The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Which good man is not good at fighting!From the shelling dozens of kilometers away, only a scene of fireworks can be seen, and the side by side confrontation at close range, the retro navy complex, fills the hearts of every soldier!

After half a day of fierce fighting, they have already mastered their hands completely. The eyes of the young people whose heads have been numb from the constant explosions are shining like crazy. Wang Wenda's strange cry triggered a response like howling ghosts and wolves. !

In "Hengshan", Cheng Yaoliang's face turned blue due to the movement made by these boys, and he complained to Chen Shaokuan: "Mr. Chen, you usually run the army strictly, why are you so indulgent to these boys today? When the enemy is at hand, don't let them mess around?"

Chen Shaokuan changed his serious and rigid expression for half his life, and instead sighed with admiration: "It's rare that young people are passionate, and they can't be vented. It's good to let them show off. The opportunity is rare. Today I want to let the Japanese have a good look. We The Chinese navy is not a soft bone!"

Cheng Yaoliang was surprised, and then suddenly remembered that during the First World War in Shanghai six years ago, the navy could not shrink back, and the people of the whole country scolded him bloody. He didn't do it neatly, and the fleet below went his own way and no one listened to his yelling. There were no people in the middle, but they were blamed for no reason.

For someone with a small mind, I am afraid that he would have been suffocated and vomited blood for three liters and died, but Chen Shaokuan endured the humiliation and worked hard for several years without slacking off. A group of young people went crazy together!

have to.He has been virtuous from top to bottom, if he persuades him again, he will appear incompetent.

As a result, with an order, the "Hengshan" leveled the hull of the ship, facing east-northeast, 23 kilometers away from the Japanese ship, and opened fire first!

Almost at the same time. The two ships "Taishan" and "Huashan" roared from their respective positions towards the Japanese ships galloping in parallel!

In the Second Team of the Japanese Army, Yoshida Zengo originally wanted to get closer.When the other party made an evasive gesture, they swept away in one fell swoop.According to the general law of naval engagement, he is the most advantageous vertical split, and has seized the dominant position.The opponent's three warships went their own way, and the distances and angles were all very different, so be smarter, take temporary evasion and rectify the formation, and then start fighting normally.And at that time, I am afraid that I have successfully joined the "Nagato" and "Mutsu" with all the battleships, forming an absolute combat form.

The opponent actually took advantage of the situation and started to fight directly. Don't they know that the higher the firepower density of the battleship's main gun salvo, the better? !

He couldn't help thinking about it.The thick muzzle smoke suddenly rising in the distance made him realize that what he was facing was a group of emerging navies that he was not very familiar with, their warships, their tactical literacy, and their inheritance.It seems that it is different from other countries in the world today, and there is no communication and understanding. The only German who knows something inside... His naval level is actually very bad in Ri's own opinion!

Yoshida Zengo was very angry. When he met such a fool, he was sunk so many battleships. Yamamoto's command level.There is a problem!

With one order, the four warships opened fire in unison!

"Fuso, Yamashiro, Hiei, Kirishima"!Four ancient battleships lined up and turned their muzzles. Each ship fired a total of 32 cannons with four double-mounted turrets. They aimed at the most suitable flagship "Hengshan" with a normal caliber and a normal speed. , Launch a counterattack!

For fear that all the turrets would overturn the battleship, "Fuso and Yamashiro" did not dare to use full firepower. With a standard displacement of 3.47 tons, the hull was equipped with six 6 12mm main guns, plus 356 16mm single-mounted guns. It's scary enough, but the modified waterline 152mm armor gives it a brand new thick leather capital!

It is also a rare actual combat after it is completed, and it encounters unprecedented difficulties as soon as it comes up. The Japanese army is also a strange kind of fanaticism from top to bottom!

Dozens of cannons were fired at the same time, and there was an earth-shattering noise on the ten-kilometer sea. When the thick smoke and dust erupted, the 10,000+ ton warships drifted together, and the roaring shells flew across the sky. A spectacle rarely seen in decades!

If you use high-speed photography to capture the picture, you can see that between the vast sea and the sky, the evenly rotating huge shells are propped against the huge arc-shaped cover of the air shock wave, rushing into the distance at more than twice the speed of sound, and the sonic boom produced is thunderous after flying over. across the sky, it took nearly a minute to reach the other shore, plunged into the sea, and exploded!

The explosions, fireworks, exploding water jets, muffled sounds and roars intertwined and undulating, evolved into an unprecedentedly grand and wonderful show between the warships of both sides!

The "Hengshan" shot from the front, the front two turrets of the "Taishan" pointed obliquely, and the front turret of the "Huashan" pointed forward at a small angle. Although the 21 406mm cannons had one-third less firepower than the opponent, the shells The delivery quantity is definitely enough, and the destructive power and accuracy are beyond the reach of the other party!

In a fight that does not dodge or dodge at all, the speed of the results is also so fast!In just three rounds of shelling, the "Taishan-class" battleship with precise radar shooting command was the first to make a contribution. Two shells hit the "Shancheng" headed by the Japanese army respectively. Transparent hole.Another shell hit the vicinity of the No. 100 turret and formed a penetration. The thin [-]mm armor plate basically had no effect and surrendered directly. It succumbed to the high-angle bombardment of more than one ton of armor-piercing shells. The ensuing explosion caused serious consequences. The turret was on the spot. It was abolished, more than a dozen soldiers were killed or injured, and a fire replaced the chimney to create billowing smoke that filled the entire ship!

The Japanese army's method of concentrating 32 main guns on one target was obviously correct. During the fourth round of shelling, it hit the "Hengshan". Among the three shells, one hit the waterline armor and disintegrated directly, and the other was almost horizontal. Cutting into the upper deck of the bow at an angle, one of the bulging anchor piles was blown away, but it did not cause a hole in the deck. The third shell exploded with a nearly perfect blow, regardless of angle, speed, and stability. It's fantastic, and the location of the hit is also very good, right on top of the twin secondary battery turrets on the clean port amidships!

After a long journey of more than 22000 meters. The 356mm armor-piercing projectile of the Japanese army still has a maximum penetration level of 240 meters. This shell almost meets all the requirements for the best shooting in theory. There was a huge "boom", and the composite armor layer was pushed in by the sharp-angled shells, and the subsequent explosion completely destroyed half of it, and the miserable crack looked amazing.A cloud of fireworks soared into the sky!

There is almost a one-in-[-] chance of encountering Ri himself, so there is nothing he can do about such shit even if he thinks carefully, most of them hid under the horizontal armor, and only three soldiers who stayed inside to deal with sudden attacks at any time were killed. seedling!

The impact of the collision does not matter.The violent impact and high-heat flames caused by the explosion instantly made them pass out on the spot with bleeding from their mouths and noses. Almost at the same time, the fire protection system inside the turret was automatically activated to prevent the fire from spreading.The tough basalt lining did not let the shell head penetrate, avoiding the fate of the entire turret being blown to pieces, but paralysis is certain!

Yoshida Zengo, who was closely observing the shelling situation through the binoculars, clenched his fists and shouted: "Hey! Good fight! This is what we have to do! Keep them completely wiped out!"

The results of the battle spread throughout the entire fleet, and the Japanese troops on the four battleships were jubilant, aiming, loading, and launching at almost the maximum speed!

The two sides drove against each other at a total of 55 knots, and the shelling interval was at least 40 seconds. After one shell was fired, the next time it aimed.The distance has been increased by about one kilometer, and the distance has been shortened by one or two hundred meters. According to the inherent distribution of the turret, there is almost no need to adjust the far and near angles, but the left and right shooting angles must be changed at any time.

Several rounds of shelling down. The "Hengshan" has rushed from the Japanese ship between the first and second ships to the parallel direction of the third "Hiei", and simply changed its target, aiming at the ship that escaped a catastrophe three years ago Lao Bangcai fired three rounds in a row and hit 3 armor-piercing projectiles, which were fired from the waterline armor and the chimney of the aftermast tower amidships on the upper deck.There are also No. [-] and [-] turrets running through the middle to the right!

The armor of the turret front shield at the thickest part of "Hiei" is only 280mm, the waterline armor is only 203mm, and the horizontal deck is only 19mm thinner, that is, the internal boiler room is 64mm, the mechanical room is 83-89mm, The ammunition magazine is 102-114 mm, and the helm room is 76 mm. This kind of defense capability is not necessarily better than the heavy patrol in the task force, nor can it keep up with the two amphibious assault ships, let alone the abnormal "Taishan class" armor!

In the face of 406mm artillery shells with a vertical penetration of more than 22mm at 350 kilometers, there is no resistance at all, and wherever they hit, they will be pierced by a single shot!

Even if the charge is only a dozen kilograms, the damage caused by the explosion is still terrible! The waterline on the port side of the "Hiei" was torn apart by a one-and-a-half-meter gap, and the inner compartment was pierced. The explosion caused a boiler to boil on the spot, and the new power system that had just been replaced immediately coughed!

The hole in the midship caused the mast tower to tilt, and a three-meter-long gap was blown out of the rear chimney. Billowing thick smoke ran around, the ventilation system below was severely damaged, and the heat was pervasive. More than a dozen soldiers were scalded!

The armor-piercing projectile at the rear almost killed the turret. Although it did not cause a complete stoppage, it also blew up a lot of passages and pipes between the two turrets. The explosion point was not far from the waterline armor. If another shot was fired on the spot, the consequences would be disastrous. !

The serious damage made the "Hiei" jump up and down, the billowing smoke and the raging heat wave forced them to temporarily withdraw from the ranks of confrontation, and then the "Kirishima" entered the combat position as a substitute, and once again confronted the "Hengshan" she!

At the same time, the second-ranked "Taishan" entered the battle formation, and for the first time formed a full turret salvo on the side of the Japanese ship column. Wang Wenda's shit luck once again showed his power. The first salvo, that is, at 17.5 kilometers Two shells hit the "Shancheng" from a distance, one shot directly knocked out the No. [-] turret, and the other pierced the horizontal deck next to the No. [-] turret from the middle, and penetrated directly into the ammunition depot!

After an earth-shattering explosion, the entire battleship turned into a huge mushroom cloud with a diameter of hundreds of meters. From a distance, the hull that was blown into three parts jumped upwards, and the ammunition depots at the front and rear were The keel was torn apart by explosions, the superstructure collapsed and separated, and the turret was thrown 300 meters away. There was almost no psychological preparation for the whole ship. Most of them were killed on the spot. As the battleship is filled and swallowed by sea water within 5 minutes!sunk!

Yoshida Zengo's eyeballs are straight!Such a tragic result, he never dreamed of it!With such a long distance and so much artillery fire from the other side, how could it have caused such serious consequences?Such a big explosion must have killed the ammunition depot... Alas, the Achilles' heel of the "Fuso class"!

He was suddenly startled!Under my ass is the first ship, a completely unreliable thing, seemingly powerful, but in fact it is a lot of trouble. If it is also hit by a few shots, its survivability will be worrying!

Two battleships were hit hard in a row. Yoshida Zengo lost most of his confidence at the beginning. He dodged the two light cruisers in the center of the battle and rushed towards them. The family released nearly 20 rounds of nine Three acid torpedoes, at the same time, two heavy cruisers with slow 203mm dual-mounted turrets are firing at the same time, even if the maximum is only 4 rounds per minute, it can buy some time for the flagship, count a little...!

Wang Wenda had to command the warship to temporarily evade and destroy the torpedo attack. After regaining consciousness, the "Fusang" had already run far away, and took advantage of the gap to avoid the right side of the "mountain city" that was still burning on the sea. Open, the billowing smoke covered the explosion, and the "Huashan" that was rushing after it couldn't aim. After four rounds, it found that the effect was not good, so it followed and went straight to the target behind.

"Hiei and Kirishima" found that the situation was not right, the opponent's three battleships were too cruel, and without hesitation turned the rudder to open the distance, and retreated while firing. As a result, within a few minutes, the ship's hull tilted and its power was damaged. "Hiei" was hit with another 5 shells. The rear bridge and the No. 30 turret were all removed, and a miserable gap was blasted in the upper half of the bridge. More than [-] commanders below the captain were seriously injured and almost paralyzed on the spot!

Their counterattacks were not ineffective. Wang Wenda's "Taishan" who had the guts to press in for the bombardment was at a distance of more than ten kilometers. The cannonballs were fired, basically relying on rough skin and thick flesh.This means that the power of the 356mm main gun of the Japanese army is not enough, especially the projectile body is too light, and the thickness of armor penetration is seriously insufficient. If the 410mm main gun of "Nagato" is here, I am afraid it will paralyze him!

After the "Huashan" was successfully mopped up, one of the four battleships of the Second Squadron of the Japanese Army was sunk, one was seriously injured, and the other two were all injured. They fled westward in embarrassment, trying to retreat under the cover of light warships .

The three "Taishan-class" ships turned their heads, Chen Shaokuan let out a sigh of relief, and smiled: "Next, it's time to hunt!" (To be continued) rq