Chapter 1305 Fight 2
Chapter 1305 Fighting 2
As a result, this shot also brought hundreds of tons of water to the Kurama. The battle only lasted about ten minutes, and the Japanese felt that they could not continue fighting like this! You can't hit your opponent, but the opponent's attacks are unusually accurate. This is the rhythm of life and death!
"Prepare to release the smoke screen, and then charge!" After a brief hesitation, Kanji Kato gave the order, and the two destroyers bravely rushed forward and opened the smoke canisters. The thick smoke screen quickly obscured the two fast battleships behind. The entire Japanese fleet, with the destroyer as the leader, rushed diagonally towards the German fleet!
"Turn left by 1 compass point and keep our distance. When the Japanese battleship is exposed again, we will concentrate our firepower to attack the Yamashiro." After making some calculations in his mind, Su Xiong adjusted his formation while keeping his distance.
At this time, if someone looks at God's perspective, they can find that the two fleets were originally sailing to the north. The Japanese fleet first turned right at half a compass point and began to approach, while the German fleet turned left. In this way, it seemed that it would begin to approach. , but you can quickly grab the T-shaped crosshead. Japan can indeed turn right after discovering the target, but if the course changes, the sea breeze will seriously weaken the shielding effect of the smoke screen. In this case, the aerial reconnaissance aircraft can provide Correctional fire, and the Japanese fleet’s aviation power does not have the ability to correct fire, (otherwise the previous hits would not be so bad.)
According to Su Xiong's estimation, if you are lucky, when the Japanese smoke canisters are almost used up, the Yamashiro will be under the attack of two German battleships, while the Kurama should still be covered by the smoke screen and cannot be put into operation in a short time. In the battle, this was a very accurate time difference. Although the time was not long, it was enough to inflict tons of damage to the two German battleships. (It’s really a ton of damage!)
Because of the smoke screen, the two Japanese battleships did not notice the change in the German fleet's course at the first time. However, Chuichi Nagumo's destroyer Hatsusho was at the front and finally realized the other side 10 minutes after the German fleet turned. The course was changed and an attempt was made to report to the flagship, but unfortunately, this move was unsuccessful!
When the telegraph operator of Chushuang put on his earphones and prepared to send a message, bursts of clutter and interference irritated his eardrums. After continuously adjusting several frequency bands but unable to clear away the clutter, the telegraph operator shook his head helplessly, indicating that there was no way to eliminate electronic interference. After getting this information, Nanyun Zhongdu felt a chill in his heart, and he broke into a cold sweat... (What? You mean using semaphore? Come on, the battleship behind is shrouded in smoke, can you still see the semaphore clearly?)
"Prepare to shoot and concentrate all firepower on the Fuso." After adjusting the formation, the Scharnhorst's rangefinder could already see the Yamashiro half-pushed hull hidden in the smoke, while the Kurama behind was due to the smoke and Due to the position, it is blocked and temporarily invisible. This is a very good fighting situation for the German fleet. Two German battleships fight against one Japanese battleship. This is good! Although the view is not so satisfactory,
But there are plane corrections to make up for it!
boom! The main gun, which had been silent for a while, once again made a deafening roar! At this time, the distance between the two sides was close to about 15,500 meters! In less than 5 seconds, eight main guns opened fire one after another. A series of artillery shells drew arcs full of death in the air and flew towards the target in the distance.
"Scharnhorst's long-range shell. About 250 meters." After the shell fell, the aircraft quickly distinguished it from the shell fired by the warship based on the different colors of the water column. and report it to the flagship. Then, the fire control officer will correct the trajectory based on the data. (The shells are mixed with fuel, which is used to distinguish the water column when different warships salute the same target.)
At this optimal combat distance, with the cooperation of aircraft corrective fire, the Japanese smoke screen effect was reduced to a minimum, and even had a counterproductive effect. The Japanese fleet could not effectively observe the opponent's position, let alone shoot. Of course, the most important thing is that Kanji Kato was not prepared for this sudden bombardment!
Under one and a half salvos every 20 seconds, the two German battleships quickly clamped the target one after another! And the ensuing full salvo attack phase made Yamashiro pay a heavy price in a very short period of time! The whole conversion process is so fast, from firing the first shot to hitting the target, it takes less than 2 minutes! The high rate of fire of the German naval guns once again played a huge role!
This was the first round of shelling that caused serious damage to the Fuso. Three shells from this attack fell on the Japanese first battleship at the same time. (During the Battle of Jutland, it seems that the Derflinger scored three hits in one round.) The first shell landed at the bottom of the chimney, and the 7-inch-thick flue armor was naturally unable to withstand attacks 15 kilometers away. Incoming shells. After easily cutting through the outer armor, half of the flue was shattered into pieces by the violent attack. Billows of smoke and flames began to fill the bridge.
The second shell hit the front of Fuso's No. 1 turret. Although it could not penetrate, the rebounded shell just broke the left gun barrel. The gun barrel weighing dozens of tons fell on the deck and was smashed out. made a huge pit. The third shell landed near the Fuso's radio room, and the antenna and transmitter were all wiped out cleanly by this shot.
And just after the Scharnhorst hit the first round, the Gneisenau also hit two shells hard on the armor belt of the gun gallery of the Fuso. The hit distances of the two shells were not much different. 15 meters, the attack was like a hammer opening a can, blowing up the armored belt and the secondary guns, gun groups, and piles of artillery shells behind it without any hindrance. The Japanese's bad habit of stacking artillery shells in the artillery positions once again helped Killing their enemies, one after another explosions came from the gun gallery, and balls of flames carried shrapnel and shuttled freely through the cabin. Pieces of compartments were easily torn apart, and the red and yellow flames began to expand their territory. In a very short time, half of the gun gallery was engulfed in flames.
The billowing smoke and severe internal fire seriously affected the Yamashiro's combat effectiveness. The flames followed the internal pipes and destroyed several important electrical lines and steam channels. Due to power supply problems, the two turrets at the tail of the Fuso temporarily lost their function, and the Yamashiro, which had only 5 guns left, was naturally unable to carry out an effective counterattack. In a very short period of time, the two German fast battleships successfully suppressed Yamashiro temporarily. Number.
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