Chapter 480 (1/2)

Ten nautical miles, this is completely within the firing range of the naval gun!

In the storm, the British local fleet found the German at this distance. When it found the single warship, Admiral Tovey, who led the team, immediately ordered to launch an attack!

Admiral tovi was picked up from the sea. When the aircraft carrier formation of competitive God was attacked by German carrier aircraft, the local main fleet was coming 20 nautical miles away from them. When they arrived, there was only cleaning the battlefield.

When John Tovey was picked up, he immediately took over the command, continued to command the fleet and besieged the German fleet!

It hasn't failed yet. It's just a night battle!

This time, their main fleet has arrived. In the formation, there are only four battleships with a displacement of more than 30000 tons.

Queen Elizabeth and Barham of Queen Elizabeth class, Nelson of Nelson class, R-class battleship ”monarchy”, in addition, there are heavy cruisers ”Dorset” and ”Cornwall”, etc.

Although Britain has declined, it is still a superpower and has a strong navy!

More than a dozen warships swayed on the sea. When the German was found, the most famous naval gun duel in World War II began.

The British won't know. The German fired first!

The strength of the two sides is uneven. After all, the German is only an armored cruiser, while the other side comes over a dozen large warships.

But the German opened fire first.

The 283mm guns on both sides of the bow and stern turned to the starboard side. Almost in half a minute, the whole German roared.

”Boom!” The six guns fired at the same time, but only a sound was heard. With the sound, a huge flame came out at the muzzle of the naval gun, forming a heat wave of several meters in front of the muzzle. In the heat wave, 283mm armor piercing shells flew opposite at a speed of 910 meters per second!

The distance of ten nautical miles only takes less than 20 seconds!

Moreover, at such a long distance, the warship was shaking again, and even the British Gunners were not sure of hitting it.

The Germans are just playing tricks!

Admiral tovi was not worried that the other side would hit his side, but only worried that the other side would run away. After all, his battleships had only a speed of more than 20 knots and could not catch up with the German with high-speed diesel engines.

He did not know that the German was hurt by his failed attack at night.

It can be said that the firing of German warships now just wants to delay their actions, and the other party must not succeed!

”Keep moving at full speed and surround the German!” Admiral Tovey only gave this order, and then he saw a terrible scene.

In front of the fleet, the Dorset heavy cruiser is planning to surpass the other party with high speed, and then block the other party to facilitate group fighting.

However, three shells accurately hit the British newly commissioned heavy cruiser!

The 283mm armor piercing projectile is quite powerful. It can tear 340mm armor at a place of 15km, while the Dorset is just a cruiser. The standard displacement is 10000 tons, and the place with the thickest armor is only 111mm.