But before Iwasaki Tatsuto could breathe a sigh of relief, the first shell fell on the Qiujinzhou explosion, and then the second and third shots also hit the Qiujinzhou one after another, and at the same time triggered a series of explosions, in this round of artillery bombardment of the Yueyang ship, the Qiujinzhou is estimated to have suffered at least a dozen cannons, or even more than 20 cannons.

Iwasaki Tatsuto couldn't help but be shocked, he couldn't imagine that the accuracy of the opponent's artillery could hit his own ship at a distance of 7,000 meters, and it was more than just one shot, saying that the opponent fired first, it was by no means a nervous thing; and although the opponent only had one artillery, the speed of firing was far beyond the scope of Iwasaki's cognition.

Among the ship-based guns of this era, even the fastest rate of fire of the 47 mm Heqikes machine gun was only 20 rounds per minute, the rate of fire of 70-80 mm rapid-fire guns was generally 8-12 rounds / min, the rate of fire of 100-150 mm rapid-fire guns was about 3-6 rounds / min, and in large-caliber guns, the rate of fire of 200 mm guns was 1-2 rounds / min, and the rate of fire of 300 mm guns was 1 round / 2-4 minutes. Therefore, the rate of fire of the opponent's naval guns is obviously far more than the ship-based guns of this era, according to Iwasaki's estimates, it should be 30-60 rounds per minute, and in Iwasaki's impression, probably only the Mark machine gun has such a rate of fire.

The artillery can reach the rate of fire of the machine gun, although it is only a cannon with a small caliber, but the terrible thing about it, Iwasaki Tatsuto is naturally clear, no wonder the other party is only equipped with a main gun, such a rate of fire, such accuracy, it is indeed enough to use only one main gun, it seems that he underestimated the strength of this unknown enemy.

BUT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO STUDY THE OTHER PARTY'S TECHNOLOGY, ALTHOUGH THE POWER OF THE PJ26 SINGLE-BARRELED 76MM NAVAL GUN IS NOT GREAT, BUT THE AKITSUZU IS ONLY AN OLD-FASHIONED PROTECTIVE CRUISER AFTER ALL, AND THE TONNAGE IS NOT LARGE, AND IT HAS BEEN HIT BY MORE THAN TEN OR TWENTY GUNS IN A ROW, AND THE RANGE OF HITS IS CONCENTRATED IN THE BOW OF THE SHIP, WHICH IS ALSO A LITTLE UNBEARABLE.

After the bombardment, the bow deck of the Akitsuzu was a mess, broken cables, broken wooden planks, and broken pieces of iron were scattered in all directions, and in the smoke of gunpowder, several gunners were also killed on the spot, and there were fires in several places, and the Japanese personnel in charge of the damage did not care about the danger, and rushed to count the losses, extinguish the fire and rescue it.

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"Reporting to the captain, the artillery fired thirty rounds, twenty-one hits, nearly four misses, and only five misses, with a hit rate of 83%. ”

The artillery of modern ships is composed of radar, photoelectric radiation controller, infrared thermal imager, laser rangefinder and other equipment, which is not affected by visual differences at all, so after the artillery is fired, the hit results can be counted very accurately.

A near-miss shell is a shell that does not hit the hull of a ship directly, but falls near the warship and explodes in the sea. Since water is an incompressible substance, the impact force of an artillery shell after exploding in water is 800 times that of air, and if the explosion site is within a certain range, it can also cause damage to the underwater parts of surface ships. Therefore, when unifying the hit rate, it includes near misses.

On the one hand, the larger the caliber of the artillery, the largest range of near loss, and in the case of the same caliber, the range of near loss of the blasting shell is larger than that of the piercing shell, and the range of near loss of the piercing shell is larger than that of the armor-piercing projectile. THE PJ26 SINGLE-BARRELED 76MM NAVAL GUN BASICALLY HAS NO REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTI-SHIP AND LAND ATTACKS, SO THE SHELLS EQUIPPED WITH THEM ARE ALL EXPLOSIVE SHELLS, GRENADE BOMBS, AND INCENDIARY BOMBS, BUT THERE ARE NO ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS AND EXPLOSIVE-PIERCING SHELLS. All of the rounds fired were blasting shells.

Wang Hailong put down the telescope in his hand and said, "Well, this hit rate is not bad." ”

Deputy Captain Chen Xiaojiang said: "But I see that the power of the 76 guns on our ship is still a little smaller, and the damage to small Japan is not too big, so let the Xiangyang ship fire, they are twin 100 mm naval guns, and the power is much greater than ours, but if there is no way to take small Japan, then you can only ask the command to use missiles." ”

Wang Hailong nodded and said, "Inform the Xiangyang ship that you can open fire and give me a hard beat, until the little Japan is called a fluke." ”

However, despite the fierce shelling from the other side, the main body of the Akitsuzu was not seriously damaged, the power system was basically normal, and the hull did not crack into the water. This is because the power of the Yueyang ship's naval guns is limited; second, both sides are now using the bow to the bow, and generally speaking, the frontal protection of the warship, that is, the armor of the gun shield and the bridge is the thickest, although the Qiujinzhou is only a protective cruiser, but the armor of the gun shield and the bridge has also reached 115 mm, so although the shells all fell on the deck of the bow, they did not cause much damage to the gun shield and the bridge, and the dead gunners were actually hit to death by the shrapnel fired after the shells.

But in spite of this, Tatsuto Iwasaki could not just be beaten and not fight back, and now he was faced with two choices: one was to immediately command the fleet to turn to the cross-cutting, seize the "T" cross, and face the enemy with the side side, and enter the battle mode, but now the distance between the two sides exceeded 7,000 meters, far beyond the effective range of his own naval guns, and even if he opened fire at full power, I am afraid that it would be a random and indiscriminate fire; the second was to continue to advance and keep the distance between the two sides close to the effective range of the Japanese ships, and then open fire and return fire. But before that, the Akitsuzu had to withstand the enemy's shelling, and the only thing that could be used to return fire on the Akitsuzu was the two six-inch guns in the bow of the ship, which were 152 mm caliber. Either way, it was clear that it was to the detriment of the Japanese fleet.

Just as Tatsuto Iwasaki was hesitating, he heard only one soldier shouting, "Sir, the enemy ship is firing again." ”

Before Iwasaki Tatsuto could react, he only heard a "boom", and two shells fell on the front deck of the Akitsuzu and exploded, blowing up the Japanese soldiers who were rescuing on the deck, and the power of the explosion was far more violent than just now, and even the Akitsuzu had a strong vibration, and several Japanese soldiers on the side of the ship stood unsteadily and fell into the sea, and then the Akitsuzu was hit and exploded in succession.

Tatsuto Iwasaki was also unsteady in the command room, but fortunately he was able to hold on to the console and not fall, but then on the foredeck of the Akitsuzu and in the surrounding sea, there were explosions one after another, and the hull shook violently.

After this round of shelling was fast, Iwasaki Tatsutsu stabilized his body and immediately shouted loudly: "Fire, fire back, return fire!"

In fact, Tatsuto Iwasaki didn't expect to hit the enemy ship with artillery, but only hoped that after firing, he would be able to interfere with the enemy's shooting accuracy. Because in this era, although optical aiming has been used, it still relies on the naked eye to aim, so the smoke generated by the cannon and the water column can cause some interference to the aiming, but Iwasaki Tatsuto does not know that these have no effect on the Yueyang and Xiangyang ships that use radar, laser, and infrared aiming.

But at this moment, a soldier said: "Report to the commander, the front gun was hit just now, it has been damaged, and it cannot be fired." ”

Tatsuto Iwasaki was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, another soldier reported: "The second and third compartments on the port side are cracked and flooded, and the starboard compartment is flooded." ”

Tatsu Iwasaki said: "Immediately order the damage management personnel to enter the site for emergency repairs." After a pause, he added: "Turn the rudder 75 degrees to the left, order the other ships, turn with the flagship, seize the T-shape, and fire at the enemy ship." ”

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This time, it was the Xiangyang ship that opened fire.

The naval gun of the Xiangyang ship is the H/PJ33B Type 79 twin 100 mm naval gun, the weight of the whole gun (including the drum): about 38 tons, the maximum firing range is 22.5 kilometers, the firing speed of a single barrel is 25~30 rounds per minute, the weight of the shell is 31.5 kg, the fire control system is composed of the 343G 100 gun fire control radar, the JM-83H photoelectric command instrument (including laser rangefinder, TV tracker, infrared/thermal imaging tracker), and is connected to the whole ship's combat system network.

Although it was inferior to the Yueyang ship in terms of rate of fire and accuracy, in 30 seconds, the Xiangyang ship's twin 100-mm naval guns only fired 20 shells, but the power was not comparable to that of the 76-mm guns, and the weight of the shells alone was almost three times worse. In addition, it was a salvo of two guns, so the damage caused to the Akitsuzu was not comparable to just now.

Xie Fuzhan, the captain of the Xiangyang ship, put down his binoculars and said, "Have the shelling results been counted?"

Bai Peng, the gunnery commander of the Xiangyang ship, said: "Report to the captain, 20 rounds were fired, 11 were hit, three were missed, and six were missed, with a hit rate of 70%. ”

Xie Fuzhan nodded, very satisfied with the results of the shelling, Bi Jing Xiangyang's fire control system was not as good as that of the Yueyang ship, so achieving a 70% hit rate was also a good result.

Deputy Captain Jin Kewen said: "This is enough for little Japan to drink a pot, if we let the Xiangyang ship fire earlier, we will probably sink little Japan in such a moment!"

Li Chao, the political commissar on the side, said with a smile: "It would be better if it was replaced with a modern class, it is a twin 130 mm naval gun, and in terms of the power of naval guns alone, even the Kunming ship can't compare." ”

Jin Kewen said: "What is the artillery of the battle? If you can use missiles, you can sink these ghost ships with one shot, even if you can't use the Eagle Strike 83 or the Red Flag 7." ”

Xie Fuzhan said with a smile: "Don't complain, it's good to be able to have a battle to fight, you can't use missiles, the Yueyang ship is more aggrieved than us, and the headquarters has the consideration of the headquarters, we only have so many dozens of missiles, and if we run out, there will be no more, at least it is worth hitting a few large ships of more than 10,000 tons, such a few small ships, it is really not worth fighting with missiles, it is enough to use naval guns to deal with them." ”

At this moment, I only heard Chen Changzhi, the chief of Guantong, say: "Captain, the ghost warship is turning, is this to escape?"

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