Chapter 12: Prelude to the Fierce Battle

Words written before the editor:

I watched a video yesterday, which is about the fact that the artillery of the outer suit will also have a situation where the shells do not know where to fly, and it seems that it is not a problem with the pit daddy net...... Well, the other day was a bit arbitrary. However, the situation in the South China New Area has not improved, which is also a difficult situation to tolerate.

After all, there is a big difference between a LAG of around 20 and a LAG of about 40.

And the reason why the shells disappeared or flew out of the circle...... That's it:

“-artyshellsexplodinginmid-airandartyshellsflyingoutsideoftheaimcirclewww.xstxt.orgebuginserverconnectionbetweennodesduringcertaindistributionsetups.”

"The explosion of artillery shells in mid-air and the flight out of the circle are caused by some bugs in the connection between server nodes during certain allocation settings."

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What else can I say other than a whole line of ellipses???

TMD, not once or twice, but more than a dozen times, I didn't have the habit of seeing if the shell hit the enemy, and it was because of such a thing that I opened the scope and pressed the arrow key, and I didn't go to the grass plug-in, and the card was dead......

This is not the point, the point is that a shell that was originally very confident, TMD is because of this, and I don't know where the shell went for a long time.

If you don't hit the shot, the most you will blame yourself for your bad RP, and you will pout and look for the next opportunity. But this kind of bird thing obviously has nothing to do with the RP of our artillery players, but WG's negligence when setting the data.

Because there have been many versions without such an error.

In addition, the national war will be officially removed in version 0.9.0, ...... Anyway, the wild team can still play how they want, and removing this mode doesn't feel too much. It's just how to say it.,After all, WG said that he didn't expect a flood of bad reviews to happen.,The model that I put a certain amount of effort into developing was removed.,All kinds of feelings in my heart.,It's true that it shouldn't be very comfortable.。

Finally, let's talk about what WOWS's preliminary tech tree came up with.

The existence of the Shinano aircraft carrier, as a ninth-level existence, does not need to be too much of a deserving place in itself. In contrast to this situation, will the "Bismarck" appear as an eighth-rank or ninth-ranked battlecruiser?

As for the tenth-level BB of the Germans, there is no doubt that it should be h44, but well...... According to the comparison of various data, H44 can easily K.O off the Yamato level, it can be said that with Maozi's knots, H44 will be weakened to a considerable extent of data, it is inevitable.

In contrast to this situation, the Iowa class may also be a level 9, and the Iowa modern improved type has become a level 10 BB?

It's like the relationship between the Leopard I prototype and the Leopard I.

Mao Zi is such a thing, but he is quite familiar with it.

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Italy's naval fleet never imagined that Zhang Shixin would launch a preemptive tactical action against these "quasi-allies" - sending all the ju-87s "Stukka" hanging on torpedoes that he had at his disposal to teach them a lesson that will never be forgotten.

Zhang Shixin didn't know what kind of effect a 400mm torpedo could bring, but Zhang Shixin knew very well that no matter how bad the effect of these torpedoes was, it was more reliable than carrying small aerial bombs to bomb warships.

At best, 250kg of aerial bombs to blow up a heavy cruiser is undoubtedly a matter that is more inclined to be talked about in the middle of the day, let alone the battleships of the "Count Cavour" class.

Therefore, Zhang Shixin had to make such a decision.

There are many restrictions on the use of torpedoes, and the height of the bomb is a serious problem if you want a torpedo to be effective.

Suppose you drop a torpedo like a horizontal bombing...... Then as soon as this torpedo touches the surface of the sea, it has to be forcibly exploded, and it is useless at all. However, if the altitude is too low, the plane that drops the torpedo may fall into the sea.

Because an airplane has to climb rapidly after dropping a torpedo, the airframe structure is secondary, and more importantly, few pilots can withstand such g-forces.

In the Pacific Theater of World War II, many torpedo pilots in the US military had to rest for a long time after getting off the plane and suffering serious internal injuries due to the excessively strong G-force.

They don't want to suffer this kind of sin, but if they don't climb faster, they will either stop the engine and fall into the sea because of the reduced engine output, or they will be directly beaten into a sieve by the barrage of anti-aircraft fire.

It can be said that if they don't want to die, they have to pay a little price so that they can live.

The speed of the torpedo machine should not be too high, and the height should not be too high, and the distance from which the torpedo machine should not be too far.

At that time, torpedo planes were more likely to make low-altitude dives as low as possible, reduce flight speed, and then drop torpedoes.

As for the hit rate...... Only God knows.

Because the rudder speed of each warship is different, the destroyer has the best maneuverability, and the relative rudder speed is also the fastest, so it is quite surprising if a destroyer is hit by a torpedo.

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There are quite a few reasons why Zhang Shixin did not take the two "Count Cavour" class as the main targets. But for Zhang Shixin, the evaluation of the effectiveness of the ju-87s in torpedo assault warfare is also a very important factor.

If those torpedoes could not exert a considerable degree of success against the various Italian heavy cruisers whose overall level was still relatively backward, Zhang Shixin did not mind, and when these planes carried out the next sortie, they carried a large number of napalm bombs to effectively strike at the target.

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Of course, the Italians would not have imagined that after just four or five minutes, there would be a profound lesson that made them too careless and underestimated Zhang Shixin.

And at this time, in the front bridge command room of the battleship "Count Cavour", a laugh rang out:

"Hahahaha, what threat does that little guy expect his little toys to do to us? Haha, it's the best joke I've heard in a while. ”

"Hahahaha......"

As for Zhang Shixin's telegram, it was taken by Anzu? Aquino was torn to shreds.

However, unbeknownst to these people, there was a faint but increasingly noticeable sound of engines turning in the sky.

As the lieutenant colonel of the summoners commanding this group of JU-87S, he received the instructions of the BF-109HS that was hovering in the clouds ahead, and at the same time, Zhang Shixin gave instructions to allow the attack, and also received Zhang Shixin's order to weaken the opponent's air defense as much as possible.

Although it is said that this Italian naval fleet, most of them are quite backward models, and these backward warships are basically not equipped with anti-aircraft firepower.

Therefore, Zhang Shixin changed his goal.

High-altitude reconnaissance aircraft are not omnipotent, and with the BF-109HS, it is difficult to clearly see which warships are equipped with anti-aircraft firepower at an altitude of several thousand meters, and which warships continue to pursue the doctrine of giant ship artillery.

It can be said that Zhang Shixin's arrangement is more to avoid the Ju-87S from suffering too many losses.

Because it is more impossible for ordinary small-caliber anti-aircraft weapons, such as anti-aircraft machine guns, to penetrate the wing of the Ju-87S.

Zhang Shixin's JU-87S in the system is quite good, and the wing part is even because of the rocket backup reloading device, which also strengthens the defense capability to a certain extent.

It can be said that Zhang Shixin's air force has an advantage over the current one.

Because many aircraft types have been verified by history, Zhang Shixin is even more aware of one thing, that is, the strength of his current aviation team is at least half a level advanced compared with many countries.

It can be said that Zhang Shixin received the kind of support from the system that was not due to other factors.

At least, as far as the BF-109HS is concerned, as a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, the surname can already make Zhang Shixin extremely satisfied.

In contrast to this situation, Zhang Shixin doesn't know whether the system is limited to the fact that the prototype has appeared for no more than five years, but regardless of whether the final upgraded version can be excellent, whether it is a restriction or an auxiliary.

Let's say it's a limit, and the complete body name of many models is very good.

You can never expect a Crusader cruiser tank to easily defeat the T-34-76, and the victory between the two can be said to be almost half of the two, depending on who can penetrate the opponent first, inflict heavy damage on the enemy, or directly reimburse the enemy.

In fact, the Crusader cruiser tanks, because of their very poor defense and poor firepower, were more resigned to fate when confronting the enemy head-on.

The same applies to aircraft.

It can be said that although there is no restriction on the improvement of chassis as a model, even if some chassis templates are upgraded to the best surname, I am afraid that there are many defects.

It's like the Crusader Cruiser Tank, although it can be upgraded to the Crusader SP self-propelled howitzer (the whiteboard car in the game is a self-propelled mortar, and after changing the artillery, it becomes a self-propelled howitzer. But compared with many self-propelled howitzers of the same caliber, the power of the Crusader SP is not excellent, and there is a very obvious shortcoming, that is, Zhang Shixin found that although the Crusader SP is not completely equipped with shells, the Crusader SP with only a few shells is more of a weapon carrier.

Therefore, M12 has become Zhang Shixin's choice, because the combined surname of M12 is much better than that of the Crusader SP.

Zhang Shixin has no good way to solve the problem of equipment, and can only be flexible with the current equipment. After all, in terms of the current configuration, although it is not possible to directly push the enemy, but under the tactics of being safe and making fewer mistakes, such a configuration can still fail miserably, and Zhang Shixin has no face to see.

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A few minutes later, the lookouts of the Italian warships seemed to hear some discordant noise, and they kept adjusting their directions, but ignored the high altitude near the fleet.

Although the Ju-87s are now cameos as torpedo attack aircraft, they are still dive bombers in essence.

When some lookouts spotted the sky, they suddenly flew straight down a few ...... No...... Nearly a dozen or twenty, oh...... Oh my God, there might even be more than thirty planes in number, and they were rapidly cutting down on them, quickly dividing into attack squads of three planes and one small formation, flying towards different targets.

In the eyes of many lookouts, they seem to see that these planes can be said to be quite fast, but they can also see that these planes are armed combat aircraft.

And some sharp-eyed lookouts have clearly seen that under the belly of the aircraft is a torpedo that can already see the vague outline with the naked eye - torpedo!

A few seconds later, a burst of siren beeps sounded in the Italian fleet.

However, it was already a little late. Because the accelerating JU-87S formation, flying in parallel, three in one line, constantly approaching their main target - heavy cruisers that have not yet reacted.

Although some heavy cruisers were located not near the periphery of the fleet, but on the side of the fleet, this situation could be completely ignored for summoner pilots with a fairly good skill level.

Because they can be spaced between very large ships, interspersed with flights.

However, the heavy cruisers, which were close to the left perimeter of the fleet, began to be unlucky.

Because the lookouts of these heavy cruisers saw the low-flying Ju-87s slow down and then dropped torpedoes one after another at a certain altitude.

The torpedo entered the water for a moment, and after a small splash, it made a small white wave trajectory and continued to shoot straight at the cruisers.

At a distance of nearly 500 meters, no matter how fast the torpedo is, it will not be able to approach the warship in ten seconds, which also gives the warship time to evade or destroy the torpedo.

The probable surname of a torpedo is much higher than the probable surname of a torpedo.

Because of the protection ability of the torpedo, it is generally immune to small-caliber bullets, and the machine gun may be able to penetrate the warhead of the torpedo, but the long-range hit rate of the machine gun is of no help to a torpedo with a width of only 40 cm.

The game is not a reality, and the steel roar or something can rely on the level of fire control, effectively increasing the possibility of destroying a torpedo, but at this time, the fire control of the warship relies more on the internal communication system of the warship to complete, so don't say anything about coordinated fire control, as long as you are not busy making a big mess, it is quite good.

Therefore, after more than 20 seconds, two of the three torpedoes dropped by the first team accurately hit the heavy cruiser as the target, and one crossed the rear of the opponent, and after continuing to sneak for several hundred meters, it blew up a cloud of water that burst out on the side of a transport ship lying with a gun.

If you are hit by a torpedo, it will not be a scene of blazing fire, unless a single shot blows up the opponent's coal or fuel depot...... This probability is almost impossible.

And once the torpedo has an effect on the target, it often just explodes.

This is because the fish is quite mild to a warship, and will only tear a hole in the armor plate below the waterline that is larger or smaller depending on its power.

Maybe a few unlucky guys will be injured and killed, but the direct lethality of torpedoes is often nothing more.

But why are fish feared by warships?

It was because of the tear-off gap in the armor plate that the bottom of the hull continued to pour into the sea water because of the water pressure in the moment after the torpedo exploded.

So, it's not so much the fish that hit the warship hard, but the seawater that poured into the hull, causing the ship to be rewound or sunk.

As for the occurrence of such a situation, it depends more on luck and the quality of the damage management personnel of the warship......

With a bit of luck and the quality of the damage management personnel, even if a warship is hit by several torpedoes one after another, it may be towed back to the port by a friendly warship for overhaul.

With bad luck and poor quality of damage management personnel, a single torpedo can effectively reimburse the "Shinano" super-large aircraft carrier.

This is controversial, saying that the "Shinano" was "killed" by a group beating, while the Americans said that our target was not the "Shinano" but the "Yamato" ship, and that the "Shinano" was nothing more than an idle guy who occasionally did so. Regardless of the debate, I have always been curious whether the "Shinano" at that time had carrier-based aircraft.

However, the first heavy cruiser to be hit was quite unlucky, because both torpedoes were in the middle of the hull, tearing a gap in the armor plate that was nearly ninety centimeters long, and there were signs of continuous expansion, and an average of nearly one cubic ton of seawater poured in per second, which was no longer a situation that the damage control personnel could easily handle.

An Italian turbine crew soldier heard a rather noisy sound in addition to the noisy turbine sound, and couldn't help but touch the commander of the turbine crew, and asked curiously: "Sir, there seems to be some sound." ”

After listening attentively, the leader of the turbine team couldn't help but change his face: "Run!! The ship is sinking!! ”

He said this to the entire turbine crew. Because he had heard of this kind of sound, it would only be produced by the continuous pouring of seawater into the watertight chambers.

At a distance of at least tens of kilometers from the land (the navy generally uses nautical miles per yard to calculate the distance), once the turbine unit or even the fuel depot enters the water, waiting for the fate of this warship, it is best to capsize the hull and wait for rescue. The rest of the fate is predictable.

(In fact, a tank engine can shut down when it is flooded for more than a certain amount of time...... Realistically, it won't be ten seconds in the game, but five seconds or less. In reality, the engine is flooded for a long time, even if it is not "scrapped" on the spot, the power output will be affected in a short period of time. )

This scene was also staged at the same time on many warships that were hit. And not limited to the internal members of the turbine crew and so on, but the soldiers of the entire warship were disorganized.

Even if the officers wanted to organize the damage management personnel, they couldn't do it, because the soldiers were all in a mess.

At the same time, the pilots of the summoners were even quite stunned, because they did not notice the anti-aircraft fire of this fleet.

The summoner pilots exchanged moments of astonishment with each other, then once again cast their eyes on the motionless anti-aircraft fire, and proceeded to the next step.

At this time, the BF-109HS, which was constantly circling back and forth in the sky, was to transfer the battle report back to Zhang Shixin.

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A few tens of seconds later, the Ju-87S formation, which had completed the maneuver, began the next attack operation.

They don't have torpedoes, but they still have weapons that can make these warships quite disgusting.

Two 50kg aerial bombs and almost 84 rounds of 30mm rockets.

However, at this time, the anti-aircraft fire of the Italians still had an effect, and seeing the smoke screen of scattered bombs that continued to explode, the pilot commander of the summoner quickly abandoned his original plan, and then ordered the team to quickly leave the battlefield.

Under the anti-aircraft fire of the Italian fleet, 30 Ju-87s achieved considerable results at the cost of two damaged.

According to a post-war count, four of the nine heavy cruisers that were the main targets were sunk, three were heavily damaged, and one was not damaged much because of good damage. The last one was because all three torpedoes missed, and nothing happened at all......

Moreover, not only heavy cruisers suffered heavy losses, but even one hapless transport, as well as other small ships, were met with torpedoes.

Because of the relatively weak protection capability of the transport ship and the layout of the hull, it has become the fastest sinking ship.

The other warships had to be towed by friendly forces and embarked on the return sea route......

As for Anzu watching this scene? Aquino, who had never expected anything like this, had never expected anything like this. He now has to pay for his paralyzed carelessness.

He couldn't have imagined that a person like Zhang Shixin would have such a unit of torpedo attack aircraft with quite high combat effectiveness. Because according to his understanding, the current torpedo attack aircraft are quite unpopular.

In fact, Anzu? What Aquino didn't know was that these Ju-87s sent by Zhang Shixin were more used as light bombers than torpedo attack aircraft. If it weren't for the fact that those small aerial bombs were taken out in vain, Zhang Shixin would not have done this.

After all, for a 125kg class aerial bomb, it may not have much effect on the deck of a light cruiser, let alone the deck protection of a heavy cruiser or even a battleship that can withstand heavy artillery.

As for the two 50kg small-pound bombs, maybe even if they hit the bridge directly, they might not be able to blow up the bridge's rather weak protective armor plates.

It can be said that torpedoes are the only means by which Zhang Shixin can effectively fight him, so it is impossible for Zhang Shixin to make the rather stupid mistake of wasting opportunities with useless attacks.

It is even said that Zhang Shixin is ready to let this wave of JU-87S be wiped out.

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Of course, no one knows that this is just a prelude. Zhang Shixin was even guessing that the other party had plans to retreat because of such a loss.

In fact, Anzu? Aquino did intend to retreat backwards after thinking about it for a while.

But......

After being scolded in a telegram by a thunderous Mussolini, he had to order his troops to sail towards the target again after rescuing the people who had fallen into the water and regrouping the troops.

He was even instructed by Mussolini to kill Zhang Shixin.

Anzu? Aquino has completely despised Zhang Shixin's attitude, on the contrary, as Zhang Shixin conveyed before, Anzu? Aquino had to wonder if he could easily eat Zhang Shixin's teeth.

The opponent directly caused nearly one-fifth of the number of ships to leave the formation with no losses, although about half of them became towed ships and were out of the battle sequence, but, in contrast to this situation, that is, the fleet's projection capability lost almost one-third, or even half-way.

After all, more than a hundred ships cannot all be warships, auxiliary ships such as transport ships, which have become the main body of the fleet.

And the loss of twelve combat-ready warships at once is undoubtedly a rather serious weakening for his fleet.

The loss of personnel can be said to be relatively small, and even most of the crew and crew of that transport ship were effectively rescued.

Anzu, so to speak? While Aquino has treated Zhang Shixin as a fierce opponent, he has no expectation of victory in this Valencia attack.

He even prayed that Zhang Shixin would give up Valencia and that the two sides would reach a "decent" peace.

It's just that when Zhang Shixin ordered the Ju-87s to attack, he already knew that he and the Italians were already in an endless situation.

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After receiving Mussolini's telegram, Hitler was obviously stunned by the telegram's mention of "forced to abandon several excellent warships".

He didn't expect Zhang Shixin to actually do things to this point.

At the same time, he was surprised by Zhang Shixin's strength, because the other party did not seem to have reached such a level of cooperation with him and Germany.

The loss of several heavy cruisers is not something that can be easily replenished in a year or two.

This is quite a devastating loss for a country, and for Italy in particular.

Not every country has as much money as the Americans, nor does it have a rather terrifying industrial capacity like the United States.

It can be said that Mussolini's thunderous explosion this time was no longer a simple matter of face, but a real distress to the point of vomiting blood.

But Hitler, after thinking a lot, smiled a little.

And Eva, who was by Hitler's side, saw Hitler's smile and showed a puzzled expression on her face......

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As for the protagonist of all this, Zhang Shixin knows very well that the next situation is what he must pay attention to.

He could have withdrawn from Valencia at all, and he would not have to take on any obligations for the country.

However, when he saw the firmness of those led by Siegel hoping to defend their homeland, Zhang Shixin found that he had become belligerent.

This was inconceivable and even unimaginable for him in the past.

However, at the moment, Zhang Shixin has to think carefully about what he should do.

Soon, Zhang Shixin's first order to the commanders of the self-defense forces was to say:

"Throw you and your away."

If a soldier wants to be good at what he can do, he must first sharpen his weapon.

Zhang Shixin knew very well that with the weapons on hand of these people, what they could do was quite limited.

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Looking at the members of the Spanish Self-Defense Forces who took out their weapons from the weapons box one by one, as well as the 100-type submachine guns, Type 96 heavy machine guns, and the Southern Type 38 rifles equipped with scopes, Zhang Shixin showed a hint of a smile.

Since the situation between Germany and Germany has become infeasible, Zhang Shixin is still willing to disgust the relations between Italy and Benji.

But no matter what, Zhang Shixin is ready to have an anti-landing war in a port city in this foreign land...... (To be continued.) )