The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Chen Shaokuan fully participated in the entire process of the task force from scratch, knowing that every progress is hard-won.

Aircraft carriers and battleships were learned from the transformation of the "Florida" and "Utah" purchased by the Americans; the heavy cruisers combined the German "Deutschland-class armored ships" and Ri's own "Kaohsiung The structure research results of the "class heavy cruiser"; the destroyer is the template of the Americans. In terms of innovation, it is unique in terms of amphibious ships and supply ships. At present, most of the amphibious ships are sold to global defense. Compared with a few other countries, I still don’t use that much, and I can’t use it much.

Only light cruisers are larger than destroyers and smaller than heavy cruisers. How to balance tonnage and firepower, clarify their combat use and characteristics, and find the best design is not so easy.

Originally, Ye Zaifu and other designers took out the design of a 203-ton large destroyer, but Zhu Bin rejected it, saying that they had to wait for the new weapon to take shape; The main gun with a caliber larger than 127mm and the auxiliary firepower weapon, the expected American 152mm artillery and German 150mm artillery have not yet been determined in the test. The key power system requires small size, large output, and fast start-up. It cannot be similar to a steam turbine. If you have to prepare for a long time, it will not be able to respond quickly.

In this regard, the high-power bladeless turbine engine provided by the power design department presided over by Mr. Tesla is also at a stalemate with the high-temperature high-temperature gas turbine engine. It wants to use it in a ship with a full load tonnage of no more than 14000 tons and a standard displacement of 8000 tons. So much stuff stuffed in.You have to ensure enough space and armor --- you can't fool with 35mm steel plates like the British guys, that's called a cruiser, even a destroyer can't keep up!

Without a reference, it is not easy to build a decent cruiser! Zhu Bin doesn't bother to learn these ready-made samples from Japan, and he can't imitate the Americans. Let's see if it's okay to make it first, and then modify it if it doesn't work---so rich and powerful, such a huge industrial productivity.There is no threat of foreign aggression or war, so you can play casually.

The environment of the task force is too bad. We can only ask for a success rate once, not harsh, but helpless!

Cheng Yaoliang also started from scratch, his qualifications were not much worse than Wang Wenda's, and he was also planning to take over the command of the "Hengshan", and he had a deep understanding of the inside story.

Immediately he said with relief: "Mr. Chen, there is no need to worry. I believe that Boss Zhu will have a way to solve it as soon as possible. If you pay close attention, maybe he can figure it out soon."

Thinking of Zhu Bin's donkey temper of holding back and holding back, Chen Shaokuan was angry and funny. That guy seemed to have infinite potential, and he could always squeeze out more energy when he was pushed.Really unfathomable.I don't know where he came from with such great confidence. He always dismisses small-tonnage warships and concentrates on continuously expanding the dock. It is said that he plans to cut off and drain the entire ancient town's mouth and build the largest ship in history. The 1000-meter-diameter dock---God knows what he's going to build!

But it was really like what Cheng Yaoliang said.If you go back, you must run on him. If you don't expand the size of the current fleet by three or five times, how can it be used!

In the distance, the seriously injured "Kaga" was quickly poured with more than [-] tons of seawater. The heavy superstructure made the clumsy hull unstable, so this flooding didn't matter.It's about to tip over!Fortunately, the damage tube responded quickly. While extinguishing the fire, water was injected from the other side to balance it. The damage caused by the high-explosive bomb in the middle was too serious, and the cracks extended in all directions. After rushing into the bottom compartment, it began to move towards the fuel tank. And the power cabin rushed, and it couldn't be blocked.

run.It is definitely impossible to run away. The fire caused by the fuel turned half of the boat into a large melting pot. More than 300 officers and soldiers died in it. The pumping and spraying could not be extinguished, and the power was gradually losing. A huge iron coffin was formed alive, slowly sinking!

After letting go of almost all the aircrew, the remaining soldiers still stick to the fort and various posts. A few people began to transfer in batches, but they dared not go to other aircraft carriers --- they couldn't take care of them, and they directly used small boats to retreat in the direction of the battleship.

The other three aircraft carriers desperately turned to escape, and changed from the original sixty-degree angle to confront the task force, to sail in parallel and in the same direction, desperately using the maximum speed, trying to open the distance.

However, the "Fengxiang" only has 25 knots, and the "Ryujo" has 29 knots. Only the "Akagi" is the highest, only 31.2 knots. When changing direction and avoiding, the heavy superstructure makes the center of gravity unstable. I didn't dare to go full speed at all, so I ran around at 25 knots overall. Under the pressure of the steady 30-knot combat speed on the opposite side, I could only get closer and closer!If it weren't for the consideration of the impact of the cannon salvo on the hull, it would have been 34 or 5 knots in pure pursuit. It would be too easy to catch up!

Therefore, 10 minutes after the battle started, the Japanese warships completed their turn, but the distance between them was shortened from 28 kilometers to about 22 kilometers, and the cruisers and destroyers who turned back to block even rushed to about 15 kilometers!

The gesture of brave suicide came menacingly, and Chen Shaokuan was vigilant in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Don't let them approach any more! The secondary guns of each ship fire alternately, kill them first!" The destroyer moves forward, launching torpedoes from both wings attack!"

15 kilometers, which is exactly the killing range of the battleship's 45-fold barrel 127mm high-level dual-purpose gun. The heavy cruiser's dual-mounted 105mm 65-fold diameter C33 high-level dual-purpose gun has a longer range. Although the power is not good, it can deal with the weak Japanese army. Armored light warships are still quite threatening.

All of a sudden, a total of ten 10mm twin turrets and six 127mm turrets deployed on one side of the four warships opened fire one after another. At a shooting speed of up to 6 rounds per minute, 105 barrels "all" moved towards The 15-kilometer distant sea kept throwing steel and steel non-stop, and in a blink of an eye, dense water columns burst into pieces in a weak explosion, immediately engulfing the eight incoming Japanese warships!

The accuracy and firing speed of the small-caliber naval guns ensured enough hit rates at such ranges to shoot with probabilities. The multiple turrets manipulated by the fire control system were staggered in firepower. After 1 minute, at least 480 rounds of shells were distributed. In a water area of ​​less than 1 square kilometer, a "Narara-class" light cruiser was the first to bear the brunt. The 5000-ton displacement hull was hit by no less than 10 shells in a row, 5 of which were high-explosive shells. Seven 7mm main guns with no cover Weapons such as guns and 140mm anti-aircraft guns suffered immediately. The two main turrets were blown up on the spot, and at least five of the 76 36mm double-mounted anti-aircraft guns lined up as densely as a forest were blown away!

The worst thing was that a shell penetrated into the bridge, and a violent explosion destroyed the next door of the command room, killing and injuring more than a dozen command personnel inside and outside, almost paralyzed on the spot!Another shell blew up the middle chimney, and the black smoke billowed and billowed, choking the struggling soldiers on the deck to cough non-stop.

The deputy captain, Kojiro Inoue, leaned on the railing and yelled at the deck: "The time has come to serve the Emperor! Attention all, launch torpedoes towards the enemy ship! Impact!"

"Shock!" There was a burst of howling on the deck, and 8 of the 610 quadruple 4mm torpedo launch tubes were ready. After the battleship stabilized, they fired at the most conspicuous "Taishan" battleship at a distance of 14 kilometers. !

"Bang bang bang" Amidst the muffled sound of champagne bottles being opened, 16 rounds of 9-meter-long "2.7 acid torpedoes" rushed into the water. Open the oxygen valve, start mixing kerosene atomization and ignite in the combustion chamber, the violent oxidative combustion expands almost like an explosion, generates high temperature, bakes the seawater that has been put in at a rate of 1 liter per second in the lower valve into water vapor, and sprays it into the double Inside the piston cylinder of the cylinder, the cross-shaped gear changes the lateral movement of the piston into a longitudinal twist, drives the double-turning propeller, and pushes the torpedo toward the shallow sea above the front and gradually accelerates, running faster and faster, leaving only a faint trail behind, which is quickly exploded Covered tracks!

At the same time, the other two light cruisers and two destroyers not far away also released swarms of torpedoes one after another. There were more than 20 torpedoes in total, plopping into the sea water, all heading towards the two battleships. Hurricane full of energy!

The four warships changed directions and bombarded another light cruiser in unison, and in the gap between the artillery fire, there was a piercing explosion in the center, and the officer staring at the screen exclaimed: "A large number of underwater high-speed targets have been found. ! It is suspected to be a torpedo released by the Japanese army!"

Wang Wenda's eyes widened, and he threw himself onto the operation platform and stared at the small target that was scanning at an increasing speed under the radar scan. Seeing that the dozens of little guys broke through 30 knots and were heading towards With a rapid climb of 40 knots, it is very clear without asking!

"It's the torpedo that his uncle fired! The little devil dared to release the torpedo from such a far away place, how did they do it?! Can we get us?"

The distance between the two sides is 14 kilometers!At such a large distance, as far as we know in the world, there is really no torpedo with such a long range and such a fast speed. It can be done, but small Japan, okay?

Chen Shaokuan's voice came from the radio: "All ships give priority to fire blocking, the near defense system turns on the lightning protection and fire control, and fire freely! Destroyer torpedoes, launch!"

The various secondary guns that were already pointing at the attacking Japanese ship lowered their angles one after another, adjusted their elements toward the sea surface of about 8000 meters, and opened fire suddenly when the most forward torpedo was about to rush in, and each gun burst into the design The maximum speed of the 127mm gun reached an astonishing 22 rounds, and the firepower density was almost doubled. In an instant, a dense wall of blasting fire was formed at a predetermined distance and the distance was less than 50 meters!

At the same time, the 10 destroyers cruising from both ends adjusted their direction one after another, and the three torpedo tubes exploded "Puff", and a piece of 3mm Type A hydrogen peroxide turbine-powered torpedo rushed into the sea, galloping towards the vertically attacking Japanese ship. go! (to be continued)rq