Ship transformation, the admiral goes to the military police to repent

Since Wei An has such a strong talent, she will have to worry less about Wei An in the future, as he has the potential to become stronger.

"Now I believe this is a destroyer, but are you sure you don't want to change the name?"

"It's this big, so it should be at least a heavy cruiser."

Elizabeth sincerely suggested to Vian.

Vian just shook his head at this.

"Yukikaze she's still a destroyer."

Seeing Vian's insistence, Elizabeth didn't ask any more questions.

"We have already wasted quite a bit of time on the road, so let's start with today's exercise."

Elizabeth took a board from the goddess of the kitchen next to her and handed it to Vian.

"We'll follow you on your boat, just get started."

Wei An took a quick look.

Attack (artillery, torpedo, secondary guns) Navigation (avoidance) Air defense and anti-submarine

There are a total of four major projects, all of which need to be completed by Xuefeng.

The simplest of them was sailing, and Wei An gave the order immediately after looking at the map route attached to the board.

"Xuefeng, full power, go forward!"

"Dean, Mr. Bumblebee, you can go ahead. We will catch up soon."

At the same time, he gave her a look at the map for confirmation.

The difference from before is that Xuefeng started to operate seriously and no longer had the ease as before.

The battleship that had been sailing slowly with Bumblebee and her crew finally showed its uniqueness.

Chapter 59 It's reasonable for my destroyer to run at 40 knots! (Thanks for the gifts everyone)

Because Vian let Bumblebee and the others go first.

The three ship girls drove their warships and accelerated in advance, giving directions to Wei'an and Xuefeng in front.

But even if the goddess of the kitchen pulled her power to the maximum, it was only 16 knots, which was not fast enough.

The Reputation and Bumblebee in front were also sailing at a speed of 15 in order to prevent Vesta from falling behind.

At the same time, he was observing the snow wind behind him.

But in this short period of time when they looked back, they were surprised to find that Xuefeng's speed had reached 20 knots.

The speed continues to increase.

When Xuefeng sailed by their side, it had reached a speed of 25 knots.

Elizabeth, who had been on the snow wind boat, also clearly felt how fast the snow wind was accelerating.

Finally, Renown and Bumblebee had a brief exchange, and Renown continued to follow Vesta, while Bumblebee sped up to follow Yukikaze.

After all, according to their thinking, a battleship as big as the Snow Wind should not be as fast as before.

Most destroyers can only travel at a maximum speed of 35 knots, and some are even slower at 30 knots.

According to the previous speed of 38 knots of Yukikaze, the current speed of 32 knots is already amazing.

But fortunately, as an aircraft carrier, Bumblebee has a natural speed advantage over most ship girls.

Because their aircraft carriers will generate deck wind during navigation, and if the wind speed is fast enough, it can provide additional lift to the carrier-based aircraft.

Therefore, aircraft carriers have considerable requirements for cruising speed.

Therefore, as an aircraft carrier girl, she has a faster speed than most other girls.

So after Bumblebee started to speed up, Reputation and Vesta were quickly left behind.

By the time we accelerated to 30 knots, the distance between us and them was already quite far.

But at this time, Xuefeng had already caught up and was keeping pace with Bumblebee.

"This speed!"

Several ship girls reacted at the same time and realized that the speed had reached 35 knots!

However, after accelerating to 35 knots, Yukikaze's speed had not stabilized, and she still wanted to continue releasing the power of the battleship!

The Bumblebee, which was still accelerating, was overtaken by Yukikaze, and the distance between them gradually widened as they accelerated.

For this reason, Hornet released his own carrier-based aircraft [F4F Wildcat] in order to continue observing Yukikaze's data.

In order to observe Xuefeng from multiple angles, Bumblebee directly launched 5 planes this time.

Surrounding the snow wind from above.

But it was also because of this that the Bumblebee, which was automatically following the plane, and Elizabeth on the battleship discovered it.

The originally stable warship began to break through the waves on the sea!

The speed has exceeded 36, 37... and is still accelerating.

It was not until Reputation and Vesta were left far behind that Bumblebee and Elizabeth discovered that Yukikaze's speed had reached an unheard-of 40 knots.

What does it mean that a warship comparable to a battleship can reach a speed of 40 knots?

There are very few destroyers that can outrun this battleship, not to mention the larger and more cumbersome heavy cruisers, battleships and other warships.

Even for a battlecruiser that pursues high speed, what is the fastest it can reach 35?

In Wei'an's impression, the representative of high-speed battleships, the Iowa, can run at a maximum speed of 33 knots when fully loaded, and can reach about 35 knots when the load is light.

There is still a gap of 6 knots with Xuefeng.

When Wei An designed the battleship for Yukikaze, he was aiming for a full load. If the Yukikaze had a smaller load, the speed could be increased a little.

But it is also quite difficult, as the power system has already occupied a large amount of space on Xuefeng's ship.

But even so, the snow wind had already made Elizabeth and the others drop their jaws.

In this world that worships huge ships and big guns, a slight increase in the speed of a warship can give you a slight advantage.

Have the initiative in battle.

Just as the reputation thinks that Xuefeng's main gun is incompatible with the battleship, when Xuefeng's main gun is upgraded again, it will be faster than a destroyer and have stronger firepower than an ordinary battlecruiser.

If you have enough initiative in combat, it will be difficult for someone to hit you back.

A word flashed through Elizabeth and Bumblebee's minds at the same time.

【monster】

Although there are no other obvious outstanding features of this battleship, it has the upper hand when the speed of other battleships is not outstanding.

Finally, after accelerating to 40 knots, Xuefeng's little face began to turn red, as if the blood in her body began to burn.

She finished her warm-up exercises only after driving at 40 knots. The previous exercises were called walking.

"Sister, is there anything wrong with your body?"

Looking at Xuefeng's rosy face, Vian asked worriedly.

It was also the first time he saw a ship girl driving a battleship, so he didn't know what Yukikaze was like now.

"I've never felt so good before! Xiaowei, let's move on to the next one."

The fast speed meant that Xuefeng had arrived at the designated shooting area ahead of time.

Small islands stand scattered on the sea.

Through the telescope, you can clearly see the distance signs on the small islands from this side.

The close distance is 2 nautical miles and the far distance is 20 nautical miles.

However, 40 nautical miles is beyond the maximum range of most naval guns, so it really depends on luck to hit the target.

Therefore, this time Yukikaze needs to test the artillery fire at a distance of 3-8 nautical miles, which is equivalent to a distance of 5-15 kilometers when converted into kilometers.

It is also the distance at which conventional warships engage in combat.

However, after the previous bombardment by Xuefeng, Wei'an had a rough understanding of the hit rate of Xuefeng's bombardment.

In order to better test the artillery fire, the route was such that when the warship arrived, it was facing the target sideways.

It is also the most powerful posture for a battleship to unleash its firepower.

"3 nautical mile target."

"Prepare for shooting."

"volley!"

Because Xuefeng's hit rate is quite funny, you need to calibrate and aim in advance.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

The sound of continuous artillery fire spread from the front deck to the rear deck.

But Wei An didn't care about these things. Instead, he immediately picked up the telescope and began to observe where the shells landed.

Unfortunately, due to Yukikaze 11's low training level and unfamiliarity with the ship, only one of the nine main guns hit the target.

The others all fell into the water.

But the problem is that the calibration distance for this round is 3 nautical miles, which is less than 6 kilometers.

At the same time, Wei An decided to let Xuefeng practice artillery more.

"I'm sorry, Xiaowei, I didn't do it well."

Seeing the artillery fire miss at this distance, Xuefeng apologized to Wei'an.

"It's okay, sister. If we can't hit accurately, we just need to practice more. Besides, you are not familiar with the ship yet."

"Prepare for the second round of calibration."

"volley!"

After the first calibration, Xuefeng observed which of his main guns hit the target and made subtle adjustments.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

This time, Vian saw traces of the explosion on the target through the telescope.

A total of 7 shots hit the target successfully, and 2 of them hit the edge of the island and fell into the water.

Wei An nodded calmly in response.

Chapter 60 Avoidance and Flexibility

After the first two bombardments, Xuefeng's shooting proficiency improved significantly.

Even after switching to other targets, the hit rate of a round of shelling was much better than the initial one.

Elizabeth was amazed to see Xuefeng becoming more and more skilled in shooting and not being greatly affected by the transformation of the battleship.

However, the hit rate of targets beyond 8 nautical miles began to drop rapidly even for warships operated by ship girls.

Wei An, who had been observing, also silently noted down these data in his mind.

After becoming familiar with shooting, Elizabeth found Vian in time.

"Let Yukikaze use this training missile ship equipment."

Looking at the toy cannonball in his hand, Wei An nodded and handed the ship equipment to Xuefeng beside him.

At the same time, Elizabeth began to call on the goddess of the hearth who came from behind to release the things.

"Next, we will practice the comprehensive attack."

Wei'an nodded in confirmation, and Xuefeng promptly told Wei'an that the practice ammunition had been replaced.

After a while they saw a damaged warship coming out from behind a small island in the distance. No, it should be said that there was a target ship towed in front of it.

"Your next goal is to hit it."

Just looking at the scars on the target ship, you can tell how much damage it has suffered, but this is also the reason why Elizabeth asked Yukikaze to replace it with practice bullets.

"Are you ready?"

Wei'an turned back in time to confirm with Xuefeng.