【2nd Update】

"South-east, wind speed 12.8 m/s! Maintain calibration! ”

"The target ship deflected to the left...... 10 degrees, 20% error! ”

"First bounce, X210, Y510, error 20%!"

"A gun position, elevation quarter scale increase ready......"

"The second bullet, X310, Y330, error 10%!"

"B gun position, quarter scale of elevation...... Adjusted! ”

"Third Bullet ......"

“……”

In the shooting command room of the battleship Guangzhou, the fleet shooting commander Han Cheng calmly stared at the Tenglong II series integrated fire control platform full of dashboards in front of him, and constantly issued new gun aiming parameters, while the cooperative officers methodically entered these complex parameters into the dial, and the parameters were synchronized to the main turret distributed in the front and rear of the battleship in the first time, according to the naval shooting specifications, the adjustment time of the parameters of a single main gun during the calibration should be completed within 15 seconds!

Of course, this is only the basic requirement for an ordinary shooting officer, as the shooting commander of the flagship of the detachment, every observation data will quickly form a new shooting parameter in his mind, in his own words, this is completely a conditional firing evaluation results, and at the same time commanding 10 main guns, he is fully capable of setting independent parameters for each main gun and starting the game with a half-salvo, rather than a single main gun with no technical content to start the shooting!

The results of the first round of half-salvo calibration were almost entered into the fire control platform at the same time as the observation was completed, and on the design data deviation drum on the side, the black mechanical arm automatically plotted the dynamic positions of the two warships into two constantly curved line maps, and an officer constantly observed the line chart changes and intervened in deviation to improve the accuracy of the calibration that was about to be completed.

Fleet Commander Tang Zhen stood at the lookout window, holding the military binoculars in his hand tightly, whether tonight's robbery can achieve the results he expects, there is no doubt that it depends on the hard work of everyone in the fleet, before nightfall, with the help of reconnaissance planes, the fleet finally took the lead in seizing an extremely favorable T-shaped top position, and the two destroyers that suddenly pointed out the direction for the fleet's attack also showed a very good tactical awareness.

The first round of semi-salvo firing of the Canton brought great trouble to night observation, but the integrated fire control platform still collected three of the five shells, and after a slight adjustment, the second round and a half salvo was fired at an interval of only 20 seconds.

According to the information of the previous observation and intelligence system, the enemy in front of the United States Fleet was confirmed to be the Second Squadron of the United States, and the battleship Nebraska, which was launched in 1903, was undoubtedly the shortcoming of this fleet.

According to reliable sources, in response to the rapid development of naval technology, the ship returned to Seattle's Moran Brothers shipyard for modernization before the war, but soon returned to the Pacific Fleet, so the formation speed of the American fleet is unlikely to exceed the ship's 19 knots.

Everything was under control, and just as Tang Zhen was about to report the news of the war to the Grand Fleet and the Theater Command, in the silent night in the distance, a sky-high flame suddenly surged, which immediately made everyone excited...... I'm KAO, this is the second round and a half of the formation for school shooting, but there is no doubt that it was an accurate hit!

However, the observation officer reported the news, but it was confirmed that it was indeed a lucky shot, and of course, luck was not easy to get...... The Chinese fleet occupied the top of the deadly T-position, and took full advantage of this advantage to launch a bombardment attack on the USS Delaware, the first position of the U.S. Navy.

Commodore Lucius apparently realized that he had been the target of the fire, so he chose to continue to turn slightly to the left in order to quickly deploy broadside fire, but the three American battleships that followed the battle line obviously did not turn at the same time, in that case, it was impossible to form a battle line to the side against the enemy, and the battleship Louisiana who followed closely behind continued to maintain course, sailing to the position where the battleship Delaware turned and then turning to follow the flagship maneuver.

The second round of second wave and a half salvos from the four battleships formed a scattering area with a span of about 700 meters, and at this moment, the battleship Delaware was driving more than 600 meters in front of the battleship Louisiana, and a 14.5-inch high-explosive bomb fired from the Qin-class battle survey Sky Wolf shot at the Delaware battleship like a miraculous one, and then hit the Louisiana in the rear position!

This 410-kilogram giant bomb almost hit the top of the B main gun emplacement raised at the bow of the battleship Louisiana at a large angle of nearly 60 degrees, although the American Iron Turtle is known for its thick armor, especially the main gun turret that has been heavily protected, the Louisiana main turret armor is American-made 10-inch carburized armor, but it still cannot resist the 14.5-inch heavy artillery bombardment.

A group of American gunners in the turret were shot directly from the deck into the air almost instantly, as if they were being hit by an elephant, and they were stunned to see that they were about to crash into the steel armor, but the huge impact force generated by the violent explosion of more than 150 kilograms of explosives again turned and smashed to the ground again, dead or alive!

The huge impact force also destroyed the horizontal armor belt around the B turret, revealing a huge black pit several meters directly away, and the fire ignited the two large lifeboats and rigging between the B turret and the first chimney, igniting a skyrocketing fire......

This sudden situation completely disrupted Commodore Lucius's plans, and although he had a bad start, he was ready to fight back, but now he was faced with a situation in front of him, and the skyrocketing fire on the battleship Luisiana exposed not only itself to the opponent, but also the two battleships in front and behind.

"Ask Colonel Will about the damage!" Brigadier General Lucius held back his anger and gave the order loudly.

Without waiting for the battleship Louisiana to report the damage, the distant sky once again lit up with a piercing cannon flame, which made Lucius tremble again, and his side still has not completed the artillery aiming of the Chinese fleet, the main reason for this, Commodore Lucius can also understand, after all, the US Navy is relatively unfamiliar with this kind of light source measurement in the dark night, not to mention, the Chinese except for the moment of shelling of the main gun salvo, the interval does not carry out secondary gun fire at all.

But another reason that he also ignored was the continuous firing of the flares and dazzling light of the Chinese right-wing destroyer formation, which had a dazzling interference with the optical instruments in the working state at night, and under several unfavorable factors, coupled with the distance of nearly 18,000 meters, directly led to the fact that the fire control system on the American battleship could not work normally at all at this moment.

The basic gun aiming data can not be obtained, and the battleship Delaware is turning at 15%, and the roll angle completely makes the 5 main turrets on the battleship lose the possibility of shooting, in fact, two of the turrets were damaged in the previous air raid of the Chinese Shandong aircraft carrier, and they were barely put into use after emergency repairs, but how much combat power can be restored, it is really helpless!

Brigadier General Lucius naturally understood that the battle was ready at this moment, and even if he didn't want to fight, it was impossible for him to retreat with his whole body, so he ran to the shooting officer and gave a loud order, demanding that a counterattack against the Chinese fleet must be launched within 2 minutes...... Although he also knows how touching the hit rate of the artillery in this situation is, compared to being passively beaten, firing a counterattack can at least boost morale!

The third round of the Chinese Navy's half-salvo flew sparsely and landed around the battleship Delaware, the most recent of which was also 400 meters away, and did not cause any substantial damage, which surprised Brigadier General Lucius, but immediately realized the crisis......

He rushed to the port side lookout window and raised his eyes to the battleship Louisiana, which was burned like a candle, and many damage management team members had already run out of the battleship at this moment, and they were desperately trying to extinguish the fire with water guns, and the round and a half volley of the Chinese just now obviously did not cause new trauma!

Without waiting for Lucius to turn his head, another half-salvo from the Chinese fleet in the distance struck again, and the whistling shells rushed down into the sky with a terrifying sound, setting off a large wave more than ten meters high around the battleship Louisiana......

This suddenly made Lucius break out in a cold sweat, from his position, this round of half-salvo has formed a bomb coverage area covering the forward direction of the battleship Louisiana, from the perspective of naval gunnery, this has achieved the final effect of salvo artillery, as for whether it can hit this narrow battleship with a length of 134 meters and a width of 24 meters from a distance of 18,000 meters, it is completely a matter of probability!

At this moment, the battleship Louisiana fired the first round of counterattack by the American fleet, but after the bow of the ship moved forward and one turret was damaged, only one of the A-gun turrets carried out two consecutive rounds of calibration, but to the madness of all American officers, after the shells were fired, under the current circumstances, it was possible to observe the impact point unless the shells were fired back Chinese the bullets on impact......

Lucius suddenly felt inexplicably powerless...... What he didn't know was that the next moment, he had to face a difficult choice!

The battleship Louisiana was clearly well aware of its troubles, and the commander, Colonel Will, saw the sudden crashing waves around him, and immediately abandoned his plan to maintain the course of the battle line, and loudly ordered a sharp maneuver of 45 degrees to the left in an emergency...... But this decision seems to be a little too late! (To be continued.) )