Chapter XXVIII: Naval Battles of Self-Propelled Artillery (Part II)
After Zhang Shixin got on the transport ship, one or two self-propelled guns pulled down the waterproof canvas draped over them.
Because the Gultoka Empire is now in the midst of a war, many times, if the warships of other countries enter the waters of the Gultoka Empire at this time, it is very likely to cause some unnecessary trouble.
Therefore, Zhang Shixin arranged self-propelled guns to serve as the main ability of fire projection.
Merely......
Self-propelled guns, fighting on warships, are a bit cumbersome. It's not that Zhang Shixin doesn't know such a thing, but he has no other better way.
Self-propelled guns fired at warships, not to mention the range, are much closer than naval guns of the same caliber. The actual hit rate alone can make Zhang Shixin very depressed.
According to the almost unanimous statement of the gunners, they found that the effect was not much different from direct fire when they fired at the transport, even if they opened the Eagle Eye to shoot at the transport.
The shell landing circle has always been affected by the continuous ups and downs of the transport ship, and many times, even if the landing circle has been aimed for a long time, the landing point circle has always been in an unstable state.
Therefore, self-propelled guns can play their own hit rate on warships, which is much lower than on land.
It's not that no one gave him some unreliable advice.
Just like the Grelian behind her, she suggested that Zhang Shixin weld the self-propelled gun to the deck with a fixed strip, but Zhang Shixin rejected the suggestion without saying a word.
What are you kidding, there is not much room to move freely, and you are still doing this, if something happens, for example, the ammunition pile is hit by a shell, and it is estimated that a large group of self-propelled guns will not be able to run.
Although it is said that the shells of self-propelled guns are not necessarily able to blow through the deck, it is not necessarily. After all, Zhang Shixin now has such a thing as the Assault Tiger King.
If dozens of 280mm shells are killed, not to mention this kind of deck protection, which is the 250mm protection level of a heavy cruiser, even if it is replaced with 300mm level battle cruiser protection, it can easily blow up a big hole.
Zhang Shixin also knows very well that the armor protection of heavy cruisers can basically be immune to 203mm armor-piercing shells, especially against this kind of superstructure, and the enemy's long-distance artillery bombardment has no effect on this transport ship at all.
But the other side also has a torpedo.
Basically, all warships, no matter how big or small, are not afraid of anti-ship missiles or aerial bombs, but they are most afraid of torpedoes and mines.
The power of the two is not necessarily stronger than that of anti-ship missiles, but the main source of damage for the other side is to destroy the armor protection plate below the waterline, so that the warship can enter the water on a large scale, and if it is too late to rescue, even if it is a Shinano-class aircraft carrier, a torpedo will be sunk directly.
Therefore, Zhang Shixin knew that this transport ship should not let the other party get too close, otherwise there would definitely be problems.
However, Zhang Shixin hoped that the other party would get close to a certain distance, because compared with the army artillery, the range of the naval gun is generally farther than the army artillery.
According to the type of gun, the firing range of the fortress cannon is the farthest, because in theory, the body diameter of the fortress cannon can reach more than 120 times under the premise that the barrel will not break.
The longer the diameter of the barrel, as long as the bore pressure and other factors are not too bad, the range of the shell will generally be very long.
As for why the fortress cannon was able to do this?
Because the fortress cannon didn't have to worry too much about the weight of the cannon itself.
In fact, the rail cannon is also a variant of the fortress gun, just like Gustav, although it is the specification of the rail gun, but he can't get rid of the name of the fortress gun.
The second is naval guns.
There are many types of naval guns, which are generally not divided by caliber, but by matching ship types.
Zhang Shixin knows that the naval gun with the largest caliber is the Yamato-class 460mm triple main gun, and the world's largest naval gun is the 420mm triple naval gun.
Generally speaking, the caliber used as the main gun on destroyers and light cruisers, and the caliber of secondary guns on battleships or battlecruisers.
The main guns of a battleship were generally 9 guns, with two triple guns in front and one triple gun in the rear.
As for the number of secondary guns, it depends on the overall layout.
Unlike Zhang Shixin's original world, the number of secondary guns on battleships is very large, which is no wonder, because there is no threat from the air in this world, so many of the locations in this world where anti-aircraft guns should be installed are used to install secondary guns.
So, how many guns a large warship has, this has to be calculated slowly......
The enemy warships Zhang Shixin faced were all small warships, so he still had a certain ability to fight back.
But if he encounters a battle cruiser or a battleship, he doesn't have to fight, he just runs away, and sees if he can run.
Zhang Shixin's self-propelled guns, that is, occupy a relatively strong hull to strike at the enemy.
The armor protection of a light cruiser, that is, against armor-piercing shells of 203mm caliber, not to mention a destroyer.
But Zhang Shixin didn't plan to use armor-piercing bullets to fight.
It's not a matter of price, it's that the armor-piercing shells of self-propelled guns simply can't hit that far. For long-distance shelling, what Zhang Shixin can rely on is only high-explosive bombs.
In reality, self-propelled guns will not use armor-piercing shells to fight luck at long distances, because it is useless.
The maximum range of many self-propelled guns is measured with high-explosive shells, and armor-piercing shells often fly to a certain distance, that is, they lose their due power and fall weakly on the ground.
In such a situation, Zhang Shixin also used armor-piercing bullets to counterattack, which was useless at all and wasted a certain amount of time.
Although it is said that long-range high-explosive bombs will also have the problem of serious power reduction, at least it is enough to be able to fly to this distance.
Zhang Shixin has not thought about using extended-range bombs, but not to mention that the power of extended-range bombs of rocket artillery is not very good, he also has a big shortcoming, that is, in such a situation, maybe a salvo will come down, and a rocket will not hit the opponent's warship.
Therefore, Zhang Shixin must lead the enemy into the range of the assault Tiger King, otherwise, even if the other party can't sink this transport ship with cannonballs, just the feeling of being smashed will not be liked by that person.
Zhang Shixin was still thinking about what to do, he didn't know that Grelian was looking at him.
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Grealian's mood was also very complicated, because she was worried that Zhang Shixin was able to hide a force of this size in his country, what was going on?
Did someone let Zhang Shixin's actions go, or did Zhang Shixin have some unknown abilities?
Two days ago, Grelian saw Zhang Shixin "bring back" dozens of self-propelled guns. I was speechless.
Although that place is not too far from the border of the Gultoka Empire, it is also two or three hundred kilometers away, and Zhang Shixin can actually go back and forth after half a day.
This is no longer something that can be described as a miracle.
However, she is not good at communicating with Zhang Shixin on this question, whether Zhang Shixin will say the answer, she has no hope, so she is too lazy to talk about herself.
Although after seeing these self-propelled guns two days ago, Grelian also had the idea of trying to win over Zhang Shixin, but it was even more impossible than asking Zhang Shixin to tell his secret.
Just when the two of them were thinking about their own affairs, Zhang Shixin's troops arranged on the transport ship had already begun to enter the combat state.
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In fact, Zhang Shixin was a little more worried. The naval guns in this world are not as strong as the world he used to be.
There are many technologies, Zhang Shixin's original world is much better than this world,
Just like some precision instruments, the scope used by Zhang Shixin's gunner is a little better than the scope of this world.
For example, there is a gap between the telescopes produced by Carl Zeiss and those made by some handicraft workshops
In the same way, the naval guns of this world, due to various factors, have a much closer range than Zhang Shixin's original world, warships of similar rank.
Therefore, these warships have been trying to approach the two ships, not because they don't want to open fire, but because they don't have the range.
Zhang Shixin was a little stunned by this, but for him, this was not a bad thing.
After more than ten minutes, Zhang Shixin was a little surprised why the other party did not fire the cannon and continued to move forward, but after the other party stopped, Zhang Shixin suddenly realized: "You have no range either." ”
Zhang Shixin had the right to directly order the cannonball, but Zhang Shixin did not do so, but asked the captain to give the other party a message of inquiry.
After not getting a reply, the corners of Zhang Shixin's mouth turned up slightly: "Open the cannon and shoot!" ”
Grelian saw Zhang Shixin's expression and chuckled speechlessly.
After Zhang Shixin heard the other party's laughter, he subconsciously asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”
"No, I think you're a bit stupid with such an arrangement." After Grelian told her reason, she saw Zhang Shixin, who was stunned in place, and smiled even more happily......
Zhang Shixin: "......"
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Before the opponent's naval guns began to shoot, Zhang Shixin's Panther self-propelled artillery formation began to bombard.
One by one, the shells made an arc trajectory and flew towards their target......
However, after nearly half a minute of flight, Zhang Shixin saw most of the shells in the telescope, which were directly inserted into the seawater, and after a while, they exploded in the sea dozens of meters or even more than 100 meters around the light cruiser, blowing up columns of water that were either high or low......
When Zhang Shixin saw this scene, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly......
There was another round of noise below, and after many Panther self-propelled guns were loaded with shells, the gunners again made slight adjustments to the angle according to the instructions of the observers, and then pressed the launch button again......
Another round of shelling was fired again, and dozens of shells again made an arc trajectory and flew towards their targets.
This time, Zhang Shixin saw that there were much fewer waves blown up on the water, which also meant that a considerable part of the shells hit the enemy's light cruisers.
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"Captain! We were met with shelling from nowhere! There should be no warships around here! The adjutant saw that the deck between the first main gun turret and the second turret had been smashed into pieces, so after internal communication, he found that many areas of the battleship had encountered varying degrees of shelling damage, so he reported it directly to his captain.
"I already knew that we were being shelled, and you think those water columns just now were sprayed by whales?" The captain said angrily, and then gave an order: "Give the order, the team is moving forward at full speed, after all, we are going to capture the target alive this time." ”
"Captain, I'm against that, the other side is obviously prepared, so why don't we sink the other side. As we get closer, we may suffer more damage. The adjutant spoke his advice.
"Why don't I know what you're talking about? But who would dare to disobey His Highness's orders? In this case, it is not for the sake of your future and my future, but also for you and my family. The captain shook his head and continued in frustration: "The moment I encountered the shelling, I knew that the other party was prepared, but let's not say that we can't fire indiscriminately, even if we can open fire, if we inadvertently kill the target, then we will ...... this time."
"Captain......" The lieutenant wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the captain: "Just do it." Order all warships, assault! ”
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"What is the other party trying to do?" Zhang Shixin was a little unsettled, and the other party actually advanced again while not fighting back.
"Should it be ......" Zhang Shixin thought of a possible surname, and then glanced at Grelian, who was standing beside him and also holding a telescope to watch the situation, and shook his head after a while: "Is it possible?" ”
"Don't you know, it's rude to look at a girl secretly?" Greilean said this coldly.
"I'm sorry, um, because I'm thinking about something." Zhang Shixin quickly picked up the binoculars and observed the situation again.
"......" Grelian didn't speak, but spat Zhang Shixin in his heart: "You don't feel anything at all?" ”
After being cold for a while, Zhang Shixin once again gave an order in his heart: "Self-propelled rocket artillery, shoot!! ”
One rocket after another quickly dragged the tail flame and flew towards the target......
It's just that Zhang Shixin really saw that the rocket fell into the water and basically didn't react at all......
"......" Zhang Shixin smiled bitterly, and then thought: "There is still some movement in the shells, and there is no movement in the rockets, what is the situation?" (This does happen with rockets, and it's more because of the design of the rocket.) )
What made Zhang Shixin most helpless was that the observer reported to him that he could not see clearly where the rockets landed......
Well, Zhang Shixin once again realized the other side of self-propelled rocket artillery, no wonder no country will install rocket launchers on warships on a large scale, after all, missiles and rockets are two different things to many extent......
"Rocket artillery stop firing!" Zhang Shixin reluctantly gave this order.
In contrast to this situation, Zhang Shixin received instructions from members of the GW Tiger P, saying that they were also able to shoot.
Of course, Zhang Shixin would not let such an opportunity slip away, so he ordered the cannonballs of gwww.xstxt.orgm, and the power of the cannonballs was naturally not comparable to that of 150mm cannonballs......
However, there is also a prerequisite for embodying power, and that is that you have to hit it well.
Zhang Shixin was speechless, because he saw it, and it seemed that all the 210mm shells had missed......
"!" Zhang Shixin scolded secretly in his heart, he didn't expect such a thing to really happen.
"It's a good hit......" Zhang Shixin had a feeling that he was suddenly spartan.
But he also knows that compared with the Panther self-propelled gun, the hit rate of the 210mm howitzer of the GW Tiger P is indeed much worse, and at the same time, in such an environment, the GW Tiger P is a little more affected.
Because the GW Tiger P is heavier, it is more susceptible to the bump amplitude of the vessel......
It is not impossible that not a single shell hits the enemy, but it is difficult for Zhang Shixin to accept that such a chance will happen to him.
For the cannonballs of gwww.xstxt.orgm, the more powerful the explosion, the bigger and bigger the waves of water will rise.
On the self-propelled artillery positions, there was another rush of busy......
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The damage caused by several rounds of shelling to the enemy's warships was relatively slight, but at least, in Zhang Shixin's eyes, the other party did not suffer too much damage.
However, after about three minutes, when the light cruisers led by the leader entered the effective range of the gunners' hawkeye, the nightmare of the enemy warship came......
All the gunners who were able to shoot turned the landing point on the target, and then subtly adjusted the center position of the landing point.
In fact, the most effective shelling is not to put the line of drop on the opponent, but to put the actual drop point on the target.
Although it is possible to cause the shell to fall in front of the target, it is much better than the shell flying away.
The game is the same, the more effective shelling, not to put the drop line on the opponent's turret, one is to indicate the drop point (the center of the cross line is not the drop point, but the end of the drop point line) on the opponent is the most appropriate, and the other is to completely deviate the cross line from the opponent's car body, and then pull it next to the opponent's car body. (The drop point line coincides with the actual drop point at this time), and then adjust the distance slightly according to the height of the opponent's car body.
The former is the pursuit of hit percentage, and the latter is the pursuit of heavy damage probability, so each of the two methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. However, it is much better than some gunners putting the landing line on the opponent's turret, at which time the actual landing point also flies out of the hull, so the shells will fly many times.
Zhang Shixin's experience was actually implemented by the summoners as a rule.
Therefore, Zhang Shixin expressed considerable satisfaction with the results achieved by his subordinate gunners after they opened their hawk eyes to shoot.
ps: The first one, there is another one, maybe a little more time.
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