Chapter 1304： Strike the first

Chapter 1304 Fight to kill (1)

"The distance is 20 kilometers!" After the fire control officer once again reported the distance between the two sides, the two German fast battleships had entered the final preparations before firing, and the eight twin-mounted 350MM heavy guns were aimed at the two Japanese ships in turn. Battleship, to be honest, the scale of this engagement was not large, so the so-called formation was nothing, basically one-on-one catch and fight. At this time, more attention is paid to the combat skills of the officers and soldiers of both sides and the performance of the warships. Of course, the luck of God can sometimes turn the tide of battle!

"Fire!" At a distance of 19 kilometers, Scharnhorst fired the first wave of shots at Shancheng! Only ten seconds later, the Gneisenau also fired today’s first shot. Four shells flew to the distant target like a meteorite, and eight huge fireballs rose up on the sea surface, sending two Part of the hull of the battleship was covered.

And a minute later, two Japanese battleships also launched an attack. The ten 15-inch L42 guns of the Yamashiro battleship first fired the first round of semi-volley, and then the Kurama. A dozen shells staggered in the air. Flew towards each other's goals. The rumble of cannons and explosions resounded through the sea again!

After dozens of seconds, the first round of German shells fell. At a distance of about 500 meters from the left chord of the Yamashiro (non-combat side, long-range bomb), four shells evenly landed in an oval area, exploding The rising water column scared Kato Kanji could not help but shudder. The Germans' shelling was so accurate!

The so-called layman looks at the excitement, while the insider looks at the doorway. Now both sides generally use the clip design method. If there is no hit in the first round, the fire control officer will correct the distance based on the observation results and data. The first correction may be relatively large, about 300 to 500 meters. , That is to say, the theoretical hit of the Yamashiro—the formation of a straddle shot, may be a chance of correction! And what about the mountain? After 5 rounds of 15-inch shells were shot out, under the dazzling sunlight, the distant image was very blurry, and even the fire control personnel did not know how to correct it... Where is this TM? !

Gneisenau’s attack was equally good. Four shells landed in an area about 550 meters from the left chord of the Pommel. After observation with a 12-meter rangefinder, after receiving data from the artillery correction aircraft , The two German battleships re-binding the data, reducing the attack range by 450 meters. At the beginning of the second round of the salvo, the German fleet's shelling became very threatening!

boom! Another round of shells landed 750 meters away from the starboard side of the Scharnhorst. The promenade area formed by 5 shells was very regular. Why did a vote of battleship choose a 2*5 layout in history? It is because of this layout that the main artillery walk is very good. However, there is no pressure on Su Xiong because the Japanese attacks at this distance are completely ineffective and messy! In the last round of volley, the Fuso’s attack landed at 350 meters on the left string. In this round, it went directly to the starboard side. Not only did the opponent's shooting missed the spot, it expanded.

For Su Xiong who specializes in artillery skills to 5 stars, there is only one possible explanation, that is, the other party is always re-ranging, and the reason for this situation is naturally the problem of light. In this case, Su Xiong I know that under strong light, the target in the rangefinder eyepiece is always an erratic shadow, and it is difficult to aim (the light was also bad when Betty hit Hipper in the Battle of Jutland in history.) And it was right. The Japanese, who don't have much confidence in themselves, choose to constantly re-measure the distance instead of gradually reducing the variables to find the accuracy. They have already lost three times! From the current point of view, the Japanese shelling is not a threat, so the outcome of this battle depends on the accuracy of the Germans!

Although the distance of 19 kilometers is farther, although the shape of the shells of this era is still not perfect. But after six and a half salvos, Scharnhorst finally scored the first hit. A shell screamed and hit the top of the No. 2 turret of the Yamashiro, with a round and blunt warhead and heavy top horizontal armor. There was a violent collision! Accompanied by the sour sound of metal cracking, a shallow crater was punched out of the upper part of the huge turret. The 350MM shell was unexpectedly blocked outside, but the violent impact still made the hydraulic servo inside the turret appear. The problem is that the piston was shaken loose, and many support structures were twisted and broken. The actual damage is limited, but it does affect morale.

But half a minute later, Scharnhorst threw the second shell into the gun gallery of the Yamashiro. The armor of the gun gallery, which was only 6 inches thick, could not block the armor-piercing shells fired from this distance. The shells fired diagonally. Entering the interior, after smashing a 6-inch gun, shrapnel continued to fly, and a massacre was carried out inside the bridge. The fire caused by this began to spread in the gun gallery. Thick smoke gushes from the breach and diffuses into other cabins.

"It's really hard. Our 350MM shells have limited lethality, maybe only the Bavarian 380MM shells." Looking at the battleship Shancheng in the distance, Su Xiong had to give a thumbs up to the Fusang-class battleship. Apart from other things, this product is really strong.

However, the Pommel horse behind the Fuso was not really lucky. Without the Fuso’s invulnerable armor, the fast battleship Pommel horse with only 12-inch main armor and 10-inch turret armor showed up soon after the battle. Declining The Pommel Horse made at least 19 semi-volleys, not to mention that he missed the opponent, but was bitten by the Gneisenau!

The first shell hit the slender hull of the Pommel Horse. This shell hit the light armor protection area of ​​the bow. How can the armor belt with a thickness of only 100mm withstand more than 600 kilograms of armor-piercing shells? Accompanied by the sound of a torn steel plate, the sharp warhead easily left a deep scar on the armor belt like cutting butter, and then bom inside the hull and set off a fire. This blow was not fatal, but it definitely made the Pommel uncomfortable. The scars of more than 3 meters at the waterline directly brought more than 600 tons of water to this warship, and the draught at the bow quickly increased by nearly 1 meter! The originally vigorous Pommel Horse is now staggering.

The second shell hit the armor belt in the middle of the hull. Thank God, no, thank Amaterasu. After flying over a distance of 18 kilometers, this shell could not penetrate up to 12 inches in thickness due to the incident angle. The main armor belt, but the violent impact still caused a serious dislocation of the armor plate. The huge impact force was transmitted through the armor plate to the rear supporting structure. With a burst of cracking sound, the entire armor plate was pushed back. About half a meter!

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