Located on the sea northwest of the Faroe Islands, two most powerful and distinctive main fleets of the Fearless Era launched a fierce battle in the storm. The battlefield was like a boxing ring. Two familiar boxers omitted the test links, and as soon as they started to make heavy punches, the atmosphere quickly heated up. The huge shooting on the British fleet had just come to an end, and the German fleet fought back with rapid artillery fire. The huge sound of cannons and explosions completely overwhelmed all the sounds of nature...

The naval guns of German warships all came from the famous Krupp company, which had very good accuracy and durability. Faced with the fierce shipbuilding competition, the Germans did not blindly pursue larger caliber naval guns because of the British rhythm. They had a special liking for higher muzzle velocity and lighter ammunition, and were willing to move forward at their own pace. When the war broke out, Krupp had improved the performance of the 11 and 12-inch naval guns to the extreme level of this era. The 50-diameter 11-inch naval guns of the two-class dreadnoughts of Nassau and Helgolan, which was comparable to the 12-inch naval guns of the British Navy, and the 50-diameter 12-inch naval guns of the Caesar and Kings class, which performed no less than the 13-point 5-inch naval guns of the British in actual combat.

The naval guns used by British ships came from multiple companies. The state-owned Royal Artillery Factory was originally in a monopoly position, but since the late 19th century, two private companies, Armstrong and Vickers, gradually seized the market share of the Royal Artillery Factory. Coventry Ordnance Factory and Bidmore Company were also strong competitors. Whenever the British Admiralty decided to build a new first-class battleship, these artillery manufacturers would squeeze out their heads to compete for the main gun manufacturing orders. In addition to the naval guns needed to produce the warship itself, these orders also included backup guns that accounted for 40% of the total number of main guns of the warships.

As the battle progressed, half an hour had passed since the British fleet fired its first shell. The scene of the two main fleets of bombing changed due to the heroic rushing of the two British battle patrols. A considerable part of the attention of the officers and soldiers on both sides also shifted from the traumatized German main ship to the heavily hit British battle patrol. Until then, the two fleets had their own achievements and the Germans had the upper hand, but the battle situation was still in a delicate balance. Everyone has a chance to win, and the key is to see who reaches the explosion point first.

Normally, the most stalemate place in the battle is the point of the outbreak. If the British fleet takes the lead in sinking the German flagship, the tactical deployment of the German fleet will be greatly affected, and the balance of victory will inevitably tilt towards the British. If the German fleet sinks another British battle patrol, it is likely to explode with the rainbow momentum.

War is similar to competitive competitions, competing for comprehensive factors such as strength, strategy, luck, etc., but war is different from competitive competitions. Here, victory and loss are the only iron rule. There is no referee or scorer, and no one knows when the explosion point will appear. Perhaps this is a cruel and direct war of attrition without explosion point, and both sides will suffer in the end.

After the "Election Emperor" and "Border Governor" successively won the lottery, the "King" was unable to "survive" after all. It began to be cared for by the British fleet's intensive artillery fire. The heavy shells that fell one after another stimulated people's eardrums, and the water waves soared into the sky washed the hulls and decks of the German flagship over and over again. This powerful warship, which was nearly 30,000 tons, stubbornly moved towards the waves. The huge and distinctive main turrets faced the thickest side of the armor to starboard, and the thick and long, domineering main gun barrels proudly pointed at the British main ship in the face.

"The artillery elevation angle is 10 degrees, the horizontal orientation is 57 degrees and 40 points, and the armor-piercing bullet loading is confirmed..."

The voice of the shooting commander Major Hans de Bryce was transmitted to the closed main turret through the horn. The exhaust device just pulled out the smoke remaining in the barrel. The strong gunners couldn't wait to open the bolt and take out the empty brass cartridges. In the era of Fearlessness, only the Germans used metal shells on such a large caliber naval gun. Its biggest advantage is that the turret is not prone to explode when it is attacked.

Heavy shells and launchers were transported from the ammunition compartment at the bottom of the battleship to the crane through suspended rails. They were first placed on the bogie and then raised to the artillery chamber. There, the shells and launchers were transported into place through the conveyor belt, and in the process, all the lifting mechanisms were controlled by electricity, which was an important reason why the German dreadnought was fired higher than that of the British dreadnought.

Under emergency conditions, crew members can use a set of tackle systems to operate manually.

According to the prescribed operating procedures, German gunners transport the shells to the position between the two guns through mechanical devices, then place them on the loading tray by manual operation, and finally stuff them into the firing position through hydraulic chain hammers; each barrel weighing more than 100 kilograms of fired medicine is placed outside the naval gun, and the loading method is the same as the shells. Since the main gun can only be loaded when it is in a horizontal position, the turret is specially equipped with indicators. After the loading of the shells and fired gunpowder, two safety pieces of each gun will appear on the left and right sides to avoid the gun control personnel being impacted by the artillery rear seat.

After all the four main guns have been set and ammunition loaded, the shooting commander conducts the final proofreading through the unified shooting command system of the entire ship. As the most advanced active battleship with the German Navy, the King's-class fire control system consists of a long-range rangefinder, a naval gun control tower, and a signal chamber. The basis of this system is a long-based rangefinder. During use, the operator turns a handle until it finds that the ruler indicates the position coincides with the target he searched for.

There are a total of 6 Carl Zeiss solid mirror rangefinders installed on the command tower and all main turrets. The data measured by them are transmitted to the front control tower, and the shooting commander is responsible for determining the shooting elements during the salvo. This system can be calibrated quickly. When the target maneuveres to avoid strikes, it can easily bite the target again, and can measure a vague target, while the British opponent needs a horizontally segmented imaging. This fire control system is electric. All main turrets can fire at the same time through connected ship-based gyros and stabilization elements, as well as the launch button controlled by the naval gun officer, and the naval gun can also be fired separately and pairs. Therefore, even if the bridge shooting command tower is damaged during combat, each main gun can still conduct more precise aiming and shooting.

After praying for "God's Will", Major De Bryce pressed the button of the main gun's volley, and the entire warship immediately trembled with a deafening sound of cannons. 8 armor-piercing bombs weighing more than 400 kilograms were shot out from the muzzle at a speed of 855 meters per second. It only took them ten seconds to fly over 10,000 meters. In this short process, the gunners in the turret were still preparing for the next round of shooting. The officers on the bridge picked up the telescopes again to see if this round of shooting could have good luck.

In the silent scene, several huge white water columns rose from the sea, instantly covering most of the lead-gray battleship. At this moment, Schell and his staff officers captured a surprising and exciting detail from the telescope: a flash of light that was completely different from the flames appeared behind these water columns, and after the flash disappeared, the black smoke column produced by the explosion suddenly appeared...

In one brutal naval battle after another, the German officials proved to the world with their heroic and steady performance that the emerging navy may not be superficial and lack of combat power, and it can also be a top-notch existence. Seeing the explosion scene that occurred in the enemy ship, they jumped slightly, because it was certain that at least one armor-piercing bomb hit the British super-dreadnought.

Of course, a German 12-inch armor-piercing projectile does not have the terrible power of killing one blow, but if it hits the weakest part of the enemy warship, such as the ammunition depot, it will have a chance to become a "fatal blow". After all, the standard armor thickness of the main armor belt, commander tower and upper and lower decks of the British main battleship are lower than that of the German dreadnoughts built at the same time. At a distance of about 10,000 meters, the Orion-class 11-inch turret, commander tower, and 8 to 12-inch trench were not safe enough under the German muzzles.

The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and the navigation and combat status of the British warship did not seem to be affected by the explosion just now, but after only a dozen or twenty seconds, a pillar of smoke suddenly rose from the front of its hull. At the beginning, the familiar and abominable outline of the British warship suddenly appeared from the smoke and dust, with clear lines and clear discernible. Immediately afterwards, a thick gray smoke ejected from the front of its chimney. Before the thick smoke began to form mushroom-shaped smoke clouds, several pillars of smoke rose from the ship that were larger than before. The smoke fog rose from the ship.

It stretched with the wind and gradually connected into a circle, forming a huge cloud of smoke and clouds that enveloped the warship. After a moment of silence, the British Super Dreadnought, whose displacement was only 2,700 tons less than the King, finally had a huge explosion. In an instant, the entire warship was trembling violently, and strange objects from the deck and bridge flew around in the air. Some hit the sea like shrapnel, and some rose high into the air. The height was even greater than the smoke and clouds that erupted for the first time and were almost no longer rising.

With the witness of thousands of people, the middle of the huge warship bent downward in the explosion, but the bow and tail of the ship were raised high on the water, as if a willful child was holding a toy in the water and suddenly broke it from the middle.

All this people saw was just a moment of time, and the truly shocking scene was still behind. After a moment, smoke emerged from the gaps in the countless hulls of the British warship. The broken and quiet toy was immediately engulfed by the thick smoke and fire. In just a blink of an eye, nothing could be seen except for the masts, decks, and armor fragments that were thrown high into the air during the explosion and splashed countless water columns. After a few minutes, the smoke gradually rose until it faded, and the sea suddenly became empty, and nothing could be seen except for some fragments.
Chapter completed!