"God! How is this possible? We obviously scored two hits, but we only caused minimal damage to the opponent." Rear Admiral Carroll looked like he had seen a ghost.
In his opinion, the two shells had hit, which could at least cause considerable damage to German Navy's ship Battlecruiser. In particular, there was another artillery shell that hit the main turret of the Battlecruiser number 'Moltke'. If it can penetrate the main turret, it will not only destroy the main turret, but also cause further damage.
However, the final result was completely beyond his expectation.
"Damn it, is German warship's defense so strong? If this is the case, then there is no way to fight this battle." Rear Admiral Carroll felt a very bad feeling in his heart.
In fact, the reason why the artillery shells fired by the 'King George V' number Battleship were not able to penetrate the armor of the 'Moltke' number Battlecruiser is certainly because the 'Moltke' number Battlecruiser Another very important reason why the turret armor of E is very thick is because there is a problem with the shells fired by the British Navy warship. The fuze is too sensitive and will explode upon collision, thus greatly weakening the armor-piercing ability of the shells. After all, for Battleship or Battlecruiser who are wearing thick armor, if they want to severely damage the opponent, they have to penetrate their armor. But the British Navy shell exploded before it penetrated the armor, so naturally it could not cause more damage to the opponent.
The battle began to become more intense. However, British Navy's fight was very frustrating. Their battleship is Battleship! But they also feel that their own Battleship is the weakly armored Battlecruiser, while the opponent's Battlecruiser is the thickly armored Battleship.
This is the consequence of the different shipbuilding ideas of the two countries British-German. German Navy focuses on the defense and survivability of battleships. British Navy sacrifices defense to enhance the battleship's firepower and speed. However, in a naval battle, you must first save yourself so that you can better kill the enemy. While German Navy ensured that its own defense was strong, it also achieved breakthroughs in firepower and speed. This allows the German Navy battleship to completely suppress the British Navy battleship, and naturally gain an advantage in naval battles.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The naval battle became more and more intense, although British Navy had already fallen into a disadvantage. However, they still persist in fighting back. German Navy, on the other hand, hopes to injure and even sink British Navy's Battleship as much as possible while having the upper hand, and transform the external advantages into substantive advantages.
"Boom!"
'Audacious' No. Battleship was hit again. This time, the command tower was hit. A 305mm Shell hit the command tower hard. The 280 mm thick armor is simply unable to withstand shells fired from a 50 times caliber main gun. The final result was that the armor was penetrated and the shell exploded in the command tower.
The violent explosion massacred all the officers in the command tower, including the captain. This caused chaos in the command of the 'Audacious' number Battleship.
'Blücher' number Battlecruiser and 'Seydlitz' number Battlecruiser seized this opportunity and launched an even more violent bombardment.
In the next five minutes, the 'Audacious' number Battleship was once again hit by six shells, two of which were 343mm Shell and four of which were 305mm Shell.
A large hole was blown out at the waterline of the side of the Battleship of the 'Audacious', and seawater began to pour into the battleship crazily. In addition, the steering gear at the stern was also directly blown off, and seawater poured into the battleship from the fracture.
The superstructure of the ship was also destroyed in the explosion, and a raging fire broke out.
After being hit multiple times, the fate of 'Audacious' number Battleship came to an end. It is undoubtedly very difficult for a huge Battleship with a displacement of 25,000 tons to be sunk. Of course, if the vital part is hit, that's another story.
"General, the 'Audacious' suffered heavy damage and requested to abandon the ship." Communications Officer reported to Rear Admiral Carroll.
Rear Admiral Carroll closed his eyes in pain and did not speak, but nodded.
Before the sinking, a considerable number of the sailors on the Battleship 'Audacious' evacuated a considerable number of people on the lifeboats, but there were still many people who did not have time to evacuate in time and sank to the cold bottom of the Atlantic Ocean together with the battleship.
British Navy's misfortune did not end with the sinking of the 'Audacious'. Just five minutes later, 'Centurion' number Battleship followed in the footsteps of 'Audacious' number Battleship.
In this round of salvo fired from the 'Goeben' No. Battleship, two shells hit. A shell hit a chimney of the 'Centurion'. The chimney fell, destroying the No. 3 turret and making it impossible to fire anymore.
Another shell directly killed the 'Centurion' number Battleship. This shell hit the No. 4 main turret of the 'Centurion' Battleship located at the stern of the ship. The 280 mm thick turret armor looked so weak in front of the 343mm Shell, like paper, and was easily penetrated.
What's even more terrible is that at this moment, there are two 343mm Shell and hundreds of kilograms of explosives in the barrel. After the shells exploded, the shells and the gun exploded as a result.
The fire spread to the ammunition depot under the gun barrel, and the fire door failed to close in time due to malfunction.
So, the tragedy happened.
Under the scorching heat of the fire, hundreds of 343mm Shell in the ammunition depot exploded.
"Boom!"
An earth-shattering explosion sounded on the sea. The 'Centurion' number Battleship was lifted directly out of the water during the explosion, and then hit the sea heavily.
When the smoke dissipated, it could be clearly seen that the stern part of the Battleship's 'Centurion' had disappeared, as if it had been bitten by some monster.
The sea rushed into the Battleship's hull like 'Centurion', causing Battleship to begin to sink. In the end, the 'Centurion' Battleship sank directly into the Atlantic Ocean with the stern down and the bow up.
After the 'Audacious' number Battleship and the 'Centurion' number Battleship were sunk one after another, the situation became increasingly unfavorable to British Navy. On the battlefield, they only had two Battleships left. The six Battlecruisers of German Navy are almost intact.