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- (The book friend said that apart from the British and German prefixes, he had no idea which side of the fleet I was talking about, so he took the trouble to add the prefixes, repeating them so much that even I wanted to vomit; also, I felt that the quality of my writing was declining. )
"("King of the North Atlantic" Section 6, mistakes and counterattacks[3])
At 12:55, Heidi Seelem, Commander-in-Chief of the German Ocean Fleet, had just received the report that the First Reconnaissance Group had sunk the British battleship Bellerophon. Lieutenant-General Mavey of the First Battle Fleet came from the "First The battleships Posen and Rheinland were sunk. The exact number of casualties is unknown. This is sad news.
The battle losses of Posen and Rhineland erased the previous achievements of the German Ocean Fleet.
In the first round of the battle of the Orkney Islands, the German Ocean Fleet occupied a favorable position and was able to use all its broadside artillery to focus fire on the British Grand Fleet, which was unable to fight back, for more than ten minutes. Although the Germans only sank one super-dreadnought and two old-fashioned battlecruisers from their opponents, no one thought that the Ocean Fleet suffered a loss in this round of steel competition. On the contrary, the British believed that their disaster had just begun:
The British 1st Battle Fleet and 4th Battlecruiser Fleet were disabled, the battleships Canada and Bellerophon were seriously damaged, the battlecruiser Indomitable was seriously damaged, the battleships Royal Oak and Singapore were moderately damaged, and the battleships South Africa and Magnificent With minor injuries, the Germans could slowly drain the last drop of blood of the British 1st Battle Fleet and 4th Battlecruiser Fleet in the ensuing battle line bombardment.
The facts did not exceed the British expectations.
At 12:34, a 380mm armor-piercing bomb from the German battle cruiser Oden accidentally hit the British battleship Canada, detonating the battle line in advance.
The battle had just begun, and the battleships Canada and Bellerophon, which had been seriously injured, were sunk one after another. The remaining five battleships of the First Battle Fleet and the Fourth Battle Cruiser Fleet with moderate damage control and minor damage were also gathered in this round. Tottering in the fire.
If it hadn't been for David Beatty's flash of inspiration, and if there hadn't been the sudden low clouds over the British First Division, perhaps the brutal Orkney Islands naval battle that permeated everywhere would have ended prematurely, and the German Ocean Fleet would not have been lost in one fell swoop. Two Nassau-class battleships, and were slightly at a loss in the subsequent battle; the Royal Navy would not take chances, causing the British Empire to lose their last fig leaf; the American battleship squadron, which lacked battlefield intelligence, would not be lost even more. Bewilderedly involved in this protracted melee. While reaping the first victory in the history of American dreadnoughts, it suffered an unprecedented defeat.
Of course, there are no ifs in history.
Just when the rear of the Ocean Fleet was besieging the British rear with eight battlecruisers, four battleships and an old battlecruiser, David Beatty found the ocean with his good professionalism and keen battlefield sense. The fleet's only mistake in this naval battle, and turned the German's mistake into considerable results.
Betty brazenly issued the order to "concentrate the fire on the German first detachment." Taking advantage of the mistakes of the German First Reconnaissance Group. The second detachment's observation of the battlefield situation was unfavorable, and Heidi Sealem, who was far at the forefront of the German battle line, failed to dispatch. The eight battleships of the British Second Battle Fleet exerted the last majesty of the Royal Navy and successively sank the Germans. Battleships Posen and Rhineland.
The sinking of the two Nassau-class battleships was a heavy blow to Heidi Silem and his Ocean Fleet, which had been making great progress. This may be the main reason why the Ocean Fleet, known for its high efficiency and unity, was quite unable to advance or retreat in the subsequent battles, which caused the brutality of the Orkney Islands naval battle to increase exponentially.
At 12:56, Heidi Silem reacted and issued a revenge order at his flagship command tower:
¡®Order, the three Mackensen-class ships of the First Reconnaissance Group and the remaining ships of the First Battle Fleet focus on the second detachment of the British Second Battle Fleet, and the remaining ships of the First Reconnaissance Group are free to attack! ¡¯
Until Heidi Silem¡¯s murderous order was conveyed. Only then did the first reconnaissance group become aware of the nightmare that had happened to the four Nassau-class battleships of the first detachment.
According to Heidi Sealem¡¯s pre-war plan, the First Reconnaissance Group, the strongest part of the Ocean Fleet, will be responsible for suppressing the relatively weak rear of the British battle line and covering the first unit of our own team.
It is obvious that the First Reconnaissance Group only considered suppressing and attacking the rear of the British battle line during the actual naval battle, and lacked protection for the First Division from beginning to end. It was this negligence that caused the First Division to lose two Nassaus. -class battleship.
'These are two battleships. You must know that in the three-year naval confrontation, we (Ocean Fleet) only lost three battlecruisers (the Germans used to count the Bl¨¹cher as a battlecruiser). But now. We reimbursed two entire ships at once! ¡¯
This is the original text of the logbook of Lieutenant General Bihanik, commander of the 1st Reconnaissance Group.
Different from the beginning of the war in 1914, after the training of Heidi Sillem, the Ocean Fleet, which gradually gained a bit of blood and the soul of a great nation, attached great importance to their glory as the German Navy. Therefore, the loss of the first squadron made this The young vice-admiral developed a strong sense of shame and shame.
Bihanik had no idea of ??questioning Heidi Sealem¡¯s decision at all, and his desire for revenge was even more urgent than Heidi Sealem¡¯s. So much so that he directly gave up on the rear of the British battle line, which was about to be perfectly harvested by the First Reconnaissance Group, and instead aimed the three most powerful 'Kings of the North Atlantic' in his hands at the hateful British 'Executioner'.
At that time, facing the first reconnaissance group that was gradually getting better, the British rear team could no longer be described as miserable:
On the surface of the North Sea. The battleship Singapore, leased from Brazil, dragged billowing smoke and fought left and right in a hail of bullets; the battleship Monarch had two main gun turrets pulled out in succession. The fire spread from the deck to the depths of the ship. The frightened captain directly ordered the underwater ammunition depots of turrets A and B arranged on the bow to be filled with water. Instead, the battleship gradually lost its crucial speed. ; As for the Royal Oak, the most powerful of the British First Battle Fleet, its condition is also extremely bad. In addition to the damage to the upper armor belt in the first round of firefights and the massive water seepage problems in the hull, it also suffered the worst battle during World War I. The powerful first-class dreadnought - the "King of the North Atlantic" Mackensen-class battlecruisers No. 1 and No. 2 took a two-minute straddle shot.
At the moment when the entire army was about to be annihilated, the British unexpectedly had a precious opportunity to breathe.
In order to cover the precarious first detachment and ask for an explanation from Lieutenant General Bihanik's "hateful British guy", the three Mackensen-class battle cruisers of the first reconnaissance group began to separate from the detachment and accelerate in a straight line, shortening the distance between them and the first detachment. At the same time, he turned the muzzle of the gun and aimed it at the second detachment of the British Second Battle Fleet, which was still causing carnage.
The separation of the three Mackensen-class battle cruisers from the first reconnaissance group will inevitably lead to the redistribution of firepower by other ships. Adjust ship formation, course, and gun angles to maintain pressure on the rear of the British line. The latter took advantage of this brief gap in firepower to try to get rid of contact with the German First Reconnaissance Group.
We cannot comment on the impact of this order, which clearly bears Heidi Silem¡¯s personal command style, on this naval battle. It is known to all that Heidi Silem is an excellent naval strategist and imaginative tactical commander, but from the 1917 Kiel sailor riots to personal risks, the 1918 Amsterdam negotiations and the Battle of Jutland Judging from the appalling actions of David Beatty, who gave the order to fire on the German camouflaged reconnaissance fleet. This first-class naval commander is obviously also a man of love and hate.
In short. Before the German gunners restarted the 'school fire - bombardment - school fire' mode, the German First Reconnaissance Group's harvesting of the rear of the British battle line had temporarily come to an end. Except for the battleship Royal Oak, which had too much water in its hull, it was in the North Ocean. After struggling for a few minutes, it was confirmed that the damage control was invalid. Except for eventually capsizing and sinking, the five battlecruisers of the First Reconnaissance Group did not gain anything more from this round of firefight.
In this way, the Germans began a ferocious counterattack in the other direction.
Although David Beatty chose the right time to focus on the German first team, as long as Heidi Silem reacted, its tactical value would come to an end.
at this time. The British 1st Battle Fleet and 4th Battlecruiser Fleet were crippled in the T-shaped crossbow and became the Achilles heel of the Royal Navy, allowing the German 1st Reconnaissance Group, also located at the end of the battle line, to do whatever they wanted. Allocate new combat forces to support other directions, and the remaining three Derfflinger-class battle cruisers, one Seydlitz-class battle cruiser and one Moltke-class battle cruiser can still attack the British. The few battleships at the end of the battle line maintained their absolute advantage.
Under the command of Lieutenant General Mavey and Lieutenant General Bihanik, Germany's one Bavaria class, four Helgoland class, two Nassau class battleships and three Mackensen class battlecruisers completed the distribution of fire channels. Choose your own focused fire target tilt munitions.
Unwilling to give up, the British still wanted to fish in troubled waters. Before the German Second Squadron and the First Squadron of the First Reconnaissance Group completed their firepower preparations, they concentrated all their firepower on the German First Squadron, which had only two Nassau-class battleships left. However, the Germans It did not give the British Second Battle Fleet too many opportunities.
13:01. The battleship HMS Neptune at the end of the British Second Division was hit. Its only 10 inches of waterline main armor was like a fragile piece of paper, and it was easily dug out by the 380mm armor-piercing projectile of the "King of the North Atlantic". Terrifying holes.
Seawater surged in along the breach, blasting out the lateral contact doors of the airtight compartment with quality problems one after another, and crashed into the bottom of the Neptune, which had an extremely poor watertight structure. Poor NeptuneThe battleship is like a kite with its threads tightened. The speed suddenly decreased, and the ship body, which was dragging soot, began to tilt slightly to the left.
"It may be the sixth ship" Lieutenant General Bihanik urged his captain on the battle cruiser Mackensen. "
ps: About the British 13.5-inch elastic performance problem:
I checked it out. Before the green bomb, the British 13.5-inch bomb could penetrate 12.5-inch (318 mm) armor at 9,000 meters. After being replaced with the green bomb, it could penetrate the Nassau-class 200 mm upper armor belt and 50 mm ammunition depot at about 14,000 meters. The bulkhead should be just right.
The Germans are accustomed to arranging coal bunkers on the slope of the dome of the power cabin, and book friends also mentioned this. I really don¡¯t know if there is a coal bunker in the corner of the Nassau-class Bruno turret, and I don¡¯t have any drawings at hand, but think about it, the dome armor behind the side armor belt does not constitute protection in itself (unless it is the built-in armor belt of the US emperor), it is just The boundary is just leaking. With a combat distance of more than 14,000 meters, it is unlikely that the artillery shell will touch the second horizontal deck. Moreover, the armor-piercing projectile penetrated the corner of the power cabin diagonally and penetrated into the underwater ammunition depot. If there is a coal bunker It just passed by that corner.
If there is still a problem, just assume that the first thing the 13.5-inch bullet drills into is the propellant magazine. The propellant magazine is generally located a little higher, so that the cross-section of the coal bunker that the armor-piercing projectile passes through is smaller.
In short, thank you book friend ztytenshou for your point of view. After all, this kind of discussion is also a process of mutual improvement. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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