s: There won’t be two more updates today, so I’ll send you a 5,000-word chapter. 12:02.
Just as the lookouts on each ship were desperately watching the sea, trying to detect the incoming torpedoes.
A huge water column suddenly rose from the stern of the Gangyong, and the huge warship was pushed sideways for several meters by the powerful impact.
The Gangyong was originally the most complete of the five battleships.
In the air attack just now, it only suffered two near-misses and only a few pieces of armor were lost.
But now her luck seemed to have come to an end when a torpedo hit her near the stern. 250 kilograms of black ladder mixed explosives produced a powerful shock wave.
A hole more than three meters long was suddenly torn out of the underwater part of the ship's hull, and a large amount of seawater poured in.
As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly.
Before the Gangyong could react to the shock of the torpedo, it was hit by two more torpedoes on its port and starboard sides.
Especially the two torpedoes on the starboard side were the most deadly.
The first torpedo blasted a large hole in the hull near the keel, and then the second torpedo went right through the hole and directly broke the keel.
Then Gangyong made a heartbreaking sound of breaking, and its two ends began to slowly tilt up.
At this time, the two torpedoes that hit the underwater part on the port side exacerbated the situation.
In five minutes, this giant ship with a displacement of more than 40,000 tons was broken into two parts.
After seeing the Gangyong being hit by a mine, the lookouts from other battleships observed the sea surface more carefully, but their eyes almost burst out, and they still didn't see the damn torpedo track. 12:03.
The lookout on the Queen Elizabeth suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a black shadow flashing quickly under the sea in front of him, but he could not confirm whether it was a torpedo.
If there was a false alarm at this moment, it might affect the ability to avoid the real torpedo.
Just when he was hesitating whether to report it or not, this black shadow appeared in his sight again.
And not one, but six in total I saw these six slender black shadows rushing towards the Queen Elizabeth like sharks in the angry sea.
The lookout hand was sweating.
At this moment, he didn't care whether there would be a false alarm.
He quickly grabbed the intercom and shouted to the bridge at the top of his lungs: "Starboard torpedoes, six, bearing xxx, distance 300 yards, speed at least 50 knots."
It was already too late at this time, and the distance was too close.
Even if the Queen Elizabeth tried its best, it could not avoid the incoming torpedo.
This cannot be attributed to the incompetence of the lookout.
It is not easy to see clearly the oxygen torpedo that is 6 meters below the water surface and speeding at 53 knots.
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The Malaya and Warspite were hit by three torpedoes each, and the Barham was hit by four torpedoes.
The most unlucky one was the light cruiser Lowestoft.
Originally, the German attack targets were all large warships, so the depth set for the torpedo was 6 meters.
These light ships were originally unable to be hit.
One of the torpedoes probably had a problem with the depth setting.
It did not reach a depth of 6 meters, but was only about 3 meters deep.
As a result, it hit the light cruiser Lowestoft blocking the Malaya.
This light cruiser of more than 5,000 tons had a section of its bow blown off and soon fell into the sea. 12:08.
This horrific torpedo attack finally ended. 22 of the 96 torpedoes hit, and the hit rate reached 23.
This result was better than Commander-in-Chief Wang Tiechui expected.
According to his opinion, the H-2 is not a professional torpedo aircraft at all, and the pilot is not a professional torpedo aircraft pilot.
A hit rate of 10 in this attack is pretty good.
But he didn't consider that this was the first time that the British fleet encountered oxygen torpedoes.
They didn't know how to deal with them, so they almost got hit by them stupidly.
Such results naturally made the Germans smile, but the British were about to cry.
Their fast fleet had already suffered heavy casualties.
The Gangyong was broken into two pieces, with its head and tail raised high on the sea and sinking.
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The entire starboard side of the Queen Elizabeth was almost blown open.
It had drunk an unknown amount of sea water.
It was already tilting 15 degrees to the right.
It seemed that it was hopeless.
Warspite was already knocked out of action by the bombing, and to make matters worse, it was hit by three torpedoes and was completely unable to move.
Malaya and Barham were in slightly better condition, but they also drank a lot of seawater and their speed dropped by at least 6 knots.
A light cruiser was also hung up as a giveaway.
Not only did the five battleships suffer heavy losses, but the losses of light ships were even more horrific.
In the previous air raids, many light ships were sunk or damaged.
Later, they were bitten and beaten by the Germans because they were busy running back to block the battleships.
The original huge light fleet composed of 10 light cruisers and 50 destroyers now only has 3 light cruisers and 32 destroyers with combat effectiveness.
On the other hand, the German army has only lost two light cruisers and eight fleet torpedo boats so far.
The German Navy does not yet have the "destroyer" class at this time, and warships of the same class are called "fleet torpedo boats."
In such a good situation, the German navy would naturally not stand by and watch soy sauce.
Their battleships immediately accelerated forward, preparing to come up and beat the drowned dog.
However, it was at this time that Major General Thomas, who had just transferred his command to the Malaya, finally discovered that countless smoke pillars appeared on the sea line in the north.
The main force of the British Home Fleet finally arrived "Great, our main force has arrived."
Thomas' morale was immediately boosted, and he immediately ordered all warships to open fire on the Germans and entangle them.
"Fortunately, I finally caught up."
At this time, Admiral Jericho, who was on the Iron Duke, the flagship of the Home Fleet, also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he already knew that the fast fleet in front suffered heavy casualties, they also completed their task outstandingly and held back the main force of the German Ocean Fleet.
There is no reason for such a decisive battle without losses.
The British Empire can afford this loss.
Even though the fast fleet was destroyed by three battleships, Jericho's own fleet still has 30 battleships, which is still more powerful than the Germans.
More than half the advantage.
Jericho's confidence has not been affected at all, and he is not worried about not winning.
Of course, the German air raid just now also made him a little worried.
He really didn't expect that an airplane could cause so much damage to a battleship.
But this little worry was not enough to make him retreat, and he did not dare to retreat.
If we just go back in despair, how can we explain to the country that we were sunk and damaged so many battleships by the Germans and only killed two of the opponent's battle cruisers?
This is unacceptable in any case.
This is not about taking advantage of a general's plan, but about stealing the chicken but losing the rice.
At this time, the British Empire was at its peak, and it was being taken advantage of so much.
How could the British Empire tolerate Jericho's withdrawal on the grounds of "fear of air raids"?
Then there was no need for him to mess around. .
Moreover, if their main force retreats, the fast fleet will definitely be hopeless, and Er Dezi will not let go of the meat on his lips.
He gave five new high-speed battleships and a large number of light ships to the Germans.
No one could save him from such a serious crime.
Therefore, he must not give in, both publicly and privately.
If he doesn't give in, he still has a chance to achieve great feats.
If he gives in, he may have to spend the rest of his life in prison.
And he also thought that the Luftwaffe had already carried out an air attack once, and it would not be possible to do it again in the short term.
As long as he took this opportunity to eliminate the main force of the German fleet, even if the Luftwaffe air raided again, it would be nothing.
"Advance at full speed and prepare to launch a decisive battle with the German fleet."
Admiral Jericho issued an order to the entire fleet, and at the same time ordered the Z flag to be raised to express his determination to fight the German fleet to the death.
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Jericho's 30 battleships, 2 battlecruisers, 8 armored cruisers, 7 light cruisers and 16 destroyers all raised the battle flag and sailed towards the German fleet at 21 knots.
In fact, Britain should have had 36 dreadnoughts by now, but the battleship HMS Daring, the third ship of the King George V class, was not strong enough and died early.
When it went out for training in July 1914, it encountered the German submarine U39 in the waters north of Ireland.
It was night at that time, and the U39 slipped into the guarding circle of the Daring under the cover of night, and then launched four "Yaksha 2" submarine-launched torpedoes at it.
The Audacity was completely unprepared and was hit by three torpedoes.
After the rescue failed, it capsized and sank.
The courageous U39 was still not satisfied.
When the frigates rushed over to help, it sank a light cruiser with a tail torpedo, and then swaggered away.
So now the Royal Navy of the British Empire only has 35 dreadnoughts.
But compared to the Germans, they should be far ahead.
Here is a rough explanation: starting from the Iron Duke class, the British battleships in this plane are very different from the original time and space.
The Iron Duke class has been equipped with 10 343mm main guns and five twin-mounted guns in the original plane, and now has 10 381mm main guns and five twin-mounted guns in this plane.
The displacement has also increased to 34,500 tons.
The caliber of the main guns of the Queen Elizabeth class and Revenge class has not changed, but the number has increased from 8 in the original time and space to 10 five-seat twin-mounted guns.
They can basically be regarded as improved versions of the Iron Duke class, and the displacement has also increased to 40110 respectively. tons and 35,150 tons.
And because of the intensification of the global shipbuilding competition in this plane, the construction speed of these warships is faster than that of the original time and space, and they are all now in service.
Also, it’s worth mentioning.
The two battleships ordered by the Ottomans, the Ireland and the Agincourt, which were shamelessly drowned by the British in the original time and space, also have battleships with the same names in this plane.
Of course, the Ottomans were angry with the British in this plane and did not order from them.
This first-class battleship is a trial version of the triple-mounted main gun built by the British itself, which is a copycat Fuxi class.
Of course, the Agincourt in this plane is no longer a "seven-turret sacred object", but has the same four triple main guns as the Fuxi class.
These two battleships were called the "Irish class" by the British, and they were also the first triple-mounted main turrets attempted by Opium Niu.
At first, the British looked down on triple-mounted main guns because they felt that the accuracy of triple-mounted main guns was poor, so all their battleships had twin-mounted main guns.
But later I saw that China and the United States were building this kind of thing as a "standard battleship", and the two Fuxi-class ships and the Qinling-class and Taihang-class ships with the same main gun layout performed extremely well in the Sino-Japanese War.
There is no such thing as a "hit rate is too low".
Now Niu Niu, who has always been known as the "Earth's No. 1 Navy", can't sit still.
They are also a traditional naval power.
It goes without saying that the advantages of triple-units over twin-units are obvious.
If the hit rate problem was not so powerless, who would use double-units?
Since both China and the United States now think that triple-units are easy to use. , then it means that there must be a solution.
Otherwise, China and the United States are not fools, how could they build so many Fuxi-class ships?
And now even the Germans have bought the Fuxi-class drawings and are preparing to build four ships.
It is impossible that the heads of the top leaders of these three countries have been flooded together.
The British are still very good at absorbing the advantages of other companies in terms of naval technology, so they put down their shame and asked the ambassador to China Zhu Erdian to contact Wen Desi and try to purchase a complete set of Fuxi-class blueprints from China, but Wen Desi will definitely not sell them to China now. theirs.
Mr.
Wen also asked Zhu Erdian to show the contract with Germany.
The German side clearly stated in the contract that the Fuxi-class blueprints could not be sold to the Allied Powers.
There is a contract, so there is nothing we can do.
Mr.
Wen had no choice but to regretfully apologize.
The deal failed to come to fruition, and Zhu Erdian was a little discouraged, but when he was strolling around Wuhan's commercial streets that day, he accidentally discovered that a high-imitation ship model of China's active warships was for sale in a store.
The workmanship of the model is very exquisite.
It is exactly like a warship scaled down to the same scale.
Except for the size, the appearance and structure are exactly the same as the prototype.
Zhu Erdian was stunned at that time.
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Damn, shouldn’t things like new warships be kept secret?
The Chinese actually sell such things as toys.
Although only the appearance and layout can be seen on the model, it is also of great reference value, at least in this era. , the weapon layout and external structure of the new warship are also military secrets.
If anyone in the UK dares to make high imitation models of the latest warships for public sale, then he will be waiting to go to prison to count lice.
So he had an idea and immediately bought a few sets from the store, packed them up and took them back to the UK.
According to his idea, although he did not buy a complete set of drawings, these high-imitation models will also bring some reference to domestic ship experts.
Zhu Erdian's idea is correct.
British ship experts have indeed obtained a lot of the data they want from these high-imitation models.
After all, these high-imitation models are all reduced in proportion.
As long as the measurements are more accurate, they can be enlarged in proportion.
Afterwards, you can restore those dimensions.
After combining the information obtained from other channels, they quickly figured out the appearance and structure of the Fuxi class almost clearly.
Although the internal structure cannot be seen, the British experts are not freeloaders.
Even if there is no original version, why don’t we make up our minds?
Chinese people who have never played battleships can design them.
Isn’t it possible that our majestic British Empire can’t design them?
Therefore, they started construction of two "Irish-class" ships in 1913.
After they were completed in 1915, they were disappointed at the first try.
The hit rate of the triple main guns was still so bad.
The British are puzzled as to why the Chinese triple pack does not have this problem.
The solution to this "low hit rate of the triple main gun" is actually very simple, which is to add a small delayed firing device to the middle gun so that the middle gun is a few tenths of a second later than the ones on both sides.
Fire it and you’re done.
But before the window paper was pierced, I just couldn't think of it.
When Mr.
Wen found out about this, he laughed wildly for ten minutes.
Who told you to copy the village without permission?
Are you stupid now?
This Fuxi-class battleship is probably the most built and used in the world.
China and the United States are all building batches.
Germany has 4 ships, China has 8 ships, and the United States is the most exaggerated, with a total of 10 ships, in the hands of Argentina and the Ottomans.
There is also one of each, so it is not difficult to figure out the reason.
But Argentina and the Ottomans are just users.
They know what is happening but don’t know why.
They can’t ask anything.
Besides, they all regard their own battleships as national treasures.
So if you are willing to look around, China, Germany and the United States will You are the manufacturer, so of course you know this trick, but why should I tell you in plain words?
China says that we are an honest businessman, and as long as the Germans agree, we will sell you the complete set of drawings.
I'm sorry if the Germans don't agree.
We always do business based on integrity and cannot do anything that violates the contract.
The German side is definitely in trouble.
People on both sides are crazy.
If you want to learn from them, you don’t even have to think about it.
The unscrupulous Yankees are willing to transfer technology.
But their lions opened their mouths wide and took the opportunity to kill them.
They said that you can buy this know-how in the UK, but we don’t retail.
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If you want to buy it, you have to buy the whole set of drawings together for 5 million pounds.
The price is only 5 million pounds.
You will know everything.
Niu Niu’s representative was so upset on the spot.
With 5 million pounds, I can build two super-dreadnoughts.
My family’s money is not blown by strong winds.
In the end, the British still didn't get this trick and had to give up their plan to replace subsequent ships with triple main guns.
As for the two "Irish-class" ships that have been built, except for the insufficient accuracy of the main guns, there are still no problems in other aspects.
The British were originally planning to replace their main turrets with twin-mounted 381mm main guns, but before they had time to replace them, the task of destroying the German Ocean Fleet began.
Although the two "Irish-class" ships had a relatively sad hit rate, they were still super-dreadnoughts, so they were brought out together by Jericho.
But the British imitations were not without success.
At least they knew through testing that the Fuxi-class underwater linear design was more advanced than theirs, so their Nelson-class used the same bulbous bow as the Fuxi-class
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