The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

It's a game for nothing, a game I played when I was a child.Find some pieces of broken porcelain or flat tiles and stones, and throw them flat at a low angle. When they fall on the surface of the water in a deliberately created self-rotating state, they will bounce off continuously, and finally the kinetic energy will run out and fall into the water. in the water.Whoever can throw the farthest and jump the most times wins.

Games are children's toys, but they can be used in battles!

Almost all tactics have been studied within the task force. Hundreds of years later, the revival of giant ship cannons in the interstellar era. In the vast and endless space, the larger the battleship, the thicker the protection and power to ensure combat effectiveness and survival chances, and at the same time, it has no direction. A battlefield with no dead ends also requires more perfect tactics.It has been extended and developed from thousands of years of sea tactics and has never stopped.

Space junkies like Zhu Bin with lofty aspirations, usually self-study the interstellar battleship command course, which is not for free. The spaceship intelligence brain usually uses virtual games for fun, and appropriately produces some practical ones for everyone who has passed the assessment. The main officers of the army have experienced it firsthand.

For a long period of time in the world, the navy, from the fleet command to the lowest-level soldiers, can only use warships for continuous simulation training. Various pre-combat preparations, simulated combat, and real live ammunition shooting opportunities are pitiful. Not to mention the study of detailed techniques and tactics full of tricks.

The task force has limited manpower, so naturally it will not specialize in the study of a type of shell and technology like Ri himself. Those idle officers, after playing almost all kinds of conventional tactics in the past few years, began to develop and find them by themselves. The new fun, the "water drift bomb" unintentionally tinkered with, is one of them.

The bored youngsters dared to try anything.Anyway, there is no need to spend money on how to use the virtual giant ship cannon, and there is no need to worry about waste. With various virtual simulation data, they can use countless repetitions to find out the best shooting angle, charge, shooting speed, and shooting range. , and even influence data such as wind direction and wind speed, and finally get the shells blasted out at two or three times the speed of sound to bounce on the water at various distances.Finally hit the target.

A fun artillery technique can set off a wave of enthusiasm, and the young people rush forward, and quickly come up with a variety of data under the collective wisdom and efforts of everyone.Enough with virtual play, then if you want to engage in reality, report it.Boss Zhu Bin didn't have the concept of saving money at all, he didn't play enough himself, so he agreed without saying a word.

The family is rich and powerful, and there are too many technologies to count. The task force really didn't think of this thing as a treasure. If the Japanese army didn't use it now, they might not have thought of it---it's all about shelling the enemy anyway. They can't be killed!

In contrast, old comrades like Shen Honglie couldn't keep up with the situation when they heard the young people yelling at them.For a while, I really didn't understand what was going on. He was born as a scholar, so he could have done everything like a wild child. After a little explanation from the combat staff officer and the chief artillery officer, he suddenly understood.He frowned slightly: "Will this artillery technique affect the battle plan?"

A group of people discussed it for a while, and collectively denied it: "No! And under the current situation, it may have a higher hit rate than reducing the charge and high-scheduling the hanging she!"

In order to penetrate a battleship under heavy armor, it is necessary to find the largest possible angle of fire and close the battle within 20 kilometers. If the angle of fire of the cannon is lowered, the lethality will be weakened.Shells fired at a high angle fall almost vertically, and are more likely to penetrate horizontal armor and cause serious injuries. When fired with conventional shells, the angle will become smaller and the penetration power will be weakened. The hit rate has its own advantages and disadvantages.

However, using "water drift bombs" can guarantee a low-angle flat attack on the enemy ship under the premise of normal charging, and can directly attack the waterline armor at close range. Even if it is high, it can also cross the buildings on its deck. of!

Shen Honglie agreed without much hesitation: "You might as well try it!"

When a new warship is launched, there is no running-in period at all, and the faults have not been fully detected. Even if there is an intelligent system self-inspection, there will always be omissions. The fact that there are no faults until now is already due to the construction supervision being in place---in fact, it is a robot. The production line makes things without throwing things away or unstable quality, which is incomparable to manual work.Man-made ships, one and a half years to build the main body, one year for interior decoration, half a year for sea trials to find faults and adjust to plug leaks, three years for official service is considered fast, unlike them, it will take less than 18 months!

According to the plan, the battleship that will be officially in service at the end of this year has been pulled out half a year in advance. To what extent, let's try it!

The command system of the entire ship is evenly distributed, and there is no thought of nervousness or fear at all. When an order is issued, it is like a big child who has a new toy. The extended shells are dragged out from the corner of the ammunition depot, and directly ascended into the turret. The fire control system immediately calls out the relevant elements, aiming and firing!

Within 18 kilometers, the precise aiming radar and even the laser ranging have come up. The precision is so high that it can hit almost every round!

The bow of the "Nagato", which was tilted towards each other, was facing the peak of the concentrated fire, and the roaring shells suddenly sank into the water after 30 seconds!

The principle is almost the same. After the wind cannon on the head of the armor-piercing projectile is knocked off at the first time, the projectile body is immediately flattened by the water surface, and it breaks through the waves from the deep-penetrating posture with the rotation and vibration. It is not as stable as the Japanese army's ballistic trajectory. Straight, but it bounced like a ricochet, aiming at the battleship at a supersonic volley, and hit it head-on with a "boom!"

Almost the same caliber, almost the same weight of the shell, almost the same shooting angle and terminal shooting speed, and a collision angle greater than 406 degrees. The slender 300mm "water drift bomb" directly penetrated the largest "Nagato" without any hindrance. The 400mm waterline armor and the completely backward carburized steel armor layer can't hold it at this distance, and it can achieve [-]mm penetration at a large angle!

"Boom!" The 15.5 kg charge exploded unstoppably!Close to the water level, an oblique hole with a diameter of more than one meter burst open 55 meters above the port bow of the "Nagato", and a crack extended down to two meters below the waterline. The huge battleship responded Shocked!

This "water drift bomb" is not alone. Another shell fired in unison, miraculously, from about 100 meters to the right, crossed the carrier aircraft crane and poured into the gap between the C turret and the D turret. However, after piercing through the horizontal deck from the right side, a head drilled out from the starboard side through two layers, and blasted a section of the deck seven or eight meters long with a "boom", causing steel and wood fragments to "splash". It's flying all over the sky!

Yamamoto 56 and a group of Japanese officers couldn't believe their eyes, especially those soldiers with excellent eyes, watching the two-meter-long shells bounce up from the sea like flying fish and pour into the hull of the ship...In an instant, out of the corner of their eyes The passing black light made them think it was an illusion, but the subsequent explosion proved that it was all real!

"The Chinese people... actually have special armor-piercing bombs!? How is that possible! This is the top secret of the Imperial Navy, the decisive weapon, and it is impossible to leak it out. They... No, this must be a coincidence!"

Shaking his head resolutely in denial, afterward, the two warships fired together again!This time, another shell successfully fell into the water and hit it in a straight line. The shell fired obliquely from the tail of the "Mutsu" focused on the relatively weak stern, especially the unprotected propeller. And structures such as the stern rudder, once hit, it will cause huge damage beyond control!

However, this shell almost penetrated into the end of the horizontal armor, almost rubbed against the weakest part of the extra-widened elliptical stern that plunged into the water at an angle of 19 degrees, hit the curved shell, and still failed to penetrate. The main armor was penetrated, but the fragments of the explosion and the impact of water pressure deformed the nearest five-bladed propeller, and the speed of the battleship suddenly decreased, and the direction was unstable!

The obvious vibration made everyone in the command tower shake, and couldn't help but change their faces. What they were most afraid of was this kind of weird damage, which not only couldn't be repaired, but also seriously affected their mobility!

Immediately stop a block of propellers, only with three-axis propulsion, the speed of the battleship plummeted to 28 knots, of course it was faster than the Japanese ship, but this almost sounded the alarm, and the ship gradually circled backwards in an attempt to occupy the tail thrust If the "Mutsu" at the t angle is completely in the best angle, it will become a great threat!

The explosion smoke of the Type [-] armor-piercing projectile is extremely small, and it is not easy to detect unless you look carefully. The underwater explosion did not cause flames, and it is difficult to judge the damage caused by the water column alone.

The two Japanese warships couldn't judge the result of the battle for a while, and they were still firing continuously, but Shen Honglie had to face a severe choice, frowning and thinking for a while, he said decisively: "Don't pay attention to the second Japanese warship, Continue to attack the 'Nagato' with all your strength! Be sure to completely disable him!"

"Yes!" Xie Gangzhe couldn't help admiring the toughness of the old Chief Shen. At this time, he dared to persevere and fight to the end. His stubbornness made people speechless, but as a navy, he must have this kind of life and death. Crazy and persistent!

"Songshan" sharply increased the steering angle, and quickly narrowed the distance with "Nagato". The crooked confrontation between the two reached within 16 kilometers, and the nine main guns were almost leveled, aiming at its height. The 60-meter-high mast tower of the command tower, concentrated fire!

This time, two shells hit the enemy ship with a distance of less than five meters. One shot broke one of the seven-pillar mast towers, killing five or six officers, and the other shot pierced a secondary battery from the side. After penetrating into the deck, a violent explosion occurred at the bottom of the bridge, sweeping across the interior and exterior of several surrounding cabins, killing more than a dozen, a passage was completely cut off, the fire blazed and spread upward, seriously interfering with the shooting command!

Before the top of the "Nagato" adjusted, the following round of Qishe made another contribution!A shell penetrated downward against the waterline armor, tearing a large crack at a depth of four meters, and successfully penetrated the second compartment. The explosion caused the compartment next to the ammunition depot to be completely destroyed, and it was flooded violently. Let the battleship tilt quickly! (To be continued. You are welcome to come... to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) rq