Chapter 13o Narrow Road Jī Battle (2)

Although Qin Kai is still a little worried about the situation of the "Wu" battleship, but he has no intention of chassing, only in the test of blood and fire, the fleet in his hands can be reborn from the fire and become a real lion on the sea, today's situation, although the Nanyang Naval Division may not be fully superior, but with the strong combat power of the 5O1 ship and Lu Han's calmness, although it may pay a little price, in his opinion, it is worth and necessary...... In the greenhouse, there are no drops of towering trees

At this moment, in the face of a dangerous battle situation, Lu Han made a choice

Due to the firing angle, in these rounds of firing, the twin cannons in the tail could not participate in the attack of the naval guns on the French Duguturuine, and were in a state of idleness, and in order to meet the warships, the 5O1 ships had to press on in the shape of a direct sail to force the enemy ships away from the Wu, and on the other side, the French ironclad ship was coming......

The roar of the heavy guns in the stern, after 22o kilograms of shells stayed in the barrel for more than half an hour, finally found an opportunity to wave, happily broke away from the thick barrel, and took off for this gun, the whole fleet did not have too many expectations, after all, at a distance of many meters, although it was still in the effective range, but this was the first gun after all......

However, luck always comes unexpectedly, and when Lu Han inadvertently swept over the French ironclad ships that were rushing to the right, a black cloud suddenly rose on the foredeck of the opponent's battleship...... Hit?

For Colonel Brown, the commander of the Atarante ironclad ship, today is basically stepping on shit when he goes out, and he is cautious and low-key attacking, and now the opponent's firepower is concentrated on the Dujutu Luin in the middle, so he quietly followed up, but he didn't expect it to be such a start

The opponent's miraculous shot, one of which was missed, fell on the left side of the ship only 15 meters away, and the other one hit the bow of the ship directly, and the steel plate of less than 3omm on the deck of the ship could not withstand the impact of the 22o kilogram height shell, and the opponent's shell easily smashed open the deck and exploded on the ship.

The explosion only caused the battleship to lose the ship, and the pointed battleship was completely blown apart, and a large piece of the ship's steel plate was completely torn apart, and it flew into the sea, and the ship's position was in tatters.

After Colonel Brown got the loss report, he immediately drew a big cross on his chest, thanking the Almighty Lord for giving me such good fortune that I only lost a small position and a large piece of armor on the ship, and he immediately ordered: "Turn the rudder 18 degrees to the right and carry out tactical evasion."

When Qin Kai heard the battle report from the lookout post, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, this magical shot was too disappointing......

The battleship Wu once again withstood the test of the main guns of the Dujutuin in the center, but this time the French missed the accuracy of the head, and three of the shells flew directly over the top of the battleship and landed far on the other end, and the only shell fell in front of the battleship with a gap of more than 3oo meters, which did not pose any threat at all.

The luck of the cruiser was obviously squandered by the first shot in front, although before the next shot, Lieutenant Colonel Sukodo successfully completed the pursuit of the battleship from the flank, forming a good shooting angle in the same direction, so in the next two rounds of shelling, its 1st tail gun also participated in the attack

However, due to the change of direction and the maneuver and line change ordered by Chen Mo, in these two rounds of shooting, the two shells of the reconnaissance deflected a distance of nearly 2oo meters from the left rear side, and had no power at all

After several rounds of mutual firing between the two sides, the distance between the two fleets has been shortened to nearly 5 kilometers, and the distance between the warships and the 5O1 ships is only one kilometer away

When he received this order, Chen Mo was a little strange, there was a big tail behind him on the right side, and he was shooting desperately at him all the time...... However, he immediately gave the order to prepare for battle

At this time, the 5O1 ship had already crossed the front of the Duguturuine and approached the French reconnaissance fast cruiser that was pursuing the warship, and after the intersection with the Wu, the 5O1 ship had already pierced the not too long gap created by the French fleet because of the evasion of the shelling.

After completing another useless artillery bombardment, the French Forward Reconnaissance realized that the ironclad ship that had rushed in between itself and the fleet had been cut into two sections, and the main forces of the fleet, the Atalonte and Duguturuin, were at a distance of about 5 kilometers from the enemy ships at this time because they avoided the enemy's shelling, and after a change of position, they actually became the target of the opponent's two battleships.

In the command room of the 5O1 ship, Lu Han had already issued a new combat order -- after the 5O1 ship passed by the battleship "Wu", it rushed towards the reconnaissance cruiser that was heading sideways, and the ship's heavy guns that were still bombarding the Dujutu Luyin with all their strength just now had already adjusted their guns and pointed straight ahead.

Chen Ying observed the 2,000-ton wooden-hulled warship in front of him, and the distance between the two sides was reduced to less than 4 kilometers in just a few minutes, and the other party was driving sideways, while the 5o1 ship was facing the enemy ship 9o degrees straight up, and the other party could not quickly open the distance from his own side in this state

"Naval guns, countdown 15 seconds, firing at an angle of 6 degrees 31 minutes, and an elevation angle of 27 degrees 13 minutes to fire two rounds in a row" was quickly issued, because the ship's two twin heavy guns, which had been empty for one round after adjusting the muzzles, roared again

At this time, the distance between the two sides is almost 37oo meters, which is already within the best firing distance of 5o1 naval guns, and at this distance, it can affect the shooting hit, at this time, only the ship that chops the waves up and down

Tang Qingshan, the firing officer on the No. 1 gun position, was also looking at the enemy ship in the distance in front of him that was fully deflecting to the outward channel and trying to open the distance, today is already the sixth round of shelling, although the shooting environment has not been optimal, and the turbulence of the high-impact hull is undoubtedly the biggest obstacle, but this is a problem that can be overcome for the skilled A gun position shooter group

At this time, the two huge cannons had already been loaded, and the arrogant enemy in front of him had just hit the deck of the Wu battleship with one shot, but at this time, the 1 ship attacked high, obviously panicked, and it was obvious that the other party did not expect it at all, and the 5o1 ship could use Du Xun to shake off the two besieging battleships, and quickly shortened the distance

The tubular air mark in the level on the firing platform slowly moved to the horizontal marker scale, and the artillery pressed the door of the firing device violently, and the heavy artillery roared almost at the same time, and in an instant, the cannon barrel ** huge black smoke shrouded the entire turret Tang Qingshan shouted loudly: "Reload and load"

At the same time, he held the binoculars and stared nervously in the direction of the enemy ship, in fact, in the first few seconds, the thick smoke made him unable to see the enemy ship in the distance at all......

The smoke cleared, Tang Qingshan saw a cannonball flying from a very close position of the enemy ship in the distance, and another cannonball actually crossed the hull of the enemy ship and landed on the other side He frowned, the sixth round of salvo fired, so far nothing, this is the worst result in his history

"Brothers, just reload, give these French boys another shot" Tang Qingshan frowned and calculated, and said to the subordinates who were in charge of adjusting the shooting angle: "Xiao Qi, reduce the elevation angle by 15 points, quickly"

At the same time, the twin heavy guns in the stern of the ship also carried out a round of shelling of the Dujuturuin that was hurrying in, but today the 5o1 ship did not look lucky, one deviated by 15o meters, and one missed this time The shelling was still nothing, and the missing shell fell 3o meters away from the Dujuturuin ship, which was really unlucky

At this time, the Atarante and Duguturuin, who were in hot pursuit, finally closed the distance between them and the 5O1 ship again, but the distance between the two sides was still above 45oo, which was almost the maximum effective range for their heavy guns of 2425 times the caliber......

However, after the attempt of the 1st ship, they couldn't wait to counterattack, this round of shelling was started by the French flagship Atarant, Colonel Brown after the 1st ship broke through and cut off the reconnaissance cruiser, the original plan of siege on three sides designed by himself became the other side to fight one anyway, and because of the degree problem, he stood from the side and watched the excitement

Brown frowned up and down, thought about it for a while, and still gave the order to shoot very helplessly, he shouted loudly: "Throw all the heavy artillery and attack the enemy flagship directly ahead" After thinking about it, he added, "Order the Dujutu Luin to make a detour to assist the truncated reconnaissance in front"

The three heavy guns on the side of the Atarante ironclad and the four rotating batteries of the Dujuturuin were simultaneously pouring shells in the direction of the 5O1

"I hope to be able to block the sharp middle breakthrough of the Chinese" Colonel Brown picked up the golden holy cross on his chest, which was made of gold he had captured after fighting in Africa to capture and clean the of a tribe, he put it on his mouth and nodded lightly, and secretly said in his heart: "Almighty Lord, I need a lot of luck"

However, this luck only existed in his imagination, 7 shells soared far into the air, but this landing point is not flattering, the shells closest to the 5o1 ship are also 7oo meters away, which makes Brown have the urge to scold his mother, however, at this time, he has completely fallen behind the opponent, and he has completely lost the possibility of closing the distance.

"Press it all out, and destroy this enemy ship," Colonel Brown shouted his order

And it is completely different from Colonel Brown, who can't wait to press, is that the commander of the cruiser Reconnaissance, Lieutenant Colonel Su Duoke, is secretly bitter at this time, at this moment, it is an indisputable fact that the other party wants to destroy himself first, not only the ironclad ship is violent, but the Qing warship that has been chased and killed by himself has also cut the large angle of the arc and is ready to intercept him at this time

Lieutenant Colonel Sukodo gave an order after seeing this situation, cut a large arc, and quickly widened the distance between him and the ironclad ship, for that wooden-hulled battleship, his heavy artillery had a clear advantage, he was not afraid at all, but the right rudder widened the distance, which also made him lose the opportunity to counterattack the other party, leaving only the 1st gun in the stern of the ship moaning weakly.

Just now, a cannonball from the opposite enemy ship crossed the front of the bridge and smashed on the sea on the right side of the ship, which really startled him, and he immediately ordered to change the line to adjust, it is obvious that the other party has a very outstanding hit rate at this distance, but the order has just been issued, only more than two minutes have passed, and the giant cannon of the ironclad ship on the side has once again roared fatally

When Lieutenant Colonel Sukodo turned his head and saw the thick black smoke coming out of the four guns of the opposite ship, he suddenly had a very strange feeling, and then ...... He clearly saw that the top position of the battleship on the back suddenly fell apart, and those wooden decks suddenly disintegrated bizarrely under the pressure of the huge force, and then countless wooden planks, iron constructions, and all kinds of strange things came out of the back of the bridge......

At this time, Tang Qingshan was holding the telescope and looking at the enemy ship opposite with a happy expression, and finally opened the 8 rounds...... After 8 rounds of shooting, he finally hit with one shot and continued to roar loudly: "Brothers, hurry up and reload, and strive for another center to bloom"

This round of salvo can be said to be a perfect shooting lesson plan, and even Qin Kai in the shooting command room was surprised by the extraordinary shells, the ...... of the three True, it was three that hit the enemy ship, and the first shell hit the deck of the aft part of the Scout, and after the 22o kg projectile easily penetrated the deck, there was a violent explosion under the deck

The heavy gun of the 1 on the aft deck was overturned on the deck with its gun mounts, and the projectile that was being hoisted on the hoisting machine caused a secondary chain reaction, and the entire wooden stern part of the cabin was completely swept away, and a raging fire was caused

The second and third shells hit the end and middle of the bridge in the middle of the enemy ship at the same time, and the second shell smashed into the cabin under the bridge, completely sweeping the deck superstructure, and together with the third shell that exploded behind Cambridge, the bridge and cockpit of the enemy ship were completely cleared from the hull at once, and the raging flames were rising from the middle cabin

Obviously, this round of shooting has completely crippled the enemy ship, and the 5o1 ship and the Wu battleship flew from both sides to outflank it, and soon narrowed the distance between the two sides to less than 3 meters.

Chen Mo gave an order, and the three 1-shot guns on one side opened fire fiercely at the enemy ship from the effective firing range of 25oo meters, and it can be seen that the usual training effect is not but, in the face of the enemy ship that lost control, the two rounds of shelling 6 shells hit three lightly

However, what surprised him was that just after dumbing the only naval gun of the Scout, a string of cannonballs came from the left front, which was much more accurate than such a kid as his own

In the thick black smoke and flames, a bomb that hit the boiler caused a chain explosion, and the battleship exploded into three different sections in tens of seconds, and soon sank into the sea

From the other end of the black smoke, the battleship "Chengqing" finally arrived in time and picked the fruits of victory lightly, which made the officers and soldiers of the "Wuqing" ship, who had been holding back for too long and were trying to have a good time, really depressed for a while.

However, the battle had only just begun, and the 5o1 ships had already turned around and were ready to meet the other two French warships. Lu Han had already given the order, and the Wu and Chengqing followed the flagship feint in the rear, looking for fighters without rushing forward

At this time, the Atarante and the Duguturuin had just narrowed the distance between the 5O1 and the 5O1 to within an effective range of 4 meters, and the two ships maintained a distance of 2 kilometers to cover each other, but the problem that gave Colonel Brown a headache was that the naval guns of the Atarante were very old-fashioned side-chord layouts, with three mm heavy guns installed on the left and right side-chords. ,

If you want to wield all your combat power, you must keep moving in the same direction as the enemy ships, but the Dujuturuin, which uses a rotating battery, does not have this problem, and its four heavy guns can shoot forward at the same time, or to the left and right

And the reconnaissance cruiser was lightly rushed into the formation by the opponent in front of them, and then wantonly drove down, and finally was completely sunk in a round of shelling, it is obvious that the opponent's firepower is extremely powerful, and what he has to do now is to maximize the fire fight with the opponent, even if he suffers some losses, he can only block the opponent, that is not hesitation.

Therefore, after closing the distance, he ordered to maintain the front and rear queues, adjust the course, and ensure maximum firepower for an artillery battle against the enemy

However, this was obviously Colonel Brown's wishful thinking, and he immediately observed that another Qing warship appeared behind the ironclad at this time, but the two battleships did not attack with the ironclad, but took a very subtle way, tailing from a distance

At this time, the battle situation did not give him more time to think about it, the artillery battle had already begun, and the first to open fire was the battleship Dujuturuin, and the reason for the first cannon was completely helpless, because the 5O1 ship was at full speed at this time, and opened the distance with them

Although the cruiser Dujutuin was not slow at 14 knots, compared to the 16 knots of the 5O1 ship, there was no way to continue to shorten the distance, and as a last resort, Colonel Dox ordered the first shot, although this was suspected to be a waste of shells

This was also proved by the facts, the 4 shells fired in this round were completely inaccurate, and seeing that the shells fell far on the sea behind the 5o1 ship, Colonel Dox had already expected the outcome of this naval battle