Hi everyone!
Especially you, my faithful friend,
who patiently waits for new Sea Smackdown episodes!
Today's hero is nicknamed Ms_Persik a representative of the RU server
who plays on battleship Scharnhorst very nicely.
At just one thousand HP the player managed...
Wait! No spoilers!
Everyone wants to start a story with a success,
but our story starts with a slap for our hero from York.
The Duke of York that is.
Minus 15 thousand HP from the get go!
That hurts!
We'll make err...
Königsberg pay for that!
Oops! The German fizzled out!
But she cheered us up! We'll fire at Duke one more time!
By the way, did you know, my friend, that it's important to not only shoot,
but also keep track of destroyers while you play on a battleship?
Fubuki over there obviously wants to torpedo us...
What did a classic author once say?
"Fight the enemy with his own weapon".
We send torpedoes to the destroyer
and flavor them with an armor-piercing salvo just to be sure...
Boom! That's the first frag! We didn't even need the torpedoes.
The destroyer is done.
Now we can spend some time defending key area A.
But as soon as our Sharnhorst entered the strait,
two cruisers and battleship König joyfully attacked us!
Our hero took fire and minor damage, while Furutaka received 20 thousand damage,
and the German battleship— 3 of our torpedoes,
flooding, and fire caused by our secondary armament.
Not too bad!
As a result, König burned out, but Furutaka heroically tried
to bounce our shell back with her citadel.
Alas, poorly.
Both Double Strike and High Caliber in just 7 minutes!
Our hero performs successful maneuvers and avoids torpedoes from La Galissonnière.
Myoko is on the horizon,
and she is obviously a more dangerous foe than the French ship!
Three salvos missed, but the fourth one hit the Japanese ship!
Budyonny is on the horizon at full HP, and... her HP is no longer full!
The last salvo leaves the cruiser at 350 HP, and an ally finishes it off.
Well, the Kraken Unleashed has to wait.
We captured key area A, now we’re going for B.
On our way, Sharnhorst turns up,
paired with an allied destroyer against four enemy ships.
What a twist!
It's interesting; is it because we're so slow,
or did our allies hurry to buy last-minute trips to the port?
Who knows?! But there's no time to think about our old friends,
La Galissonnière and Duke of York are already waiting for us at the key area.
It's easier to finish off the French ship, that's why we're starting with it.
The British battleship also decided that our destroyer was more dangerous
and got rid of it quickly.
We finish off the French ship and continue the fight mano a mano.
Hegel once said, “history repeats itself”.
Though the second time it's more of a farce.
As soon as Sharnhorst reloaded her torpedoes
following an exchange of artillery salvos,
the Duke of York's fate was decided!
A reenactment of the Battle of the North Cape failed!
Here, the classic author was right!
Sharnhorst had to spend their last Repair Party after the battle with York.
Our hero is at 12 thousand HP,
and we need to trade damage with them as efficiently as possible.
Enemy Emerald has twice as much HP and can tear us to pieces in a second.
Eh, an island turned up at the wrong time—
our hero had to turn a side towards the English ship.
We lose HP fast, but our enemy is unharmed!
Why do battleships’ guns aim so slowly?
Salvo!
Emerald is history now!
Suddenly we caught almost 3 thousand damage from afar!
That may sound like a small issue, but when you only have 5 thousand HP left—
it stings!
And here come the torpedoes!
From Emerald! Phew!
Luckily, the cruiser launched them densely.
And that’s when Graf Spee kicks in!
Like the real Count Dracula who wants to suck the last drops of Sharnhorst's HP!
The “pocket battleship” deals 3 thousand damage with a precise shot,
and our hero is at 1,150 HP!
Everyone likes a story with a happy ending,
but you can’t always get what you want.
An enemy at almost full HP equipped with torpedoes is a bit of a problem.
Despite the fact that our hero chips off the enemy's HP by tiny bits,
the outcome is evident.
Spee approaches with the intent to either finish the hero off
with torpedoes at point blank or simply ram!
Our hero is preparing to sink, but at least we’ll win by score.
And that's it, the last chance for our hero to shoot and…
they made it!!!
Victory!!!
Graf Spee is going down after she released torpedoes,
and our hero is going to receive their just rewards!
Eight ships sunk, 7 medals, 3,700 free XP, and almost 300 thousand damage caused!
Frankly speaking, the result is great!
Thus, for their fortitude, faith in victory, and nerve,
especially during the final minutes of the battle,
Ms_Persik receives doubloons and the Sea Smackdown commemorative flag.
Well done! Well played!
And if you, my friend, can do better—send us your replay!