The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

That completely different flash of explosion made the lookout post, who was eager to see through, almost fall over excitedly, and the fighter plane who was busy in the air to help overlook the reconnaissance, ignored the explosion fragments whistling nearby, and wanted to take a picture of this scene with a camera. Keep it as a souvenir.

God is so pitiful, how many days and nights, hundreds of thousands of naval officers and soldiers can't sleep, dreaming that one day they can sink a Chinese battleship.This has become an unattainable dream for them, and even the entire world navy!

It's ridiculous, isn't it?But the Japanese and the Americans and the British probably don't think so.

Only after actually fighting with the Chinese navy can one understand the unforgettable feeling. Obviously, with a powerful navy, hundreds of warships, a century of experience and various psychological and national strength advantages, but facing the Chinese, those few However, it always feels like a mouse gnaws on the sky and has nowhere to eat.

Often after a fierce battle, one's own family is scarred, but the other's capital ship is still tepid, leaving safely and calmly, leaving only a mess and all kinds of humiliation. How many generals are secretly sad?

Today, now, finally, they have achieved unprecedented great results with the most advanced and powerful generation of battleships!

But wait a minute, they don't seem to have sunk a single Chinese battleship, it seems like they only hit one shot?As for being so happy?

As for!Very much!

Isn't there an old saying that if there is a gap in the fence, there is no need to worry about not being able to find the door in the future!The battle between the navy is a matter of ebb and flow, once the situation is opened, it will be easy to talk about later!

Mitchell's excitement comes from this.He also felt a little sudden.According to the general rule, it seems that every time I am a tragic and tragic one, facing the absolute abyss of death without fear, I will not fall helplessly until the last bit of strength is exhausted... Why does the rhythm seem to have changed a bit?

Regardless of that some, in short, such a thing.Be happy for a while before talking!

He personally telegraphed the two battleships: "Very good! You have made great achievements! But please don't get too excited, more difficult battles are coming. Your enemy is still very strong, continue to maintain this rhythm, go all out, Get rid of them!"

"Get rid of the Chinese!"

"Kill all the yellow-skinned monkeys!"

"Aha! Fire! Keep firing! Fire all our shells onto their warships! Damn Chinaman, go to hell!"

The American soldiers on the two battleships massacred the Japanese officers and soldiers who served as lookouts and assistants for night battle observation.She shed tears even more excitedly.God is sorry, they paid the price of more than 200 million tons of naval ships, and they have not really seriously damaged the Chinese navy, but today they have witnessed a scene of history. Sure enough, the old imperialists have more advanced technology, more developed weapons, and better national luck. Changlong!I knew it earlier.It should have been a good alliance in the first place...

They were sour there, but the salvo of the main guns.The fight really became more lively!

On the other hand, the battleship Hengshan, which was shot on the opposite side, was not as flustered as imagined.Captain Chen Hongtai was shaken with the hull by the shock of the explosion, but he still held the console firmly with both hands, and quickly scanned the damage status determined by the comprehensive analysis of sensor signals with sharp eyes, and found that the hull was the first to be damaged. Seven internal compartments were damaged.The armor in the area collapsed about ten square meters, but it didn't hurt the keel, and it didn't have any impact on the main system.

Well, if it is troublesome, it is that the torn holes and gaps are pouring water.According to preliminary statistics, there should be a maximum amount of about [-] tons, and the tilt caused by it should be actively irrigated from the other end.Or, it takes a little time to let the damaged pipe conduct surprise operations, temporarily plug the hole with special fillers, and pump water to level it.

As for casualties, they were relatively minor.

The Taishan-class battleship adopts the comprehensive protective armor of the German system.With extremely advanced high-strength metallurgy, the weight is only half to 500% of conventional armor steel, and it is stronger, thicker, and tougher.Because most of the systems are automated or remote-controlled mechanized, the important structures that require human operation, the outer layer is a dense composite defensive structure, and the total thickness is never less than [-]mm, which is definitely not something that armor-piercing bullets can easily penetrate.

The tremor of the explosion was still relatively unfamiliar and fresh to the entire crew. The young and inexperienced naval officers and soldiers might have their hearts in their throats for a moment, but they calmed down after a while.They believe that the battleship built by Boss Zhu is strong enough. They believe that under their control, even if they are temporarily damaged, they will never lose!

Colonel Chen Hongtai's face was calm, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Continue the shelling attack! Also tell Yandang Mountain that I have no interest in receiving a second shelling, let them be more serious!"

"Understood" the communications officer immediately conveys the message to the past.

Gao Xianshen, the captain of the Yandang Mountain, felt quite innocent. Yes, the shell just now was caused by a loophole in their joint defense, which got in and caused the injury.But the most important thing is that in the chaotic battlefield, there are explosive fragments flying around, missiles, glide bombs, aircraft wreckage falling from the sky at any time, and various small-caliber shells mixed in the middle to make trouble.The shattered hull structure and so on.

In short, too confusing!With the processing power of the intelligent unit, the radar system is running at full power, and there is no guarantee that all of them can be distinguished, and the various directions caused by the collision of these things are almost the amount of data in chaotic calculations, which can only be done by a specialized scientific supercomputer. live.

On the battlefield, things are changing rapidly, and the shells are flying at supersonic speeds. It only takes a few seconds for a few kilometers to be able to react.

However, he will not shirk his responsibility. It is unforgivable to cause damage to his warship. The only way to recover is to use more accurate shells to punch a hole in the opponent's body!

In fact, the best way to kill the opponent is to use anti-ship missiles at a long distance, which is absolutely clean and has no hidden dangers.It's just that it was very difficult to lock the various maneuvers and cautious defenses adopted by the US military before, after the battle.Its battleship is even more mixed in the middle, the signals are complicated, and there are countless air obstacles.Now, it is simply an overwhelming joint attack. The missiles may have just lifted off, before reaching the highest point.It may be knocked down, and it is not suitable.

In other words, the Americans found a way to deal with this terrible weapon, and used the huge sacrifices of the light ships and aircraft in front to win the opportunity for the capital ship to attack!I have to say that it is a very effective, cruel, but also very helpless strategy!

Yandangshan, recalibration.The intelligent unit was integrated with the Hengshan, aiming at the American battleship "New Jersey" that fired the hit shell, and launched it with a bang!

At a distance of 25 kilometers, it is the main gun of the battleship that exerts great lethality, and the accuracy has entered a controllable range!In the world, most sea artillery battles start from this distance, resulting in straddle shots or near misses.Then within a few rounds or more than a dozen rounds, it was successfully hit, and it was constantly corrected again and again.Keep increasing until the opponent is beaten all over with bruises, fleeing in embarrassment, or sinking!

The Taishan-class battleship, which is fully superior in accuracy, shooting skills, and efficiency, once the frontal interference is put aside, various advances will immediately increase the hit rate!This time the salvo.A shell successfully hit the maneuvering USS New Jersey!

Heavy armor-piercing shells, in the middle of the upper deck area of ​​the midship, a double-mounted 127mm dual-purpose gun.In response, a transparent hole was drilled from the root, with a violent explosion, the upward impact uprooted it, flew up to a height of more than ten meters, and hit the front platform of the bridge, crushing two 40mm Bofors cannons into scrap iron!

A group of orange fireballs rose angrily, and on the reflected bridge, hundreds of officers and soldiers below the captain looked pale!

"Haha! Hit!"

Chen Hongtai laughed heartily, and punched hard on the main console.

That's right!If you have a grudge, you should avenge it, if you have a debt, you should pay it back, and only by repaying a tooth with a tooth can you have a clear mind!

The Americans are not so optimistic!The shock brought by the explosion, countless steel fragments rose upwards, the smashed bulletproof glass jingled, and more than 30 officers and soldiers were killed or injured. omen!

Major General Mitchell frowned when he heard the news. What he was worried about was that his morale would suffer a severe blow. He had just made a good start. He paid such a high price to finally win this chance. All previous efforts were wasted!

Grab the phone and notify the two battleships: "Concentrate your firepower and focus on attacking an enemy ship!"

Afterwards, he ordered four heavy cruisers, regardless of whether they were injured or not, to immediately move forward from the two wings, use their dense 203mm main guns, aim at the target, and do crazy fire interference!

Generally speaking, 203mm shells can already threaten the structure of the battleship. Although it cannot damage the main turret and the secondary turret with a thick gun mantlet, the radar, optical rangefinder, antenna, close-in gun, etc. They are all delicate structures that can be damaged even with machine guns, and can be destroyed by explosion fragments, let alone direct hits.

The American heavy cruisers each have at least 9 main guns, and if the four add up, they will fire at more than 6 rounds per minute, which will inevitably lead to great chaos.

More than 20 kilometers, which happens to be within their range, even if the accuracy is not enough, the number can be combined, as long as it can interfere with the opponent's aiming and win precious opportunities for the battleship's strike, that's enough!

Separated from the front and back, the four Baltimore-class heavy cruisers that had just been evacuated immediately re-flanked back from the two wings. There were also several Cleveland-class light cruisers, also with four triple-mounted 152mm main guns, trying to approach the maximum range. of fire, increasing density jamming.

The front and back of the two Taishan-class battleships that came out more and more, and the left and right air were filled with shells of various calibers in an instant!In the sharp radar detection signal, all kinds of high-speed targets emerge in endlessly, densely, it seems that there is nowhere to hide!

"These annoying flies!"

Chen Hongtai was very unhappy, cursing and exploding continuously. Although it could not cause much damage to the battleship, interference was inevitable. Failure to maintain the stable operation of the electronic system would greatly affect the shooting accuracy of the main gun.

Chen Ce also frowned.If I had known this earlier, I should have brought that "Xuanzhou" class guided missile cruiser with me. With that guy, only one ship is needed to clean up the periphery of the entire battlefield, and even wipe out the opponent with anti-ship missiles. , so as not to be so passive.After all, that guy is a professional long-range attacker.A battleship, even if it is equipped with missiles, has close combat blood in its bones.is immutable.

"Forget it, let's clean them up first!"

The radar systems of the two battleships were all focused on calculating the trajectory of the most threatening 406mm artillery shells. As long as they judged that they would not hit, they would let them go. Instead, they aimed their respective triple-mounted turrets at the seven or eight cruisers that were rapidly approaching and constantly firing. .Open fire brazenly!

What is overkill, this is it!The terrifying 1-ton multi-armour-piercing projectile adopts an extremely low and straight ballistic trajectory for a target approaching about 20 kilometers away. The light cruiser trembled.The warhead that exploded at close range caused the waves to shake the ship, and after only a few rounds, it began to hit accurately!

"Boom!" The heavy cruiser "Qiuhe" numbered ca131 was hit by a single shot. The shell crushed the horizontal armor from the side of the front turret and drilled deep into the middle, and exploded violently, tearing the keel apart horizontally.The steel storm that rushed forward pierced through several consecutive layers of compartments.Until a big hole was opened in the bottom tank on the other side, and water began to be poured rumblingly, and half of it was paralyzed!

In less than a minute, another cl1 light cruiser Amsterdam was also hit, and that shell almost pierced the bridge!The explosion tore through thousands of tons of debris laterally.The smashed chimney mainmast collapsed, the ship island tilted, heavy casualties, and the command center was declared over!

The entire battlefield is becoming more and more chaotic!

The two Iowa ships fired continuously at maximum speed, but none of them hit.The guy on the opposite side, in a way they can't understand, is maneuvering skillfully, often dangerously, avoiding the shells that could have hit.That's all, it's okay to say something, but as they keep approaching, they still get continuous hits, which is a bit wrong!

How troublesome would it be to hit a target as small as a cruiser?

Mitchell looked at the loss reports again and again, and suddenly his hair stood on end. He suddenly remembered that the usual tricks of the Chinese are to start a battle and show the enemy weak. When you feel confident that you can win, it is often theirs. The pit has been dug, and it's time to sink you into it!

He suddenly picked up the phone and issued a comprehensive order: "All light ships immediately withdraw from the battle, release smoke bombs, and interfere with the engagement area! The battleship fires at full speed, and if a decisive battle cannot be achieved within 10 minutes, an immediate strategic retreat!"

I'm afraid this battle can no longer continue!Fighting each other for 10 minutes is enough to see the gap between the two sides. At that time, success or failure can be clearly judged!

The two Iowa battleships immediately turned their oblique approach to parallel, and the two Taishan-class ships no longer forced inward. They separated each other by about 20 kilometers, opened up their posture, and bombarded each other with all their strength!

Americans, who have suffered a lot and gained experience, are always maneuvering without rules.Although this will greatly affect their own shooting, the greater effect is to force the opponent to constantly adjust their shooting elements.

The turret of the battleship is not a small soldier's rifle, and it can be done with a slight movement. How troublesome it is for a big guy of one or two thousand tons to aim at an angle change of less than one or two degrees!When you are done, the opponent has already changed places, and the flight time of the shell is too long, enough for the opponent to move a few hundred meters, and it may not be possible to hit it.

This is where the Taishan-class battleships show their advantages.Both sides are maneuvering, and whether the shells fired will hit the target depends on luck and the accuracy of probability calculations.Can you avoid the flying shells?Americans can only rely on luck, they cannot judge the trajectory, but the Taishan class can!

This advantage alone is enough to ensure that they are basically invincible!

Americans, like the Japanese back then, never imagined that there would be such technology in the world!They just think that God is on the side of the Chinese, their luck is overwhelming, every time, it seems that the shells are hiding from them and refuse to fall, which makes people helpless!

Under the violent maneuvering, the hit rate of both sides dropped pitifully. Three or five volleys and hundreds of shells did not necessarily hit.In addition, the defenses of both sides are really ridiculously strong. Although they can't keep up with the Yamato class of the Japanese devils, the resistance of key parts is really enough to make most weapons desperate!

Five minutes later, another salvo by two Taishan-class battleships was successful!A shell, carrying a turret on the bow of the USS New Jersey, blasted into the deck below. After drilling a few meters deep, it exploded violently, blowing away a large piece of wood and steel armor on the surface, and a piece of fragment hit hard on the outermost side. On the thick barrel of the gun, the mechanism that was just about to fire was temporarily stuck!

As for the launch team inside the turret, 21 members and the turret commander were dizzy from the roar and almost fell down!

The smoke that soared into the sky made the hearts of Americans shake hard!Mitchell couldn't hold back, and listened to the real-time report from over there with his ears open. He was a little relieved until he was sure that no huge casualties had been caused, but the A turret was temporarily unusable, and a firepower net came out immediately. Not a big or a small loophole!

In the 9th minute, another shell hit, and Mitchell's face finally changed drastically! (To be continued..)