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At 4 points, the Nelson stopped the shelling.

At 10:15, the anti-aircraft artillery that took off on the Royal Ark was shocked and mistakenly thought it was a German plane coming to support. They immediately fired shells at the plane with anti-aircraft artillery, but they did not hit it. The subsequent contacts eliminated these misunderstandings. The planes did not find the opportunity to drop bombs on the German ship. The fireworks on the German ship and the shells falling like raindrops around the German ship forced the pilots to give up the idea of ​​stealing the head and returned in disappointment. This also shows that the British fleet lacked sufficient communication and coordination to make these torpedo planes run away. If the British warships can suspend shooting at this time and allow these torpedo planes to launch a smooth attack, the battle will end immediately.

At 10:21, George III ceased fire. At this time, the fuel conditions of most British warships were in a hurry, and the news that German submarines and long-range bombers might appear at any time made the British restless. Lieutenant General Tovey also understood that it was time to end the battle. So the general issued the last combat order: all the torpedoes sailed towards William III and sank it. At this time, only the Dorset heavy cruiser also carried torpedoes. Captain Martin, who had been impatient, rushed torpedoes and rushed over, but they did something funny and stupid.

At 10:25, Dorset was sailing to a distance of 000. The crew members refused to wait for a second. They fired 2533 mm torpedoes at the German ship without any interference. Two torpedoes drew two white lines on the sea surface and headed straight for the target. Soon, at the position of the hull on the right rear side of the bridge of William III, two huge:|: rose.

Although the two torpedoes had a shallow depth. However, since the German ship raised the right hull when it leaned to the left, the two torpedoes should have hit the part near the bottom of the ship. The sailors of the Dorset County were proud and prepared to watch the spectacular scene when the German ship sank. However, things went against their wishes, and the German ship, which had been seriously tilted to the left, did not sink. The reason was very simple. At this time, the German ship's port was in a process of overturning to the left. Hitting the starboard torpedo not only did not help this process, but inadvertently acted as a temporary damage tube for William III. The huge energy generated by the torpedo explosion tear open the lower hull on the starboard side, causing a large amount of water inflow, which played a balanced role in water injection, temporarily delaying William III's overturn.

There is a traditional saying that during this period, William III's secondary gun was still firing shells at British warships, which is actually unlikely. At that time, there was indeed a 149mm secondary gun on the starboard side. However, the sailors under the cabin should have already fled when the officer issued the order to sink. The sea valve had been opened for a long time. It is hard to imagine that about an hour after the abandonment order was issued, people would stay in the lower ammunition depot and operating room. Continue to lift the shells on the secondary turret (this must be the premise that the power supply has not been interrupted and the ammunition depot is still not flooded by sea water).

The situation on the port side is even worse. Not to mention the 149mm secondary gun, there is no one available anti-aircraft gun. However, there is information that a very small number of light anti-aircraft guns on the German ship were still firing at that time.

At 10:35, Dorset observed William...5. A considerable part of the open-air deck had already submerged below the sea surface, which was basically consistent with the Dresmann description (this man climbed down from the bridge with a rope ladder after the British warship stopped shelling, and rushed to the sea to escape at about 10 minutes, and was rescued by Dorset).

The sea water poured into the cabin from all bullet holes and holes on the port side, causing the hull to continue to tilt steadily to the left. In fact, it can be concluded that the ship was irrescueable at this time. At 10:36, Dorset County went from about 2,000 meters to the William III's..... The depth of the hull was very shallow. About 2 minutes later, it hit the hull below the open deck on the left side of the smoke (it was also likely to hit the open deck directly).

The huge power of the explosion caused major damage to the nearby superstructure, the upper hull and the open-air deck. A huge gap was torn into the open-air deck and the upper hull. A large amount of sea water poured into the hull, quickly filling William III's huge body, more than 4 tons of upper cabin, which lacked watertight structure, suddenly fell to the left, and the torpedo ended the naval battle.

At 10:39, William III completely turned to the left.uu. Some ammunition in the ship may have exploded. The bow of the ship was first submerged into the water, and the ship ravaged by artillery shells was +:. min, 16 degrees west longitude 12 minutes. He rolled in the water several times.

The giant ship sank on the seabed thousands of meters deep, and ended its life dramatically.

The battleship George III, which Lieutenant General Tovey, was already on his way back. Admiral watched the process of the capsized William III from afar through the glass window on the bridge of the ship. The sailors on both sides - the Germans floating on the sea and the British on the ship, also watched the ship's huge body disappear on the sea. The sinking of William III means that the German Navy's Ryin exercise was completely defeated, and the short life of this battleship ended, leaving endless debates to the world.

When the Dorset County approached, the William III was already in a blazing fire, with thick smoke rolling and extremely damaged, and its huge hull was slowly sinking. The Dorset County first launched two torpedoes to the starboard side of the William III at a distance of two nautical miles. Then, it went around its port side and fired a torpedo at a distance of one and a half nautical miles. So the once-dominant giant, the giant William III, sank under the waves in the smoke, leaving only countless floating debris and officers and soldiers struggling desperately on the water.

"The 'William III' has sunk!" the young officer in the war room jumped up and shouted excitedly.

"The William III has sunk!" Although the officer announced the news with a shout, the whole world heard his voice. Radio stations from hundreds of countries quickly repeated this sentence to their audience. The newspaper used hundreds of words to the column titles in large characters to declare to their millions of readers: "The William III has sunk!" Although the women who worked hard to do this news only took it as a warning to the ears of the hardworking farmers who heard the news could not understand its meaning. The workers returned to the rumbling machine after hearing the news. However, the fate of these people will change with the development of the war. Speculators in the exchange revised their plans.

Prime Ministers and heads of government in various countries heard the news with a very serious attitude. Generals of the naval forces prepared memorandums for their governments, urging the government to draw political and technical conclusions from it. Of course, some mothers, wives and children, when they heard this news, would be exactly the same as Nobe's mother's sad mood when she heard the news of the sinking of the "Strike".

On the other side of the earth, Zhao Gang also heard the news in a complicated mood. Two German super battleships sank and the British battleship formation was severely damaged. This result was exactly what he hoped, but in his heart, he still hoped that these two super battleships could return to Germany intact.

However, the situation now is that in order to intercept the two German battleships, the British had to draw most of the Asian fleets, which gave China an excellent opportunity. At present, the British fleet that remains in Asia only has 4 battleships and 2 aircraft carriers, while the Americans have 54 battleships and 18 aircraft carriers.

Although the number still maintained before the war, Zhao Gang was more willing to be an opponent of the US Navy than the elite British Royal Navy. What was similar to China's idea was that American warships were also very cheap. They built an extremely scary force with flashy armor, bluffing cannons, and lazy and incompetent automatic reflection devices. However, during the exercises, the troops who played the US Navy performed very poorly, and sometimes they could not defeat the British Navy with only half of the number.

The previous April-long fatigue war should have made the British and American coalition forces think that they only have so much combat power. Then the fleet he assembled in the direction of Lushun should be able to easily eliminate the main force of the United States, then dominate Asia, and even unify the world. Zhao Gang was immersed in boundless reverie

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Ma Yue turned around and smiled, the afterglow of the setting sun reflected his eyes, burning into two cold red flames, and the eyes of the two thousand soldiers were instantly focused on his face.

"Break the city and take three days off! Those who are the first to enter the city will be rewarded with a thousand gold medals!"

"Aowu~~"

As soon as Ma Yue finished speaking, the two thousand elite cavalry howled wildly, waving the steel knife and spear in their hands while howling. The wildfire had already ignited in his eyes, like a pack of wolves smelling blood, revealing bloody fangs.
Chapter completed!