Although the lieutenant commander of the US Navy tried his best to command the fleet to carry out targeted maneuvers, because the speed difference between the warships of the two sides was more than five knots, no matter how hard he tried, he could only do futile work, and he watched the two Chinese warships circle ahead of him, and before that, the enemy's shells had already hit......

However, it was the US ships that fired first, because the maximum range of the medium-caliber naval guns themselves was less than the effective range of the fire control, and even if the US fire control technology was the last among the world's naval powers (Note 1), it was far from being comparable with the Chinese fire control that was equivalent to the world's advanced level in 1918, but there was not much difference in the effective range of the main guns of the two sides. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Coupled with the fact that the number of American warships is doubled, and there is also backup, there is no need to think about saving ammunition, so the fire is more resolute.

However, it was the Chinese side that was the first to get hits, firstly, because the naval guns that could fire after obtaining the T-shaped crosshead were not less than those of the US military, and secondly, the hit rate of the Chinese naval guns was higher, although it was limited by the maximum range of the medium-caliber naval guns themselves and could not completely open the gap, but with more advanced fire control support, the hit rate of the shelling was definitely much higher than that of the enemy with poor fire control, not to mention that the lateral shelling was less affected by the roll of the ship's hull, and the accuracy itself was higher than that of the forward shelling.

The main armor belt of the waterline of the American light cruiser was 5 inches (127mm) at the thickest point, and the German Krupp case-hardened armor was used, and the defense was actually quite strong. However, due to the distance between the two sides and the extremely large ballistic arc, the shells fired by the Chinese warships did not fly flat, but fell from the air, so the probability of hitting the side of the board was actually not so high, but it was easy to hit the deck, and this problem suddenly came......

Since the American steam turbine technology is not up to par, even this most advanced light cruiser is equipped with a steam engine instead of a steam turbine, so it takes up more space and load, and since it is a light cruiser, the speed must be guaranteed, and the firepower cannot be too bad, and then there will not be enough load for armor. The main armor belt of the waterline must be guaranteed, so only horizontal armor can be cut, and as a result, the horizontal armor thickness of this new American light cruiser is only 1.5 inches (38mm), how can it be protected against China's epoch-making hard cap armor-piercing bullets?

As a result, the armor-piercing bullet easily pierced the deck, and then penetrated the multi-layer compartment continuously, almost hitting the bottom of the ship before finally detonating......

The American captain was shocked when he received the report, but before he could give the order, two huge earthquakes were heard under his feet in a row, and the salvo of the main guns of the two Chinese light cruisers again achieved results, and this time they hit three shots at once!

A 150mm armor-piercing bullet from the Shen Tianzi hit the unprotected part of the upper layer and failed to detonate, except for the splash of steel fragments that injured an American officer. The other shot hit the main armor belt of the waterline, at this time the angle of incidence exceeded 40 ゚, even if the cap-piercing bullet has a righting effect, the thickness of the actual penetration is far more than 127mm, plus the distance is too far, the 150mm shell is too light (the storage speed effect is not good), the kinetic energy attenuation is great, and finally it failed to penetrate completely, but after the armor-piercing projectile detonated, it still tore a small opening, the position is only slightly higher than the waterline, if it can't be blocked in time, with the warship sailing at high speed, The waves that stir up will continue to pour into the cabin, eventually with terrible consequences.

However, the Americans had no time to plug the breach, because they were already in greater trouble at this time, perhaps because the Shen Tianzi had already accumulated enough character, and the volley fired by the Chang Yuchun Light Patrol was only one shell hit, but after penetrating the horizontal armor, it drilled into the engine room, and then hit a boiler impartially......

With the current technical level of the Americans, the maximum speed of 25 knots can only be achieved by using steam engine power, which can only be the result of trying to increase the pressure of the boiler, but this also inevitably leads to the fact that when the boiler is hit by a Chinese 150mm armor-piercing projectile, the consequence is not just as simple as a gas leak, but a direct explosion with a "Peng"!

If it weren't for the fact that the American designers had learned the lessons of the Sino-Japanese War and the Sino-British War, the boiler compartments had been divided into finer boiler compartments, narrower passages and thicker partitions, and the U.S. Navy had developed stricter safety procedures, the explosion would have been much more terrifying, and might even have sent the American light cruiser directly to the bottom of the sea. You must know that even if only one group of boilers was blown up, it still caused heavy damage to this behemoth with a standard displacement of more than 5,000 tons, and the shock wave and high temperature steam generated by the boiler explosion caused dozens of US officers and men to die or seriously injure them on the spot, and also caused a fire and further drained the ship's already insufficient manpower......

To some extent, the newest American light cruiser has temporarily lost its combat effectiveness. And the rapid slowdown of its speed also means that it can no longer assume the duties of the lead ship, which is almost no different from sinking one for the entire formation.

To make matters worse, the Chinese Navy has always advocated that "it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt the enemy." Seeing that the US ship was heavily damaged, how could it not be possible not to stare at it and chase it fiercely? Although the 150mm naval gun used by the Chinese Navy is not as prominent as the 210mm main gun used in the Haitian-class patrol and the 305mm giant gun of Megatron after the victory in Yanping, it is also the undisputed No.1 in the world's naval guns of the same caliber, and the firepower is leveraged! In addition, the distance between the two sides has narrowed a lot, and the speed of the wounded American light cruisers has begun to slow down again, and the shelling of the two Chinese light cruisers has naturally become more and more accurate......

Note 1: Historically, even on the eve of World War II, the United States' naval artillery fire control was the worst among the major naval powers, not to mention compared with Britain, and even Japan was inferior, if it were not for the emergence of radar technology to bring opportunities for overtaking in corners, coupled with the rise of aircraft carriers that made artillery warfare less important, the US Navy's losses in the Pacific War would have been much greater than in history. And now it is 1907, even if the era of dreadnoughts has arrived in advance, the fire control technology is far from mature, and the gap between the United States and China, Britain and Germany is even greater. (To be continued.) )