Chapter 357: Artillery Crushing
"An enemy ship was spotted in the direction of eleven o'clock. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Not long after entering the interior of the archipelago, the voice of an observer could be heard on the radio station in the bridge.
The Tenryu has set up a cabin on the mast for the observer, and the observer can naturally see farther when the station is higher.
Arisa reacted quickly, picked up the telescope next to her as soon as possible, and then looked towards the location that the observer had said.
"It seems to be a destroyer, the specific model is not clear. As she said this, Arisa suddenly turned and looked at the captain behind her. "Shizuku-chan, what should I do?"
Although Arisa is in charge of most of the things, the captain of this ship is still Shizuku, and Arisa still has to ask her opinion when things really happen.
"Sunk. ”
Shizuku's reply was short, just two simple words.
"Understood~" Arisa nodded, and then shouted on the ship's radio: "Attention units, prepare to engage the enemy!"
After entering the archipelago, the speed of the Tenryu actually dropped a lot. However, after entering combat mode, the speed of the ship quickly returned to its maximum combat speed.
"The enemy is 8 kilometers away from us, and they have spotted us, and they don't seem to have any intention of retreating. ”
Unlike the battle in the sea, the distance between the two sides is not far due to the floating islands that obstruct the view.
"Courage is commendable, but we're not going to give them any chance!" Arisa paused, then continued, "Otowa, how's the artillery ready?"
"The artillery crews are aiming at the enemy ship and will soon be able to open fire. ”
Otowa swirled the cannon as he spoke on the radio.
"Very good, blow them up for me!"
"You don't need to say I will. ”
With that, Otowa began to take fine aim.
The distance of 8 kilometers is not particularly far, and after some effort, Otowa quickly came up with a rough estimate of the ballistics.
"Fire!"
After the various artillery crews adjusted their guns according to her data, Otowa gave the order to fire without hesitation.
Boom –
The guns on board the ship spat out tongues of fire, and four 140mm caliber high-explosive shells also flew out at a high speed of 800m/s at the same time.
After a short flight, the shells eventually landed in the sea in front of the enemy ship, splashing four columns of water.
Otowa didn't pay much attention to the first round of shots, after all, it was too difficult to hit the first round in a naval battle.
After being hit by a round of fighting, the enemy ship also quickly began to counterattack, and three orange shells were fired from the enemy ship.
Otowa missed on the side, as did the other side, and all three shells grazed the back of the ship and landed in the sea not far from the Tenryu.
"Three guns...... Plus this layout, it should be the Isofeng level, and I'll pay attention to their torpedoes later!"
Arisa was able to become the head of the nautical department of a school, of course, there is real material.
The main gun configuration of the Isokaze class is the same as that of the Zhan Shou class, with three 12cm single-mount guns, and in addition to this, the Isofeng also has three twin torpedo launchers that the Zhan Shou does not have.
"Fire!"
After re-measuring the data was shared with the various artillery crews, Otowa gave the order to fire again.
Another round of 140mm high-explosive shells was fired out and flew towards the enemy ship eight kilometers away.
With the data of the last shot as a reference, the accuracy of this round of artillery fire was instantly much higher, and one of the four shells landed on the side of the enemy ship, hitting the effect of a close miss.
Although it didn't hit directly, this near-miss bomb still scared the girl on the enemy ship.
The other side only missed the bullet in the second round, and it was obvious that they would be able to drop the shell on them soon.
And the fact is that in the fourth round of fire fired by the Tenryu, one of the shells hit the Isokaze.
The shell hit the anti-aircraft machine gun mount in the center of the Isokaze's hull, and the explosion not only sent the machine gunner away, but also dismantled the 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun into parts.
The 140mm high-explosive bomb is very powerful, and the charge is much more than that of the 120mm high-explosive bomb on the Zhan Shou.
"Hit! Well done everyone!"
Through the telescope, Arisa naturally saw this scene.
Although this shell only destroyed an anti-aircraft machine gun, it caused great psychological pressure on the opposite side, after all, the shell on their side did not know when it would hit.
As both sides continue to advance, there are now only 6 kilometers left to go.
"You can't run away, fire!"
Through the previous rounds of firing, Otowa had completely locked on to the destroyer.
Soon, another salvo was fired from the Draco.
Through the continuous correction of the trajectory, the shooting accuracy of the Tenryu side is also improving, and this time two shells actually hit the target.
A shell hit the tail of the Isokaze, and the fragments from the explosion took away the gunners of the Isokaze's tail turret on the spot.
Like most destroyers of the time, the Isokaze's main gun was unguarded, a bare cannon with the gunner directly exposed, and any attack could have resulted in the gunner being killed.
And now, the girl on this ship has suffered a loss of no protection. There was nothing to do with the artillery itself, but the gunner was sent away by a shrapnel the size of a fingernail, and the scene was quite embarrassing.
Although it is possible to change to other girls to go to the top shift, but before that, this gun will not be able to fire again.
The other shell hit the side of the bow of the Isokaze, where the living quarters were located. The violent explosion made a big hole here on the spot, and by the way, it knocked the front turret gunner above.
Until now, none of the shells fired from the opposite side have hit the Tianlong, and I have to say that the gap in the gunnery of the two gun commanders is too big.
After a series of blows, the captain of the enemy ship finally reacted.
"The opposite side began to turn, and it looked like it wanted to fire a torpedo. ”
It wasn't only Arisa who had been staring at the other side, but the ship's observers had also focused all their attention on the enemy ship, so they noticed their strangeness at the first time.
"Do you want to launch a torpedo......" Arisa hesitated for a moment before continuing, "But isn't that too early?" ”
The maneuverability of the Tenryu is very good, and it can even be described as a large destroyer, and if you want to ensure the hit rate of the torpedo, you must fire the torpedo at a distance from the riding face.
To Arisha's surprise, the torpedo launchers on the opposite ship actually worked.
"It seems that the captain on the other side seems to be a novice, and he actually fired a torpedo at such a distance. ”
Looking at the six white lines in the telescope, the corners of Arisha's mouth suddenly curled.