"Sir, reconnaissance plane reports that the speed of the enemy battleships has been reduced sharply after being in the stern of the enemy battleship."

"good."

On the combat bridge of the German battleship "Hesse", Colonel Pet Kemp, the special liaison officer of the Irish Navy, obtained the latest battle situation from the German officers, and immediately reported it to the Irish King Joachim I who was watching the battle calmly. The fleet commander with a god of war said "very good" with a positive expression, but no adjustments were made next. In other words, the Allied reinforcement fleet continued to sail along a line parallel to the enemy fleet. Even though the speed of the enemy fleet slowed down due to damage to a main battleship, the straight-line distance between the two sides was only slightly reduced, and the observation range was still more than 23,000 meters.

In a moment, the eight 16-inch heavy artillery of the Hesse made another roar. This was the 27th round of volleys it fired that day. In addition, the correction fires carried out in a half-volley, consumed a total of 244 main artillery ammunition, accounting for 30% of the number of ammunition loaded. According to Natsuki's pre-war vision, the worst case scenario was to consume one-third of the main artillery ammunition to obtain its first hit, and the current situation was undoubtedly much better than the worst plan.

This round of volleys was quite accurate, and all the shells fell near the damaged enemy battleships, and the huge water columns that rose almost wrapped them up.

Since the target speed has been reduced to extremely slow, the work of the Hessen shooting command team has been much easier. They quickly calculate the relative displacement based on the speed of the ship, and then guide the main guns to adjust the firing angle. They are quite efficient. From the observation point of the bounce to the next round of volleys, the whole process is only about one minute to complete.

After another round of roar, Captain Colonel Messel came to Xia Shu and said half-jokingly: "Your Majesty plans to slowly wipe out their fighting spirit like a cat playing with a mouse?"

Xia Shu gently raised the corner of her mouth: "I don't have that bad taste."

Messer was a 1910 student of the Kiel Naval Academy, four classes later than Xia Shu, so he was unable to witness the heroic figure of this talent in the academy, but he must have heard of many stories about him. Later, the war broke out. Messer sailed with the high seas fleet as an officer. After experiencing those thrilling maritime battles, he was full of admiration for the strategists. Later, Xia Shu left the German Navy, and Messer walked up step by step. During this period, the two had met several times, but never had a close relationship. This time, this time was the first time they had officially worked together. Although they had not been together for a long time and had a huge difference in status, the two became familiar with each other quickly and discovered many common interests, so they could have a relaxing conversation like friends.

"In this way, your Majesty's intention..." Messel touched his chin with his right hand and thought for a while, "Is this force that severely damaged the enemy at the lowest cost?"

"Your judgment is very accurate." Natsuki replied, "Although long-distance artillery battles consume a lot of more shells, they can also prevent us from getting a lot of shells."

Messel continued to ponder: "Then put it into the next battle with the perfect posture possible, and that's the real duel."

How could Xia Shu have a small-scale naval battle like this? He was planning a big game of chess in his mind. At this time, there was no need to keep it in hiding. He nodded and asked, "In your estimate, how long will the enemy's main fleet be here?"

Messel pondered: "Comprehensive the existing information... if it is fast, it will take an hour or two, and if it is slow, it will take four or five hours, but the enemy's commander will likely adjust the plan according to the development of the battle situation. In that case, the next battle may not happen here."

"Col. Victor Franz. Messel." Suddenly, Xia Shu called his full name seriously, which surprised Major Messel.

"You are a commander with a flexible mind, excellent insight and a big picture. You have the potential to become an excellent commander. You maintain an endless mentality of learning, let yourself keep improving, and keep up with the development trend of naval technical and tactical thinking. You will inevitably have some amazing achievements." As Naka Shu said, he patted his arm seriously.

Colonel Messel was a little embarrassed to get such a high evaluation. He moved his lips and didn't know how to answer. At this time, a huge explosion came from outside the porthole. This was the shells fired by the enemy Queen Elizabeth-class battleship. The shooting accuracy was not as good as before when the two sides were separated by 26,700 meters. From this, it can be seen that the opponent's morale was indeed shaken. Their first thought was not how to defeat the strong enemy, but how to get rid of the current predicament. Digging deeper, this shows that the enemy's main fleet is approaching as scheduled.

After about a cup of tea, three battleships of the Allied Powers continued to bombard the opponent with overwhelming rate of fire and significant advantageous shooting accuracy, and one 16-inch armor-piercing projectile and three 12-inch armor-piercing projectiles hit the towed enemy battleships one after another. In such a long-range artillery battle, the thick and inclined vertical armor of Queen Elizabeth-class was unable to play a role. All four hits were shot from above the battleship, easily destroying the two main turrets. However, both of these shells deviated from the supply channel during the hull, so they did not cause a large explosion in the ammunition depot like in the "Lexington". The other two shots fell to the bottom of the ship and exploded severely after passing through the layers of decks, severely damaging the power system of the British battleship and causing some watertight compartments to be damaged and leaking, causing great trouble for the repair of the damage pipes of the British crew.

At the same time, another Queen Elizabeth-class battleship did not allow the friendly ships to be passively beaten behind. It led three light ships to draw a full arc on the sea surface and quickly reached the front of the Allied reinforcements fleet. Such a pseudo-T-head did not change the situation on the battlefield. As the distance between the two sides suddenly reduced to 20,000 meters, the three German battleships quickly turned, pointing at the port side to the British battleship "Balham" with courage, and then launched a storm-like rapid fire with two and a half volleys as the prelude. The Hesse fired seven rounds of full volleys in five minutes, and the "Election Emperor" and the "Carl Emperor" each fired eight and nine rounds of full volleys.

At this time, the sun had already emerged from the sea. The good sight, the caliber fire assistance of the water reconnaissance aircraft and the good combat mentality made the German warships shoot "critical strikes" one after another, and the "Balham" was constantly under the test of artillery fire in the storm. At this moment, the British crew should pay tribute to the Queen Elizabeth-class designers and builders, because their warships showed good protection ability under the fierce attack of the opponent, and withstood the attack of five rounds of direct hits and multiple near-missile rounds. The ship caught fire in many places, but it could still fight. It also fired three rounds of cross-fires on the enemy's flagship, and a shell hit the ship's side, getting a hard-earned point.

Under the cover of the "Balham" who was fighting bravely, three light ships launched a "death charge" against the Allied fleet. They tried to approach the enemy fleet to carry out a torpedo attack. However, the enemy's main battleship's sub-art fire and cruiser artillery fire were too fierce. They barely rushed to more than 6,000 meters and projected torpedoes, but they were easily avoided by the enemy warships.

When turning to avoid torpedoes, the three German battleships and the damaged "Yan War" were once closer to 16,000 meters, which was also the closest position of the main battleships of both sides in this naval battle. The "Hesse" made two rounds of volleys and four rounds of front and rear main gun shooting without hesitation. As a result, two shots hit, three rounds were missing in close proximity, and the horizontal angle bombardment was indeed not as powerful as the previous long-range hoisting shot. The two 16-inch armor-piercing bombs only exploded two large holes above the "Yan War" waterline, and the 12-inch armor-piercing bombs of the "Yan War" and the "Election Emperor" and "Carl Great" could not penetrate the main armor belt of the "Yan War". Their attacks naturally caused some damage to the deck construction of the British battleships.

Compared with the "War-weary" that lost most of its combat effectiveness, the "Balham" is the first target of the Allied fleet. After avoiding the torpedo attack, the three German battleships were reorganized into the combat oblique column of His Majesty Joachim, and opened fire again 20,000 meters away. During this period, carrier-based fighters flew from the escort fleet used light bombs to attack the "Balham", distracting the British crew.

As the thunder hammer of the Hessen hit the Barham again, a relatively violent explosion occurred in the rear of the British battleship, and all four main guns that could still be fired were silent. The sub-cannons on the ship were limited by the range and posed no threat to the enemy ship. Not long ago, the US-British advance fleet, which was still very arrogant, turned into a group of lambs to be slaughtered.

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A warship was in bad luck at the last moment, and they immediately launched a retaliatory blow with violent artillery fire. One by one, the US and British warships were shot and caught fire. They either sank proudly or escaped with tears. As the "War-Welfare" overturned, the "Balham" opened the bottom cabin valve by the crew, and a wonderful victory was taken into consideration by Xia Shu. The battle report was sent back to Europe through telegrams. Countless people were surprised and countless people cheered. Everything seemed to have returned to the morning when the Battle of Jutland came to an end. All the tension and depression were swept away by the joy of victory.
Chapter completed!