Azur Lane, I really didn’t lose my memory!

"Ricochet!"

As the editor-in-chief of the news agency, Aoba now has very good professional qualities when giving commentaries outside the training grounds.

She was the first to come to her senses and shouted while holding the microphone:

"Ricochet! It's a ricochet!"

"All four of Barr's armor-piercing shells bounced, ha... cough cough!"

The dramatic result almost made Qingye unable to hold back her laughter, but the girl had received professional training and would not laugh no matter how funny it was unless she couldn't help it.

Well, now is the time to hold back. Qingye coughed twice and then said:

"Unfortunately, all of Barr's armor-piercing shells bounced. The Hindenburg's armor is still very thick, and the Hindenburg has a special dome structure. I think even if Barr's armor-piercing shells can penetrate it effectively, it will be difficult to break through the dome's protection and effectively hit the Hindenburg's core area."

"From this perspective, the balance of victory is undoubtedly beginning to tilt towards the Iron Blood Squad."

"Let us congratulate the Iron Blood Team in advance for winning this game, and thank both teams for bringing us such a wonderful performance..."

"and many more!"

"There are still variables!?"

Just as Qingye finished speaking, something unexpected happened in the training ground.

After all four of Jean Bart's shells ricocheted, only two of the five 533mm magnetic torpedoes dropped by Hindenburg hit Jean Bart!

Two torpedoes were not enough to kill Jean Bart instantly, but they just put her into a state of severe damage!

"How can this be!?"

At such a close distance, and using magnetic torpedoes, this...how could it be empty?

Aoba outside the field opened her eyes wide. What did she miss when she was explaining just now? Where did the remaining three torpedoes go?

Soon, with the reminder from the audience, Aoba found the reason why the torpedo disappeared.

"It's Prince Ruprecht. Three magnetic torpedoes were attracted to her!!!"

At the scene of the incident, even the person involved, Jean Bal, was a little confused. She had been ready to withdraw after the main gun ricocheted, but she did not expect such a sudden change to happen.

On the other side, Hindenburg was also dumbfounded.

She was engaged in a boarding battle with Jean Bart, and the sinking Prince Ruprecht happened to be between the two. Her magnetic torpedoes were about to hit Jean Bart, but were attracted by the sinking Prince Ruprecht. Three torpedoes suddenly turned and attacked the sinking Prince Ruprecht, allowing Jean Bart to escape.

Hindenburg felt a surge of regret, wishing he had brought ordinary torpedoes.

If it was an ordinary torpedo, it would not be attracted by Prince Rupprecht at all, and the Bar would have sunk by now!

Outside the arena, Aoba shouted loudly: "War criminal! Prince Ruprecht is an absolute war criminal!"

In the screen, facing the camera, Prince Ruprecht, who was slowly "sinking", spread his hands, his innocent eyes seemed to say "Is it my fault?"

Who would have thought that this exercise would add a new ship sinking mechanism! It was not there before!

The exercise was still going on, and no one expected such a change in the battle situation.

What is even more surprising is that, because previously one of Barr was trying to find the angle and the other to disperse the mines, the two of them now began to perform a duet around the sinking Prince Rupprecht.

The front and sides of each other were exposed to each other's guns without reservation!

Hindenburg opened fire immediately. She knew clearly that after Jean Bart was hit by two more torpedoes, the durability of its ship was not only very low, but it was also judged that the deck was on fire and the cabin was flooded. It was just a spent force. As long as she added the last bit of damage, Jean Bart would be judged to be sunk!

The two men fought their final battle.

However, at this moment, Jean Bart's damage repair team completed the work and the No. 1 turret was repaired!

The front side of Hindenburg was exposed to the muzzle of the No. 1 turret!

Aoba outside the venue was extremely excited, and the audience was also boiling with excitement!

"Let Barr's turret number one be repaired, let Four evolve! Let Eight!"

"Let Barr fire!"

"All four hits! Hit the armored area! Two hits damaged the core and two hits did half the damage!"

"The Hindenburg is broken!"

The whole audience cheered and laughed. No matter whether it was the ship girls who had been kept in storage for a long time or the new ship girls who had just joined the port area, their emotions were ignited by the duel between the two!

"Now the durability of both sides is almost at the bottom. The duel between the two knights has reached the point where any attack can decide the outcome. Let's wait and see who will win!"

In the training ground, the battle had reached this point, with only a little bit of durability left in the ship's equipment. Neither of the two would give up easily, and they were both desperately loading a new round of shells into the turret.

Just one round, one round.

No, one, just one shell and I can sink her!

This is the common thought of the two at the moment.

As a heavy cruiser with high projectile capacity, Hindenburg has an extremely fast reload speed.

She quickly finished reloading, and just as she was about to fire.

The dull sound of the battleship's main guns firing exploded in her ears.

Then she was hit.

"How...is this possible?" Hindenburg looked at Jean Bart in disbelief. "How can you reload so quickly?!"

Jean Bart simply replied, "Turret No. 2."

"Turret No. 2?" Hindenburg murmured, and then his pupils, as red as blood, suddenly dilated.

She actually overlooked this detail!

At this time, Qingye outside the field explained:

"It was the No. 1 turret that Jean Bart repaired in time that caused the Hindenburg to be severely damaged, and it was the No. 2 turret that dealt the Hindenburg a fatal blow. Jean Bart's No. 2 turret had fired once at the beginning of the boarding battle. Considering that Jean Bart had a strong ability to reload shells in a short period of time, Jean Bart's No. 2 turret was almost fully loaded at this time..."

"Although it was only a little bit off, it's a pity that this duel was decided by Barr..."

"Wait! There's a twist!"

Just as Qingye was about to make a conclusion, something unexpected happened again in the training ground!

"Referee Gridley raised the yellow flag. Is there a violation? Who violated the rules?"

"Wait a moment, let's contact Gridley at the training ground to confirm the specific information."

Soon, the news with Gridley was confirmed.

Aoba announced:

"Let Barr violate the rules!"

The scene was in an uproar!

"According to the information provided by Gridley, since Jean Bart was in two negative states at the same time, the cabin was leaking and the deck was on fire, Jean Bart's durability had already returned to zero one second before he fired. Therefore, the referee team ruled that Jean Bart's last shot was invalid."

"The Hindenburg is 'resurrected' to a state of great destruction!"

178-Are you afraid of North Carolina?

On the high seas, the shelling from the two fleets never stopped from the moment the whistle sounded.

The outcome of Jean Bart's battle has already been decided, while Richelieu's team is still using the dragging tactic.

"Not good, flagship."

Brest fired a round of high-explosive shells, reigniting the fire that Odin had just put out on the deck: "Let Bar lose, Hindenburg is capturing the point."

"I know."

Richelieu's entire body was covered in smoke from the fireworks. She tightly grasped the flag in her hand. Even though she felt unwilling, she could only sigh, "It looks like this is the end..."

Let Barr and the vicious control point have a crucial impact on the battle situation.

Now we can't control the point and it has been occupied by others.

Richelieu could imagine that Hindenburg would definitely use the maintenance team to repair a certain amount of the durability of the ship's equipment during the point capture process.

By the time she has occupied all the points, the durability of the ship's equipment will be almost restored to the point where it can still fight.

Then, Hindenburg will cooperate with Frederick and others to outflank us from the flank and launch crossfire against the remaining four of our troops.

Well, the situation is over.

However, even if the situation is hopeless, we cannot give up easily. We must fight to the death and make one last gamble!

"The last telegram Jean Bart sent said that Hindenburg's durability is almost zero. Can we find a way to give her a shot and sink her?" asked Louis IX.

"Give her a shot..."

Richelieu looked at the sea filled with smoke. In the distance, the two mountains seemed extremely small, not to mention Hindenburg occupying a point under the mountains.

"It's too far. We don't have enough range."

They had been trading space for time and the durability of Frederick the Great and his ship equipment, so they had been fighting and retreating.

Therefore, the distance to Hindenburg is now at least thirty kilometers.

Such a long distance is beyond the reach of ordinary naval guns.

"Wait a minute, I think I can do it!"

At this time, North Carolina in the team said: "Before the game, I specially asked Akashi to modify the ship's equipment. I sacrificed a little bit of the MK6's gun rotation speed in exchange for an increase in range. If it were me, maybe I could give it a try..."

An unexpected surprise.

"Then try it right away!"

Richelieu made the decision without any hesitation.

It is not easy to hit the target with ultra-long-range artillery fire.

There can be no hesitation at this time. Hindenburg has just sunk Jean Bart, and now it must slow down to occupy the point to prevent the ship from going too fast and leaving the point.

This is when ultra-long range artillery fire is most likely to hit!

North Carolina immediately launched a reconnaissance plane to observe Hindenburg's position more clearly in order to increase the hit rate of the artillery fire. At the same time, it turned the muzzle of the gun, and the black gun barrel began to rise, followed by a dull sound of artillery fire.

Nine 406mm shells flew out of the barrel, drawing a graceful arc in the air.

At the same time, on Hindenburg's side.

The Hindenburg, which had just sunk Jean Bart, was slowing down to capture the point.

At this time, Prince Rupprecht, who was about to sink, shouted, "Hindenburg, the Emperor and his men just sent a telegram saying that they saw North Carolina firing a shot in this direction, and asked you to be careful."

"Ha~" Hindenburg said in a skeptical tone, "Are you afraid of North Carolina?"

"It's not a question of whether you are afraid or not," said Prince Ruprecht. "The problem is that she really fired a shot. Hindenburg, you don't want to be humiliated, do you?"

Hindenburg: "..."

"I remember that North Carolina's range shouldn't be that far. They might be bluffing, trying to scare me by firing, forcing me to speed up and dodge the shells so as to delay our attack."

"But...it's better to be safe than sorry. I'd better speed up first."

Hindenburg was cautious.

Although North Carolina is one of the oldest ports in the port area, it has been slow to modernize.

Its combat capability is average among battleships. Apart from its strong air defense, there is nothing to praise.

However, to be on the safe side, Hindenburg chose to speed up.

However, just as Hindenburg decided to speed up, a round of shells suddenly fell from above her head, aiming at the exact position where she was accelerating.

Some of the shells passed by her and hit the sea as near misses.

Some shells hit the mechanical dragon's gun shield and bounced away with crisp clanging sounds.

But two more shells hit the mechanical dragon's back!

Thick black smoke rose from the explosion.

Referee Gridley raised the flag and said, "North Carolina fired two long-range lobs at the Hindenburg deck, hitting the core area of ​​Hindenburg's armor."

"Verdict: Hindenburg was sunk!"

The Hindenburg, which was suddenly sunk, also looked in disbelief.

This...how did it hit?

Hitting a maneuvering target from a distance of more than 30 kilometers, this...how is this possible?