Another difference between the Kii-class battleships and the Kaga-class battleships was the further improvement of the main engine and the installation of 19 boilers, so the output was up to 131,200 horsepower and the maximum speed could reach 29.75 knots. Due to the need to add more interior space to accommodate the new boilers, the length of the hull was extended from 231.6 meters in the Kaga class to 250 meters. As the number of boilers increased, the smoke extraction capacity of the original chimney became insufficient, so a new chimney was designed for the Kii class. Due to the extension of the Kii-class hull and the increase in internal space, the fuel carrying capacity has also been increased, and the range of the Kaga class has increased from 6,500 nautical miles at 14 knots to 8,000 nautical miles at 14 knots. As for other aspects such as protection and protection, they are not much different from the "Kaga" class, and the design of the armor protection system of the two classes of battleships is much the same. At this moment, its designer, Hiraga, exposed the shortcomings of insisting on the "British stream" design.

A 406-mm armor-piercing projectile fired from a Chinese battleship pierced through the No. 1 main turret of the "Kii" and exploded inside the turret, not only destroying the turret, but also causing the internal ammunition to detonate.

Seeing the raging fire of the "Kii", the people on the bridge of the "Yamato" were all stunned.

At this moment, the sky began to get dark again.

Dark clouds covered the sky again, and the vast sea began to become dark again, Yamamoto Fifty-six looked at the sea, and he was surprised to find that the whirlpool on the sea began to shrink!

As the suction of the vortex began to decrease significantly, the battleships of the two warring sides quickly broke free from the shackles of the vortex and began to adjust their positions invariably, and in less than ten minutes, the huge vortex that seemed to be about to devour the heavens and the earth miraculously disappeared.

Regardless of the disappearance of the surprise vortex, on the calm sea, the battleships that had completed the adjustment of the position entered the fierce artillery battle again, and the steel giants on the sea soon made a neat buzzing sound, which was the noise of the front and rear main gun turrets on the battleship adjusting to their positions, and the main gun turrets of hundreds of tons were shifted, forming a special artillery battle song.

A low, deep sound of metal grinding against the sea shook the air, making this unique sound of the main cannon in place extremely special, like the sound of the collision between the sword and the heavy armor after the medieval hoplites formed a huge attack formation, and the indestructible march in unison. Due to the influence of the vortex just now, the artillery battle between the two sides was somewhat chaotic and hasty, but at this moment, in the combat fleets of the two navies, the 460-millimeter giant main guns of the "Fuxi" class battleships and the 510 mm main guns of the "Yamato" class battleships began to calmly aim, and the attack power they were about to exert was many times stronger than just now.

At this time, the situation was very favorable to the squadron, due to the sudden disappearance of the vortex, the course of the battleships in the high-speed march was just perpendicular to the course of the Chinese fleet, and it had already occupied the most important "T" prefix in the artillery battle.

As far as the four battleships of the Chinese fleet, "Chiyou," "Fuxi," "Chunqiu," and "Warring States," are concerned, the reason why they are able to have such a passive situation is entirely due to objective reasons.

Now that the battle has progressed, it seems that Amaterasu has finally begun to take care of the Amamoto fleet.

While the officers and men of the Navy, who were surprised and inexplicable, were desperately trying their best to turn the main turrets of each ship in the opposite direction, the Chinese fleet was also actively making adjustments, preparing to quickly complete the turn, and when the naval forces were engaged in a close-range artillery battle on the battle line, the sky was suddenly covered with rolling black clouds, and in an instant, it was as if the night had fallen in advance!

Just as the Chinese fleet in the dark night seized the time to maneuver, the "Chiyou" super battleships, the "Fuxi" super battleships, the "Chunqiu" battleships, and the "Warring States" battleships took the lead in completing the turn and lined up in a zigzag pattern. This time, the battleship "Fuxi" was the first to fire as the flagship.

In the case of the failure of the fire control radar and electronic computer, the officers of the [***] can still accurately obtain the data by virtue of their excellent skills, so that the guns and guns of each ship can get the shooting data of the main guns, and the steel giants on the sea with the shooting data suddenly emitted a deafening salvo of naval guns, and the sudden sound of a main gun sprayed a huge orange flame, and the shining light illuminated the towering hull of the battleship, and also illuminated the sea surface in front of the battleship. The sea is covered with a layer of red.

The salvo of 4 battleships and 53 large-caliber battleship main guns suddenly made a bright red light between the sea and the sky, shining like the afterglow of the sunset.

The distance was too close for the two fleets, and in less than 40 seconds from the light emitted by the Chinese battleship's fire, 53 shells flew over the distance between the two battleships and rained down.

Perhaps because the battleships of the Fleet still maintained the high speed of the vortex suction just now, the shells that came from all over the world exploded one huge column of water after another around the battleships, making the battleships seem to have suddenly sailed into a stormy wave, and the huge shock waves generated by the exploding shells and the waves that set off hit the hull of the battleships together, making them shake.

The 12 510 mm guns of the battleship "Yamato" were the first to counterattack, but this simple "half salvo" had the flavor of target correction, and of course, they were well versed in the principles of artillery warfare and adjusted their course in time so that they could also exert their full firepower.

The four battleships of the Chinese Navy maintain a high efficiency of firing a salvo every 40 seconds, and as the distance between the two warships and warships is closer, the flight time of the shells is also constantly shortening, when the Chinese Navy uses the third round of salvo data corrected by the first two rounds of salvo data to fall, this round of accurate salvo again achieved results, 53 shells, 35 shells are 460 mm heavy armor-piercing shells of the Chinese Navy's "Fuxi" class super battleship, which has penetrated the "Yamato" at a distance of more than 20 nautical miles The armor of the super battleship proves to be powerful, and this time the distance is shorter, and the penetration effect of the armor-piercing projectile is naturally better.

The "Chunqiu" class battleships and the "Sengoku" class battleships that followed behind were the battleships "Kii" and "Owari" of the Navy, and only one of the 21 406-mm shells hit the target, but this shell hit the armor belt near the main mast at the rear of the hull of the burning battleship "Kii", the shell penetrated the armor deck and hit the ammunition compartment of the main turret at the stern. In an instant, the main gun shells stored in the ammunition compartment were detonated.

Sailing more than 900 meters behind the "Kii" was the battleship "Owari", and more than 900 meters behind was the battleship "Nagato", and the battleship "Kii" whose ammunition compartment in the tail battery was detonated immediately provided the best "light illumination" for the two battleships that were following up and turning.

The lookout of the battleship "Owari" and the many officers and men on the bridge of the navigation ship all witnessed the magnificent scene of all kinds of high-speed debris splashing out in the brilliant red firelight, and what is even more terrifying is that the "Kii", whose displacement is measured in 10,000 tons, was sailing at high speed, but after being hit by such a cannon, the ammunition compartment was detonated, and the entire battleship suddenly shook violently, just like a large rain of fire falling from the sky and falling on the "Kii", and the battleship burned violently. As a result, the speed of the voyage is reduced.

At this time, the two super battleships of the "Fuxi" class of the Chinese Navy had caught up with the "Yamato" and happened to be sailing parallel to the "Yamato" and "Musashi". In the Chinese Navy's battle plan, the "Fuxi" class battleship was solely responsible for striking at the "Yamato" class super battleships of the Navy, and the "Chiyou" that rushed to the forefront poured all its firepower on the "Yamato" battleship, and the 16 460-mm heavy armor-piercing shells that were fierce were not vegetarian, and the accurate barrage pounced on the area where the "Yamato" battleship was sailing, and at the same time, the "Yamato" battleship also launched a counterattack salvo against the Chinese Navy battleship.

In the midst of the huge fireworks fired by the shells, three 460-mm heavy armor-piercing shells fell on the body of the battleship "Yamato". A single armor-piercing bullet easily tore through the protective armor of the deck, and the officers and men of the Navy in the cabin were killed or wounded on the spot. After another armor-piercing shell penetrated the layers of armor, it drilled into the vicinity of the fuel tank and exploded, and the rapid explosion accompanied by a huge high-temperature flame suddenly made the "Yamato" battleship particularly dazzling in this vast darkness, and what was even more deadly was the third hit shell, which hit directly near the chimney, where the armor protection could not withstand the heavy blow of such an armor-piercing shell, so that this shell easily drilled in, and the explosive armor-piercing shell quickly blew up there.

The battleship "Yamato", which had been hit hard, did not stop firing, but the monstrous fire after the fuel tank was detonated had already spread, and the rapid spread of the fire interacted with the explosion caused by the armor-piercing bullet near the chimney, which soon turned the surface of the battleship "Yamato" into a hell of fire. The high-temperature steam that erupted instantly wiped out these living flesh and blood.

Seeing the "Yamato" in a sea of fire, he ran to the bridge despite the obstruction of his subordinates, and Yamamoto Isoroku couldn't help but look up to the sky and closed his eyes in pain.

Suddenly, Yamamoto Fifty-six felt a chill on his face, and it seemed as if a raindrop was falling on his face.

Yamamoto Fifty-six opened his eyes suddenly, and at this time, a few more drops of rain fell on his face.

A flash of lightning swept through the dark sky, followed by rolling thunder, and all the officers on the bridge were so shaken that they almost fell.

In an instant, the rain poured down.

It was as if he had fallen into a waterfall, and even though Yamamoto was still wearing a raincoat, he couldn't help but have a cold shiver.

The heavy rain fell on the burning surface of the "Yamato", stirring up a large cloud of steam in the burning steel, as if poured on a red-hot soldering iron, and the steam rushed to the face with a wave of heat, making the people on the bridge feel like they had entered a steam bath, and they were so hot that they could not breathe.

In the midst of the sudden heavy rain, the terrible flames that spread throughout the ship on the "Yamato" were extinguished in an instant!

Seeing this incredible miracle appear, the officers on the bridge and in the command tower couldn't help but shout "Hurray"!

Of course, it was not only the warship Yomoto who witnessed the extinguishing of the flames on the "Yamato."

The Chinese officers and men on the battleship "Chiyou," which hit it, were depressed for a while when they saw this happening.

"Fuck! I said that I was really hard! Such a fire can't burn you! ”

On the bridge of the battleship "Chiyou", Chen Dingyuan, who witnessed all this, couldn't help but curse.

"The fire on the battleship over there has also been extinguished by the rain." Rear Admiral Huang Jiaxuan, chief of staff, pointed to the battleship "Kii" in the array of this fleet and said.

"Then beat me to death!" Chen Dingyuan roared loudly, "Lao Tzu wants to see how long my dog luck can go!" ”

At this time, the ships of the two sides were completely in a state of parallelism, under the attack of the battleship "Republic" of the Chinese Navy, the battleship "Kii", which was lucky, ushered in a salvo of 9 shells fired from the "Republic", and these 406 mm heavy armor-piercing shells exploded around the battleship "Kii" at high speed, and the water column set off by the explosion "cleaned" this lucky battleship, of course, the shock wave generated by the explosion was still very powerful. For example, the shell in the third round of shells that exploded more than 30 meters away from the amidships of the "Kii" battlecruiser caused the "Kii" battleship's sidestring waterline armor belt to collapse with a powerful shock wave, rivets were cracked one by one, and high-pressure seawater sprayed everywhere through the cracks like a fountain.

Of course, the battleship "Kii", which insisted on fighting, also used the remaining four twin-mounted main turrets to send out its own roar, and eight shells flew towards the "Republic", but the four shells that were inaccurate did not bring the slightest trauma to the Chinese battleship, but the battleship "Nagato" that followed it achieved results, and among the several shells it fired, one of the shells hit the right chord of the 20-meter position in front of the amidship of the battleship "Mingzhuo" The battleship was preparing for another salvo, and the cannonball that hit the battleship was like a giant's heavy fist, and suddenly the sea monster suddenly moved a certain distance to the left, and in the violent shaking of the hull, the people in the bridge fell to the ground fiercely, and the most tragic thing was of course the officers and soldiers of the front battery.

Fortunately, this shell failed to lift the armor of the battleship "Ming Boil", but this sudden shot really frightened the officers and men of the Chinese Navy.

The fierce artillery battle continued, in the face of the rapid shelling of the 32 460 mm main guns of the two super battleships of the Chinese Navy, the "Musashi" was also shot, and after another round of salvo shells from the super battleship "Chiyou" and the "Fuxi" super battleship fell, one of the main turrets of the "Musashi" was quickly torn into pieces and cut off by 7 shells, and the dazzling and brilliant explosion completely lit up the dark sky, like a locust flying in all directions of steel fragments, Red flew around like meteors, but more often than not, there were large pieces of turret parts flying around, including broken barrels.

A series of fierce explosions and flames lit up the sky again, and the huge fireball made the battleship seem to be wrapped in the sun, and the explosion of its internal ammunition compartment, fuel tank and other compartments seemed to tear the limbs of this steel giant beast, and in the powerful air wave and shock wave of the explosion, all kinds of fragments and lumpy objects and the sailors of the ship were scattered in various postures, and finally smashed on the sea, splashing waves several meters high.

Seeing that the battleship was once again beaten to the ground, Chu Yangwei couldn't help but laugh.

"Although the caliber of my artillery is larger than ours, the shooting accuracy is poor, and the firepower density is not as good as ours, so it's no wonder if you don't suffer." Zhang Enming summed up on the side in a timely manner.

"Enemy ships found in the southwest! More than two! The lookout suddenly shouted.

Chu Yangwei was shocked, and immediately raised the telescope in his hand.

In the pouring rain, it seemed that there was really a shadow of a ship flickering on the sea.

"Could it be that my reinforcements have arrived?" Chu Yangwei said softly, and he vaguely felt that something that made the Chinese fleet not happy too early might have arrived.

"It may be, and it seems to be a big guy......" Zhang Enming put down the telescope in his hand, nodded, and said.

In the southwest direction of the Chinese fleet, about 20 seconds later, a dazzling light shone brightly......

(To be continued)