At 7:55 pm, the battlecruiser "Hood" and the heavy cruiser "Norfolk", and two destroyers serving as escort formed two columns (one on the left, consisting of "Hood" and "Norfolk"; the other on the right, consisting of two "tribal"-class destroyers). The four warships headed towards the battleship "Shanhornt" under the guidance of an old V-class destroyer (escort ship) hiding on the edge of the battlefield and equipped with radar.

Like the Schanehorst, the Hood, Norfolk and the two tribes also implemented light controls and moved forward quietly in the darkness.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Whitworth, the commander of the British G fleet, also sent a team of light cruisers "Southampton" and four-destroyers. They drove in parallel with the Hood formation and implemented light control.

According to radar reconnaissance and calculations, the Schanehorst will pass between the Hood and the Southampton team. At that time, the South Bank Pton team will be close to the torpedo shooting.

In addition, the formation composed of the heavy cruiser Cornwall and the light cruiser Sheffield (the formation that followed the Schanehorst all the way) was on with lights and followed the Schanehorst far away. He kept using the lights to signal the "Hood" in the dark, informing the other party of the location of the Schanehorst.

"The target distance is 22ooo, 28, and 16o (southeast and southeast), and it is coming towards our ship!"

In the commander tower of the "Sharenhorst", the staff members loudly informed the location of the "Hood" observed by the radar. Everyone else held their breath and waited for the captain Major General Refman to issue an order to open fire.

The tonnage and armor of the Hood were placed there, and sinking was theoretically impossible. Therefore, the tactic of the Schánhorst tonight was to only hurt, and then led the Hood around in circles to create opportunities for the ambush submarine.

If there is no result after 2 a.m. tomorrow, then you can only pat your butt and leave and meet with the "Sedlitz". After all, the ambush tonight was launched by the staff of the Navy Command using military chess, so it is hard to say whether it is easy to use.

At 8:11 pm, when the Hood formation and the Schanehorst were close to 10 meter away, Lieutenant General Whitworth on the Hood ordered the fire. First, a destroyer was ordered to fire the flare. However, due to the guidance of the other ship radar, the "flare was not accurate and landed on the right rear of the Schanehorst. The white light barely shone the stern of the Schanehorst. Then the "Hod" cannon began to roar, but the bounce point deviated greatly.

"Let's fire now!"

Major General Refman immediately issued an order to open fire. The "Hood" fire exposed the target, so the flares fired by the "Shankhorst" accurately illuminated the "Hood". In an instant, the dark sky became like daytime. The noble "Hood" revealed its majestic body in the vast sea.

Soon the gun captain on the "Shankhorst" accurately and quickly measured the distance between him and the "Hood" and ordered a "volley". The 9 28m cannons immediately opened fire violently.

The Hood quickly found the target because of the flames of Shane's muzzle. Its eight 15-inch cannons and the eight 8-inch cannons of the heavy cruiser of the Norfolk, which followed it, also began to roar.

At 8:2o, when the Schonhorst fired the fourth volley at 1oooo meters, it achieved a "cross-fire" at Hood. Five minutes later, the Schonhorst fired the fifth volley. This time, the 28m caliber shell hit the Hood! The bounce point was the starboard deck, which did not penetrate the main armor deck of the Hood that was tens of millimeters thick, but hit a ammunition box of the Hood that stored 4-inch anti-aircraft artillery shells.

This kind of ammunition box should have been installed under the main armored deck, but because the "Hood" had been playing the role of the Royal Navy's image for twenty years before the outbreak of the World War, he had no time to enter the factory for major changes, but only had minor repairs and some anti-aircraft guns installed. The ammunition box of these installed anti-aircraft guns was installed on the armored deck. As a result, he was hit by a 28m shell, and the 4-inch anti-aircraft gun shell stored in it was exploded, and a fire broke out on the spot!

"I've hit it!"

Everyone cheered in the commander tower of the "Shankhorst". Although they couldn't understand why the "Hood" with strong armor was easily fired by 28m shells.

But reality is there! This is God blessing the will of God!

"Give the submarine a signal!" Lieutenant General Mashal shouted excitedly, "We have hit the 'Houd'! The 'Houd' has caught fire!"

It was actually caught on fire!

In the commander tower of the "Houd", everyone's face turned pale. The dignified "Houd" has now been beaten by a broken battleship like the "Shankhorst" that makes a living!

Isn't this too shameless?

"Lieutenant General," a staff officer suddenly shouted, "the captain of the damage management reported that the temporary anti-aircraft ammunition box on the starboard side was hit, causing a big fire!"

"I know, let the damage control the fire!" Lieutenant General Whitworth's tone was calm, "This damage cannot do anything to 'Hood', we don't have to pay attention to it."

A 4-inch shell ammunition box that stores fire does not cause the Hood to overturn, but it is not easy to put out the fire, because this temporarily installed ammunition box cannot be filled with water and put out the fire, so it can only rely on rubber pipes to spray sea water to cool down and put out the fire. Therefore, the Hood can only continue to be a "sea torch" for the time being.

"Boom..."

At this time, with a loud bang, the "Hood" suddenly shook again! The people in the commander's tower fell and fell, and then someone shouted: "Sir, report on damage to the traffic, the lifeboat deck near the mainmast was shot and caught fire!"

"I understand!" Lieutenant General Whitworth was still not worried at all. He was unable to do anything to "Hood". "I don't have to pay attention to it, concentrate on dealing with the 'Sharenhorst'! Today, we will leave it on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean forever!"

I don’t know if the determination of the British Royal Admiral moved God. After only 2 minutes, the fifth volley of the Hood shot made a cross shot.

Later, a huge 15-inch shell suddenly installed the bow of the "Scharnhorst"!

"boom!"

With the loud noise, the "Shanhorst" seemed to be kicked by the sea god and shook violently. Everyone in the commander tower tried their best to hold on to the handrail so that they could stabilize their bodies.

"Find out the losses!" Lieutenant General Mashar shouted.

The losses were soon found that the No. 1 fuel tank of the bow of the "Shankhorst" was damaged and broken, fuel leaked, and a large amount of water inlet and sinking in the bow!

"Damn!" Mashar and Refman's hearts suddenly hung. A large amount of water inlet on the bow would inevitably cause a descent. Moreover, the sinking of the bow would slightly affect the shooting accuracy of the two main turrets.

"Let the damage tube start draining immediately!" Refman gave an order, and then focused his attention on the Hood.

Our opponent now has the high "Hood", and we can't just leave if we want to!

At this time, he saw that the fire on the Hood was very bright. Not only was the port side burning, but the flames also soared into the sky behind the main mast. The fire broke out the fire became a very eye-catching target. The 8th and 1st volley of the Schonhorst hit the target, and two 28m shells hit the target. One hit the stern deck of the Hood, and the other hit the armor belt of the ship, but it did not seem to cause much loss.

"If it weren't for Scharnhorst, but Bismarck!" thought Refman, "If that's the case, the Hood might be sunk!"

Just as he thought of this, a shocking explosion suddenly came, and the hull of the "Sharenhorst" trembled violently for a few times.

Apparently, the Schanehorst was hit again.

Bad news soon came, and this time the one hit was the boiler room located on the waterline. The shells broke through a steam pipe leading to the turbine chamber. This meant that the battleship's navigation would drop significantly!

Refman, with a gray face, looked at Mashal, who was also gray-faced, and then Mashal said: "I will call Marshal Redel and tell him the damage to the 'Sharnhorst'. And tell the Supreme Navy Command: Our ship will stick to the end!"

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"Oh God! Our 'Sharenhorst' is decreasing! It's dropping very quickly..."

The number of i-boats in the i-boats under the sea is U-47 (historically this number belongs to a viib submarine, but in this time and space, the number of i-boats owned by the German Navy has increased by more than twice. The number of u-47 belongs to an i-ocean submarine). Captain Günter Prien suddenly heard his eldest mate Heinrich shouting.

"What's wrong?" Captain Gent Pryon looked at Lieutenant Heinrich who was observing with a periscope.

"It's the 'Sharenhorst' number, it was hit and lost its degree. It looks like it's less than 10 quarters, and it's about to finish it."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Gent Prien walked over, grabbed the periscope, and then put his eyes on it. In the round field of vision, you could vaguely see the black giant ship slowly sailing towards him. Through the scale on the periscope lens, Gent Prien estimated the voyage of the "Shankhorst".
Chapter completed!