Chapter 81: The Battle of the South China Sea IX
In the telescope, the pickup began to leave the battlefield. Kotaro Goto didn't dwell on this problem, he couldn't intercept two targets at the same time, and the departure of the pickup was more conducive to his full strength against the Bashita.
One-on-one, Kotaro Goto didn't think that he could lose at all.
Kotaro Goto is confident, and Zheng Xuechang is even more confident at this time. In the early days of the battle, Zheng Xuechang was a little conservative in his tactics because he couldn't figure out the strength of his opponent. The goal is also set low, and even the worst is prepared, preferring to fight Shen Ba to protect the PJP number.
Now that the opponent's methods have been exposed in front of him, Zheng Xuechang now feels confident in a fight. Zheng Xuechang, a naval officer, admired Li Guang, a military commander who obviously didn't know much about the navy, at this time. He didn't understand where Li Guang got his naval knowledge, this Baxia gunboat was obviously not a regular warship, but it was able to gain a slight advantage against light cruisers.
In fact, all this is very simple, Li Guang guided the construction of warships from the perspective of later generations. In Li Guang's concept, gunboats are almost obsolete goods. In later generations, no country's navy built gunboats and battleships. No matter how strong a gunboat is, it can't withstand a single missile. But in the absence of missiles, Li Guang's only choice was the longest-range artillery, but Li Guang's little military knowledge still knew that the Soviet Union had this famous artillery. (Actually, Li Guang even remembered the official model wrong, this gun is BR2, not B2, but anyway, it is the right model.) )
As for speed, people in the 21 st century have a completely different concept of speed from this era, and almost all people think that a fighter plane is very fast at 500 or 600 kilometers per hour, but Li Guangke knows that in modern times, even the speed of passenger planes is far more than 5 or 600 kilometers. Therefore, the speed in Li Guang's mind and the people of this era are not the same level at all.
Li Guang's emphasis on human life, under the influence of the education of later generations, is undoubtedly far beyond this era, so it is natural that armor protection is good.
For the construction of the Baxia, Li Guang only gave a suggestion of the guiding surname, and did not even contribute to a specific technology. But this conceptual progress determines the combat effectiveness of the Baxia.
In fact, the reason why the Pixiu was able to achieve results again and again was also because of Li Guang's advanced concepts. The technology adopted on the Pixiu is not even the most advanced of this era, but under the guidance of a concept that is ahead of its time, this submarine is actually definitely the most advanced submarine in the world.
As the pickup truck moved away from the battlefield, the Baxia no longer fought with the warships from a distance. Kotaro Goto also happened to be bent on getting close to the Bashita and taking advantage of his firepower.
The two sides turned out to be on the same mind in these few minutes. However, when the two ships were fifteen kilometers apart, the Baxia refused to continue to approach, but kept its distance from the devil again.
Whether it is the Yue Army or the Naval Resistance Army, the artillery is not advanced among the naval guns, and they all rely on manual loading, and the rate of fire is not fast. This Soviet-made 152mm cannon had a crew of 15 people in land warfare, and originally there were not so many people on the warship, so Li Guang still used a crew of 15 people in order to train more soldiers. With more people comes the advantage of having more people, and after fighting for so long, the rate of fire of the cannons on the Baxia has been quite stable. This distance is on full display of the main gun advantage of the Baxia. Although the devil's firepower is strong, the four-to-one artillery fire was actually pressed and beaten by the overlord. The ammunition delivery devil clearly has the upper hand, but the accuracy is far from enough.
In naval battles, hitting the opponent is, of course, the most important thing. But here's an indicator, the straddle. That is, the impact point covers the front and back of the opponent. This situation shows that the shooting of Zhuyuan has been correct.
Almost every cannon of the Baxia is within 50 meters of the Devil Battleship, and the landing point of the Devil's shells can rarely be within 50 meters of the Baxia. And fifty meters is already able to influence the opponent's battle.
The Bashita's shooting accuracy at this distance is greatly increased. In less than five minutes, a shell hit the main gun turret in the tail of the Tenryu. The ship's turret was no more than 50 mm armor, and under the power of the 152mm cannon, a large hole was immediately pierced.
The huge explosion directly shattered the turret of the little devil. The explosion power of the shells in the turret was even more powerful, and from Zheng Xuechang's point of view, the enemy ship flashed one after another.
The soldiers on the Baxia cheered.
Goto Kotaro was like a red-eyed gambler at this time, desperately directing the battleship to approach the Overlord. The three remaining main guns also kept firing at the Baxia for a moment.
At this distance, although the devil's artillery fire was not accurate enough, it was obviously much more threatening. The shells exploded incessantly near the Baxia, and some shrapnel even clanged on the armor of the Baxia.
For both sides of the war, this is a desperate time. The speed of the two sides was about the same, Zheng Xuechang couldn't stretch the distance, and Goto Kotaro couldn't get closer.
At this time, the two sides compared the firepower and the accuracy of the shooting. The Baxia only has one cannon, and its firepower is undoubtedly inferior to the devil's three cannons, but at this distance, the shooting accuracy of the Baxia is greatly increased.
In less than three minutes, the Baxia hit the battleship again. Almost at the same time, Zheng Xuechang saw a bright explosion flash on the battleship, like fireworks.
At this moment, Zheng Xuechang felt that the Baxia was shocked.
The Baxia was shot for the first time. The explosion was too loud, and Zheng Xuechang only felt that there was peace around him at this time.
The soldiers on the Baxia said that they were veterans, but in fact they were all new recruits, and no one had experienced such a terrible shelling. This shell blew a hole of more than 50 centimeters in the superstructure of the Baxia, and the nearby soldiers killed four on the spot and slightly or seriously injured five or six.
The flying shrapnel was confined to a compartment, although it did not cause more damage. But the shock wave of the explosion of the shell affected almost all the crew. Many people were shocked by the huge shock wave and their eardrums were bleeding.
The power of the 140mm gun was so powerful that it pierced through an inch of armor, and it was so terrifying. The devil's shelling is also the weak position of the Baxia, after all, a small warship of several hundred tons cannot have three-inch armor everywhere.
When Zheng Xuechang was a little sober and raised his binoculars to look into the distance again, the light cruiser Tianlong had already begun to tilt.
It was clear that the shot had pierced the freeboard of the Tenryu, and the raging sea water was pouring into the hold.
The only ones on the Baxia who were not affected by the bullet were the gunners of the main guns. They were inside a closed turret, unscathed. Seeing that the battleship had been seriously damaged, the gunners fired more courageously.
The commander of the cannon constantly reported the firing yuan, and with the slight adjustment of the cannon, the landing point of the shell was more accurate.
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