1825 My New Daming

Chapter 438 What to do?Even God bless Daying! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
"Boom! Boom!"

Just as Hong Renkun and Feng Yilong rubbed their eyeballs vigorously, the four Homers-class armored cruisers and six destroyers sailing close to Guadalcanal opened fire together.Since the distance is only 8000 meters, the water column continues to surge from the surroundings of the large light cruiser Kongming.

The six British destroyers were nothing. These destroyers were originally designed to tow "aircraft carriers". Their firepower was not strong, and their tonnage was less than 1000 tons.But their four Homers are very "targeted" armored cruisers!
Although this class of warships bears a brand of patrol, the armor is not strong, the firepower is not strong, the standard displacement is only 9800 tons, and the speed is not fast, only 23 knots.If you encounter hero-level, hero-modified, and more powerful battleships, you won't be able to beat them and run away, and you will be beaten to death soon.Encountering a hero class equipped with 4 240mm cannons is probably the life of a living target.

But if they encounter a warrior class or guard class with less powerful artillery, they can take advantage of it a little bit.Because the armor of the Homers class is not bad, they always bear the brand of armored cruiser. Although they can't withstand the 240mm and 280mm shells, it is impossible for the 155mm guns to sink them.The British shipbuilding technology is not so good.Although their 14 6-inch main guns are not powerful enough, their firepower density is sufficient.Moreover, the layout of these 14 6-inch main guns is very distinctive. In addition to the double-mounted turrets on the bow and stern and the single-mounted turrets on both sides of the midship, their outer sides on the bow and stern are also different. There is an ear tower mounted with two 2-inch cannons.And the two 6-inch guns installed in the ears are not connected in parallel, but on the upper and lower levels.Thanks to this artillery layout of the upper and lower layers, the 2-inch guns of the Homers class are actually two more than the Kongming class with four 6mm cannon turrets installed in three units!

However, the 12 155mm guns of the Kongming class can be fired hard at one side, while the Homers class can concentrate up to 9 6-inch cannons on one side, 3 less than the Kongming class.However, now on the battlefield near Guadalcanal, the ratio of the number of Holmes class to Kong Ming class has reached 4 to 1! 4 Holmes class ships can concentrate 36 6-inch cannons to bombard Guo Xiaobao's flagship Kong Ming No!The Kongming can only use 12 155mm cannons to fight back. Even with the addition of a hero class to help the Kongming, its firepower is still at a significant disadvantage.

Guo Xiaobao raised his binoculars and immediately saw four flashing muzzle flames. Although only 150mm cannons were firing, Guo Xiaobao was terrified by so many guns.For a moment, he wanted to drive the Kong Ming and run away.This Kongming ship uses the same type of oil-fired boiler and steam turbine as the Zhongwang class. It has a high horsepower of [-] horsepower, and no one in the world can catch up.

But Guo Xiaobao also knew that if he ran away, his official career in this life would be over, and he would be downgraded and forced to retire after returning.No matter how good Zhuge Wei is as a friend, the most he can do is to arrange a job for him in the property of Zhuge's family.

Thinking of this, Guo Xiaobao gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and roared, "Damn it, Zhuge Daozi has told my fortune, saying that I am not afraid of meeting a nobleman and turning evil into good luck! Speed ​​up for me, 27 knots, rush Go up and release torpedoes!"

"Yes, sir!"

Hearing Guo Xiaobao's words, the captain of the Kongming had no choice but to accept the order while personally taking over the rudder, deflected a few degrees, and drove the 1.3-ton standard cruiser with a full platoon of 1.6 tons towards the opposite side. The British fleet rushed forward.

At this time, both formations lined up in columns and headed towards each other.Their routes were originally going close to each other, now one side turned slightly, while the other side kept the original route, so they would naturally move closer and closer.Get closer and you can release mines!

The Kongming class has two rotating five-mounted 630mm heavy torpedo tubes, and a total of 2 super heavy gas steam torpedoes. Once fired, the British battleships could not hold it.

In addition, one hero class and three guard classes following the Kong Ming are also "heavy mine" ships. These two classes of warships are equipped with two rotating five-unit 530mm torpedo tubes. The 2 warships carried a total of 5 medium-to-heavy steam gas torpedoes. This is done. The British fleet on the opposite side was wiped out!

But Guo Xiaobao's thoughts, the British Rear Admiral Bome also knew, so he would not give the opponent a chance to get closer and shoot torpedoes!
So Bohme also issued an order to deflect the course and keep his formation parallel to the opponent. In his opinion, as long as the opponent is not given a chance to approach the torpedo, it is impossible to rely on his advantage of having more ships and more guns. Lose, unless his luck is particularly bad.

Well, in naval battles, luck is very important. Some ships are so prosperous that they will not sink no matter how hard they are hit.Some are particularly unlucky, hit a rock and hit a mine, the ammunition depot exploded inexplicably, and it often sank after staying in the port.

Thinking of this, Boehmer crossed himself on his chest and said softly: "God bless the British Empire!" Then he began to concentrate on watching the cannon.But he would never have imagined that on the Chinese Kongming ship, there were also two people asking God for help at this time, and one of them had a closer relationship with God than Bohme had imagined.

"Father God bless, Heavenly Father God bless"

While begging God, Hong Renkun stared intently at the "four muzzle flames" on the opposite side, and at the same time asked God for help.

God is of course standing behind Hong Renkun - it has to be!

So those shells just kept falling around the large light cruiser Kong Ming. This is a straddle shot!After a few straddle shots, it should hit.However, these 4 Homers-class 36 cannons just lacked a little bit of luck, and they couldn't hit them when they fought back and forth.

"Why didn't you hit him after all the fights?" Bomei muttered in a low voice. As soon as he finished speaking, the first hit of this night battle came.However, it was not the Kongming that was shot, but a 155mm shell fired by the Kongming hit the No. [-] chimney of Bomer's flagship Monmouth. The spark also ignited the lifeboat next to the chimney, which started the fire.

There is nothing worse than being set on fire by your opponent in a night battle. The flames are so bright that you can see them from afar!

"Damn it," Boehme scolded—I don't know if he was scolding some god who didn't bless him?
Anyway, within 2 minutes after he finished scolding, his flagship Monmouth took another hit!This time the 155mm shell hit the bridge directly!Although it didn't penetrate, the shock from the distance still knocked everyone to the ground.The sailor who steered the rudder was no exception. When he fell down, he brought a rudder with him, which caused the Monmouth to deflect slightly. In order to keep the distance from the Kongming, the Monmouth had already Turning around several times, the formations of both sides also changed from going in the same direction to going in the same direction, and they circled around the sea together. Because the Monmouth had been occupying the inner circle, they could still try to maintain a distance.

Of course, because the speed of the Kongming is much faster, the distance between the two sides is getting closer little by little.

But now the unlucky Monmouth's course has been wrongly deflected again, and it rushed towards the Kongming.Although this error only lasted for a minute or two, it still gave the Kong Ming a chance to quickly close the distance.

"5000 meters!"

When Guo Xiaobao heard the distance reported by his navigator, he immediately shouted excitedly: "Launch torpedoes. Shoot out all the torpedoes! Sink all the British ships!"

"Yes, sir!"

(End of this chapter)