Chapter 1311： King Kong comes in

Chapter 1311

The Japanese are not stupid. After fully studying many battle cases, the Japanese found that the British battlecruiser can be described as a crispy broiler when the output is standing. Resistant. Therefore, although others at the mountain house decided to fight, they didn’t really want to repel the opponent with their own power. If the destroyer can steal it, it’s best. If it can’t, then wait until it meets the mountain city and take the mountain city away. , This is also a great achievement.

"The Japanese seem to have discovered the Yamashiro, and they want to rendezvous." Raidel thought for a while and said.

"The Yamashiro is not clear about the situation here. According to his previous trajectory and the direction of our side, it will take about an hour to converge. If we cannot achieve a decisive result within half an hour, then we I can only evacuate." Su Xiong said.

Before the final encounter, the Japanese used the last period of time to readjust their formation. Five destroyers were located diagonally forward of the fleet, ready to attack at any time. The two Japanese battlecruisers moved a little apart to facilitate evasion. At 22 kilometers, the German fleet turned 180 degrees, from facing first to being parallel, and appropriately reducing its speed. The Japanese fleet maintained its course and a high speed of 22 knots. 18,000 meters! The Japanese fleet fired its first round!

The eight turrets of the Kongo and Kirishima burst into flames almost at the same time. When the first round of shells fell around the two German battleships, Su Xiong still did not order a counterattack. Three minutes later, the two German battleships also began to counterattack, but this time, the German fleet's rate of fire was not fast, firing at two and a half rounds per minute.

"The location is not very good, and the rate of speed change is somewhat large, and the accuracy is relatively poor." A few minutes later, a staff officer passed on fire control opinions. In the first 5 minutes of the battle, neither side had a stable grasp of the opponent, and the occasional straddle was of limited significance. And this made the Japanese feel a little bit courageous, and the others at Yamaya decided to get closer. When the distance between the two sides narrowed to 14 kilometers, the Japanese destroyer finally dispatched!

Under the cover of Japanese battleships, these fierce piranha-like little guys quickly accelerated to a speed of around 28 knots. Like an assassin in the ancient war, he moves quickly and has a sharp blade!

"They started to accelerate!" Ozawa Jisaburo, who was the captain of the destroyer Akizuki, looked at the German fleet in the distance and said. The German warships began to accelerate from 18 knots. Although the Japanese destroyers were fast, they were in conflict with each other. The speed difference between them is around 9 knots, an average of 3 to 4 minutes, and the distance between them can be shortened by 1 kilometer. This behavior is very normal for anti-lightning strikes, and most Japanese people are accustomed to it, but Ozawa always feels that something is not right...

"This won’t work. We can’t find an attack window." After a torpedo shooter on a Japanese destroyer roughly estimated the distance and speed of each other, he couldn’t help but shook his head. When the battle started, the Japanese fleet was actually At 18 kilometers behind the German fleet, although the distance between the two sides was narrowed because the German fleet decelerated before, if you want the destroyer to rush to the position of 3000 meters from the opponent's warship to launch the torpedo, then I am afraid it will take a while. time.

And it needs to be explained that the so-called effective distance of 3000 meters is definitely not a tail chase situation. You must know that the torpedoes of the Japanese destroyers are also a bit worse than that of the British. The British tried their best to achieve a speed of up to 45 knots. For fish, the Germans worked hard to reach 42 to 45 knots.

The maximum speed of the torpedoes carried by this wave of Japanese destroyers is 35 knots. In a tail chase situation, the relative speed with the German fleet was only 10+ knots. If you dare to launch a torpedo 3000 meters behind the German fleet, you can be sure that even if the German fleet does not dodge, you will never hit your opponent because your torpedo has run out of fuel before catching up with the opponent. ......

This makes the Japanese feel very upset. As a result, the Japanese destroyer flagship that led the team began to communicate semaphores with his men. After the two sides cracked and messed up with signals and semaphores, the two destroyers continued to chase behind, and the other three increased their speed to 30 knots, and then moved towards the starboard side of the German destroyer.

The two destroyers plan to launch torpedoes on the starboard side of the German battleships, and then force them to turn to the port side. At this time, the steering will slow down and leave the wide front of the hull to the other three destroyers. Then these three destroyers will fight the lore. The main force of this kind of cross lightning strike method has been tried repeatedly in the exercise. This time, we will see how the results are in actual combat!

At the same time, the two German battleships also increased their speed to more than 23 knots. And adjust the course from time to time. Five minutes ago, the German fleet had begun to pull out the smoke screen, which made the shelling of Kongo and Kirishima even more unreliable. Of course, it was impossible for the Germans to hit the opponent, and Su Xiong simply ordered the main gun to stop firing.

Several staff officers marked the moving routes of the warships of both sides on a huge table. In this picture, Su Xiong could clearly see the moving trajectory of the Japanese destroyer fleet and their plans.

"If the textbook is generally regulated but it is very rigid." This is Su Xiong's evaluation of the Japanese fleet: "If it is an exam or exercise, their performance may be better than the British, but if they are on the battlefield If it does, something will happen."

Ten minutes later, when the two Japanese destroyers that were rounding to the flank approached 8 kilometers, the two German battleships suddenly began to turn to starboard, and the four rudders were hit to the maximum. The huge inertia made the warships tilt slightly. . And because of the steering problem, the original speed of 23 knots began to drop. After the steering, the distance between the two German battleships and the Japanese destroyers also narrowed a lot. The dense artillery array on the right side of the hull appeared on the front of the Japanese destroyer. Before the Japanese could react, a series of shells fell like raindrops!

Su Xiong is indeed an old Youtiao in terms of tactics. He has a very accurate grasp of the engagement distance. 8 kilometers is still too far for the torpedo of the destroyer. Even considering the reduction in the distance caused by the deceleration of steering and the change of course, two ships The Japanese destroyer is about 6 kilometers away from the German battleships. At this distance, torpedoes are almost impossible to hit, but for naval guns, 6 kilometers is really good!

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