As the three-ship formation led by the King broke through the British fleet and fierce firefighting occurred, the Lance formation on the left wing of the German fleet, and the right wing of the British fleet also quickly joined the battle group. The "Helgolan", "Oldenburg", and "Westphalia", these three German dreadnoughts built earlier were equipped with distinctive trio-mounted 11-inch naval guns. This naval gun is not only the smallest main gun in the British-German dreadnought lineup, but also the fastest normal fire speed. Their dense and rapid firepower was once in the gun.

The art exchanges and joint exercises left a shocking impression on foreign colleagues and visitors, and the trend of triple main guns was thus prevalent. In addition to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Italian Navy, Britain, Russia, France, the United States and Japan, which originally designed to use triple-mounted naval guns, all began to try this novel design, and the caliber of the ship guns they used exceeded 11 inches, namely, Russia, France, and France 12 inches and Britain 13.5 inches. The strong United States and the ambitious Japan even reached a new level of 14-inch naval guns in one go!

In August 1914, in the stormy and bloody waters of the Jutland Peninsula, in addition to the "Von-der-Tann" battle cruiser that went to the Mediterranean, all the main ships of the German Royal Navy that used triple main guns participated in the battle, and they performed quite well. In the battle patrol between Hippel and Betty, the two Moltkes not only repeatedly hit the British battle patrol, but also started a large-scale killing in the blocking of British lightning strike groups; in the fierce confrontation between Lance and Bernie, eight German dreadnoughts equipped with 11-inch naval guns beat eight British dreadnoughts built at the same time to bruises, which greatly contributed to Germany.

The defeat of the Bernie formation by the new national dreadnought group. Now, the three German dreadnoughts, "Helgoland", "Oldenburg", and "Westphalia", were slightly injured and unable to leave the line of fire, continued to support the main formation under the leadership of General Lance. From the distance of 1,200 meters to 800 meters from the enemy, they first blew the fire and burning "George V" under the guidance of friendly ships, turning the torch into a torch. Immediately afterwards, when the "Caesar" was attacked by several dreadnoughts in the rear of the British fleet, they turned the muzzle to these old opponents who had once confronted each other, successfully distracting the enemy.

While the Reims formation was shooting calmly, the "King Albert" who was driving at high speed had already caught up with the isolated British pilot ship from the right, namely the "Iron Duke" with the fleet flagship flag and the Admiral flag. Not long ago, the "Iron Duke" rushed into the German fleet array extremely sharply, almost killing the German "Catherine", and was almost hit by the more brave "Rhineland". He was once in a dilemma of one against many, and was able to escape under the cover of the "Centurion". During this process, the shooting command room and sight-seeing equipment on the upper part of the bridge of the "Iron Duke" were both shot and damaged, and half of the secondary gun was lost on the port side, and the hull was also

There were multiple injuries. It was like a wounded beast, which became more and more fierce under the stimulation of wounds and bloody smells, but also maintained a calm and cunning mind. When the "Centurion" had basically lost its combat power, it firmly locked in the "Rhineland" and fired six rounds of volleys within 5 minutes. The main gun alone scored 4 shots, and 7-9 shots were almost lost. This level of attack had exceeded the tolerance range of a Nassau-class battleship. As a result, the "Centurion" quickly ignited a fire on the whole ship like the "Centurion". The hull was obviously tilted right, the bow deck was close to the water surface, and the entire battleship had only a few cannons that could continue to fire, and had to withdraw from the battle under the cover of a friendly ship.

Before the "Rhineland" retreated from the battlefield, the overwhelmed "Centurion" exploded violently. After the explosion, the remaining body of the warship continued to float on the water, and Jeliko's rescue plan was undoubtedly completely lost. Immediately afterwards, the three most combat-capable main ships in the German naval lineup suddenly appeared on the near-shore surface, forcing the three George V-class battleships to turn to avoid with unstoppable momentum, not only did they severely damage the "George V", but also cut off the connection between the "Iron Duke" and subsequent ships. Jeliko's flagship was once again siege by enemy ships.

Given that the battle situation became extremely unfavorable to our side, Jelico had to give up his previous intention and urgently ordered the ships to turn to the northeast at full speed. The "Iron Duke" also turned left with the rudder. However, the battleship did not immediately use the main guns from the rear to bombard the German battleship "King Albert" that was pressing near, but continued to shoot a volley on the "Rhineland" in the south. Although the "Iron Duke" was at full speed, the volley actually made a hit. The "Rhineland" unit, which was still burning in the fire, suddenly a dazzling fireball rose, and the violent explosion sounded instantly across the sea...

In theory, such a scene is not enough to infer that the German main ship has sunk, but Jelico and his officers and soldiers would rather believe that it has it. After all, the British Royal Navy has suffered too much bad news in the past 8 and 9 hours. This is simply a complete collapse of spiritual pillars and combat beliefs for many people. They really need some good news to boost morale.

Before the news of sinking the enemy's main battleship spread, the loud bang and the violent shock of the entire warship made all the officers and soldiers of the "Iron Duke" feel extremely heavy. Just as the turning process, a large-caliber German armor-piercing bomb hit the back of its bridge, and flying shrapnel swept across the bridge observation platform. Captain Major General Duff and other officers were killed on the spot. Blazing flames raged the deck, drilled into the starboard engine room through the ventilation tube, turning the cooler into a pile of garbage. Before it was repaired, the speed of the warship would be greatly limited!

Learning from the subordinate officers that Major General Duff's death, Jelico was furious and ordered a counterattack with a cannon and torpedo.

Larger winds and waves can affect seawater dozens of meters below the sea surface. This storm not only caused the normal navigation of the ship, but also caused very obvious interference to the torpedoes that sneaked several meters underwater. The lightning strike effect of both sides was greatly reduced, but this does not mean that the torpedoes have completely lost their effectiveness. At the suggestion of a torpedo commander, Jelico agreed to adjust the torpedo carried by the "Iron Duke" to a fixed depth of 8 meters. Eliminate the mechanical error of the instrument, their operating depth is already at the maximum draft of the German main ship.

Starting from the Nassau class, German capital ships no longer have underwater torpedo tubes, while British dreadnoughts and battlecruisers still retain this traditional design. The Iron Duke class has 4 21-inch caliber underwater torpedo tubes, located in the front of the main turret No. 1 and the rear of the main turret No. 5, about 2 meters below the waterline, two at the bow and stern, and launches white-headed torpedo. With Jelico's order, the crew members of the rear torpedo compartment prepared to launch the torpedo as fast as possible, and finally adjusted the angle according to the parameters transmitted from the bridge, and then launched the torpedo.

The report "torpedo has been launched" quickly reached the Iron Duke bridge. Many officers bowed their heads and read the table at the same time. Jelico also waited without saying a word. Ten seconds, twenty seconds, and half a minute, time kept flowing, and the sound of cannons and explosions outside the bridge were intertwined. It was impossible to tell whether the torpedo hit the target from the sound.

The sea was still strong and the rain was pouring. The torpedo trail was completely hidden in the rolling waves. No one on the "King Albert" noticed the torpedo attack. Until a violent explosion came from the bottom of the front ship, many people thought it was hit by the main artillery of the enemy ship. In fact, the torpedo tore a large hole in the bottom of the double-layer ship in front of its main turret ammunition depot, which had no possibility of plugging. In a blink of an instant, the watertight tanks at the bottom of the four ships were filled with sea water bursting into the sea, and the huge power of the explosion directly exploded the longitudinal partitions of these watertight tanks. The sea water immediately poured into the cabin above the watertight tank. The water pressure was so high and the water was so strong that many Germany

The crew found that the situation was wrong but there was no time to close the waterproof doors everywhere. There were more than 60 drowned people. Some crew members used the telephone and voice transmission pipelines in the ship to issue warnings when they were hopeless of evacuation. In order to prevent the spread of sea water, the commander ordered the emergency closure of all lower chambers, and the middle chambers in the front were also prevented and controlled. In the absence of a quarter of the watertight compartment and multiple lower chambers, the water inlet at the bottom of the ship was finally initially curbed. At this time, "King Albert" had already injected more than 2,700 tons of water, and the hull had a severe longitudinal inclination, and the navigation speed was sharply reduced from 20 knots to 8 knots, and then slowed down to 5 knots by itself.

When he learned that "King Albert" was severely damaged by torpedoes, the "King" where Xia Shu was located had already been caught behind the port side of the "Iron Duke", and was about to attack the British flagship with "King Albert". Realizing that the brigade had fallen behind, Xia Shu had to temporarily adjust his tactics and turn right in synchronization with "King" and "Caesar". After carrying out the last round of volley bombardment of the enemy ships, they deviated from the British fleet to cover the "King Albert" who was crawling at a speed.

In an unexpected way, Jellico suddenly saw hope of reversing the unfavorable situation. Especially after learning that an enemy ship had sharply reduced its speed and the two enemy ships voluntarily withdrew from the battle, he immediately sent a telegram to the other ships, and ordered each ship to reorganize the battleship with the "Iron Duke" as the guide. The three George V-class battleships that had left the contact with the enemy quickly responded, but the four dreadnoughts "Conqueror", "Thunder", "Avant-garde", "Neptune", and especially the "front of the Bernie formation" originally belonged to the Bernie formation.
Chapter completed!