Among the many classes of large battleships in the German High Seas Fleet, not all battleships have anti-aircraft guns, such as the Nassau-class battleships and the Oster Vreeland-class battleships, although their full-load displacement is as high as 2,500 tons.
Only the Caesar-class battleships and the König-class battleships were equipped with four 3.5-inch anti-aircraft guns.
A warship without anti-aircraft guns would naturally be vulnerable to bombing. However, the first wave of attacks from the Far East Navy aircraft carrier aircraft were not too sharp. All of this was actually the execution of a huge plan.
So the German Navy's High Sea Fleet König, Grosser Kurfürst, Margrave, Prince Wilhelm, Kaiser, Friedrich the Great, Kesselring, King Albert, Prince Regent Luitpold
No. , none of them were attacked.
Instead, three Deutschland-class heavy cruisers were subjected to violent bombings. Just as explosions were heard in the German Gulf, the British gradually became unable to hold on any longer, because this seemed to be the best time to completely annihilate the German High Seas Fleet.
After some entanglements, Betty, the commander of the British Navy's Home Fleet, finally ordered the British fleet to rush into the German harbor. However, all this was a trap, and the ultimate goal of this trap was to continue the fight between Britain and Germany.
Although the Deutschland, the flagship of the Deutsche-class heavy cruiser, was severely damaged in the first wave of bombings by Far East carrier-based aircraft, the main force of the entire German High Seas Fleet was still there, and the British saw the sky full of fire, all from Far East aircraft carrier-based aircraft.
The bombing of some unimportant facilities in German ports caused the illusion that after the British Home Fleet weighed anchor and had been bombing everywhere for two hours, all Far East aircraft carrier aircraft immediately returned.
The British Navy, which then entered the German port and prepared to take advantage of it, discovered soon after the battle that everything seemed to be a trap. However, the German Navy, which had already been bombed by Far East carrier-based aircraft, was so angry that there was no place to vent, so
A fierce battle began with the British naval fleet.
The battle did not last long. The German heavy cruiser Hannover sank, but before it died, it pulled a British Iron Duke-class battleship to support it. The British Iron Duke-class battleship with a full load displacement of 30,000 tons was a battleship with reinforced secondary batteries.
However, due to fighting in the port, the maximum speed could not be used at all, so when it was bombarded by the German Navy heavy cruiser Hannover, which had six 17.7-inch underwater torpedo tubes, two torpedoes hit the waterline, and finally they both sank.
Enter the harbor.
According to the weapons and firepower systems on the two battleships, the British battleship Iron Duke had five twin-mounted 45-caliber 13.5-inch main guns, and 12 single-mounted 45-caliber 6-inch secondary guns. However, in the end the German battleship still
It used its thick armor to withstand the firepower of British battleships, and with relatively small losses, sank the British battleship Iron Duke, which was twice the tonnage.
Suddenly, Admiral Jericho of the British Navy, who was originally in charge of the British Iron Duke, has begun to realize that even if he is equipped with a new type of fire control and communication system, fighting in such a small range as a harbor is mainly about combat effectiveness.
Completely different from the sea area.
However, shortly afterwards, under the siege of several British battleships, the German Navy heavy cruiser Pomerania was also sunk. Now the British Navy had an even record.
But what besieged the German heavy cruiser Pomerania were three newly designed battleships of the British Navy. They had better navigation performance and protection, and their firepower was further strengthened. These three battleships were the main force of the British Navy and the German High Seas Fleet.
The most formidable opponent of battleships, this gave the large battleships of the German Navy an opportunity to take advantage of.
When the Far East aircraft carrier-based aircraft launched the bombing, the first and third battleship squadrons of the German High Seas Fleet had all entered their stations and formed a zigzag attack formation. Especially the Friedrich der Grosse.
The flagship of Scheer, commander of the German Navy's High Sea Fleet, was protected and commanded the battle.
The German Navy's Nassau, Westfalia, Rhineland, and Posen were at the angles of each other, like a sharp sword striking hard at the British Navy's Home Fleet warships entering the German port.
These four ships are not Germany's first-class dreadnoughts. Their overall navigation performance is not bad, and their artillery layout is also very appropriate. Therefore, they are almost the main Nassau-class battleships of the German High Seas Fleet. In addition, they have Ostfrey.
Land, Helgoland, Thuringia, Oldenburg, four improved versions of the Nassau class served as auxiliary force, and the entire coverage firepower was greatly improved and strengthened.
There is a huge difference between a close-range fixed-area naval battle and an irregular naval battle in a large area. Just like in the first day of the naval battle in Jutland, all warships of the German High Seas Fleet fired a total of 3674 rounds of artillery shells, but the average hit rate was only 100.
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The British Navy fired a total of 5,891 artillery shells, with an average hit rate of 2.17%. This was a mobile naval battle, but in a fixed sea area, everything was very different. First, the two sides did not have much maneuvering range, and secondly, there was almost no scope for maneuver.
No need to aim, just fire directly at the enemy group.
As battleships on both sides were damaged one after another at the same time, Betty, the commander of the British Navy's Home Fleet, suddenly heard a roar mixed with the sound of gunfire. After listening carefully, Betty's face instantly turned pale, so he quickly ordered the British Navy's Home Fleet
Start moving towards the outside of the port at top speed.
However, when seeing the British preparing to evacuate, the attack of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet became even more frenzied. Maybe this is the character of the Germans. In their bones, there is a character that is unwilling to suffer oppression, just like the end of World War I.
Later, after signing countless oppressive agreements, the German fascists in World War II went completely crazy.
And that kind of fascist militarism is the serious consequences of defeating one of the Allied Powers. Li Ningyu deeply understands this, so Li Ningyu adopted a seemingly soft behavior in his strategy against Japan, because if
If you are too oppressive, you will plant a time bomb around yourself.
The reason why Betty, the commander of the British Navy's Home Fleet, turned pale was because he had heard the huge roar of the aircraft group. Although he was not sure which country's warship the Far East aircraft carrier would attack, he definitely
He cannot place his fleet within the bombing range of the Far East aircraft carriers. Although the British warships have stronger anti-aircraft firepower than the German warships, he cannot guarantee that they can withstand the bombings of the Far East aircraft carriers.