Chapter 480： 1 gun dry waste

Ten nautical miles, this is completely within the shooting range of the naval gun!

In the storm, the British home fleet discovered the Deutsche Deutschland at this distance. When the lone warship was discovered, Admiral Tovey, who led the team, immediately ordered an attack!

Admiral Tovey was picked up from the sea. When the Carrier Formation of the Jade God was attacked by a German carrier aircraft, the main domestic fleet was coming 20 nautical miles away from them. When they arrived, all that was left was to clean the battlefield.

When John Tovey was picked up, he immediately took over the command and continued to command the fleet, besieging the German fleet!

It hasn't failed yet, it's just a night battle!

This time, their main fleet has arrived. In the formation, there are only four battleships with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons.

The Queen Elizabeth and Barham of the Queen Elizabeth class, the Nelson of the Nelson class, the R-class battleship "Sovereign", and the heavy cruisers "Dorset" and "Corwall" and so on.

Although Britain has fallen, it is still a superpower after all, and it has a strong naval power!

More than a dozen warships were swaying on the sea. When the Deutsche was discovered, the most famous naval gun showdown in World War II began.

The British would not know that the Deutsche was the first to fire!

The power of the two sides is not balanced. After all, the Deutsche Deutsche is just an armored cruiser, while the other side is coming over a dozen large warships.

However, Deutsche was the first to fire.

The 283 mm naval guns on both sides of the bow and stern were all turned to starboard. Almost within half a minute, the entire Deutsche Bahn roared.

"Boom!" The six guns fired together, but only one sound was heard. With the sound, a huge flame emerged from the muzzle of the naval gun, forming a heat wave of several meters at the front of the muzzle. In the heat wave, 283 The millimeter armor-piercing projectile flew towards the opposite side at a speed of 910 meters per second!

For a distance of ten nautical miles, it only takes less than twenty seconds!

Moreover, at such a long distance, the warship was shaking again, and even the British gunners were not sure of the shot.

The Germans are just playing mystery!

Admiral Tovey didn't worry that the opponent could hit his own side, but only worried that the opponent would run away. After all, the speed of his battleship was only more than 20 knots and could not catch up with the Deutsche Bahn, which uses high-speed diesel engines.

He still doesn't know that the failed attack that his side dispatched at night still caused damage to the Deutsche Welle.

But oneself can catch up with the opponent's cruiser, and it does not have the advantage in firepower. It can be said that the German warship's firing is just to delay one's own actions, and absolutely cannot let the other party succeed!

"Go ahead at full speed and surround the Deutsche Bahn!" Admiral Tovey gave only this order, and after that, he saw a terrifying sight.

The front of the fleet, the heavy cruiser Dorset, is planning to overtake the opponent with its high speed, and then block the opponent to facilitate the group fight.

However, three shells accurately hit this British heavy cruiser!

The 283mm armor-piercing projectile is quite powerful. It can tear 340mm armor at a distance of 15 kilometers. The Dorset is just a cruiser with a standard displacement of 10,000 tons and the thickest armor is only 111mm.

When the 283mm armor-piercing projectile came into close contact with it along the waterline, the projectile easily ripped the armor on the waterline and got into its stomach.

"Boom!" Amid the huge explosion, the Dorset was billowed with smoke and dust, just hitting the boiler at the rear.

"Boom!" One meter apart, another armor-piercing projectile drilled to the lower part of the turret behind. It directly tore the armor protection of the lower part of the turret, bringing even more terrifying results.

"Boom!" One meter apart, the third armor-piercing projectile reached the most empty place. This time, it passed directly through the port side and out from the starboard side!

Comparing the power of naval guns, you cannot simply compare the calibers. It is related to many factors, such as propellant, such as double diameter, such as the rate of fire, etc., the German-class 283 mm naval gun has amazing power and better accuracy. It is terribly high!

The triple-mounted naval gun at the stern flew, and the triple-mounted naval gun at the bow achieved a proud score of three hits.

"Quick, let go!" At this time, in the Dorset's turret, the gunner had his legs broken. He ignored the severe pain and shouted to the stunned sailor.

The blast of ammunition will occur at any time. In order to avoid the blast of ammunition, it is necessary to put in the sea water and let the sea water flood here. It must be fast!

"Quickly, my children!" the gunmaster shouted loudly.

The pipe was opened, the turbulent seawater flooded in, and the gunner's body was completely immersed in the seawater. Several bubbles were spit out from his mouth, and his body became cold.

The sea water also swallowed other people. In order to prevent the warship from sinking, it had to flood the ammunition depot at the same time. This was an inevitable outcome. Their sacrifices were exchanged for the safety of the warship.

However, this warship has no combat effectiveness.

The Deutsche, the first volley, destroyed a British heavy cruiser!

Colonel Stanger knew very well that when the opponent was unprepared, he could attack any of the opponent's warships. According to the general idea, battleships pose the greatest threat.

However, the opponent’s battleship is slow and can’t catch up with itself. Moreover, the battleship’s thick armor and its own 283mm naval gun can’t easily kill the opponent. In this case, pick up a soft persimmon. It is more certain.

Let the other party know that if you want to chase yourself, you have to pay a price.

"Full speed." He continued yelling: "Second volley, target, Cornwall."

British heavy cruisers are all treaty ships, with typical thin-skinned stuffing, bully these warships first!

At the same time accelerate, merge with your own fleet, and let your own fleet destroy them!

The Cornwall is a Kent-class heavy cruiser. The official name is "Treaty-class heavy cruiser", "Ten-ton heavy cruiser" and "The first batch of county-class heavy cruisers." But in private, they are called "white elephant", "white grave" and "thin skin".

Ships of the same class Kent, Berwick, Cumberland, Cornwall, and Suffolk.

In order to control the displacement, it is necessary to consider the balance of various performances, so it has to sacrifice in defense. The waterline armor belt is only 25 mm thick. Due to strict weight control during construction, the standard displacement was 9,750 tons at the time of completion, which was 200 tons less than planned.

From this point of view, the British are also stodgy, this kind of warship is definitely one-shot!

When the gun of the Deutsche Vessel turned to the Cornwall, the captain of the Cornwall was shocked.

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