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540 Naval Battle (5)

Many years later, even Sukhoi was a little confused when he recalled the situation at that time. He didn't know why he was so excited. After all, he was flying a two-seater reconnaissance aircraft without torpedoes and aviation bombs, and he could not cause any damage to the giants on the sea.

To be honest, Sukhoi's behavior is more like a dying person. What can a plane do with a bare pole? Is it a learning Shenfeng?

In fact, I'm afraid even Kamifeng can't learn it. The car that Kamifeng and others are driven is somewhat of a fully metal semi-hard shell structure. They usually have hundreds of kilograms of** on the plane. Moreover, the plane is fast and has a high kinetic energy, so the effect is still good if it hits.

But Sukhoi is flying now just a wooden plane, how much kinetic energy can there be at a speed of less than 200 kilometers?

Of course, the wretched mustache didn't plan to die. This guy was still very jealous of his life. Even if his brain was a little hot, at most he would just dive and shoot.

The scene at that time was probably like this, a group of lions were hunting, while a tiny mosquito tried to stop an enemy that was tens of thousands of times larger than it. Such efforts were not futile, but they did not have much effect.

Sukhoi had a very high driving skills. He shot along the bow of the Queen, and except for a few unlucky sailors who were injured by stray bullets, the Queen was not even injured.

But Sukhoi did not give up, diving and shooting over and over again, constantly harassing the Queen. He wanted to use his hands to help his comrades on the battlefield. Such efforts looked like Don Gilleshode, who challenged the windmill.

Queen Elizabeth was harassed, and her only four anti-aircraft guns kept firing at Sukhoi. To be honest, this is called useless work. There is no radio near-fighting fuze, no radar, and no unified automated fire control equipment. The efficiency of anti-aircraft guns in this era is not ordinary low. Especially when the number of anti-aircraft guns is still quite small, such attack actions are more like doing.

One round of shells was thrown into the sky, and they could not touch anything except air. Finally, they fell back under the influence of gravity, and most of them fell into the sea, but a small part of them fell less than that.

While the Tiger was shooting its own way at the enemy ship, a 76mm shell landed on his mainmast without any damage. It destroyed the shooting commander on her mainmast. Suddenly, the Tiger's gunman was caught blindly and had no choice but to pause the shooting and start repairing the shooting commander.

Because the situation on Sukhoi's "nonsense" battlefield changed from 8 to 4 to 7 to 4, which seemed a little better for the Russians, but in fact it was quite limited. After all, the Tiger was not the main force of this battle, and his absence had no fatal impact on the battle. In short, the Russians were still being beaten!

It was indeed beaten. In the fifteen minutes after the Tiger stopped shelling, the four remaining warships of the Russians suffered at least three shells per ship! Please note that these three shells did not include the secondary guns to achieve results, and only the main gun was counted. It should also be noted that as the Tiger stopped shelling, the main guns of the remaining British warships on the battlefield were all 381 mm!

Not to mention the thin-skinned Gangut class, as for the relatively sturdy German warships, it was really hard to get three 381mm armor-piercing bombs in Germany. For example, the Moltke, three shells hit her boat intensively, and opened a large hole of more than 20 square meters near the No. 2 turret. One even penetrated the Germans' proud "dome" and fell into the ammunition depot. If the gunman had not ordered an emergency water injection, Moltke would have gone to heaven. Oh, no, it was going into the sea.

In a few minutes, the Moltke tilted to the left about 10 degrees. Fortunately, the captain quickly ordered the starboard side to pour water, otherwise it would be very likely that the Moltke had overturned and overturned. Of course, what is more admirable is that after being severely damaged, the Moltke did not withdraw from the battlefield, but gritted his teeth and continued to persevere. It stayed on the battlefield to help attract some shells, and if it ran away, it would probably not be able to save any of the two Gangut-class ships behind it!

The one who was shot the most was not Moltke, and the one who was shot the most was the Seedritz in front of Moltke. After the turret No. 1 was opened with a sunroof, another shell also accurately hit the turret No. 2. After this shell was blocked by the main gun's shield, it continued to diagonally dive downwards. When it arrived at the joint part of the turret and the hull, it exploded unwillingly.

In addition to opening a hole in the deck, the explosion completely deformed the seat ring of the No. 2 turret, which means that the No. 2 turret was stuck and lost all its combat power!

For Seedlitz, this is already the best result. It is better than shells rushing through the deck and rushing into the ammunition deck and explode?

Of course, in addition to the greatest damage of this shell, the remaining four shots hit the Cedritz shells also made the unsinkable warship a little difficult. One of them destroyed the anchor cabin on the bow, and two hit the stern. The last one was blasted by the main gun's shield and fell on the deck and exploded, leaving a small pit.

However, even though Seidlitz was seriously injured, she gritted her teeth and persevered like Moltke. Her only six remaining main guns kept fighting back until the end of the battle, and once hit the two bombs of the War Warfare.

The situation of the German war patrol was very bad, so the Russian warship could only be said to be a tragedy. Sevastopol was hit by three bombs, one of which hit the commander's tower, blowing more than 30 officers and soldiers, including the captain of the ship, into pieces of meat. The second bomb was slightly better. Fortunately, it only hit her rear chimney. After two holes in the chimney, it fell into the sea on the other side. As for the third bomb, it overturned Sevastopol's rear main gun.

You read that right, just overturned the main gun. After the shell easily drilled into the turret, it ended the hundreds of officers and soldiers in the turret with a loud roar. The shells and fired medicines stored in the turret were not too many, and the explosion caused by the death toll did not affect the ammunition depot below. Otherwise, Sevastopol would have to explain it on the spot.

The Poltava was the least injured. A bomb was caught near the waterline. The shell penetrated the main armor and entered the boiler compartment. It instantly destroyed the ship's No. 1 and No. 2 boiler compartments, which greatly reduced the speed of the ship and gradually fell into the siege of British warships.

The situation was very tragic at that time. The captain of the ship, Lodkin, sent a power to the temporary commander of the formation, Yushenko, and said: "The boiler cabin of our ship No. 1 is completely destroyed, and the speed is greatly reduced, and I may not be able to escape. Please retreat at full speed. I will do my best to delay the enemy's pursuit. I wish you good luck..."

After sending this telegram, Lodkin ordered a rudder turn, turn the bow and head back to rush towards the British fleet. The Sevastopol was accompanied by him. The political commissar of the ship, Zutsky, was shot in the command tower before, almost turned into a bloody man. When he was carried out by his comrades out of the command tower with holes, the extremely strong political commissar, who actually woke up. After a simple bandage, he took over the command authority and the first order he issued was to turn the rudder to meet the enemy. At the same time, he also generated power to Seedritz, Moltke, and the formation commander Samekov, who was temporarily out of the battlefield: "Please retreat quickly! Our ship will stay and drag the enemy!"

Yes, both Lodkin and Berezutsky realized that their car, the Gangut-class, was actually a scoop. If the four German war patrols had no need to worry about them, they would have been able to retreat safely. Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, instead of dragging the entire fleet to be buried, they would take the initiative to stay in the palace and fight for the opportunity to survive for their comrades!

No matter when this kind of action of leaving the opportunity to survive to others and leaving death to oneself is noble and worthy of praise. In the subsequent battle, Lodkin and Berezutsky fully interpreted the Russian Navy's qualities of fighting to the death without fear of sacrifice.

Berezusky, covered in blood, had one eye blinded and one leg limped, pushed away his comrades' help, calmly held the wheel and drove the ship to meet the enemy himself. Luodkin completely took the initiative and ordered himself to be tied to the main mast, vowing to live and die with the Poltava.

Inspired by the two commanders, Sevastopol and Poltava fought the most tragic battle. Faced with the artillery fire of the British warships, they rushed to a distance of about ten kilometers. The two ships lined up with their broken bodies to block the pursuit of the British warships.

The fierce naval battle ran from ten kilometers to three kilometers. All the turrets of Sevastopol were destroyed and the entire ship was covered with blazing flames. However, the sailors still fired at the British warships with all the weapons they could use. Half of the hull of the Poltava had been soaked in the sea, and the boiler cabin was broken and completely lost its maneuverability. However, under the command of Luodekin on the mast, the only turret No. 3 that could fire still sprayed flames at the enemy.

The bravery and tenacity of the Russians surprised the British. Rear Admiral Edward, who was standing on the Queen Elizabeth commanding the battle, first ordered the Russians to give flags and order them to surrender. But the Russians' answer was so simple and clear - go shit!

Although this was a swear word, Edward was not angry for the first time, nor did he think Russia was too rude. Instead, he said to the staff officer around him: "It seems that the Russian navy is not completely useless, at least their fighting spirit is worthy of recognition!"

The fierce artillery battle continued, and the Russians who refused to surrender were still sneered by the British. In the end, because the distance was too close, the British warships had to shoot flat. Looking from a distance, the Poltava and Sevastopol were like sieves, with dense bullet holes on the hull, which was simply shocking!

However, in this battle, the fate of Sevastopol and Poltava is almost certain, and the only question is how long they can last.

The Poltava sank first. When the whole ship was covered with flames and smoke, the tenacious warship let out a last wail. As her main mast fell down, the warship suddenly overturned and sank into the seabed.

It is worth mentioning that all the officers and soldiers on this warship, including Luodkin, were killed. A considerable number of sailors actually had the opportunity to escape, but they all gave up this opportunity. At the last moment, regardless of whether they were injured or not, they all stood on the battlefield and accompanied their captain into the underwater world of the Baltic Sea.

As for the Sevastopol, it was also as strong as the last 120mm secondary cannon that tried to attack the enemy, was destroyed, and the ship was actually no longer human-shaped. All the superstructures had been flattened, the bridge had turned into a torch, and all the wooden waterproof decks had been burned to ashes. Some of the decks had even become red! It can be said that the entire warship had become a hell of smoke and fire!

In the words of Rear Admiral Edward: "No one can escape alive from this ship!"

I have to say that Edward's conclusion was too arbitrary. Even though it had become hell, the officers and soldiers of the Sevastopol did not give up. They picked up long spears and shot at the British warships, while actively organizing fire extinguishing and self-rescue. What's amazing is that even though the superstructure turned into ruins and torches, even if more than one meter of accumulated water was poured into the boiler cabin, the brave officers and soldiers of the engine room did not leave their posts, miraculously plugging the loopholes and removing the accumulated water and restoring the momentum!

When the British fleet bypassed the Sevastopol and continued to pursue it, they absolutely did not expect that a warship that had been sentenced to death by them could miraculously return to Szczechin!

Not only the British did not expect it, but even Li Xiaofeng did not expect it. When the Sevastopol staggered into Szczecin, his eyes were wet, and he saw an indomitable spirit on this warship!

It is worth mentioning that because of the rescue of Sevastopol, the last scene of the naval battle with great power differences was remembered. Later people can know the courage of Lodkin and the unyielding Poltava.

After learning about the stories of Sevastopol and Poltava, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee responded quickly. He awarded the Red Flag Medal of Sevastopol and Poltava, and the Red Flag Medal of all officers and soldiers of the two ships. He awarded the heroic sacrifice of Lodkin and the Berezutsky Lenin Medal of fighting to the end with injuries. In the 1930s, he also awarded the title of Soviet hero and the Golden Star Medal.

This is not all. The Politburo also decided to convert the severely damaged Sevastopol into a memorial ship (the ship was too heavy to be damaged and has no repair value) to commemorate the naval battle forever. It also promised to preserve Sevastopol and Poltava in the sequence of the Red Navy forever!

This promise was soon fulfilled. After the war, the Nicholas I, who had been forced to shut down, was renamed the Poltava. This improved version, which resembles the Gangut, will inherit the will of its predecessors and continue to defend Russia's territorial waters.

Of course, these are all later stories, because at that time, when Sevastopol and Poltava made tragic sacrifices, the naval battle was not over, or the naval battle was about to enter the final **.

The four German battle patrols fled in a very embarrassing manner, almost staggering and struggling, while the eight British warships behind were full of energy and sank the four enemy main battleships in one fell swoop. It can be said that they used their own strength to save the face of the Royal Navy. If they could continue to work hard and sink one or two enemy ships, it would be even more perfect!

At that time, the three fast combat patrolmen carried three light cruisers and rushed in front at full speed, ready to beat the dogs in the water. However, they didn't know that it was not just the dogs waiting for them in front, but the main force of Basirev's fleet was finally about to arrive!

At the forefront were the absolute main force of the fleet, Bavaria and Baden, followed by four Kings and four German Emperors, and 10 warships were sprinting forward at a maximum speed of 21 knots.

Basilev, the commander of Baden, had a pale face. He finally contacted Samekov, and the cumulonimbus cloud that had been harassing communications had finally dissipated. However, all they learned was bad news - the four battle patrols were severely damaged, and the four Ganguts were sinking and injured were a little bit bad. Such a battle cannot be said to be good, especially when he knew that five queens were waiting for him ahead, the old man's face was pale.

Needless to say, the level of the five queens is. Even if he has a numerical advantage, he dares to defeat his opponent. In fact, in Basilev's view, the strength of both sides is half a pound and eight taels. Everyone has a chance, but it depends on who can grasp it.

You must first win!

Basilev quickly made a decision, so how could he take the lead? In his opinion, the three British battle tours were the best targets. If they could be eliminated at the fastest speed, the remaining five queens would be alone even if they were very strong.

However, it is more difficult to do simply. Reputation, counterattack and Tiger are not soft persimmons. For these three extremely fast battle patrols, they can still run if they can't beat them! This is the biggest headache for Basilev. His fleet really lacks speed, and he will only be able to sacrifice his life for 21 knots. He really can't catch up with the fast-leg battle patrol.

"Give power to Samekov, let his formation turn, and once the enemy wants to run, chase after you immediately!"

To be honest, this is a bit difficult. Each of Samekov's battle patrols was injured, and they were not slightly injured. It was a bit like letting him turn the rudder at this time. But there was no other way for Basilev to do so. After all, only Samekov's battle patrols had speed, right?

But there was a man on the battlefield who disagreed with Basirev's conclusion. He believed that there was a better choice at this time and there was no need to let Samekov's battle tour take such a big risk. This person is the brave and crazy bearded Sukhoi at the beginning of this chapter.

When Basilev adjusted his deployment, Sukhoi was also dispatching troops. The car once again ordered all the torpedo planes to be dispatched, and emphasized that dive bombers must also participate in the war. He wrote in an anxious tone in the telegram to the airport: "This is the final decisive battle! Our naval aviation must fight with our comrades at the sea to the end!!" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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