Chapter 1376： Battle in the Gulf of Riga II (1/2)
Chapter 1376 The battle in the Gulf of Riga 2
”At this moment, we never thought we would encounter such a fierce shelling, and I can't even imagine that this shelling was fired by a light cruiser. We can't calculate how many shells hit us. We tried to fight back. But the entire battleship was shrouded in smoke and flames. Before the smoke cans were even opened, our battleship was about to lose its combat effectiveness. This is not a battle, but a slaughter!” A naval battle on the Gulf of Riga.
In fact, it is normal to think about it. The design standard of any German warship is to suppress the British warships of the same level at the same time. In naval battles, 4 German light cruisers can at least guarantee a slight advantage against 6 British light cruisers. And now, 4 ships hit 2 Russians, this can only be haha.
Anyway, the Russian fleet is still broken. The actual combat experience is obviously too little. After being attacked by an overwhelmingly superior firepower, the Russians’ fragile response system reached the edge of kneeling without even evading and pulling the smoke....
The latter, Admiral Makanov, was in even worse situation. In the first three minutes after the battle, the stern part of the 6000-ton cruiser was hit by at least 5 guns, not only the entire steering engine room was hit. Shattered. Even a drive shaft was destroyed. A lot of sea water poured into it along the stern full of holes, and in just a few minutes, the entire stern deck was less than 0.5 meters from the waterline!
At this time, Admiral Makanov was like a hyena whose brainstem was interrupted, unable to maintain even the most basic balance. In this case, his final result was drifting with the waves, and then he was torpedoed by the German destroyer.
”Strasbourg and Danzig continue to deal with the Russian cruisers, and the remaining two warships help the destroyer detachment. Hurry up, the Russian transport fleet has not run far!” Major General Hopman put down the telescope in his hand and said .
Compared with the light cruiser, the quality of the destroyers of the two sides is very small. After all, they are small guys of several hundred tons, with similar firepower. The Germans have a bit of advantage in speed, but defense? Everyone is a layer of iron, what's the difference? It's all one shot, one hole...
Relatively speaking, the combat effectiveness of the Russian destroyer squadron is still good. After all, they often carry out mine-laying tasks and have fought several times with the German destroyer squadron. Although the same number may not be overwhelming, at least it will not lose so messy. This time, however, when the German light cruiser squadron took ten minutes to severely damage two Russian cruisers and then decisively joined the destroyer battle, it was different.
The flattened 175MM main gun and 105MM secondary gun made a deafening roar. A string of shells woven into a dense fire net on the sea. When the elementary school students on both sides were fighting together, the sudden fire from the side shot suddenly broke the balance.
First, the hapless Rider of the Fourth Russian Destroyer Squadron. This destroyer has just avoided a torpedo and is turning vigorously. When it is ready to use the 120mm gun at the bow to aim at the German destroyer V-150 in the distance, a 175mm gun directly The shot came from the back of the head, leaving a huge notch on the slender hull. The 75KG high-explosive bomb easily ripped the outer shell of only ten millimeters. Then something big happened in the internal boiler room!