1890 King of Southeast Asia

boo! !

A huge water column rose less than 50 meters to the starboard side of the Bristow. The huge kinetic energy generated by the explosion shook the ship. The water column that rose to the sky was mixed with the bodies of fish that were blown into pieces, and hit the Bristow hard.

"Damn it, turn left again by one compass point and check if the hull is damaged." Vincent staggered. If he hadn't held the railing, he would have fallen again.

"Report, everything is normal at the bottom of the warehouse, and no signs of cracks were found." The damage control checked it once and gave good news.

Even if the large-caliber shells did not hit directly, but exploded near the sides of the warship, it would cause damage to the warship.

Because of the incompressibility of water, water can very sensitively transmit the energy generated by the explosion, and the underwater part of the ship is often fragile.

This is why torpedoes are more harmful to ships than shells. Of course, the weight of torpedoes cannot be ignored. A heavy torpedo often weighs more than 1 ton, and the warhead is charged with 100 to 200 kilograms of explosives, or even more.

A large-caliber shell, such as a 460mm armor-piercing shell, has an explosive charge of 18 kilograms. Ten shells can replace one torpedo. Of course, the damage of the shell depends not only on the charge, but also on the kinetic energy.

"Sir, the Shakespeare is under fire." An observer pointed in the direction of the Shakespeare and said.

"What? Damn it! These Germans who have no gentlemanly manners, don't they even have the basic aristocratic tradition? A group of country bumpkins, not worthy of driving a warship!" The chief of staff stretched his head over and saw the water column rising around the Shakespeare, and immediately cursed.

"The Shakespeare did not hoist the white flag. I just ordered the sailors to abandon the ship, not to hoist the white flag." Vincent came over and looked at the flames on the Shakespeare's hull and the small water columns rising around it.

Vincent ordered the Shakespeare not to be flooded and sank, with the purpose of attracting firepower and providing more life for other warships.

A destroyer, one-third of the boiler exploded, even if there were no problems with other systems, it would be impossible to survive in the face of the attack of several enemy destroyers and cruisers.

Vincent knew this, so he ordered the personnel to abandon the ship. Now the Royal Navy has many ships. Although the destroyer leader is a little larger than the ordinary destroyer, it is still a destroyer after all, and the British Empire has no shortage of it.

However, skilled sailors are different. Sailors need long-term training, which is much longer than the 6th Army.

Although Britain is a traditional maritime power with countless sailors, it needs to maintain shipping, especially under the threat of Germany, and needs more and more transport ships.

At this time, the preciousness of skilled sailors is highlighted.

Vincent can only pray silently that the sailors on the Shakespeare obeyed the order and left the warship, otherwise there will be heavy casualties under the bombardment of the German 105mm rapid-fire guns washing the deck.

boo!

Another explosion, this time the explosion was much closer, and the vibration was more intense. Vincent felt that his feet had left the deck.

"Lower deck, report the situation." Before Vincent waited for the hull to stabilize, he immediately rushed to the phone and asked the bottom.

"Report, the starboard side is leaking, the amount of water is large, and the specific situation of the breach is not clear at present. We are preparing to plug the leak." The voice of damage control came from the phone.

Feeling the cruiser under his feet, the speed really slowed down.

Vincent knew that this was not caused by a simple leak. The explosion was too close to the hull, and the vibration caused the hull to slow down.

Acceleration in water takes a long time, and the explosion interrupted this process, so it is necessary to re-accelerate.

"I will turn right full rudder soon, hold on." Vincent said to the other end of the phone, and hung up the phone without paying attention to the reply.

Various tools are needed for damage control and repairing leaks, and warships are required not to maneuver at large angles, otherwise the machine may crush people or damage equipment.

Vincent knew that doing so would greatly extend the repair time, the Bristol would take in more water, and the speed would slow down further.

But Vincent had no choice. In a long-range artillery battle at sea, the point where the shell landed was only 50 meters away from the warship, which could basically be regarded as a hit, but the luck was not good.

Just increase the projection amount by one point, and bring a little luck, and you will always hit.

If you don't maneuver at large angles again, maybe the goddess of fate will not favor them next time.

"Ride hard to right, turn right 30 degrees and straighten the ship. Wait for the Germans to fire two more rounds before turning hard to left." Vincent ordered the helmsman.

"Glasgow was hit!" The staff pointed to the port side of Bristol.

Vincent turned his head and saw that about 45 kilometers to the left of Bristol, the second Bristol-class light cruiser, Glasgow, was spewing black smoke.

Just now, eight 305mm shells fired by the battlecruiser Blücher flew towards the light cruiser Glasgow.

This was the fourth salvo of Blücher against Glasgow. None of the first three rounds hit, and even the closest shell landing point was 200 to 300 meters away from Glasgow.

It was precisely because the German shelling was getting closer and closer that Glasgow took maneuvering measures and turned left, hoping to make the German shelling parameters invalid through evasive action.

Generally speaking, this can delay it.

The wrong is wrong here. The Brucel's shelling was slightly low because of the influence of the waves.

The avoidance action of the Keglas brother dropped her speed slightly by 1 point, and it happened to go to the parabolic line of the Brucele.

The ending has appeared. One 305mm light armor -piercing bomb shot from the position of the main gun from the Grass -Ge's main gun, penetrated the deck armor and dome, and exploded in the kitchen warehouse of the hull.

The high temperature generated by the explosion ignite the edible oil in the kitchen, and then ignited 1 cut burning, causing a huge fire.

Most importantly, the kitchen warehouse is only one wall separated by the main guns shell warehouse, and this weak wall has been torn out of several broken slices by the explosion.

The current situation of Grass is very dangerous. Whenever it cannot quickly suppress the fire, let the flames spread to the magazine warehouse, causing a chain explosion, and the entire ship will no longer exist.

It's like ...

BOO!

From the perspective of Vincent, after a few minutes of black smoke from Glas, Glasgo suddenly occurred at the tail.

He clearly saw in the telescope that Glas Ge Joan suddenly burst out of fire, accompanied by a shocking wave that visible to the naked eye, spreading in a hemisphere.

He saw a variety of hull fragments and debris scattered, and he even saw the gun tube of the main gun after seeing the Glasgow's main gun out of hundreds of meters away.

"Glas brother is over, and the sailor above is over." Vincent was a little sad.

From the first gun of the German battle cruise fleet, it was only ten minutes for now, but he lost 6,000 tons of warships. He was the one and a half warship of the small fleet.

When the Bristol was full of right rudder, and after the left turn, Vincent shot his gaze again.

At this time, the smoke had been dispersed, and the hull of Grasso was not completely destroyed, but at this moment, it had sank nearly one half.

"Is there one more survivor?" Vincent saw how many figures jumped off the ship or dropped?

It may be 1 survivor, but they are unfortunate.

Glas Ge's hulls later were divided into dividing lines. The hull after the post -main gun was completely destroyed. After the explosion, the seawater poured in a large amount, the damage tube had failed, and the warship sank quickly.

During the sinking process, a hull -centered vortex will be formed. This is the most difficult difficulty in the survivor who has not been on the lifeboat.

The explosion came too suddenly. After the explosion was over, the tilt of the Gelasgo was no longer able to let go of the lifeboat smoothly.

Therefore, 1 experienced sailor will jump out of the outermost side of the hull at this time, tilt as much as possible when entering the water, and then travel out.

If you are lucky, you will be separated from the control of the vortex, or you simply jump to the area where the vortex is not enough. If you are not lucky, you will be pulled by the chaos.

What Vinson can do is only silently praying, hoping that the survivors can be lucky, although their luck is very poor.

"Report to General Betty, Glasgow and Shakespeare sink, and our ship will continue to drive west to try to attract the enemy to the shore as the glory of the Royal Navy."

Vinson looked at the chief of staff, and the meaning was very clear, hoping to let the chief of staff go to the telegram.

"Glas brother is a good guy, and so is the Bristeo." Before the chief of staff left, he patted Vincent's shoulder.

"The speed is reduced to 2 ten verses, the steam pressure is maintained, the damage tube is quickly repaired, and the Germans are led to the west. Where is General Betty waiting for these German guys!" Vincent sorted out the 1 dress so as to make it try to try to try to try to try to try to try to try to try to try as much as possible. One more decent.

"For the king!"

Vincent lied to the sailors with this gesture. At this time, Betty was slightly shifted to the north, but it was definitely not west.

Nympho

"General, Lieutenant Colonel Verson, he is a gentleman, and many nobles do not have the quality of Lieutenant Colonel Vincent."

"If I can, I hope to apply to the king after the battle victory and grant him a title. This is the honor he deserves and the glory of the Royal Navy."

After reading the telegram, the chief of staff raised his chest, and said to Betty full of anger.

"According to the data recorded by Haitu, we can rush over if we have strong ventilation." Betty was silent after reading the telegram.

"How far away is the prestige?" Betty looked at the location of his east.

In fact, the prestige level has almost caught up with them, and the two sides can even see a weak smoke cloud, but 1 hour ago, Betty sent the prestige to the east.

At that time, the entire British Navy firmly believed that the German war cruiser was hidden in the northeast of Vincent.

Betty's tactics hit the German battle cruiser left and right, which is the most insurance tactic, if the Germans are.

But now, the situation has changed.

"Premature contacts will change tremendous changes, and even affect the layout of the entire battle. I don't support this."

"General, the Vincent fleet's soldiers are all good. Because of this, we can't let them use the opportunity of life to flow away in vain. I believe that Lieutenant Colonel Vincent is unwilling to see the Germans run away. "

The staff looked very seriously at Betty ...

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