“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
In the waters of the North Sea, the ten battleships of the battle cruiser formation of the Imperial Royal Navy that never set on the sun and the six battle cruisers of the battle cruiser formation of the German Imperial Navy launched a fierce killing.
At a distance of more than 10,000 meters, the two sides frantically opened fire on each other’s warships.
Although, the Royal Navy of the Empire has an absolute advantage in the number of warships and even the caliber of artillery. However, what made the officers and men of the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set Empire unacceptable was that they were not able to take advantage in this battle, but were still at a complete disadvantage.
“Boom! Rumble! ”
A violent explosion sounded on the battleship where the sun never set, and the roaring flames rose into the sky.
Just twenty minutes into the battle, the battlecruiser Lyuzov hit the battlecruiser Lion.
And the battle cruiser Moltke hit the battle cruiser Tiger twice.
Although, the battlecruiser Royal Princess also hit the battlecruiser Lutsov, but did not cause much damage to the opponent.
As the battle cruisers of the Royal Navy, the most advanced performance and the most powerful combat effectiveness of the Tiger battle cruiser, their attacks are all deflected by more than two thousand meters, which is undoubtedly very surprising, the level of the Royal Navy’s gunnery should not be like this!
Two minutes later, the battlecruiser Royal Princess was hit by two 305mm shells from the battlecruiser Deflinger, which not only ignited a raging fire. At the same time, the firing director was also destroyed. This made the hit rate of the battle cruiser Royal Princess begin to plummet.
This has gradually changed the balance of strength between the two sides.
The battlecruiser Queen Mary hit the battlecruiser Sedlitz, making one of the main battery turrets unable to rotate and losing its attack. But at the same time, the Queen Mary also received a shell and paid a lot of damage.
At 4 p.m., the battlecruiser Lion was hit, a main battery turret was destroyed, and the bomb caused the depot to explode. But even then, the battlecruiser had already suffered a heavy blow.
At 405 minutes, the battlecruiser Indefatigable was hit three times by the 280-mm main gun of the battlecruiser Vondetann and suffered heavy damage. As a last resort, Vice Admiral David Betty ordered the battlecruiser Indefatigable to withdraw from the battle so as not to be sunk. Unfortunately, during the retreat, two shells were hit again. And it was the turret that was shot through, which led to the detonation of the ammunition depot.
In a violent explosion, the battlecruiser Indefatigable was directly destroyed and sunk into the sea.
Immediately afterwards, the battlecruisers Lion and Royal Princess also suffered a fatal blow and sank into the sea.
This left only 7 battle cruisers of the Royal Navy of the Empire.
Such a result made Lieutenant General David Betty almost crazy, he never imagined that in the case of absolute superiority, he actually played like this, which is really unscientific!
In fact, it was mainly because the battle cruisers of the Imperial Royal Navy’s defenses were too weak. So much so that once a Royal Navy warship is hit, the battleship will often suffer heavy damage. Even, it will be sunk or lose its combat effectiveness.
In contrast, the battle cruisers of the Germanic Imperial Navy had relatively strong defenses. Even if it is hit, as long as it is not hit by the core compartment, it will not be hit hard, let alone sunk, and it can be put into battle with extremely strong combat effectiveness.
Under such circumstances, it is equivalent to the warships of the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets, and cannot withstand the attack of the Germans. The Germanic warships, on the other hand, could see the attack of the Royal Navy.
So much so that once a Royal Navy warship is hit, it is either dead or wounded.
It can be said that it is precisely for this reason that the Royal Navy is at a complete disadvantage in this battle.
When Vice Admiral David Betty discovered this, he immediately ordered the fleet to seek assistance from the fleet master. Otherwise, the entire battle cruiser formation could also be destroyed here.
The commander of the Royal Navy’s Home Fleet, Admiral John Jericho, received a telegram from Vice Admiral David Betty asking for help and immediately ordered the fleet to speed up. At the same time, the relatively fast formation of the fifth battleship rushed to reinforce. You know, the fifth battleship formation is the five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships under the Royal Navy, which is the most powerful battleship in the Royal Navy. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
And the battle cruiser formation of the Germanic Imperial Navy also seized this opportunity and continued to inflict greater losses on the Royal Navy of the Empire.
The battleship Queen Mary, too, was quickly sunk.
This brought the number of battle cruisers lost by the Royal Navy of the Empire to four. And six battle cruisers of the Germanic Imperial Navy, although some were already wounded. However, the injury was not serious.
At 4 and a half, the five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships of the Royal Navy of the Empire rushed to the battlefield.
Even Admiral Franz Hipper still hopes to extend his gains. But he was well aware that they had no chance when reinforcements had already arrived. If the fighting continues, it will most likely lead to greater casualties among them.
So, Admiral Franz Hipper ordered to withdraw from the battle and began to retreat.
In this time and space, the Germanic battle cruiser formations retreated more decisively, which made them pay no price. After all, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, although the sun does not set, are powerful (good), but they cannot be compared with battle cruisers in speed. In the case of not being able to catch up, even if the firepower is strong, it is not of much use.
At 6 p.m., the main fleets of both sides met.
However, at this moment, it was almost dark. Admiral Reinhardtschel ordered the fleet to turn around to avoid the sun setting and the Imperial Royal Navy from taking advantageous positions.
This allowed the duel between the main fleets of the two sides not to break out.
Although, the Germanic Imperial Navy had to abandon the battered battlecruiser Lyuzov. However, they were able to take out the four battle cruisers of the Sun in this battle, and they had undoubtedly won a great victory.
After nightfall, under the cover of night, the fleets of the two sides disengaged.
In the early hours of the next morning, the fleets of both sides returned to their respective bases. This naval battle ended like this.
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