"Boom!"

With the sound of two cannon explosions, the two shells each made a huge splash. However, it is clear that neither of these two shells hit the enemy's warships, because neither the Taiwanese destroyers nor the Japanese warships were able to get into a good state. What's more, coupled with the fact that the artillery hit rate of this era was very low, it was impossible to accurately hit the enemy's warships. In naval warfare in this era, the hit rate of naval guns is simply a bad number, so there is no need to expect how accurate they can be.

"Speed me up, then try to get close to them, and then fight with torpedoes!" This was stated by the captain of the destroyer in Taiwan.

"Yes!"

And the captains of the Japanese also said: "Get close to them and fight with torpedoes!" ”

As a destroyer, the real weapon is not the cannon on the destroyer, the real use of the destroyer is to fire torpedoes. In this era, there was no talk of missile destroyers, and destroyers in this era fought mainly with torpedoes, and naval guns were mainly secondary. The main task of the destroyer is to escort the ship, and the daily escort can use the naval guns to bully the small ships used by the pirates. But if it is a formal battle, then the destroyer will really use torpedoes. Destroyers are also used torpedoes to make small and big, and then fight for battleships that can defeat the enemy.

The caliber of a torpedo has reached more than 400 mm, which is simply the only scorpion. Even the guns commonly used by battleships in this era have a caliber of only about 305 mm, and they use armor-piercing shells, if they can't penetrate the armor of the warship, they naturally can't exert their power. The guns look quite large, but in fact the charge is only a few kilograms. However, the torpedo of the destroyer is not the same thing at all, and the torpedo charge of the destroyer is often hundreds of kilograms. So a charge of hundreds of kilograms is often only one torpedo. All can blow up a battleship.

The main weapons of destroyers in this era were mainly torpedoes, and naval guns were just auxiliaries to bully some pirates at sea. Formal operations are carried out with torpedoes, and the destroyer's naval guns are nothing more than a tickle for the enemy, and they are almost useless in the face of the armor of the enemy's warships.

Therefore, both sides also hope to be able to use torpedoes to fight. This allows them to attack the enemy effectively.

"Ready, move forward in a zigzag pattern!" said the captain of the Taiwanese destroyer.

Taiwan's destroyers have also begun to prepare to advance in a so-called "zigzag" pattern, constantly carrying out cross-cutting and alternating advances. This stance is one of the most important means of dodging enemy torpedoes and shells, which is the same as a soldier's charge on land. At the moment, there is only one warship on both sides, so the battle is no different from infantry. However, once it comes to the fleet battle, it will naturally have to fight according to the fleet formation, and it is not possible to fight like this. So now, in order to avoid torpedoes, this method is naturally adopted, which can greatly reduce the probability of being hit by the opponent's torpedoes.

"Damn. They actually used this method to dodge our torpedoes? The Japanese captain said angrily.

Originally, the Japanese thought that they would be able to get a chance to launch a torpedo through this battleship attack. However, the captain of the Taiwan Navy had obviously been prepared for a long time, and then both sides could also move forward in a zigzag pattern, so that they could also effectively dodge torpedoes. However, the captain of the Japanese warship was clearly prepared, and they all moved forward in a zigzag pattern, so that they began to move forward, which would allow them to evade the enemy's torpedoes.

"It seems. This foreign devil really still has a few brushes, and he actually uses this method. It seems that the torpedo is very difficult to work. ”

Follow this zigzag approach. It was impossible for the torpedo to accurately hit the enemy, so both sides began to fight indiscriminately, and neither side had anything to do with this opponent.

"The enemy's speed is XX knots, our speed is XX knots, our torpedo speed is XX knots, and the speed of the sea current is deflected to the northeast. The speed is X meters per second. If we are able to fire torpedoes, it is expected that after a minute we will be able to hit the enemy. A bridge staff officer said.

The bridge staff officer began to quickly calculate the speed of both sides, and then estimated the so-called advance in the hope of being able to attack the enemy with torpedoes. However, this era is such a cheat, and manpower is necessary to calculate. And the most difficult thing is for someone who can do such complex calculations, and to calculate very quickly, almost entirely by mental arithmetic. It's not like he used an electronic computer directly to calculate in later generations, and the calculation is fast and accurate, but in this era, it can only be calculated by this method, which is not only slow and inefficient, but also has a low hit rate.

"Torpedo ready!"

"The torpedo chamber is filled with water!"

"Water filling, launch!"

"Poof—"

With the sound of an engine jetting, the water in the torpedo compartment was burned by the high temperature, turning into a cloud of water vapor. And these water vapor began to force the torpedo forward, and the torpedo also rushed forward under the drive of this water vapor.

However, at this time, those torpedoes also had long tails behind them, and the captains of Japanese destroyers also found out.

"Hmph, just at such a level, you want us to be hit, it's a dream!" The Japanese captain snorted.

The Japanese captain also saw the wake wave behind the torpedo from afar, and the gas ejected from the back of the torpedo formed a wake wave, and the Japanese lookouts soon saw this situation and immediately reported it to the captain.

"Stop and turn around now, we won't eat it! And, give me two torpedoes in return! The Japanese captain said.

"Poof!"

With the sound of two jets, the Japanese torpedoes were also fired. But the Japanese torpedoes were not very good, and they were obviously dodged by Taiwanese destroyers. Torpedoes in this era are so backward that they are very easy to dodge without spending much special ability.

"Damn, this won't work, charge me, get close to them, we'll fight with them with bayonets!" The captain of the Taiwanese destroyer shouted.

"Fight bayonets?"

The captain of the Taiwan destroyer immediately said: "Didn't the army say that the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, and since we can't defeat them by torpedoes alone, then we will rush up and fight them directly face to face." When the time comes, it will not be them who will die, that is, we will die, and we must let them see our strength. ”

"Rush! Get close to them at full speed and fight their warships with bayonets! ”

The captain of this Taiwan destroyer still had some courage and dared to "fight bayonets" with the enemy's warship so directly face to face. In the original history, because of the strength of our party's navy, it did not have too much high-tech equipment, and the quality of naval officers and sailors was not as good as others. In addition, naval artillery shells are very scarce, and they cannot produce them in large quantities and cannot afford to waste them. So they also invented a method of bayonets on warships, that is, using small boats to rush at full speed, and then approaching to fight. In this way, not only is it much closer, but the hit rate is greatly improved, and it is natural for low-quality sailors to make up for the lack of ability. And once they get closer, they are no longer competing in artillery aiming technology and various sailor tactics, but completely rely on courage and luck. In this case, it is the brave who wins.

Similarly, there is also a method called bayonets on cannons, that is, because our party seriously lacked excellent artillery in those years, and in addition, shells were scarce and could not withstand waste, so they were forced to push the cannons forward and aim directly in a straight line, so that the hit rate was greatly improved, which not only reduced the requirements for the quality of artillery, but even saved a lot of shells. However, the cost is also very risky, and it is easy for the enemy to kill and injure the artillery on his side, so it is necessary to be very brave to be able to use this method of bayonets on cannons or bayonets on warships.

Of course, in the 21st century, China's navy will not use this method. Because this method can only be used when the density of firepower is insufficient, if it is in the naval warfare of later generations, when all kinds of anti-ship missiles are rampant, then people can hit you from a distance of tens of kilometers or hundreds of kilometers, so at that time the bayonets on the warship are useless. The era of the future is no longer the era of fighting bayonets, in that era ICBMs are rampant, and it is useless for you to use bayonets, so this tactic is destined to be eliminated.

But this tactic can still be used in this era. Especially at present, when the firepower is not dense enough, and the range of the artillery is not far, and the shooting accuracy is seriously insufficient, so they can still fight.

"Rush! Fight with them! The captain of the Taiwanese ship shouted.

When the Japanese captain saw this situation, he was not to be outdone and said to his subordinates: "These people dare to do this, then we don't have to be polite to them." Rush directly with me and fight with them! This time, it's not him who dies, it's me who dies! Our navy is also a brave service, and we can fight them at close range. Our navy, in terms of bravery, is definitely not inferior to their army. ”

The two destroyers of Taiwan and Japan began to speed up and rushed forward, and then they rushed directly towards the two warships as if they had been in the Western knight duel mode in the past. The warships of both sides are getting closer and closer, and the distance is only more than 800 meters, and almost all sides can see the behavior of the other side's sailors through binoculars.

"Launch the torpedo!" The Taiwanese captain and the Japanese captain shouted almost together. (To be continued.) )