When the main guns of the battleships of the Huaxia Army burst out with blazing fire, with powerful air fluctuations, and smashed into the Duke Suvorov, the flagship of the Otto fleet, Makarov and Yamamoto Gonbei did not hesitate to order all the warships of the fleet to open fire and return fire. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Makarov and Yamamoto knew that the range of their own warships could reach a distance of more than 9,000 meters, but due to the lack of an advanced ranging fire control system, the effective range could not reach this distance at all, but they had to open fire at this time, which could interfere with the artillery bombardment of the Huaxia Army, otherwise they would be in danger of being broken by each of the opponents.

As a matter of fact, with the ability of Makarov and Yamamoto to to command naval battles, if they had not known the Huaxia Army's mysterious precision artillery technology, they might have laughed at the Huaxia Army's unreasonable opening fire at a distance of 9,000 meters, and insisted on a distance of 5,000 to 6,000 meters before firing back.

According to common sense, in the artillery attack in naval warfare, the first round of artillery bombardment is often a test fire, in order to avoid waste, a single shell is generally used for test firing, but the Huaxia Army bombarded the whole main artillery at the beginning.

The Huaxia Army's fame in the world, as well as the long-range fire and bombardment performance in front of them, made Makarov and Yamamoto Gonbei both judge that the Huaxia Army had really mastered the world's most advanced range-finding and fire control technology, and had to take it seriously, so they could only cautiously open fire in advance.

However, only half of the battleships of the Otto-Japanese fleet had already completed hull turns and opened fire.

The ordinary officers and men of the Hubei army and the Japanese army did not have much fear, and they still had two reasons in their hearts to think that their side had a great chance of victory:

1. Although the fleets of our two countries have sunk one flagship, they still have sixteen battleships, and they have an absolute numerical advantage over the seven battleships of the Huaxia Army;

Second, at this time, the sun is already setting, and our fleet still occupies the opportunity to rely on the sun, and the optical rangefinder that the most advanced ranging fire control system of this era relies on is also seriously affected by the light.

Therefore, after receiving the artillery bombardment order from their superiors, the officers and men of the Ori fleet did not panic much, but carried out the shelling tasks in an orderly manner at all posts, and quickly achieved the best results in training.

Dozens of large-caliber heavy artillery shells on both sides staggered through at speeds invisible to the naked eye.

Two of the shells collided very coincidentally and exploded in the air, forming a huge orange fireball, and the vibrating sound waves were transmitted hundreds of kilometers away.

Both sides were immersed in the blow to the enemy and did not have time to see the spectacle of this sea battle.

The officers and men of the battleship Makarov and Duke Suvorov did not have time to see the rare spectacle of shells colliding with each other.

The muzzle velocity of the naval guns of the Huaxia Army generally reaches 400 to 500 meters per second, and it takes about 30 seconds to sweep the distance of 9000 meters.

The shells that fell into the sea exploded, setting off a column of water that soared into the sky, creating a water forest that surrounded the Duke Suvorov in the middle.

The shells that smashed the hull of the Duke Suvorov were 1 305-mm shell and 1 210-mm shell.

The first round of artillery bombardment of the Chinese army, which opened fire at a distance of 9,000 meters, could achieve an astonishing hit rate of more than 5%, which stunned the wise and calm veteran Admiral Makarov, and the other ordinary Hubei army and Japanese sailors were even more frightened.

Fortunately, neither of these shells hit the vital point, but only ignited a large fire on the hull.

This did not take Makarov's orders, and the captain of the Duke Suvorov immediately ordered the damage management team to go out to extinguish the fire.

However, due to the lack of reliable ranging and fire control technology, the shells fired by the main guns of the battleships of the Oro fleet were all several hundred meters or even more than a thousand meters away in front of the Huaxia Army, and there was no way to pose any threat to the seven battleships of the Huaxia Army.

As a result, the ordinary officers and men of the Hubei army and the Japanese army felt panicked, and only then did they understand why the Dutch, Spanish, United States, and their naval colleagues were all defeated in the hands of the Huaxia fleet, while their previous advantages of a large number of warships and the sunshine were all floating clouds at this moment.

"Rush forward and engage the enemy in close combat!" Makarov knew that the only way to save his fleet was to rush forward and fight with the opponent within an effective range of 5,000 meters, relying on his numerical superiority.

Not only the captains of the Hubei army, but also the Yamamoto Gonbei of the Japanese army and his captains knew that the only feasible thing was to rush forward and engage the enemy in close combat with their backs to the sun.

Makarov's order was resolutely carried out, and all the battleships of the Otto-Japanese fleet used all their strength to charge the Chinese army, the power of the steam engine was turned on to the maximum, and an astonishing column of smoke of large and black came out of the smoke window on the ship.

"Very good, distance xxxx, coordinates xxxx, continue the second salvo shelling!" On the Huaxia Army's side, Hu Zhen was quite satisfied with the first round of shelling.

With the sound of huge shells whistling, the second round of strikes by the Huaxia army on the Duke Suvorov swept like a storm.

This time, the Duke Suvorov was hit by three 305 mm caliber shells.

One of the shells smashed on the front main turret, and although the violent explosion did not overturn the turret, after the smoke and flames dissipated, I saw that the entire turret was concave more than a meter deep, and the gunners in the turret were either shocked to death or stunned.

The damage management team rushed into the main turret at the risk of death, and found that the internal blood was splattered all over the bulkhead, one of the main gun barrels had been knocked down, and the turret steering mechanism had been stuck, and it was impossible to adjust the angle to turn to bombard as desired.

Another shell broke a mast in the amidships, and another exploded in the stern, destroying two secondary guns.

After the Duke Suvorov suffered a heavy loss, its speed was not affected much, and under the command of Makarov, it was still frantically charging at the Chinese fleet.

The distance between the two sides quickly narrowed to about 7,000 meters, and the shelling of the Otto-Japanese fleet gradually became accurate, and several shells approached a distance of about two or three hundred meters on the Great Wall where Hu Zhen was located, and fell into the water and exploded.

Zheng Dingbang became nervous and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, we should distance ourselves from the enemy!" ”

"Of course, you must keep a distance of more than 8,000 meters and continue to play them to death!"

The speed of the seven battleships of the Huaxia Army was 21 knots, while the battleships of the Everate fleet were of different speeds, so in order to take care of the slow ones, the whole team had to use a speed of 16 knots, so it was easy for the Huaxia Army to distance itself from the Evelyn fleet.

"Rush up, melee!" The well-mannered Makolov roared hoarsely at this moment.

However, no matter how crazy it was, it was useless, and the third and fourth rounds of strikes by the Huaxia army against the Duke Suvorov came one after another. (To be continued.) )