Another World: Naval Storm

"Just test it out, speed up! Try to stay side by side with the Drakes! The advantage is on my side!" Sturdy's order was conveyed, and the fleet began to go all out.

The Sturdy fleet advanced under the artillery fire, and the high-speed Talen battlecruiser squadron soon ran parallel to the Leo fleet.

"Each of you attack your designated targets!" Sturdy gave the signal.

As there were six Talen warships and five Drake warships in the battle, this order caused some confusion, and one Drake armored cruiser, the Moltke, was not attacked by any of the Talen warships.

This order caused some confusion as there were 6 Talens and 5 Drakes, and one Drake armored cruiser, the Moltke, was not attacked by any of the Talens.

However, the armored cruiser Blücher, which was at the end of the column, was in bad luck. It was hit continuously by multiple warships and was hit by the most shells. It soon caught fire, tilted, and fell behind.

"General, Blücher can no longer keep up with the fleet!"

"Let them decide based on the circumstances. They can surrender when necessary! But the Blücher must sink itself!" The Leo fleet can only abandon the Blücher now. As for surrendering, it doesn't matter anymore, as long as the Blücher doesn't fall into the hands of the Talens.

Of course, the Talen armored cruiser Cape Town was not fared any better, with multiple shells from the Moltke's 210mm naval gun hitting the bridge, killing the captain, Colonel Seibert, and several other officers.

The other three Drak Empire battlecruisers also concentrated their fire on the Indefatigable, trying to force it to withdraw from the battle. With one less battlecruiser, the pressure on the Leo fleet would be less.

Relying on an amazing hit rate, Taron's flagship, the Invincible, was hit by several consecutive shots. Its speed gradually slowed down, and it began to tilt, and was about to fall out of the formation.

"Attack the enemy's rear." Sturdy planned to first kill the battlecruiser Von der Leyen in the middle, separating the entire Leo fleet from the middle.

However, Rear Admiral Moore, who was taking over the command of the Tallen Fleet on the Indomitable, thought that Sturdy was referring to the Blücher, which had been severely damaged and caught fire in the northeast of the rear of the Leo Fleet.

Major General Moore carried out this order, which he thought was very clear. After all, everyone likes to kick a drowning dog. He led the entire fleet to bombard the Blücher with a storm of shells.

The inexplicable actions of the Tarun people gave the Leo fleet a good opportunity, although this came at the cost of losing an armored cruiser.

Blücher stood firm during the siege, but most of the ship's main guns had been destroyed and it was no longer able to fight back. The captain ordered the ship to be abandoned and the sea valves to be opened.

The Royal Navy of Talen was quite particular, and after the Drakes had evacuated, they sank Blücher with multiple torpedoes.

"Do you have any brains at all..." Sturdy saw Major General Moore scolding him, but Moore did not dare to talk back, because he was told to read and hear the orders clearly.

Sturdee then transferred his command to the battlecruiser Indomitable, leaving the damaged Indefatigable in the rear to continue the pursuit of the Drakes.

"The Drake battlecruiser has very strong defense!" Sturdy exclaimed.

"Yes, General, those three battlecruisers were hit by quite a few bullets, but their speed did not drop much!" Moore agreed. The speed of the Third Battlecruiser Squadron dropped a lot due to the drag of the Invincible, but it still followed behind.

This is an illusion of the two. Compared with the battlecruisers of the same period, the protection level of Talen and Drake is not much different. Although the thickest part of the side armor belt of Drake naval battlecruisers such as Seydlitz and Derfflinger is 300 mm, it exceeds the 248 mm of the Lion and Tiger class battlecruisers of the Royal Navy of Talen.

However, the thinnest part of the Lion-class and Tiger-class side armor is 127 mm, which is stronger than the 105 mm of Seydlitz and Derfflinger. It can be seen that the armor layout of the two countries' battlecruisers has different focuses.

Although the thickest part of the Drake battlecruiser's side armor belt has a slight advantage over the Talen battlecruiser, Leo obviously cannot use this advantage. After all, neither the Seydlitz-class nor the Derfflinger-class battlecruiser are serving under his command, and they are all stuck in the naval port.

More importantly, the Leo Fleet's terrible hit rate and shell damage effect. The Talen Royal Navy's battleships are equipped with a large number of capped armor-piercing shells, which use delayed base fuses with a delay time of 0 to 006 seconds.

The main component of the Talen large-caliber shells is picric acid. Because it is too sensitive, it is easy to explode prematurely when hitting the enemy's ship armor, so its destructive power against targets with heavy armor protection is greatly reduced.

Unlike Talon, the armor-piercing shells manufactured by the Drak Empire have a fuse delay of 0 seconds, and the main charge of the shells uses insensitive TNT explosives. Although such a configuration may cause duds, it is less likely to explode upon impact, and can often penetrate the target's armor and explode inside. It is precisely because of the different ammunition properties of the two sides that the damage effect of the shells manufactured by Drak is significantly better than that of Talon.

Sturdy hesitated because of the heavy damage to the Indefatigable, because the significance of the Indefatigable was not that simple. He did not dare to let the Indefatigable withdraw and affect the combat effectiveness of the entire fleet, nor did he dare to face the battle directly and put the Indefatigable in a position to be sunk.

"I really want Liam to fly over here right now!" Sturdy was in a dilemma and began to miss Liam.

Liam had just passed the sinking site of the Blücher and watched as three cruisers in Sturdy's fleet salvaged the officers and soldiers of the Blücher.

"Looks like we're not far from Leo!"

"General Sturdy did a good job. Leo has lost an armored cruiser!" Alex was very happy. There were few people in the entire Drake Empire who he didn't hate.

"Don't be careless. A trapped beast is the most terrifying. You don't know how much flesh it will bite off of you!" Liam was not so optimistic.

Leo's fleet has arrived at the ambush circle and began to turn to seize the T-head.

"What are they doing? Are they going to have a fight with us?" Sturdy couldn't believe it. After all, he had been chasing Leo for a long time.

"Is it because of lack of fuel? Or is it because they are fighting to the death since they cannot escape?" Major General Moore interrupted.

"That's not favorable for us! The Drakes have already taken shape, and the situation is not favorable for us now!" Sturdy wanted to retreat. He wanted to meet up with Liam and then fight Leo.

Unfortunately, the battle was unavoidable, and the ambushed submarines had opened their fangs and mouths, ready to devour the Sturdy fleet.

"Wow, these are all big fish!" The Drake submarine soldiers were extremely excited when they saw the size of Sturdee's fleet through the periscope.

"Torpedoes loaded!"

"Fire!" The Drake submarine could not communicate in real time, so the targets it aimed at might be repeated, but it didn't matter. A round of 16 torpedoes was enough to deal a heavy blow to Sturdy.