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Part One Twenty Years Chapter 12 The Fall of the Stars and Stripes (10)

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    (It¡¯s a bit out of rhythm, but we promise to release the final climax chapter tomorrow. Preview: Ludendorff is pulling out all the stops, and then there is the unexpected new political situation in Germany)

    "("King of the North Atlantic" Section 8, American Tragedy[5])

    When we evaluate the century-old confrontation between the German and American navies that took place at the end of the Battle of the Orkney Islands, we will always highly praise the excellent protective performance and survivability of the German battleships. At the same time, we will not forget to complain about the scumbag Americans.  Gunnery.

    In the first few minutes of the battle, the Americans had the advantage, but their main gun hit rate was not flattering.

    The German disabled squadron lost the ability to fight back due to low-speed turning. Although the American battleship squadron could not concentrate all the side guns, it could at least attack the opponent calmly. However, according to many declassified documents and the memories of the officers and soldiers participating in the war, we have reason to believe that the Americans fought  There were zero hits in the first five minutes.

    After the sinking of the battleship USS West, the hit rate of the Americans' main guns has improved qualitatively - this seems to be nonsense. From 15:51 when the American battleship squadron fired the first gun of the German-American naval battle to 16:12  The First Reconnaissance Group came in with reinforcements. In just 21 minutes, the Stars and Stripes Flagship launched more than 1,200 large-caliber artillery shells at the Germans. As a result, they only hit the German disabled detachment six times, with a hit rate of only a pitiful 0.51%.  The so-called 'qualitative improvement' is nothing but a process from scratch.

    Compared with the Americans' main gun hit rate of 0.51%, the German Navy can maintain a hit rate of 5-6% in actual battles. Although the British Navy suppressed the Germans miserably, its main gun hit rate can still be maintained at 3  %, even the Mediterranean powers can maintain an actual main gun hit rate of more than 2%, while the main gun hit rate of the U.S. Navy, which is said to be ranked third in the world, is less than a fraction of the Japanese in the Far East.

    However, history is sometimes so funny, just like the Americans in the Battle of Orkney Islands, using a main gun hit rate of less than 0.5% to achieve something that even more than 30 battleships of the Royal Navy could not do.

    In less than twenty minutes, the Americans sank two German Nassau-class battleships at the cost of the New York battleship.

    It is said that after the Battle of Orkney Islands, many officers and soldiers of the Royal Navy could not help but burst into tears when they learned of the results of the American battleship squadron.  Whether the British really cried is difficult to verify, but through the high-profile propaganda prepared by The Times in response to the U.S. Navy¡¯s embarrassment, ¡°Sink Two Nassaus, God Is on the Side of the Americans!¡±  "title.  We can vaguely sense the grievances and resentment of the British.

    Yes, the British have reason to feel that they have been fooled by God: the same opponent, with far more combat experience and fighting will than the Americans, the Royal Navy has already paid the price of sinking at least four battleships before achieving the same results.  , and all the Americans paid was a New York-class ship!

    After the Battle of Orkney Islands, the Americans deliberately downplayed the tragic ending of the U.S. battleship squadron.  It focuses on depicting the "wonderful performance" of the American Navy personnel before the German First Reconnaissance Group arrived on the battlefield.  He also shamelessly defended the sinking of the USS New York, believing that this cutting-edge battleship should not have sunk in this round of fighting and that "God is not on the side of the United States."

    The British sneered at the sophistry of American newspapers.  Although the New York-class battleship is the first super-dreadnought ship in the United States, it has been officially in service for no more than three years.  But there seems to be no reason why it cannot be sunk in front of the 380mm main gun of the German Bavaria-class battleship.

    The New York-class battleship has a 10-12-inch waterline with main armor, and the upper armor belt is also quite thick, but it still cannot withstand the blow of the 380mm main gun.  At 15:59, the observation officer of the battleship Bayern, who used its thick hull to cover the retreat of the other two battleships, accidentally confused their target ship and pointed the rangefinder at the battleship New York by mistake.  As a result, after calibrating the firing and adjusting the angle of the bombardment, the battleship Bavaria encountered the battleship New York as close as fire, and in the next three minutes, it fired a total of 7 rounds of straddle fire at the Americans to illuminate the situation.  The battleship New York was hit as many as 9 times at the cost of fully preparing all four 380mm main guns on the bow of the ship.  Under such high-intensity bombardment, the battleship New York had absolutely no reason to survive.

    The cynicism of the British, because of the neglect of battlefield intelligence sharing by the U.S. battleship squadrons, and the disagreements over the use of the first batch of U.S. armies to aid Europe, and the Americans who were alienated from the Allied allies, felt that they were unreasonable. However, the pressure of the U.S. Congress, which single-handedly promoted the war,  Under the circumstances, unscrupulous American newspaper people quickly found new news materials.

    ¡®Our USS New York unfortunately exploded and sank at 16:01, and the American boys who were still immersed in the atmosphere of sinking the battleship USS West** instantly fell from the clouds of happiness to the bottom of despair.  Yet less than eight minutes.  The boys adjusted.?They directed their fire at Nassau and Prinzregent Luitpold, sinking the former and nearly destroying the latter.  ¡¯

    ??Excluding some bloody, unreal plot designs and sensational subjective lyrical writing, the facts are not far from the truth.  At 16:09, the damn USS Texas finally stopped wasting American taxpayers¡¯ money.  Accurate hit on the weakened battleship Nassau.

    The 14-inch heavy bullets severely shredded the 300mm side waterline belt main armor of the battleship Nassau, which was already riddled with holes, making this tired old ship completely lose the need for damage control, and in less than two minutes  capsized and sank within a short period of time.

    No matter how seemingly distant Britain and Germany blamed each other and undermined each other after the Battle of Orkney Islands, before the German First Reconnaissance Group joined the battlefield.  Although the Americans' bombardment efficiency was horrifyingly low, they still achieved results that would crush the Royal Navy's teeth.

    16:12.  The situation at sea has changed dramatically.  The German First Reconnaissance Group, which had not pursued too deeply in the first place, immediately adjusted its course and headed south at high speed after receiving the request for help from the disabled unit. Eight battlecruisers soared to a speed of 27 knots and entered the battlefield.

    Facing the first reconnaissance group that was attacking fiercely, the Americans who were accustomed to bullying were frightened just by the number of smoke pillars rising vertically in the northeast.  The American battleship squadron did not hesitate to abandon the Kaiser-class battleship Prinzregent Luitpold which was about to be scuttled. Without waiting for the smoke from the muzzle to clear, the battleship's speed suddenly increased to 20 knots and rushed towards the west side.  .

    The roaring gunfire temporarily stopped. Although two Nassau-class battleships were lost, the battleship Bavaria and the battleship Prinzregent Luitpold of the disabled squadron survived. The former sank one under difficult conditions.  The new American battleship, although the latter was only passively beaten and disgraced, but as the saying goes, every gain must come with a loss. During the long and short inter-war period, this seriously injured battleship survived quite well.

    After the Battle of the Orkney Islands, the completely powerless battleship Prinzregent Luitpold barely returned to Wilhelmshaven under the tow of Friedrichshafen. She spent time in the repair dock in Wilhelmshaven due to lack of repair funds.  More than nine months of wind and sun.  One day in the first half of 1918, the dawn of the Prinzregent Luitpold suddenly appeared, and a huge military power was born deep in the European continent. In order to protect the coastline from the Gulf of Finland to New Prussia, the young Polish Navy  Squeezing out a sum of military expenditure to order capital ships from Germany, Heidi Seelem, who had just been promoted to the post of German Navy Minister, charged a large amount of 'repair fees' under the banner of consolidating the friendship between the German and Polish peoples.  The battleship was presented to the Poles.

    The Prinzregent Luitpold, which was renamed the battleship Poland, luckily escaped the worldwide ship-breaking craze after the war. It even participated in the Second World War and hunted its younger brother in the Gulf of Finland.  ¡ªSoviet battleship Helgoland.

    On the other side, a chase started.  The First Reconnaissance Group pursued the Americans relentlessly. Even if the Stars and Stripes flagship tried its best, traditional battleships were traditional battleships. No matter how fast a traditional battleship was, they could not outrun the battle cruiser.

    At 16:41, the U.S. battleship squadron not only failed to get rid of the first reconnaissance group that was tightly behind them, but was blocked by the thirteen battleships of the German main fleet located on the west side of the battlefield and guided by Lord Purple Baron's aircraft.  .

    There is a tiger in front and a wolf behind. Rodman, who took off his binoculars, clenched his fists and shouted "Fight" as if he wanted to break a jar, but when the words came to his mouth, they became another word plus a cry of mourning:

    ¡®It¡¯s over¡­¡¯¡±
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