1825 My New Daming

Chapter 451 Let's hit it first, then blow it up! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

"17000 meters!"

At 5:38, when Hong Renkun, the observer on board the Kongming, called out the long-awaited number Guo Xiaobao had been waiting for, on the sea several hundred meters away, the twin-mounted 320mm on the bow of the "Beggar's Battleship" of the "Chongming Island" The cannon with a diameter of 45 millimeters was the first to fire. The violent vibration made the beggar's warship with a standard displacement of 8000 tons and a full displacement of 10500 tons tremble violently. Clenched their fists, but the British sailors on the Dignity opposite all raised their hearts to their throats.

Many of them participated in the Malacca naval battle and the Great Strait naval battle, so they know how powerful the Ming Navy is!Moreover, the "Chongming Island" was the first to fire, not the only "beggar's battleship" to fire.The Ming Navy has long mastered the method of focusing fire, so the muzzles of the 12 24mm cannons equipped on the 320 "Beggar Battleships" on the sea were all aimed at the leading battleship "Dignity".

After only 2 minutes, the dense bullet rain enveloped the huge body of the Dignity - this is a straddle shot!At the same time, the Sovereigns who had already turned and those who hadn't turned began to counterattack with their 10-inch cannons, and the sea was filled with smoke and the sound of guns rumbled!
Just when the vanguard troops of the two sides began to exchange fire, something suddenly happened in the sky. A fleet of more than 90 fighter planes passed through the clouds in a dark mass, and rushed towards the formation of British battleships that were turning in formation on the sea.

"Damn plane!"

William Baga, who was excitedly waiting to see his Sovereign-class, Indian Emperor-class, and William IV-class beating up the Ming beggar version of the battleship, was filled with hatred!He wished he could put on two wings and fly up to grab all the pilots of Ming Dynasty who were sitting in those small planes and bite them to death.

"Air defense! Watch out for air defense!"

William Baga dared not take the small wooden planes in the sky seriously. The British Empire has suffered enough from these small planes!
And following his order, the originally neat formation of British battleships began to twist on the sea.As soon as the ship twisted, the accuracy of the shooting went down immediately.But that can't be helped, who dares to be bombed honestly now?

However, the targets of the more than 90 planes that attacked were not the Sovereigns who were fighting with the beggar-style battleships of Ming Dynasty, but the 11 Indian Emperors and 6 King William IVs that followed the 2 Sovereigns. They are the real big fish after all!
At the same time, the three aircraft-carrying armored cruisers that have returned to William Baga's large formation have also begun to "release pigeons"-although these "pigeon aircraft" cannot beat Haifeilong 3, nor are they opponents of Ssangyong 2, But it's not completely useless.At least it can force SsangYong 2 to drop bombs, and it can also pose a certain threat to the less flexible Bronto Dragon torpedo bombers.

The fighter planes of the two sides soon fought over 6 Indian Emperor-class ships and 2 King William IV-class ships!

The Ssangyong 2 and Thunder Dragon aircraft of the Ming army suffered a little loss under the hands of the "pigeon aircraft" before. This time they dare not approach them, so they have to hang around from a distance, but Haifeilong 2 is not afraid of them. This is a professional The fighter jet has fierce firepower, strong maneuverability and fast speed!Even if a 100kg bomb is attached, the "pigeon machine" can be turned into a "sieve machine"!
But Dragon 2 is a biplane after all, and it will take some time to clean up the "pigeon machine" in the air.

And when the fighting and strangling started in the air, the shelling on the sea became more and more intense!

At 5:48, 12 minutes after the confrontation between 11 "Beggar Battleships" and 10 "Sovereign" class battleships, with a loud "boom", a ball of flames rose from the midship of the Dignity of the Sovereign-class battleship. A 320mm caliber armor-piercing projectile hit its midship superstructure. Although it missed any vital points, the huge hull of tens of thousands of tons trembled a few times, and then six 6-inch 10-caliber cannons also fired. Neighing and roaring, like an enraged beast.

However, the wrath of the Dignity could not bring it higher bombardment accuracy. In order to avoid torpedo attacks by cruisers and destroyers following the Ming army's "Beggar's Battleship", the British first battleship formation and the "Beggar's Battleship" After all, the distance between them is far. For the six 6-inch guns of the monarchy class, it is indeed farther.But for the "island" class 10mm cannon, this distance is just right.

The reason for this is that apart from the fact that the 320mm cannon can shoot farther than the 10-inch cannon, the optical rangefinder used by the Ming Navy is better than that used by the British army, and the artillery staff and calculators of the Ming Navy The math is better, they not only have stronger mental arithmetic ability, but also have "manual intelligence" calculation tool - abacus!No matter how difficult the calculation is, you don’t need to break your fingers
The fleet of the Ming army also used the radio station for unified command earlier, and its ability to focus fire was stronger. Although it only had 24 320mm guns, it fought fiercely against the first British battleship formation with 66 9.2-inch guns. There is no downside.

In addition, although the 11 Sovereign ships of the British Royal Navy have 66 cannons, because of the immature triple-mounted turret design, they can't shoot at the proper rate of fire at all. This Sovereign class is unlucky because of the main The gun is on!

First, the 13.5-inch recoil gun was almost useless because the rate of fire was too slow. Now, after changing to the triple 9.2-inch gun, the situation is better, but the six guns can only shoot at the rate of fire of four guns, which is not very good. allow……

At 5:50, the Dignity, which was targeted by 24 320mm cannons, finally ushered in her second shot among the "boatmen"!
This time, the waterline armor belt on the bow was hit hard!
The 320mm armor-piercing projectile is no joke!Not to mention a classic ship like Sovereignty, even the King William IV would be too much for a visit.

With a loud noise, a huge hole was blown out of the bow of the Dignity, and the sea water poured into it as if money was not needed (it didn't need money in the first place).After a while, its bow sank significantly.

Although the bow of the Dignity did not continue to sink after closing several compartments, the balance of fitness was no longer there, and the three 9.2-inch cannons on the bow also lost their aim due to the tilt of the hull.

In addition, due to a large amount of water entering the bow, the speed of this battleship also dropped from 20 knots to 17 knots... Gradually it became a backward existence!
Just one more minute later, the salvo of 1 "island" ships hit the Dignity again. This time, a 12mm artillery shell directly hit the bow turret of the Dignity class, directly hitting the Dignity class. burst!

In just ten minutes, the battleship HMS Dignity, which rushed to the forefront of the British battle formation, had already suffered a "headshot" and lost most of its combat effectiveness.

However, the British army had a bad start, and it was just the beginning!The next unlucky one was the "Emperor of India", the first ship of the Emperor of India's urgent battleship.

As more and more pigeons were shot down, the shield of the pigeons had lost its effect.

At this moment, a group of Ssangyong reconnaissance bombers finally broke through the air defense network of the "Emperor of India", and sent a heavy armor-piercing bomb into the midship of the "Emperor of India".

And after a violent explosion, a very terrible big hole was blown out behind the chimney in the midship of the "Emperor of India" and on the rear deck...

(End of this chapter)