookout reacted and carefully poked out from the violently bumpy watchtower, and found the Moltke in the moon shadow 3,600 yards ahead of the left.
The lookout's cold sweat oozed from his forehead. He grabbed the phone in panic and reported to the command tower. Unfortunately, it was too late. The Moltke's 305 main gun was silent for more than an hour and fired for the first time. In the first round of artillery, a 305mm ordinary pointed bullet hit the Lion Battle Patrol. The German gunner, who was suppressed by the British for a long time, used clean artillery techniques to tell the Royal Navy their inner anger!
Although the Lion-level Battle Tour has the reputation of shrinking the King George V level, compared with the powerful King George V level of the British, the Lion-level Battle Tour has shrunk far more than a double-equipped 13.5-inch main gun: the extended hull has reduced the Lion's ability to resist waves, and excessive pursuit of speed and neglect defense, which also makes its main armor half a circle thinner than that of King George V level of the British.
The penetration power of ordinary pointed bombs is not as good as the ACP-capped armored bullet, but the 9-inch waterline of the Lion and the armor cannot stop the pointed bomb. The pointed bomb tore open the armor and rushed to the boiler compartment of the Lion Battle Patrol, penetrated the four running boilers and triggered continuous explosions. Each explosion caused the new war patrol with a full load displacement of nearly 30,000 tons to rush violently on the sea surface. The warship's portholes and broken cracks sprayed out a ball of orange flame, black smoke and white steam.
The boiling water in the boiler cabin on the port side of the Lion leaked out and flowed freely in the narrow and stuffy cabin. The boiler soldiers were scalded to death by the boiling water before they could react. The boiler soldiers hid in the distance wanted to evacuate to a safe place, but the scorching steam quickly burned their respiratory tracts and lung leaves, causing them to suffocate to death.
The cruise speed of the Lion Battle dropped from 27 knots to 23 knots instantly. Tons of sea water poured in from the hole made of pointed bombs. More and more boilers covered with cinder and blood were driven out of the boiler compartment by sea water and steam, and retreated to the upper deck. The cruise speed of the Lion Battle was still decreasing, and no one knew its bottom line.
"Deputy Commander, we hit the Lion!"
Following the finger of Captain Magnus von Lewinterzo, you can see the Lion battle patrol surrounded by fire, smoke and steam. The Moltke sailors took off their earplugs, applause and cheers swept every corner of the deck like thunder.
"Continue to fight back and strive for greater results!"
Before he could relax, the counterattack of Moltke only reduced the cruise speed of the Lion battle, and could not change the unfavorable situation. A basin of cold water from Wang Heidi forced the excited sailors to calm down. Under Wang Heidi's supervision, the gunners on the upper body were like clockwork and were ready for the second round of artillery fire as if they were on a clockwork machine, and quickly completed the preparations for the second round of artillery. The second gunman standing behind the turret sight was grabbed by the telephone and issued a shooting command, and 4 305 armor-piercing ejected out of the bore.
The fire of the fire illuminated Wang Heidi's bronze face and revealed the firmness. The otaku looked at the place where the lifeboat was sunk and said coldly: "If Doger's shall be my demise, at least I have to leave some of the deepest and most brilliant memories for my old friends!"
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At 19:51, on the northwest edge of Dogel Shazhou, the first battleship squadron, the Giant-class battleship Giant, Hercules, Neptune-class Neptune, St. Vincent-class battleship Collingwood, St. Vincent; the second battleship squadron, George Vincent-class battleship King, Ajax, Centurion, the third battleship Iron Duke-class battleship Marboro, Benbao, the Indian Emperor, the Fourth Battleship Squadron, the Bellerofon-class battleship Bellerfon-class battleship Bellerfon, the Rough, the Magnificent, the St. Vincent-class battleship Forward, and the Fearless Battleship These famous ships and giant cannons gathered.
The commander of the Great Fleet, General John Jelico, stood on the bridge of the temporary flagship Marboro, and looked at his fleet with the slight moonlight. A kind of inexplicable uneasiness that was so terrifying that the scenery was filled with mist.
At 18:22, David Betty's First Battlecruising Fleet encountered the return of the Sileme Fleet in the hinterland of Dogel Sands. The two sides fought hard on the vast oceans of the North Sea, and the war continued from the hinterland of the shallows to the edge of the east. Although Jeliko could not see the battlefield, the telegrams with Mo Xiang could still convey the smell of gunpowder belonging to the war.
Jelico had reason to look forward to victory. Although the Invincible Battle Cruise unfortunately sank, the German casualties were even more severe. The large armored ship of Blüchel sank and Moltke suffered heavy damage. Under Betty's pursuit, the von der Tann was caught in the attack of five main ships of the First Battle Cruise Fleet.
According to the telegram and intelligence reports of the Ocean Fleet deciphered by the naval intelligence department, Germany's most elite third battleship squadron and the first reconnaissance fleet were transferred to the Baltic Sea by the German Emperor before the war. It is expected that they have sailed to the north side of the Hornsref Shack near the coast of Denmark; the first battleship squadron composed of old dreadnoughts and the second battleship squadron composed of former dreadnoughts were lifted out of the port at around 13 o'clock under the order of the German Navy General Staff Chief of Staff, Heining-Veng-Hetsendorf, and it is expected to reach the combat waters around 22:20. It is obvious that the First Battlecruising Fleet has enough time to annihilate this raid fleet, so that the "undefeated Ares" Heidi-Silem Soul Broken Dogers shallow!
"The overall situation has been decided, there will be no more surprises!" Jelico, who has the advantage of intelligence, calmed his anxiety heart and pretended to be relaxed and teased Captain Marboro: "After the Battle of Doger's Shoals, the fleet has the advantage of three main battleships, which is enough to allow the Royal Navy to survive this weakest November..."
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At 19:51, a steel fleet that was not in the sight of the British Navy's intelligence service and General Jelico planned to travel westward at full speed.
At the end of 12:00, after receiving a telegram from Wang Heidi, Scher and Hippel had no time to consider the leak of the plan, and led the third battleship squadron and the First Reconnaissance Fleet, which were on standby in the waters near Helgoland, and three battleships were dispatched. The fastest speed of Seidlitz, Luzov and Deflinger, the battleship patrol, took the lead with a speed of 25 knots. The third battleship squadron, the fifth squadron, the King-class dreadnought King, the Elector, and the Seventh squadron, the five Caesar-class dreadnoughts Caesar, the Catherine (Queen), the Regent of Louis Pod, Frederick the Great, and the King Albert, a total of 7 main battleships were followed closely as the main force.
At around 13 o'clock, the first and second battleship squadrons in Jed Bay received a telegram from the Navy General Staff and immediately set fire to sea. The first team of the First Battleship Squadron, the Helgolan class dreadnoughts, the Thuringian, the Helgolan class dreadnoughts, the Oldenburg, the second team of the Nassau class dreadnoughts: Posen, the Rhineland, the Nassau, the West**, the second battleship squad-defensive Prussian class quasi-defensive Prussian, the Pomerania, the Brunswick class old ironclad ship Hessen, the Fourth Squadron Prussian class Hanover, the Silesia, and the Hulstein-Schleswig-Schleswigs, and the 6 old ironclad ships were dispatched in full swing, maintaining a range of more than an hour with General Scher's third battleship squadron.
The night was dark, and the three battle patrols of the First Reconnaissance Fleet were sailing at high speed at the search formation. The speed of 26 knots made the three steel ships with a full load displacement of about 30,000 tons shaking and trembling on the North Atlantic Ocean, so that the lookouts on the main mast had to tie themselves to the watchtower with ropes, and took their hands to grab the telescope and searched for the combat waters.
"Major General Silame's opponent, the First Battle Cruise Fleet, received support from three Orion-class battleships!" The sound of gunfires rumbling in the direction of Dogel's shallows was vaguely heard, and the suffocating sea breeze sent the smoke, coal chips and blood, spreading around the command tower of the Sedlitz, so that Lieutenant Colonel Singlaer unconsciously brought a tremolo when reporting the battle: "The bait fleet is isolated and helpless, the Blüchel sinks, the Moltke suffered a heavy blow, and the von der Thenn is surrounded!"
"How far is it from the battle site?" Lieutenant General Franz von Hippel took out his pocket watch and asked his general staff officer.
"After passing the Helgoland Island, the fleet has been sailing at a maximum speed of 26 knots. The battle patrol of von der Tann is nearby. As for the east side of the sandbank where the battle patrol of Moltke is located..." Lieutenant Colonel Singhlaer recalled the data derived from the chart room and shook his head and said bitterly: "It is expected that there will be nearly an hour of voyage..."
Singhlare expressed his worries in a vague way. It is true that the slightly injured Von De-Tann can still dodge and move in night battles with his speed, but the seriously injured Moltke will never last for half an hour. You must know that David Betty is not an ordinary person, and he is bold and will never miss the opportunity to weaken the strength of the Ocean Fleet.
"Singlair, don't give up easily!" Hippel raised his head slightly and said confidently: "Silem is a genius, he can hold on!"
[I have almost all the big fleet and the ocean fleet in one go; I recommend two books, "The Revelation of the Stories" by Yu Ye of the Tang Dynasty, which is quite bold and unrestrained! Another one is the ultimate side position "The New History of China in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1995". Speaking of which, I tampered with the history of the Atlantic naval war, this guy tampered with the history of the Pacific naval war, and the combination of two swords, haha.]
Chapter completed!