Chapter 1,304 Fight 1
Chapter 1304 Fighting 1
"The distance is 20 kilometers!" When the fire control officer once again reported the distance between the two sides, the two German fast battleships had entered the final preparations before firing. The eight twin-mounted 350MM heavy guns aimed at the two Japanese ships in turn. Battleships, to be honest, the scale of this battle is not large, so the so-called formations are nothing, they are basically one-on-one fighting. At this time, more emphasis is placed on the combat skill level of the officers and soldiers on both sides and the performance of the warships. Of course, God's luck can sometimes turn the tide of the battle!
"Fire!" At a distance of 19 kilometers, the Scharnhorst fired the first salvo at the Yamashiro! And just ten seconds later, the Gneisenau fired its first shot of the day. Four shells flew to the distant target like meteorites, and eight huge fireballs rose up from the sea, destroying the two ships. Part of the battleship's hull was covered.
A minute later, two Japanese battleships also launched an attack. The battleship Yamashiro's 10 15-inch L42 naval guns first fired the first round of semi-volleys, and then the Kurama, with more than a dozen shells passing through the air. Flying towards each other's goals. The rumbling sounds of cannons and explosions resounded across the sea again!
Tens of seconds later, the first round of German shells fell. About 500 meters away from Yamashiro's left chord (non-combatant side, long-range shell), four shells landed evenly in an oval area, exploding. The rising water column scared Kato Kanji and shuddered. This round of German shelling was so accurate!
The so-called layman sees the excitement, while the expert sees the door. Now both sides generally use the pinch design method. If there is no hit in the first round, the fire control officer will correct the distance based on the observation results and data. The first correction may be relatively large, about 300 to 500 meters. , that is to say, the Yamashiro is only one chance away from a theoretical hit - forming a cross-fire! And what about Yamashiro? After five rounds of 15-inch shells were fired, under the dazzling sunlight, the image in the distance was very blurry. Even the fire control personnel did not know how to correct it... Where did this go? !
Gneisenau's attack was equally good. Four shells landed in an area about 550 meters from the left chord of the Pommel. After observing it through a 12-meter rangefinder, and after receiving data provided by the gun correction aircraft, , the two German battleships rebinned the data, reducing the attack distance by 450 meters. At the beginning of the second salvo, the German fleet's bombardment became very threatening!
boom! Another round of shells landed 750 meters away from the starboard side of the Scharnhorst. The walking area formed by the five shells was very regular. Why did a battleship in history choose a 2*5 layout? It is because of this layout that the main gun walks very well. However, all this does not put any pressure on Su Xiong, because the Japanese attacks at this distance are completely ineffective and messy! In the last salvo, the Fuso's attack landed 350 meters away from the port bow. This time, it went directly to the starboard side. Not only was the opponent's shot not accurate, it actually expanded.
For Su Xiong, who specializes in gunnery to 5 stars,
There is only one possible explanation, and that is that the other party is always re-doing the distance measurement. The reason for this situation is naturally the light problem. In this case, Su Xiong knew that under strong light, the rangefinder eyepiece would The target is always an erratic shadow, which is difficult to aim at (the light was also not good when Betty hit Hipper in the Battle of Jutland in history.) The Japanese, who did not have much confidence in themselves, chose to constantly re-measure the distance. Instead of gradually reducing the variables to find the right one, you will have already lost 30%! From the current point of view, the Japanese bombardment does not pose a threat, so the outcome of this battle depends on the accuracy of the Germans!
Although the distance of 19 kilometers is a bit farther, although the shape of the artillery shells of this era is not perfect. But after six and a half salvos, the Scharnhorst finally scored its first hit. A shell roared onto the top of the Yamashiro's No. 2 turret, with a blunt warhead and thick top horizontal armor. There was a violent collision! Accompanied by the heart-wrenching sound of metal shattering, a shallow crater was drilled into the upper part of the huge turret. The 350MM shells were blocked out without any accident, but the violent impact still caused some damage to the hydraulic servo inside the turret. The problem was that the piston was shaken loose, and many supporting structures were twisted and broken. The actual damage was limited, but it did affect morale.
But half a minute later, the Scharnhorst threw the second shell at the Yamashiro's gun gallery. The gun gallery armor, which was only 6 inches thick, naturally could not block the armor-piercing main gun shells fired from this distance. The shells were fired diagonally. Entering the interior, after smashing a 6-inch gun, the shrapnel continued to fly, carrying out a massacre inside the bridge, and the resulting fire began to spread in the gun gallery. Thick smoke poured out from the breach and spread to other cabins.
"It's really tough. Our 350MM shells have limited lethality. Maybe only Bavaria's 380MM shells can." Looking at the Yamashiro battleship in the distance, Su Xiong had to give a thumbs up to the Fuso-class battleship. If nothing else, this product is really strong.
However, the Kurama behind the Fuso was not really unlucky. Without the Fuso's invulnerable armor and armor, the Kurama fast battleship with only 12-inch main armor and 10-inch turret armor showed up soon after the battle. In decline, the Kurama fired at least 19 and a half volleys. Not only that it failed to hit its opponent, it was bitten hard by the Gneisenau!
The first shell hit the slender hull of the Pomma. This shell hit the light armored protection area of the bow. How could an armor belt with a thickness of only 100MM withstand an armor-piercing projectile weighing more than 600 kilograms? Accompanied by a sound of tearing steel plates, the sharp warhead left a deep scar on the armored belt as easily as cutting butter, and then exploded inside the hull, setting off a fire. This blow was not fatal, but it definitely made Kurama uncomfortable. The more than 3-meter-long scar at the waterline directly brought more than 600 tons of water to the warship, and the draft at the bow quickly increased by nearly 1 meter! The Kurama, which was originally moving vigorously, is now a little hobbled.
The second shell hit the armor belt in the middle of the hull. Thank God, no, thank Amaterasu. After flying over a distance of 18 kilometers, this shell could not penetrate the 12-inch thickness due to the angle of incidence. The main armor belt, but the violent impact still caused serious dislocation of the armor plate. The huge impact force was transmitted through the armor plate to the rear support structure. With a burst of cracking sound, the entire armor plate was pushed back. About half a meter!
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