1825 My New Daming

Chapter 375 God, the Yellow Peril is going to flood North America! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
"The torpedo launch is complete!"

The shout of the Maya's gunnery officer rang out again.

"The bow main gun fires!" Nobutomo Tani Seiichiro immediately gave the order to fire the bow main gun.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom"

Before Nanya could finish speaking, four dazzling fireballs had already lit up from the side of the armored cruiser Pennsylvania that had just completed its turn.Four 8-inch shells had already flown out of the barrel, roaring towards the Aoba armored destroyer that had just exposed its target.

"Fire!" Nan Gu Xinyou yelled again.

"Boom, boom!"

The Maya's two 210mm 35-caliber main guns also made two loud noises, and then the 210mm main guns of the other five Guogong-class armored destroyers on the sea also began to neigh.

The 210mm main gun of this state-level public looks like a large caliber, and it is actually larger than the 1.3-inch main gun equipped with the 8-ton Pennsylvania-class gun on the opposite side!However, the latter has a larger diameter, a more complete artillery servo system, and naturally a higher rate of fire. It goes without saying that the protection of the main gun is much stronger than that of the Duke-level main gun.

However, no matter how outdated the state-level 210mm gun is, it is also a 210mm cannon, and it is also a rapid-fire gun.Although the rate of fire cannot be compared with the new rapid-fire gun, it is quite sufficient compared to the displacement of more than 3000 tons of the national public class.

虽然男谷信友之前下令自由射击，但是所有的6艘国公级上的12门210毫米主炮全都无一例外地瞄准了宾夕法尼亚号。而站在宾夕法尼亚号舰桥内的戴维.波特中将看到正前方4000多米开外一片火光闪烁，顿时就被吓了一跳.这可是12门200毫米一级的大炮在朝自己这边开火！
But before he could figure out how to deal with it, 12 210mm artillery shells roared past the Pennsylvania.Although the main guns of the Guogong class are very powerful, the common problem of small boats carrying cannons is that they cannot be fired accurately, and the 210mm gun of the Guogong is of course no exception.

In fact, when the Guogong class was designed, the recognized combat distance between ironclad ships was still two to 3000 meters—this is the distance for combat during the day, not the distance for artillery battles at night.

If you switch to a hero-class 240mm gun or a hero-class 155mm gun, at a distance of 4000 meters, even in night battles, you can hit a 10% hit rate, and the first round of hits is very possible.

"Straddle!"

Cheers suddenly erupted on the bridge of the Pennsylvania.

It turned out that just when David Porter was thankful that the enemy's cannon was empty, he had already fired a straddle shot. However, it was not fired with the 8-inch main gun, but the result of the 6-inch secondary gun—— Since the sighting and aiming of naval guns in this era mainly depends on the position of the water column to judge the landing point of the shell.Therefore, when the main and auxiliary guns are fired together, it is often difficult for observers to distinguish who the water column belongs to?Therefore, the tactic of firing the main and secondary guns in turn appeared.

However, David Porter and his men were not happy for too long, and the situation suddenly changed again.

"boom"

Inside the Pennsylvania, all the sailors felt the hull shake suddenly, and then a cloud of water exploded between the second and third funnels, and the speed dropped sharply.

"Is everyone alright?" David Potter didn't pay attention, and he was also shaken and slipped, but someone rushed over to help him up immediately.

Before he had time to say thank you, he felt his feet tremble again, and there was another "boom" in his ear.

Immediately afterwards, the bow of the Pennsylvania exploded another ball of water, and the bow of the armored cruiser sank a lot immediately!
This time David Porter was prepared, so he didn't fall, but he already realized that something was wrong—his Pennsylvania had just been hit by two torpedoes!
This is the enemy attacking his own armored cruiser with long-range torpedoes!

"Torpedo. There are torpedoes, turn on the searchlights!"

Now he couldn't calm down anymore, because when the Pennsylvania-class design was finalized, torpedoes were not particularly dangerous weapons, and correspondingly this class of armored cruisers didn't think much about mine protection.So these two torpedoes
"boom……"

Immediately afterwards there was another explosion, and the unfortunate hull of the Pennsylvania trembled violently again, as if hurt by continuous torpedo attacks.

"Damn..." Lieutenant General Potter cursed, just about to order the helmsman to take an evasive route

The phone in the bridge rang suddenly, and brought two bad news to Lieutenant General Porter.

The outer wall of a boiler room in the middle of the hull was hit by a torpedo, and a large hole was blown out. Sea water was pouring in, and the boilers in the boiler room could no longer be used.This caused the speed of the Pennsylvania to drop to 16 knots at once, and it continued to drop!

In addition, a large amount of seawater poured into the bow of the ship, causing the bow to sink severely, and water must be injected as soon as possible to maintain balance.

Before the damage report was finished, the scarred hull of the Pennsylvania began to shake again.

"boom……"

The fourth torpedo hit this 1.3-ton big guy!

This time it hit its fragile stern, and the explosion of the 450mm caliber torpedo directly blew up the rudder of the Pennsylvania and opened a big hole in its buttocks.Sea water rushed into the punctured cabin at the stern.

This saves the need to fill the stern with water.

However, the Pennsylvania, which had lost its rudder, could no longer turn.

In other words, this armored ocean-going ship has not really exerted its power, and it is no longer able to continue fighting.

As a last resort, Lieutenant General David Porter had no choice but to fly the flag of no matter, and at the same time ordered all ships to move freely.And he himself rushed to the coastline of the United States with the flagship Pennsylvania...

However, the Pennsylvania was not the only US warship hit by the "torpedo sea" launched by the six Guogong-class ships.

Whoever was behind the Pennsylvania, the Maryland also became a victim of the "torpedo sea", accidentally hit three 450mm steam gas torpedoes!
All three torpedoes hit the middle of the Maryland, blowing out three very terrible holes, and the icy seawater rushed into the boiler room and steam engine room.The armored cruiser instantly lost most of its power, its speed dropped to only 5 knots, and its hull quickly tilted to the left.

This armored cruiser, which was about to lose power and had a severely tilted hull, immediately became a live target for several Guogong-class 210mm main guns on the sea.

At least ten 210mm cannons aimed at it for a while, and dozens of shells were fired in an instant, and eight of them hit!Turn this hapless armored cruiser into a ship of fire!
Still, the Maryland was pretty tenacious.Even though it was hit by three torpedoes and eight 210mm shells, it still floated on the water and struggled hard.

However, the fire and the severe tilt of the hull have already caused this armored cruiser to lose all its combat effectiveness.

The suspense now is whether it will sink?

In the blink of an eye, the night battle seemed to have been decided.

On the US side, the Pennsylvania was severely damaged and withdrew from the battle, and the Maryland was even more severely damaged and lost its combat effectiveness...

As for Dezhou Haizi's loss, it was only a few 6-inch shells hit by Maya and Aoba, but because they were all duds, it was not a big deal.

The armored cruiser unit of the US Atlantic Fleet, which theoretically has an absolute advantage, suffered incredible losses within about 10 minutes of the beginning of the battle.The loss of nearly 1/3 of its combat effectiveness has also cast a shadow of H on the hearts of every U.S. Navy officer who participated in the battle.

Everyone can't help thinking, has God abandoned America?North America...is it really about to be overwhelmed by the yellow peril?
(End of this chapter)