The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

"Let's talk after we fight? How dare you!"

Hearing this, the officers who thought that Zhu Bin would still adopt evasive and probing strategies almost danced with excitement!Naval warships are supposed to meet the enemy in a decisive battle, so what's the matter with hiding?The Japanese have figured out all that stuff, and now try the steel fire of the Americans, a good thing! <There was a loud cheer from the command center, and the "Yingzhou", which was originally elegant, elegant and aristocratic, immediately opened its teeth and claws, and all the weapons and equipment it should have are ready to go!

Will this lead to a full-scale war between China and the United States?Zhu Bin was not worried at all. From the very beginning, he had no intention of revealing his identity or being caught in the pigtails at close range. Unless the US military could defeat him or make the Americans anxious, no matter how hard he tried, the Americans would I can only suffer from being dumb!

However, even if the Americans play rogues, such as when they sank a warship and then falsely accused the Spaniards, taking the opportunity to start a war and rob the Philippine Islands, there is nothing to say.Western powers, on the surface, they are under the banner of civilization, but they are bloodthirsty gangsters who steal men and prostitutes in their hearts. It is not surprising that they come up with any tricks!

The two intercepting cruisers were "Northampton-class" heavy cruisers cruising from Wake Island and preparing to return to Hawaii, namely "Northampton" and "Chester".

As the two ships with the strongest armed forces in this sea area, they are also relatively powerful among the treaty-type warships. They are only a little behind the latest type of "New Orleans-class", but the main guns are not bad, and the armor is better than the previous ones. The model is much better, the design layout is more reasonable, and the anti-strike ability is also first-class. It is said that it will not be killed by 20mm armor-piercing projectiles fired from 203 kilometers away, and can resist the explosion fragments within 9000 meters.

When the "Yingzhou" suddenly appeared.The two warships were on their way back one after the other. When they received the news, they immediately turned around and intercepted them non-stop. They formed scissors intersections from the two routes respectively, and were blocking the only route of the Wake Island route. At this time, the chimneys of the two ships The thick smoke billowing from the inside can be clearly seen from a long distance away.All gun covers are removed, and three triple-mounted 203mm mk9 main guns are ready for battle!

In the sky, the reconnaissance planes ejected from the two ships slowly vibrated and their wings moved forward to open their field of vision. On the vast and calm ocean, the stealth-painted "Yingzhou" moved forward gracefully, and the track left by the square stern was not very obvious. , Disappeared very quickly, and the two planes, completely unaware of it, circled lightly and saw the white foam track on the sea almost at the same time.Immediately, like a vulture smelling meat, it pounced down to see what happened!

"Boom!" A shell suddenly shattered one plane, and the other plane saw the sudden lighting of fireworks and screamed: "Ah! They opened fire! It's the target enemy ship...!"

Before the sound fell, a missile dragged an arc trajectory and shattered it in the air. At the same time, two heavy cruisers immediately sounded the alarm, and the other two reconnaissance planes ejected and took off. <A loud shout is heard in the center.>

Zhu Bin shouted in a deep voice: "Fire!"

Two puffs of smoke came out of the twin 127mm guns, and two conventional capped armor-piercing shells whizzed out at six times the speed of sound.Breaking through the air actually emitted a sonic boom no weaker than a battleship's blockbuster!

About 20 seconds later, two shells with a time difference of one-thousandth of a second suddenly hit the "Northampton" on the left.After several days of fierce battles, the attack accuracy of the "Yingzhou", which the system personnel have reached a certain level, has become more and more amazing, from less than 30.00% to more than 50.00%. The strike surface was relatively small due to the attack, but it still managed to hit the left side of the front deck, rubbing the b turret and crashing into the horizontal armor!

The weak steel plate can't stop the bombardment of the Mach 3.5 armor-piercing projectile at the end.The effect is almost the same as being directly bombarded by 9mm artillery shells within 203 kilometers. The first layer of steel plates was immediately disarmed and surrendered, and the second layer was stripped of the exposed hard alloy warheads to drill a washbasin-sized hole. Explode in the ship's bay!

Fortunately, the 127mm armor-piercing bomb has too little conventional charge, but it is an alkyl crystalline mixed explosive that is 8 times the ordinary TNT.That is twice the effect of the 203mm high-explosive bomb. With a loud noise, the compartment was torn apart, and a large half-meter-high side was bulged out. Flames and smoke from the cracks spewed out like the nostrils and eyes of a giant dragon. In the shape of strips, the sloping hole at the top was torn by the explosive force, while the inner armor of the ammunition depot was properly resisted, and it was only squeezed into a large piece without much damage!

But this is enough, not to mention the members in the compartment were directly blown to slag, the U.S. military separated by a layer of steel plates was dizzy and bleeding from the loud noise, and the B turret was severely shaken, which was completely unexpected The soldiers who were about to be bombarded were in an uproar!

Only a few seconds later, the "Yingzhou" fired two more shots at the "Chester", and one shot hit its triangular-supported mainmast, blowing up the front right side and breaking it at any time. danger, the command room at the top was almost taken over!

The two heavy cruisers turned pale with fright!It had been a long time since the explosion, and the sound of rumbling through the sky came one after another, which is enough to show how amazing the speed is!According to the conventional judgment, the enemy ship will not be beyond the minimum combat distance of 1 meters from them. Such precise bombardment also confirms the judgment from the side, which is terrible!

But at the same time, they also received a telegram from the killed reconnaissance plane before it exploded. The enemy ship was 20 kilometers away!How can this be? !

Regardless of the possibility or impossibility, since it has been attacked, there is nothing to say!The two heavy cruisers cut across from the left and right respectively, and the two turrets on the front deck opened fire first, setting the elevation angle of 38 degrees, and firing the full charge at a large distance. The initial speed of 118 meters roars out!

The maximum range of the mk9 203mm naval gun is 41 ​​meters at 29130 degrees. It was originally designed to overwhelm the Japanese "Furutaka" heavy cruiser's 3-year-old 203mm main gun, but it has never had a chance to play. The result is ten After the coming year, Japan's heavy cruisers were beaten to pieces by the Chinese navy, and the new ones were far behind. emotion!

today.They finally seized the opportunity. Although the start was a little uncomfortable, they were able to let go of their hands and feet after all, so what's the problem with a little loss?

The habits of the U.S. military have been fully exposed, with their reckless and reckless cowboy temperament.It is manifested in the style of the army that it is not to be provoked. If there is a conflict, the fight is over before reasoning!

The salvo of the four triple-mounted guns of the two ships was almost the same as a blind attack, and the final landing point was at least three kilometers away from the "Yingzhou"---because they couldn't determine the opponent's specific position at all, without the blessing of SG radar, Relying on the optical collimator on the top of the mainmast to determine the azimuth and distance, the accuracy is appallingly poor. Although 20 kilometers is a long-range combat, it is in fact.If the hit rate can be [-]%, you can laugh!

But in fact, the lookouts on the two heavy cruisers didn't see where the guy who fired the guns was!

Of course, the stealth coating of the "Yingzhou" cannot achieve optical stealth, and the nonsense effect is invisible to the naked eye. Looking down at the discovery track, it's easy to miss --- even for aerial reconnaissance after all.They are also at an altitude of 3000 meters, and the slender warship of nearly 200 meters looks like a small one.One is ignored without paying attention.

Of course, the U.S. military, which has no such concepts in their heads, can't know, and the only twin turrets of the "Yingzhou" are not firing continuously, and there is no smoke-filled chimney for reference. Looking hard at 20 kilometers away, Nothing is seen in the vast expanse of whiteness!

The first wave of explosive water jets had just landed, and the second wave followed closely behind.The third wave flew through the air... The attitude of the two heavy cruisers that did not intend to stop at the beginning looked very amazing. During this interval, the twin 127mm guns fired again!

The "Northampton", which had just completed a lateral 45 degrees, was hit again!The 127mm secondary gun on the side was blasted to pieces at the same time, and the weak armor was almost as small as none. A dozen marines in the gun position were killed and injured on the spot.A column of smoke billowed up, reflecting each other with the first breach not far away!

Less than a minute later, the "Chester" was also hit by a second shell, and the huge kinetic energy blasted into the stern side of the ship from the side, cutting off a catapult from the root, and almost smashed into the staggered In the power cabin, a reconnaissance plane that was just put up was blown up and hung crookedly behind, like a torn flag!

The commanders of the two heavy cruisers were all shocked!

What kind of precision is this!What kind of firepower is this!If it was shot by a ship, wouldn't its fire control and aiming ability be against the sky?The information provided by the reconnaissance plane did not find the turret of the battleship, so how did it do it?Damn it, it's just too weird!

The second wave of two reconnaissance planes approached slowly, and before they entered a clear field of vision, they were destroyed in the air one after another. It was even worse than the former, and they did not even report back the exact reconnaissance results.Realizing that the problem was wrong, the two ships decisively stopped the promotion, and simply accelerated left and right and moved diagonally while firing outflanking and advancing. Anyway, you can always see what it looks like, right?

In theory, yes!

"Yingzhou" has no intention of evading at all, and still maintains a speed of more than [-] knots to move forward, ignoring the explosions that are approaching around it, and decisively actively pulls hatred and constantly changes directions to bombard, so that the front turret has to continuously rotate back and forth , this is definitely a deliberate toss!Run-in without such a violent operation?

Don't say it, Zhu Bin's idea was exactly that!For a newly launched warship, no matter how accurately the various systems are calculated, there will always be processing deviations. It is impossible to achieve the best overall performance without a long period of running-in!Although the mechanical structure of this type of warship is less than one-third of that of conventional warships, and [-]% of the turrets, power systems, and deck buildings are missing, it is a product of high-intensity technology that integrates industrial machining after all. It takes a while.

The approaching speed of the battleships on both sides exceeded fifty knots. Only 10 minutes later, the two heavy cruisers finally saw the appearance of the target. Because of the angle, on the high mast tower, the watchman could barely find it with a large-magnification telescope. Facing their "Yingzhou" with a sharp, high-knife bow and a small windward surface, the bare trapezoidal bridge, the simple horizontal cross on the top of the small mainmast is almost invisible, and the single-seat twin turret higher than the bow It looks so lonely, poked on it like two matchsticks, not much lethality.

The more this perception, the more the two heavy cruisers did not dare to take it lightly.Abnormal things are demons!It is impossible for them to believe that the small turret with irregularly shaped protrusions can cause such a large amount of damage!This guy must be hiding some ulterior motives!

The captains of the two ships all ventured to the top of the mast and observed carefully with binoculars. The results were the same, and they waited until the twin main guns fired again.In an instant, they were in a mess in the wind---it's just such a small thing that can blast our strong battleship so miserable! ?

In their minds, at least the 203mm main gun can cause so much damage!The strange main gun with two long and large sleeves on the top of the other party's head is only 127mm to death, and it looks even thinner. How could it be possible to shoot so far? !Still so powerful? !

It was too late to roar twice to express their indignation. At such a close distance, the commanders of the two heavy cruisers still knew it in their hearts.I'm afraid I really have to believe the rumors above that it means a monster not to be underestimated!

The turrets of the two ships, which had just completed the cross-positioning, turned around and aimed at all the superior firepower in a triangular shape. The density was unprecedented, but the distance of 1 meters could almost exert the maximum attack effectiveness. They didn't hit a single shot!

"Yingzhou" is like the holy spirit possessed by the god of luck.Drive in a straight line from beginning to end, and don't care how the opponent fights at all.Even if the 127mm secondary gun on the opposite side is now added, the attack density is doubled, and it is still calm. While collecting various data and testing the attack effectiveness of the shells, it returns piecemeal, all of which are ordinary armor-piercing shells.The lethality caused is more ruthless than 203mm shells!

"Boom! Boom!" Two loud noises erupted on the two heavy cruisers one after another!The time interval is less than 30 seconds!

The "Northampton" was bombarded from the midship to the chimney between the front and rear bridges. The terrible penetration was at such a distance, and a transparent hole was directly punched out. The shell even fell into the sea before it exploded. The hole was as big as a bathtub.The thick smoke billowing in the breach is spectacular!

The "Chester" was not so lucky. An armor-piercing projectile directly penetrated the 119.5mm armor from the side, continuously cut into the longitudinal armor box and tore off the shell of the double-layer armor-piercing belt, and directly sprayed the explosive fire into the The side top of the middle boiler chamber was blown up, and a small boiler chamber was blown up on the spot, reducing the power by a quarter!

Fiery steam spurted out of the breach and swept across the passage, and the miserable cries of the wounded soldiers immediately resounded in bursts, making the captain helpless except for being furious!

8 kilometers!Reach the extreme of two-ship attack!Because of the staggered and parallel relationship, the three ships form a standard triangle. From a distance, the slender hulls of nearly 200 meters in length are clearly visible, while the appearance of the "Yingzhou" integrated with the background of the sea and the sky is looming in the explosion, like walking In the wonderland, Miaoman cannot be grasped, and the two heavy cruisers that are gradually moving away and encircling them are fully fired, but there is nothing they can do!

"Damn it! Bastard! Damn it!" The two captains shouted out almost all the indecent adjectives they knew. Unfortunately, the meager swear words repeated over and over again were not enough to express their inner indignation. This is not fighting at all, it is Wrestle with the devil? !

At such a short distance, in the advantageous position, when the three main turrets and the two secondary guns fire at the same time, the hit rate will not be lower than 15.00%, but after more than ten rounds in a row, the opponent is still unscathed!You can clearly see that the explosion happened on the side or front of it, and after the smoke clears, it remains the same... What the hell is going on here? !

What answered them was the terrifyingly accurate shells of the "Yingzhou"!

Just when the three warships formed a 127-degree perfect triangle, the intermittent firing of the twin [-]mm main guns was bursting with character!One salvo, two shells staggered into the bow of the "Northampton" almost along the same ballistic trajectory, directly penetrated the thick side armor at a low, flat and small angle, and tore apart the compartment at an unabated speed and shot into the gun turret A. The explosion in the ammunition depot caused the upward force to blow up the entire turret, and all the dozens of U.S. troops inside were reimbursed. The whole battleship suddenly jumped up under the violent tremor, and a thick column of smoke rose into the sky, which was spectacular!The combat power dropped by more than half immediately!

Half a minute later, the "Chester" was blasted into the compartment by two shells close to the waterline. One shot pierced through the partition and entered the main engine compartment. The explosion swept across the entire space, causing one main engine to die on the spot!The other blasted about half a meter into the upper layer. Although it didn't cause any terrible damage, it blew up a small boiler room armor from the top, and the successive outward breaches combined to form a rupture zone with a diameter of five meters. Shaking violently, gurgling and pouring water!

"Poor guy!" Zhu Bin shook his head and sighed in fake compassion, without any sense of accomplishment.Killing a chicken with a sledgehammer is an invincible victory!

On the two heavy cruisers, while nervously extinguishing the fire, while waiting for the final bombardment to arrive, the U.S. military watched in astonishment as the slender and graceful battleship quickly passed through the middle and left without saying a word. After that, there was not even a trace of smoke. None, it really is "wave your sleeves, don't take away a cloud", it's outrageously chic!

This is even more embarrassing than drying out!The two battleships used the turrets at the back to chase after more than ten rounds, but they didn't hit a single shot. They watched it disappear into the sea level, and they were extremely frustrated. They sent power to the fleet and gave a serious warning to all ships --- the attack of the enemy ship. Extremely powerful!Non-battleships are not enough to pack!Destroyer or something, stand aside as soon as possible!

After General Halsey listened to the entire combat report, a hard sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "They missed the chance of sinking. Could it be that they are afraid of going to war with the United States? Humph! I will not be so merciful!" (To be continued) ..)