The battlecruiser Brave had a displacement of just over 22,000 tons, but was armed with as many as two twin 381 mm guns. At the same time, the speed of the battleship was up to 32 knots.
One can imagine how many boilers were installed in order to ensure the speed of the battleship. And, to what extent the armor has been weakened.
The waterline armor of the battlecruiser Brave was only 76 mm thick, the maximum deck armor was only 76 mm, the frontal armor thickness of the turret was 229 mm, and the armor thickness of the commander’s tower was 254 meters.
Such armor, let alone bombardment with enemy battleships on the battle line, even in the face of the enemy’s heavy cruisers, I am afraid that there will be a mortal threat.
Of course, this is also the consistent shipbuilding concept and style of the sun never sets.
Facing the battlecruiser Brave was the battleship Catherine, the third ship of the battleship Caesar.
The thickness of the main armor reached 350 mm, and at a long distance, there was no problem withstanding the 381 mm main gun of the Brave 02 battlecruiser. whereas
The five twin 50-caliber 305 mm guns on board the battleship Catherine could easily tear the armor of the battlecruiser Valorant.
Moreover, the battlecruiser Brave had only two twin 381-mm guns, which, although large in caliber, were not many in number. The battleship Catherine, on the other hand, had five twin 305 mm guns. And, four of them are capable of shooting to one side. In terms of the number of main guns, the battleship Catherine was twice as large as the battlecruiser Brave.
Under such circumstances, it is natural to imagine what kind of result the confrontation between the two sides will have.
If nothing else, the battlecruiser Brave simply could not beat the battleship Catherine.
The advantage of the battlecruiser Brave was speed, up to 32 knots, faster than many cruisers. Coupled with the powerful main guns, those cruisers could be easily sent to the bottom of the sea.
But if it is placed on the battle line and bombarded with the enemy’s capital ships, this is undoubtedly the disadvantage of the battle cruiser Brave.
It’s just that now the sun never sets, and the number of capital ships of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Royal Navy is already at a disadvantage. This forced the battlecruiser Brave to join the battleships.
It can be seen that these three battle cruisers have also become the Achilles heel of the battle line where the sun never sets.
Once these battle cruisers were severely damaged, or even sunk. Then, the advantage of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy in this battle will be even greater.
In addition, other battleships that do not set on the sun actually have this problem. It’s just that it’s much better than a battle cruiser. But compared with the battleships of the Russians, the defense was still too weak, and the skin was thin and stuffing.
This was originally caused by the surprise of two completely different shipbuilding concepts.
So that the Royal Navy of the Empire often suffered a lot of losses because of this willingness in naval battles.
In the previous Battle of Jutland, wasn’t the Royal Navy beaten up by the Germanic High Seas Fleet and suffered huge losses?
Only this time it was the turn of the Russians to beat them up.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
One capital ship after another, the main guns roared, and heavy large-caliber shells smashed into the enemy’s warships.
The distance between the two battle lines is also constantly shortening.
In the beginning, the distance between the battle lines was as high as 18,000 meters.
But in less than half an hour, the distance has been shortened to 15,000 meters.
The shortening of the distance also made the main gun hit rate of the warships on both sides continue to increase.
And this, naturally, made the battle even more fierce.
“Boom!”
A 406-mm shell hit the forward main battery turret of the battleship Peter II.
But armor, which was 410 mm thick, withstood this shell.
Although a shocking dent was left in the turret armor, it was not penetrated. (Read violent novels, go on Feilu Fiction Network!)
However, after the shell exploded, the huge impact stunned all the sailors in the turret.
Fortunately, there were enough reserve gunners on the battleship, and they quickly removed their wounded comrades from the turret, and then took their place, allowing the main turret to continue firing.
“Your Excellency Commander, almost the second main battery turret was shot through. Lieutenant General Norbergatov had palpitations.
Lieutenant General Enkvist also nodded, and at that moment, he was also frightened.
If the second main battery turret was broken, the battleship Peter II would have suffered heavy damage. Even if, at the moment of the explosion, there were shells and propellants in the turret, the battleship Peter I would have suffered a devastating blow.
At that time, without this most powerful battleship, will the other capital ships of the Tsarist Navy still be able to withstand the bombardment of the battleship ravaged by the sun never sets?
I’m afraid that the entire war situation will be rewritten because of this!
Fortunately, the battleships of the Tsarist Russian Navy had thick skin and flesh, but they still resisted.
“You still can’t underestimate the sun and never set people! The hegemon for hundreds of years is not for nothing. At least, their level of artillery is very good, and the Imperial Navy is still a little worse than the sun in this regard!” said Vice Admiral Enkvist.
Lieutenant General Nobergatov also nodded repeatedly. Although the Russian Navy has also been trying, always improving. But the gap remains.
It’s just that everyone believes. Perhaps it won’t be long before the Russian Navy can truly catch up with the Royal Navy of the Empire.
On board the battleship Ravage, the flagship of the Royal Navy’s Mediterranean Fleet.
When they hit, the sailors of the entire battleship cheered.
The commander of the fleet, Admiral Roger Keyes, and the chief of staff, Vice Admiral Field, also had smiles on their faces.
But alas, when the smoke cleared, they found that the Russian warship seemed to have nothing at all.
And, after a few minutes, the main turret continued to fire. This is all the more proof of this.
This immediately discouraged the people who never set.
Damn the Russians, how could their luck be so good yet?” said Admiral Roger Keyes.
This is all about watching an opportunity to turn the tide slip away from your eyes!
Lieutenant General Field also felt very sorry if they could hit the flagship of the Russians hard. Perhaps, there is a high probability of winning this naval battle!
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