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The battleship Barbarossa Reading was almost completely engulfed in flames.

Although the turret is intact and the power system does not seem to be damaged, the superstructure of the Barbarossa Sea Reading is almost gone, and the raging fire cannot be contained. Although the Ottoman soldiers still hold water pipes and spray seawater towards the fire, Wanted to save this flagship of the Ottoman Navy.

Seeing the Barbarossa Sea Reading surrounded by flames still fighting back, Kontoriotis, who was observing with a telescope in his hand, had to lament the fighting will of the Ottomans and curse the sturdiness of the German warships.

No matter what, the Barbarossa Sea Reading was an old German pre-dreadnought ship, and the 300 kilogram armor-piercing projectiles fired from the 305 mm cannon still penetrated the battered hull.

After penetrating the 120mm armor belt of Barbarossa Hayredin, a shell penetrated downwards through the 50mm dome armor and exploded behind the side of the turret seat ring.

This shell hit a key location, not only causing the No. 2 turret to deform violently and become stuck, but also caused fires in several cabins after the explosion.

Turrets No. 1 and 2 are very close to the ammunition depot shared by the two turrets. If the fire is not contained, once the ammunition depot is detonated, the Barbarossa Seareading is entirely likely to explode into two pieces and the keel will break.

Colonel Tafaolu ignored Razizbey's reaction and shouted directly into the microphone: "Fill the ammunition depot with water immediately, fill the ammunition depot with water immediately."

"Yes, Captain, this is the ammunition depot, and I have opened the water injection valve." The voice coming from the microphone made Colonel Tafaolu, whose heart was in his throat, take a deep breath.

Although the explosion of the Barbarossa Sea Reading was prevented, Colonel Tafaolu, who had calmed down, was still tense.

The situation of the Barbarossa Sea Reading, which was hit by several artillery shells, has obviously reached the most vicious stage. In addition to being still floating on the sea, this warship has only two 208mm cannons left to pose a threat to enemy warships. The speed has dropped seriously, and the current speed has dropped to 6 knots, almost completely losing its combat effectiveness.

Now, Barbarossa Hayreddin, who was originally the flagship, has lost the ability to stay on the battle line.

A speed of 6 knots will drag down the entire fleet. Now the Greek fleet is chasing after it. If the fleet still takes into account the Barbarossa Sea Reading, the speed of the entire fleet will be reduced to 6 knots, and this may result in the entire fleet ultimately paying more. Big price.

The uneasy colonel looked at Commander Razizbey and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, what should we do now?"

Razizbey understood what Tafaolu meant. The colonel wanted the Barbarossa to stay behind and hold back the Greek fleet as much as possible to create time for the main fleet to escape.

Raziz Bey just sighed when he heard Tafaolu's question, feeling sad for the tragic experience of the Barbarossa Sea Reading.

If the Ottoman domestic pressure on the navy was not too great, in any case, such a naval level should not join the war.

For a high-tech branch like the navy, without long-term and stable capital investment, it is simply impossible to build a navy with strong combat effectiveness.

A century-old navy is not just talk.

So far, this naval battle has been like a one-sided massacre by the Greek navy. The Ottoman navy has not even hit a single cannonball.

This kind of achievement can really make people feel ashamed and angry when told about it.

Razizbey, who said nothing, walked to the chart on the table, stared at the map of the Eastern Aegean Sea, and quickly thought about countermeasures in his mind.

Looking at Gokce Island, which was only 2 to 3 kilometers away from the fleet on the chart, a crazy idea emerged in Raziz Bey's mind.

After thinking about it, he finally firmed up his idea and said to the communications officer: "Inform the battleship Torgut immediately and let the ship temporarily act as the flagship, and the captain, Captain Hammett, temporarily act as the fleet commander."

After that, he looked at Colonel Tafaolu: "Full right rudder, sail out of the queue and sail towards Gokce Island."

The colonel on Tafao Road was shocked by this order: "Your Majesty Commander, do you mean..."

"Okay, execute the order," Raziz Bey said forcefully, reaching out to interrupt his men's questioning.

Seeing that the commander had made up his mind and knew that there was no point in saying more, Barbarossa Seareddin's captain, Colonel Tafaolu, began to command the damage control personnel to try to save the life of the battleship.

After the front ammunition compartment was filled with water, the No. 1 turret not only misfired, Barbarossa Seareading completely lost one-third of its power, but also the large amount of seawater that poured into the ammunition compartment caused the weight of the bow to increase significantly, and the hull Tilt forward and the speed further decreases.

Faced with the superior strength of the Greek Navy, the fate of the Barbarossa Sea Reading can really only be left to the commander's last ditch effort.

In the Ottoman warship battle line, Barbarossa Hayredin, whose fire had diminished, suddenly rushed out of the array, changed course, and headed south.

Contoriotis, who saw this phenomenon, immediately realized that this was the enemy's tail-cutting strategy to survive.

I felt in my heart that the battleship was rough and thick, and it was indeed the mainstay of the navies of various countries. Its anti-sinkability was really good. Even if the 305 mm caliber cannon equipped with the Invincible-class battle cruiser could hit it a few times, it could still move freely.

It would be a great honor to be satisfied with sinking the Ottoman naval flagship Barbarossa Seareddin.

It's just a pity to let such a rare opportunity to severely damage the Ottoman Navy go.

It is natural to continue to pursue the Ottoman main fleet, but the fleet is currently very close to the Ottoman coast and will soon enter the strait between Gokcet Island and the Canakkale Peninsula.

Considering that this place is too close to the Ottoman coast, the Greek Navy is not familiar with the water conditions there, and the distribution of mines deployed by the Ottoman Navy, Kontoriotis does not dare to take risks with the only two main battleships of the Greek Navy.

Weapons such as mines are very cost-effective. The ships of the Greek fleet are all fast warships with weak armor. If they are hit by a mine, they will be severely damaged even if they are not sunk on the spot.

Seemingly to create an opportunity for the main fleet to escape, four destroyers in the Ottoman fleet accelerated their speed and charged towards the Greek fleet, carrying out a life-saving attack.

Soon, in order to contain the pursuit and interrupt the formation of the Greek fleet, torpedoes were unintentionally the most effective weapon.

Several white tracks extended towards the Greek fleet. While hiding, each ship fired wildly at the four destroyers in order to interfere with the enemy destroyers from launching fish.

An Ottoman destroyer was hit continuously and exploded on the spot.

After this wave of torpedo offensive, seeing that the opponent was about to enter the strait on the side of Gokce Island, they did not dare to pursue it.

The entire fleet turned back to look for the Ottoman battleship in the rear, only to see the ship wash up on the beach of Gokce Island and transform into a fixed fort.

This flagship of the Ottoman Navy actually chose to run aground on the beach.