"The Japanese are going to do it!" By the time the Japanese fleet had turned quickly, Sims had realized that a battle was inevitable, and now both sides had reasons to fight, and the Japanese believed that it was the American submarines that had taken out their battleship, and the American submarines had already been attacked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Prepare for battle!" With the order, the two American battleships also quickly entered a state of war, and the thick 14-inch L45 guns began to point at the target. And by the time the rangefinder on the roof of the American battleship began to range the Japanese ship, the first round of shelling by the Japanese had already come!

Although the last naval battle of the Japanese was six years ago, the level of the United States was not as good as that of the British and German navies, which had already fought in the North Sea and the Indian Ocean, it was certain, and the latter two began to fight each other from about 18 kilometers. In order to ensure the accuracy of the shelling, the Japanese launched the first attack when they were close to 13 kilometers.

But to be honest, this distance is really not far for Fuso, which is equipped with an 8-meter rangefinder and has five twin 15-inch guns, and the first round of attacks is far away. All five shells landed on the non-combating side of the Nevada, and in the second round of the attack after a correction of 500 meters, five shells landed on the combating side of the Nevada.

In the third design, the Japanese took a median value, and after increasing the distance by 250 meters, 5 shells accurately clamped the opponent, and the 5 landing points were evenly distributed around Nevada. The huge column of water even obscured a third of the Nevada's hull!

"We're caught in the middle!" The Americans were shocked by the high level of shelling of the Japanese fleet, and at a distance of 13 kilometers, the target was pinched by only 3 and a half rounds of salvos, this TM is blind, right? Prior to this, Sims and others scoffed at reports of effective firing of the German fleet at a distance of 15 kilometers or more, but now it seems that people really have the ability to do this!

As in history, the Americans and Germans had the most advanced battleship fire control system of their time, although the Americans' Ford-style range computers were less automated and required more human intervention, but their unique graphic plotting devices were excellent, and the gyroscopes attached to the battleships could sense the shaking of the battleship very well, thus reducing errors. In terms of hardware, the Americans have done a really good job, but unfortunately, technological superiority does not necessarily mean that it can be transformed into battlefield superiority.......

Historically, British naval officers have questioned the professionalism of the U.S. Navy's gunners, believing that they were simply accustomed to mastering the various equipment assigned by their superiors. In addition, the British also believed that the so-called actual combat exercises of the Americans were far from meeting the requirements of actual combat, and could even call the exercises ...... acting. For example, the British Royal Navy expressed doubts and puzzlement about the repeated rehearsals of the US Navy during exercises, which the Royal Navy had also ......done before the war. But after the war, I found that reality and acting are not the same thing at all! (This description is from Galeries Lafayette's Naval Fire 2)

And what about this plane, the U.S. Navy's artillery skills at this time are still not flattering, Nevada's first salvo, long-range bombs, the second salvo, long-range bombs, and the third round of salvos are still long-range bombs. The New York was even worse, with a half-salvo fired, and observers found four water columns and one fifth water column that didn't know where it deviated....... If it were once, it would have been enough to just get rid of this observation, but unfortunately, every time you observe the salvo of the New York, there is always a very unreliable .......

"Hold the grass, what's going on? Could it be that the Americans armed the battleships with 2 different guns? "The captain of the Kongo, Yamanaka Shibayoshi Daisa, is a little confused. I feel that his observation, although the landing point of 4 shells is far away from himself, but it can also be understood by ranging errors or other technical reasons, but the other shell, the secret trajectory is incomprehensible, if you draw a falling area with the other four shells, then the other shell is hundreds of meters away from this falling area, which can no longer be explained by errors.......

(It's also true that the New York's turret No. 3 was too close to the power compartment, which caused the ammunition room to be too hot, and the temperature of the propellant would have an effect on the walk.) The author has seen a picture, which is after the salvo of the New York, and the deviation of the two water columns is indeed a bit large. ）

But on the whole, in the first few minutes of the fight, the two sides already knew each other's best efforts, and the Americans were surprised by the high level of gunnery of the Japanese, and the Japanese quickly found superiority in the Americans!

However, the Americans did not sit still, led by the flagship Nevada, the two American warships began to evade the target, but the result of this was that their own shelling was more dispersed, and the Japanese fleet used the speed advantage to only follow the Americans, minimizing the rate of speed change between each other, and with the maneuver, the Japanese fleet had gone diagonally to the front of the American fleet! The two turrets at the rear of the New York have no firing range for the time being!

And the Fuso finally bit the opponent in the sixth round and a half volley! A 15-inch shell successfully smashed into the forward bridge of the Nevada. A huge fireball rose into the air, and the explosive force of more than 20 kilograms of picric acid charge not only tore several cabins to pieces, but even the forward cage mast of the Nevada was affected!

The problem with a cage-like mast is not only unsightly, but also unsturdy! The debris pushed by the violent explosion of the shell broke the base of the mast in half, and under the effect of its own weight, the mast that was raised high began to tilt, as if a large tree had been sawn in half, and the trunk tilted but did not fall to the ground completely.

Two minutes later, the King Kong also made its first hit, a 14-inch shell smashed into the 12-inch armor of the New York, but it was useless. The same shells as the British could not break the 13-inch armor belt even at a distance of 12 kilometers. The shell hit the New York's armor belt, leaving a trail 6 inches deep and 2 meters long, and then turned into a ball of fire.

"Damn, put out the fire on the bridge immediately, the smoke is too thick and affects our observation!"

"We've been shot! The bow of the ship broke, and the anchor compartment was probably destroyed. ”

For the ordinary officers and men of the US Navy in this era, this first time in war was definitely one of the worst experiences of their lives, and they were attacked by battleships by surprise, and it is difficult for the most imaginative people to describe the present picture.

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