Chapter 1008： Change the cannonball

Chapter 1008

Compared with the close hand-to-hand combat between the Joint Force and the Fuso battleship, the latter two battleships fought more steadily. The San Esteban and Hyuga kept shooting at a distance of 15 kilometers. And because the two battleships have not been in service for a long time, the combat effectiveness of the battleship is also relatively low. Compared with the bombardment efficiency of the first two "brothers" who easily throw more than a dozen shells on each other, the latter two "Junior" is worse.

After the destroyer and the former dreadnoughts formed a group, the captain of the San Esteban Colonel Setz thought he should be more stable. After all, it is now certain that the Earl’s fleet is nearby, as long as they can be towed. Just come. And Major General Sunmura Ryuo, the captain of the Hyuga, held the same view, thinking that he could only be a "fuse." After all, various RP incidents in naval battles are hard to guard against. If there is another accident on the Fuso, he can at least guarantee the retreat of two precious fast battleships.

But although not as fierce as the "predecessors", as the most terrifying war machine of this era, the battle between San Esteban and Hyuga is equally thrilling! Compared to the No. 4 ship of the Joint Force-class battleship, which has just served for a few months, the Hyuga has been in service for more than half a year, and this time the Japanese army has transferred elite troops. Therefore, the tactical level is still higher than that of the opponent. After the eighth round of the battle, the Hyuga first formed a straddle shot and hit the opponent in the tenth round of attack!

The first shell hit the back of the No. 2 turret of the San Esteban. The main horizontal armor of 90mm thick blocked the 15-inch shell from the heavy blow, but a dozen kilograms of picric explosives exploded inside the warship. Caused a certain range of fire, the impact is not great. And 2 minutes later, a 15-inch shell that San Esteban replies to Hyuga was successfully bounced off by the 330MM armor plate inclined at 18 degrees. This time, even a seam was not punched out... .

And when the third shell hit by the San Esteban was once again bounced off by the sidestring main armor belt, Colonel Setz issued the first command about artillery after the war began. "Swap armor-piercing bullets with semi-armor-piercing bullets. We can't penetrate their armor.

The main artillery shells of the Austro-Hungarian fleet are divided into four types, like the German navy, with 350MM artillery as the standard. The first type is a normal armor-piercing shell, which usually contains about 15 kilograms of TNT explosives. Mainly used to deal with capital ships. The second type is a grenade, which is usually filled with 60 to 80 kilograms of explosives. The third type is an extended-range artillery shell designed for longer range. The shell weight is generally about 450KG. Only the grenade does not have armor-piercing shells. About 40KG.

This time, Colonel Seitz chose a semi-armor-piercing projectile. The armor-piercing ability is between the armor-piercing projectile and the grenade. According to the design goal, it can penetrate the defense of the armored cruiser. At the same time, there are more charges to improve the aftereffect. And this time Colonel Seitz chose this shell. When asked after the war why he chose semi-armor-piercing bullets to attack his opponent, he explained this way.

"When the third shell was bounced off by the opponent's armor, I suddenly realized that we could not penetrate the opponent at a normal distance. Their main armor belt and turret armor had withstood the test, so I could only Take their non-key defense areas and bridges." To put it in a simpler and clearer way, if the main armor belt is not penetrated, it will only be set on fire.... It is similar to the suffocation of high-explosive bombs back then!

In fact, because of the proper choice of bombs, the San Esteban actually occupied some advantages on the scene after the start! The first semi-armor-piercing projectile hit the main horizontal armor behind the Hyuga No. 3 turret. It was also unable to penetrate. It was also fired. However, the double charge was ignited with great strength. The yellowish brown produced by the picric acid charge The flame spread quickly to the surroundings like a flowing liquid. When the unexpected Japanese damage control team came here, the fire area full of poisonous gas, flames and dense smoke had expanded to the vicinity of Hyuga’s No. 1 electric motor compartment. Because of the protection of the armor plate, the motor compartment itself will not be a problem, but it has blown out a few cables that convey electric energy! This directly caused the efficiency of the No. 3 turret to be greatly reduced, and at the same time, because the Japanese damage management team did not equip enough asbestos fire-proof clothing, they were restrained in the face of the fire.

The second shell hit the bow of the Fuso. Although it was a semi-armor-piercing shell, the 350MM artillery showed that the armor belt of less than 6 inches still penetrated... The shell exploded immediately after penetrating the hull, and the violent explosion caused serious deformation of the hull structure directly from the rear! A large piece of armor was pushed directly into the ocean from the inside, while the other piece of armor was directly blown out! Somewhat similar to the air brake of an airplane, a large piece of armor plate was directly crossed. Destroyed the front shape of the Hyuga's bow.

However, such an attack is still a last resort after all. In the case that neither side can effectively penetrate the defense of the other side, the balance of the war is gradually inclined to the Hyuga. The first real damage to the battleship's combat effectiveness was made by Hyuga~www .novelhall.com~A 15-inch armor-piercing projectile hit the No. 1 turret of the San Esteban. The collision of the rupture caused the turret No. 1 turret to be deformed, and the breakage of an armor plate directly caused the rotation mechanism of the turret. The two artillery pieces temporarily lost their function.

Fortunately, the San Esteban responded with a shell after 2 minutes. The shell hit the right side of Hyuga's 4th turret and exploded the thick and long 15-inch cannon into two ends. One of the barrels weighing more than 30 tons slammed into the No. 5 turret behind. With a violent collision and a series of sparks, the optical sighting equipment on the top of the No. 5 turret was directly smashed. The violent impact also caused some problems with the pitching equipment of one of the guns on the No. 5 turret.

Although the two sides exchanged two artillery pieces, it was 4 to 5 before, and now it is 3 to 4. The Austro-Hungarian fleet is the one that suffers, but because the two sides are still considered "sane." At the same time, there is a certain gap between the artillery skills and the "predecessors", so compared to the 40 minutes, the **** combat, the combined force of the greatly reduced combat power and the Fuso, the state of the two battleships is very good, if If the fight continues like this, San Esteban and Hyuga say that persisting for one hour is not a big problem....

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