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It opened fire at us, guys!" Darandi shouted. The shells stormed 150 places behind, and the splashed water even jumped on Darandi, but Darandi was very happy because it meant that the German battleship did not hit it.

"No hit!"

He said excitedly again, although this did not mean that he would avoid the next time, at least there was hope of survival, and several other cruisers had sunk into the seabed and became a paradise for fish and shrimp in the Atlantic Ocean. Perhaps it was time to release smoke, as he expected, a thick smoke rose up, wrapping him and the entire warship.

"Where is the smoke coming out, thick and smelly?"

Darranti hurriedly put on a gas mask and complained vaguely.

Looking down, I saw three smoke columns arranged in front and behind. The smoke coming out of the smoke, thick, black and greasy, slowly spiraled up and expanded, forming a thick smoke screen around the warship. However, the enemy ship continued to approach it, or in other words, its own warship was approaching the German ship, because only within 2,000 meters was that the Sheffield had nothing to threaten the German ship.

Suddenly, a row of high water columns rose up on the sea near the Sheffield. This was the second volley of the "William III" and almost hit the Sheffield. The sea water raised by the shells spilled on the warship like a pouring splash onto the warship, wetting the on-site staff on the side. Darlandi shook the sea water that was pouring on his eyes and on the telescope.

The shells just now whizzed past their heads like lightning, and the sound was like a train passing through a tunnel. Moreover, the shooting was very accurate this time. The shells in front and behind had clamped the Sheffield and formed a cross-fire. Darlandi firmly believed that God blessed it. The second two shells of the German ship were obviously too large, giving Sheffield a narrow chance of survival.

Darranti waved his fists at the "William III" hidden in the smoke, but he also knew that the "Sheffield" would never be so lucky forever. The Germans would definitely discover the problem of the cannon shooting in time. After they solved this problem, the "Sheffield" would be done!

On the bridge, Clayderman and Ludsman looked at the thick and dark smoke screen across the sea.

"Now the former main gun is overheated, we cannot risk going through it." Clayderman said: "Mr. Commander, please restore the original course."

Ludsmann disagreed with the captain's order and retorted.

"You forgot, Major General. There are risky generals in the war, and cautious generals; there are generals who succeed because of adventure, and there are generals who win because of caution. But I think that before you fight with the enemy, the most dangerous thing is to estimate the enemy's aggressive and powerful force too high.

Although the British were many soldiers and had poor equipment and poor judgment, they inevitably suffered a serious failure. Even if we could not effectively sink these British warships, it would be difficult for the British to give us an effective blow when they passed through the British fleet. The weather is so bad now. How long has it been since we gotten shot by the British?"

The above words were not recognized by the Major General. On the contrary, Major General Clayderman said in unprecedented seriousness:

"Mr. Commander, I have to say that we are not as powerful as a day ago, although we still seem to be very powerful. But I regret to tell you that due to the long-term shelling, our ammunition is about to be exhausted, and although the British have very little ammunition. It is estimated that after more than ten hours of shelling, the British have consumed about 95% of the shelling, saving ammunition and slowing down the shooting rhythm, so you feel that we have received a lot less hits."

Ludsman was frightened by the captain's fierce attitude. Generally speaking, people like Clayderman rarely say such words. If they say such words, it only means one thing. Things are already very bad. Clayderman had to speak, and Ludsman decided to listen to him.

"In fact, our three turrets have only 280 total ammunition left. The number of shells in other secondary guns is similar. The main gun barrel has suffered severe wear and a sharp reduction in shooting accuracy. It is only with the feeling of our shooter that we barely maintain the shooting accuracy."

"If we continue shooting, maybe the next shot will explode, and then a death explosion will occur. You must know that our gun barrel has greatly exceeded the life of the design. This is a miracle, but it cannot be guaranteed that this miracle will be performed again and again. Moreover, this association is not the most important one, on the ship

I can no longer bear such high-intensity combat."

"Our ship used to have 3,546 crew members. After one day, the personnel were extremely nervous and could not be rotated in time. Most of the people now fought for a whole day and were fighting with their will. So I think it is impossible to pass through the British battleship blockade. We may be slow to react when we were driving the ship. So we have to break through the weak point of the British Golden Team so that we can bring this unsinkable ship back to Germany."

Ludsman pondered for a while and spoke:

"My friend, you're right, I think it's time to break through!"

However, at this moment, the hull suddenly trembled violently, and Ludsman and others were caught off guard and fell to the ground.

A torpedo launched by the Sheffield hit the hull at the starboard front mast, but due to the failure of the depth fixture, the torpedo only hit the ship's main armor belt and did not cause any substantial damage. Then, the Sheffield launched two more torpedoes and hit the ship. This time, the Shanghai brought by A was very serious.

One of the torpedo exploded outside the lower engine compartment of the port main armored belt. The welds of a section of lightning protection longitudinal wall outside the Vii compartment were torn, causing water inlet in part of the compartment, including the port side transmission shaft passage. Fortunately, the water inlet was quickly controlled by the damaged personnel.

Another torpedo hit the rear armor next door from the port side and destroyed the steering system and damaged the propeller about 1 to 2 meters, causing the rudder to be stuck in the left turn 5 position, and also causing serious damage to the outside of the hull and a large amount of water inlet.

William III's two rudders are arranged side by side, close to each other, and a torpedo hitting this part can cause the warship to lose control. This problem exists on all main ships that use single main rudders or parallel double main rudders. Only the Veneto class with single main rudders and the Yamato class warships with single main rudders can be overcome to a certain extent.

Although William III's cabin and boiler compartment will not be directly shot into the shell, part of the entire power system cannot be protected by heavy armor, such as propellers, partial transmission shafts, boiler inlet and exhaust passages. These parts of the damage will also lead to damage to the power system, which no warship can overcome.

The Sheffield was no longer able to fire the torpedo at this time, only meters away from the German ship, and it would take two minutes to launch the torpedo. The next volley of the German warship was about to begin. Darranti, who was standing at the highest point of the Sheffield, could even see the German ship's main guns that were constantly rotating. Although he knew that the distance was 00 meters, Darranti still felt that the German was already in a state of Germany. The huge fear forced Darranti to shout loudly, but the sound was soon overwhelmed by the roar of huge shells. The 5,480-meter giant bomb hit the Sheffield almost at the same time, tore the Sheffield to pieces like five tigers. The Sheffield did not even have time to explode, and was torn into pieces by the five shells.

At this time, the German ship did not pay attention to the Sheffield. Because the rudder blade was stuck, the warship kept spinning like crazy.

"Right rudder! Right rudder!" Clayderman shouted.

In the rudder room below, although the helmman tried his best to turn the steering wheel, the dial on the compass in front of him was still turning non-stop.

"Sir, the steering wheel can't be pulled anymore, the rudder blade is stuck!" the helmman reported.

The warship was still spinning, but there was still a violent vibration on the bridge. The phone rang and the officer on duty took the call.

"Sir, it was called from the cabin," he said to the captain.

"I'm the captain," Clayderman took the microphone and said calmly: "Yes, …yes, … very good."

After he hung up the microphone, the rattled vibrations eased and the speed of the warship slowed down.

"Sir, the left host has stopped." Clayderman told Ludsman: "The vibration is caused by the obstacles in the rotation of the left thruster."

The phone rings again.

"Sir, it was called by the Losing Management Team."

"I am the captain, okay... okay... very good, keep going!" Clayderman said to the phone.

He turned to Ludsman and said:

"Water enters the servo cabin, sir. The servo has stopped running."

"So, how is the situation with the human steering gear?"

"They are trying it out. But the helm blade is stuck and they are trying to troubleshoot."
Chapter completed!