Chapter 1007： Blood War II

Chapter 1007 Bloody Battle 2

A shell penetrated the upper deck from the place between the No. 3 turret of the Joint Force and the front bridge. After easily tearing the upper deck, it slammed into the main horizontal armor above the engine room. The horizontal armor was really powerful and blocked the blow. However, the huge impact force caused a large piece of steel plate to bend and crack. The steel storm formed by the direct breaking of the back plate at the rear swept through the lower steam pipes, and several steam pipes were directly blown into fragments, up to more than 200 degrees. The high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor diffused instantly, and screams came from the cabin after a while. This shot caused more than 30 crew members of the Prinz Eugen to be scalded and burned, and a steam turbine was stopped due to insufficient steam.

Another shell hit the sidestring of the Joint Force once again, and this time, although it was still unable to penetrate the sidestring of the Joint Force battleship with a hooded structure, the violent impact had obviously exceeded the sidestring of the Joint Force. The limit of the support structure! This time, it was not just the backplane that was broken. The hull measurement and structure behind the backplane were also destroyed. Several transverse steel structures were directly twisted into twists by the huge impact, and the outer armor plate was also pushed laterally. More centimeters! A longitudinal crack more than 2 meters long appeared on the side string of the Joint Force.

And when the shell exploded, countless fragments and turbulent seawater squeezed in from the cracks. They broke the partitions and poured into the hull, turning a condenser tube on the side of the hull into fragments. With the loss of condensate, the water supply to part of the United Forces boiler became a problem.

One turbine stalled, and the other third of the boilers faced insufficient water supply. The United Force's speed dropped suddenly! After a new opening was opened, more than 400 tons of seawater poured in. In addition to the previous influx of seawater, the bow and hull of the United Force have been loaded with nearly 1,300 tons of seawater! The battleship had a left tilt of about 7 degrees and a bow tilt of about 5 degrees!

If the United Force brought serious trauma to Fuso, then under the impact of the 15-inch L42 sledgehammer, the United Force received a certain degree of internal injury!

"We don't seem to be able to beat our opponent!" Negovan suddenly realized that the situation was a little out of control. So far, according to my own observation, the Joint Force has hit the opponent at least 15 times. And he also suffered more than double-digit shells. But now it seems that the power and firepower of the Fuso on the opposite side is pretty good, but it is much worse on my own side. There are still 6 artillery pieces left to use, and the power output has dropped below half of the peak. The highest speed is estimated. It's 18 knots! There is a problem with this rhythm!

On the Fuso, Kato Seiyoshi was also shocked! He has never fought such a fierce battle before. To be honest, people have also experienced a hundred battles, okay? During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he participated in the final siege of Mainz, fought the Americans off the coast of the Philippines, and fought against the Russian navy in the Russo-Japanese War. Among them were fierce battles. But this time the opponent's combat power and strong willpower still shocked Kato Seiyoshi, even a little scared! After all, the dozen and a half shells fired on his battleship was not a joke, and the battleship on the opposite side was hit with at least 10 rounds of 15-inch shells, and it was still strong, which made him feel a little unbelievable... ..

The Fusang was also uncomfortable, even if the opponent was hitting a dozen solid iron bastards, it weighed more than 10 tons! Smashing at the end speed of more than 600 meters, can it feel better? The No. 3 turret was hit again, and the two barrels were directly cut off. Three cracks also appeared on the side of the hull. The bow was pierced three times and more than 700 tons of water entered. The drive shaft at the stern is damaged, and there seems to be some problems with the steering gear?

The shells that hit the rear seaplane zone eventually detonated the fuel tank below. The fire was not yet fully controlled, and it was spreading along the deck and lower compartment to the front No. 5 turret. The destroyed smoke exhaust equipment also caused heavy smoke to flow back into the power cabin, and some fires appeared inside the hull. These problems seem to be minor temporary problems, but after a long time, it is hard to say what will happen... ..

Therefore, when the United Force once again chose to pull out the smoke screen and prepare to stay away, Kato Sadakichi hesitated and did not choose to keep up with the pursuit and fight, but also moved away temporarily with a tacit understanding. At this time, if someone looked at the battleships of the two sides from the perspective of God, they would find that the Fusang was really not in vain, and 3 million pounds was worth the money!

The firepower systems of both sides are still well preserved. If you consider the amount of projection, the Japanese still have a bit of advantage. The round rate of fire and the combined force are an average of 2 rounds per minute, and each round is 635KG. The Japanese have a slower rate of fire, but they can average 1.2 to 1.4 rounds per minute. The weight of the shell is 871KG. And they still have 10 artillery... In terms of destructive power, when it is also unable to penetrate each other's core compartments, the 15-inch shells of the 871KG1 are obviously a grade higher than the 350MM shells. In terms of damage, Fuso is at least not lower than the United Force. Then, after considering the weight of both sides, put it in a boxing match. How can the Fuso's 6,000-ton tonnage be considered a heavyweight higher than the latter?

The actual damage of the two sides is similar. When the RP explosion table is not considered, the Fuso naturally has a certain advantage. In fact, even if the core area of ​​the warship is theoretically immune to the penetration of the opposite shells, it will not work if it suffers too much. If Kato Seiyoshi didn't leave this time, and continued to fight without giving the Joint Force any time to breathe, the latter would be really dangerous. The power is generally cut off, and the circuit supply has some troubles due to the damage of the circuit. The damage to the pipe and the fire require electricity. In addition, the speed of the warship has dropped again due to the inability to effectively control the spread of the fire during fierce fighting. It's already very dangerous.

What about Fuso? The firepower remained intact. Although the power was also damaged, the main body remained intact, but the speed exceeded the Joint Force, and the water intake was not too much. Compared with the huge hull, the fire is not too much of a problem. After two rounds of fighting, the Fuso actually has some advantages. However, for the sake of safety, Kato Seiyoshi did not expand it. After the opponent chose to evade temporarily, Fuso also pulled out the smoke screen and stepped back. After the war, the Japanese lieutenant general admitted that this was the hardest and bloodiest time in all previous battles!

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