Accompanied by a shrill whistle, four heavy 305mm caliber shells fell to the sea with a majestic momentum. In an instant, these high-explosive bombs weighing more than 400 kilograms and speeding more than 700 meters per second stirred up a columnar wave on the sea surface. The snow-white water waves had not yet risen to the highest point. A sudden change occurred below. The extremely violent explosion formed a huge wave in an instant, like a blooming flower tide, rising upwards and exceeding the height and width of the previous water column, splashing and falling dozens of meters away. When the water waves fell, a large number of water droplets left in the air formed a water mist, refracting in the bright sunlight.

Crystal and dazzling light. Unfortunately, at this moment, there was no point in the appreciation and praise in the hundreds of pairs of eyes at the scene, but was filled with fear and hostility. The ruthless steel hulls that broke through the waves were shaking and trembling under the impact of the fierce waves caused by the shells. The waves swept up and repeatedly washed up the already clean deck and gun mounts. The crew members who had nowhere to avoid had turned into miserable cocks. What made them feel even more palpitations was that their ships had a weak opportunity to shoot torpedoes to sink the enemy's large warships after crossing the dangerous and open waters. Before that, the chance of the ship sinking was frustrating!

The British crew were still struggling and lingering between dying and surviving, and more heavy shells had already hit the head and face. Fortunately, the German fleet's ladder-shaped battleship was facing this side. Five Black Hawk flag-flying battlecruisers can only use the front main guns for the time being. However, even half of the firepower output made the officers and soldiers of the British warships complained that the German battleship cruisers were equipped with the most advanced Zeiss stereoscopic rangefinder at the time. The baseline was 6 meters long, the distance measurement time required and the accuracy was high. The two Moltkes also adopted the configuration of four triple main guns, with a higher firepower concentration than the traditional dual main guns. The front and rear double turrets of "Blüchel", "Sedlitz" and "Deferringer" also adopted a load-type layout with excellent vision.

Three Magdeburg-class light patrols against one Weymouth-class light patrol, five combat patrols against one active-class light patrol and six e-class destroyers. At the beginning of the battle, the German fleet had an overwhelming advantage, and the British mobile fleet's advance ships were almost beaten. At the same time, one of the members of the German reconnaissance fleet, the light cruiser "Mainz", landed alone behind the fleet. It was not a mechanical failure. On the sea not far from it, two gray-painted Juncker 3-C seaplanes seemed to be drifting away, floating alone on the water. One was the first to discover the British ship.

The r-024 reported when the team was traveling and returning, and the other was the r-030 of the British battlecruiser "Princess Royal" with an aviation bomb. They were temporarily rested here and waited for the "Mainz" to provide fuel. The reason was not recovered by their respective carriers was because the five battlecruisers had been organized into combat queues at this time. If reconnaissance aircraft were to be lifted from the water, they had to slow down their speed, which would inevitably affect the subsequent fleet battles. In the fierce artillery battle, their decks could be hit by shells or swept across the shrapnel at any time. Staying behind would be safer.

The German sailors on the Mainz successively dropped several iron oil pots with life jackets tied to them, and the pilots on the plane used wooden poles with hooks to suck them up one by one, and then injected fuel into the aircraft fuel tank. The whole process seemed simple, but for the sake of confidentiality, the German Navy's previous training and exercises did not include this content. It was not until the war started that all the carrier-based pilots were summoned for temporary

Training camp, although the weather was clear at this time, the strong wind brought heavy waves, which brought great challenges to this kind of sea supply. In this difficult "fun competition", the pair of Lieutenant Von Inserdel and Sergeant Lore performed even more tacitly. They took the lead in getting four oil pots and filled most of the empty fuel tanks with high-quality fuel. The Lieutenant then used a signal light to send a communication signal to the "Mainz": the fuel was sufficient and the condition was in good condition, so he requested to take off!

The first task of the r-026 taking off from the "Goben" is to closely monitor the movements of the main ships of the British mobile fleet. The artillery battle between the German reconnaissance fleet and the British advance ships did not carry out the bounce-point calibration of the reconnaissance aircraft. The "Mainz" sent three signals to the flagships that were carrying out shelling on the sea ahead, and finally got a reply: the reconnaissance aircraft took off - performed the calibration mission.

With the roar of crisp ears, r-030 staggered and glided on the sea. After a long period of hard work, it finally struggled to leave the water surface, and flew towards the sea where the artillery fire became more and more intense...

After more than ten minutes of artillery battle, the hull of the British cruiser "Falmouth" which had one against three had caught fire. Its eight 6-inch naval guns were all single-mounted and were arranged in a semi-enclosed shield-type turret with less ideal protection. Two of the three naval guns on the front deck and on both sides of the bridge had been silent. Most of the gunners were unknown to death lying around the gun position. The blood flowing scene was shocking. The naval guns on the starboard side were damaged by shells and the firepower of the entire ship was almost half weakened. Although they were in a counter-trend and in a bad situation, the brave crew still braved the enemy's artillery fire to transport ammunition and control the fire. Behind them, a majestic British battle patrol was sailing into the battlefield at high speed.

The Falmouth, which was repeatedly attacked by enemy shells, has hit enemy ships many times in artillery battles. In contrast, the "Active" teams that attempted to conduct torpedo attacks are much more boring. Before entering the torpedo range, the destroyers "Freedom" and "Laertis" suffered fatal blows one after another. The "Active" and the remaining four destroyers were also constantly damaged by the enemy's fierce main and secondary artillery fire. In order to avoid the bleak end of the entire army, the "Active" light cruiser, which had a water in the hull due to the near-lose bomb, began to lead the four surviving destroyers to turn around and retreat. Before leaving the battlefield, they fired nine torpedoes at three German light cruisers 4,000 meters away. Although none of them hit, they forced the three German warships to turn and avoid, temporarily reducing the burden on the "Falmouth".

At 6:37, the setting sun gradually sinks to the sea level. It is still summer, and it is nearly two hours before it is completely dark. In this noisy sea, the heavy shells passing by in the air made brake-like screams again and again. The British crew faced the fierce shells of the German war patrol formation with amazing courage. Now it is the German turn to taste this taste. Huge water columns rise around the Magdeburg, Strasbourg and Stralsund.

Teng. The sea seemed to be boiling, with leaping flames and rolling waves everywhere. Thousands of tons of steel hulls shaking in the surging waves. The German naval battle flag on the bow flagpole was swallowed by the sea waves again and again, and fluttering in the wind again and again. The German crew on the deck battle position not only had to fight against the violent waves, but also always beware of those shrapnel that could not be found. Even a shell that fell dozens of meters away might extend the hand of death to them...

The "Magdeburg", an unfortunate ship that hit a reef and sank early in history and "delivered" the German naval communication codebook to the Russians, was one of the most advanced light cruisers in the German naval combat sequence when the war broke out. Except for the "Breslau" in the same class, after following the "Von-der-Tann" for expeditions to the Mediterranean, the other three were all assigned to the reconnaissance fleet commanded by Hippel. At the beginning of design and construction, he was the director of the Technical Department of the General Staff of the German Navy and the director of the shipbuilding. At the beginning of his design and construction, he was the appointment of the director of the Technical Department of the General Staff of the German Navy and the director of the shipbuilding.

Under Prince Ahim, the Magdeburg class not only equipped with an efficient Hubert steam turbine, but also adopts a bow design with a side arc, so it has excellent high-speed performance. Because it is equipped with a dual 150mm naval gun and a fully enclosed armored turret, this class of cruisers cannot improve their survival performance by increasing the thickness of the armor, but the longitudinal rib structure, 18 waterproof compartments and 45% of the total length of the hull are double bottoms, these designs greatly enhance their anti-sinking ability.

Shortly after the British Battle Patrol formation joined the artillery battle, a 343mm heavy shell landed on the port side of the Magdeburg. The violent explosion easily tore open its side armor belt, which was only 60mm thick. The 1.2-meter-long break was exactly adjacent to the compartment No. 6 and 7, causing water to enter the two compartments at the same time. Taking a cold bath in the stuffy inner cabin seemed to be a comfortable thing. However, the sea water pressed into the compartment from the compartment was comparable to the water dragon shot out by a high-pressure water gun. Several German sailors were injured on the spot, and the rest were suddenly seen.

The explosion was so shocking that it was dizzy. Whether the injured or not, the first subconscious reaction was to quickly evacuate the German dreadnoughts built during this period. The waterproof compartment of the Magdeburg-class cruiser did not have horizontal doors, and people could only enter and exit through the longitudinal watertight door between the upper and lower cabins. In this way, even the panic-wracked German sailors only focused on escaping and waited for them to climb up the upper cabin along the vertical ladder passage, and there was still plenty of time to calm them down, and with the help of their companions, they closed the watertight door and reported the damage to the command room.

Hundreds of tons of sea water poured into the watertight compartment of No. 6 and No. 7. The hull of this German light cruiser quickly tilted. Fortunately, the injury was not as good as the boiler and engine compartment. The "Magdeburg" remained in the advance battle line, and together with two ships of the same class, fired at the retreating British outpost ship. Within a few minutes, their artillery fire hit the "Falmouth" three times. The British cruiser, which still used its tail guns to fight back with its tail guns, was blazing and smoke. At first glance, it was seriously injured and difficult to rescue. In fact, as long as the fire could be controlled, it could be properly and quickly repaired in a fully equipped port.

The distance was closer. Six British battlecruisers that joined the artillery battle gradually posed a threat to three German light cruisers. The "Stralsund" at the last place actually suffered two 12-inch shells in succession. The first shot broke the mast antenna and fell into the sea and exploded, which shocked the Germans in cold sweat. The next second shot was not that cheap. It directly hit the No. 3 main turret at the stern of the ship. The violent explosion instantly destroyed the double-mounted turret equipped with a 150mm naval gun. At the moment of the explosion, the entire patrol was

The foreign ship was like a heavy punch by an invisible giant. The stern sank and the bow was raised up. Many people who witnessed this scene were worried about its hull, fearing that its steel skeleton would have irreparable fracture damage. Two sergeants and eight gunners in the No. 3 turret were all killed, and the explosion flames also caused a nearly fatal crisis in the bomb supply channel. If it weren't for the British shell's fuse being too sensitive, even if it exploded 0.01 seconds later, the German cruiser might have suffered a catastrophe.
Chapter completed!