The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Chapter 264 The Chokai Capsizes!

"Ah---! Shameless! Despicable! Indecent! No morals! No rules of engagement! No international humanitarian... Chinese people, damn it!"

Yoshida Zengo sprayed all the similar adjectives he could think of, and watched as the surviving soldiers on the water in the distance were blown into the sky by the shells but could do nothing but roar loudly and slap the railings into a rage!

The people next to him didn't care much, and dragged him to run down!Since the opponent was able to sink the "Atago" with one shot, will the flagship "Kaohsiung" also suffer the same fate?The flag of the flagship is still hanging above the head!As long as the other party is not stupid, he will never let it go!

The artillery of the remaining five battleships fired desperately, but the problem was that their main guns blindly pursued range, and the firing speed was inevitably slowed down. The firing speed of the 203mm main gun was only 2-4 rounds per minute. If you choose artificial assistance for space and weight, the speed will be even slower!Before they could complete their second shot, the opponent's third round of 150mm shells came first!

The azimuth, angle, etc. have only been changed a little bit, but it is enough to point to another warship at a distance of 23 kilometers. A dozen shells are sparse in an area of ​​one square kilometer, but just a near miss makes "Kaohsiung The people on the "Number One" were terrified!If it is an armor-piercing projectile, even if it cannot penetrate the armor and hull, it is very likely to cause damage. The problem is, what about the next round!We all know that naval guns are more accurate!

"Quick, quick! Get out of here immediately!" The chief engineer yelled at the soldiers desperately, and quickly increased the speed, but this time was calculated in half an hour, and it took a long time from less than 10 knots to 20 knots, which was enough for the opponent The cannon plowed back and forth several times!

"Boom!" There was another burst of fireworks from the mountain fort in the distance, and six 6 naval guns and two 280 naval guns fired again!In less than 305 seconds, after a long journey, it fell suddenly from a high altitude, and hit the flagship at a steep angle like an aerial bomb!

Yoshida Zengo and everyone else could not have imagined that the opponent's cannons could hit the elements with accuracy of [-] meter. Under the supervision of others, any turning or speed-up movement of his warship would be calculated in advance. , unless he can turn around on the spot like a tank or play drifting with a car, otherwise the speed of the battleship is slow and the turning radius is so large that there is no way to avoid precision strikes!

Half a minute passed in a flash of anxiety, and the second round of heavy artillery shells and subsequent hailstones of 150mm shells also seemed to fall, most of them formed strides, but they were still hit!

An armor-piercing projectile pierced directly from the stern of the ship and exploded from the other side. Fortunately, there was very little charge inside and did not cause much damage, but the battleship was shaken violently by the impact force!

As soon as two 150mm shells hit the midship deck, one of the secondary guns was directly blown into parts, and a large hole was opened for the upper deck; the other pierced through the vertical rear chimney, and the violent explosion exploded It became a huge chrysanthemum, very similar to the emblem of their royal family, but the black and bloody edges were uneven, as if it had been violently stabbed open, it looked particularly miserable!

The captain of the "Kaohsiung" was sweating profusely, and he was already the next target!Must escape, must not hesitate!

As the flagship, it is my responsibility to survive first. When the buttocks were pierced and the smoke was rising, the "Kaohsiung" changed its course and rushed directly to the open sea. Under the resolute command, he rushed to the inside with all his strength, attracted the opponent's firepower, and covered the departure of the flagship.

"Since you want to be a hero, then you can do what you want!" Zhu Bin saw it clearly, sneered, and ordered all the forts to aim at this hero who stepped forward. After tens of seconds, the cannons adjusted their angles and roared again. , Submerge the "Chokai" directly in it!

Koike Shiro was ready to die heroically for his country, but after the deafening explosion roared past, he opened one eye carefully, and suddenly found that the entire battleship was intact!Except for one unlucky guy who was swept into the sea by the waves caused by the close-range explosion, there were no casualties!

Rare!There are times when the opponent misses too!Then you are welcome, beat the porthole and shouted: "Fire! Fire all! Don't stop, blow them all up!"

The violently shaking battleship was almost inaccurate, but it still worked hard to maintain its azimuth and slowly fired shells. Another round of salvos was sprayed from the beginning to the end. The distant targets could no longer be seen clearly. Looking around, they were all Intense and tumbling columns of gunpowder and fire, and even the sight of half of the hills in the entire port are completely blurred. In this case, don't say that they can't aim, and the other party can't see the situation at sea clearly?How else to fight? !

Just as Koike Shiro felt a tinge of joy, a heart-piercing howl followed one after another!The precision of the strike was chilling. A 280mm high-explosive bomb hit the sea 100 meters away and then slammed into the sea from a bottom-up angle. The high-explosive warhead hit the inner wall with a "boom", creating a depression the size of a bathtub, stagnated for a few seconds, and exploded with a bang!

The "Chokai" was pushed and moved four or five meters to the right. A mass of flames tore a large hole in the steel plate on the port side for seven or eight meters. The upper part, together with a turret and half of the bloated structure of the bridge, were lifted off and turned into parts. Hula la scattered.

It's even worse inside!Most of the already cracked inner partition wall was gasified, and the thousands of degrees of high-temperature flames swept along the inner passage for tens of meters to both sides, and the dozens of soldiers who were busy inside were all carbonized in an instant. Various elements of the body that were completely burnt out were mixed with coke ash and printed on the solid steel wall. Unfortunately, the boiler room not far away was blown right. A boiler exploded in an instant, and the entire battleship was violently shaken. With a tremor, a mass of fire spewed out along the crack onto the deck!

Koike Shiro was hit by the explosion and fell headfirst to the ground, his head was bleeding immediately, but he didn't care about screaming, pushed away the supporting men, and shouted loudly at the brass pipe: "What's going on down here!? What's the loss? degree!?"

No one answered him, the high-explosive bomb had already made most people dizzy, what's worse, before the damage control team rushed up, the battleship swung back, and dozens of tons of seawater poured into it. In the huge crack, the sailing speed, which had not been increased, slowed down again, and even when the second round of shells fell, it did not move 50 meters!

This time more ruthless!First, three 150mm shells exploded on the sloping deck. The turret of the poor "Kaohsiung-class heavy cruiser" basically had no armor cover. The five soldiers were blown to pieces on the spot, and the rear of the gun barrel was directly deformed by the direct hit. Although the armor-piercing projectile did not have much charge, the lethality of the ferocious flames and shock waves erupting in a narrow space was extremely terrifying!The rest of the people number seven and eight in the rear and inside were not spared either, they were swallowed up by the sudden burst, and more than half of them died!

The whole turret looked like a bastard whose cover had been lifted, revealing a miserable crack that was emitting black smoke.

A shell bombarded the bloated bridge, and the reciprocating stairs on both sides of the huge forecastle that almost occupied the entire width of the battleship, which were said to be "easy to climb quickly" and the steel houses built with layers of building blocks, were far less powerful than they seemed. The mere 150mm shells went in as usual. First, a large section of the stairs was blown apart, and then a big hole exploded in the wall. It was even more difficult for the people inside to escape the bad luck, and they screamed and slapped the wall into charred flesh. mud!

The third shell hit the mainmast and broke the thin mast in the air. It didn't do much damage, but it was enough!

Seeing the "Atago" tilted to the left, and then unable to turn back, it slowly fell towards this side, so that the speed of the seawater being poured in became more and more fierce, not only the surviving Japanese army on the whole ship The soldiers panicked, and even Zhu Bin found it incredible when he looked at it from a distance. What's going on? !

Serena pulled out the perspective view of the enemy ship, pointed at the high-rise bridge and said coldly: "The design of this kind of warship has a big problem! The bridge is too heavy, which makes the center of gravity of the whole ship unstable. It is said that the side is flooded, even if it encounters a larger wind and wave, it can turn over by itself!"

Zhu Bin sighed, "It's really interesting! This ship can be designed and mass-produced without even mentioning the basic principles. It can be seen that Ri's ship design level is not very good! I saw that even our battleship design institute Director Ye Zaifu is not as good as him!"

Mr. Ye Zaifu can be regarded as a leader in ship design in China today, not only river ships and light warships. After moving here at the end of last year, with the help of more convenient research conditions, various simulated wind tunnels, simulated sea conditions, and ship design theories And with the convenient supporting technology, the genius's design ability has advanced by leaps and bounds. Now there are no less than several designs of this 1-ton standard battleship, and any one of them is much better than this crap of the Japanese army!

Zhu Bin waved his hand again and said, "Leave him alone, this wreck has sunk! The next target is the heavy patrol of the 'Maya'!"

"Maya" is one of the four heavy cruisers that attacked this time. Captain Koki Yamamoto, the tragic captain of the first three ships, saw it for real. He was surprised by the accuracy and ferocity of the opponent's gunfire. He hesitated to order the warship to leave the battlefield. In addition, he was farthest away, dragged behind 25 kilometers away, and fled desperately while other warships were being dealt with. " and the tilted "Chokai" were covered by thick smoke, trying to run to the open sea to temporarily avoid the edge.

But how can such a good thing be taken by him casually!Zhu Bin deliberately used the entire fleet as bait, and thousands of elite human lives as hooks, in order to let them get into this trap and have a good meal with a large firecracker. easy!

"Woo----boom!" A caliber shell roared sharply through the air!