One round of shells flew at high speed in the air, as hot as fire, hitting the sea like a meteor.

Bang bang bang bang!

The sea instantly exploded with waves hundreds of meters high, and the shock wave caused a huge tsunami. The sea surface within a radius of dozens of kilometers seemed to have encountered a level 12 violent weather.

The two super battleships, the Shin-Emperor Emperor and the Han-Wu-Emperor Emperor, were just the first time to shoot at the sea to volley, which shocked the ships of the 19th Cruise Fleet of the German Army.

Previously, German soldiers from each ship only saw the scene of Monrovia fortress being bombarded from afar in the military port. No matter how fierce the artillery fire was on the land, it was not very real for the navy soldiers.

But for the first time, the German soldiers of each ship had personally felt the power of the legendary 18-inch cannon. Although the giant shell weighing one and a half tons did not hit the German warship directly, the explosion effect on the sea surface scared all the German soldiers.

Previously, these eighteen-inch shells fell on the Monrovia Fortress, and when they exploded instantly, they produced red smoke of thousands of meters high. These German sailors were not afraid, but when the eighteen-inch shells fell on the sea, they could even explode huge waves hundreds of meters high. Every German sailor knew the power of this shell very well.

If such a large-caliber shell is directly hit by a warship, the consequences will be unimaginable. A warship of less than 3,000 tons will be killed instantly, and the personnel on it will not even be left with bone slag.

Although the first volley of the two Chinese Empire super battleships targeted the Swabian battle cruiser, even though the twenty-four shells failed to hit the Swabian, the blasting points were even spread several kilometers away from the Swabian.

However, there are eighteen German warships escorted around the Swabian. These warships are only one kilometer closest to Swabian, and the farthest is no more than ten kilometers.

So at that moment, many eighteen-inch shells were shot, although they were far away from the Swabian, but unexpectedly they were very close to other German warships.

It was called "Hugging the Rabbits" and the tsunami caused by the explosion of twenty-four 18-inch giant shells. One wave higher than the other, directly hitting other German warships, causing these one or two thousand tons to fall in an instant. The German sailors above were all silly, and more people were instantly scared to their pants.

One of the German Buck-class frigates was at the back. The bounce point of an 18-inch shell was very close to the ship, causing a close-arrow blast damage. The huge underwater shock wave was wrapped in a sharp shrapnel, which directly hit the armor below the ship's waterline.

It is just a frigate of less than 1,800 tons. Its armor is very thin, and the main armor belts are above the waterline, and there is almost no armor protection below the waterline.

The shell weighing one and a half tons, even if it is just a near-array bomb explosion, the kinetic energy and lethality of the fragments are enough to tear open the waterline of a 10,000-ton warship with armor protection, not to mention a small frigate with less than 1,800 tons and lacks protective armor.

In just a moment, the bottom of the German Buck-class frigate was hit and split into pieces, and a large amount of sea water poured in frantically, causing the warship to sink rapidly at a visible speed.

"Look, why did the Peak sink?"

"This - how is this possible? The Peak was not hit by a shell!"

The flagship Swabian battleship bridge was panicked, and they were all scared by the two powerful super battleships of the Chinese Empire, so that they temporarily lost their normal judgment.

"Eighteen-inch shells, even if they are just near-arrow bombs, are enough to sink a warship below 3,000 tons!"

At the critical moment, Tirpitz still maintained a calm analysis, but no one knew that he was also frightened and panicked at this moment.

No one could remain calm in front of the eighteen-inch shells, even if he was Tirpitz.

The reason why Tirpitz remains calm is that if he is also panic, then the fleet he brought out will not be able to go back alive.

"Let me wake up!"

Tirpitz roared loudly, covering up his own panic as much as possible.

“Report the distance!”

"Eleven Miles, Sir!"

"Is there eleven nautical miles?"

"Yes, sir, you will be within the range of the main gun of this ship if you have another nautical mile!"

Tirpitz was a little helpless and had a bitter face. He was thinking about the distance between this sea and the two super battleships of the Chinese Empire would fire several rounds of shells.

"At least you have to survive the opponent's three-round volley!"

Tirpitz smiled bitterly, hoping not to be hit, it was an armor-piercing blasting bomb weighing one and a half tons. Even the 30,000 tons battle cruiser, it would be quite uncomfortable to get caught with a few such shells.

But the more you fear, the more you will come.

Just one and a half minutes later, the two Chinese Empire super battleships completed the main gun loading and ballistic correction operations again, and began the second round of concentrated fire volleys.

On the sea more than 20 kilometers away, the battleship of the First Emperor and the main guns of the Hanwu Emperor battleship spewed out huge flames. Even without a telescope, you could see the flames shining.

“Emergency evasion!”

"Left full rudder!"

Before the sound of artillery was heard, the German commanders of each ship issued an evasion order, because the incoming artillery shells were flying supersonic, and it would be too late to avoid it when they heard the sound of artillery.

For German warships, there is one advantage of long-distance combat, that is, the main artillery shells that occur in the Navy warships of the Chinese Empire take more than 20 kilometers to fly for more than ten seconds or even longer. However, the huge flames emitted by the main artillery can be observed by the German army at the first time, which is equivalent to giving each German ship more than ten seconds to urgently avoid the warships and reduce the probability of being hit by the shells.

However, what the German commanders never expected was that in this kind of naval battle, experts from the Imperial Naval Academy of China had already implemented a solution, that is, when the main gun was calibrated, the possible direction of evasion of the enemy ship was predicted in advance, and the advance amount of evasion was calculated.

Because it is in a state of combat, German warships are advancing at high speed. In this case, when German ships see the main guns of two battleships of the Chinese Empire, they will inevitably make advance avoidance actions. In more than ten seconds, they can only evade the full rudder to the left or right.

Therefore, during this time of fire-raising, the twelve main guns of the Battleship of the First Emperor made advance predictions to the port side of the German fleet flagship Swabian, while the twelve main guns of the Battleship of the Hanwu Emperor made advance predictions to the starboard side of the Battleship of the Swabian.

That is to say, whether the Swabian battlecruiser is evading urgently to the left or right, it will be locked by twelve eighteen-inch shells.

Of course, if you join the battleship Swabian, you do not evade, but keep it straight, the danger will be minimal.

Unfortunately, this is the real war, a war that changes every second. No one can predict what will happen in the next second, and even Tirpitz is no exception.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Huge columns of water soared into the sky, lined up in a straight line, sweeping across the battleship Swabian.

This is the benefit of the arrangement of the central axis of the main gun. It is unified in the caliber and the diameter. The bounce point is almost on a straight line. It is easiest to calculate the bounce point and the easiest to hit the enemy ship.

"One, two, three, four, five!"

On the Swabian battle cruiser, the German sailors looked at the huge water columns that were constantly approaching the ship on a line, counting the number of water columns with nervous expressions, because as long as the water columns reached twelve before the Swabian approached Swabian, it would mean that the volley was over and there was no hit.

"Six and seven!"

"ten--"

When there were German sailors reaching ten, everyone panicked, and they even wanted to turn around and run away, but at that moment it seemed to turn into slow motion, making these German soldiers anxious and unable to run.

Because the tenth shell was less than two hundred meters away from the stern port side of the battleship Swabian battleship, the huge explosion splashed in the air and fell directly on the back deck. Every German sailor there was like standing in front of the water jet pipe in the hands of a firefighter, and was directly knocked down on the deck by the waves, hitting his head and bleeding.

But this is not the most terrifying, because the eleventh shell and the twelfth shell were separated by less than one second, and they hit the stern port waterline belt and the starboard horizontal deck of the Swabian battle patrol.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

After two loud bangs, the waterline belt on the stern port side of the ship was penetrated, and the 200mm thick armor was instantly penetrated, leaving a gap of one and a half meters in diameter, and the steel melted and was full of red.

But this was not over. The armor-piercing blast bomb weighing 1 and a half tons broke through the four inner armored walls before it exploded.

At that moment, a big explosion occurred inside the stern port side of the entire Swabian battleship cruiser. Along with a ball of fiery red mushroom clouds soared into the air, the entire stern was blown to pieces.

At the same moment, the horizontal deck of the battleship Swabian battleship was also hit by the twelfth armor-piercing blast.

The horizontal armored deck, which was less than 100 mm thick, could not withstand it at all and was directly penetrated. Below was the No. 3 main gun turret conveyor belt. One round of shells had just left the warehouse and was transported to the No. 3 main gun turret by the conveyor belt.

This is the main gun of the USS Swabian battlecruiser preparing to fight back, all of which are 356mm armor-piercing blasting bombs.

The 356mm armor-piercing blasting bomb with a 356mm armor-piercing blasting bomb had just been installed on the front of the warhead. The two responsible German sailors were still talking and laughing to prepare to fly the super battleship of the Chinese Empire. Suddenly, the deck above the head was pierced, and a 461mm armor-piercing blasting bomb directly hit the conveyor belt.

"Damn!"

The two German sailors were stunned for a moment, leaving only a slight lip shape. Before they could make a sound, their bodies were torn apart by the explosion of shock waves, and then melted into the rapidly expanding flame shock waves.

The explosion shock wave instantly blew the 356mm main gun shells on the conveyor belt. One by one, causing thousands of tons of explosions to be stored in the lower space of the ship.

The ships of the entire Swabian battleship cruiser expanded and contracted for a while, then expanded and contracted. Finally, they could not withstand such huge energy and exploded in a big explosion.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

At that moment, the huge hull of the Swabian was blown up from the middle deck, and the five-story building above was blown away instantly, like a volcano erupting. The fiery red mushroom clouds and black smoke rushed to tens of thousands of meters in less than ten seconds.

The explosion continued, and the power of the explosion became increasingly greater, because the ammunition depot of the No. 3 main gun below the ship was not closed, and the explosion shock wave hit the ammunition depot fifteen seconds later.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The dense explosion sounded again from the inside of the battleship Swabian cruiser, and then the huge energy had nowhere to be released, instantly expanding to the bow and stern of the ship at the same time. Wherever it passed, the steel was instantly distorted, torn, and even melted directly.

The German sailors inside the hull were chatting and laughing the whole time one second, but were torn to pieces by the shock wave the next second.

A German army hid in the inner cabin next to him, but unfortunately the shock wave quickly opened the cabin door. He grabbed the handle desperately, trying not to be taken away by the shock wave. He shouted, but soon found that the hands that grabbed the handle were flying, and the bones were quickly exposed. Then his head and all the flesh and blood were melting. In less than three seconds, the whole person turned into a skeleton, and was transformed into an endless flame.

In the bridge of the bow, all the German officers and soldiers on the bow were shocked to the ground by the huge explosion shock wave. At that moment, Tirpitz knew that the battleship Swabian was hit.

He knew very well the power of the eighteen-inch shell, and the Swabian must have been the result of being severely damaged.

However, soon he felt something was wrong. Even if he was hit, there would be no explosions!

Moreover, Tirpitz felt the violent vibrations coming from his feet, as if an explosion shock wave was coming towards him.

There is only one possibility, that is, the shells hit the ammunition depot and caused a death-destruction.

At that moment, Tirpitz wanted to curse, but unfortunately he didn't have much time to speak.

Tirpitz's adjutant also discovered that his reaction was even faster than Tirpitz.

"General, jump off the ship!"

Before he even had time to discuss with Tirpitz, the adjutant grabbed Tirpitz and jumped into the sea.

At that moment, the explosion shock wave was transmitted to the ammunition depot of the No. 1 main gun turret below the bow.

With a loud bang, the No. 1 main gun turret was blown away instantly, and the fiery red mushroom clouds soared into the air.

Tirpitz and his adjutant who had just jumped into the sea were instantly blown away by the shock wave and hit the sea hundreds of meters away.

Tirpitz was dizzy by the sea water. After drinking a few kilograms of sea water, he finally struggled to float out of the sea.

At this time, the battleship Swabian was beyond recognition, with giant ships full of holes and black smoke rolling, slowly sinking.

The giant ship with a height of more than 30,000 tons was killed instantly by two super battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy before it could fire.
Chapter completed!