Fox of France

If it wasn't during the battle, even if there was a problem with this patch and the sea water poured in, it wouldn't be a big problem. Because at that time, the damage control personnel on the ship were watching here 24 hours a day. This means that as soon as there is a problem in this place, everyone will act immediately and close the water-proof cabin. The ship may cause some minor troubles due to water in one cabin, but there will never be a major problem.

But at this time, the situation was different. There were many fires on the "Queen Elizabeth", and damage control personnel were needed everywhere, and the continuous shelling also caused heavy losses to the damage control personnel themselves. Management did not respond immediately. And after they discovered this problem, the amount of water inflow was already quite large. Although they urgently closed some compartments (during this process, some sailors who had no time to escape were directly locked inside. These closed compartments will soon be filled with sea water, and the sailors trapped inside have only a dead end One) However, a large amount of water still caused the "Queen Elizabeth" to start to roll significantly.

If the angle of roll exceeds a certain degree, the cannons on the "Queen Elizabeth", especially the 10-inch main gun, will be unusable. Therefore, the British must use some means to correct the roll of the deck.

Generally speaking, among the methods to correct the deck tilting, the most common and the easiest one to take effect quickly is to fill the watertight compartment on the corresponding other side to restore the balance.

The British did the same, so the deck of the "Queen Elizabeth" gradually returned to level, and the 5-inch secondary guns on the warship also fired back at the French armored cruisers.

Compared with the French armored cruiser, "Queen Elizabeth" is much more stable as a platform, so its secondary guns are naturally more accurate. But even the secondary guns. Compared with the French cannons, their rate of fire is obviously too slow. Not enough to overwhelm the French armored cruisers.

On the other hand, due to the effects of passive flooding and active flooding to restore balance, the speed of the "Queen Elizabeth" dropped further. Now her speed has dropped to about eight knots. However, the distance between her and the "Imberado" has been further shortened.

"How far is the enemy ship from us now?" General Nelson asked very calmly, ignoring the approaching flames.

"About 1,700 meters." A staff officer replied.

"Let's get closer, at 1,500 meters, let the main guns fire at the enemy ship." Nelson said calmly, as if the warship he was on was not burning.

The distance between the two sides continued to approach, and more 150 shells hit the "Queen Elizabeth". Now the distance is much closer, and the efficiency of the enemy's shelling has increased significantly.

Fortunately, the ammunition depot of the "Queen Elizabeth" has special reinforced armor. At least for now, there has been no breakdown of the ammunition depot. But at this time, the second team of the French had also killed from behind. Led by two supercruisers, they were firing on the British armored cruiser from behind.

Because of the obvious disadvantage in terms of numbers and firepower, most of the British cruisers were suppressed, although they were doing their duty for England as General Nelson asked when he raised the Z flag. But the huge gap in strength cannot be changed by spiritual power alone. Although they also damaged several French warships, the results of the French battle were obviously greater-almost all British armored cruisers were burned under the fire of the French.

This kind of result is very normal. In fact, as long as the numbers and firepower of the two sides are quantified, and they are substituted into someone's counterfeit battle equation, you will know that the British's performance in this battle is actually very good.

After several rounds of shelling, the "Queen Elizabeth" finally approached the distance of about 1,500 meters from the "Inberado".

At this time, the podium of the "Queen Elizabeth" had just been pierced by a 150 shell. The shell passed through without exploding, but it still caused a lot of casualties. Nelson's adjutant was hit by a piece of iron shredded by the shell and fell unconscious on the ground; Nelson was also hit by a piece of flying glass chest. His lungs may have been injured a bit, and blood was coming out of his mouth and nose, but he was able to hold on to the handrail and continue standing.

"The front main gun is ready! Aim at the No. 1 enemy ship, open..." Nelson shouted into the microphone, but at the end of the shout, he coughed violently, and blood with foam came out of his mouth and nose out.

"Fire!" Captain Hardy, who was also seriously injured, got up from the ground and shouted an order.

The front main gun fired at the battleship "Imberado" which was only more than a thousand meters away. As two balls of fire emerged from the opening, the two shells shot straight at the "Imberado".

One of the two shells flew past the bridge of the "Inberado". If the shell had been more accurate, it might have killed Admiral Treville and his staff.

Another shell hit the bow of the "Imperator".

With a loud bang, most of the bow of the "Imberado" was blown off, so that the waves could pour in directly from there.

Losing the bow, the speed of the "Imberado" dropped immediately, and the stability of the ship was significantly weakened due to the waves. But in general, although this shell disfigured "Inberado", it did not paralyze "Inberado".

It's just that the reloading speed of the main guns of the British warships is too slow, and they are facing the enemy at the head of the ship at this time. Unless everyone has crossed, their rear main guns cannot fire.

However, considering the loading speed of the main gun, to be honest, when everyone passes by, the front main gun may not be able to complete the loading. Originally, Nelson could use better steering to try to see if he could turn the tail gun to a firing angle, but now that the ship is severely damaged, it is difficult to complete such a steering.

"Press and ventilate, let's hit it and sink Imperator!" Nelson finally stopped coughing, he tried his best to support himself not to fall, and looked at the ship close at hand, because he lost the bow and lowered The "Imberado" battleship, which had lost speed and became more clumsy, issued such an order.