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Chapter 1107 The Great Battle in the South Pacific (First update, please subscribe)
Sidley's September 13, 9, this day is destined to be recorded in history!

The sea cannon roared,

Following an unexpected bombardment, the Peru-Bolivia fleet first fired the 12-inch main gun of the "Peru", followed by the main guns and auxiliary guns of the "Bolivia" and the armored ship.

The sea battle in the South Pacific ensued!
The fleets of both sides are bombarding you back and forth on the sea.

At a distance of six kilometers, the bombardments of both sides were not very accurate, and the low hit rate of the secret glass fleet and the low destructive power of the shells put the secret glass coalition fleet at a certain disadvantage from the beginning.

However, Cheng Bichen, the commander of the fleet, did not order the main artillery to return fire. As for the first few minutes, both the Shanxi and the Linhai only fired back with the secondary artillery, so in the first few minutes, the Empire The firepower of the navy is obviously weaker than that of the Allied Forces, but thanks to the rapid-fire guns of the Imperial Navy, its strength is not inferior to that of the Allied Forces.

In the first few minutes, the warships of the Federation Fleet kept dropping shells, and the shells continuously exploded balls of flames on the deck, and the flying shrapnel took the lives of gunners and sailors from time to time.

This is naval warfare!
It was bloody in itself.

That's it!

At 53:[-], on the bridge of the "Shanxi", An Weimin, the artillery chief who had been waiting, shouted.

"Fire!"

When the order to fire was issued, the distance between the two sides was only 4000 meters. Immediately, all four 305mm main guns of the "Taiyuan" dumped their fire on the "Peru". The cannon roared.

Compared with the secondary artillery, the shelling of the main artillery is earth-shattering.

The target of the bombardment was the federal flagship "Peru". In an instant, this 8300-ton warship was completely enveloped by artillery fire.In just the first round of salvo, a 305mm artillery shell accurately hit the "Peru". The high-explosive shell weighing nearly [-] kilograms directly exploded a huge ball of flames in the midship. Fragments covered the deck like raindrops, and the shock wave of the explosion directly knocked Commander Grau and others on the bridge onto the deck.

Restricted by the technical level, the armor-piercing bombs of this era have poor armor-piercing effects, and it is almost impossible to hit ten-inch armor. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, Cheng Bichen, the fleet commander who was born as the deputy chief of staff of the navy, directly ordered the use of high-explosive bombs .

Although the high-explosive bombs could not sink the warship, the shells that kept falling on the warship still caused extremely heavy casualties to the Peruvian warship, and the flames of the shell explosion even ignited the deck.

Three minutes later, the distance between the two sides was close to 3 meters, which was already a hand-to-hand battle for a battleship.The power of the high-explosive bombs with sensitive fuzes used by the Imperial Navy was fully demonstrated on the battleships Peru and Bolivia. Within 3000 minutes of the battle, their deck superstructures were almost flattened by the Imperial Navy. As for the "Vargos" All the chimneys of the No. 3 were blown up.

Only 15 minutes after the fleet opened fire, the "Vargos" armored cruiser caught fire, followed by the "Peru" and "Independence" successively. The power of picric acid shells was fully exerted in the naval battle.

What is even more deadly is the rate of fire!
When the distance was reduced to less than three kilometers, the Secret Bo coalition forces discovered a fact that made them desperate. Although they had more warships and more artillery, their firepower was far less than that of the Imperial Navy.

When the main gun of the "Shanxi" roared again, the staff officer beside Grau roared.

"The main gun of the enemy ship fired again, and the time was about 20 minute and [-] seconds!"

Grau screamed.

"how so!"

What was the rate of fire of Peru's twelve-inch guns?

Two minutes and 30 seconds!
And what does this mean?
The firepower of a "Taiyuan" is almost equal to the sum of the Peru and Bolivia.

"How did their cannon fire so fast!"

"Their secondary guns are faster..."

Yes, the secondary battery is faster. When the "Taiyuan" entered the combat zone, his six 23mm rapid-fire guns on the starboard side immediately poured shells on the Peru at a rate of fire of ten rounds per minute, although A [-]kg shell cannot penetrate the armor of a battleship, but it can blow up buildings on the surface, kill unprotected sailors and gunners, and can ignite everything on the deck. The highly sensitive fuze is even hit on the rigging , will also explode in the air, taking more lives.

The victory in naval battles is often a technical victory. Although the sailors on the secret Bo coalition fleet fought tenaciously under the fierce artillery fire, they shouted for their comrades in the fire and operated the cannon to shell the imperial navy. The ending was doomed from the beginning.

"put!"

When Allende pulled the matchlock hard, while the shells whizzed out, the heavy barrel of the artillery slid to the rear along the pulleys, and then slowly slid down the slope. There was blood everywhere around him. Many gunners were not injured. It is dead.

"Reload, reload..."

No one responded to Allende's shouts anymore, and the gunners all fell.At this moment, the marines who rushed out pushing the shells came to the gun position and began to assist him in loading the shells.

"hurry up……"

The heavy cannon needs to be reset again, aimed again, and...

And three kilometers away, in the armored gun bay of the "Jincheng" protected cruiser, even though the shock wave of the explosion was shaking the armored gun bay above his head, they were still safe under the protection of the armor. the cannon.Gunner Lin Jie was shaking the reel, with his eyes on the optical sight, shaking the gun body to point at the "Independence", and the moment he aimed at it, he pulled the firing lever.

"Tom!"

At the moment when the flames from the muzzle blocked his view, the loader behind him was withdrawing the shell.shouted again.

"Reload!"

A round of [-]mm whole shell was loaded into the barrel, and when the bolt was locked, the loader patted him on the shoulder hard.

"Finished!" Lin Jie pulled the firing lever again before he could finish shouting "Complete".The shell flew out again, and a few seconds later, a ball of fiery fireworks exploded on the "Independence" ship!

The loader reloaded the ammunition again, and when he fired again, Allende was already lying in a pool of blood on the midship gun position of the "Independence". A flying shrapnel broke his legs, and he was desperate. Looking at the gunpowder bag on the ground, he struggled, trying to stuff the gunpowder bag into the barrel.At this moment, accompanied by the whistling sound of shells, he only felt a huge ball of flames rising in front of his eyes, and he was swallowed by the flames. When Allende and his comrades were blown up, the ball weighing more than ten kilograms The propellant package was also ignited...

(End of this chapter)