Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The cannons were roaring, and heavy shells smashed into the opposing warships.

Both sides seemed to have full strength, trying their best to take out each other’s warships and win this naval battle.

But alas, a naval battle cannot have two winners at the same time. If there are winners, there will naturally be losers.

Although the luck of the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire was very good, it was the first to hit.

The battlecruisers “Invincible” and “Indomitable” both hit each other first. But unfortunately, none of the 305-mm shells fired by them were able to penetrate the main armor of the battlecruisers “Lytsov” and “Goben” of the Germanic Imperial Navy, without causing decent damage to them.

On the contrary, the siege of the battlecruiser “Indomitable” by three Constellation-class heavy cruisers achieved remarkable results, and several 210-mm shells hit the battlecruiser Indomitable. Moreover, several major armors were penetrated, causing considerable damage to the battlecruiser Indomitable. However, for a huge battle cruiser with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons, it was obviously difficult to sink it with just a few 210-mm shells. However, if more and more 210mm shells are hit. It was enough to sink the battlecruiser Indomitable.

“Your Excellency, the situation of the battlecruiser ‘Indomitable’ is very bad, and the 210mm main guns of the heavy cruisers of the Germans are capable of inflicting fatal damage on it. The “Indomitable”, which is under siege, is already facing a terrible situation! Colonel Henry said.

Rear Admiral Oliver nodded: “Telegram to the battlecruiser ‘Indomitable’, to get out of the current situation, they have only one way, and that is to hit the battleships of the Germans.” As long as they destroy one or even two heavy cruisers of the Germans with 305-mm guns, they will have a sure chance. If, none of them can take out the Germanic heavy cruisers before they are sunk, they will die! ”

Obviously, the battlecruiser “Invincible” and the battlecruiser “Indomitable” are all taking care of themselves at the moment, and naturally they cannot rescue the battlecruiser “Indomitable”.

Colonel Henry nodded and sent a telegram to the battlecruiser Indomitable.

In fact, the dilemma faced by the battlecruiser “Indomitable” is also the dilemma of “Invincible” and “Indomitable”.

All the ‘Invincible-class’ battle cruisers had very weak armor. So that when facing the capital ship of the Germanic Imperial Navy, once hit, the consequences are unimaginable.

Perhaps the only thing the sailors of the Royal Navy of the Empire could do was pray to God that the Germanic shells would not hit them.

However, this is clearly impossible.

The shipbuilding philosophy of the Royal Navy of the Empire is to value speed and firepower and despise defense. So much so that most of their warships are thin and stuffed. In naval warfare, this will become a fatal disadvantage for the Royal Navy, which will inevitably have a great adverse effect.

“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The three triple 380-mm guns of the battlecruiser “Lütsov” were still firing fiercely, and one shell after another smashed into the battlecruiser “Invincible”.

Although, until now, there have been no hits. But even so, the battlecruiser “Invincible” has already been put in danger.

Once hit, the battlecruiser ‘Invincible’ may not be able to resist for long at all, and it will soon be sunk.

“Your Excellency, General, I am afraid that we are no match for the Germans. Their firepower was too ferocious, and the armor defense was extremely thick. Even if our main gun hits the opponent’s warship, it will only cause negligible damage to the opponent. Colonel Henry had a look of fear on his face.

Although the battlecruiser “Invincible” performed very well, it has already hit the battlecruiser “Lütsov” of the German Imperial Navy three times.

But unfortunately, because the defense of the battle cruiser “Lütsov” was too strong. So much so that none of these three 305-mm armor-piercing shells were able to inflict substantial damage on the battlecruiser “Lütsov”.

And the defense of the battlecruiser “Invincible” was too weak. Once hit, the powerful 380mm shells were enough to inflict heavy damage on the battlecruiser Invincible.

“God bless the Royal Navy!” Major General Oliver prayed secretly.

Praying for God’s blessing seemed to be the only thing he could do.

Unfortunately, God didn’t seem to hear His prayers at all, and didn’t give Him any answer.

The good fortune of the battlecruiser “Invincible” ended here.

“Boom!”

A loud explosion was hit red-handed in the foredeck main battery turret of the battlecruiser Invincible.

The armor, which was only 178 mm thick, was like paper paste, and it was easily pierced by 380 mm armor-piercing bullets.

The shell exploded in the turret, directly destroying the entire turret.

The gunners inside were blown into slag in an instant.

Fortunately, there were no shells in the turret at the moment, and there were no firing packs. Otherwise, it will cause more damage to the battlecruiser Invincible.

But even this has already caused heavy damage to the battlecruiser “Invincible”.

Not only was a quarter of the fire lost, but at the same time a raging fire broke out on the foredeck.

This is also because the gun layout of the ‘Invincible-class’ battle cruisers is relatively strange, with four main turrets and one on the front and rear decks. The other two were deployed in the middle of the battleship.

Otherwise, the battlecruiser Invincible would have lost more guns.

However, after the battle cruiser “Lütsov” achieved a hit, it went directly into the state of concentrated fire.

If it was just a test launch before. Then now, the three triple 50-caliber 380-mm guns of the battlecruiser “Lyuzov” are already in full fire.

With the help of a semi-automatic feeder, the rate of fire is extremely fast, reaching one fire per minute. This is already very rare for a large-caliber main gun.

I saw that one 380mm shell after another smashed into the battlecruiser ‘Invincible’, making the battlecruiser, which had already suffered heavy damage, dangerous.

If a few more 380mm shells were hit, or if the key part was hit once, the battlecruiser ‘Invincible’ would probably be finished.