The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

"Boom!" The muffled sound of shells hitting the armor of the ship can still be heard clearly even inside the turret hundreds of miles away, and the violent tremors and shaking of the battleship are even more heartfelt. Get scared!

A 406mm armor-piercing projectile shot obliquely from the lower part of the "Hiei" bridge, penetrated completely and then penetrated into the lower compartment. The impact storm brought by the heavy body of 1225 kg at subsonic speed not only blasted the steel structure out of a rough The huge hole, the broken steel plate and the super strong shock wave smashed the Japanese officers and soldiers in the three consecutive divided rooms into pieces!novel chapter

The warhead was basically not deformed, and continued to impact and enter the lower compartment. After penetrating two thin walls, it smashed a two-meter-diameter bulge from the waterline on the starboard side of the battleship. It was also shattered under the second impact, and the exposed solid alloy projectile actually drilled a washbasin-thick hole in the 203mm waterline armor, exposing the nearly one-meter-long projectile body, and then violently exploded!

Eighteen kilograms of charge blasted more than one ton of steel into pieces, and the detonation power generated in the crowded space was exerted to the extreme, tearing out a large hole with a diameter of three meters from the breach in the backward riveted and welded hull of "Hiei" , two [-]-meter-long gaps were shattered, and the stubble spat out stretched ferociously in the sea water. The first compartment was completely blasted open, and the armor on both sides, the inner layer, and the top layer were all damaged! "" Fiction Chapters

Another shell blasted into the pointed and long tail of the "Hiei" at a large oblique angle from less than one meter above the waterline. The heavy shell successfully crushed the battleship's armor. After piercing through three layers of compartments one after another, and going out from the right side, a transparent hole as thick as a washbasin was actually created!

However, the warhead that exploded in seawater did not do nothing. The unrivaled force generated by the instant extrusion of seawater caused the severe deformation of the nearest rudder to be out of control, and produced a secondary impact and extrusion on the tail keel.Although the power of the eighteen kilograms of explosives was limited, it also caused several cracks in the weak bottom armor.

A large amount of sea water was poured in along the two breaches, and the "Hiei" immediately began to tilt to the right and backwards, especially because the rudder stock was damaged and the course could not be changed. past!

Inside the tall command tower, Captain Abe Takao was shaken by the impact and explosion.He almost fell down, and he held on to the table in embarrassment to barely stabilize his figure, but his eyes were almost stared out of their sockets by the dense water column rising up outside!

The explosion on the right side caused countless fragments to jingle the bridge, and the damage to the tail made the warship turning and trembling violently.

He hurriedly called the damage control through the copper pipe to report the damage, and then the two large holes were filled with water, the hull was seriously damaged, and the direction could not be controlled. The bad news made his forehead break out in cold sweat the size of a bean!

It's just bad luck! ?It was only the opponent's first Qishe that hit the target.Such good luck can be said to be rare in a hundred years. How did the other party do it?

Although the blasted water column only existed for a few seconds at the dozens of evenly distributed landing points, it was enough for him to see clearly that this was a completely different Qishe, and it must be that the control of each cannon had reached an astonishing level. Such an effect can only be achieved with the precision of the fingers!What kind of guys are the enemies in the distance!

Colonel Abe had no time to think about it.Without even thinking about it, he ordered: "All turrets are aimed at the position of the incoming enemy ship immediately, at an elevation angle of 43 degrees. Fire with all your strength! Counterattack!"

The 356mm twin-mounted main guns equipped on this ship can fire at an angle of 43 degrees, and can reach a range of up to 35 kilometers, so there is no need to consider accuracy.Normally, if he hadn't pushed within 90 kilometers, he would never fire to easily consume the [-] rounds of life in the barrel.

But now it is impossible not to fight. A damaged stern rudder means that the battleship loses the ability to maneuver and evade.If you rush forward like this, it will be a matter of time before you are discovered and concentrated fire. Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity and fire a cannon!

Afterwards, Abe Takao called the artillery major again: "Your Excellency, please leave the ship immediately and transfer to the temporary flagship where the commander is to rendezvous!"

This seems like an odd statement.As the captain of the battleship's largest commander, he doesn't need to be polite to anyone.But that artillery commander, Major, is not an ordinary person. His real identity is the younger brother of Emperor Showa Hirohito, Prince Takamatsu Kinhito!

The 34-year-old His Royal Highness the Prince voluntarily asked to be an intern in the navy, and he even personally cheered for the navy, representing the emperor's utmost attention and importance. He happened to be on the "Hiei" and usually occupied the His captain's room is resting, but at this moment, he insists on the front line of the command room!

Before departure, Colonel Abe absolutely did not expect such a serious situation to happen, and did not make too many plans at all, but now it is different, the battleship was hit by two bombs, although it has the best emergency drainage and water injection device of the Japanese Navy, it can

The infused seawater was pumped away as much as possible to ensure the maximum survival of the battleship, but the problem is, who can guarantee that no new shells will fall next!

Prince Takamatsu Nobuhito unexpectedly did not accept his request, and responded resolutely and decisively: "As the emperor's younger brother, at this critical juncture, I must never run away. Please, Captain, treat me as an ordinary naval officer and order me as one." Combat, without exception!"

Takaso Abe has two big heads, and his cheeks twitched and urged: "His Royal Highness's identity is too special! At present, the Chinese warship we are facing has an unknown strike capability, and this ship is in danger of being destroyed at any time. You don't have to follow along." Together, please transfer to the flagship to play a better role and boost the morale of the entire army, please!"

His Royal Highness is still hesitating.It is possible to do such a thing as victory transfer, but it is embarrassing!As the emperor's younger brother, it would be very embarrassing to do such a thing, and there is no way to explain it when you go back!

Now, even though they are facing some difficulties, it seems that they are not at the end of their rope. The opponent's fleet is still far away!Occasionally hitting a shell is also common, and one has to worry that the "Hiei" with excellent comprehensive performance will sink casually.You know, this battleship is equipped with a lot of expensive and advanced equipment that can only be found on the two [-]-ton super battleships under construction!

Takaso Abe didn't dare to wait any longer, and asked the deputy captain to go down immediately, personally bring someone to "accompany" or force His Royal Highness to leave the ship, transfer to the aircraft carrier tens of kilometers behind, and stay with Commander Yamamoto .Otherwise, if a cannonball hits and kills the prince, he will not be able to pay for it by cutting himself open!

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, the deputy captain immediately turned around and left, but within this time delay, there was another heart-shattering rumbling roar from far away!

The second wave of shells is coming!

It is completely the maximum shooting speed of the "Taishan-class" battleship, more than two rounds per minute, fully automatic reloading and free impact adjustment, there is no need to consider the resetting of shooting elements, and continue to follow the direction and shooting angle just now Continue to fire the same warhead and charge!

Because of the slight deviation between the translational tremor of the ship caused by the last round of salvo and the gap between the undulations of the waves, the shells of the second salvo fired more than 30 kilometers away actually had a huge deviation, but it was still still on both sides. Within the angle range of the oblique hedge.

Eighteen rounds of artillery shells fired from the two battleships, still forming straddles and near-misses around the slanted "Hiei", and an armor-piercing shell fell into the water from a distance of five meters from the port side with great luck. After a short-distance rebound, it drifted close to the water surface and changed direction. It hit the waterline armor slightly upwards at a [-]-degree angle, easily broke through a large hole, penetrated the two compartments obliquely, and pushed out from the upper deck. , just happened to get into the bottom of the b turret, and exploded!

The barrels of the two 356mm main guns that had just been loaded with shells and propellants were blasted. The raging steel and thousands of degrees of high-temperature flames burned all the soldiers in the turret to slag, and the heavy turret was completely torn off from the base. It flipped out crookedly, just like a tortoise flipped over and slapped on the roof of the A turret, the two thick barrels were bent, and the explosion of the gunpowder blew up the solid welded shell to pieces , the entire front deck was swept away by the hurricane steel storm, and more than 30 soldiers were smashed to pieces on the spot!

The seawater blown out by the near-miss bombs on both sides produced terrifying squeezing force, squeezing the shell of the hull until it creaked strangely, but fortunately, the charges were limited and the strength was insufficient, so no fundamental damage occurred.

Colonel Takamura Abe didn't care about that much anymore!He roared heart-piercingly and issued an order to have His Royal Highness taken away from the battleship, but the deputy captain asked hesitantly, the enemy army has formed precision strikes and close misses, and it would be very unsafe to use a transport boat , even a piece of explosion fragments will kill them!

Mr. Captain made a decisive decision: "Use the carrier-based aircraft to take off and send His Royal Highness away immediately!"

The deputy captain hurriedly led the people, and he could not help but set up the prince and got off the bridge. He had just bypassed the fire and flooded bottom cabin, when the third round of salvo shells came one after another!

Fortunately, this time, none of the shots were hits. Because of the flooding, the seriously skewed "Hiei" came out in a huge arc, which was completely beyond the preset s of the two "Taishan-class" ships. Type line, so all 500 shells were fired, and the nearest ones were all [-] meters away.

The captains of the two battleships received feedback from the radar screens, immediately realized the problem, and hastily canceled the order to reset the shooting elements.

At the moment of this pause, Prince Gao Songgong Xuanren was rushed to the stern of the ship. After taking the seaplane, he was ejected at high speed by a complete Wu-style No. 2 catapult, and flew crookedly into the sky. Run towards the direction of the aircraft carrier!

Unexpectedly, it didn't fly 300 meters high and 1000 meters away, and the fourth round of salvo followed closely. One of the shells deflected severely for some reason, but it happened to hit the seaplane in the air! (To be continued.)