Chapter 197: Defeat the "Matsushima"! 4 more!
"If it goes on like this, Zhenyuan will be finished!"
Yang Hao, who couldn't intervene in the battle, could only watch from a distance, and he couldn't help the Beiyang soldiers who were drowning in the overwhelming explosion.
But after all, he couldn't sit idly by, grabbed the radio and called Yang Haiwei: "Dad, you have to think of something!" Can't let those two ships sink! ”
Yang Haiwei's calm voice came: "Don't worry, I know it in my heart." With the firepower of the Japanese army, two ironclad ships cannot be sunk! ”
He was so decisive that Yang Hao could only choose to believe it. In any case, as far as the navy is concerned, Yang Haiwei is a professional and has the right to speak.
Can Yang Haiwei sit back and watch the two ships in Dingzhen be beaten and not fight back? Of course not. They took such a big risk and pulled the only bit of armed foundation, of course, they would not let the two ironclad ships that would be included in the account in the future be abused and sunk.
Not long after Yang Hao replied, Yang Haiwei fired the naval gun that he had been aiming at for a while, this time, it was aimed at the "Sina Speed" that was closest to him and had the most ferocious eruption firepower!
It was still a sudden blow ten kilometers away. Under the stable attitude of the hull, the double guarantee accuracy of the radar and optical ranging, and the computer-controlled firing device ensures a sudden shot on the best elements!
The "Sina Speed", which was frantically pouring cannonballs, suddenly shook all over its body, and a ball of fire rose from behind the side of the command tower!
A 152mm armor-piercing shell pierced through the deck, tearing through the surface armor and smashing into the lower deck, and the ensuing explosion destroyed a 152mm gun, sending smoke and fire fragments from the upper floor.
Before they could react, another armor-piercing projectile followed. This time it was against the waterline to blast through the port side, a typical structure of a small boat carrying a cannon. Except for the command tower, the rest of the parts are underarmed. This moment became the most pitiful shot!
Terrifying force capable of blasting through 127mm homogeneous steel armor at a distance of 9300 meters. It's too easy to deal with steel-faced armor in this year. The explosion close to the waterline tore through the large black hole, destroying several cabins near this side, killing and injuring many people.
The attitude of the "Sina Speed" quickly became crooked with the flooding, and the artillery on this side was also greatly affected, so it had to be temporarily stopped, and it was busy maneuvering to the right to avoid it.
That is, it had just turned the corner, and the boom was another armor-piercing bullet that hit the rear, but it pierced through the horizontal armor. Blowing up a boiler dragged the next ones on strike. The hot steam and red-hot coals swept through the power compartment with the wave of flying shocking air, reducing the output of its main engine by more than a third.
The rising smoke swallowed up most of the "Sina Express", and the Chilean mercenaries had no choice but to sell their lives, so they used all their skills to drive the battleship to escape frantically, and hurriedly accelerated to chase the "Hashidate" from the right side.
The "Qiujinzhou", which has already rushed to the front, is on the rise, where did you expect that someone would suddenly sell her teammates later?
Waiting for the next shell to arrive, it exploded on the side of its hull, and the fragments slammed the hull hard. They almost broke the rudder before they remembered it. There's a killer behind you who can't be ignored!
This feeling of thorns in the back is really unpleasant!
The "Akitsu Island," which took part in the chase yesterday, knows best how difficult that enemy ship really is. The last guerrilla attack was sabotaged by it. Now that he is putting a cold cannon in the back, and he is still shooting so accurately, it is simply intolerable!
It's useless to can't bear it, they can't pull out now, because at this time, the "Dingyuan", which is not too badly injured, is about to rush to its front!
The Zhenyuan, which was covered in flames, looked like the entire ship was burning from a distance. Inside the thick armored shell, the power system was largely intact, and the entire crew braved the roasted temperatures to keep it running, driving the battleship along a fixed course. They are no longer combat-ready for the time being.
When the "Dingyuan" finally came into contact with the enemy ship, it was a pity that it could not continue to bombard the "Izumi" with its main gun on the left side, so it used all its strength on the "Matsushima" that followed closely.
After turning a corner and coming back, the "Matsushima" continued to vigorously spray shells with its secondary guns, forming a 110-degree oblique attitude with the Beiyang Fleet, almost aiming its neck at "Dingyuan." The advantage is a rapid-fire gun that makes the most of its side side. The disadvantage is that you have to face the bombardment of two heavy guns!
Previously, Captain Nomura Sada, who thought that the opponent would use the main gun against his own flagship, would only be able to use a 152mm low-speed gun with a very small threat for at least three or four minutes. Not to mention whether you can aim or not, even if the iron lump is armor-piercing, there is no need to be afraid.
But he couldn't have imagined that Liu Buyun was almost desperate to weaken the power of the Japanese ship as much as possible. Since the "Izumi" maneuvered out and missed the best strike window, the main gun that could not move was caught by whom!
So, the "Matsushima," which had first bombed hundreds of shells of various kinds, saw that the fire had set the other side on fire, and with great peace of mind, he continued to detour to the left and forward, preparing for a full baptism from the side.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, two 305mm cannons exploded!
"Boom!"
A shell blasted into the lower deck from the back of the Matsushima against the top of the ship's side! The shell almost hit the base of the 320mm gun behind it, smashing the shell open! The ensuing explosion ignited the huge amount of propellant piled inside!
On the sea of fierce fighting, suddenly there was a loud sound of the sky and the earth cracking, overpowering a qiē roar!
Many people saw that an unprecedented burst of fire erupted fiercely from the very center of the battlefield! Immediately after, I saw the front half of the "Matsushima" hull slamming forward, as if someone had pushed it hard. But the second half of the section was blown into tens of millions of pieces in an instant, and with a violent pyrotechnic mass with a diameter of hundreds of meters, it was pushed to the limit, flying out in all directions for several kilometers!
The most exaggerated thing is that the 320mm cannon, which caused no firing in the first actual battle, was pushed up dozens of meters high by the air waves, rolled all the way, and smashed into the sea less than 100 meters away from the "Chiyoda" behind!
The power of this half-ship explosion is terrifying!
On the "Izumi", which was not far ahead, you could even feel the tremendous oppression of the air being pushed by the air so violently that it made people breathless.
The ensuing scorching waves, mixed with countless wood, steel, scattered corpses, and messy bits and pieces, fell all over the deck as if it were raining.
Ito Yuheng turned his head to look, his face was as if someone had punched him head-on, and he was extremely pale!
"Ironclad! Heavy artillery! Terrible power! ”
He muttered, and once again felt extremely annoyed in his heart, when they wanted to build the Sanjing Ship, why didn't they try to concentrate all the funds to build an equally powerful capital ship?
Perhaps the rate of fire of only one shot in four minutes in the opponent's battle is too slow. But as long as the heavy armor resists, as soon as it is fired, it can decide the victory or defeat of life and death! It's worth it!
In the unobtrusive three-view ship...... He could only sigh helplessly.
Somehow, a wave of despair and fear suddenly came over him. Ito sadly discovers that it is almost impossible to win this battle. Three capital ships, one auxiliary ship carrying the director of military affairs was sunk, and the other party actually sank none of them, such an exchange ratio is simply helpless.
Could it be that the tactics that were developed at the beginning to prioritize the elimination of ironclad ships were wrong?
No! You can't just throw in the towel! Especially now, when one of the opponent's ironclad ships has lost its combat effectiveness, and the other has run out of shells, and it is impossible to threaten the ship for at least four or five minutes, the most important thing is to seize the opportunity to attack violently!
Ito Yuheng also let go, and ordered to raise the banner of maneuvering to the left to continue the attack.
The port side and stern guns of the "Izumi" opened fire at the same time, hitting the deck of "Dingyuan" with a grenade, and the impact of the explosion led to a break from the small cannon on the side of the "Izumi", and the front chimney was smashed into a colander with fragments. Subsequently, it had artillery aimed at the "Jingyuan" that was closely behind, and fired wildly!
In the rear, all the Japanese ships, including the fleeing "Sina Speed" and "Akitsu Island," completed their turn, and when they swept past the "Dingyuan," they were a field of high-explosive grenades, and then frantically bombarded the hull of the ship in the rear.
Although the armor of the "Jingyuan" was also heavy, it could not withstand the 240mm gun of the "Hequan", and one of its armor-piercing shells blasted through the waterline armor, and the speed of the ship slowed down and the hull tilted. Immediately after, hundreds of shells were hit by a succession of shells, and the fire was raging and spreading everywhere! (To be continued......)
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