"Stay...steady...well, turn right now!"

Before the "Thunder" driver finished speaking, a "thunder" sound came from the back seat, as if he was hitting a heavy metal drum with a super fast speed. In an instant, a string of dark red light spots swept across the sea toward the black shadow forty meters away. It was a seven or eight-ton British high-speed torpedo boat. The splashes caused by the guns were lined up, and it was suddenly in the middle of the line. The bullets that shot the hull were like drilling into a pile of floating haystacks, without being hindered by any hard objects. Some bullets even penetrated the hull. The British warship seemed to have been suddenly drained from its energy. It suddenly stalled and finally stopped on the sea.

The efficient raider, the German Navy's "Thunder" high-speed torpedo boat, quickly ceased fire, and turned continuously, quickly leaving the shooting position. After a while, it set its sights on a new target, and was about to repeat the same trick, but the target suddenly spit out a small ball of flames.

That is the muzzle flame produced by machine gun shooting.

Machine gun bullets usually fly more than 700 meters per second, while the speedboat that sprints with all their might move only 30 meters per second. The two seem to be incomparable at all. However, the "Thunder" pilot nimbled the steering wheel, and the high-speed battleship responded quickly. The string of bullets only aroused splashes of water on the sea surface and did not hit the target that the shooter was aiming at.

The "Thunder" shooter did not aim the muzzle directly at the enemy warship, but reserved a very small angle. After firing, he steadily moved the muzzle, and the 13mm bullets poured out. The splashes they splashed on the sea surface were higher and denser. These splashes formed an endless dotted line, approaching the target at a dazzling speed, and finally swept across without any suspense. The British high-speed torpedo boat hit suddenly turned into a dazzling fireball, and the violent explosion shocked the sea surface.

The explosion of fire disappeared in an instant, with only thick smoke on the sea surface, and the warship and its drivers were completely gone.

The explosion scene undoubtedly attracted the attention and vigilance of British warship pilots than previous machine gun shooting. The hunter was quickly threatened by gunfire shot from different angles, and the hull hit several rounds in a row, but did not cause fatal damage. At this time, the "Thunder" shooter did not fire and counterattack randomly, but observed the muzzle flames appearing in sight coldly. His partner skillfully made a continuous turn at a high angle, using the cover of the night and battlefield environment to escape the focus of the enemy shooter's sight. Soon, only the closest British high-speed battleship was still chasing and firing, and its machine gun shooting lasted for more than half a minute, which meant that the shooter on the boat shot half a belt in one breath.

On this sea surface where light is not very bright, the muzzle flame is a relatively eye-catching and easy-to-target target. The "Thunder" shooter quickly turned the muzzle to the unsmart opponent and then returned with a short shot that lasted three or four seconds.

If it weren't for the unexpected bump in the boat, he would be very sure to hit the opponent.

After three shots, less than a quarter of the ammunition belt containing 120 rounds were left. The "Thunder" shooter shouted to his partner: "Stay it, just one chance..."

The driver of the front cabin did not make a conversation, but turned the steering wheel and the boat immediately leaned over. In an instant, a row of water rose up at the original position, using the German Navy's high-speed combat boats as reference. The British Navy's two-seater high-speed torpedo boats were equipped with rear machine guns. In order to fight against the German Navy's 13mm machine guns, the slightly larger British warships were equipped with light machine guns.

A new threat had just appeared. On the sea not far away, another "thunder" quietly shuttled through the British torpedo boat group like a ghost. The sound of machine gun shooting attracted its attention. It slightly adjusted its course, and a long string of flames suddenly burst out from the stern of the boat, and the rain of bullets accurately landed on the British warship nearly 200 meters apart. In order to destroy this target that might be equipped with light armor in one fell swoop, the German shooter fired for more than ten seconds until he wiped out the entire belt of bullets.

All the dark red gun bullets fell, and on the sea slightly farther away, the British warship with a low profile ignited fire. It was still in a state of navigation, but its speed had significantly slowed down, and there was no longer any sound of machine guns. After a while, it saw a flash of light on its hull, and two deafening explosions were heard...

Before the outbreak of World War I, Britain was at its peak of economic, political and military. When the war broke out, almost no one would have expected that its naval power would retreat so quickly that even the small "Thunder" warships could roam at the mouth of the Thames. In previous wars over the past two hundred years, the reason why the British Royal Navy won was that the fine tradition accumulated by time played a very important and sometimes even decisive role, but this time, their opponents were rigorous, diligent, brave, and fully prepared for this war. Germany's high-speed torpedo boat troops had been established for ten years, and the training and combat readiness system was quite complete. Most of the officers and crew were young and vigorous.

He is full of energy, and regardless of his origin, as long as he is skilled and performs well, he can get rewards and promotion opportunities. This factor of humans naturally has an incomparable advantage. At the same time, the Hubert M-11a rotary machine gun used by the Thunder is nearly twice as large as the British Vickers-Mark i-type water-cooled machine gun, and the combat fire speed is exactly twice as fast. Although these dozen "Thunders" are small in number, they are like wolves who have entered the sheep pen, hunting sharks rushed into the fish, galloping, and are invincible. After several battles, the British soon discovered that their two-seat torpedo boats equipped with machine guns are not the opponent of "Thunder". Those single-seat torpedo boats that are not equipped with weapons can only be careful and run away at any time.

Looking at the group of "Thunder" boats that had previously attacked easily on the battlefield, Christian took six "Lightning-14" quietly towards the depths of the Thames estuary. Although he missed the best opportunity, he did not gain anything in the few hours he stayed on the "King". In addition to persuading the chief of staff of the fleet to agree to him to drive the boat to the war, he also mastered the tactical intentions and combat strategies of the German fleet entering the Thames estuary. He knew that

It is not that the German main fleet is retreating aimlessly at this moment, but instead, it is planned to lure British lightning ships away from the British coast, blocking layers of escort light ships in front, and driving away step by step with "Thunder" warships behind, turning the British torpedo boats participating in the battle into sandwich biscuits. As long as there is no major accident, the German fleet will kill a resurgent and continue to shell the stranded British super-dreadnought ships, forcing the British Navy to send the last elite forces to the battlefield.

On the battlefield, it is certainly not good to become a "sandwich biscuit", but the British high-speed torpedo boats rushing in the front have no choice but to attack. With the speed twice that of the German main ships, they are getting closer and closer to these very conspicuous targets under the starlight. However, if they want to launch a torpedo attack on the German main warships, they must first break through the defense of the German escort ships.

Behind the German main fleet, 11 large torpedo boats proudly set off a double-row interlaced fish scale array, 6 in the 1911 class in the front and 5 in the 1906 class in the back. In addition to being equipped with 105mm or 88mm caliber rapid-fire naval guns, most of these German light ships were equipped with 2-4 37mm rotary guns. All 1911 class were also equipped with 4 13mm rotary machine guns, which had strong medium and short-range firepower. In addition to hydrophones and anti-submarine bombs, they became all-around escort ships that meet the requirements of modern naval warfare.

Faced with the fiercely attacking British high-speed torpedo boats, the large 1911-grade torpedo boats in the front row turned on their searchlights, leaving the enemy warships rushing nearby without any escape. The gunners on the ships were enthusiastic about fighting. During daily training and exercises, they could fire up to a dozen shells at a time, and most of the time they followed the fleet to fight, these large torpedo boats silently played the role of bodyguards, and it was rare to have such an opportunity to shoot with great pleasure.

The dense artillery fire of a large German torpedo boat group formed a fan-shaped area of ​​about two thousand meters. In this moving area, wherever British warships appeared, the sea surface must be covered with water columns of all sizes. As time went by, the British torpedo boats hit by German artillery fire quickly reached double digits. When the British crew behind saw that "the road was blocked", they bypassed the German guard ships and detoured from the far end, but what was waiting for them was not a smooth road, but the fierce artillery fire of the German main ships threw into the battlefield.

The Ting" pilot had already received clear instructions before departure and could not approach or bypass its own torpedo boats under any circumstances. Without the concern of accidentally injuring its own warships, the six German main battleships directly used "weapons of mass destruction" against light ships. They were still divided into two teams, each dealing with British torpedo boats that bypassed the guard ships from both wings. Although "King", "Election Emperor", "Oldenburg", and "Gobon" still had some main guns that could not be put into battle, which did not affect their use of shrapnel to hit their opponents.

The fleet defense array of German high-speed torpedo boats is extremely weakened, and the British torpedo boats, whose strength is greatly weakened and there is no cover for torpedo attack aircraft. With the rumbling sound of cannons, the sea surface under the flares and searchlights are always shrouded in bullet rain. The nine British high-speed torpedo boats that stormed from the north side were quickly destroyed, and the 14 British warships that detoured on the south side were also defeated, and the number of British torpedo boats that were injured and destroyed by "Thunder" and large torpedo boats has also increased to 29, and more than 70 British torpedo boats gathered from the Thames River
Chapter completed!