The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

The common problem with the innate design and construction of Japanese warships is that their stability is too poor!The center of gravity is too high, so they can't fight against the bad sea conditions, and they are even more afraid of unilateral water ingress and overturning!

Even in the "Youhe incident", the entire small boat weighing several hundred tons was overturned and destroyed.It’s just a coincidence. In 1935, because the fleet was dispatched to intercept the two capital ships returning to China, the Japanese army did not conduct large-scale sea exercises, and the "Fourth Fleet Incident" did not occur. Therefore, one is the design of the battleship structure. Update, the two debates on welding technology and riveting technology did not happen too intensely, which led to a series of completely different changes later!

For example, the "Nagato" battleship, which has undergone major modernization within two years, has not changed at all. Two consecutive shells caused water to enter the side, causing the hull to tilt more than 30 degrees quickly. The people in the bridge commander's room are almost unsteady!

Someone had already yelled and ordered the starboard side to be watered to bring it back into balance, but the speed of the ship, which was not good at all, slowed down again, and the rotation was even more inflexible, making it difficult to keep up with the opponent's maneuvering.

Yamamoto 56 had almost exhausted all his tricks to get such a result. He felt depressed, but after staring at his opponent for tens of seconds, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Have you noticed that the enemy ship's The speed seems to have slowed down!"

The others did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly confirmed with the lookout post on the top of the tower. They all smiled happily and nodded vigorously: "Yes! The speed of the Chinese warship has indeed slowed down! It must be the shelling just now that caused their attack. The propeller was damaged, which is great news!"

The feeling of being beaten.It's very bad, no one likes this, the other party has actually broken the vital power system, the group of people immediately found a psychological balance point, and even a little bit of spiritual encouragement, enthusiasm is high!

But looking back, I still suggested Yamamoto 56: "Your Excellency, Commander! In view of the very bad condition of the battleship, you should immediately transfer to 'Mutsu'!"

Continue to transfer in?Yamamoto 56 was so tired, as the commander of the fleet, he was beaten and transferred continuously within half a day.There is nothing that is not unlucky, it is simply auspicious disaster!These guys, could it be that they are worried that they will hurt the flagship.Will it be sunk by the other party?

This is not impossible!Who told this to be the "Nagato", a symbol of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the cradle of naval commanders and senior officers of the Ministry of the Navy, the only way for generals, and every naval dignitary is the captain of "Nagato" What I started, if it is sunk by the other party, there is no way to explain it!

Navy, not his Yamamoto 56 navy, battleship.It's not his battleship either!It didn't affect the survival of the empire until the moment of life and death, because a battle sank the flagship of Juhui, he had committed a great crime!

"it is good!"

Yamamoto 56 reluctantly agreed, and the current situation has come.It is really not appropriate to wait any longer.Including the situation of "Nagato", if the fight continues, it will definitely be over. Now that the tactical mobilization has been completed, it is possible to make appropriate adjustments.

Plans are not as fast as changes, Commander, make a decisive decision.He hurriedly got off the bridge with the staff team, got on the small boat from the right side and rushed to the "Mutsu" quickly.

At the same time, heavy cruisers and other auxiliary ships cruising around rushed over like a swarm, and main guns and torpedoes of various calibers sprayed out like free money. The opponent's power was damaged, which was a good opportunity to beat the dog in the water!

On the "Mutsu", the commander's flag was slowly rising, heralding the temporary handover of the command of the fleet. After receiving the signal, the ship immediately turned around sharply and chased after it in circles.

The good tiger can't hold back the pack of wolves, the "Songshan" has successfully seduced and diverted the operation, seeing the Japanese army swarming in, if it runs forward, it will encounter the new force of the second battle team head-on, as far as the current situation is concerned See, it's easy to be tossed to death, Shen Honglie made a decisive decision, contacted other ships to be careful, shook his head and headed towards the north, and retreated while fighting!

A large area of ​​smoke bombs filled the sea behind in an instant, and the billowing smoke could not be blown away by the wind, temporarily blocking the sight of the Japanese army. The "Nagato", which could not run, took the time to adjust its posture, and made sure that the two main turrets were finished. The ammunition depot of the turret was flooded, and the combat effectiveness was lost by 2% to [-]%. I couldn't stay any longer. I hurriedly turned around and retreated westward under the escort of [-] heavy cruisers and [-] other warships. It's really hard to say when I can run back to the mainland. .

During the time when the three warships were fighting, the right-wing battlefield has undergone tremendous changes.

The two battleships Chen Shaokuan and Wang Wenda used forward turrets to chase and attack, and hit the "Rixiang" twice in a row during the 10-minute pursuit. A shell penetrated the upper deck from the middle and continued through multiple layers, causing an explosion in the central cabin. , the inherent design flaws immediately cost this old ship a heavy price. The explosion caused the explosion of the anti-aircraft artillery ammunition depot and the damage to the two boilers in the power cabin, which paralyzed most of the structure at once. Bang almost broke the keel from the middle, and suddenly couldn't run anymore!

"Ise, Rixiang" was originally a follow-up battleship of the "Fuso class", with almost exactly the same structure, all with 6 twin turrets, but after many years of construction, many serious defects were found. The armor is weak and the power is too low. Three, the turret design and internal structure are very failures. Once hit, half the ship will be directly paralyzed!

After the war in 1935, the Japanese navy, which realized that the main guns alone were not enough, began to upgrade. The two warships removed two turrets and installed a large number of anti-aircraft guns.Among them, there was a fierce debate about whether to remove the middle turret or the tail turret.

Of course, the Cannon faction believes that it is a wise choice to remove the central turret and keep the rear, so as to avoid the problems of the central structure as much as possible, and the rear turret can freely move backwards and at all angles while retaining the mizzen tower. shoot.

However, Yamamoto 56 and the others thought that it was all a salvo strike anyway, and the rearward direction was not too important, but the rear space could be used as the flight deck of a carrier-based aircraft, thus transforming it into a unique battleship aircraft carrier...

Finally, given that the Empire will soon have more than six official aircraft carriers, there is no need for battleship carriers at all. The two ships continued to retain the turrets at both ends, and piled up a large group of anti-aircraft guns in the middle. The problem of tilting at a large angle is caused, and the second is that the anti-aircraft firepower is greatly enhanced.

It's a pity that this kind of modification was not well demonstrated. The "Rixiang" fled in embarrassment for only ten minutes before being completely paralyzed by the artillery fire behind it!

The broken cruiser and destroyer only held back the two attack ships for less than ten minutes, but the "Huashan", which suddenly changed direction and came over, found an opportunity. When it approached 22 kilometers, it made eight consecutive salvos and hit the "ri direction" "" as many as 11 rounds of armor-piercing shells and high-explosive shells, coupled with the concentrated fire of the former two ships, the poor "rixiang" was hit by nearly 20 rounds in turn, and finally the front turret was directly pierced from the top of the deck to the bottom, causing The explosion of the ammunition depot almost broke the middle of the battleship!

The explosion at the rear caused the power to be completely damaged, and the raging fire spread upwards from the bilge, and it didn't take long to completely engulf the entire ship. Unable to do so, Captain Ugaki Takashi ordered to abandon the ship!

At this moment, the second team of Zengo Yoshida, who had been going around in circles for several days and couldn't catch up after all the hard work, finally arrived!

At this time, the old devil's face was as dark as in June, and the continuous bad news made him feel so proud, he was about to be promoted to the Ministry of the Navy, and the old man of the Imperial Navy who was very likely to become the next minister was almost overwhelmed. Hold on! "Nagato" was almost killed, "Ise" sank, and "Rixiang" was burning right in front of his eyes. Who would it be next? !

In addition, four aircraft carriers are finished, two are seriously injured and dying, and the majestic imperial navy was almost ravaged to death by the fledgling Chinese navy. How can such a scandal be faced with the people of the country and the emperor!

Unforgivable!

With such a big trouble, my old classmate, Commander Yamamoto 56, I'm afraid it will be difficult to become the next official commander of the United Fleet!The stain is so big it is almost impossible to wash it off!The only chance is to do your best to kill all the enemies in front of you!

The distance between each other was within the range of the main guns, and Yoshida Zengo gritted his teeth and ordered: "All the main guns face the Chinese battleship, and focus fire at the fastest speed!"

The four battleships "Fuso, Yamashiro, Hiei, and Kirishima" now form a tight vertical line under his command, with their main guns oriented horizontally, they can completely aim at the enemy facing south.

At this time, among the three capital ships of the task force, the flagship "Hengshan" on the easternmost side is the farthest away, about 24 kilometers away, and the "Taishan" is parallel to the north at an interval of 5 kilometers, and it is about 17 kilometers away from the Japanese ship. In addition, 10 kilometers away on the west side is the "Huashan" facing the Japanese fleet to the east. The parallel distance between the Japanese ships is only 13 kilometers!

From the point of view of the formation, it is undoubtedly that the Japanese ship occupies an excellent angle. It is completely possible to sail forward while firing without delay. An easy thing to deal with.

A wise choice, I'm afraid I have to turn around and run away. In that case, some shells will be shot in the back of my butt, but those with rough skin and thick flesh may live for a while.

However, Chen Shaokuan coldly scanned the situation map of the enemy and us, and ordered decisively: "The three ships change formation in parallel, and attack with the Japanese army alternately!"

This means that he and the other two warships have to change their course from vertical to parallel to the east. At an average distance of more than ten kilometers, they will face to face with the four main battleships of the Japanese army and the escorting heavy cruisers with their main guns. boom!That scene was like before the [-]th century, in the era of sailing warships, when two groups of men and horses strayed past hundreds of yards with simple front-loading guns, they fired with all their strength from the side!

Such a bombardment posture is simply a struggle for character. In the end, who has a thicker shell, who has better luck, and who can persist until the moment when the opponent is beaten with holes all over his body!

Not only was Wang Wenda not worried, but he yelled frantically: "I've been waiting for this day for a long time! Brothers, let's go!" (To be continued)rq