Chapter 129: Fierce Battle on the Narrow Road (1)

The commander of the Dujuturuin, Colonel Doks, obviously did not expect that he would be the target of the Qing warship that came back, but at a distance of 6 kilometers, the other side actually took the lead in firing the cannon, which hinted at something unusual!

Before, the soldiers on the lookout had already observed that the enemy in front of them was an ironclad battleship, and the ship was not slow compared to this ship, and when the news was transmitted to Commander Dox, he suddenly remembered the story of the magical warship of the Qing Kingdom that was circulated among the officers of the French Far East Navy.

Dox immediately turned his telescope to observe the 5O1 ship coming in the distance, in the black smoke and firelight, the cannonballs had already whistled, and the nearest shell actually fell less than 3oo meters in front of his battleship, and the violent explosion set off a row of neat and towering waves on the rough sea, and it was obvious that the other party's shelling had very good accuracy.

At the moment of the salvo of the ship's artillery, the local ironclad ship was hidden in the black smoke and firelight, and the sea breeze blew, and the pitch-black battleship clashed out of the black fog again......

Now that the Qing warship that was being pursued by his own side was retreating in the direction of the ironclad ship that opened fire, Colonel Dox immediately realized that if he continued to pursue in the same direction, the distance between the two sides would quickly close and turn into a hand-to-hand battle at sea! And what his cruiser relied on was precisely not armor, but excellent hits, artillery firing and firepower!

"Turn the rudder to the right, 15 degrees, keep a distance from the target enemy ship, keep shooting!" Colonel Dox immediately made the decision to maneuver, it was not his job to touch a rock, in his opinion, the slow Atarante was the protagonist who should rush ahead to attract firepower!

Within two minutes, the distance between the reconnaissance and the battleship "Wu" was again shortened by 200 meters, and the second round of shells of the ship, at this time, the high undulating hull obviously affected the accuracy of the shooting, and the projectile fell far behind the Wu in the sea water of nearly 4oo meters.

Lieutenant Colonel Sukodo spat out a string of French nouns in his mouth, greeted the female relatives of the gunners, and the adjutant on the side naturally reminded: "Lieutenant Colonel, the battleship has too many ups and downs, and it is difficult for this ship's guns to wield their might!" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Sukodo naturally understood this truth, but he had a lot of opinions about the poor swing of these subordinates, he observed, "Cut to the outside of the enemy ship, and use the degree to close to a distance of 3 meters to pursue in the same direction!" ”

He wanted to use the high turn to the right side of the warship to pursue in parallel, so that he could use all the firepower on the left side of the battleship to attack together, after all, compared to the warship, his 2oomm and 18omm heavy artillery were undoubtedly extremely deterrent, and the Qing country's reinforcements should obviously not be dealt with by his fast cruiser.

After all, the direction of the escort of the Atarant and the Dujuturuin was facing the enemy's ironclad ship, and between the changes of the fighters, the Atarante, who had been silent, finally issued a new order, and he and Dujutuluin besieged the Qing ironclad ship, and the reconnaissance continued to complete the pursuit of the enemy ship!

However, at this time, the flagship Atarante was more than 5o1 ships, and this distance was only the maximum range of his MM main guns, and it was still not far from the effective range, and the Dujutuin was about this distance from the 5o1 ship.

After receiving the order, Colonel Brown was somewhat unconvinced of the command of the flagship commander, Colonel Dox, who was only a little more than 4 kilometers away from the warship, and at this range, although the accuracy of the shooting in the high pursuit was greatly affected, but with his firepower, he only needed to hit the enemy ship to cause fatal damage.

And the next target place ironclad has just reached the effective firing range, and in his experience, the naval guns of his own battleship are completely a waste of shells to fire at this range! However, according to the fleet command regulations, he must unconditionally obey the command of the flagship, so he immediately ordered the ship to move forward and cut the outer arc to close the distance with the 5O1 ship, but the degree was appropriately reduced, and he didn't want to rush to the front to act as a cannonball absorber when the two ships cooperated.

And before the double distance is shortened, continue to attack the ships that are in the effective range, and the roaring door of the 24omm heavy gun in the center of the rotating turret is the flowering projectile of the second round after a lapse.

Chen Mo stared at the cruiser Dujutu Luyin in the distance, he was also quite impressed by the extraordinary firepower on the enemy ship, on this sea, no matter how many people there are, this conversation is done with the thickness of the cannon tube, Qin supervised our artillery bureau invested so many people, it is really a wise move.

It's a pity that this battleship is ...... With his current concept, this thing is really sloppy to call it a battleship, but now the new firepower looks good, but the range is a little worse! However, if you shoot at close range, he is confident that the gunner will definitely be able to suppress the enemy, but above this sea, who has a thick pipe and you play hand-to-hand combat with a thin pipe! ,

"Turn the rudder 15 degrees to the right and change the course to avoid shelling!" After Chen Mo greeted the other party's great-great-great-grandfather-level relatives to the enemy ship that was chasing after him, he immediately ordered a regular dodge!

Before the words fell, the 24omm shells fired from the Dujuturuin had already smashed into the nearby sea, and even a cannonball flew past the stern of the ship and smashed on the other side of the hull, and the sound of the projectiles tearing the air made the soldiers on the deck feel a chill in their hearts.

Lu Han was observing the movements of the opponent's warship at this time, and after seeing the Dujuturuine turning, he immediately realized that the French army had changed its tactics, and he had obviously become the target of the opponent's flanking attack!

"Go up to the warship, keep a distance from the ironclad ship on the right, his degree is not good, get rid of him! Rush up and meet the enemy ships in the middle! ”

At this time, the 5O1 ship rushed towards the Dujutuluin, because of the perspective of the situation, the No. 3 twin heavy guns in the tail could not participate in the attack on the Dujutuluin in front, at this time, a new set of firing numbers jù had already passed the two gun positions of the ship, followed by the sound of French artillery, Lu Han launched a counterattack.

"The ranging is 574o meters, and the error correction is 7o1,! The shooting angle is 77 degrees o5 minutes, the elevation angle is 36 degrees 2o, the number of medicine packs is 4, and the countdown is 5 seconds...... Shoot! ”

The roar of the ship's four heavy guns shot up into the air, and it swooped down on the cruiser Dujutuin in the distance!

A high wave rose on the sea near Dujutuin, Lu Han nodded with satisfaction with the telescope, and the second round of salvo can achieve a close result at a distance of 58oo meters, which can be said to be enough to be proud!

And the officers in the shooting command room were in a sigh of the day, "The French are lucky, this one is 2o meters off, it is a disemboweling knife!" ”

Chen Ying didn't have the idea of stopping to make a comment, as soon as the conversation of this cannon began, as a shooting commander, he had no idle moment, every decision could determine the outcome of the fleet, what an exciting job, he shouted loudly, "What about the number of bullets that have been missed?" ”

At this time, on the ship, Chen Mo was not comfortable at this time, and the feeling of being shelled behind his ass made him feel like he was stabbed in the back......

"Report!" The shooting officer on the side shouted loudly at this time, startling Chen Mo!

"What's the matter! Li Erhu, don't you see that I'm thinking about a way to break the enemy! Chen Mo snapped an iron sand palm on this man's back!

Li Erhu grinned with excitement, "Report the pipe band, the French battleship has entered the maximum range of our artillery!" ”

Chen Mo's eyes widened, "Li Erhu, then why don't you hurry up and fire the cannon and blow this bastard to pieces!" You're a gunslinger officer, what are you doing here! Usually training to see that you are quite clever, but now the French cannonballs are all on the brain, this still needs to be reported! ”

Li Erhu ate the iron sand palm, but at this time he had already relieved himself, and immediately ran to the stern gun emplacement and the left gun emplacement, and ordered the officer on the gun emplacement to open fire!

The 15omm guns produced by the Horsetail Artillery Bureau are one-piece copper shells, due to the perfection of stamping technology, the supply of this shell is very sufficient, and the only factor affecting the output is the metal output of copper, so there is a clear provision in the fleet that all bullet shells and shell shells can be counted and recovered by logistics officers.

The advantage of the artillery lies in the degree, and the overall weight of the gun is light, coupled with the horsetail artillery bureau's self-developed re-advanced gun body and hydraulic gear transmission technology of the gun carriage, so that the adjustment time of the secondary aiming is greatly interrupted, when the third round of shelling of the reconnaissance cruiser, the distance between the two has been shortened to 35oo meters, which has reached the maximum range of 15omm guns.

At this time, the Wu was all forward, and the only ones that could pursue the enemy ship to the left rear and return fire were the two gun silhouette guns on the tail and the left side.

And this Li Erhu, who is a student of the Ship Master School, because of his outstanding achievements in mathematics and physics, and the fact that he has listened to a few courses of Qin Kai, he was deeply encouraged, so he applied for the examination to recruit shooting officers, and was admitted to the water with a somewhat close taste, and fortunately became the leader of the shooting officer group on the warship.

However, this is not to say that this guy has any technical weaknesses, but the team leader's struggle is to evaluate the official position according to the overall performance after solid military training, internship and assessment. For today's first naval battle, he is undoubtedly the most excited one to control the firepower of this battleship!

The warship is equipped with a simple rangefinder from the lookout, because this gun focuses on the design frequency, and the hydraulic gear transmission is also convenient to adjust the firing angle, and there is no need to calculate the shooting elements very accurately like the heavy artillery. ,

At this time, Li Erhu lay next to the rangefinder, took a simple measurement, and immediately shouted loudly, "The distance is less than 34oomm, the maximum distance is projectile, and every time the angle is adjusted!" ”

Immediately the two gunnery officers rushed to their respective batteries and gave the order to shoot.

Each 15omm gun is operated by 5 soldiers, and a shooting officer is responsible for observing the shooting results and directing the shelling, Li Erhu naturally knows that the probability of hitting the enemy ship at this distance is very low, but in this case, Chen Guandao allows artillery bombardment, which is naturally to interfere with the shooting, after all, if you counterattack, it can also cause tension among the enemy gunners, thus affecting the battle situation.

After the elevation angle was adjusted to the maximum angle of 41 degrees, the first round of roars came out of the two guns only a second apart, and the shells streaked across the sky and landed a few hundred meters in front of the enemy ship. However, after a slight adjustment, the second round of firing roared again, and this time the most recent shell was already close to the distance of more than 100 meters from the reconnaissance.

Now the warship is counterattacking, and it is a very fast artillery, the commander of the reconnaissance, Lieutenant Colonel Sukodo, is obviously aware of the danger, and the range of the opponent's artillery is also greatly beyond his expectations, and a 14omm cannon is also installed on the reconnaissance, but the range is only effective 2,800 meters!

Now he was faced with two choices, open the distance and use the range of the ship's 2oomm heavy guns to annihilate the enemy, or, take the risk of getting close to the enemy ship and use the firepower of the whole ship to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the choice was actually very easy, and Lieutenant Colonel Sukodo immediately gave the order, "Pull a distance of 5oo meters and keep a distance of 4 kilometers to flank the enemy ship!" ”

He immediately chose to take advantage of the degree of strength, occupy the powerful terrain for shooting, and use the naval guns and tail guns to carry out artillery bombardment, and with the degree of the French navy, only if he was given enough time, he would definitely be able to send this enemy ship into the sea completely.

The warship saw that the French battleship had left its maximum range, and Li Erhu, who had just warmed up with a few shots, stood loudly on the rangefinder on the side of the ship, while measuring the range, and did not forget to greet the French in the distance, "I will run ......away as soon as I hit it."

However, the French were magically angered by Li Erhu's national scolding! Only two minutes later, the Scout fired a fifth round of fire, and the cannon hit the ship with great accuracy at a range of 4 kilometers, and the hit in this battle was actually French......

The 2oomm flowering shell roared in, Chen Mo felt the impact of this high-flying cannonball squeezing the air flow on the bridge, swept over the right side of the bridge, and the cannonball directly hit the gun's 15omm gun, which had been looking for fighters backwards, but did not single bullet.

The 15omm gun profile is a square bracket made of 5omm iron armor, which has good protection! Moreover, it is clear that the industrial quality of Mawei has indeed withstood the test of this actual battle, and after the flowering shell hit the gun profile, it failed to penetrate the steel plate, which is mainly due to the fact that at this time, the reconnaissance number was shelled four thousand meters away, and the best firing distance of the 2oomm heavy gun was 33oom, and at a distance of more than four thousand meters, the penetration of the shell was greatly reduced.

But the violent impact and violent explosion of the flowering shells still produced a great impact......

Li Erhu, who was standing on the waist of the ship, also felt the violent explosion and vibration at the front of the ship, and he rushed to the ship quickly, at this time the two military doctors had already rushed out of the cabin, and the scene in front of them was shocking, and the two artillerymen were directly hit by the momentum from the gun silhouette and flew directly to the side of the ship, spurting blood from their mouths, and obviously suffered very serious internal injuries.

The other gunner in the gun cage was directly hit in the head and right side of the body by the horizontal gun cage, and at this time he was already covered in blood, and he fell in the gun cage without knowing whether he was alive or dead! And Lu Yi, the shooting officer in the front gun position, was still standing outside the gun frame just now to observe the enemy's situation, but he was hit in the chest by the bomb fragments, and at this time he was covered in blood and fell next to the stairs!

Seeing the dead and wounded of his brothers on the same boat, Liu Erhu's eyes were about to burst into flames, and he turned his head fiercely to look at the French cruiser in the distance, and shouted: "Hurry up and rescue the wounded!" ”

Fortunately, the popularization of the military medical system in the Mawei Water Division has long been in the forefront of the whole of East Asia in terms of efficiency in dealing with the wounded, and with the assistance of several soldiers, two artillerymen were confirmed dead, while the other three soldiers and the shooting officer Lu Yi were carried into the cabin on the left side, and the initial hemostasis and rescue were immediately carried out!

Although the 5O1 ship's guns were larger in caliber and took longer to reload, in the third round of salvo fire, the good combat elements had already allowed the 5O1 ship to cross the Dujutu Luin, which was still nervously loaded, and with Chen Ying's order, the ship's four heavy guns roared again...... The soldiers all saw the bullet from the ship, and the black smoke rising from the ship showed the rampant nature of the enemy. ,

And the artillerymen from Chen Ying to the ship's main gun are meticulously implementing the shooting specifications, striving to achieve a perfect operating level in every shelling, and at the same time, they also deeply pray for the god of luck to bless the safety of the brothers on the ship!

Hundreds of pairs of eyes on the entire battleship were staring at the French battleship in the distance, and between the black smoke and flames rising from the muzzles, in less than 8 seconds, a few high waves rose on the sea around the enemy ship in the distance!

Lu Han took the telescope and looked at the enemy on the opposite side carefully, it was obvious that today's cruiser Dujutuin was really lucky, after changing the line to dodge, the shelling effect of this round of 5o1 ships was obviously not as good as the previous round, the best one, and the error was more than 5o meters!

After the soldiers on the ship's gun position shoot the artillery, they don't have time to check their masterpieces, and the processes of uncannoning, clearing, raising ammunition, and charging bags all need to be completed meticulously in two and a half minutes! The three rounds were fruitless, although they were somewhat helpless, but they were even more motivated!

Lu Han's telescope was already pointing to the other side at this time, which was the direction of the Atarant ironclad, at this time, the 5O1 ship occupied the top of the T-position relative to it, and had the largest firing angle, and the old-fashioned ship guns and side guns of the Atarant ironclad had no room to wave at this time, he immediately made a decision and gave the order to bombard!

"Position 3,! The French ironclad ship on the right side of the target, countdown 1o seconds, 11 knots of enemy ship, firing angle 97 degrees 21 minutes, elevation angle 37 degrees 33 minutes, number of medicine packs 4, estimated target distance 63oom......" Chen Ying's roar in the command room remembered again.