Chapter 2774 Battle 2
"Fire!" Almost at the same moment, more than two dozen large battleships from both sides sprayed out deadly fire dragons! The roar of more than 200 large-caliber artillery resounded throughout the battlefield like thunder! Only 2 years after the end of the war, a large-scale fleet artillery battle once again broke out in the distant Pacific. The fleet, also composed of the most elite and terrifying war machines in the world, let out a doomsday roar towards its old enemy! A battle that will determine the direction of the future war has finally begun!
Accompanied by bursts of violent vibrations, masses of flames roared out of the long barrels. The shock waves generated by the artillery firing even formed huge waves on the sea. The battle lines on both sides stretched for several kilometers. The fireballs formed a line, like a vigorous and galloping fire dragon on the sea. Hundreds of tons of steel crisscrossed through the air, then roared into the distance! Tens of seconds later, the fleets of both sides were surrounded by dense water columns!
"Long range bombs, reduce the range by 300 yards, test fire again!" The gunners on both sides cannot see their opponents. They are like parts of the machinery around them, integrated with their own weapons. They receive the signals from the fire control system. Data, and then working in the closed turret, the artillery weighing hundreds of tons was once again placed at the designated loading angle, the huge breech was opened, and then with the help of the servo equipment, the artillery shells weighing hundreds of kilograms and several The propellant packs are fed into the gun barrel in sequence. Finally, an automatic ejector rod loads the shell and propellant together. The gun tail is closed. The huge artillery adjusts its angle according to the new data, and finally fires!
The dual-range rangefinder constantly tracks the target of its choice, and the huge artillery constantly uses tons of steel to correct its trajectory. Everything is shrouded in fire and smoke. Only the Titans can participate in such a battle. , and a large number of destroyers were hiding on the non-combatant side like shrinking soldiers. They are waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to use their lives to save the situation of the war!
boom! Three minutes later, the USS King Kong in the distance was hit first. Even more than ten kilometers away, after magnifying 40 times with a rangefinder, the Germans could still clearly see what had just happened, a 15-inch artillery shell. It accurately hit the front deck of the King Kong, and a black smoke column dozens of meters high burst out from the fire. The No. 1 turret below was covered in smoke and flames. If nothing else, this turret should be completely Wasted.
"Three minutes? It's not bad." Redel said calmly. The officers and soldiers under his command were indeed very capable. In this battle line battle, the Mecklenburg scored the first main gun hit! Next to him, Nimitz congratulated his German allies and promised that when he returned to the port, every German naval officer on the Mecklenburg would receive a gift, but Raeder's face remained stern because he knew that, In this head-to-head battle with no tricks at all, it was only a matter of time before the Japanese fleet was hit!
"Boom!" With a loud noise, Redel suddenly saw the USS New Mexico, the fourth-ranked battleship, shoot out a huge fireball from its side chord! After the explosion, a large amount of gray-white water vapor mixed with gunpowder smoke poured out from the side of the ship's hull, and the trend was getting worse.
"What bad luck!" Reidel sighed and said. The shell just now must have damaged the steam pipe of the New Mexico, and it is a very important pipe. Otherwise, the high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor would not be able to keep coming out. Maybe this blow would not As for taking the New Mexico out of the battle line, the resulting smoke was enough to interfere with the performance of the rangefinder at the top. In addition, the New Mexico's fire control system had been damaged in the previous battle on Taragon Island. In the following battle, the battleship equipped with 12 14-inch guns performed worrisomely!
Another hidden danger comes from the USS Colorado, the flagship of the US Navy.
Previously, the Colorado's No. 2 turret was severely damaged due to bombing and was judged to be unsuitable for combat missions. Now, although after several days of repairs, according to the technicians, it is now usable, but due to damage to the servo equipment, this The walking situation of the two artillery pieces is also a bit worrying!
Redel looked at the rear row again, and used binoculars to observe the battle between the two Japanese dreadnoughts and armored cruisers in the rear row. After collecting intelligence from the seaplane, Redel also had a general understanding of the situation in the rear row. Little Fletcher's two new armored cruisers fought back and forth with the Hanoi, and the accuracy was not satisfactory, but the performance of the other three old armored cruisers was very bad. According to the telegrams sent by the seaplane, the three old armored cruisers The long distance walk can simply be described as horrific!
Although the U.S. Navy and the Japanese Navy fought back and forth on the battlefield, in Redl's view, the U.S. fleet had far more hidden dangers than its opponents!
Just as Redl was surveying the entire battlefield, the Mecklenburg hit the battlecruiser King Kong in the distance again! Two shells hit Japan's earliest super-dreadnought within one minute. One of them hit the front of the hull, and the other hit the gun gallery in the middle of the hull. The violent impact and explosion knocked out the two 6-inch auxiliary guns. Cannon destroyed. The Nevada behind Mecklenburg also had an advantage in the battle with the Hiei. The 14-inch shell Hiei hit before did not cause damage to the rough-skinned Nevada, while the Nevada's 14-inch shell The 1-inch shell destroyed one of the Hiei's chimneys, and billowing black smoke poured out from the breach, seriously interfering with the Hiei's shooting. And Redel's thousand-meter Arizona was evenly matched against the battleship Ibuki, but the tie was a bit embarrassing. So far, there has been no hit between them...
"Your Excellency, Captain, we hit the enemy again, and it was unable to fight back under our attack!" an officer said to Yamaguchi Takamori.
"This battleship should be the one that was damaged on Taragan Island a few days ago, right? The damage to optical instruments cannot be repaired on the battlefield. It's like we are fighting an enemy with bad eyesight. At this distance, the opponent's attack has no accuracy at all, so it is normal for us to suppress the opponent." Yamaguchi Takamori said while looking at the opponent's landing point that can be described as unreliable.
"The other party poses no threat to us at all. I think we should not waste ammunition on this non-threatening target." Yamaguchi Takamori picked up the telescope and looked at the target in the distance again, but this time he was not looking at the New Mexico. It was the battleship behind the New Mexico, the Colorado. Although he did not know that the Colorado was the flagship of the U.S. fleet, he believed that if he could work with the Nagato to kill the most elite new battleship of the U.S. Navy first If so, it might be better!
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