After the ninth round of shelling, two inch armor-piercing rounds hit the main turret of the Luzov and detonated the ammunition depot, which caused the starboard midship of the Luzov to burst into flames. Thirteen gunners and nine crew members who damaged the tube were killed, and the British achieved results again in the seventeenth round of shelling. An inch armor-piercing round hit the starboard waterline belt of the No.2 auxiliary mast of the Luzov, and the armor of the patrol was attached to the Luzov like mud, and the armor-piercing part was cut open to penetrate the armor belt and damaged a coal bunker behind it.

The explosion produced thick smoke and threatened to penetrate the coal bunker. The damaged pipe crew wore gas masks and unscrewed the fire pump to connect the water. They rushed towards the dense fog to try to stifle the disaster. The injured sailor held his wound in the smoke and coughed violently. The medical officer rushed over and carried the injured sailor back to the medical cabin.
Although the British showed the tactical restraint of the Royal Navy, Wang Haidi’s first reconnaissance fleet was also an elite force in many battles. Although it was not equipped with ballistic computers, the quality of German staff was the best ballistic computer! After the initial excitement and nervousness, the German gunners, like their routine training, fire control the control tower, instruct them to flow and execute tactics, and the counterattack is fierce and fierce!
At 1: 00 a.m., a 35-mm round went through the Lion’s patrol beautifully, so the antenna of the Lion’s patrol line disappeared, and the first patrol fleet temporarily lost its command.
At 1: 04, another 35 mm armor-piercing projectile accurately hit the outer wall of the turret of the patrol department of the Lion and exploded in the depth of the 9-inch main armor plate turret.
The 25-inch 6-mm horizontal armor near the turret arched like a fragile piece of paper, and then it broke. It had a 9-inch 229-mm gun base armor, which twisted and kept creaking. The gunpowder in the gun chamber and loading chamber of the turret was instantly ignited. Seven officers and men died of suffocation due to lung burning. The impact force of the explosion was far more than this standard displacement. The 2625-ton warship suddenly deflected to the right at 30 angles, and the turret blew in more gas, and the incandescent flame spread everywhere. Seeing that the turret ammunition depot exploded, it was possible to die. At this time, Major Franz J Harvey, commander of the turret who had lost his legs and was dying, struggled to climb to the microphone to close the ammunition hatch and start water injection.
The lion was saved, and the heroic Major Harvey was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, but the lion patrol still paid a heavy price. The turret was completely destroyed and the hull was damaged, and the speed dropped.
No matter whether captain Moritz von Ogotiegidy of Cedritz vomits something that makes people laugh or cry, it may be a light problem or the lookout is careless. The Royal Princess picked the wrong opponent and directed all its firepower at Cedritz.
I can’t help but envy the captain Ludwig von reuter of Devlinger, who was lucky enough to attack the Royal Princess while Cedritz had to shake the 15-inch main gun and the inch main gun.
With the passage of time, the Royal Princess patrol was equipped with Polen fire control system Tiger patrol, and the Derel fire control system was getting better and better. The Cedritz patrol ate two nearly lost bullets in a row.
The performance of British armor-piercing projectile was questioned by some observers after the naval battle in Shazhou, Dogel. Unfortunately, the terrible hit rate of British warships in the naval battle masked this problem. The warhead of British armor-piercing projectile was mainly picric acid, a pure explosive with a slight yellow crystal at room temperature. Although its power and fierceness were slightly higher than those of German goods, it was not easy to add the inflammable and explosive materials caused by the chemical reaction of the easy-to-bomb metal. The British made the problem of early explosion of unstable vaseline stabilizer shells more prominent.
German armor-piercing projectiles mainly use high explosives, and the performance of the timing fuse of the warhead is more stable, which is not worried about the early explosion of the projectile. This kind of armor-piercing projectile is more penetrating than British goods. If the power of the near-missing projectile is greatly reduced, the German armor-piercing projectile can be greatly reduced. Specifically, even if the explosion point of the near-missing projectile is four to five feet away from the hull, it is due to the warhead. The technology of passive stabilizer is more mature, and the timing fuses can always explode in water. Therefore, at the explosion point, the hull will have a protective layer composed of liquid seawater, which will greatly reduce the impact of the explosion on the bulkhead of the hull and block the bomb fragments, so that it can cause little damage. Even if it can occasionally form a direct hit on the bottom of the ship, it will pose threats to the warship, such as tremor, displacement, and armor depression in the bottom compartment.
Although the British armor-piercing projectiles have the problem of early explosion, when these "problem" armor-piercing projectiles form near-lost projectiles, their power will often increase greatly. When the British armor-piercing projectiles touch the ocean, there will be a considerable chance of early explosion, so the fragments of water column moving at high speed will pose a considerable threat to the armor of the main armor of the waterline.
Two near-missing shells include a Royal Princess, which was fried with bitter acid early to form a pale yellow water column. The patrol beat Cedritz, smashed a lifeboat covered with canvas into pieces, and the surface of the hardened armor on the 2 mm side of Luzov wiped a little spark, which then sent out a terrible, harsh and piercing sound.
It’s rare that the near-missing bullet of the Tiger patrol did not explode early, but burst at a depth of 1 foot after penetrating the sea water, so the shock wave accumulated and exploded. The sea water in the bottom of the hull of the Cedritz patrol boat formed several fine gases, which pushed the main ship with a standard displacement of more than 249 tons to the left for nearly half a meter and formed a violent tremor.
The hull seems to have jumped, shoveling coal, turning around and lifting coal repeatedly, and the boiler soldiers suddenly staggered. Many unlucky guys were hard at the coal outlet of the coal bunker or the boiler was densely woven with water pipes, valves and parts, and then the head was broken. I was checking the loss of a 15-inch near-lost projectile, and the feet of the damaged pipe soldiers trembled violently. It seemed that a brute force came and threw them over easily.
"The damage management team please confirm whether the Cedritz was shot or not, and feedback the damage!" The command tower of Cedritz, which has 4 mm frontal defense armor, has shock absorption effect and can explode to produce impact force. It is still clear from the soles of the feet. The experienced Moritz-von-Ogotti school grabbed the microphone and asked the cabins about the situation.
"The first near-missing ship’s side was not directly hit!" In the past, the huge wind, the roar of the machine and the explosion of the 35-mm main gun were all covered up. In the past, the hull was surrounded by towering water columns, which were higher than the chimneys. It was so cold that the lookout was thrown to the heights. Occasionally, something flashed in front of him. It was scattered shrapnel flying around the hull. The bold lookout carefully checked the landing point of the British shells and sent the information back to the commander tower regardless of the stirring water columns and flying shrapnel.
"The second bullet hit the starboard 5 meters!"
"The damage management team reported a near miss at the bottom of the ship! The bottom cabin is slightly damaged! "
The news of the damage management team from the belvedere came back one after another, and Ogoti School’s eyebrows were thick and worried. "If reuter doesn’t solve the Royal Princess, I’m afraid the Cedritz will suffer a big loss!"
Two enemy-class patrol ships, the unsinkable Mao Qi and the British battleship Deutschland, entered the 1-yard engagement distance only at about 1: 00 due to heading problems. The hasty firing of sixteen 12-inch main guns, the indomitable and indomitable, immediately led to the suppression of the Mao Qi Deutschland, and even the one 35-mm main gun of the Mao Qi was enough to penetrate the enemy class and was comparable to the armored cruiser’s defensive armor.
The first rounds of shelling of the Deutschland were all long-lost bullets. Occasionally, one or two bullets were missing from the hull of the indomitable ship for 30 to 40 meters, which was enough to make the waterline take the main armor. 4-6 inches of horizontal armor, 7 inches of turret front armor, 7 inches of command tower front armor, and 1 inch of indomitable ship patrol for a while.
However, the British are obviously luckier, somewhat ill-fated. After 13 rounds of shelling at 6: 01, a 35-mm armor-piercing bullet accidentally hit the German ship Deutschland, whose 25-mm waterline with its main armor was even more challenging. Although it makes sense, the bow of the ship will obviously not be covered.
The bow armor of the Deutschland was only 7mm, and it was ruthlessly hit by the British armor-piercing bullets. Tons of seawater surged into the 20,000-ton warship, and there was a slight tendency to lean forward. In order to keep the balance of the warship, the captain of Deutschland had to make the ship’s stern cabin water and level the speed, and suddenly it was slow.
"Commander tower we hit the target ship bow parts! The target ship has slowed down! " The observer of the indomitable observatory was excited by the sound, and the captain of the indomitable was cheering and cheering. At the other end of the British battle line, the Royal Princess was hit by the Devlinger.
The second gun Chapter 15 Jutland Jutland! (5)
[Don’t be surprised if you modify it at noon]
At 1: 15, the sky was getting dark, the sea breeze stopped completely, and the sparse sea fog choked people. The smell of smoke finally brewed into a haze over Jutland. The ninth destroyer team of the first world war patrol fleet was looking for the target ship in the dim light of the Royal Princess watchtower sailors.
"Target ship was shot! The impact point is located at the edge of the target ship’s piggyback lifting turret. The armor-piercing projectile penetrates the horizontal armor belt! " The Royal Princess Commander Tower observed the huge shadow of the target ship in the eyepiece of the sergeant. It seemed that a ship’s stern deck suddenly exploded with a cloud of smoke and orange flames looming in the smoke.
The Royal Princess Commander Tower is a joy. The Devlinger-class patrol is the most powerful one in German history. battle cruiser’s defensive firepower is no less than that of the heavy ship-fearing. On whether the armor-piercing projectile can penetrate the side armor belt and then penetrate the blast hole or the ammunition depot again, there is less heavy defensive armor. A main turret with Devlinger-class combat effectiveness is damaged!
"Armor-piercing turret half-gun volley launch preparation!"
In naval battle, the more firing times, the more water column splashed on one side of the target ship, and the easier it is to observe. In naval battle, the fighting distance is usually more than 10,000 yards. It is not easy to measure the distance and correct the shooting. Therefore, the turret half-gun volley has become a common technique in age of steam’s naval battle.
The British vowed to cheer and jump for joy. The wounded captain Moritz von Ogotti of the Devlinger class started a round of unremarkable shelling when he fired. After that, he was called the most decisive shelling in the outpost of Jutland naval battle.
Heavy armor-piercing projectiles are arranged in order. Ammunition storage racks wear cotton clothes and special shoes. Sailors carefully control the overhead track of the bulkhead. Hydraulic manipulators take armor-piercing projectiles. The warhead of armor-piercing projectiles weighs 3 kg. The dangerous propellants in the gun magazine are held by metal tubes. These propellants are also sent to the gun magazine. The armor-piercing projectiles are sent to the ammunition loading room together. The experienced ammunition loader will adjust the propellant charge according to the data of the fire control tower to ensure the shooting accuracy. Then, the propellant shells will be placed directly against the loading barrel. When all this is done, the ejector will return to the ammunition depot to load the second volley and the propellant cartridge will be lifted to the gun and the armor-piercing projectile will be pushed into the gun bore.
When the loading barrel returns to the ammunition loading room, the gun gate will automatically lock. At this time, all the interlock devices have been released. The "Fire Preparation Complete" indicator light in front of the gunners in the fire control command tower lights up. After the main gunners repeatedly complete the shooting preparation, a round of volley aimed at throwing 24 tons of shells at the target ship can be carried out.
"launch!"
With the strong instructions of the gunner, the four main turrets and half guns of the Devingel fired four armor-piercing projectiles in unison. After a few seconds, the four main guns also fired at the target ship. Of course, a shelling will not make the Royal Princess wait too long. Even if the wartime conditions are crazy, the German gunner can still make four main guns with a diameter of 45 times and a diameter of 35 mm shoot at 21 rounds per minute!
The good news of hitting the target ship has not yet been fully fermented, and many staff members are still ignorant of the naval battle situation. At this time, four ships rushed to the Royal Princess with a decisive momentum. At 1: 17 on March 3, 1915, the wind on the coast of Jutland in the North Sea was getting darker and the sea fog was growing. Bad luck has arrived. Three 35 mm armor-piercing projectiles were splashed all over the Royal Princess. The "perfect cat" was covered with pearl white naval paint, and the hull bumped into several gorgeous colors. At the same time, a 35 mm armor-piercing projectile with a hat seemed to break like a raging fire
Touching the two layers on the left side of the bow turret of the Royal Princess is ridiculous, adding up to 2 inches and 5 millimeters of horizontal armor, which is like a piece of paper. Armor-piercing bullets weigh 3 kilograms, and the armor-piercing parts are smashed into fine pieces, and the bow deck of the ship is spinning and flying!
In naval battle, the closer the engagement distance is, the straighter the shell trajectory becomes. When the engagement distance increases, the shell trajectory is higher, which means that under the condition of rapid fire of the main gun, the shell will fall almost vertically around the target ship like raindrops, while the design of the lion-class patrol drawings is arrogant. The British empire designers have never considered the problem of long-distance engagement. If the Royal Princess plays the literal game, the main armor is slag, then the "perfect cat" horizontal protection is set, and the steering gear is only 25 inches thick and the horizontal armor is 6 millimeters.
It’s not over yet. Armor-piercing soldiers have uncovered the "perfect cat" without bloodshed. The emperor’s new clothes, known as 9-inch blasthole armor, have also caused great humiliation! Royal Princess’s so-called 9-inch blasthole armor is actually composed of 6-inch 152-mm side armor and 3-inch 76-mm blasthole loader barrel armor. When the speed of sound hits 35 mm, the capped armor-piercing projectile naturally penetrates the loader ammunition loading room without any force and explodes.
According to the wartime practice, every main gun ammunition loading room should always be equipped with a pack of propellant, and the armor-piercing projectile exploded quickly, and more than ten ammunition loaders in the propellant room suffocated instantly.
The Royal Princess propellant loading room is composed of four independent ammunition rooms and one handling room, and the ammunition room is used for storing artillery shells. These rooms are usually composed of explosion doors with 4 inches and 2 inches watertight compartments. The 5 mm watertight compartment armor cover may not be able to resist the energy generated by the explosion of armor-piercing projectiles, but the Royal Navy gunner violated the Safety Regulations in pursuit of gun speed, and the armor cover of the ammunition room, the magazine hatch and the barrel passage became the last straw to overwhelm the camel!
The fire spread along the channel of the propellant loading room and the propellant depot. Thirty-one sailors heard the news and the medic was instantly burned to death. The turret gunner ordered the Lion to patrol Harvey exactly the same, but it would be painful to welcome the British this time!
The fire pump can’t stop the fire from spreading along the passage of the ammunition depot. The force drives the ammunition depot door to be closed and the sea valve has not been unscrewed, which drives the damaged crew to retreat through the communication passage of the turret B turret ammunition depot, so the turret ammunition depot can’t be avoided again!
Oxygen was absorbed near the turret. Fourteen pipe-damaged soldiers were killed on the spot. Boom! The Royal Princess shook violently and placed more than one shell. Shock waves, flames and smoke were generated by the explosion of the ammunition depot. Shrapnel flew out of the hole of the armor-piercing projectile, and the top of the smoke spewed out. The top of the smoke was 3 feet 76 meters away from the sea level. The fire was enough to light up hundreds of meters nearby waters! Two coal bunkers, four boilers and a engine room near the turret were destroyed. Hundreds of tons of seawater roared in at the first time. Hundreds of tons of heavy turrets were thrown into the sky, and then they slammed into the bow and smashed the horizontal deck of the bow directly!
Running at high speed, the Royal Princess instantly changed from a noble princess to a faltering old man. The speed of the hull tilted forward from 2 knots to prevent the ammunition depot of turret B from being martyred. The captain of the Royal Princess ordered to open the sea valve of turret B and at the same time fill the sealed cabin of the ship with water to level it. At this time, the seawater in the hull of the Royal Princess was approaching 1,000 tons, and the speed dropped by 15 knots.
Smoke, the Royal Princess, lingered for observation and counterattacked into a luxury. Even the big men in the commander tower had to wear gas masks and continue to hold their posts because the ventilator in the commander tower could no longer bring fresh air, and there was choking smoke.
In less than two minutes, the Royal Princess was hit twice in a row. The No.1 chimney was on the right side, the engine room and coal bunker were completely destroyed, and the Parsons steam turbine water pipe leaked white water mist. The captain did not inject water into the left cabin to maintain balance, because the water intake of the Royal Princess hull was as high as 23 tons.
At 1: 23, the captain ordered the Royal Princess to abandon the ship and open all the sea valves. At 1: 27, the first sunken capital ship of the Royal Princess was overturned and finally sank into the muddy ocean floor of the cold North Sea.
The second gun Chapter 15 Jutland Jutland (6)
[Calvin’s writing in this chapter is too tangled, so it’s watered again]
The fierce battle of the Luzov Lion was in full swing, from the distance of 19 yards to 156: 15. The lookout of the Luzov main mast and the main gun of the Lion accidentally discovered that there was an unclear ghost fire in the long battle line of Britain.
Although the quality of Zeiss telescope is excellent, the sea fog and night can gradually disturb the sailors. It is too late to confirm that the lion has another round of shelling as promised, and the lookout can turn his head and focus on the impact point of those 343 mm armor-piercing projectiles. Hold the watchtower with armored protective guardrail and report the damage of the warship to the fire control tower of the command tower.
Although there is a main gun on the patrol of Cedritz, the caliber of the main gun is 12 inches and 16 yards, which is enough to greatly reduce the penetration of armor-piercing projectiles. Moreover, the design of the oblique main turret makes Cedritz have a small angle to exert its side fire. A metal storm of bullets and rain formed near the patrol of Royal Princess Tiger Cedritz, and the water column stirred up the poor Cedritz. At 1: 14, the Royal Princess even made a cross shot, although it didn’t hit Cedritz. The ship’s stern plunged into the sea for 343 mm, and the loss caused by the cap armor-piercing projectile should not be underestimated. A 152 mm sub-gun was damaged and exploded, and the attack force was offset by the 3 mm waterline belt and the 2 mm side armor belt. However, the ship’s hull was still violently displaced and vibrated, and many fine cracks appeared in the sealed cabin of water pipes and valves.
Cedritz is teetering, but the emperor’s love is sudden-the main gun of the Royal Princess seems to have died out, and the pressure on Cedritz is suddenly relieved from Moritz von Ogotti’s log, yelling, "Thank you, the Royal Princess finally found out that they should beat their opponents hard and turn their guns to the Devingel!"
Cedritz obviously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Devlinger patrol, but this mistake was very important because even the Devlinger itself failed to find out that the Royal Princess had been hit hard. On the edge of the collapse, the range finder of the Devlinger-class patrol observation tower was enough to enlarge the distant things by 23 times, but this kind of killer gradually became foggy and dark, and the detection ability was greatly reduced. At 1: 15, the observation tower reported to the commander tower that "the target ship was shot on the bow deck with unknown results", so Devlinger continued. Indifferent shelling and twice hit the Royal Princess. At 1: 23, the Royal Princess disappeared from the observation mirror. At this time, the night, sea fog and sea have become unreasonable. The Devlinger can report to the flagship that it has lost its target ship.
It’s not just the Devlinger Lion that lost its target. The Luzov lost its target at about 1: 23. The Cedritz lost its eyepiece at about 1: 21, and the Mao Qi lost its target ship at about 1: 15 because of its backward rangefinder and distance of more than 17 yards.